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Itâs clear that Russia is now suffering from ill winds. The country largely avoided the punishment that most of Europe has endured since the 2008 crash and austerity is an unknown concept to the youth. If the rouble doesnât recover soon and if sanctions are made permanent there will be even more serious costs for the Russian people.
There are many famous Russian words out there like vodka or Babushka, but events in the 19th and early 20th century in Russia brought a new and ominous word into the world's vocabulary: pogrom. A pogrom is a violent riot aimed at harming or killing members of an ethnic or religious group. The pogroms in Russia usually targeted Jews.