{"id":11786,"date":"2019-07-02T07:56:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11786"},"modified":"2019-07-06T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T17:24:58","slug":"5-words-you-need-to-understand-russian-news-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/5-words-you-need-to-understand-russian-news-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Words You Need To Understand Russian News \u2014 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you read news stories in Russian, there are certain words that pop up again and again. Understanding these key concepts will help you grasp the writer&#8217;s and audience&#8217;s assumptions and the overall angle of the article. This post will cover the first two, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11809&amp;preview=true\">Part II<\/a> will cover the rest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11812\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11812\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11812\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US Capitol buidling\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@tchompalov?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Vlad Tchompalov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>1. \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> corresponds to &#8220;power&#8221; or &#8220;authority&#8221; \u2014 the ability to make other people do things. Common collocations with <strong>\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> include <strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0439\u0442\u0438\u0301 \u043a \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> (to get into office) and <strong>\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0443 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> (to be in power). This word is related to the words <strong>\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0301\u0442\u044c<\/strong>, to possess, and <strong>\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u0435\u0446<\/strong>, owner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0412 \u0446\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0436\u0435 \u0421\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0441 \u043f\u043e\u0301\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0301\u0434\u0430 \u043a \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0449\u0430\u0301\u043b \u00ab\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044f\u0301\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0434\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u00bb.<br \/>\nGenerally speaking, after coming to power, Sol\u00eds promised &#8220;to pay greater attention to justice.&#8221;<br \/>\n[\u0412\u0438\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0413\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439. \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u041a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430-\u0420\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b \u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \/\/ \u0418\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u044f, 2014.06.27]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> or <strong>\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> in the plural can also refer to the authorities or governing bodies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0412\u043e-\u043f\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0445, \u043f\u043e\u0301\u0441\u043b\u0435 1905 \u0433\u043e\u0301\u0434\u0430 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043e\u044f\u0301\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0438\u0445.<br \/>\nFirst, after 1905, the authorities were afraid of worker discontent.<br \/>\n[\u041a\u041f. \u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f: 1914 \u2013 1918 \u0433\u0433. \u043e\u0442 \u0444\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0434\u043e \u0442\u044b\u043b\u0430 \/\/ \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0441\u043e\u043c\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430, 2014.08.01]<\/li>\n<li>\u0421\u0435\u0439\u0447\u0430\u0301\u0441 \u043c\u044b \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0430\u0301\u0435\u043c \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0441 \u0441 \u0444\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044f\u0301\u043c\u0438.<br \/>\nWe are working with federal authorities now to solve this problem.<br \/>\n[\u0422\u0430\u0442\u044c\u044f\u043d\u0430 \u0411\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0430. \u0412 \u041f\u043e\u0434\u043c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044c\u0435 \u0431\u0435\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0435\u0432 \u0436\u0434\u0443\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0442\u0438 5 \u0442\u044b\u0441. \u0432\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0438\u0439 \/\/ \u0418\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u044f, 2014.07.02]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A synonym for this usage is <strong>\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u044b \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11813\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11813\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11813\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/london-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Houses of Parliament in London\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/london-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/london-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/london-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@evantdang?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Eva Dang<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@evantdang?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2. \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/h2>\n<p>Another popular word for discussing policies is <strong>\u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>, the state. The English equivalent may be confusing for people living in countries that have constituent states, like the US. In many cases, \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e is used in cases where we would say &#8220;the government&#8221; in English. Note that the literal translation for &#8220;government,&#8221; <strong>\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>, technically only refers to the executive branch and does not include, for example, the country&#8217;s lawmakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u0413\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442-\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0436, \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0443\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0301\u0437\u0430\u043d\u044b \u043e\u0442 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0301\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0301\u0432\u043b\u0438.<br \/>\nThe state will be able to collect taxes on online sales, and platforms will not be unjustly cut off from this kind of retail.<br \/>\n[\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0445\u0432\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u044f\u0442 \u043b\u0435\u0433\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0436\u0443 \u0430\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u044f \u0432 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0435 \/\/ \u0418\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u044f, 2014.06.30]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Public in the sense of &#8220;state-owned&#8221; is <strong>\u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong>. You might have heard this word in the names of some universities such as <strong>\u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0443\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0442<\/strong> (Moscow State University).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u0427\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0301 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0301\u0439, \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0445 \u0432 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0447\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0445, \u0443\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 7,2 \u0442\u044b\u0301\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u043a.<br \/>\nThe number of physicians working in public health facilities has decreased by 7,200 people.<br \/>\n[\u041a\u041f. \u041c\u0438\u043d\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432: \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044f\u0442 \u0437\u0430 \u043b\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435, \u043f\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043b\u0443\u0447\u0448\u0435 \/\/ \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0441\u043e\u043c\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430, 2014.08.04]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you come across any of these expressions? Make sure you read <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11809&amp;preview=true\">Part II<\/a> of this post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"US Capitol buidling\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/capitol.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>If you read news stories in Russian, there are certain words that pop up again and again. Understanding these key concepts will help you grasp the writer&#8217;s and audience&#8217;s assumptions and the overall angle of the article. This post will cover the first two, and Part II will cover the rest. 1. \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c corresponds&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/5-words-you-need-to-understand-russian-news-part-i\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":11812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,179,7826],"tags":[2178,541522,117595,507313],"class_list":["post-11786","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-news","category-when-in-russia","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-reading-russian-news","tag-russian-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11786"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11786\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}