Probably, in each team of negotiators there are “hawks” and “pigeons”.
“Hawks” are people who adhere to a tough, aggressive policy. They advocate a complete victory in the negotiations, often take an uncompromising stance on certain issues. Any compromise is considered a betrayal of the interests of the team or the …
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What’s my attitude towards Russia?
I respect it, because for me Russia is not only Putin, Zhirinovsky, Kiselev.
For me, Russia, first of all, is Lomonosov, Mendeleev, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Popov, Gagarin, the great sons of their Motherland, people, who made a great …
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– Mom, Dad, are you always at home? Go somewhere to have a rest or to a sanatorium. I will buy you a voucher.
– Thank you, son. We are at home well. Do not worry about us.
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– Mom, well, you are on the train again. Let me buy you a plane …
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Today my mother came to visit and told me another hadeeth (she is Muslim, a haji).
In the city of Medina, where the Prophet Muhammad spent his last years, a blind old man, a Jew, was living by begging. He did not like Islam and Muslims. Every day, …
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– Hello, Marat-aga. My name is Azamat. We are friends with you on Facebook. I read you often.
– Hello, Azamat. Very nice to meet you.
– It’s great that we met in real life. I wanted to tell you something.
– Well. Go ahead.
– I want to ask …
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I remember when my friends and I were younger, we often invited each other to a restaurant with families. A joint meal brings together, and is a good time for heartfelt conversations.
But every time after the feast, we started the Kazakh folk game: “I’ll pay!”. We vying with each other tore …
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Every time after visiting Europe, I tell about European countries with admiration.
I do not see anything wrong with that.
We all learn something from each other.
When foreigners come to us, they also like something in us. For example, …
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I’ve noticed one feature in the behavior of Europeans: intolerance to violations and the corresponding attitude towards people.
In the morning the girl from the reception desk at the hotel smiled and you gently rubbed your baby’s cheek. But then you were late with the check-out and that’s it. The same girl does not …
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Festive decoration of shops, restaurants, and salons has become a familiar phenomenon in the cities of Kazakhstan. But not every philistine knows how this is done and at what cost.
The fact is that, in many cases it’s akimats (city halls) who decide to lighten up the mood this way, …
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I often set an example for us, Kazakhstanis, American and European lifestyle. I say how much the order is higher, laws are more effective and democracy is stronger there.
Some readers perceive this as servility to a specific country the United States or to some of the European countries.
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