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What follows is a Question & Answer Interview with the Russian teenager,

Q: How many members are there in your family?
A: 4 (me, mom, and grandparents).

Q: What are the ages of the children?
A: 16.

Q: Are both parents living at home?
A: No, only mom.

Q: How many members are working to support your family?
A: 3.

Q: What do they do for work?
A: They are all researchers in the field of Russian history.

Q: What are issues are you affected by? What are some major issues affecting your country right now? How and in what ways are you most affected?
A: I'm affected by attending to the university (and a chance to get to our army if I won't pass the exams) and the health of my parents. My country now is affected by:
-War in Yugoslavia
-Economic Situation in Russia
-Corruption
-Criminal Situation

Q: What is your opinion on the issues and status of your nation?
A: We are the GREATEST nation in the World. We will rule the World. We will survive. Nobody can stop us.

Q: How is your family directly being affected by the problems/and or good things from relations with other countries?
A: We just care about Serbian people. Politics isn't the main point in our relations with people from other countries.

Q: How is your family doing financially?
A: Better then other ones 'cause my mother is a private teacher and this is the main finance source for our family; the normal wages in dollars equal $20-25.

Q: If you were in charge, how would you fix the problems; what would you do and what do you think is the solution?
A: Hard question. I don't have any pre-prepared suggestions. Also I don't want to get into politics - it's too dirty for me.

Q: What do you think about your country's government?
A: This is the best government since 1991, but still there are no great results in solving Russia's problem.

Q: What has your government done to take care in stopping any problems? Or, in positive cases, what has your government done to avoid them and stay successful?
A: Not a lot yet. They spoke a lot and they suggested a lot - but there were no practice. Probably, Prime Minster Primokov will do something.

Q: Is there something you really like about your government, or something you really don't like?
A: Yes, there is. It's the personality of our Prime Minister - Evgeny (first name) Maximovich (middle name) Primokav (surname). He is the only Russian politician who can really help Russia to survive.

Q: What do you think could change for the better in your government?
A: Less level of corruption.

Q: What kind of education have your children received, or are receiving?
A: I've just ended High School and I'm going to attend the university.

Q: What are some traditions/rituals of your culture that your family abides to?
A: Yes, there are a lot of them.but still we are atheistic and non-superstitious.

Q: What is the predominant religion in your area?
A: Orthodoxy.

Q: Is your family happy?
A: Yes.

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