Globilization's affect on Russian society

Russian society has been experiencing dramatic changes that affected the country's politics, economy and social life.
Socially, Western music and other types of pop culture have influenced the Russian Youth. Russian language, as many English words and constructions have become wildly fashionable. Some of the terms borrowed from the languages of countries with a longer capitalistic and technological tradition (like the USA, for example) have corresponding equivalents in Russian, the English terms are being extensively used by the population, as further evidence of the social changes that have taken place in the country. Due to globalization, transnational corporations have quickly emerged.
Poetry has declinedgivingplace to crime fiction,historical and romantic novels.
Drug abuse has come into the open with disastrous consequence; more than 3 million drug addicts. TheRussian Orthodox Church has grown since 1991 after the fallof the Soviet Union, as churches and monasteries have reopened and been restored although the holidays of Easter and Christmas have been reinstated (according to the JulianCalendar). In 1996 about 75 percent of believers in Russia considered themselves Russian Orthodox, 19 percent Muslim, and 7 percent other.Virtually nonexistent rituals such as church weddings have become common, most Russians have remained, if not confessed atheists, quite unobservant.
Doctors are poorly paid and poorly trained. Shortages of nurses, specialized personnel, and medical supplies and equipment persist. The AIDS epidemic has severely increased; the number of HIV positive people has grown from less than 100 in 1989 to an estimated 1 million in 2003.
About 98 percent of population over age fifteen are literate. Constitution guarantees right to free preschool, basic general, and secondary vocational education.In 1995 there were about 500 postsecondary schools in operation, including forty-two universities. In 1994 the construction, industry, and agriculture sectors employed 53.5 percent of the work force, and the services sector employed 37 percent, a distribution typical of developing economies. Unemployment rate has decreased from 7.90 % in 2003 to 6.40% in 2009.
On the sports side, ice hockey and tennis are the most practiced in Russia. It was ranked 3rd in number of both gold and total medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The past 15 years have been a period of intense international change. Many aspects of international life have experienced rapid transformation having imapcted the Russian society in different aspects that both have pros and cons.

Aissatou Nafi Maiga