Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           11/6/14

      Today we continued presenting our projects. Below I have listed some of the facts I have learned today.

 Russia

• Federal presidential Republican by Vladmir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev 
• 1991 is when this government started 
• Vladmir Putin was a president from 2000-2008
• He took office again in May,7 2012 
• Dmitry is the 10th prime minister of Russia he was president 2008-2012 
• Government needs to ensure the implement a uniform state policy in the areas of culture, science, education, health protection, social security, and ecology 
• You can impeach, assassinate, protest, vote a third party candidate, and start a revolution 
• There's a White House in Moscow

Syria 

• Republic and Bashar al Assad 
• Hes been in rule for fourteen years 
• Their elections are rigged.....he counts the votes and can throw away votes that aren't for him
• He received 97% of the votes
• The only way to get rid of him is assassination 
• They tried a revolution but he started using chemical weapons on the people 
• They have a terrorist group called ISIS 

Japan 

• Parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 
• The Emperor is the worlds only monarchy with the Emperor
• The Prime Minister is the President of the Liberal Democratic Party
• All men and women who have reached the age 20 have the right to vote
• They can't impeach