Cold weather, food, language, miscellaneous cultural differences.
food
Cold Weather
Boats and ships. They usaully traded with China.
You don't "use" a degree - you are awarded one by a University. If you mean "will Russia recognise a BSc awarded by a US University" then that's a different question.
Cold weather
Russia uses the Ruble
1987
They wanted Russia!! ( they did not get it though!)
the steppes
he was selected to be part of a move that was shutdown
Russia is not yet a free enterprise; it is in transition.
There is every likelihood that those in Russia who read and write English use this website.