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NDI provides advice and shares international experiences with nonpartisan Russian civic groups seeking to promote democratic election procedures through election monitoring , public education on the rights and responsibilities of voters , and advocacy to promote transparency and accountability . Field trips and excursions include Catharine 's Palace , Peter and Paul Fortress and the Hermitage Museum , whose collections are displayed in six buildings , including the Winter Palace , formerly the official residence of the Russian Tsars . I personally have the conception that the revolution in the economically developed countries will everywhere be bloody , probably much bloodier than the Russian revolution , since the European bourgeoisie is much stronger and better armed than the Russian bourgeoisie was . The Senate panel approved the full construction funds but withheld nearly all of the money for the U.S. and Russian projects until 30 days after the Energy Department files two reports . But neither the Soviets nor the Russians have been able to earn much from the region 's fisheries , and Russian patrols have been unable to prevent the fast and sophisticated Japanese fishing fleets from catching what they wish in the islands ' waters .