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Alfred on September 25, 2008 - 4:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I don't know much about Russia and its collapse - I was only a tangential witness. However, almost every time I bring up TOD, I can see a Russian beauty at the top left of the screen with a link to www.russianeuro.com

I find that very positive. It seems that collapse has a good side to it after all. :=)

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thirra on September 25, 2008 - 5:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Sorry,Alfred,that Russian beauty wants to sell herself to some mug Western male,the wealthier the better and get citizenship in a wealthy mug Western country.The way things are going she could be jumping out of the kettle into the fire.

However,it is a bit of an oversimplification to blame the Russian decline solely on lack of oil revenues.It was a very big ask to convert the USSR from a command economy in crisis to a functioning Russian Federation,nominally democratic, while many of the SSR's opted out,without chaos and suffering.

Neither Gorbachev or Yeltsin was up to the task.The same could be said of most of our leadership in the West at the moment.

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