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Old 06-03-07, 10:29 AM   #8
Heibges
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Originally Posted by Gorduz
My biggest suprise was russia.. what's happening over there?
You can see the details if you click on the country name. Most of it is written off to internal problems like crime rates, terrorist acts, life expectancy and the 'un-democratization'.

Very accurate reflection. A lot of people don't really see how bad it is in Russia because of the recent economic uplift. Economic uplift isn't everything.
It seems like the only thing that happened in Russia since the end of the Sovet Government is a few folks got very very very very rich. Everyone else is taking it in the rear.

One of the reasons Western companies are scared to invest in Russia, is that even though they have democracy, the "rule of law" doen not seem to exist.

Slightly OT: There was huge scandal recently with Russian Billionaries importing prostitutes into France from Russia through Switzerland for their own private use.
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