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Well, people smuggled those watches to Poland after the collapse of USSR to get economy going. Post-soviet state could not arrange proper exports, imagine tha
by guard-of-terra 10y ago
Well, people smuggled those watches to Poland after the collapse of USSR to get economy going.
Post-soviet state could not arrange proper exports, imagine that.
- trhway 10y ago>Post-soviet state could not arrange proper exports, imagine that. it was the time of "privatization" and the exports were "privatized" too. For example Putin got his start in the Russian "business" (after running scared away from his KGB job after the failed coup of 1991) as one of the key persons - he was issuing export licenses, ie. representing that "Post-soviet state" - in the massive export channel of the "privatized" commodities (mostly metals, some oil, etc) through St.Petersburg(Leningrad). A typical, and relatively small, example of such "privatized" export back then : https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/04/19/putin-and-a-controversial-past/ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/04/19/putin-and-a...
- guard-of-terra 10y agoThere was perhaps a long list of people who could have save the day, and nobody did. As far as I am concerned, the whole society has failed. Blaming it on a handful people is pointless IMO.
- mroatman 10y agoA bit OT, but Poland used Soviet movements before the collapse as well: http://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/1mwf-alfa-poland-3474649.html http://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/1mwf-alfa-poland-3474649.ht...