Wouldn't the "Berlin Wall episode" pertain more to the former East Germany, whose GDP per capita today is several times that of Russia's? All in all, reunifica

Wouldn't the "Berlin Wall episode" pertain more to the former East Germany, whose GDP per capita today is several times that of Russia's? All in all, reunification and the fall of Communism has been very good for East Germans: http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-second-economic-miracle/a-17970685 http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-second-economic-miracle/a-1797...