> we have much more visibility into those dealings. in Russia people have a lot of visibility into all the corruption and how the things are being done. > Not

> we have much more visibility into those dealings. in Russia people have a lot of visibility into all the corruption and how the things are being done. > Not to mention a refresh of power every so often and bloodless changeovers of power. you should be confusing Russia with Iraq or some other country. in modern Russia there were only bloodless power changes. > I can't imagine living in a place where you actively fear your government... the people in the West have this advantage - not to fear their governments, everybody should admit. there are not very many stories about how some businessman or ordinary citizen was killed or imprisoned.