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Plentiful 2000s have nothing to do with Putin. These were plentiful regardless of Putin not because of him. It is normal for every society to take a time to ada

Plentiful 2000s have nothing to do with Putin. These were plentiful regardless of Putin not because of him. It is normal for every society to take a time to adapt with completely new situation. The fact that it was the beginning of 2000s where things started to become much better after the mess of 1990s is true for almost every ex-USSR and Eastern Europe country. But Putin has always been the man he is now – the war in Chechnya began in 1999.

ivan_gammel 4y ago
>It is normal for every society to take a time to adapt with completely new situation. This is a very generic and abstract statement. If you think that the growth could happen without economic reforms that took place in early 2000s, please explain how exactly could that happen in the aftermath of second Chechen War and economic crisis of 1998.
- obscurette 4y ago
  With collapse of eastern block life became objectively worse in all countries of it – old structures were destroyed, but new ones weren't in place yet. It took the whole decade to reform and to build these new structures. And most of these countries have some crisis in the end of 1990s, had to learn a little bit from it, but it was already fine tuning. What you saw in early 2000s in Russia was mostly caused by reforms in 1990s, but times were already turning to worse.
  - ivan_gammel 4y ago
    You are wrong. If you are truly interested in what's happened there, Internet has plenty of information about that period - just go and read it. During his first term Putin's government implemented a number of successful economic reforms that boosted growth and helped to reallocate profits from oil and gas to support the economy. Those reforms continued what has started in 1990s, but they had to happen to enable real growth (esp. tax reform). 1. Tax reform: flat income tax of 13%, reduction in total number of taxes by 70%, reduction in social security tax, introduction of severance tax (captured 84% of profits from oil and gas in state budget) 2. Zero budget deficit and significant reduction of foreign debt 3. Reform of land ownership: created free market of the land 4. New Labor code and pension reform 5. Reform of banking sector and new bankruptcy law

ivan_gammel 4y ago

>It is normal for every society to take a time to adapt with completely new situation. This is a very generic and abstract statement. If you think that the growth could happen without economic reforms that took place in early 2000s, please explain how exactly could that happen in the aftermath of second Chechen War and economic crisis of 1998.

obscurette 4y ago
With collapse of eastern block life became objectively worse in all countries of it – old structures were destroyed, but new ones weren't in place yet. It took the whole decade to reform and to build these new structures. And most of these countries have some crisis in the end of 1990s, had to learn a little bit from it, but it was already fine tuning. What you saw in early 2000s in Russia was mostly caused by reforms in 1990s, but times were already turning to worse.
- ivan_gammel 4y ago
  You are wrong. If you are truly interested in what's happened there, Internet has plenty of information about that period - just go and read it. During his first term Putin's government implemented a number of successful economic reforms that boosted growth and helped to reallocate profits from oil and gas to support the economy. Those reforms continued what has started in 1990s, but they had to happen to enable real growth (esp. tax reform). 1. Tax reform: flat income tax of 13%, reduction in total number of taxes by 70%, reduction in social security tax, introduction of severance tax (captured 84% of profits from oil and gas in state budget) 2. Zero budget deficit and significant reduction of foreign debt 3. Reform of land ownership: created free market of the land 4. New Labor code and pension reform 5. Reform of banking sector and new bankruptcy law