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Tell that to people in Belarus or Ukraine (not talking about the situation since 2014), Kazakhstan etc. Not sure about the situation in the others. A post talk
by einpoklum 4y ago
Tell that to people in Belarus or Ukraine (not talking about the situation since 2014), Kazakhstan etc. Not sure about the situation in the others. A post talking about "GDP per capita" rather than what people's lives are like is kind of a joke.
- cezart 4y agoYou can add Moldova to the list. Yes, now the people have well wealthier lifestyles than during he soviet period, and overall the direction seems optimist. But going from a postcard republic of sorts, to literally the poorest country in Europe, the transition has heavily bruised many people's faiths.
- cpursley 4y agoYeah, Moldova is an order of magnitude worse-off now: https://youtu.be/wnDxHTaeNX0 https://youtu.be/wnDxHTaeNX0
- sam_lowry_ 4y agoFraud and incompetence are the reason as much as political changes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Moldovan_bank_fraud_scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Moldovan_bank_fraud_sca...
- cpursley 4y agoFwiw, Russian PPP is not far behind Germany.
- morsch 4y agohttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locations=RU-DE-US https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locat...