the main shock for an average soviet citizen quickly becoming a russian citizen probably wasn't the abrupt drop in the quality of life [though there sure was qu

the main shock for an average soviet citizen quickly becoming a russian citizen probably wasn't the abrupt drop in the quality of life [though there sure was quite a drop]. it was more about how to live when nobody tells you what to do every minute and when you're on your own. people who came up with a dead simple idea to 1) borrow some cash, 2) visit europe, buy some Snickers (tm) [i kid you not, it really was Snickers for some reason], 3) sell it in russia from a makeshift tent -- those people were turning hundreds percents of profit, doubling their operations weekly and making huge fortunes [by local standards anyway] in months. and, well, one in a thousand had the mindset to pull that off. others were living in poverty in spite of the whole world of available opportunities.