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I'm far from an expert, but my understanding is that the USSR was well more corrupt at the time. Something that provided a firm foundation for Russia's current

I'm far from an expert, but my understanding is that the USSR was well more corrupt at the time. Something that provided a firm foundation for Russia's current situation, with Putin as gangster-in-chief: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/13/alexei-navalny-yulia-navalnaya-putin-russia-election/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/13/alexei-na...

bboygravity 3y ago
Impossible to say since it's impossible to measure corruption in the US without actual practical access to information.
- wpietri 3y ago
  It's impossible to say definitely, something that's true for quite a lot of topics, but that doesn't mean there's nothing useful to be said. E.g., Transparency International's corruption index.
pphysch 3y ago
Is there any actual evidence that Putin is actively corrupt on the level of say Jared Kushner or Hunter Biden (and their father figures), or is it just kinda an a priori thing so we can pat ourselves on the back?
- metabagel 3y ago
  Video by Alexei Navalny - "Putin's palace. The story of the world's biggest bribe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tFSWZXKN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tFSWZXKN0 Also bear in mind that Putin has a record of killing or imprisoning people he regards as being insufficiently loyal.
  - pphysch 3y ago
    Respectfully, this is like me asking about Obama and you replying with a Dinesh D'Souza hitjob. That video has been thoroughly debunked as a baseless conspiracy theory.
    - AlexeyBelov 3y ago
      Debunked where / by whom?
      - pphysch 3y ago
        Arkady Rotenberg and others have claimed current or prior ownership of the property. It really is just a conspiracy theory produced by rabidly anti-Putin media operatives like Navalny -- the exact same playbook as Dinesh D'Souza or "Project Veritas".
        metabagel 3y ago
        It hasn't been debunked. Putin is a crook. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/comrade-capitalism-putins-palace/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/comrade-... The original allegation was made by Sergei Kolesnikov, not Navalny. Reuters traced the money which was used to build Putin's Palace. Any of Putin's associates can claim ownership in order to take the heat off of him, but it is his to use as he sees fit.
- metabagel 3y ago
  There isn't any evidence of corruption by Joe or Hunter Biden. https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-smirnov-ukraine-impeachment-113c1104052dbdc9302606f6d42c9939 https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-smirno...
  - pphysch 3y ago
    Yeah, definitely. Thanks for clearing that up!

bboygravity 3y ago

Impossible to say since it's impossible to measure corruption in the US without actual practical access to information.

wpietri 3y ago
It's impossible to say definitely, something that's true for quite a lot of topics, but that doesn't mean there's nothing useful to be said. E.g., Transparency International's corruption index.

pphysch 3y ago

Is there any actual evidence that Putin is actively corrupt on the level of say Jared Kushner or Hunter Biden (and their father figures), or is it just kinda an a priori thing so we can pat ourselves on the back?

metabagel 3y ago
Video by Alexei Navalny - "Putin's palace. The story of the world's biggest bribe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tFSWZXKN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tFSWZXKN0 Also bear in mind that Putin has a record of killing or imprisoning people he regards as being insufficiently loyal.
- pphysch 3y ago
  Respectfully, this is like me asking about Obama and you replying with a Dinesh D'Souza hitjob. That video has been thoroughly debunked as a baseless conspiracy theory.
  - AlexeyBelov 3y ago
    Debunked where / by whom?
    - pphysch 3y ago
      Arkady Rotenberg and others have claimed current or prior ownership of the property. It really is just a conspiracy theory produced by rabidly anti-Putin media operatives like Navalny -- the exact same playbook as Dinesh D'Souza or "Project Veritas".
      - metabagel 3y ago
        It hasn't been debunked. Putin is a crook. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/comrade-capitalism-putins-palace/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/comrade-... The original allegation was made by Sergei Kolesnikov, not Navalny. Reuters traced the money which was used to build Putin's Palace. Any of Putin's associates can claim ownership in order to take the heat off of him, but it is his to use as he sees fit.
metabagel 3y ago
There isn't any evidence of corruption by Joe or Hunter Biden. https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-smirnov-ukraine-impeachment-113c1104052dbdc9302606f6d42c9939 https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-smirno...
- pphysch 3y ago
  Yeah, definitely. Thanks for clearing that up!