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Are they really talking about "entrepreneurs"? I have hardly heard that word in Russian media. Now if they talking about the people whom Russians call "business
by aleyan 14y ago
Are they really talking about "entrepreneurs"? I have hardly heard that word in Russian media. Now if they talking about the people whom Russians call "businessmen", I can believe it. "Businessmen" has become a generic term for people involved in uncertain economic activity, often shady. It is not uncommon to hear on the evening news of a few "businessmen" resolving their differences with guns. Having so many "businessmen" locked up is not that unusually, especially considering that many criminals simply refer to their activities as business.
I am not making light of corruption in Russia, it is one the top three most serious issues that Russia faces. However, the BBC article seems disingenuous in translating an extremely loaded Russian word "businessman" into entrepreneur and dropping its tremendous criminal baggage.
- tlear 14y agoRussia is so corrupt that running a business without dealing with criminals is not practically possible. Nobody is "clean" and if you are you will not be running a business anymore or even better end up dead or in prison. That is the cost of doing business there. My dad's university friend ran a small company in Moscow, was too honest for his own good, they threw him out of the balcony of his apartment. Competition in in mother russia is a bit more cutthroat then what people NA can imagine.