i heard a similar opinion in a discussion that was comparing the Ukraine and Russia; Ukraine has periodic elections, so the powers that be are extremely corrup

i heard a similar opinion in a discussion that was comparing the Ukraine and Russia; Ukraine has periodic elections, so the powers that be are extremely corrupt - so they are just looting it all while in power. In autocratic Russia corruption is said to be more limited to Putin's inner circle; so relative stability would result in a situation where a wider circle gets its share; However i can't say if that is true, i am just glad to be far away from this mess; go figure.