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i must say russia remain a great mistery regarding its politics and policy vision.

Actually, I ahve never heard any russian guy (and I have met alot) talk about politics.. which is very weird.. I do nto kno why... maybe I am european and they think I would not understand..

And the smae with Putin..... maybe Putin is more a black and white figure while Bush is a clearly black figure?.. I dunno

And given the disinformation is tough to know.

the only thing I find in common in all thread is the level of insecurity for small businessmen in some areas of modern russia....I do not know if it is exaggerated but hte level of corruption in the fiscal and ownership is continuously defined as hoorendeous..

Is it true? is it not? I dunno

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sat Feb 17th, 2007 at 02:47:34 PM EST
There was actually a long-run study on de-regulation of small businesses, conducted by CEFIR/NES (one of the most respected Russian think tanks) on contract from World Bank. They found slight and uneven but improvement between 2001, when the reform was enacted, and 2005. If you're interested, I can dig up the refs.
by Sargon on Sat Feb 17th, 2007 at 02:52:33 PM EST
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