All this Republics have their own presidents, own national flag, own parliaments, hymn and all other things that an independent state needs. These republics are not Russian linguistically, they have their own culture, traditions and religion.
Full independence for Russian colonies:
The Adygea Republic
The Tatarstan Republic
The Chechnya Republic
The Dagestan Republic
The North Ossetia
The Bashkortostan Republic
The Karelia Republic
The Altai Republic
The Kabardino-Balkaria
The Buryatia Republic
The Chuvash Rebublic
The Ingushetia Republic
The Kalmykia Republic
The Karachayevo-Circassian Republic
The Khakasia Republic
The Komi Republic
The Mari Republic
The Mordovian Republic
The Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
The Tyva Republic
The Udmurtia Republic
THEY DREAM ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
It is only Putin's bloody regime, that does not tolerate freedom
of speech, makes them afraid to speak about this.
These republics are in fact independent, they are not
Russians and never want to be. Chechnya for example has
already issued a declaration of independence, that is one
step away recognition. How cynical can you be to demand
independence for regions in Georgia and not to allow this
for republics in Russia.
ECONOMY
Russia’s Comeuppance
Not long ago the balance of global power was shifting toward Russia. The economic crisis has put a stop to that.
Nov 26, 2008 | Updated: 1:48 p.m. ET Nov 26, 2008
Member Comments
-
Posted By: Johnsm @ 03/05/2009 5:54:30 PM
-
Posted By: Johnsm @ 03/05/2009 5:53:34 PM
Russia will collapse in 2009
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/04/2008 10:51:42 AM
There will be a divine deserved punishment of the USA.
Russian to spit on the share market. This entertainment of the Moscow elites.
The capital has left Russia after the USA organized by special services of bloody murders of the Russian citizens in Georgia. It is clear, that Americans will organize military conflicts worldwide to undermine economy of some countries and there was an outflow of the capital (Russia, India).
Russian to spit on time decrease in incomes. Lived and is worse.
For some centuries the West attacked Russia more than hundred times. And Russia has not surrendered and will not surrender. NEVER.
And here the USA will break up to parts if its economy will fall to third that will occur to a high probability in current of the nearest three years.-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/04/2008 10:24:23 PM
What punishment? USA have a regular recession, which very unlikely be a depression, even with Obama. US did not lose money, it was just Russia and EU who paid full price for sky-high american real-estate and eventually will get back only about 50% of it. And oil dropped, which is good for industrial countries and is very bad for Russia.
So, it is more likely your punishment. Remember how USSR collapsed after few years of low oil prices? Now it might be the Russiah time, unless you smart up.-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/06/2008 10:13:00 AM
US did not lose money, it was just Russia and EU who paid full price for sky-high american real-estate and eventually will get back only about 50% of it. And oil dropped, which is good for industrial countries and is very bad for Russia.
So, it is more likely your punishment. Remember how USSR collapsed after few years of low oil prices? Now it might be the Russiah time, unless you smart up.
-
Sorry, HOW MANY Europeans and Russians buyed US real Estate ? US CITIZENS did (that is, they subscribe hitotecary debits based on HIGH real estate price, and now CANNOT pay the debt EVEN IF THEY SELL THEIR HOMES, because the real estate prices have gone down by the tube) . And THAT is the REAL SPARK (or ONE of the REAL SPARS) of american recession (and RECESSION IS GOING ON, you bet it IS...)
Regarding the russian oil price problem, of course it exists . But it is a problem, not a death sentence . Unlike in 1998 (the times of "democratic" Eltsin), Russia has now a discrete parachute, that is, TWO parachutes (the 3rd gold and monetary reserves of the world PLUS the stabilization fund) . They won't last forever, but neither the low oil price will do in a three years' time (maybe more, maybe less) the world will need more oil to start to climb out of the crisis . And the oil (and the gas) will be always there where they are now...You want it, you take it, you pay the price...-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/06/2008 4:58:01 PM
You don't understand ho wit works here. Suppose US seller sells the house for $100000, and receives the full sum from US Usually buyer take a loan (mortgage) from small bank for something like $90000 for 30 years, then that small bank resells this mortgage to bigger bank, then bank "wizards" split this mortgage into 90 bond papers ($1000 each) and sell those papers to investors (not directly, I guess, by they developed the way) for REAL money. If buyer can not pay mortgage - his home will be foreclosed - that is sold on auctions, Suppose it is sold for $50000 - then every paper holder will recive $500 instead invested $1000. Who got the rest 50000?. The original seller of the house, who is the USA citizen. Who lost 50000? The final paper holders, partially US banks and their shareholders, and partially foreign investors.
Russian stabilization fund - I read that Russia already depleted it by 40%, and iit happened when oil price was $65, much bigger than now. Probably oil price will grow in 3 years, but ot higher than $75 - your speculation scared industrial countries enough to jump-start electric cars, as well as EU found others sources of natural gas and reduced dependence on Russia by 50%. And , by the way, it is very bad practice to rely on oil and gas - your income depemds on countries you hate, if they cough - you have pneumonia. So, pray on USA and EU, otherwise you will not survive.-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/07/2008 12:18:37 PM
You can explain how thngs work there to the US citizens who REALLY lost their houses (for "foreclosure", of course, let alone Katrina...), and EVEN IF they will receivesome cash from the banks and their "wizards", they hardly will find anothe house anytime soon (especially if they are caught in the last unemployment burst...)...
If oil price will climb again to 75 $ per barrel or about, it will be good enough for Russins, since that price (or even something less) is the "price" the oil was always accounted for in the russian state budget in the last years (the balance between that price and the real one went to the stabilization fund) . The russians have depleted 1/4 of their monetary reserves recently, to sustain the ruble against a too fast devaluation, but the stabilization fund is stil substantially intact . Don't mess the apple with the oranges...
The full (not hybrid" electric cars will be seen on the roads not so soon (and in the meanwhile, all thiss mess and low oil prices will be history) and however il will take very much more time to see truck, jumbo jets and cargo ships (if any) with electric engines...Regarding the diffrernt sources of natural gas for Europe, recently Germans and Russians has signed a deal to join their forces in a new gigantic gas natural field in Siberia . You call it""differentiation" ?-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/07/2008 4:07:24 PM
Some US citizens and banks lost their homes, others collected good money - all monew stay in US banks, plus extra from you - that it all what I wanted to prove when I said that USA had not loast money.. As for oil prices and stabilization fond - I got all information from Russian newspapers (on Russian Wen sites). Your estimations come from Russion goverment propaganda - you have full right to believe it, like in USSR people believed the communism was coming. About 50% EU dependency on Russion gas - it is also from oficial sources, but you still can believe that only Russia can export oil and natural gas to Europe.
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/08/2008 9:12:34 AM
Comment: Some US citizens and banks lost their homes, others collected good money - all monew stay in US banks, plus extra from you
-
Sorry to disillusion you, but I have never invested a cent on US real estates, nor the huge majority of Russians did it (they invest VERY few money on stocks and bonds or r.e., and usually NOT in the USA . If some oligarchs did it, then all the worst on him) .-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/08/2008 10:50:12 PM
Good for you, I did not say that all Russians invested in USA, did not even say that americans got big profit from Russian "lohs" (even it is the case, I just said that USA did mot lose money, understand?
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/09/2008 8:45:20 AM
I just said that USA did mot lose money, understand?
-
This is good for you (if it is real) . Just a note: the russian "lohs" (I guess you mean "lokhi", that is, fools) are VERY few: just 800.000 people in Russia invest in stocks (on 145.000.000 inhabitants), and even fewer are those that invest in US real estate (by the way: HOW MANY "smart" US citizens did it ?)...-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/09/2008 9:28:09 PM
Yes, not many people (where can you get so many reach in Russia?) but how many dollars? How come "new Russians" lost about 50% of their capitals on current crysis? It is hundreds of millions dollars. Pity, they could invest in Russia, but it seems they are afraid of Putin and his beurocrats more than of foreign capitalists.
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/10/2008 7:26:28 AM
And since they lost so much money in foreign capitalesm (more exactly, USA capitalism), maybe they where wrong (that is, scratch "maybe"...)...:-)
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/10/2008 8:06:56 PM
Do they have much choice? Ask Chodorovsky or Gusinsky. I don't try to say that they are good people, only that Russians do not have safe place in Russia for their capitals.
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/12/2008 10:15:40 AM
And not even in America, it seems...
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/12/2008 7:21:42 PM
Amen
-
-
-
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/10/2008 7:34:26 AM
Yes, not many people (where can you get so many reach in Russia ?
I dunno . Russian is the9th people in the world for touristic travels abroad (source: IATA) . You think their travel and stay in hotels for free ?-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/10/2008 8:02:44 PM
Yes, I know. I also know that Moscow now is the most expencive city in the world, so traveling abroad (which is regular thing for citizens of industrial countries) is probably even cheaper for Russians?
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/12/2008 10:14:43 AM
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/10/2008 8:02:44 PMYes, I know. I also know that Moscow now is the most expencive city in the world, so traveling abroad (which is regular thing for citizens of industrial countries) is probably even cheaper for Russians?
-
You have forgotten to say "the most expensive city FOR FOREIGNERS" . In that account are included some kind of expenses that a Muscovite will hardly have in his life (that is, hotels and so on) .
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/08/2008 9:46:36 AM
About 50% EU dependency on Russion gas - it is also from oficial sources, but you still can believe that only Russia can export oil and natural gas to Europe.
-
And do you think 50 % is so few ? I have never said that ALL EU gas come from Russia: of course it comes from many sources (Russia, Algeria, Libya, North Sea -untill there will be something there down below-, etc.), this is pure common sense (as it is common sense to import gas from Russia and not oil from, say, Irak...) . But the bulk of that gas comes (and will come) from Russia, as directly as it can do, and this is good for both (BTC...too many countries to cross, too many guerrillas -e.g., Kurds in Turkey-, too many seismic zones...)...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/06/2008 7:57:39 AM
Crisis has begun in the hypothecary market of the USA. The USA for the present skilfully "export" an economic crisis worldwide. Smear a thin layer the problems on Globe. So perceive it many in the world. In Russia of crisis is not present. Is only: 1) withdrawal of the western capitals from the share market of Russia, as in the USA and the Europe crisis of liquidity. To the western banks are necessary money that it will not be ruined therefore they and have deduced all of money from many developing economy. The share market in Russia is not used widely by citizens of Russia. There is a share market, or it is not present is to citizens of Russia without a difference, to spit, there is no damage and so on!!!
Russia guarantees itself the largest natural stocks in the world. And than guarantees itself the USA?
Share virtual indexes, options and other "castles in the air"? To inflate the world belief in a financial pyramid of the USA it will not be possible infinitely.
2) time reduction of price on oil and metals. However stocks at the Russian state are also them will suffice for some years. And America every day depends on investors of Asia and the Europe.
If to speak seriously the American economy at least should decrease for third and then it will come in balance. There are serious economic researches in this occasion.
Third of American economy is doomed. And the trend of falling of economy of the USA to be prolonged 2-3 years. And in summer 2010 will be there are revolts of unemployeds and homelesses. Considering, that in America the weapon at everything, many millions will leave on a track of robberies and gangsterism to support themselves and the family. Thousand veterans of the Afghani and Iraq wars too will not be good boys. And ALREADY CHINESE, JAPANESE, EUROPEAN INVESTORS WILL REFLECT, FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT TO SEND IN THE USA THE CAPITALS?! The peak of system crisis of the USA is necessary for 2014. Rich staffs: Florida, California, Texas and some safe cities will enter restriction on entrance to the possession to stop poor men from other regions USA. Also will leave incomes at itself. The uniform economic space will be broken. It is interesting to you further? To you I shall not tell history of the future. It and so already becomes distinctly visible.
bighappy, think in advance to get the fine house in the Europe or in Russia!-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/07/2008 4:14:32 PM
Applying USSR and Russia model to USA - looks so goog, is not it? Dream, buddy, dream. What will be name of your country in 2014< Moscowrep (read Voinovich, if you do not understand this name)?
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/07/2008 5:59:24 PM
bighappy, the dear American person, I have hardly understood you. Russian do not wish, that Americans lived more poorly, and is worse. Live well!!!
You come to Russia. We shall enjoy a life. Russian vodka, Russian women, Russian entertainments. I not so love fun, but the American friend will accept Russia without propagation! Russian know, how there live Americans, but Americans do not know, how there live Russian.
Not thought up Russian.!!!
Or to be at war or friends - Russian do not understand other condition!!!-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/07/2008 11:12:32 PM
Great! Then stop providing doomsday scenarios and "great satan" theory Go on Russian sites and ask tou Russian friends there why they are so happy of 9/11? is this how you want to be friends?
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/08/2008 5:56:11 AM
9/11 - someone is probable and was pleased. But it were the some people and citizens of the USA. Russia not the totalitarian state that all under the order operated, cried, were pleased.
9/11 - it is a lot of questions on mystification. Answers are absent.
9/11 Putin has offered the first the USA the support, has offered solidarity in struggle against terrorism. Has offered a hand of cooperation. The American politicians have spoiled, have spat in this hand. 1) supported the Chechen terrorists, expressed support during terrorist attacks in many cities of Russia; 2) set nationalists-politicians in the East Europe on Russia. These facts are multiplied!; 3) propagation against Putin, against Russia in mass media. These facts are multiplied! 4) accommodations of military bases and rockets around of Russia. The American armies now in the states which were Hitler's jumping-off places for an attack to the USSR. Rockets and bases are multiplied!
5) support of extremists and mad radical democrats in Russia. Kasparov, Lemons, etc. These facts are multiplied!
6) 500 American instructors developed plans and learned to be at war and kill Russian citizens in Georgia. Military transports, space communication and investigation, the weapon, advice of the American generals and politicians is for murder of the Russian peace-making posts in South Ossetia. The facts open!
7) obstacles in economic activities of Russia. Bush personally gave orders on failure of transactions of the large Russian companies. It is a lot of facts!
Strange thing: all enemies of Russia are friends to the USA!
It is necessary to speak fairly, that the USA spend, covered by a veil, non-standard war against Russia-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/08/2008 11:15:09 PM
Only arabs and russians danced on the streets or web sites, and your answers prove that you were one of them. Putin and Arafat crocofile tears - he had to say it as President, only Saddam was genuin, bad for him.
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/10/2008 3:50:28 AM
Do not write nonsense. Read More, that is not processed by the American "democratic" censorship. Group of elite of the USA have appointed enemies. Skill of processing of brains in the USA the most excellent.
Wars and capture of the petroliferous countries are necessary for some oil and military-technical billionaires of the USA. And to you what for to trust in fairy tales! Not understanding, you serve interests and profits any secret " fat cats ". American people with this hatred becomes better to live not. You do not learn the truth. And you will not find sacred kind people among the American elite. For them first of all interests of fat cats.-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/10/2008 8:15:54 PM
What about masons? OJjewish plots against mother Russia? Who else is plotting against you?
-
Posted By: The genius @ 12/11/2008 4:32:51 PM
It became difficult to me to write comments. They are not displayed. I wrote, you read with maximal freedom, it is my hope.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Posted By: Otus @ 11/28/2008 3:42:17 AM
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/27/2008 2:37:03 PM
Comment: I have first-hand knowledge of Russian life.
Oh, I do believe you, I do believe you... Thousands wouldn't but I do!
No offence mate but your absolutely ignorant and spread-eagle chauvinist statements stink:
"typical Russian principle: if my neighbour has better house - I would rather burn his hose than work hard to build mine"
Yep, and with this principle Russians built the biggest country in the world, were the first in the space (btw it is funny that your propaganda machine invented the"Moon Race" to divert the attention from the fact that you failed to put the first man in the space - there will be other planets, the first man on Mars, the first man on a planetoid, etc., etc. but Gagarin will always be the First) and defeated Hitler and Napoleon.
"russian workers do not receive unemployment, ley alone special pensions"
3 months' salary + unemployment benefit - that's by law. When I was in the same situation during the 1998 crisis I got 5 months' salary and did not even care to register as an unemployed.
I don't know what you mean by "special pensions" but clearly you dig the facts out of your nose.:(-
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/28/2008 2:45:22 PM
Hello, commy. Here you can find a lot of common with Obama supporters. To your knowledge, I once was among those who helped USSR to built their "huge success" and I know how it had been achieved. As soon as USA decided to spend tiny fraction of their budget for cosmos "propaganda" (unlike satellites, moon exploration was a pure waste of money, as it was with Soviet "sputnics") - they sent a man to the Moon, while USSR was not able to achieve it even spending 50% of its budget. It was also discussed enough inside Russia during "perestroika", when communicats tried to brag of "great achievements", so it does not make sense to speak about the past.
About unemployment in Russia - I don't know where you worked in 1998, but unlike USA, russians outside of Moscow usually earned their income working on small companies (yes, there are a lot of old big plants still supported by goverment, but they pay much less) which usually go with their workers, let alone the fact that oficial salary is usually much less that they actually receive. So whatever the law says - unemployment is almost nothing there. By "special pensions" I meant unions-negotiated pensions in USA.
"Defeated Hitler and Napoleon" - why did not you remind us that Russia also defeated mongols? Japanese do not say that they are great nation because defeated Russia in 1905 (a Poland did it in 1920).-
Posted By: VladimirSm @ 11/29/2008 3:00:00 AM
Poland defeated Russia in 1920? Realy? What do you mean "defeated"? And who else defeated Russia?
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/29/2008 12:26:59 PM
"Defeated", Vladimir, means that the defeated country makes concessions, such as giving up Western Ucraine. All big countries lost several wars this way (probably except USA because of their shorter history), including Russia.
-
Posted By: Otus @ 12/08/2008 12:25:19 PM
Oh, why making ridiculous shallow analogies? Just confess that you are offended that I called you a Nazi and ask a pardon for you first being impolite.
As for you, I am afraid it'll take you much more than 25 years just to come to the common sense and to stop seeing Commies under your bed. Good luck, by the way.
As regards Russian great achievements (which of course you have no courage to write unquoted as they deserve) that was you who said something about Russians preferring to destroy and unable to build, wasn't it? Now, with your back to the corner you call it "irrelevant" Fine, your surrender accepted.
As I understand you have had to agree with all other points that I made. Fine again. Speaking the truth is always nice.
As regards Saturn - if you indeed were in the industry you would have known that the super-heavy vehicles like Saturn or (of the same class) Russian Energy (which if necessary could have been upgraded to be heavier that Saturn - but it simply was not required) are of no use in the modern days. So, this point is indeed absolutely irrelevant.
PS Your Russian is funny. It has a kind of Caucasian accent. I guess you studied it some time ago and perhaps used during your service but now start forgetting. If so, I understand your hatred towards Russia a Cold War "comrade Smith".:) -
Posted By: Kuksha @ 12/01/2008 9:41:34 AM
The Brestky world has been concluded with Germany instead of with Poland.
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/01/2008 9:55:22 PM
Don't confuse "Brestsky mir" of 1918 with Poland war in 1920. One idiot here said that it was war with Belorussia (he at least could say Ucraine, wich is closer) - you can laugh with me.
-
Posted By: Kuksha @ 12/02/2008 9:35:04 AM
You mean one of episodes of Civil war? Approach to Kiev "white" Poles - and was on May, 26th counterattack, to the middle of August the Red army left to Warsaw, and the peace treaty on March, 18th is signed. Before there were Czechs, Germans, Antanta and who only was not! Therefore Poles at once also you will not recollect
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/02/2008 7:59:19 PM
Yes, exactly. The difference - it was Russia against Poland, county against country, no war by proxy (like Chechs for Kolchak).
-
Posted By: Kuksha @ 12/03/2008 9:42:39 AM
Let's agree that it was for a long time and textbooks of history at us were different. As on employment on stories me drove in a dream, from a supervising and directing line of party KPSS.I in general to the modern inhabitant to spit that there was in 1920??. It can and universal war for Poland, and for Russia small trouble. Excuse already very few people remembers, and some already alter history after the own fashion. Now the second world some pages in the textbook are given, and in vain - are very instructive.
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/03/2008 8:21:04 PM
My version of 1920 history is not from new books. It was in USSR school books. Of course they said that traterous Polish bustards, with full imperialists support, tried to stick a knife in the Russian back in 1920, Russia responded in force, almost got Varsaw, but being busy with Vrangel decided to leave Poland and West Ucraine as well. It is interesting that in new free Russia they don't teach even this. But I did not start this war discussion, only responded to the slogan that Russia is so great now because it had defeated Hitler and Napoleon(??).
-
Posted By: Kuksha @ 12/04/2008 9:58:56 AM
es it is true. While the enemy has reached Moscow, it was possible to concentrate forces (the industry, armies, correction of nonsenses). Military men killed (USSR and Germany) if to compare - the enemy has been filled up by bodies of the Soviet soldiers!
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Posted By: Otus @ 12/01/2008 2:21:20 PM
Hello, Nazi.
I am not a Commy but trust you will equally like how I call you.
I believe you again. Now you are "among those" - admirably broad term explaining nothing. Fine. You made a wrong choice though since I indeed worked in the space industry until I had to change my job to make some money for my family - thanks to Granddaddy Eltsin. So - GET OFF with your lies about "50% of budget" etc., etc.
Back to the topic: ok, now you tacitly admit that you lied and that at least part of the Russians can get unemployemnt benefits? Go on. The truth is always better than lies. Now, articulate the percentage of Russians who got salaries "in envelopes" in 1998 - and now. Estimate those who got paid when fired notwithstanding the way they received salaries. Refresh your memory about state compensations - which you keep "forgetting". How does it feel?
Japan and Poland are, of course, bigger than Russia. However, a reasonable and educated person does understand the difference between, say, Japan defeating Russia in a local Far East war (which Russian people did not want to fight first of all and which involved just a small fraction of Russians) - and Russia defeating Napoleon and Hitler. If you are just an uneducated person - read the books. Learn the quality and quantity of the armies of those two (compare with the population each time), the countries that they defeated and the time that it took. Learn the ultimate sacrifice of MY nation which stopped them. If, however, you are just an unreasonable person (which I have to presume) - alas... I do not want to discuss with you any further, live the remainder of your life in peace, lies and ignorance.-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/01/2008 10:15:19 PM
O yes, your great "achievements" in the past, which I said are completely irrelevant for this discussions. About 50%+ budget - I could give you a lecture how much brainpower and resources USSR military sucked from country to build compatible weapon, but you will not be able to understand, probably will say "Zato me delaem rakety". Still was not enough to build anything close to "Saturn" rocket engine, though. As for "nazzi" - I remember that chinese during their period of insanity (Culture Revolution) named this way the Soviets. Congradulations with your Culture Revolution, hopefully in 25 years you will get smarter (like Chinese).
-
-
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/02/2008 6:24:38 PM
A little amending: Sputnik was PARTLY a propaganda hit, and PARTLY (mostly) a military experiment: the building of a rocket engine which could send a warhead wherever in the world (including NY. LA, etc) without risking a manned bomber or the like . It tweeted "beep beep", but the message was "you are under tire, sorry, under fire..."...
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/02/2008 8:14:37 PM
It is well known story. Originally USA did not want to waste money on useless piece of metal in space. Russians were better in propaganda, so they use standard ballistic military rocket to deliver tiny ball in cosmos. Even after that, americans did not appreciate "advantage" of usinf military rockets, and started developing space engins from scratch. Becides, on the way they invented the immediate usage for satellites - spy missions. Russians followed, but to 1961 they had launched only 4 sply satellites against 19 american.. The rest is hystory.
-
-
Posted By: marishka @ 12/01/2008 2:44:48 PM
hello ignorant nazzi, for your information in 1920 was civil war in Russia and Poland fought Belarus not Russia by the way, and in 1938 we took everything back. By the way, I know you like to screem about Prague in 1968, why don't you ask Checks whay a hell they did in Siberia in 1920? Like in the nature hiennas come to eat of the sick bear but got offended if the bear kickes their butts and gets well
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 12/01/2008 10:00:41 PM
Please, don't name me commy (because it is well known that communists and nazists are the same, even Russians called you "krasno-korichnevye). Beleieve me, I never was a member of KPSS. Name me, please, something like "burzuy", even I am not exactly one.
-
-
-
-
Posted By: Vitya @ 12/04/2008 5:16:49 PM
The author forgot to say why the Soviet Union crashed. After expensivr oil in 70-s; came 80-s with the price of oil below 10 dollars. Now days in Russia there is a tax, that companies will not pay for the oil mining if oil price is 35 dollars per barrel.
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/26/2008 10:51:26 PM
Russia has the same economy as old USSR. They only pretend having capitalism. In fact, they produce almost nothing valuable except natural gas, oil and some metals. Even in those areas they use old technologies and equipment. Their weapon is pretty good, but again they have to use old technologies there, which makes it extremely pricy. Goverment and criminal mafia does not allow small and middle production business functioning. Most of foreign investors ran away because of the same goverment-organized mafia. In agriculture they have the same corrupted and inefficient "colhoses", while private farmers are being forced out of business.
-
Posted By: streetwise @ 12/03/2008 7:02:31 PM
Comment: Russia has the same economy as old USSR. They only pretend having capitalism. In fact, they produce almost nothing valuable except natural gas, oil and some metals.
Maybe you forget the cereals . Russia is now the first exporter ocf cereals in Europe and the second in the world (so much for the ""corrupt and inefficient Kolkhos -not "colchoses"-) .. Just wait when they will export biofuels too...
-
-
Posted By: sliver @ 12/01/2008 5:23:51 AM
ghm, i live in russia.. it's about whom? and for who?
-
Posted By: REALITY CHECK @ 11/26/2008 7:36:52 PM
Anytime I hear that Russia is going to overtake the United States, I have to laugh. Our economy is 11 times larger than theirs, and even if they grew at a rate of 1% faster than ours, it would take about 300 years to equal ours. Some of the rhetoric I see in the media always fails to put things in perspective. With the low price of oil, they are likely to be hurt more than we are by the economic slowdown.
-
Posted By: VladimirSm @ 11/29/2008 2:51:40 AM
Excuse me, but the facts are: GDP (purchasing power parity) of US in 2007 13780 bn, Russia - 2097.
(from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html). 13780/2097=6.57
GDP - real growth rate USA (in 2007) 2.0 Russia 8.1 How do you think about 2008, 2009?
-
-
Posted By: bandito @ 11/27/2008 11:48:30 PM
I so understand, the American economy in a full order, time the author of this opus so is interested in economy of Russia?! Probably in the USA all is remarkable =)))) Interestingly as quickly Mexicans will run back to Mexico!? One is insulting: when USA will fall, to all world will get
-
Posted By: HypocricyAdmirer @ 11/27/2008 7:17:26 PM
I'm sure after reading this apocalyptic view of russian economy the workers of three american automakers will start filling much better right away.
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/27/2008 7:27:35 PM
Yes, they should. Besudes, russian workers do not receive unemployment, ley alone special pensions.
-
-
Posted By: bighappy @ 11/27/2008 2:37:03 PM
I don't understand what you want to prove, but believe me - I have first-hand knowledge of Russian life. And all their problems came from typical Russian principle: if my neighbour has better house - I would rather burn his hose than work hard to build mine.
-
Posted By: Otus @ 11/27/2008 9:52:39 AM
Posted By: REALITY CHECK @ 11/26/2008 7:36:52 PM
Comment: Anytime I hear that Russia is going to overtake the United States...
You made me laugh, dear brainwashed reality check. Where do you here this from? Here in Russia I do not hear such childish proposals from any serious people. May be you should filter your sourses?
BTW, as regards the quality of the sourses:
1) "Already the armed forces have had to accept a plan to cut the size of the office corps by almost 60 percent in the next three years."
Actually, such decrease is part of the program of modernization which was prepared long BEFORE the crisis.
2) "It is widely thought that Russia, while steadily increasing its arms sales to Iran, has declined to sell Tehran its most advanced air-defense systems. A protracted economic crisis will surely inspire many inside the Russian defense industry--and probably within the government as well--to call for a review of this policy."
Oh, yeh, a few hundred millions would make a great difference for a country with the reserves in the area of 400-450 bn.
That's only 2 out of many... errr... incorrect statements. And that's typical: "experts" who write about Russia do not understand even the basics. Or simply lie.
Even young bighappy who's "knowledge" of Russian life is just fabulous could well be one of such experts. I bet.:))
-
Posted By: Jim1348 @ 11/26/2008 4:22:15 PM
It won't be a comeuppance for long. Few, if any, countries have the ability to stir up trouble in the Middle East that Russia does. And few others have the incentive to do so, with the resulting higher oil prices. Vladimir will think of something.
Report Abuse
Enter comments if any for reporting abuse
- Black Friday should unleash pent-up demand. Analyst Bill DreherNYT
- The task is to restore our conservative bona fides James Bopp Jr. on a 10-pt GOP checklist NYT
- Twenty five years feels right in my bones and right in my spirit. Oprah on ending her showCST
- It’s going to be a holy war Orrin Hatch on debate over the Senate health billNYT
- The nation and the world will see him for the coward he is Holder, on trying KSMAP
Discuss