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As someone who spent her entire adolescence in war and is living in a region carpeted with instability and bathed with violence, I would say, yeah go for it. Show some theeth. Your people would love it.
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The primary reason for any improvement is linked to exploitation of natural resources. However, the average Russian is not better off, just siloviki and oligarchs.
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You're wrong about people not being better off. The average Russian is much better off. They all have cell phones. Most have computers. Many more have cars. I lived there for two years in the 90s and was there again last year (in several cities). Average salary was 40 dollars per month or so in the 90s. Now people make a thousand per month--at least. And their money goes reasonably far. It's obviously no where near the western world, but it is much, much better than it was. |
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