Thomek, I can disagree with you, maybe you are talking about 90s then I can agree. Well I can say after USSR was broken, all people in Russia thought that USA will help Russia to become democratic country, I remember how many talkings were about that, but USA used that situation, NATO moved to the East, many billions of dollars went to USA and Europe and Russia sucked for 15 years, a lot of people in Russia became poor. Very interesting why the corruption raised so high. Europe and USA with pleasure got all those money and people who left the country with those money. About business in my country, you should watch the statistics about how many foreign companies open their branches in Russia. Russia only now becomes more powerfull and tries to make people's life better. And this anti-russian propoganda will not help to solve any problems with Russia. We have enough resourses to become the most powerfull country and we started to do it, seems somebody on the West doesn't like it.
Ah you mean rich
Americans like Abramovich? Sorry..
Russians stole your country man. Wake up please.
No one invaded USSR. Your country fell apart by its own hands.
I won't go into the reasons why it happened.. Perhaps a mix of too much capitalism too fast, and too many corrupt Russians who finally had a chance to take what they "deserved" for what they had suffered. Also, understand the US didn't have a clue about USSR falling. The biggest failure of CIA in history was total failure to predict it, even right up to the moment it happened. Sure a lot of cowboys tried their luck in the 90's but I'm sure the oligarchs have hustled most of it back to RF hands by now.
BTW I think the main reason people would have their money abroad, is that their money is not
safe in Russia.
If you had a billion $$$..
Would you put it in a Russian bank? Thank your corrupt law system for money fleeing Russia.
I'm not preaching anti-russian propaganda here. I'm telling it like it really is. I have no personal hate towards russians at all. As I've stated many times I think they are great people, and I have met many and have many russian friends.
Yes, you have vast resources, but you don't have a system capable of not wasting it or stealing it.
More than anything I sense that russians in here have a tendency to:
1. Blame russian troubles on someone else. (Not productive, but understandable. It's the easiest path to think)
2. Label things anti-russian propaganda. (While in fact, Russian propaganda encourages you to think like that. I'm just stating what I think, perhaps it's influenced by anti-russian propaganda who knows. But these are my own thoughts and experiences. Please don't call them propaganda. )