You are a fool and a FAKE, US standard of living has been on sharp decline for the past 20 years If it wasn't for Federal Reserve debt creation and their puppets in government civilian and military. United States by now would include HALF THE MOON and colonies on Mars. Instead, United States will have collapse and civil war. If you are Russian, you are an idiot and a traitor. If you are American you are just an idiot, not a traitor to government, but traitor to citizens, that's for sure.
You must be joking or very very naive and uninformed. Putin has Rotenberg brothers and many other oligarch buddies whose interests are purely financial. Where do you think the billionaires of Moscow come from? In a city with a huge (I've been told millions) number of homeless people, it's an abomination. Once you go further away from Moscow, the incomes drop drastically. People in Siberia are actually being ripped off badly as Moscow lives on Siberian oil deposits while contributing very little to the local economy. Look at the numbers, those regions contribute massively to the Russian federal budget. Putin's popularity was dropping pre-Olympics and the Crimea invasion, both are popularity tricks applied by politicians from around the world. Russian citizens will bear the cost of these ventures, benefits will be reaped by the oligarchs. I completely agree with cornix, what he says applies to every country on the planet. Russia is experiencing the gravity effect of GDP, in the beginning of the 1990s the oil production dropped significantly as did the GDP, right now oil production is at its height as are Russian incomes. There is a direct correlation to oil/gas exports and income. Whoever the leader might've been, the Russian incomes would've risen. The incomes are relatively low and there's a long way to go to reach US living standards. There's much more to the economy than just debt levels.
See this is how you display your knowledge of the world, and unwittingly showcase the fact you never traveled the world. Russia has few homeless compared to other countries due to harsh winters and different culture. The millions of homeless you speak of would never survive a single year, you have no idea what you are talking about. Income drops outside of every major city, what's your point ? There is no REAL siberian community, just like Alberta Oil Sands, most of those people are workers for oil companies living in temporary housing. Native population of Siberia is incredibly small. Putin popularity numbers where pretty high PRE Crimea and very high POST Crimea situation, facts disagree with you. Russian Ventures, ??? LOL, what exactly are Russian ventures, can you even compare US military ventures and Russian ventures. Of course you agree with Cornix, I get it, you are on North American forum one of those gung ho USA USA chanting sleepwalkers. The day you wake up is the day dollar will collapse under the debt made BY REAL "VENTURES". And no......at that time, we won't see you online, you'll be panicking about real things in life, food, protection, the fact that calling 911 doesn't do a thing depending on neighborhood you live in. Etc etc etc, dream on, till one day you are forced to wake up I don't supposed you are aware of recent study by a prestigious American university that demonstrates that America is the largest Oligarchy in the world. Of course you are not aware of it, because CNN FOX BBC CBC didn't cover that, they were busy with other things.
And you bring US into this exactly why. The comparison might've been valid in the USSR days but not anymore. Russia has fought a very disturbing (to say the least) war in Chechnya, which you know very little about as the one significant reporter covering it was murdered. Your argument regarding the homeless is equally clueless. Homeless people die and many sleep in public places for heat. http://abcnews.go.com/International...-night-avoid-freezing-death/story?id=18057192 My number was inflated, that much I admit. This is just for Moscow which is below 10 million people. From RT in 2010: "Although figures are hard to come by, it is estimated there are around 100,000 homeless people in Moscow." There are 19 million people only in the Siberian Federal District which is only part of Siberia, that includes multiple cities with 1million+ people. Why do you even come up with idiotic arguments like this instead of reading a little? Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk etc. Your stupidity is astounding. That's akin to saying Illinois is just farmland, there aren't any cities or even towns there. Except most of these news source did report this, your stupidity does not excuse your ignorance. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3476862362001/us-now-an-oligarchy I suppose as a child, no-one told you to shut up and sit in the corner, when they clearly needed to.
LETS RECAP your last post to me in this thread. You admitted your homeless number was inflated by factor of 10 or more. You think 19 million in Siberia is a large number, that is severely underpopulated for the size and resources. In fact Siberia ALONE could hold 300 million people if it was developed. And you admit that you know of the study that proved USA was an oligarchy to the extreme. You ask me why do I bring US into all of this. Yes I supposed a person of your critical thinking skills would need to ask such a question. I DON'T GIVE A FLYING F about Russia or China What I do care about is the fact that these people who are beholden only unto themselves will leave your precious USA in dusts of history and of course Canada as well since we are your little bitch. They will have golden age ahead of themselves. While we are busy serving the few little di^ck wads at Bilderberger, Brussels, Tel Aviv and of course The FED Google is your friend, go grasshopper, learn who your masters are and what their plans are for the future.
Greenland could have 100 million people, Antarctica could have 500 million, Western Sahara could have 300 million. What's the purpose of your meaningless sentence building? West has Bilderberger group, Russia has oligarchs and the mob. And your point is what? That there's corruption everywhere? Since you can't read clearly, I'm in Europe. "There is no REAL siberian community, just like Alberta Oil Sands, most of those people are workers for oil companies living in temporary housing." That quote from you was the best. Here's picture to go with you beautifully ignorant statement (Novosibirsk, Siberia): You are one of the most backwards characters on ET I've ever come across.