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Umm...do you deny that people are leaving Russia in droves?
Yeah, my ancestors sure didn't feel the need to stay (left during the Pogroms in the late-19th Century) - and I'm glad they made that decision! I'd love to visit Russia one day, but pretty sure I won't stay beyond a short trip... I like my freedom, thanks.
It looks like Russia is slowly going back to communism with banning gay parade.
Naw - they won't do that - to many people have experienced the benefits of capitalism - and they won't relinquish control. But Russia does seem to have a need some strong leadership - it is in their blood. Maybe that is why they put up with Vladimir Putin.
Russia also has a proud history of revolting against tyranny and vigorously defending the Fatherland - Putin had better watch himself - or he will lose.
Naw - they won't do that - to many people have experienced the benefits of capitalism - and they won't relinquish control. But Russia does seem to have a need some strong leadership - it is in their blood. Maybe that is why they put up with Vladimir Putin.
Russia also has a proud history of revolting against tyranny and vigorously defending the Fatherland - Putin had better watch himself - or he will lose.
Russia is too rich in natural resources compared to their labor economy. Its always a recipe for tyranny. Their drinking problem does not help either. If you kill the Japanese to steal their wealth, you'd find out that you just killed it. Very different when the wealth is in the resources. The Oligarchs just destroyed post communist Russia.
Believe me, I would never want to live there, and neither would most Americans.
Believe me, most Russian would never want to live in America
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Whether the parades are accepted isn't the point. You said most Americans don't accept homosexuality, and I responded with a Gallup Poll that showed your statement was wrong.
I said that for most people it's abnormal. While non-acceptance means homosexuality itself should be banned.
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One of the wonderful things about the U.S. is that we have a strong tradition of freedom and liberty for individuals. The same cannot be said about Russia, unfortunately.
Russians are extremely individualist (way too much, for our own good). Americans on the other hand exhibit some serious hoard behaviour. Continue pushing Cold War propaganda, and I'll call you brainwashed zombie
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Putin doesn't think it's bull excrement.
Birth rate: 12.6 births/1,000 population (2011) Death rate: 13.5 deaths/1,000 population (2011)Net migration rate: 2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011)
The problem in Russia is the same as in all of the Western world - white population is on a decline.
It looks like Russia is slowly going back to communism with banning gay parade.
Russia was more or less communist (educate yourself a bit about the term) long before Incas began building their pyramids. And no, it's not going that way.
If you meant state-capitalism - then you are right, but homosexuality has nothing to do with that.
Umm...do you deny that people are leaving Russia in droves?
Yes, I deny that, because it's simply bull****. There was serious emigration in 1990's (economic collapse), especially among Jews, after Israel passed the repatriation law, and Germans, after Germany resumed high pension payments to WW2 vets, millions of whom lived in Russia. But those times are long gone.
Yes, I deny that, because it's simply bull****. There was serious emigration in 1990's (economic collapse), especially among Jews, after Israel passed the repatriation law, and Germans, after Germany resumed high pension payments to WW2 vets, millions of whom lived in Russia. But those times are long gone.
Just keep burying your head in the sand...errr... snow!
Russia and Poland are like the only two countries in "Europe" that send immigrants to the United States in appreciable numbers these days. Oh, and British who retire to Florida, but that's a different situation.
Just keep burying your head in the sand...errr... snow!
Worry not, my bear pet is always near to pour some vodka, play balalaika, and tell me the truth that I overlooked
Do you enjoy being zombie? That's some really pathetic propaganda.
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A successful Russian poet, Irtenyev says he can no longer breathe freely in his homeland, because "with each passing year, and even with each passing day, there is less and less oxygen around."
He says that he wants to live in Israel, because he's a Jew, but Russia still remains his home as well. The reason for living on two homes is not political. His wife noted that nothing interesting happens in Russia anymore, and it's dead boring.
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Roughly 1.25 million Russians have left the country in the last 10 years, Sergei Stepashin
According to Rosstat - 206,000 in 10 years. For example, permanent emigration from much smaller Germany is 700,000 a year.
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Russian nuclear physicist Vladimir Alimov, who now works at the University of Toyama in Japan, said he couldn't survive on the $450 monthly salary of a senior researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The nuclear research in the Institute is long no more. Not a bad salary for doing nothing.
For example, incomes (not base salaries, which are meaningless) of professors are $3000-$5000+. Multiply that on a difference in the cost of living.
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Tuesday, 24 October, 2000
Russian population in steep decline
I suggest you get stats from 1941-1945, or better yet about a millenia ago, when Mongolians killed 2/3 Russians
Population declines (especially native) are massive in all Western countries. Russia is no different - actually, the total population decline has stopped.
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