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<blockquote data-quote="MovingForward2050" data-source="post: 1350935" data-attributes="member: 18126">&quot;This is the real story of modern Russia, the real collusion to rape and plunder that nation with the same intent the Bolsheviks did 100 years ago, and the cauldron from which Putin emerged as a savior to his nation:&quot;I will be the first to say that the oligarchs (I believe all but one were Jewish) basically sliced up the resources of Russia, after the fall of the Soviet Union, as if it were a big pizza. Yes, Putin did stand up to them, and put those few he allowed to remain, firmly under the thumb of the state. And to this day, many average Russians like him for having put them in their place. *But,* on the other hand, Putin runs the country as if he were a mafia godfather, and modern Russia is a poorly functioning kleptocracy. Experts estimate that Putin may have squirreled away around 200 billion dollars in money and company shares, during his on-going time spent running the nation! The current Russian middle class and the rising generation are fed up with the economic and social stagnation of Putin&#039;s government, and that is why they are willing to risk so much, by at times protesting in the streets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MovingForward2050, post: 1350935, member: 18126"] "This is the real story of modern Russia, the real collusion to rape and plunder that nation with the same intent the Bolsheviks did 100 years ago, and the cauldron from which Putin emerged as a savior to his nation:" I will be the first to say that the oligarchs (I believe all but one were Jewish) basically sliced up the resources of Russia, after the fall of the Soviet Union, as if it were a big pizza. Yes, Putin did stand up to them, and put those few he allowed to remain, firmly under the thumb of the state. And to this day, many average Russians like him for having put them in their place. *But,* on the other hand, Putin runs the country as if he were a mafia godfather, and modern Russia is a poorly functioning kleptocracy. Experts estimate that Putin may have squirreled away around 200 billion dollars in money and company shares, during his on-going time spent running the nation! The current Russian middle class and the rising generation are fed up with the economic and social stagnation of Putin's government, and that is why they are willing to risk so much, by at times protesting in the streets. [/QUOTE]

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