OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

We have no such laws here about spirits like vodka. Where you can buy beer, you can buy any other kind of alcohol legally available, as long as the shop stocks it.

 

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

Our local rules: beers (but not any other stronger alcohol drinks) avaivable in little stores wich have no inner entrance room - u buying what u want from little window.
And if store let u in so u can buy something stronger. A week ago we were drinking all kinds of drink at railstation square - our old-old mate was leaving home city to work in Moscow - one miliciaman(policeman) told us not to drink vodka at public place. He was polite cause he saw normal people and bottle was empty
It was unnormal situation - to drink in such place. And it was really cold : max +4C.

 

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

No, Finland and most of Europe are more socialistic
There's no real capitalism here in economical terms. The system consists of different parts - a bit of oligarchy, a bit of democracy, a lot of God-knows-what-it-is and a lot of anarchy.

That russian capitalists just have no income that could be taxed That is the point. Nobody here pay taxes. I dont pay taxes. If I decide to pay taxes my business is dead because my competitors dont pay taxes. And if noone pay taxes where to get money for social programs from?
In other hand I can't understand why the Central Bank stored that huge amount of money as a federal reserve and still storing on and on.
Really I think that noone country can change the direction in a few years, especially big country and especially Russia. There is a lot of psychological reasons. Anyone who lived and was brought up in USSR has a specific attitude to the State. In Soviet times the man who was able to swindle the System any way and for any reasons was worthy of respect. Even if he just stole something from the State. So it's now - nothing changed. And I think it takes a long time to change a situation - some generations maybe.
Now imagine that you're a Russia president I think Putin is worthy of respect. I know exactly he works VERY hard. I can understand that it's may be necessary to make some unpopular decisions and to limit some freedom for our future.
Sounds patriotic doesnt it?
But I almost decided to leave Russia - tired too much..

 

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

thank you, moskit
you are the first one who answered my question (even tho you were not answering it i guess )

 

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

Well... remember 1998? That's why
Our central Bank also has huge reserves... the revaluation reserve for example is something like 28 billions of Zlotys (almost 9 billions of US $) and there are other reserves too... Some politicians here just scream to jump on that reserve...

There are about 58 billion Zloty's circulating in Polish economy... but the National Bank's of Poland reserve in foreign currencies is 131 billions of Zloty's worth... so for every single Zloty in circulation there's a backing of almost a dollar in foreign currency circulating somwhere on World's financial markets.

Result-> we have a currency more stable than even the Euro... the US dollar was the currency in which Poles stored their "black hour savings" for decades... now they prefer Zloty's cause the Dollar rates look like a roller-coaster track (with tendency to go lower and lower) when compared with Zloty's stability...
Inflation? A term of the past.
Devaluation? A term of the past.
Stability- a result of consequent Central Bank policy!

 

Re: OT(politics) - for russians - "letter 100"

He's provided against a rainy day so much money that waited for it with impatience