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Russia's Massive Foreign Reserves Outflow

On Nov 10 09:22 PM The hand wrote:


> this is thinking like an american looking into russia. if you think
> this way you will fail in dealing with russia. think like a russian
> - with pain there is gain. if you are a business or trader - demands
> will be made of you outside the contract. conversely, you have the
> right to make demands outside the contract. this is the way friends
> act towards each other. friendship must be earned. trust comes
> from friendship.

This isn't thinking like a Russian. Its more like, if there is pain, I will shoot you in the dead of night and steal your booty.
The naivete of those that deny the existence of the Russian mafia is stifling.
Now, if I am the Russian government, I will arrest you on trumped up charges like income tax evasion, nationalize your company put my cronies in charge and throw you into prison till you grow old and die.
If you are a former KGB agent who speaks ill of Putin and his goons, while living in exile in a foreign capital, I will send my agents to spike your cocktail with Plutonium 210 and deny everything later.