| Sharu said: Well... You don't know much about Russia it seems... 1. Yes, oil/gas prices will hit Russian GDP in 2015. But not as much as you think. In 2014 all the gas and oil produced in Russia was around 10% of it GDP. And only part of it is exported. So the hit won't be too big. 2. I meant gasolin АИ98 which is equivalent to yours 98-super. Bad gasoline quality is a thing of past in Russia. 3. Its lot more Fords and Toyotas in Russia nowadays then Ladas. And a LOT of them produced in Russia. 4. Russia is quite a safe country now. Basic medicine is free. School education is free (including books). High education is divided. YOu can pay money for your high education or you can try and compete and win free high education. If you do so you will get small money from government each month and if you're from another city - a room in a 'student campus'. So... We're not perfect, I agree. But Russia isn't as bad for its people as it shown in Western media. If you want to discuss Russia and its place further - maybe we'll change thread to the old one of mine here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=179695&page=1 |
| mai said: Average salary depends on the amount of productive jobs, which declined in the US (and I could imagine in Denmark too) for the past two decades. Wages when asjusted were flat for the whole three decades, nevertheless it didn't prevent consumption from growing thanks to stimuli provided by ponzi scheme of cheap loans, sucking out liquidity from the rest of the world. As for the standard of living, depends on what you mean by that? I'd say this's salary + infrastructure, see above, same deal with declining investment in anything but final consumption. GDP as of now is rather meaningless macroeconomic indicator that consists of various overblown bubbles. |
Alright, alright, guys, I think we can all agree Russia is a great and rich country where the sun shines on all the happy children and unicorns roam the countyside and all those rumors about it being cr*p in EVERYTHING except military strength have all been lies by the western media (and by everyone who's ever been there) and you'll love it there so much, guys. Unless you're gay. Or non-white. Or Ukrainian. Or non-Christian. Or the wrong type of Christian. Or curious. Or poor. Or handicapped. Or liberal. Or female. But except that, it's juuuuust fine.
Can we put this to rest now?
