For the befit of people on the list interested in the Russian economy who aren't familiar with the vaugeness of the data.
Yes, this is typical self-satisfied Economist-style looking at people in a foreign country as if they were creatures in a zoo. "Thank God I'm an upper-class Englishman!"
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>Chris, I could not agree with you more. The only thing I don't understand
>why you posted this piece. Absolutely useless! Nothing new was stated, just
>repetition of items that engender pity (?) or some kind of reinforcing
>comment that always seems to imply "thank God I am not Russian" (?). .
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