--- Dennis Redmond <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
> Chris Doss wrote:
>
>
> Yes and no. Russia's traditionalism is very modern.
> There's been massive
> social change, but Russia has gone through some
> appalling trauma -- a
> world war, the Nazi invasion, then a Cold War. It's
> not surprising that
> people retain their traditions, because they're a
> source of immeasurable
> strength.
Yes, but I was thinking more about general cultural and societal patterns.
>
> How goes the building of the petro-developmental
> state? Any local
> chemical/auto/chip firms taking off?
>
> -- DRR
The biggest growth areas are of course stuff you haul out of the ground (gas, oil, diamonds, nickel) and stuff you use to blow up other stuff, but as far as I know Russia is experiencing broad growth across all sectors. For instance, these guys:
http://www.kamaz.net/eng/auto/#northam
http://www.vaz.ru/english.html
http://www.redoct.msk.ru/indexe.html
===== Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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