Joanna
Chris Doss wrote:
>Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com on
>Tue Apr 4 10:59:45 PDT 2006 wrote:
>
>could it be that unlike those other countries, Russia
>was considered
>to be an economic basketcase just a few years ago,
>after the collapse
>of the USSR?
>
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>
>You know, these things kind of sneak up on you
>gradually so you don't notice the overall scale of the
>change when you're emersed in it. But I was
>impressively reminded today of just how enormous the
>gap is behind the Russian economy in 2000 and today.
>The wife of my coworker's is a medical assistant at a
>Moscow public hospital. In 2000, the average monthly
>wage of doctors in her hospital was about $80.
>
>Today, it is $1,200...
>
>
>
>Nu, zayats, pogodi!
>
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