Sean
Sean Guillory <mailto:seansrussiablog at gmail.com> Sean's Russia Blog <http://www.seansrussiablog.org> Host, New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies <http://newbooksinrussianstudies.com>
On 1/16/2012 1:51 PM, Ira Glazer wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/16/abramovich-berezovsky-story-russia-lost-billions
>
> ...the sheer scale of the losses to the Russian people – in shady deals and
> contracts, and lost productivity, jobs, and income – is only now becoming
> clear. My own estimate is that over $500bn has been effectively stolen from
> the Russian people between 2003-2011; economists I speak to in Moscow
> suggest it could be more. Russia's struggling citizens have every right to
> reclaim these funds, and as awareness of this vast sum spreads across the
> country, so too will intolerance of it. When demonstrations broke out in
> Moscow before Christmas, it was noticeable how many of the protesters were
> demanding their money back from the Kremlin...
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