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Diana van Eyk's avatar

When I read about how well Russia is doing, I understand why western leaders don't want their citizens knowing about it.

I confess to some jealousy.

What do we get in the west? Crumbling infrastructure, skyrocketing cost of living, austerity, propaganda and our taxes shovelled to the rich and the NATO war machine.

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Fadi Lama's avatar

Excellent coverage. Key point, a requirement for national development is that commercial banks are owned by the government. This was key to both China's and Russia's accelerated development.

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