The ruling elite are the same ruling elite from before. Usually, when you have a whole system of government change, the personel change, this didn't happen this time.
You have a system that changed, but the corrupt officials stayed in power. They simply warped the new system to suit them better.
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Why is 10 percent of the (declining) population infected with HIV?
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I honestly couldn't tell you. Do you think it has to do with the economic system, or a country that is completly fucked up and had been for close to 500 years?
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Why are Chechens being killed by Russians?
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Thats been happening for a long time. It really has nothing to do with this particular conversation.
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Why are there millions of orphans roaming the streets?
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Dead parents?
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The whole point of this thread and the original article: Russia is worse now than before 1992 - What happenend? It changed from a planned economy to a capitalist economy.
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1) Several people will contest your point.
2) It doesn't matter what kind of economy was implemented. If they tried another form of Marxism, the corrupt officials who never left power would have still found away to come out better in it.