Originally posted by Andrey Egorov
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Originally posted by Andrey Egorov
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Originally posted by tantalus
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Originally posted by PeeCoffee
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Having said that many, including myself, hope and believe that as the Ukrainian reform agenda bears fruit - and though alot has been done alot more remains to be done - that this will set an example to the average 'man on the Moscow omnibus'. If/when the standard of living of the average Ukrainian rises clearly higher than the average Muscovite - when corruption is a thing of the past and Ukraine has new roads, hospitals, a modern army, modern universities... in short when Ukraine gets past the "post Soviet" stage of it's history and becomes more like Poland, Lithuania and Romania what will the average Muscovite think? Realistically, just like the Tsarist and Communist regimes had to end sometime so does the new dictatorship. It may end when Putin dies or before or later. Personally I do not think the Putin regime is as secure as it may seem. When the day comes - and it is inevitable that it will - that the Muscovites rise up for reform and liberty it would be insane if Ukraine - and others - did not support them. I would happily go myself.
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