[kingu]

Umm, Putin? How about sticking that $200 into cutting down the culture of corruption and violence that is chasing away more people from the nation than simple economics. Much better method of attracting foreign investment and those same employers who would much rather hire the scientists in Russia than pay for them to move into a new country, pay them a much higher salary and the person in question not rising all that much further higher in economic status?

[jb6]

Tech companies in Russia have a 14% corporate rate. They've also cut VAT and Payroll taxes and income taxes are at 13% flat. They've also cut the size of government.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

A higher salary doesn't mean a lot if it only makes you more of a target for your family members to be kidnapped for ransom by the mob.