[cricket]

"Capitalism is the natural human condition."

. . .yes and Capitalism requires moral human beings to sustain it. . .communism destroys the moral. A successful Capitalism cannot happen overnight in a country whose moral base has been so undermined.

[TheMilkMan]

It has barely been 10 years since the collapse of the USSR. To me it seems a little crazy to trust a country which has been under the heel of Communism for over 75 years. It is one thing to trust them, and quite another to send them money. Has the Russian Federation and CIS instituted any actual steps towards Democracy? Is their freedom of speach protected regardless of who is in power? Can Russian or CIS citizens bear arms? Does Russia and the CIS have any sort of constitution?