[LarryLied]

Good. Keeps the weapons out of the hands of the looters in Russia:

At the end of 2001, the chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber (an independent parliamentary watchdog organization the controls the spending of budgetary funds), Sergei Stepashin disclosed that of the $3.7 billion Russia earned on arms exports in 2000, government coffers got only $7,000 .

http://www.bu.edu/iscip/vol12/felgenhauer2.html

[spetznaz]

At the end of 2001, the chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber (an independent parliamentary watchdog organization the controls the spending of budgetary funds), Sergei Stepashin disclosed that of the $3.7 billion Russia earned on arms exports in 2000, government coffers got only $7,000 . http://www.bu.edu/iscip/vol12/felgenhauer2.html .

Ay yi yi!

If this is true then it is beyond corruption.

Hey Stavka, i know about the Oligarchs and the 'rule of seven bankers,' however can the oligarchs be this powerful (having the ability to skim 3.7 billion and leave only 7 grand)?