Quote from darkhorse:
What the heck are you talking about? If you weren't a cheerleader for Russia, I don't think any of my statements would have ruffled your feathers.
Do a search on Yukos, Khodorkovsky, Chechnya. And by the way I don't just rely on what I read; I have friends in St Petersburg (Russia, not Florida).
In the short run, perception matters more than fact. If you want to disagree with my opinion, feel free. But calling it "propaganda" is highly illogical.
p.s. I said Putin is looking like a dictator, not that he is one. I also never said the Russian economic climate was unfavorable. If anything I said the opposite, that in favorable macro conditions Putin and Chechnya were overlooked.
Yeah you are right, I am just a cheerleader that knows nothing. It's just that i was born there, lived there half my life and have many relatives there. Also my father has been trading the Russian stock market since the onset very successfully and has a number of businesses opening up throughout Moscow as well as in the near by suburbs and ski resort. Besides his insight, there are a number of Russian sites that are in both Russian and English that give much more unbiased economic view of the country, the market, politics and fundamentals. I would mention them but I wonder whether you even know what they are.