Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
It's Russian mindset. Fatalism prevails, mostly comes from personal experience. Can't blame people who survived so many crises: USSR collapse, Chechen wars, Default of 1998, World crisis of 2008 and now this.
Oh boy...

What I say is based on a clear understanding of reality. Nothing more or less.

I intentionally didn`t comment one of your earlier comments.

"It is clear that Russia FINALLY wants to start creating businesses.
It won't be easy and there are many things to overcome but it's a start."
(The end.)

Now, what was that, I`m sorry?

Did we have any obstacles for doing this BEFOREHAND? During the last 10 years?

Promises are great, promises like "sanctions are a god`s bless, finally our own producers won`t be supressed by europeans and we`ll be able to begin producing our own food... just in three months". What we see in reality? Food prices went up 20-25 % and more, we consume the majority of the same goods, coming to Russia from non-EU states.

Because it takes years to learn the technology of growing smth.
I`m not even talking about heavy industries (if it is what you meant under "businesses").

I`ll post one video here. Don`t think though that I`m a big fan of tovarisch Potapenko



But he is 100% right.
Posessing large businesses in three countries is definetely not a way of your "fatalist".
But nevertheless he means exactly what I`m trying to explain.

Don`t have illusions about Russia. Spread the correct understading among those nationals who are still haven`t lost the ablitity to think. Leave patriotic "we`ll deal with that just like always" behind.

That`s not the usual crisis.