@nulle - I travelled by train all the way which is much more environmental than any other mode of transport. The only exception was the ferry trip across the Baltic Sea, and a few routes where I went by coach or marshrutka. This was deliberate. I really don't like flying and avoid flying as much as I can. But I have never said that I am not part of the hypocrisy - I am , only perhaps a bit less than some people. But I am not ready to go and live in a rural eco commune or something like that.

After returning to Sweden after a very long time away I am really sad to see that it has turned into a country like all the others in Western Europe. Privatization has ruined the previously excellent public transport. Stockholm is suffering from an accommodation shortage after the publically owned housing societies were privatized. Large corporations that are allowed to run schools for profit have sprung up. Swedish banks could not keep their fingers away from the new untapped markets in the East and did huge damage to themselves and national finances. Not to mention those people who were cheated into irresponsible lending. All the ideals that existed while I grew up are forgotten or considered outdated. No country is immune to the greed and globalisation it seems.

Banks and a very small group of people can do what they like and the rest have to serve them in varying degree of comfort or lack thereof.

I think the Occupy movement is right and I hope they can manage to formulate a manifesto and stick with it.

What do you think is the reason why Occupy does not exist in Russia yet? There are many injustices in Russia and a large part of the population have are poor and have very little prospects, while the money is rolling into a fairly narrow sector in some of the larger cities.

Would an Occupy movement be thrown out by the police or army, or would it be allowed? Do people sympathize? The RUssia Today channel gives quite sympathetic coverage to the protest, but what would it think if it took root in Russia too?