Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
... And like Yuri said, when 2 or more parties are always fighting to be in control then there's a lot of wasted time and energy.
The only important thing is for Russia (and any other country) to have a government that cares about the people and listens.
Yes, wasted, the same happens when engineers at Sony and Panasonic concurrently try to enhance the same technology. At first glance, it seems, that it does not make a sense: they could union efforts and complete the task better and faster. In reality... if the only party is not afraid anything, then it could stay in relaxed state, and without serious efforts, the things can only be getting worse.
Предоставленные сами себе события имеют тенденцию развиваться от плохого к худшему. (Как это будет по-английски? )
Of course, if 2 parties are sure that they will last forever, then there is a similar problem.

Regarding modern Russia. For me, nothing has changed. Yeltsin retired when he was "tired". Our governor had been sitting for 20 years before he got tired, Putin will be in power as long as he wishes, too. They all are Tsars, be them local or nation-wide. Only aliens could plan here "a government that cares about the people and listens".