Quote Originally Posted by nulle View Post
I do not like the way Russia is governed (and apparently tens of thousands (maybe millions - fair elections could answer how many) of Russians also do not like it).
It is bad for Russia itself.
And it is bad for everyone around Russia.
You are biting a hand which feeds you
Russia is a one of the major Latvian importers/exporters (10%/14%)
When USSR collapsed none of the republics took care of their external debt - Russia paid the whole ex-USSR debt (including Latvian)
But now Latvia has an external debt as of $37 bil. and it's 1.55 times more then Latvian GDP (way to go Latvian government)
Also unemployment rate in Latvia in 2011 is 16% (worst in EU) which doesn't really show strong Latvian government line. Russian unemployment rate is below 8% now and yes it is twice better then in Latvia

"в чужом глазу соринку видим, а в своем бревна не замечаем"