Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
Crocodile, in Russia, we don't build infrastructure, we steal it. I've been on negotiations with one federal agency and when the time had come to discuss the price and we said 10 million (Roubles) they said 'No, the sum is too small. Make it 25 million and we're agreed.' I should probably mention to those who are not familiar with our realities here, that we gave back a bribe worth 15 million in order to get the contract. We got 10, the federal budget lost 25, and the official got 15. EVERY ASPECT OF RUSSIAN ECONOMY IS RULED LIKE THAT. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Some years back I would probably have agreed with the rhetorics that puts all the blame on the evil Americans, but in reality, if there are 'enemies of the state', they all live here, in Russia.
Wow that's quite an admission. If the person got caught accepting a bribe, what would happen to them? Can they bribe their way out of trouble?

Scott