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Mr. 44 Canon, why worry so much?
You can calm down and relax a bit. Believe me, our politicians have absolutely no time to repeat OLD mistakes. They are too busy making NEW ones.

First, thanks to anyone's comments.

@scotcher:

Yes, I quite intentionally enclosed "liberals" in double quotes (as well as "reforms"). That's the term not me, but these guys used to describe...

This gives some idea about Yeltsin's "reforms", right?
And here is their net result:

Overall population growth since 1950, per thousand:
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Well... some "liberals" I encounter despise all industrial economic as well. Yes, there are ones seriouisly thinking, that the economics must be "postindustrial". Why people need these huge plant and...

Well... coal, gas, petrol, even electricity - it is all the things so-called "liberals" despise. This is all about "raw-material economy", right? Maybe in more advanced areas of economy things are...

Remember Yeltsin was in power from 1991 to 2000. Right?

OK. Now, just take a look at some charts:

Coal mining, mln. t., 1970-2002
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Good idea!!! So you're against the "liberal", free-price and free-market economy? :D