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    22 hours ago

    There is corruption in Russia like there is in any capitalist country, but it is nothing like on the scale that exists in Ukraine. I think unfortunately you are not aware of just how bad things are in Ukraine.

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        18 hours ago

        All the “corruption indexes” are just reflections of how western business interests feel about a country. They literally say it: Corruption Perception Index. It’s all about the “perception” of corruption. Meaning that if you legalize your corruption and call it lobbying instead like the Europeans and the Americans do, you suddenly have a much lower “perception” of corruption.

        Also, perception according to who? Definitely not the people in those countries themselves, because they rank the DPRK as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - i mean how is that possible, did they conduct a poll there asking the people how they feel? This should show you how absurd it all is. “Corruption indexes” are just another way of saying:

        Look at a map of this so-called “corruption index” and tell me it doesn’t look like the infamous “Always The Same Map” meme: