currently about 60 percent of Russia's private banks, companies, corporations and other businesses are under the control of, or operate in close collaboration with, criminal syndicates. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, however, the number of organized crime connections is closer to 90 percent.
Hmmmmm.... No wonder Dubya gave Pootie-Poot "Market Economy" status -- they're already the equivalent of Vicente Fox and NAFTA!!!
6 posted on 06/14/2002 2:23:09 PM PDT by Willie Green