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Corruption: Russia's incurable disease?
Incorruptible 20 November, 2007, 10:17 Probabaly a combination of the Soviet Era legacy and the Dutch Disease, this is a major factor in almost all developing, especially the faster developing, COUNTRIES. In a society where fast money is evident and faster evoving lifestyles, all want to be on the fast track in life, be it by hook or crook. The Govt. has woken upto the realities and trying, sicerely I hope, to contain this innovation sapping disease. This inhibits energy, competition, innovation and even raw AMBITION!! It is in fact worse than Communism even, so, nice try Russia and please keep at it!!
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fred 20 November, 2007, 12:45 no ! it's not incurable . it's not solely russian . more to do with human nature ! but as a fact , you start curing it when you are able to make understandable for EVERBODY in a country =it starts only with a little thing !!
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Sevodnya_Net 20 November, 2007, 15:04 One way to tackle petty corruption in public services is to make sure that those providing the service are adequately paid. In other words, limit the attractiveness of accepting bribes. Having poorly paid officials with powers out of all proportion to their salaries is a recipe for trouble. Russia in particular (but not only, of course) has a reputation for stifling bureaucracy: in situations where a single signature on a piece of paper can mean so much, again, that is an invitation to corruption.
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MihalMihalich 20 November, 2007, 17:27 Dear Ladies & Gentlemen Russia had corruption for hundreds of years of history. That is fundamental flaw that comes from old time when people were peasants & BELONGED to nobleman, they were not free, so they were exploited and you couldn’t do much about it. The whole damn communist system is a system of exploitation of people, and most bureaucrats were communist party members so couldn’t do anything about it. Nowadays bureaucrats are people who cannot earn money they want in dead-end jobs they have, they are not smart enough or capable of earning money they want, so they take advantage of their position. IMHO the situation is changing for the better, because they keep arresting those thieves daily. Best Regards
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Norman 20 November, 2007, 19:33 Corruption is common in democracy and communism. It is human nature to get ahead, sometimes by corrupt method. Power and money can corrupt some people. If you're looking for the perfect society and leader, KEEP ON LOOKING! Still, I believe Russia is better off today, under some form of democracy and free market economy.
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Howard 20 November, 2007, 23:49 For REAL corruption one must enter the Washington Beltway. I'm not the only American that believes in governmental corruption. Some of us even believe in a 'shadow' government which makes all the decisions. We war daily amd spend billions doing so but ignore the 40,000 people who die each day of hunger or simple diseases long conquered. We as a GLOBAL community must ensure that our leaders truly understand where real human priority lies.
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Mike 22 November, 2007, 01:36 It's not just in Russia that corruption is rife. It's also in most 3rd world countries in places like Africa, especially Nigeria. It's even amoungst many politicians in the European Union. Why do you think the politicians in the EU keep trying to brainwash everybody to how good the EU is when most of there citizens hate it? It tells me that the politicians are having many back handers. Also corruption in Russia is rife and everywhere, part of the communism legacy left over. [part of the post has been removed]
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oleg 26 November, 2007, 03:15 Russians love Capitalism.
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fred 26 November, 2007, 18:23 oleg . not sure about that either .! it was more something presented to them without explaining too much what they would win and what they would loose .! as it said : what is the diference between a communist and a capitalist ? nothing ! if you hang-up a communist , it's because of his deviance to the plan decided by the state commitee . if you hang-up a capitalist , he is probably going to try to sell you the rope . ;-)) young russians girls love paris hilton , probably because theirs english is not good enough to understand she has problems to spell right her own name .!
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oleg 28 November, 2007, 01:33 Fred,what does Paris Hilton have to do with my comment? Its funny most Russian's hate the U.S. but are quick to snatch up those green cards when the State Department offers the lottery program.Russian's along with Americans love the material goods.
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fred 28 November, 2007, 15:43 why did i wrote about that talentless stupid piece of ***** bip***** (don't want to be edited!!) quite simple : capitalism is to democracy what lice is to hair , flea to dog . a bit is more than enough .!! paris hilton came to Moscow : russians thought (probably or they could for the one whom have never been abroad) USA is really a wonderfull country : eeven if you are totally stupid , without any talents , not really pretty , without any kind of morality . you can succeed , travel and be famous .! which is probably the most remote thing a normal country populated by "normal" peoples would like to see as a reflect of themselves abroad . (well at least by most europeans continental countries , when she came to paris , she had a gala-dinner organized for her .invited peoples asked to be payed with cash only , for the loosing of public image being seen with her, the most funny thing = she accepted to pay peoples not to be alone at her gala-dinner . !) do not draw too hasty conclusions . some russians are really willing to snatch the GC , but to my knowledge less and less . most of the ones trying to do so : too young girls pretending to get married to too old too fat US guys (some russians girls i met told : it's a good way to have vacation abroad on someone else expenses .!!! when you know that +/- 73 % of girls getting into USA on fiance-visa leave USA before (without) getting married , you can wonder who is the most stupid .??? once again you're wrong = most peoples in the world LOVE material goods . some just don't do ANYTHING to get them ! and NO , sorry, USA is NOT the place everybody is crawling to go at any cost !!
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Patriot 10 March, 2008, 01:15 Corruption is a world plague. However when a country becomes reknown for its organized corruption as the USA was from 1900 to 1990 it does leave a soiled blotch on its History. Starting with Teddy Kennedy in the 1960 an all out war on organized crime was launch in America. Many a find man and woman died in this war and it will never be finished. It is the continued fight your Police, Prosecuters and Courts will be remembered for. However it is the populus and News Media that corruption fears the most. If not tolerated and if displayed to the World as a blight on mankind, Corruption, organized crime and the like will crawl back under their rock.
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John 12 March, 2008, 21:26 No, corruption exists everywhere. I understand from Putin's interview in Time Magazine that he is tackling it but it is taking time. Here in the UK corruption is dressed up as "charitable donations" given to political parties. Tony Blair's New Labour party were caught accepting such a donation from Bernie Eccelstone. What Ecclestone was after was a moritorium on the ban of tabacco advertising in Formula one because his profits were going to suffer, fair enough, but the UK is supposed to be a democracy based on 1 person 1 vote, not on the amount of money one has. The whole thing was exposed, but it didn't cost Blair his job, and had he not been caught red handed, one assumes the deal would have gone through. I understand such things are significantly worse in the USA. The Russians should say to the rest of the world "people who live in glass houses should not throw stones!"
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Siraj 18 March, 2008, 04:51 No country without corruption. whether it is a democracy, kingdom & communist. But with peoples cooperation it is possible to bring control. i can suggest the following methods to control corruption. 1. The Receiver & the giver should be punished. 2. Government should have a toll free telephone number to receive corruption complaints from public. 3. Government should keep a vigilance squad to make surprise visits to the various departments/agencies and nab officials. 4. Nabed officials should be punished with huge penalties, long imprionment and alog with demotion. 5. Government should pass a law allowing peoples to know information about their queries. It is called free information access to the public (India has implemented). Any queries made by the citizens, the government is responsible to give complete information about their queries. For example a citizen applied for a driving license and it takes very long time to receive. In this situation he can file a petition to the federal government to know about the situation and the causes of delay. if deliberate delay is happening, then proper action could be taken on those officials.
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David 22 March, 2008, 16:26 Aah, yes, corruption. At least Russia is open about this problem and the matter is being addressed albeit slowly, which is more than one can say about the corrupt society that one lives in in England. Where Putin has been trying to address this problem the english government has turned a blind eye - I believe it is called business (a covert name given for corruption). Russian people, please don't believe all that you have read, seen or heard. england and no doubt the west is not so clean as you are lead to believe.
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Sevodnya_Net 23 March, 2008, 21:29 Any country with a massive, underpaid bureaucracy (I believe Russia has a larger bureaucracy now than in Soviet times)and a non-functioning legal system will suffer corruption as Russia does. Russians are only showing their human nature by filling the resultant vacuum. Obviously the only anti-corruption policies which will work will be those which address the above issues.
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fred 26 March, 2008, 12:27 sevodnya . i give you a suggestion : go to Washington D.C. , to look at lobbysts . corruption has many faces .! but it is true that when a civil servant in the middle of nowhere after the Baïkal accept a small gift in exchange for a dutie , he is already being paid for , this is corruption. when a prime minister accept money for his party and in exchange offer Lord title access , it is called : good governance . when a prime minister of a country you state well knowning , put down the translator handset when the speaker make a speech on "ukrain and its double or even triple standarts" this is not corruption , it is called "she needed a break !" and when a representative or senator accept to be "travelled" in a private jet , own by a private company , he may have to vote to facilitate buisness , it is called : normal way of making "arrangments" . you see corruption is everywhere and in many differents forms . ABSOLUTELY not SOLELY Russian . but the only way out is when NORMAL peoples starts to say NO!
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IP 6 April, 2008, 17:37 Corruption can be dealt with in many ways by the local authorities, the main point is to have funds alocated by the govermnent. Then the inspectors or any staff involved in such corruption checks and audits need to have a contract to perform such duties which would give them some financial rewards. However, I must say that if these financial rewards by the government are not very high or if someone could offer a bribe higher than the financial reward, the bribe is likely to be accepted. The other point is the so-called culture thats in place in russia (and other former ussr respublics). It is about the fact that the people, when some mutual financial gain is involved tend to support each other and do not give each other away, unlike in the western european cultures where everyone always complains about one another, even about some small insignifficant things. I beleive that this behaviour/culture is partly due to peples' resentment with the government, mainly with its poor financial rewards, unwillingness to raise salaries, and so on. The other issue is the culture where russian people like to give each other presents, unlike the situation in the west where everyone counts avery penny and wont even speak to each other. It is a custom for example to lay a table, to give some kind of present or offer some service to someone who's done a good service to you. Otherwise it will be viewed as rude if you do not show appreciation.
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ROBERT (U.S.) 9 April, 2008, 16:26 Corruption in a Sociaty must first be fought in the Moral battle grounds.That is the type of religion. Catholic verses Christianity (Baptist).Catholic tend to forgive there sinners to easly.The second is to start to fight corruption at the lower levels of goverment. The pay scale must be fairly high for goverment employees at all levels so as to be scared to lose there jobs if they get caught in some illegal activity .The third is to implements the insecurity factor (i'll never find a job that pays this good if iI lose this one). This is done by giving high loans for homes and cars at low skill goverment empoyees.The second battle ground is to fight corruption in the higher levels of goverment.This may be done through the enactment of legislation of laws passed by committees. Pressure put by some peoples media orginizations and watch groups and churches.
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David 16 April, 2008, 04:01 Corruption - take a look at what is happening in england regarding the sale of weapons to saudi arabia
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