Jason Thomson, CSM: How corrupt is Russia?
The US Treasury has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being corrupt, while Putin has been encouraging his cabinet to work harder against corruption. Is there any way of knowing where the corruption lies?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is corrupt, according to a US Treasury official’s comments Monday to the BBC.
The country as a whole needs to do a better job of tackling corruption at all levels, President Putin in turn told his cabinet Tuesday.
Russia has long been plagued by allegations of corruption, but how much of a problem is it, and how does Russia compare with other countries?
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WNU Editor: Corruption exists everywhere .... it is part of the human condition. I guess it is a question to what degree and on how deep the culture of corruption exists. In case of Russia .... there will be an accounting one day on the wealth that Putin, his family, and his friends have accumulated over the years. I do not know when will that day happen .... but I know that it will happen, and it will be handled internally without any input from the US Treasury Department. And as for the US Treasury Department .... instead of focusing on Putin they should focus more on Washington's political elite and their families ... specifically on how they have accumulated their wealth over the years. But .... my prediction is that it is not going to happen.
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Corruption exists in the United States, at every level, local to national. I'm sure the monetary value of corruption far exceeds that of Russia, just bases on economy size.
The corruption in Russia matters to this non Russian in the sense that, doping in the Olympics, or payola for the World Cup or Olympics venues or supporting Assad, or giving Iran or China SA400, or invading countries air space, taking territory. These are example of corruption of human good. Russians, Americans or whoever should get their domestic corruption together. International corruption of the common good is exponentially more important.
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