++ [ originally posted by madlawyer1 ] ++
Ok Chxta, read below on the evils of Russian capitalism:
But even the most die-hard Blues fan must have spared a moment to contemplate how the league has been won: it has been bought. The transformation has been wrought by Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian oligarch who reaped the rewards of the mass fire sale of national assets after the end of communism. Industries that had been bequeathed to Russia's workers were privatised at a fraction of their real value. Abramovich and Boris Berezovksy bought the oil company Sibneft for £67m. Abramovich is today worth in the region of £3.5bn. The average Russian oil worker earns less than £2 an hour.
Occasional investigations into the Abramovich empire have failed to unearth that he has committed any illegalities. However, can it be right that in post-communist Russia some young men have emerged with more money than they know what to do with, while millions are on the breadline?
culled from http://www.guardianunlimited.com
Ok Chxta, read below on the evils of Russian capitalism:
But even the most die-hard Blues fan must have spared a moment to contemplate how the league has been won: it has been bought. The transformation has been wrought by Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian oligarch who reaped the rewards of the mass fire sale of national assets after the end of communism. Industries that had been bequeathed to Russia's workers were privatised at a fraction of their real value. Abramovich and Boris Berezovksy bought the oil company Sibneft for £67m. Abramovich is today worth in the region of £3.5bn. The average Russian oil worker earns less than £2 an hour.
Occasional investigations into the Abramovich empire have failed to unearth that he has committed any illegalities. However, can it be right that in post-communist Russia some young men have emerged with more money than they know what to do with, while millions are on the breadline?
culled from http://www.guardianunlimited.com
"When the KGB comes knocking at his door,
cause he stole all his money from the poor.
When the Kremlin gets his number,
Chelsea's going under,
cause he stole all his money from the poor."
