Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.
I never chose to be in Russia, and I would prefer to be in my own country, but if I can't make it home, I will continue to work very much in the same way that I have... What happens to me is not as important; I simply serve as the mechanism of disclosure.
There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated.
From the country with limited hope to grow your own business and express your own personality, Russia has become the land of significant opportunity.
If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.
The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
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