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I'm russian. I've left Russia for good because of weather and politics. Now I'm laughing out loud.

All jokes aside it's interesting to observe politics and technology interplay. But I'm not too excited I have to take part in some of the events.

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What about the low taxes you would have had there?

For that low taxes you get: 1. Awful state clinics 2. Corrupt police 3. Poor public infrastructure 4. Irresponsible government So, you have to pay separately for security, for medicine etc.

1. Many countries with good care are on the verge of bankruptcy.

2. Sad to hear.

3. From what I gather, the corruption in the construction industry extremely bad there.

4. Are they really worse than any other country? Starting off of the base of the previous regime, there's obviously going to be a lot of work to do.

Why do you refer to taxes in Russia as low? Could you please provide some comparison to other countries?

I live in Russia and I don't think taxes here are low.

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