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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia will loosen the state's controls on the economy and abolish a key tax to spark a desperately needed "investment boom," President Dmitry Medvedev told a gathering of foreign business officials.
Medvedev invited more competition and vowed less state intervention in the economy, particularly by drastically reducing the number of state-controlled enterprises.
The moves are designed to attract massive foreign investment, without which Russia's oil-and-gas dependent economy — which shrank by nearly 8 percent last year — is doomed to stagnate, the Russian president said.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
It's the pilots training that will always carry the day.
Originally posted by Silver Shadow
But the US has lost every single extended ground war it has started over the last sixty years.
Originally posted by Silver Shadow
So with all this vast American wealth, why are California and several other American states about to die financially ?
The vast wealth of America is a complete illusion.
Now that foreigners have stopped putting cash in your begging bowl, financial reality is about to strike down America very hard indeed.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Oh and the Russians just did a fantastic job in Afghanistan right? People tend to forget those parts of history that seem not to fit into their versions of history. The Iraq war is over, we are leaving.
[edit on 20-6-2010 by SLAYER69]