You have no idea what you&#x27;re talking about. Corruption at all levels of government is rampant in Russia. It&#x27;s the norm to have to pay off multiple officials when trying to get something built&#x2F;renovated.<p>Russia doesn&#x27;t give a fuck about its own people, to the Russian government lives are expendable if needed [1]. The alcoholism and suicide rate in Russia is monstrous [2], and is probably caused by the lack of opportunity.<p>&gt; In my book, that&#x27;s almost what a communist state with price controls looks like.<p>No. A communist state looks like the murder of millions for the sake of &quot;security&quot;[3].<p>&gt; I&#x27;d like my kids to grow up in Russia. I like it that, at least when it comes to personal income, the tax rate is 13%...<p>Actually it&#x27;s even better than you think. 13% of $0 is still $0.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Suicide_in_Russia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Suicide_in_Russia</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Black_Book_of_Communism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Black_Book_of_Communism</a>