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#Russian bond investors wanted more than the 3.5% offered, but not nearly as much as the 5.5% [[US]] bond investors are now rejecting.

#Russian bond investors wanted more than the 3.5% offered, but not nearly as much as the 5.5% [[US]] bond investors are now rejecting.

#The question of whether Russia will become beholden to [[domestic]] [[oligarch]]s and foreign investors as the [[United States]] has become is a [[political]] question. IMO, Russia isn't that desperate yet.

#The question of whether Russia will become beholden to [[domestic]] [[oligarch]]s and foreign investors as the [[United States]] has become is a [[political]] question. IMO, Russia isn't that desperate yet.

:::What is the GDP per capita of Russia? What is the GDP per capita of the USA?  How many revolutions has Russia had in the last 100 years (3 if you count the dissolution of the Soviet Union)? Russia has capital flight. The USA has capital flowing into it. People are leaving Russia. People are flowing into the USA.   

:::What is the GDP per capita of Russia? What is the GDP per capita of the USA?  How many revolutions has Russia had in the last 100 years (3 if you count the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Four if you count 1993 — Russia's constitutional crisis, which involved armed conflict between the presidency and parliament)? Russia has capital flight. The USA has capital flowing into it. People are leaving Russia. People are flowing into the USA.   

:::$94,430 for the United States and $18,525 for Russia. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:08, August 27, 2026 (EDT)

:::Do you live in the USA or Russia? If Russia is so great, why do you live in the USA? Checkmate!

 

:::Does the USA have two big oceans on its west and east coasts and bordering nations not likely to go to war with it?

 

:::If Russia were truly richer, its currency would be stronger, its people would stay, and its bonds would trade at lower yields than America’s. None of that is true. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:27, August 27, 2026 (EDT)

== Do you like driving a gasoline powered car? Don't move to Russia!  ==

== Do you like driving a gasoline powered car? Don't move to Russia!  ==