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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. 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.   

:::What is the GDP per capita of Russia? What is the GDP per capita of the USA?   

 

:::Russia has experienced repeated regime-ending or regime-threatening political upheavals: the Bolshevik Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the armed constitutional crisis of 1993. International bond investors don't view Russia as a paragon of stability!

 

:::Russia has capital flight. The USA has capital flowing into it. People are leaving Russia. People are flowing into the USA.   

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

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