'..While the penalties have pushed foreign investors away, they’ve also become the catalyst for meeting one of their key demands — rooting out corruption.'<blockquote>'Putin’s backing of the program marks a revival of sorts for the Medvedev faction, which advocates closer integration with the U.S. and Europe, a process now derailed by sanctions, as the path most beneficial to the country. This group, which includes Ulyukayev, had been sidelined since February, when the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia’s ally, spurred the siloviki to organize the annexation of Crimea.
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There’s an irony about the U.S. and European sanctions that isn’t lost on the members of Putin’s economic team. While the penalties have pushed foreign investors away, they’ve also become the catalyst for meeting one of their key demands — rooting out corruption.'
- Evgenia Pismennaya and Irina Reznik,
Putin Said to Stun Advisers by Backing Corruption Crackdown, November 19, 2014</blockquote>
Context Vladimir Putin, Anti-Corruption Crusader? November 19, 2014<blockquote>
'There is no more tolerance for corruption in Ukrainian society, if it is not dealt with very soon, there will be another revolution.'Ukraine - '..it is corruption, above all, that Mr Poroshenko and (after the parliamentary election) a new government must tackle..'Ukraine's Last Chance - 'As bureaucrats keep stealing and politicians keep stalling, the specter of financial collapse hovers closer..''If Russia is to move forward, Pivovarov says, “we must cease to be Soviet people and overcome the Soviet in us.” ''The point is to return to a universal respect for property rights.'
- Jörg Guido Hülsmann (
The Ethics..)
(Haptopraxeology) - '..We have lost three centuries as a result of ignoring our scholars!'</blockquote>