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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Yes - the price is/was heavily subsidized. Keeping the people drunk keeps them from protesting in the streets...
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Sounds like Medvedev/Putin are doing a bang-up job over there. Yeah the class was pretty much all about how messed up things are over there right now (as I think the perception is for the most part its been smooth sailing since democracy swooped in to save the day) and what a monster Putin is. But I could never tell if it was quite as bad as my prof was letting on, as him being Ukrainian I assumed there was some natural anti-Russian sentiment.