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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by delinka on Thursday October 10, 2013 @09:14AM (#6527383)
"... vetted for their impeccable ideological purity ..."

Rather, vetted for their impeccable ability to wax lyrical about "ideological purity." I'd suggest that these guys are personalities that learn how to survive in the current climate regardless what that climate happens to be.

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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by auctiontheory on Thursday October 10, 2013 @01:47PM (#6529056)
I'd suggest that these guys are personalities that learn how to survive in the current climate regardless what that climate happens to be.

Well said. And that's a great skill to have. (I often wish I had more of it.)

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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by znowi on Thursday October 10, 2013 @04:50PM (#6529956)
> survive in the current climate

It helps when the president is your fellow KGB pal :) Proper affiliation and loyalty is all you need. It's common folk that really have to survive.

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