Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Russian Bribes

From Yahoo News:
"Half of Russians believe bribery solves "problems""


I believe this article completely. It seems that every Russian I met had no issue with paying "under the table" to get things done. Whether it was for a guy to get a medical certificate from a doctor saying he couldn't join the draft to being pulled over by the traffic police and paying to not get a ticket. It seems bribes are an accepted way of life in Russia. I have heard that it was the only way to get things done in the Soviet Union and I guess it has just been carried over. I didn't personally bribe anyone when I lived there (I wouldn't even have known who to bribe or how to do it.) I don't know if I will ever visit a Russia that didn't rely on bribes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100513/lf_nm_life/us_russia_graft_poll

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