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Medvedev calls for economy reform

news.bbc.co.uk — President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia's old economic model no longer works, as he gives his state of the nation speech.

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  • caveman84, on 11/13/2009, -0/+9Russia rose from ruins and poverty many times in its history, so who knows, maybe this time too.
  • yankeesultan7, on 11/12/2009, -1/+8Russia seems to be heading into the same direction as China economically
  • sivyr, on 11/13/2009, -0/+6Was that sarcasm or are you retarded?

    Sorry to be so harsh, but Russia hasn't been using the Soviet economic model for 20 years.
  • inactive, on 11/13/2009, -0/+5you can only begin to fix a problem once you admit it exists. i wish them well.
  • BillE3, on 11/12/2009, -3/+6They will be reversing roles with us.
    I may live long enough to see Russia become the new "Land of milk and honey".

    You would think that would be a wake up call.
  • Kyan, on 11/13/2009, -0/+3This is all I have to say:

    "Actions speak louder than words."

    Back it up, buddy.
  • hblask, on 11/13/2009, -1/+4And he's doing this just as Obama is moving the US in the opposite direction.
  • taibo, on 11/13/2009, -0/+3Same direction maybe, but China has got the advantage of an industrial base thats still growing. Maybe after China has gone the same direction as the US.
  • Hiwnes, on 11/13/2009, -0/+1It sounds like this news story is drawing on a paper written by Medvedev in September called "Go Russia!" You can find it here if you're interested though it is a somewhat lengthy read:

    http://eng.kremlin.ru/text/speeches/2009/09/10/153 ...
  • drazen77, on 11/13/2009, -0/+1lolwhut?

    Cuba called, they asked you to send them 20 million rolls of toliet paper... they seem to have run out.
  • BerateBirthers, on 11/14/2009, -1/+1Are they better off though? Nobody was unemployed in Soviet Russia.
  • illtellyouwhat, on 11/13/2009, -1/+0"In other comments, Mr Medvedev ... suggested that the number of time zones in Russia - currently 11 - should be reduced"

    11 time zones?
  • Kyan, on 11/13/2009, -4/+2[Citation needed]
  • Joe_rigby, on 11/13/2009, -4/+2Putin's puppet.

    Wonder how much this has to do with the youtube video that policeman made?
  • BerateBirthers, on 11/13/2009, -5/+3Medvedev just needs to give it some more time. Cuba has shown that the Soviet model does work, you just need to have the resources to take it seriously.

    It's just sad how the first nation to finally try equality as a goal gets nothing but capitalists trying to destroy it from its start. If only it had a chance.
  • axell8, on 11/13/2009, -3/+1sweet talks, no action

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