capitalism *is* fun :-)

because here comes the real deal from the Russian Standard Bank. The Imperia credit-card, which has no limits on how much money you can spend. No wonder, Mr. Putin just declared in the Moscow Times, that Russia will become the best country to live in. I make my bet on that. What else do you need? Beautyful women and credit-card with no limits The russian way of life, which is a nice mix of comunism and capitalism run by a bunch of oligarhs, it’s starting to look good. 

Turning on to wider markets, the RTSI russian index is up 1.16%, which is good, as I have a small stake in russian equities
They sure have a good chance. As poor as they are, they are still a cash based society, backed up by tremendous amounts of natural resources. Their future looks better then that of eco-friendly/web 2.0 loonies in western countries