Unkind words from Miss Russia Russia is a 'beggar', says Miss Earth entrant Natalia Pereverzeva - Yahoo! News UK
Russia during the peek of the cold war Russia was spending 35% of their GDP to maintain their military. They have never been able to transition from a communist infrastructure that gave no incentives for production to a more liberalized economy. The only reason Chinese were able to transition is US opening up China with trade to bring down the Soviet Union or China would be in much worst shape.
