Today is the burthday of Leonid Brezhnev,the ruler of Soviet Golden Age.He is 105 today.Congratulation!
Are we congratulating "him" on his death ? A pity for Russians that he did not die much earlier !!!! He certainly was one of the most appalling figures in modern Russian politics , and after Stalin did more single handed to ensure the rapid downward move in Russia's economic strength and its future global role . The irony is that he was not even Russian . He was an Ukrainian , born in Ukraine with two Ukrainian parents . If Russians were smart -- I appreciate that is asking the impossible --- they would publicly distance themselves from his dark and shabby reign in power .
Do you mean 5-7 % of annual economic growth speaking stagnation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Soviet_economic_reform
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