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by michaelf
5530 days ago
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> ... this fact is neither very new nor very important to average Russian. Probably not even in top 10. There just are more urgent matters. Out of curiosity, what are some of the top issues (of governance) that are important to the average Russian? |
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- Alchoholism and the sorry state of health. There are too many people in Russia who seem to drink too much. Which kills them slowly, but also increases crime, decreases health and life expectancy and certainly isn't benefical economically. Male life expectancy is comparable to poorer African nations.
- Degrating infrastructure - most of out infrastructure (houses, roads, power grid, but also schools, hospitals) is inherited from USSR, and it got no love during 90-s. Presently it is unclear whether it is improving or still degrating - of course some things are getting done, but some other things break as well. There are fears that (any) health care or education reforms detoriate their subjects.
- Some smaller towns and most of countryside aren't viable economically, some people leave, most people basically rot there.
- The combination of declining core population (low birth rate, bad health) and influx of immigrants from Russian Caucasus and asian CIS countries surely create some tension.
- Political system is stuck. It's debatable how bad it is, but it's certainly non-transparent and not too efficient.
- Culture and education tank. TV is awful, radio is absolutely horrible. Soviet high level of cultural involvement mostly vanished, people don't care about anything. Some okayish films got produced from time to time, there surely are some bright spots, in bigger cities you can find any leisure you can possibly imagine, but the average cultural level stinks bad. The church seems to like the idea of derailing education and promoting obscurantism, and government just does not care.
The list goes on and on, seriously.