tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post8063716885314686758..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Russian Hospitals are the Disease, not the CureLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-74590172551208204912006-12-12T13:51:00.000-05:002006-12-12T13:51:00.000-05:00Guzhy - what you say about fire violations is true...Guzhy - what you say about fire violations is true.<br /><br />It's worth noting, though, that fire safety officers did recommend that this hospital be close, because it was a fire risk. Just, nobody acted on their advice.<br /><br />As the hospital was in the public sector, it's a fair bet that they were doing their jobs properly (as opposed to trying to extort money) in this case. Although... this is Russia, so I could be wrong.SiberianLighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845408842286573061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-74834012848286410812006-12-11T09:11:00.000-05:002006-12-11T09:11:00.000-05:00GUZHY: Thanks for the info! Fascinating. It's an o...GUZHY: Thanks for the info! Fascinating. It's an outrage that isn't written up more in the Western press. Of course, as with corrupt police part of the problem is that Russians won't commit to paying these civil servants a high enough wage to insulate them from the corruption impulse; then again, even if they did, without a broader moral context (which would start with the notion that the KGB shouldn't rule the country) higher salaries might not do much good.<br /><br />I am curious: Do you think that by using these kinds of means Putin can get Stalin-like control over Russia, or will there be a backlash at some point that will force him (or his successor) to get nasty? In other words, are the Russian people "broken" sufficiently, or is there hope in the fact that Putin's resources are limited and he might not be able to get nasty enough?La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-76330107437266120182006-12-11T08:28:00.000-05:002006-12-11T08:28:00.000-05:00OPENHEIMER: My address is listed in the sidebar, ...OPENHEIMER: My address is listed in the sidebar, it's larussophobe@yahoo.com, feel free to drop me a line whenever you like.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-82976497502040283112006-12-11T06:13:00.000-05:002006-12-11T06:13:00.000-05:00OFFTOPIC:
Dear Russophobe,
I have some general c...OFFTOPIC:<br /><br />Dear Russophobe,<br /><br />I have some general comments regarding your blog. Could you please drop me a line and your e-mail address at zaamkablam@gmail.com?<br /><br />Thanks.Kokoitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10592107235205416519noreply@blogger.com