Ayn Rand and Russian Investments

[THE LURKER]

No doubt the Russian Government has a plan that is in their best interests. They want to be able to wield power in the world in the same way the US was able to go into Afganistan and Iraq so easily. They have to be looking at the economic success of China and saying "We can duplicate that here. Let's give the free market a chance so we can reach our goals." The big question, once the Russian people have tasted the good life are they going to be willing to throw it away on some dictators whim?