Everyone knows that governments are wasteful when it comes to money. And of course, none of these bizarre expenses are anything when compared to the big payments of social security, healthcare, etc.
The way we rate national economies is all wrong, says rating agency reformer Annette Heuser. With mysterious and obscure methods, three private US-based credit rating agencies wield immense power over national economies across the globe, and the outcomes can be catastrophic. But what if there was another way?
Apparently, Hitler and Stalin combined killed less people that Mao Zedong…
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The situation in the Crimea is widely commented in Internet. Netizens accuse Western leaders of lack of strong response to the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine. The leader of Russia is openly compared to Hitler and Stalin.
Crimea is a peninsula of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The Cimmerians, Greeks, Ottoman Turks, Golden Horde Tatars and Russians each controlled Crimea in its earlier history. It shouldn’t come as a suprise: it’s a strategic point from which Black Sea region can be easily controlled.