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		jessaustin on April 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russian government threatens to block CloudFlare The Russian government probably wants disgruntled Russians to move to places like that. The Russian fertility rate isn't high, but it's higher than all its nearest neighbors, and Empire is a long-term game.

mtrimpe on April 11, 2014 [–]

And as Kasparov likes to say: You don't need smart people to run a petrol state. Brain-drain is bad for Russia but good for Putin.

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