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To: Arran Yuan who wrote (138772)	1/30/2018 12:18:17 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 217906

Your Kazakh student is not alone. Most Russians also miss the former USSR. Instead of living secure lives, they live in crumbling poverty and abandoned industrial cities, while Putin and his gangster thugs live in unimaginable luxury in exclusive enclaves. An arrogant Trump-world on steroids. - bbc.co.uk The Russian city of Promyshlennyi was abandoned with the fall of the Soviet Union, cut off from communication with and support from the government. When utilities and electricity stopped working, people simply left to find a home and work elsewhere. The huge Russian coal-mining city of Sovetsiky is now populated by retired people with no utilities and no future. Coal holds little interest for Putin. With no public transportation people living in abandoned Russian cities walk A photo from happier days in the USSR in an abandoned apartment in Sovetsiky