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To: Neocon who wrote (8749)	5/17/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

"Also, it is not absolutely necessary that there be democracy, just a legal framework that delineates ownership rights, secures contracts, regulates capital markets and lending to increase confidence, and the like" I'm not sure if you can have one without the other. d

To: Neocon who wrote (8749)	5/17/1999 6:05:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Re: "marketization" in Russia. There is a degree of institutional parasitism that no economy can support. The Russian parasites have gone far beyond this point, and there is no way a market economy can succeed if they are not removed. This will not be done without a fight. This sort of parasitism, of course, is precisely what the "legal framework" you refer to is supposed to prevent. Unfortunately, the Russian parasites are in a position to block the effective establishment of any such framework.