About a few month ago Osama bought radioactive waste in Russia (for very reasonable price) and made a bomb which can contaminate mediun-size city with highly radioactive dust.

Both sides were happy with the deal: russian waste agency got rid of some waste and even got money for that, and Osama (customer) got what he wanted.

This kind of deals became possible mainly due to "free marketization" and decentralization of russian economy.

Supply and demand is now the main rule in russian economy, and democracy made possible for local authorities to make decisions based on their own interests, not on the interests of somebody in Moscow (as it used to be in centralized economy).

• How do you know this exchange happened? - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 19:08 UTC
  • Do you mean, AMERICAN news agencies? - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 19:42 UTC
• the former Soviet Union & commonsense - jisbond - December 5, 2001 - 19:40 UTC
  • Rules of which law? - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 19:46 UTC
    • a & b seem to apply in Russia at the moment. - jisbond - December 5, 2001 - 19:55 UTC
      • Pain? No, I think, most folks involved enjoys freedom - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 20:35 UTC
        • I think you are missing the point - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 20:48 UTC
          • Yes, we live in the best of all possible worlds - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 22:03 UTC
            • This is exactly what I try to tell to others-here is no absolute - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 22:30 UTC
              • Of course, what I said is NOT exactly what you tell others - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 01:51 UTC
              • For a guy who only had $150 in your pocket - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 05:01 UTC
                • Harvey, there is no longer socializm in Russia. - alexander - December 7, 2001 - 03:26 UTC
                  • Actions speak louder - harvey1 - December 7, 2001 - 13:53 UTC
                    • Correction. - alexander - December 7, 2001 - 21:26 UTC
                      • It sounds like a good time - harvey1 - December 7, 2001 - 21:37 UTC
          • Yes, I remember we were laughting on Reagan intelligence then. - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 23:30 UTC
            • I voted for an American biolgist for President in 1980 - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 02:05 UTC
              • Biologist - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 02:11 UTC
                • Mike,or Universe(what should I call you?),are you dumb orpretend - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 19:55 UTC
                  • stupid to talk with stranger named Alexander (no last name) - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 22:41 UTC
            • Wow! - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 02:27 UTC
              • Harvey, it seems that you (and other americans) don't know - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 20:05 UTC
                • Are you saying - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 21:09 UTC
                  • Aerial data and pictures are MUCH better than satellite. - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 21:50 UTC
                    • Or - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 22:19 UTC
                • More info - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 21:37 UTC
                  • Harvey, how can aircraft deviate several hundred miles - alexander - December 7, 2001 - 03:06 UTC
                    • Eisenhower - harvey1 - December 7, 2001 - 14:02 UTC
                      • No, I did not say that Japan was included. - alexander - December 7, 2001 - 20:28 UTC
                        • it was easy to be "on the ground" spying in USA back then - carefuluniverse - December 16, 2001 - 07:34 UTC
        • relying on too much mathematics - jisbond - December 6, 2001 - 05:58 UTC
• Christian businessman U.S. President halted production in 1970s - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 03:44 UTC