Hi David,

Who knows, with any certainty, how wealth is maintained, created, or
distributed there these days? I certainly don't, I just try to stay a bit
informed, from all the various bits and pieces that can be seen/read.

Most of the normal population seem to be scratching a fair bit though,
these days, and 160 million is still a big population, by Aussie' standards
anyway! :-)

Regards,
John
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In article , John Ward
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Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Not all them. One Russian, said to have around 2 billion dollars has
just come to England and purchased the Chelsea Soccer Club. I think it
was mentioned that he also owns a personal 767.

There are about 160 million of them at the moment - a lot less than the
USA population.
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