Sep 20, 2009

Life on Planet Medvedev: Low Corruption and a Free Press


Medvedev to CNN: "Today, the situation, as it is towards corruption, is not as bad as it used to be."

Oh really?

Russia in the Corruption Perceptions Index

(lower is better)
2001: 79th place
2002: 71th place
2003: 86th place
2004: 90th place
2005: 126th place
2006: 121th place
2007: 143th place
2008: 147th place

...and apparently Russia also has a free press, according to Medvezhonok.

Freedom of the Press Index

(lower is better)
2002: 60 Partly Free
2003: 66 Not Free
2004: 67 Not Free
2005: 68 Not Free
2006: 72 Not Free
2007: 75 Not Free
2008: 78 Not Free

It must be nice to live on Planet Medvedev. Too bad he won't let anyone visit.

2 comments:

Ern said...

Sure if you apply internationall accepted standards to Russia, the country seems to be getting worse, but by Russian Standard (http://www.russiablog.org/RusskyStandartBottles.jpg), Russian men suddenly become a lot more attractive.

Pirates(and)Diplomats said...

Who needs standards when you have Plan Putina?