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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Orphaned Russian Children

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/money-for-abandoned-kids/428550.html

This article from the Moscow times highlights the life orphans in Russia live. They recieve no income from their families and up till this point, they recieved no income from the state either. Historically in the Soviet Union, orphans were given compensation because they were the future of the country. President Medvedev plans to reinstall this belief in that all children are important but unlike the ideology of the Soviet Union, they should be able to provide for themselves.
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  1. William PeatJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    This article highlights the tragedy of a state (indeed any state)dealing with difficult social problems in terms of public policy. As you've noted in the past - under life in the Soviet Union - although there was limited freedoms, and for most a police state, the system did provide a degree of structure and support, even if only at a subsistence level. All that is now gone, as Russia continues to make the difficult transition to a free demoncratic state, in which - all around the world - there are almost always significant disparities between rich and poor.

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