Teenagers like it very much. I would not say I'm happy about this crisis. I'm just saying we have to find a way out, to find the right tool to fix the Russian economy. But Alex has his fears, too. We don't need another authoritarian regime.
Corruption is very flexible.
In an authoritarian regime there will still be corruption, because nobody will have to explain. In an open government, there's less opportunity for corruption. Back at the American Business Center, Jennifer Copeland agrees that corruption is the key problem for Russia. She wrote her master's thesis on corruption, and is happy to talk about it. On the other hand, the Center's deputy director, Galina Tokareva, is peeved when I press her for more information.