A third of Russians wish they could shoot dead corrupt officials

[harvey007]

Source: RT (Russia Today)

A sociological research study has revealed that over a third of the country's population wish they could shoot down all bribe-takers and speculators while 70 per cent of Russians admit they are hostile to people of other nationalities.

As many as 34 per cent of Russians “always” feel like killing the corrupt and 38 per cent of the population “sometimes” wish they could do so writes Kommersant, citing the Russian Academy of Sciences' (RAS) analytical report entitled “20 years of reforms in the eyes of Russians”. In Moscow the number of citizens who are fed up with bribe-takers is even higher: almost two thirds of locals would gun them down.

Read more: http://rt.com/politics/bribetakers-research-xenophobia-corruption/

[Synicus Maximus]

1. Why would they want to shoot dead officials?

[locahungaria]

3. Yeah, that's what I thought too. n/t

[florida08]

4. `

:spray:

[pnwmom]

5. Seems kind of redundant. n/t

[bananas]

9. Zombies?

Only way to stop 'em is with a headshot.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

13. Double. Tap. Just to be sure. n/t

[Demeter]

2. And this is different from anywhere else how?

Just because SOME Americans walk around in a little bubble of Denial doesn't mean the rest of the world does...

[florida08]

6. wonder why they're hostile to other nationalities

I may feel like choking some goppers..but don't see what that has to do with immigrants

[Chakab]

7. Most Russians are Xenophobic/Racist...

according to this study? Not a surprise at all based on my experiences.

[kestrel91316]

8. Shooting the dead? They drink too much vodka, it seems.

[lonestarnot]

10. snort.

:7

[Doctor_J]

11. Sounds like they might be closer to getting their country back than we are

Probably because they don't believe their propaganda organs, while a revolting number of americans do believe ours.

[FirstLight]

12. this may not be a russian-only phenomena

I bet there's alot of us who would like to do something nasty to the corps, liars and thieves who have been robbing us blind and getting rewarded for it...the list is extensive...

i bet there's plenty of revolutionary and violent thoughts coming from all sorts of folks these days. torches and pitchforks, anyone?

[valerief]

14. Y'allo! I share their pain. nt

[WatsonT]

15. The other 2/3s are in fact corrupt officials themselves

[Atypical Liberal]

16. This is the real reason behind gun control. n/t

[dameocrat67]

17. sounds like the author is trying to link anger at

corrupt public officials with bigotry against other nationalities. This piece looks like oligarch propaganda. Corrupt people experience anger for justified reasons. Foreigners do not. I wonder which oligarch owns Russia Today.

[chrisa]

18. In Soviet Russia... Official shoot you