tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post115953032423989799..comments2023-10-28T12:01:47.929+00:00Comments on Edward Lucas: Romania & BulgariaEdward Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-1160050197688719732006-10-05T12:09:00.000+00:002006-10-05T12:09:00.000+00:00What you say about Bulgaria and Romania (6% growth...What you say about Bulgaria and Romania (6% growth, tiny average incomes, corruption) applies just as well to Russia, which not only thinks itself fit for the WTO and EU but for membership on the G-8, a laughable notion. As long as Russia sits on the G-8, poverty and corruption must be viewed as irrelevant in terms of EU membership. What's more, unfolding events in Georgia prove that there is no alternative but to bring all the former Soviet slave states into NATO and EU folds if for no other reason than to keep them out of Russia's clutches as the Iron Curtain descends once again across the continent.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.com