The International Monetary Fund and World Bank loan 22,600,000,000 “dollars” to the Russian Federation on the condition the free-floats the Ruble as part of its market-oriented reforms.

       Postscript: Within the next year consumer prices rose 98 fold, and real wages fell an equivalent of 84%.  A small number of Russians became fabulously rich, while the living standard for the average Russian deteriorated to the point that it had been better under communism.

       [restored 4/8/2023]

       United states Army Lieutenant General Barry R. McCaffrey (private mercenary) Drug Policy Control Coordinator blames the high murder rate in the Netherlands on the fact that Marijuana/Hemp is legal in the nation.

       NOTE: For 1996 the murder rate in the U.s. was 8.2 per 100,000; while the murder rate in the Netherlands was 1.8 per 100,000.

        [added 4/8/2023]