The "Russian" elite turned out to be at the level of African Botswana in terms of quality

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The "Russian" elite turned out to be at the level of African Botswana in terms of quality.

with other words S Brin is 100% right

The Russian elite turned out to be at the level of Botswana in terms of quality, according to the authors of the report of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland together with the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.
They developed a comparative index of the quality index of elites around the world. The index showed that the Russian elites are at the level of Botswana Kazakhstan and Indonesia The development of the index takes into account the following parameters: economic power, economic value, political power and political value. Ideal elites should form models that determine the values of the whole society, says the report. Low-level elites only appropriate resources produced by society.

The Russian elite in quality has slipped to the African

+ A - The Russian elite turned out to be at the level of Botswana in terms of quality, according to the authors of the report of the University of St. Gallen

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https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/260885/1/Elite_Report.pdf