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By John Kiser
Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer
The following is a continuation of Mr. Kiser’s report on conversations with Russians last month.)
Monday, Dec. 13
Later in the day I met with Yuri and Lev, two senior metallurgists at a leading Moscow metallurgical institute and teaching institution that is struggling for survival.
Like all scientists who knew “the good old days” these two have had their world turned upside down. Formerly the darlings of communism with dependable and relatively generous state subsidies, prestigious work and better than average wages, science is now considered dispensable. A researcher’s average monthly wage of 40,000 R ($40) is now among the lowest in the country.
All monies now must come from contracts, only most Russian customers have no money with which to pay. Contracts with the West are highly desirable since Western partners have money and pay in hard currency.
Yuri is in his fifties, distinguished looking, with steel grey hair, black mustache, aquiline nose and an intense inspector Clusoux look about him. We were waiting in his offfice for his colleague to join us.
“Zhirinovsky’s victory is a sign of the dissatisfaction of the people,” he said. “Today Russia is like the Weimar Republic. People have no confi
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