What's the major thing wrong with Russia!

I've been asked to talk about Russia, as I know it to be.

I had a major hand in designing the Russian Federation Constitution.  Essentially, I freed its satellites from the control of Mother Russia.  But I could not affect the major problem with Russia itself--namely, its governmental officials and civilian workers.  The entire government is corrupt--riddled with favoritism--who you know, not what you know.

Lest you think that's how it has to be--written in genes dating back to the Tartars:  I disagree.  The Chinese government has sent its youth replacements in governmental positions to the US for training at prominent universities and colleges and trade schools.  That method seems to be working out well.  And its civilization has lasted far longer.

It's true--the older President Bush was with the CIA, but he had a lot of knowledge beyond knowing how to play "king of the mountain" or "pack man."

Russia needs technocrats disparately to rule the country.  HELP!  Don't let the Russian people suffer under poor governments!  I was brought in by the Kennan Institute that has its offices in DC and Moscow to evaluate the Georgian government that was established after the Rose (?) Conflict.  I warned them not to go the way they had been trained by the Russians:   you need a technocratic government throughout the state to oversee water, garbage-and-waste, etc., I urged.  (Incidentally, that includes the military.)  These leaders were educated in military tactics and military-like strategies yet knew nothing how to rule a country and take care of its civilian departments. Ok in centuries previous to the Nineteenth!

Until Russia is willing to submit to the people who know how to run a government and render its services satisfactory, it will be on the verge of sinking into a quagmire of inefficiencies ordered by governmental officials acting out of their own ignorance.