Anybody know first-hand what the situation is like for startups in Russia today?<p>We see so little innovation coming out of that country nowadays, except for a few fields, that I assume that the atmosphere is pretty bad, like lots of bribes to pay, and if you really get anywhere, a corrupt businessman with political connections will get the courts to take your enterprise away and give it to him. You certainly don't see ambitious techies from other countries flocking to Russia, like they do with the US. Am I reading things right?
Cudos to the author. Having joined a cooperative in Kiev in 1988, I can relate to this story, and I wish my son asked me what I was doing back then and posted it to HN!