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   XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   From: ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com   
      
   In article <5Pcmk.45371$_03.20613@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi>,   
    Markku Grönroos  wrote:   
      
   > "James A. Donald"  kirjoitti   
   > viestissä:b5rh94t1dd6a78r7c7v3hm8mom7ohhvbl7@4ax.com...   
   > >> > Finn's *had* to sell stuff to Russia, and *had* to   
   > >> > accept worthless rubles in exchange.  Big   
   > >> > difference.   
   > >   
   > > "captain."   
   > >> what period of history are you referring to?   
   > >   
   > > Till the fall of the Soviet Union.   
   > >   
   > > Transaction were done in rubles at official Soviet   
   > > prices - which prices only those subject to Soviet   
   > > domination were willing to accept.   
   > >   
   > Your problem is not ignorance about the Finno Soviet trade but insanity.   
   > Consult an able shrink.   
   >   
      
   So far all I've seen are assertions on this subject from both sides.   
      
   It seems like a fairly straightforward question. What were the terms on   
   which the Finns traded with the Soviets? If (say) they took Soviet grain   
   in exchage for Finnish machinery, how did the rate at which the two   
   exchanged compare with rates on the world market? If the Soviets bought   
   with rubles, how did the prices they paid compare with world prices,   
   evaluating rubles at their market exchange rate not their official   
   exchange rate?   
      
   Do any of you actually know?   
      
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