Ich bin übrigens nicht überzeugt, dass es sich um echte Zensur handelt. Möglich ist auch ein sehr gelungener PR-Trick. Nie wäre das Buch (in Russland) so in aller Munde, wie es ist, hätte es nicht den Ruch des Verbotenen. Was nicht verboten ist, taugt dort heutzutage nichts.

Was wurde denn in Belem getrunken?

Es geht ums Klicken und damit ums Geld. Und Sie schreiben vom Standards

All of that is gone now. Anyone buying a flat today has to be just as careful as in the 1990s, preferably hiring private detectives and specialist estate agents to avoid nasty surprises. Otherwise, as mentioned above, they will end up losing their money and their flat.

... yes, liberalised. Parts of the police actually did their job. All this happened at a time when there was still a critical public, albeit a limited one, media independent of the state, such as Novaya Gazeta, for example, and even a small amount of political opposition.

... old Soviet registration laws as well as a whole host of criminal schemes, corrupt estate agents, police, administration and courts. In the early days of Putin's rule, things actually improved. (Civil) courts became less corrupt, the (registration) laws were simplified and, ...

Anyone who wanted to buy a flat in the 1990s, and I speak from my own experience here, would have been well advised to research the seller and the history of the flat thoroughly. There were many pitfalls that could lead to losing both money and flat. These included ...

Pssst!

Ja, aber eben anders als es bei Merz mit der Verknüpfung von "Stadtbild" und "Abschiebung" klingt: EU-Bürger. Natürlich auch ein Problem. Aber ein anderes, das andere Lösungen erfordert.