Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
For a given value of "Democratic and Free" which is to say "still very corrupt" but then corruption and graft is common to all post-Communist states, probably because that was the only way to better yourself, given that Communism doesn't reward you for working harder than anyone else.
It would be more accurate to say that corruption WAS common to the said states. Now some of them (e.g. Baltic ones or central European ones) have made a great progress and could boast of a low level of it.