Russia and U S comperative essay
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Russia and America
Russia and the United States have many similarities and just as many differences in their governments. Both of the countries have high crime rates but Russia's is extremely high. Many Russian citizens say that they are worried about the safety of their possessions and of their own life. Russia lacks organization and personnel in their law enforcement. Russian president Vladimir Putin stated that "The high crime rate in Russia adversely affects the countries international prestige." The crime rate has almost doubled in Russia since Putin entered office. In the United States in 2002 one murder occurred every twenty nine minutes, a robbery occurred every one minutes and an aggressive assault occurred every thirty one seconds nation wide. Though those numbers are high they are not nearly as high as many other countries including Russia.
The United States has extremely intolerant drug laws and they are becoming even more intolerant. In the U...