What are you thinking right now?

[Minty]

I think half of Europe are trying to arrest Mad Vlad! He's left an almighty mess behind. Think of the Northern Rock business in the UK, multiply by infinity, & you've the mess he's made of Lithuania. Part of it is the nation's own fault - those meant to be in charge did nothing to stop him or several other banks out there from using their depositers money as their own personal piggy bank for crackpot schemes. The joke at Tynecastle is whether he's hiding in his moonbase or his remote tropical island protected by ninjas.

Much of the old Communist bloc is run by bribery & threats rather than proper checks & balances against abuse of power, so something like this was bound to happen. It's reckoned that about 20% of all the money in their banks is "funny money" from Russian gangsters they're laundering. Reassuring to know they currently hold the presidency of the EU! I'm beginning to think that job is cursed: the two previous holders were Ireland & Cyprus, & you know what happened to them (& it's Greece next)!