Institutions matter, or why you shouldn't be bullish on Russia without being very bullish on oil and natural gas:
In Russia, the 'Ask the Audience' lifeline isn't one that the contestant would often use because the audience often gives wrong answers intentionally to trick the contestants.
This is just about "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," but given their very low "Freedom from Corruption" score on the Heritage Economic Freedom Index (They rank 150th out of 179 countries in 2010), it probably extends to other areas of economic life. HT: MR.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the data for the "Freedom from Corruption" in the Heritage Index comes from Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index.
Added: Scott Sumner's post on black envy and white envy ties into this. The above is more evidence that Russians will opt for black envy - the Russian audience is more apt to try to reduce the size of the pot than in other countries.