russian is in demand (otago etc)

[m.k. scanlon]

Perhaps instead of re-stating the assertion that Russian is in demand,  our fellow Seelanger could give us some sort of empirical evidence of this? Call me sceptical if you want,  but the "it's that way because that's the way it is" argument has never seemed especially persuasive or informative to me,  and I really would like to know about the demand for Russian (especially since I haven't found a civilian use for mine yet).

Spasibo, 
K.Scanlon
kscanlon at flash.net