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This was a murky deal even by the cloak and dagger standards of post communist Eastern Europe.

What is the meaning of standards here,please?

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Hi, This was a murky deal even by the cloak and dagger standards of post communist Eastern Europe. What is the meaning of standards here,please? The methods that were standard and normal in that area at that time.

  • Hi, This was a murky deal even by the cloak and dagger standards of post communist Eastern Europe.
  • What is the meaning of standards here,please?
  • The methods that were standard and normal in that area at that time.
  • The suggestion is that these standards were 'murky' (morally ambiguous or even downright immoral) and that this deal was even worse than that.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

This was a murky deal even by the cloak and dagger standards of post communist Eastern Europe.

What is the meaning of standards here,please? The methods that were standard and normal in that area at that time. The suggestion is that these standards were 'murky' (morally ambiguous or even downright immoral) and t

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