To: Calpernia; RussianConservative; dix; Grampa Dave; nopardons; HISSKGB; NormsRevenge; liberalnot; ...
Don't know...followed this when Clinton and Marc Rich were making the oligarchs billionaires but thought the situation hopeless. Seems to me that Putin going after them and their support of communists is a huge story which will have a profound world wide impact.
I'm wondering if Putin and Bush had a little talk about this in Texas. It would be typical of Bush. Clinton was diligent in cleaning up paper trails but Putin doesn't labor under the restrictions Ashcroft does.
The Bolsheviks stole Russia from the people in 1918. I do not believe Russians will allow the oligarchs to keep what they stole in the 1990s.
Interesting enough, from 1920 on, the Bolsheviks fenced their swag in New York City. In the 1990s, the oligarchs laundered their loot in New York City.
3 posted on
07/25/2003 10:28:28 PM PDT by
DPB101
To: DPB101
Hoping some good can come to Russia..
4 posted on
07/25/2003 10:32:17 PM PDT by
MEG33
To: PhiKapMom
Russia Ping.
5 posted on
07/25/2003 10:39:37 PM PDT by
Calpernia
(Runs with scissors.....)
To: DPB101
Disclaimer to my post. Was just surfing Lukoil. They seem to have many doors and windows to their associations. One of which says "On the site www.luri.ru you can receive complete information about the company"
So maybe Lukoil is apart of Yukos. I can't read Russian.
6 posted on
07/25/2003 10:44:42 PM PDT by
Calpernia
(Runs with scissors.....)
To: DPB101
Excellent analysis of the current situation in Russia.
I believe Putin and GWB have an understanding on several key issues. Russia's Parliamentary elections will soon be in play, and then the Presidential election. The cost of living is increasing rapidly, and there's a tenor of unrest about housing and education reform. Both issues will play large in the campaign against Putin.
Change makes people nervous. Many Russian reforms were pushed through as 'this alternative is better than what we had', but without a full understanding of the nitty gritty details required to make reform manageable.
8 posted on
07/25/2003 11:43:28 PM PDT by
Fracas
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