You have a state run oil industry. You hand it over, lock stock and barrel to people like this guy, and it is basically a money making machine. The Russians wanted russians to own the company, employ russians, and grow the russian economy.
Then these guys turn around, sell off the assets that they were basically given for free, and screw the country.
I don't think that Russia would be bitching about a computer guy who developed a new software program on his own, selling his company off. This is different.
Richard Perle most likely has friends who are profiting in the millions of this rape of the Russian economy. I would bet when all facts come in to place, the billions that this guy earned from selling off these industries are actually a pittance compared to their actual worth.
Since he paid squat to get where he is, he is still a billionaire. The american companies are getting a bargain, and mother russia is screwed.
Perle should just keep his yap shut and not try to restart the cold war. His friends should just be thankful for the goodies they grabbed, and keep their heads down low and not be boastful about it.
It should be a crime to do what these new oil billionaires have done. If they want to sell stock, on the common market, that is fine and dandy, but it appears that much of this was insider trading, cronyism, greasing of palms in Washington and Moscow, and the Russian government has had enough.
Perle should be fired from the Defense Policy Board for his comments. Trying to restart the cold war is grounds enough for his removal.