[Dog Gone]

That's true, but Russia still can't deliver power and heat reliably to its citizens and it has an oligarchy/mafia that controls most of business in the country. It's a weird place where some things are sophistocated and some things are third world.

I think you take your chances any time you deal with them.

[jb6]

The people without power and heat are those in the villages and primarly in the east. The cities have plenty of both, even the cities in the east. Furthermore, they are only the 9th largest economy and we are the first and yet we have rolling black outs in California and more then a few of our country poor are also still without heat....well with stove heat anyways.