[knak]

first paragraph should read:
Billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky says working with the U.S. is his country's best economic hope, and he's pushing Putin to support Bush.

[mattdono]

Bump for later reading.

[struwwelpeter]

Interesting. But I think the die has already been cast, and attitudes are now hardening into a generation of ill-will and mistrust.

Russia has always been her own worst enemy. Zhal'

[TheSpottedOwl]

Smart man. No wonder he's a billionare.

[George W. Bush]

Pro-American business factions may yet turn Russia around in the next week. It's almost certain that Germany will split off from France and return to pro-American policy in less than 2 years but not much hope that it will happen this spring.