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The Beginning [WIGOR, part 1]

February 21, 2007

Several million years ago (ask a geologist for an exact figure), the landmass that would one day become Russia was gifted huge oil, gas and mineral deposits. In fact, they were such rich and deep deposits that even 70 years of communist ineptitude could not entirely wipe them out. Some boring, but telling facts: OIL: [...]

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Anniversary

September 23, 2005

This Sunday is the 20th anniversary of Gorbachev’s creation of the Anti Alcohol League. Na zdorovye! As if in fitting tribute, it was revealed today that the French liquor giant, Pernod Ricard, may be in talks to purchase the Russian brand… drumroll please… Stolichnaya. Is nothing sacred?

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Does Russia Matter?

November 16, 2003

In a report on the September 2003 Camp David summit between Vladimir Putin and George Bush, TV journalist Ray Suarez, on The PBS Newshour, asked his guest a question being posed with increasing regularity: “Does Russia matter?” The guest’s all-too-obvious reply was, essentially, “Yes, of course Russia matters, but just not like it used to [...]

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