Rude Russians look in horse's mouth

[Anthony Bullock]

I coined a phrase in the 60's which went  "if you want to look a gift horse
in the mouth, lift up its tail"       maybe that still applies.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Rude Russians look in horse's mouth


> From the Economist weekly review:
>
> (Don't these Russians realise they are about to have a nuclear missile
> shield built over them?)
>
>
>  >>>
>
> NO THANKS
> RUSSIA rejected a short-term loan facility from the International
> Monetary Fund, saying that it did not need the money and that it did
> not want to be under the "constant control" of the IMF. The IMF had
> offered Russia a precautionary credit facility in exchange for new
> policies such as tightened supervision of the banking system.
>