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s-t-t at juno.com s-t-t at juno.com
Thu Apr 12 08:54:00 PDT 2001


Chris Doss writes:
> What disgusts me is the way in which Gusinky and Berezovsky are
> being feted
> in the West as some kind of great freedom-fighters against the Evil
> Putin.
> Gusinsky and Berezovsky are glorified Mafia dons.

But wasn't Putin originally Berezovsky's boy, and that in the feud between the oligarch is the Kremlin anything but neutral? My understanding, correct me if this isn't so, is that the oligarchs with Kremlin ties are using their connections to pressure their competitors how don't have the same option. Also, do you really think Putin hasn't earned the vilification he's receiving?

-- Shane

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