On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:23:33AM +0400, Chris Doss wrote:
>
> The reason, of course, is that Putin is a Russian nationalist and a strong
> statist. I remember reading a bit of a Tenet speech in which he called
> Russia a threat because, and I paraphrase, "Putin seems to be establishing a
> strong state and a stable society." I'm not joking.
>
> People on this list might all take heart from two things. 1) Russia has told
> the IMF to go fuck itself. Yippee! 2) Putin's economic adviser, Andrei
> Illarianov, recently told a group of American businessmen that Russia does
> not need and does not want foreign investment.
>
> Chris Doss
> The Russia Journal
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