>I think one factor at work here is that the Russian elite currently in
power
>-- unlike elites throughout the Third World -- is not used to playing the
>role of puppets for outside powers. They are used to being puppeteers. They
>have no interest in Russia becoming a client state.
They have their work cut out for them, don't they?
Doug -------------- Russia's got enormous natural resources and lots of leverage with OPEC. Much like China and India, it has enough muscle to wiggle out of the IMF straitjacket, IMO.
Chris Doss The Russia Journal