<DIV>Chris, the story is not so huge. Hints of this were already evident before and during the Saudi visit to Moscow. There was big talk about bilateral oil & gas relations (it was only talk). The primary purpose of the visit was to start ironing out bilateral political relations. The Saudi regime is looking for Russia support in the region. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have a look at <A href="http://www.tol.cz/look/TOLnew/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=49&NrSection=6&NrArticle=10621">http://www.tol.cz/look/TOLnew/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=49&NrSection=6&NrArticle=10621</A><BR><BR><B><I>Chris Doss <itschris13@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Apologies for overposting, but this is huge:<BR><BR>Chechnya Russia’s Internal Matter: Abdullah<BR>P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News Staff<BR><BR>JEDDAH, 6 September 2003 — Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and <BR>commander of the National Guard, yesterday called for a peaceful solution to <BR>the Chechnya problem but described the crisis as an internal matter for <BR>Russia.<BR><BR>http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=31458&d=6&m=9&y=2003<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. <BR>https://broadband.msn.com<BR><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=10469/*http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com">Yahoo! SiteBuilder</a> - Free, easy-to-use web site design software