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Old 09-08-2008, 04:08 PM   #1
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It's all about $$$ and the oil in Georgia, period. Look at which two countries were making noise last week, trying to keep the price well above $100/barrel; Venezuela and Russia. The Russians are always about cash, cash, cash. The Middle Eastern producers, even including Iran, are OK with the recent drop. They don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg....
Russia doesn't want cash, it wants influence. Go back 20 years and switch Petrorubles for Red Army Divisions and it looks like the same play. Unfortunately the last 2 administrations missed opportunities to bring Russia in as a partner, instead they threw money at it and told them to keep their ball off the playing field.

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Old 09-08-2008, 04:43 PM   #2
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Good point John! Russia doesn't want western influence in the regions it had control over in the past. It's almost in a sense whereas the US wouldn't want Russia to intervene in Mexico [which is far-fetch]. Georgia and Ukraine enrollment poses a threat to Russia's military dominance. I believe it's more power than monetary.

Although a sanction on Russia would cause a collapse in the EU as most of Europe is dependent of Russia's Gas. Update: Sarkozy gives Russia 1 month to move troops out of the break-away provinces. I doubt it's going to happen. They're going to be hanging around for some time and will give similar excuse to why the US is in Iraq. It's a chess game!

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