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Well, here you go, Yukos is actually ordered to stop oil sales. 
And in the other news, Putin tells soccer players to stop chewing.
And in the other news, Putin tells soccer players to stop chewing.
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It's tough to pick through what is true and not from a complete outsider's perspective.
I take a look back at the early 1900s in the US where the Taft and Roosevelt trust-busters started hacking away against the corporates as laying a good foundation for our economy and our democracy. It would be naive to think that this was done for reasons other than the Robber Barrons' fortunes were influencing the political process to an inordinate degree. What would have happened if the Robber Barrons had tried to blackmail the government by implicitly threatening the overall economy? Wouldn't the government be correct to call the bluff by closing the bastards down?
Of course, by that time the US had a several hundred year old tradition of representative government and Russia only has 10-15 very imperfect years of it. Also, busting trusts is different than what is happening in Russia.
I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt here...Last edited by DanS; July 29, 2004, 12:53.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Yes of course it is Dan. Stop writing such silly posts.Also, busting trusts is different than what is happening in Russia.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Why don't they just ban the other airlines and get over with it?
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