Originally posted by The Vagabond
Yes, I have. First, I am not quite sure that Americans don't keep certain assets as strategic and unsellable, that they don't somehow control foreign purchases of their assets.
Yes, I have. First, I am not quite sure that Americans don't keep certain assets as strategic and unsellable, that they don't somehow control foreign purchases of their assets.
Seriously, if RosOboronExport wanted (assuming they had the billions of dollars) to buy Lockheed I think there would be som problems
You just bought into their propaganda, naive Lithuanian.
Second, given the enormous number of their assets, any one of them can hardly be considered strategic. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely that a rival, non-Western entity will ever be able to buy out an essential chunk to make it strategic. In Russia, such a giant oil company as Yukos is responsible for up to 10% revenues of the federal budget. You see the difference? Can we entrust American companies, which were eager to buy Yukos, with the assets providing such a huge chunk of the budget. I am afraid not.
Why not? Western corporates usually are more diligent tax payers than you regular Ivan Oligarchovich, they reinvest more into the business and they treat their employees better.
Russia, as a country that can solely rely in itself for survival in a hostile environment (unlike e.g. Lithuania, which lives truly in 'greenhouse' conditions)
What 'greenhouse conditions'?
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