Analyst's note: And these are the people to whom the Obama administration is selling our Wyoming uranium mines? I also have looked some of the key Russian leaders in the eye on their own soil and still say no.
"[....] Russia’s repeated penchant for shutting down oil and gas shipments to Ukraine, a major energy pipeline to Europe, it’s not surprising to discover in the WikiLeaks documents that Russia routinely wields the power of its state-owned energy companies for political leverage, meting out favors to friends and punishing wayward enemies.
[....] the sheer scale of Russian corruption is staggering.
[.....] Moscow has become a gangland city, governed by Mafia rules. The Interior Ministry and the internal security service, the FSB, are reportedly running extortion rackets to protect businesses from criminal gangs. Bribery is standard practice. Tales of cash-laden suitcases being borne into the Kremlin under armed escort are widespread and plausible. The very distinction between government agencies and criminal enterprises is increasingly academic."
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