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Here is the main problem for Russia:

"Recent escalation in the military engagement between Russia and Georgia poses a threat to certain key oil and gas pipelines which transit Georgia, the IEA said in a report issued shortly before Russia declared a ceasefire in Georgia.

The pipelines, built by foreign consortia with strong political backing from the US, have eased Russia’s stranglehold over oil and gas exports from the landlocked Caspian region.

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There's little doubt that Vladimir Putin still wears the trousers in the Kremlin. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's boyish new President, may technically be commander-in-chief of Russia's armed forces, but when the bullets began flying in South Ossetia last week, it was to Putin that Russia and the world looked for answers.

Putin stepped down from the presidency in May, as the Russian constitution required. But the Ossetian crisis has clearly demonstrated that Putin is still very much in charge."

I bet Puttin still has wet dreams about the good old days of big mighty Soviet Union.

<blockquote data-quote="ddd999" data-source="post: 35238" data-attributes="member: 899">Here is the main problem for Russia:&nbsp;<img src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/506/btcpipelineroutedv4.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;&quot;Recent escalation in the military engagement between Russia and Georgia poses a threat to certain key oil and gas pipelines which transit Georgia, the IEA said in a report issued shortly before Russia declared a ceasefire in Georgia.&nbsp;The pipelines, built by foreign consortia with strong political backing from the US, have eased Russia’s stranglehold over oil and gas exports from the landlocked Caspian region.&nbsp;...&nbsp;There&#039;s little doubt that Vladimir Putin still wears the trousers in the Kremlin. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia&#039;s boyish new President, may technically be commander-in-chief of Russia&#039;s armed forces, but when the bullets began flying in South Ossetia last week, it was to Putin that Russia and the world looked for answers.&nbsp;Putin stepped down from the presidency in May, as the Russian constitution required. But the Ossetian crisis has clearly demonstrated that Putin is still very much in charge.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;I bet Puttin still has wet dreams about the good old days of big mighty Soviet Union.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ddd999, post: 35238, member: 899"] Here is the main problem for Russia: [IMG]http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/506/btcpipelineroutedv4.png[/IMG] "Recent escalation in the military engagement between Russia and Georgia poses a threat to certain key oil and gas pipelines which transit Georgia, the IEA said in a report issued shortly before Russia declared a ceasefire in Georgia. [B]The pipelines, built by foreign consortia with strong political backing from the US, have eased Russia’s stranglehold over oil and gas exports from the landlocked Caspian region[/B]. ... There's little doubt that Vladimir Putin still wears the trousers in the Kremlin. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's boyish new President, may technically be commander-in-chief of Russia's armed forces, but when the bullets began flying in South Ossetia last week, it was to Putin that Russia and the world looked for answers. Putin stepped down from the presidency in May, as the Russian constitution required. But the Ossetian crisis has clearly demonstrated that Putin is still very much in charge." I bet Puttin still has wet dreams about the good old days of big mighty Soviet Union. [/QUOTE]

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