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To: SeaViewer who wrote (10204)	8/5/2004 11:56:48 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 116555

People should remember that the Clinton regime was very close to the tiny group of oligarchs that so ruthlessly plundered Russia during the 1990s -- sending much of their ill gotten gains to the West. The result was skyrocketing unemployment, poverty, and premature deaths while a tiny group of pro-US plunderers achieved incredible wealth by acquiring public assets for a penny on the ruble or even less. Perhaps this is payback time.

To: SeaViewer who wrote (10204)	8/6/2004 7:32:21 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 116555

it may seem so but it is not in Russian people interests. What Putin is doing, is trying to force the transfer of wealth from one group to another and in the meantime hurt those that support the group under attack.... e.g. the US and US corporations (many in Yukos management are Americans and other Westerners) If there were genuine will to promote Russian people interest the Putin government would leave Yukos free and demand the taxes if there are any to be collected. Further they would propose legislation to increase the upper tax bracket and enforce it and also make it clear that strategic Russian assets are of limits to foreign entities but not the formation of JV and know how transfer or exchange Putin government would also encourage outsourcing form the West of high tech jobs in exchange of access to Russian huge natural resources as long as the processing and added value of the products manufactured from those natural resources are done domestically. In the Yukos saga that is simple not done One example that benefit Russia are certain enterprises in the diamond industry were raw diamonds are cut and polished in Russian enterprises and then exported. Added value on polished diamonds is over 400% to 500% to the value of the raw resource