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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (83383)	11/18/2011 1:20:51 PM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217804

Russia weapon: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people." Kissinger Russia controls oil and gas.The EU depends on Russia for about a quarter of its total gas supplies, some 80% of which is pumped through Ukraine Dependence on Russia for gas: 100% dependent on Russia: Latvia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia More than 80% dependent: Bulgaria, Lithuania, Czech Republic More than 60% dependent: Greece, Austria, Hungary Source: European Council on Foreign Relations, 2006 figures

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (83383)	11/18/2011 1:25:24 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217804

They have no resources: oil, gas, agriculture, steel, mining, forestry... Tell me, he went, from what they are making money to support those economies?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=26816158

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (83383)	11/20/2011 9:07:49 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217804

shhhhhhhhh it would do well for world peace that poland and china could share a common border :0)

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (83383)	11/21/2011 2:05:59 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217804

Russians have told the Chinese that they will not sell them their gas at 30% below the European prices, saying they see no need for Russia to subsidize the Chinese economy. And they have made it clear to Turkmenistan, which has enormous natural gas resources, that they will not appreciate its exporting gas other than via Russia. The Nord Stream launching comes within days of the announcement by the new president of Kyrgyzstan that he expects to close down the U.S. military air base at Manas when its lease expires in 2014. This base has been crucial in U.S. supply links to Afghanistan. Clearly, Russia is strengthening its hold on the Soviet Union’s former Central Asian republics. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27777349

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (83383)	11/23/2011 2:26:16 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217804

Arab Spring is transforming Turkey into a regional power: "We don't see the US [dominant] in the Middle East anymore. No one has confidence in the UN. So who is going to fill this gap? Turkey. When our prime minister visits these regions, people really welcome him. They wave Turkish flags in the streets." Turkish EU affairs minister Egemen Bagis said the question is not what the EU can do for Turkey but vice versa: "The EU was never seen as economic project by us, but as a peace project and we are working to turn it into a global project." "The EU dream has come to an end for the world. There is a paradigm shift. The EU is no longer the same Union that provided comfort, prosperity and wealth to its citizens as in the past." euobserver.com