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By John Helmer in Moscow Putin names his merry men, no change in the forest The list of the new Russian government ministers, released by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin this afternoon, preserves most senior officials in their place, and keeps the precarious balance of factions, which compete for and decide Russia’s major resource concessions, and […]
by John Helmer - Monday, May 12th, 2008
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By John Helmer in Moscow In the good old days, when intrepid Englishmen competed with Russians for commercial and military footholds in Central Asia, the object of their Great Game was to fill the local bazaars with English manufactured goods, and extract in exchange as much treasure as the locals could be gulled into giving […]
by John Helmer - Monday, May 12th, 2008
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The full text of the original French language document available here. The official English translation of the document available here.
by John Helmer - Monday, May 12th, 2008
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