aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Dancin' partners Bush & Evans on the slippery slope ...

["Max Pyziur" <pyz@brama.com>]

aka, the other Syriana ...

"American resolve to make the world safe for Western democracy will
increasingly depend on economic control of oil. To that end, the U.S. is
locked in feverish competition with China for the remaining oil and gas
resources in Central Asia and the Middle East. Another huge reservoir of
oil and gas lies under Russian control in Siberia.

News last week that Bush crony Donald Evans is on the short list to become
head of Rosneft, the Russian oil giant, could give us added sway over that
oil pool. Evans was commerce secretary and is a longtime pal of George W.
Bush and one of, if not the main, adviser to Bush on energy matters. To
have him running Russian oil would be quite a coup. According to the
Russian press, Vladimir Putin is offering Evans the job of being chairman
of the firm's board of directors. Evans would become the second major
foreigner to manage a big Russian energy outfit.

[...]

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http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0551,ridgeway,71154,6.html


MP
pyz@brama.com