----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Doss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Ceaucescu and Romanian transition
> > There is a man in a cell in Matrushina Tishina prison who can tell you that such sell-offs are not a very wise move in contemporary Russia... EXACTLY> > Putin and the dread "siloviki" (God do I hate that word) have a state-dirigiste model of capitalist development. We'll see what happens to the shares of Yukos that were frozen. I suspect they will either go to the state or to someone (Abramovich?) who can serve as a proxy for the state. Yukos will be like an oil Gazprom. EXACTLY AGAIN > > > Hu? Why? I go to movie theaters all the time. Bad Joke. Probably not worth explaining dms
