Re: Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-12 Thread "Chris Doss"
I read somewhere the Chinese felt betrayed when the Russians agreed to let the Japanese, late entrants, divert the proposed West Siberian oil pipeline from Daqing to Nakhodka for trans-shipment across the Sea of Japan to Japan and beyond -- presumably to the US West Coast. The Chinese evidently tho

Re: Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-12 Thread "Chris Doss"
I wrote: > --- > I edited several articles on this subject a while back. My memory is fuzzy, but as > far as I recollect there was no US role. It was competitive lobbying by LUKoil and > Yukos; Yukos was favoring developing (completely hypothetical) shipments to the US > (and we all know what ha

Re: Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-12 Thread Marvin Gandall
US role as far as you know? Marv Gandall - Original Message - From: "Chris Doss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:02 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Russia-China: Putin's next term > The strategic relationship with China idea

Re: Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-12 Thread "Chris Doss"
r and relieve the Russian troops there, the Kremlin would probably applaud, not to mention the troops.). -Original Message- From: joanna bujes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:21:49 -0800 Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Russia-China: Putin's next term > &g

Re: Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-11 Thread joanna bujes
Say what you will, Putin is a smart guy. Joanna Eubulides wrote: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FC12Ag01.html Putin to expand strategic partnership with China By Sergei Blagov Mar 12, 2004

Russia-China: Putin's next term

2004-03-11 Thread Eubulides
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FC12Ag01.html Putin to expand strategic partnership with China By Sergei Blagov Mar 12, 2004 MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin, certain of re-election to a second term, evidently intends to expand Russia's strategic ties with China in military sales and e