The Awakening Russian Bear
The Awakening Russian Bear
The New Media Journal ^ | April 25, 2007 | Jeff Lukens
The fearsome Russian Bear appears to be coming out of a 16-year hibernation.
President Vladimir Putin says he wants to regain Russia's prominence in the world community and his actions are backing up his words. Unencumbered by Marxist dogma, he is attempting to regain Russia's superpower status by the old Soviet method of intimidation.
Putin has directed the seizure of assets of the oil giant Yukos and restricted oil supplies to Eastern Europe. But if he can decree such gross confiscation of property, then there is no rule of law and Russia's reforms mean nothing. Moreover, Moscow has drastically raised energy prices and threatened an oil cutoff in former client nations that have dared to pursue economic and political independence apart from Russia.
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