David W. Lincoln
2008-09-06 10:47:46
The Kremlin has basically two cards to play: one
is by stirring up Russian nationals in territories where they are a majority (but within the country where those territories are found, Russian nationals are in the minority).
The other one is oil.
I say that Russia can be grabbed by the short hairs by the Western Canadian province of Alberta exporting oil to Europe. This involves
more money to flow into the Alberta Oil Sands, but so be it.
That way, the Kremlin will be put in its place.
As for Siberia, the question that can be asked is: what has the Kremlin done for it?
