13-06-2010, 08:42 PM
Paul Rigby Wrote:Can Boris really be that stupid? Or is it the case that Moscow feels it has no option but to acquiesce in its own destruction?
Alternatively, I've missed the point completely: Perhaps Moscow is trading an ally of convenience, an ally it cannot ultimately sustain, for access to a technology it believes it essential to acquire in order to fight the kind of imminent internal insurgencies it is sure the US is intent upon unleashing, in, say, Siberia. It is surely only a matter of time before US (and UK) think-tanks and historians discover Siberian nationalisms in urgent need of arms, Berezovsky, and narco-cash.
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