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...energy business (among other things). State interference in the economy - increased restrictions on foreign ownership, the assault on Yukos and big shifts in taxation - has raised concerns about Putin's commitment to the rule of law. Many Russians are voting with their wallets. This year capital flight will easily exceed $10 billion, up from $2 billion last year. Even some top officials have misgivings. Andrei Illarionov, Putin's chief economic adviser, said recently that the Yukos affair is "a Pandora's box, and it was a serious mistake to open it." Why, in such a seemingly hostile and risky environment...
...affect their deals, but interference in the economy--increased restrictions on foreign ownership, the assault on Yukos and big shifts in taxation--has raised concerns about Putin's commitment to the rule of law. Many Russians are voting with their wallets. This year capital flight will easily exceed $10 billion, up from $2 billion last year. Even some top officials have misgivings. Andrei Illarionov, Putin's chief economic adviser, said recently that the Yukos affair is "a Pandora's box, and it was a serious mistake to open it." Why, in such a seemingly hostile and risky environment, does...
...interests can be achieved without allies of weight. There is no going it alone when it comes to Iranian and North Korean nukes, Islamic terror or peace in the Middle East. Above all, be true to your realist faith, whose first commandment insists: Thy grasp shalt not exceed thy reach...
...babies as they want." Ron Lesthaeghe, a demographer at the Free University of Brussels (V.U.B.), is happy that the taboo has been broken, but he says, "It's still too little, too late." Immigration has so far staved off population shrinkage in countries like Germany, where death rates already exceed birth rates, but even at numbers far beyond current levels it will have scant influence on the long-term balance among generations. After all, immigrants get old, too (and their birth rates decline within a generation of moving to Europe). Lest-haeghe warns that there's no quick...
...beer distributor, which Mahan has repeatedly declined to name, will reimburse the council for any leftover alcohol, and the council will redistribute the money to HoCos if the returns exceed $1,000. Otherwise, the council will keep the remainder...