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Back then, the U.S. rhetorically toasted democracy while separating itself from Russia’s “internal” power struggles. But today, Russia’s domestic scene is of international concern because a good deal of oil and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin??s political career hang the balance...
...will presumably welcome Russia’s efforts to diversify America’s oil supply. A potential stumbling block arises, though, in that the main orchestrator of the Murmansk project is Putin??s political nemesis, Mikhail Khodorovsky. Chairman of YukosSibneft and expected presidential candidate in March, Khodorovsky has been a motivating force in the industry’s drive to expand west. Given President Bush’s effusive rapprochement with Putin after Sept. 11, this places the U.S. in a tough spot: backing the project could give Khodorovsky a boost and undermine Putin?...
Ideally, the deal would have required complete destruction of the warheads; it is almost inconceivable that America’s security situation could change so drastically as to necessitate the redeployment of thousands of nuclear missiles. It was promising, however, that Bush acceded to Putin??s request for a formal treaty instead of an informal agreement—this should prevent the former Cold War rivals from reversing course...
Khrushchev also traced current Russian President Vladimir V. Putin??s rise to power during alleged terrorist attacks...