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Russia to Create Different Kind of New World Order

Russia might initiate a different kind of new world order

The Russian government allowed a leak of information, which said that the
new
United Nations resolution on Iraq (which is currently being developed by the
US State Department) is not good for Russia. The Iraqi opposition has
already
claimed that all oil contracts made by the "dictator" are going to be
reconsidered.
It was added, however, that preference will be given to American oil
companies.
It does not matter what role Russia would like to obtain in the new world
order.
It is perfectly clear that Russian interests in Iraq cost much more.
Vladimir
Putin allegedly promised that he will stand up for the interests of the
Russian
oil producers in Iraq.

Well informed Moscow sources said to the Polit.Ru website that the new
variant
of the UN resolution on Iraq will not have many differences from previous
American
and British suggestions on the subject. This will definitely not be good for
Russia and other permanent members of the UN Security Council, which are
against
military aggression towards Iraq.

Russian politicians expressed their disappointment with the American policy,
since they expected that more attention would be paid to the positions of
other
countries. However, it seems that the USA intends to grab it all. Spokesman
for the opposition Iraqi National Congress Sharaf bin Ali Hussein has
already
found time to announce that all oil contracts will be reconsidered if the
opposition
comes to power in Iraq. He particularly mentioned contracts with Russian and
French oil companies. Ali Hussein added that this does not mean that those
contracts
will be eliminated. They will just take into account of the ?dictator?s?
signature.
The leader of the Iraqi opposition promised that priority will be given to
American
oil companies.

It is obvious that this potential new Iraqi government is not interesting
either
for Moscow or for Paris. The idea of the Russian military headquarters
organizing
its own coup in Iraq is becoming more and more real. Russia has no other
such
interests in other countries of the Middle East. The protection of these
interests
is likely to become a new national idea, an idea that Boris Yeltsin and Co.
failed to find.

Russian oil giant LUKOIL?s contract for the development of Iraqi oil
deposits
is evaluated to be worth $20 billion. LUKOIL concluded a contract with the
Iraqi
state oil company. The extraction of oil can not be started until the
lifting
of UN sanctions. However, LUKOIL has already managed to invest a lot of
money
in the development of the deposit.

It is worth mentioning here that similar contracts were concluded with the
Iraqi
government by Western oil companies as well, for example, the French company
Totalfinaelf SA and the Italian company Eni Spa. Experts had doubts
regarding
those transactions. Now it is becoming obvious that the American
administration
wants all Iraqi oil for its own oil companies.

The Wall Street Journal wrote about an opportunity of new competition for
the
development of the deposits, which have already been invested in by the
above-mentioned
companies. This is not good for anyone else other than America, for Russia,
first and foremost.

President of the Russian company LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov does not want to
hide
the fact that he has repeatedly discussed the fate of the Russian oil
companies
in Iraq. He particularly discussed the issue pertaining to LUKOIL?s
controlling
stock in the Iraqi oil project with Vladimir Putin.

LUKOIL?s president said that neither Washington nor the Kremlin promised him
any guarantees. However, Alekperov is still sure that his contract will
remain
legal, no matter what kind of future regime Iraq might have. ?Our contract
was
signed according to the norms of the international law. I am sure that Iraqi
laws will be observed regardless of events,? said Vagit Alekperov.

LUKOIL?s Vice President Leonid Fedun earlier stated that if the new Iraqi
regime
is not friendly to Russia, it might ruin the plans of the company in Iraq.
?Furthermore,
we do not hear any statements from the American government about the
execution
of the current contracts. As far as I can understand, the Russian leadership
must be interested in these questions,? said Leonid Fedun.

To top it off, LUKOIL already has certain difficulties with the incumbent
Iraqi
administration. Iraq tried to force the Russian company do the things that
were
not stipulated in the contract. The LUKOIL administration was even forced to
announce the cessation of its activities in Iraq. That statement was
explained
by the possibility of a military operation in Iraq. However, LUKOIL does not
want to hide the fact that the obtrusiveness of Iraqi officials is becoming
tiresome for Russian oligarchs.

Russia has realized the inevitability of an American war against Iraq. This
is the common opinion that Western countries have about Russia nowadays.
Russian
diplomacy does not have any real opportunity to influence the situation.
Only
a mentally unbalanced person would think to render military support to the
Iraqi
?dictator.? No Russian man will go to defend Hussein?s regime. Hussein is
not
one of the ?good guys.?

Foreign analysts are right when they say that the Russian government was
disappointed
with Saddam Hussein?s regime and his policy. The World Tribune wrote that
Putin
did not believe anymore that Baghdad would payback its ten billion dollar
debt.
Iraq has this debt from the Cold War era, when Soviet specialists came to
Iraq
for the first time and established the oil industry there. Yet, the return
of
that debt is a lot more attractive to Russia than even its share in Iraqi
oil.


On the other hand, Russian oligarchs continue to say that President Putin is
sure that the end of Saddam?s regime will never exert any negative influence
on Iraq. A spokesman for LUKOIL Mikhail Dolgov said that Moscow is obliged
to
stand up for the interests of Russian companies in Iraq, regardless of the
Baghdad
regime. Vladimir Putin has to work on this problem now. The presidential
election
is to take place in Russia in 2004. Putin might pay with his second term for
the helplessness of the Russian government in the Iraqi problem. Presidents
cannot afford such jokes.

What if Russia deploys its commandos to Baghdad for the sake of saving the
people
of Iraq from the horror of war? This no longer seems to be the idea of a
lunatic.
This move could become much more efficient. Probably, it could provoke a
crisis
that the CIA and the US State Department analysts did not even think of.
Then,
it will be the time for a different kind of world order, taking into
consideration
everybody?s interests.

Dmitry Slobodanuk
PRAVDA.Ru


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