Re: Ceaucescu and Romanian transition

[dmschanoes <dmschanoes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Chris Doss" <nomorebounces@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Ceaucescu and Romanian transition


>
> There is a man in a cell in Matrushina Tishina prison who can tell you
that such sell-offs are not a very wise move in contemporary Russia...

EXACTLY>

> Putin and the dread "siloviki" (God do I hate that word) have a
state-dirigiste model of capitalist development. We'll see what happens to
the shares of Yukos that were frozen. I suspect they will either go to the
state or to someone (Abramovich?) who can serve as a proxy for the state.
Yukos will be like an oil Gazprom.

EXACTLY AGAIN
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>
> Hu? Why? I go to movie theaters all the time.

Bad Joke.  Probably not worth explaining

dms