FUTUREWAR: RUSSIA

Putin hints at China alliance for Yukos oil

Putin slams West over 'double standards' in Ukraine, Iraq

Elections in U.S. and Ukraine Equally Bad — Putin
“We’re also not too happy about what’s going on in the United States,” the Russian Information Agency Novosti quoted him as saying. “Do you think that the electoral system in the United States is without problems? Is it necessary to recall how the elections went this time and the previous time?”

Putin asks whether West trying to isolate Russia

Yukos, Game Over

The power struggle in Ukraine and America’s strategy for global supremacy
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/ukra-23d.shtml
US ambitions for global supremacy are encompassing ever-larger parts of the globe. In the course of the struggle for the Ukrainian presidency, American and Russian interests have clashed in a manner and sharpness that vividly recall the period of the Cold War. Following the bloody conflict in the Balkans and the forcible subjection of Iraq, Ukraine and Russia itself threaten to become the scene of violent struggles.

Drilling Wells in the New World
Favorable political conditions give Russian oil companies a unique chance to gain a foothold in Venezuela and on the American market, for just one billion dollars. This relatively small amount is the price Russian companies will pay for risk.

INDO-RUSSIAN TIES-I Continued Convergence Of Interests