P.I.D. Radio 8/6/06: Russia Reborn — Like a Phoenix

  

The situation worsens in the Middle East. While all eyes are focused on Lebanon, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has quietly paid off his nation’s foreign debt, struck a number of arms deals with countries unfriendly to the U.S., and taken control of one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. What’s his game?

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