At 21:47 17/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Rossiyskaya Gazeta [Russian governmental newspaper]
>
>September 12, 2000
>[translation for personal use only]
>Article by Aleksey Chichkin under the "Topic of the Day" rubric:
>"Oil as a Political Category"
>
> The current fantastic world prices for oil are such
>that they could perfectly well provoke an energy crisis in the countries
>of the West similar to that which occurred in the mid-seventies.
> Therefore, the industrial world, which advocates the so-called free
>market, craves just one thing -- stable price by any means. The
>Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is capable of doing this.
>Although not on its own, but only if other major exporters and, in
>particular, Russia go along with its decisions.
OPEC countries are currently skirmishing with the west about what financial
arrangement will compensate them for the time when oil supplies are
exhausted. China backs this.
It is another factor over which Russia would have a common interest with OPEC.
Chris Burford
London
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