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Old 05-17-2014, 11:55 PM   #44
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From the NY Times of 17 May 2014:
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In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves
Russia acquired not just a peninsula, but a maritime zone and the rights to tap its seabed for oil and gas reserves potentially worth trillions of dollars.
Apparently Saakashvili was more right than we realized.
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