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Id be similarly sceptical that one French ship is the difference between superpower status and lying in the shadows of hegemony.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 08:01:13 AM EST
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Don't you get it?
It's the narrative, man, the narrative...

Doesn't matter that Putin mostly discussed support of French carmaker Renault to embattled and heavily indebted Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ.

I meam, come on, who cares about French cars or even Russian cars? Not enough rissrack.

Super-duper high-tech warships that can single handedly restore superpower status to the Russkies with a nefarious plot from the cheese eating surrender monkeys; now, we have liftoff...

Russia, Renault Seal Deal on AvtoVAZ Cash, Technology (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Russia pledged to inject 50 billion rubles ($1.7 billion) into OAO AvtoVAZ in return for technology from 25 percent shareholder Renault SA.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised the cash during a visit to Paris and Renault agreed to contribute engineering know-how worth at least 240 million euros ($358 million).

"Renault remains our strategic partner," Putin said after the accord was signed outside Paris.



Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Sat Nov 28th, 2009 at 09:09:59 AM EST
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