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And what now, Mr. Putin?Russia is dutifully repaying debt, but that may be only the easy part

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 20050806
Author:Judy Dempsey

Judy Dempsey
International Herald Tribune
08-06-2005
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, an astute observer of the human condition, once offered this caution to the wealthy: ''Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.'' Little has changed in the centuries since then. Superimposed on today's world, his eye might fall on one stark example: President Vladimir Putin. Russia is sitting on a huge money pot filled to overflowing in recent years from exports of the country's key natural resources, oil and gas. The recent ...

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