tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post6523969983315231806..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: A Pipe, A Chancellor, Security and the New President of RussiaCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-87581360531897346522008-01-08T15:35:00.000+00:002008-01-08T15:35:00.000+00:00Thanks James- a slip of the keyboard, although in ...Thanks James- a slip of the keyboard, although in fact there is an Alexander Medvedev on the board of Nord Stream, it is Dmitri that I am refering to.Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-45628403093125884052008-01-08T15:15:00.000+00:002008-01-08T15:15:00.000+00:00You've basically got this story just right - excep...You've basically got this story just right - except that Alexander Medvedev is not related to Dmitri Medvedev, who is expected to become Russia's next president. Dmitri, however, is indeed chairman of the board of Gazprom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-25710723128657980792008-01-08T12:17:00.000+00:002008-01-08T12:17:00.000+00:00Actually 6-7 years ago the plan was to build the p...Actually 6-7 years ago the plan was to build the pipeline through Belarus and Poland. Except the Poles (or rather their politicians) threw up a big stink about imperialist Russia impinging on their sovereignty, using the fibreoptic cable that would have run along the pipeline to spy on Poland, etc.. So the Russians are damned if they do, damned if the don't. As any sane business would, Gazprom decided that they should deal with as few entities as possible. Who can blame them?So?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08685766312994525903noreply@blogger.com