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   From: vd1739@hotmail.com   
      
   "True American Hero"  wrote in message   
   news:DxHDd.4314$rG3.1821@fe11.lga...   
   >   
   > "Vladimir Makarenko"  wrote in message   
   > news:41DED3A8.15CB5C0D@popmail.med.nyu.edu...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Avstraliiski intelligent wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "Avstraliiski intelligent"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:41de289b@clarion.carno.net.au...   
   >>> > Stupid Russians should be giving Indonesians Roubles, not planes with   
   >>> > supplies. Sure when Indonesians get their roubles this will improve   
   >>> > trade   
   >>> > relations with Russia.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > In fact Rouble is almost as competitive as Dollar (and probably more   
   >>> > than   
   >>> > Euro) for the role of reserve currentsy of the world. Any country's   
   >>> > gov is   
   >>> > happy to receive Roubles since that gov can always spend them on   
   >>> > Russian   
   >>> > oil/gas.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ofcourse this is possible only after Russia becomes major oil/gas   
   >>> exporter.   
   >>> This requires exports by the sea, not by pipelines (though pipelines are   
   >>> important, but can not give Rouble a global reach without exports by   
   >>> sea).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> You are out of touch: Russia is the biggest producer of oil in the world   
   >> (~10 mln.barrels), and the second (after Saudis ~ 8 mln.barrels)   
   >> exporter (because of internal consumption). I am not sure about natural   
   >> gas, but I'd guess it is in the first place there.   
   >>   
   >> VM.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Russia is tops on pumping oil out of the ground and a third world nation   
   > in just about everything else.   
      
   You are really not thinking. I should be clear from the context that by   
   "major exporter" I was emphasising export to many countries, not total   
   volume of export. Right now Russia only pumps oil to Europe.   
      
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