Power Powow in Pvilnius
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9th, 2007VILNIUS – I’m in Lithuanian capital getting ready to cover the energy summit held here, where big wigs from all over the vast region known as the post-Soviet space will be chewing over how to -take over Russia- limit their energy dependence on their former overlord.
Options are: invade Russia and share its natural resources, tap into another country’s natural resources hoping it won’t suffer through PMS, build another nuclear power station, sign some documents, exchange commemorative pens and simply have a good time.
Everybody knows this two-day love fest is all about Russia. Hell, even Russia knows this. This is why Russian President and future Prime Minister in one person invited high-ranking bosses of France and the United States to Moscow at the same time as the summit.
Lithuanians aren’t pleased. It smells of intrigues. Russian intrigues nevertheless, all suspiciously smelling of 1939. Once again the fate of the Baltics will be left in the hands of real countries — Russia, France, Germany and the United States.
A reliable partner for some, Russia, the ugly neighbor to the east, gets crabby every so often. Its crabiness is reflected in gas prices it charges. The three small Baltic countries are negotiating with the neighbor and if gas prices rise rapidly, it may harm our economies more so that the Kalvitis government anti-inflation measures.
But right now, early in the morning, all is quiet in Vilnius.
Lithuania, the ugly older twin brother of Latvia, is somehow related to Poland. No one knows how or cares to admit the relation, but everyone knows they’re related. They argue like siblings. And it is those siblings that organized the thorn in the backside of Russia.
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