be vewy vewy qwiet...am huntin' wabbitPart one (linked here and from today) was the two 'Blackjack' bombers that Russia have loaned to Venezuela for a few days target practice on Las Cristinas (errrr....I think).
Part two (to translate) of this saga are Russians who aren't here yet, but will be soon. El Universo today reports that the big cheese of the bigboy Russian oil company Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, will be heading up the trade delegation that arrives in Caracas next Monday, 15th Sept. Along with Alekperov will be gov't flunkies and Gazprom flunkies and the Veep PM of the whole country, so expect serious amounts of red carpet on show.
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As the two countries signed various oil deals when Chávez was in Moscow recently, there's no doubt that the delegation will be checking out the promised land, aka the Orinoco oil belt. As Lukoil says, the area is "the hope for petroleum extraction in the next 10 to 15 years." Still think Venezuela will never boost oil production? If you do, you must work for RIK and be on drugs and stuff.
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So, we get two bigass Russky bombers arriving in Venezuela the day the US ambassador to Bolivia gets kicked out of the region and the day Chávez announces the big Russian trade visit.
See any symbolism yet?