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Re:Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation by ezhux on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @09:32AM (#8355235)
for context: Russia has 12 times more proven oil reserves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil...). Now imagine russians in this situation.
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Re:Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation by kozlovsky on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @10:09AM (#8355382)
Well, Russia just wrote off $32 billions of Cuba debt[1]. I'm not telling that this is the same thing, but still...

[1]: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/russia-writes-off-9...

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Re:Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation by ezhux on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @10:20AM (#8355436)
that's really unusual for Russians. Cuba has plenty of peninsulas waiting be annexed... :)
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Re:Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @12:13PM (#8356065)
It was supposed to be a snub at the US, as we recently renewed trade sanctions against Cuba.
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