{"id":127,"date":"2006-08-06T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2008-02-03T22:08:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T04:08:32","slug":"pid-radio-8606-russia-reborn-like-a-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/2006\/08\/06\/pid-radio-8606-russia-reborn-like-a-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"P.I.D. Radio 8\/6\/06: Russia Reborn — Like a Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

The situation worsens in the Middle East. While all eyes are focused on Lebanon, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has quietly paid off his nation’s foreign debt, struck a number of arms deals with countries unfriendly to the U.S., and taken control of one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. What’s his game?<\/p>\n

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