Or does it look like Russia and China are actually growing rather more integrated?
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It looks like Russia is not going to be bailing out Cyprus after all.
It has risen and defeated mighty enemies before - like Russia, almost a century ago.
First Reserve avoids certain energy hot spots, like Russia, where opportunities are fraught with political peril.
State-controlled competitors in countries like Russia, Venezuela and China will secure energy sources at our expense.
Apart from biggish powers like Russia, the war on piracy is attracting small countries.
And like Russia they have resisted the idea that the UN should authorise an US attack on Iraq.
Nobel prize winning World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz says the US is starting to look a lot like Russia.
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He thinks oil prices could plunge amid rampant OPEC cheating and new supplies from places like Russia and Kazakhstan.
Even so, as one of the original signatories, America, like Russia and China, can help shape the court's future.
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States like Russia and China that are actual or prospective "peer competitors" are building up their respective nuclear arsenals.
In Iran's third circle of alliances are countries like Russia, China and Egypt.
When prices are high, countries like Russia and Venezuela kick them out again.
Countries like Russia, China and France must understand the dangers and agree to isolate these regimes with effective international sanctions.
And it certainly seems like Russia is acting directly against the U.S. and Arab League bid to further isolate Damascus.
Investors will judge investing in China is similar to investing in a country like Russia, where rules can change routinely and arbitrarily.
Power is also forecasting a substantial slowdown in markets like Russia, Brazil, Indian and China, which had been experiencing strong double-digit growth.
Growing Facebook in new markets like Russia would be a great start.
Growing up in the Cold War era I never imagined Forbes (the Capitalist Tool) would be in markets like Russia or China.
It will be exceedingly problematic to get them to agree to an intrusive inspection over the objections of nations like Russia or China.
Now, says Anatoly Gritsenko, a former defence minister, the regime has installed an infrastructure of corruption that makes Ukraine look more like Russia.
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Helms sticks to a few cold war issues like Russia and China and lets the panel's younger Republicans lead hearings on other subjects.
Because also, NATO is a solution for those countries which are in, but NATO is not a solution for self-sufficient countries like Russia.
In a statement issued in February about fiscal 2012 performance, Hankook said that sales grew particularly in emerging markets like Russia and Latin America.
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But according to the survey, chief executives in countries like Russia, India and China are still very confident that their companies are set for growth.
And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an advantage over American manufacturing when it comes to accessing financing or new markets like Russia.
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China, like Russia, knows that the only power limiting its national plans is the U.S., so China will seek to limit American influence when and where it can.
But the nuclear weapons are still out there, and nobody can guarantee the leaders of countries like Russia and China will remain as reasonable as they seem today.
Tim Harvey, senior vice president at ETF Securities, said countries like Russia would not be able to pick up the slack should South Africa supply dwindle near term.
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