In towns across the Alps you can rent a sled, takea train or ski lifta mile or two up the hill, and launch yourself on a terrifying run that puts the rides at Disney World to shame.
The government, which owns 38% of Gazprom, has promised to buy shares and takea controlling stake, and then to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of the freely traded tranche of Gazprom shares.
In contrast, a Nigeria with a democratically elected government and a reformed economy could lift itself and the whole of West Africa, and takethe regional leadership role that it wants and would deserve.