Mr.Gadhafi has ruthlessly crushed any opposition, while claiming his government is run directly by the people a people who have so far seen little of the nation's massive oil wealth.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

In December, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized Rosneft, the state run company that owns the world's largest oil and gas reserves, for spending only of its revenues on research and development.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03