Nationalising Yukos would give Russia the strategicleverage in oil that it enjoys in gas, which the state-controlled monopoly Gazprom sells to nearly all of Russia's neighbours and most of Europe.
Our enemies would be denied the geo-strategic leverage they currently enjoy, as indigenously produced energy sources derived from coal, biomass and garbage knock the pegs out from under the cartel's control of the commodity upon which our transportation sector heavily depends.
Its competitors and partners alike assume that, given free reign to behave the way it wants, Microsoft has the strategic and monetary leverage to make its server operating systems successful on Intel.