cgt2009 - I have watched Lavrov's face (Foreign Minister, apparently worth 12 Million) over the years, he has a frightening visage - never a smile - don't know what he owns but most of Putin's inner circle are actually directors of the companies who they are in charge of - Putin himself: oil (and Gerhard Schröder and ex-Chancellor of Germany is his employee) - another heads the entire war industry - all happenedy by way of dislodging the original robber barons (oligarchs) and putting the party faithful in charge. Huge fortunes have been amassed by the former Communists. Unless there is a true patriot left, who doesn't want Russia and the Russian people to descend into the abject poverty communism delivered, I cannot see an internal revolt happening! Taurisk
