"but Putin's remarks underscored a widening rift with the United States"Somewhere evolution and education got cooked in the squat. Nuclear tools, much less more advanced energy concepts required for survival, just do not mix well with contemporary skewed & limited beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral stages that humanity is being shaped towards (as Hawkin pointed out, Nuclear war still greatest threat to humanity). The "Trouble With Physics" poses Big Trouble indeed!
NYT February 1, 2007
Putin Considers Ties With Iran on Gas Sales
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
MOSCOW, Feb. 1 — Even as the United States intensifies its efforts to isolate Iran, President Vladimir V. Putin said Thursday that Russia would consider OPEC-like cooperation with Tehran on sales of natural gas. He stopped short of endorsing price-fixing, however, saying he was concerned only with insuring stable supplies for consuming nations.
Mr. Putin reiterated Russia’s opposition to Iran’s acquiring nuclear weapons, but his remarks underscored a widening rift with the United States and its allies over how to force Tehran to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions.
“We think that the people of Iran should have access to modern technologies, including nuclear ones,” he said, adding that “they should choose a variant that will guarantee Iran access to nuclear energy” while complying with Tehran’s commitment not to build weapons under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Mr. Putin’s remarks were delivered as part of his annual winter news conference, an affair that offers journalists an exhaustive, unconstrained opportunity to press him on the issues of the day. He answered 66 questions over the course of ... full text
Putin Considers Ties With Iran on Gas Sales
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
MOSCOW, Feb. 1 — Even as the United States intensifies its efforts to isolate Iran, President Vladimir V. Putin said Thursday that Russia would consider OPEC-like cooperation with Tehran on sales of natural gas. He stopped short of endorsing price-fixing, however, saying he was concerned only with insuring stable supplies for consuming nations.Mr. Putin reiterated Russia’s opposition to Iran’s acquiring nuclear weapons, but his remarks underscored a widening rift with the United States and its allies over how to force Tehran to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions.
“We think that the people of Iran should have access to modern technologies, including nuclear ones,” he said, adding that “they should choose a variant that will guarantee Iran access to nuclear energy” while complying with Tehran’s commitment not to build weapons under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Mr. Putin’s remarks were delivered as part of his annual winter news conference, an affair that offers journalists an exhaustive, unconstrained opportunity to press him on the issues of the day. He answered 66 questions over the course of ... full text
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