Participant of the rally held by the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) at Kaluzhskaya square.
Photo: Yury Martyanov
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The Collapsed USSR May Reunite, World Economic Forum Apprehends
Former republics of the collapsed Soviet Union could close the ranks and form a single bloc with Russia. This scenario will become probable if the crude prices soar to $150/bbl, the World Economic Forum (WEF) signaled in the report on the 2007 global risks.
The prices for hydrocarbon could become the record high on the terrorists’ attacks targeted, for instance, at tankers in the Strait of Malacca. The latter is annually crossed by around 50,000 vessels with roughly a half of all hydrocarbon consumed worldwide. The aftereffect of the price growth will be the attempt of producers to win higher political weight globally.
Russia may establish alliance with republics of former Soviet Union with the greatest shortage of energy, including, first of all, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Georgia. Venezuela, Bolivia and a number of poorest nations of Latin America may set up a political bloc and the union of African energy exporters will probably emerge, the WEF analysts forecasted.
Today’s acceleration of economy fills people with the false sense of safety, WEF warned in the report, calling on the governments to introduce a new office - a minister for threats’ prevention. This minister, the analysts said, should focus on shaping the strategy in case of some economic or natural disasters or terror attacks.
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