Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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"The sale of Yukos shares to a U.S. company would entail that representatives of American big business would be sitting in the Russian parliament. Russia would cede its sovereignty if it allowed transfer of strategic assets to corporations that are, in turn, closely linked to foreign governments. This would be like having a representative of Russian business in the U.S. congress voting on or blocking key legislation relating to the national interest. Knowing that Khodorkovsky has been siphoning profits from the impoverished Russian people under the umbrella of privatization compliments of democracy and is associated with not only the Carlyle Group but the elder Bush and others it becomes painfully obvious that his allegiance is with the United States and not Russia yet he would be president. This is betrayal, he’s lucky Putin does not try him for treason."

why does american ownership of yukos shares mean that an American would be sitting in Parliament.?

If Saudis. brits , dutch and france and japan own 30% of the US, doesnt the US loose its sovernity also, if this logic holds.

what if foreigners own 40% of all the treasuries of your country?
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci4-5.pdf