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Friday June 11, 2010

All it took was one day.

The day after new United Nations sanctions were imposed on Iran, Russia took matters into its own hands and modified the rules of sanction.

These were the fourth sanctions imposed on Iran by the Security Council. The permanent members of the Security Council all voted in favor. But not easily. Russia and China were real hold outs. Russia made certain that the sanctions were watered down to permit dealings and interaction. Now we know why.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has announced that Russia is in negotiations with Iran to build more new nuclear power plants. On Thursday Lavrov said: "We are discussing these (new plants) with our Iranian partners, we are practically discussing this now."

Is anybody surprised? I hope not.
Russia and Iran have outsmarted the United States once again.

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