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So when, in 1966, Reed was approached by a friendly Russian apparatchik offering a truly socialist variant of fame, he boarded a plane for the Soviet Union as an Officially Approved Rock Star--the genuine American article, playing ersatz rock 'n' roll. In 1981, he is an aspiring apparatchik who keeps a safe distance from his roommate Pomfret and focuses his attention instead on flattering party superiors. Even a loyal Russian KGB apparatchik knows the difference between $20 oil and $60 oil: Putin has announced that Russia will spend $100 billion over the next decade to shore up his nation's ability to get oil to market. |
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