For example, the first western company to provide well servicing to the old Soviet Union was Fracmaster, which went defunct in large part because of the experience. These disasters have made North American investors particularly skeptical about putting money into Russia - but this attitude is not justified any more. According to many observers, the government of Vladimir Putin is putting an end to the chaotic decade that followed the Soviet collapse. In a frank discussion of Russia's problems, Putin reviewed the country's history of revolution and counter-revolution. There will be neither revolution nor counterrevolution.
Stability is a blessing for Russia.
The time of 'transitional measures' has passed. Our problems will yield only to hard work. Putin means it. The most recent evidence came just days ago, when he orchestrated the firing of the corruption-prone head of the world's biggest natural gas producer, Russia's Gazprom. Russia is becoming a good place to carry out oil and gas development.