Objectivity

Gazprom Eyes a Trillion Dollar Capitalization

Sorry to rain on your bluster there, 'bearfund', but the only thing asinine is your uninformed commentary.

First off, Gazprom is a commercial entity far more (like 100 to 0) than it is a 'weapon' of a group of 'Putin's dogs'. If you don't realize this you are either a spreader of propaganda or a victim of the same. As to you using the term 'Putin's dogs', I would say that just increases the likelihood that you are a spreader rather than a victim.

As to BP investors, I am one. I know all about TNK/BP in detail... do you? If BP had not gone into Russia, it would be worse off... it's current TNK issues are being sorted out properly, the oligarchs who sold their half share to BP are being sued by BP to pay the back taxes due before the deal, as the contract of purchase called for... read the facts please. BP is in talks with gazprom on added joint ventures... why? Because it's GOOD FOR BP.

The oligarchs are the problem, not Putin, the Kremlin, or any other boogeyman that your boss Khodorkovsky tries to scare up. Go back now and get more instructions.

As for 'appropriation', get real. Try being factual... not a fearmonger.

As to risks to OGZPY as a stock... Gazprom is under no risk any greater than the likelihood that suddenly natgas will be obsolete... and unless fusion suddenly becomes something other than '50 years away', gas will become THE #1 PREFERRED ENERGY SOURCE in the near future. In less than a decade half of European vehicles will be hybrid turbo-diesels and the other half CNG fueled. Guess who'll sell the CNG.

Try being objective. You'll make a profit for your children. And you won't be a agit-prop puppet for the bad guys.