A number of sources, you've just received an email from Agoracom, indicate that, due to the drop in oil prices and slowing world economies, Russia is in no position to spend $/rubles in an effort to expand its world influence particularly on a gold mine. Russian banks have little or no money to lend even to the agriculture sector which produces 9% of the Worlds wheat and next years crop is jeopardized because farmers cannot borrow money for planting. China as well has problems or they would not put $565Billion stimulus into their economy. IMO this has all been postering for the election. VZ had better take the bird in hand(Kry) or they'll have nothing.