Russia is on the brink of a new millenium. The Olympics, World Cup, gas and oil deals,...all set the stage for Russia to become an even bigger player on the world stage in the coming years. As an American I envy your leadership right now. They are "getting the job done" as we say in America. I wish our leadership would start focusing on the JOB instead of everything else but the problems here at home. I wish we could find our version of "Putin".