Kleptocracy. They need a revolution, except for the damned nukes and other WMD would get lobbed about and sold. What a hellish situation.

BTW, did I ever tell ya'll about my friend, the seismologist, who worked a year on a prospect in Siberia? His opinion is that once the politics sorts itself out and enough Russian vultures get their beaks wet, that the majors are going to open-up in Siberia and pump down pipes to N. Korea, thence to S Korea, Japan, China. That should be an interesting mix on the politics of the area and on world spot market, if it comes on line.