Hirsch schreef op 5 september 2011 17:19:
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Nee, maar ze raken waarschijnlijk substantiele belangen kwijt.
Russia's state arms exporter has already lost an estimated $4 billion in Libyan contracts after an arms embargo was imposed on Libya by the UN Security Council in March.
And other deals also appear to be at risk.
Russian state-run natural gas monopoly Gazprom, for example, has invested $200 million in energy exploration in Libya over the last five years.
Oil firms Gazprom Neft and Tatneft also have exploration and extraction contracts worth billions of dollars, including recent deals to expand existing development projects.
And Russian Railways had secured a $3 billion contract to build a high-speed rail link from Sirt to Benghazi.
Many of these contracts were either signed in Qaddafi's presence or were organized by him personally. Russia's state news agency ITAR-TASS estimates that the country could lose as much as $10 billion in business if Libya's new leadership challenges the legality of the existing contracts.
Groet.