ok, ok...

lets assume for a minute that hugo's plan does'nt involve "whats best for ven" and is only an egotistical blast at f'ng over the capitalist pigs...or recieving huge kickbacks from the russians (more likely imo)..this is a real possibility.

the safety factor imo is that western investors are'nt stupid enough to take any amount of worthless rusoro shares without cash....

personally i think the rusoro buyout is just a fairly clever way to steal GRZ (and later maybe KRY) then fold rusoro...leaving ven free to do what they want with LB/LC.....and leaving shareholders with thier junk in thier hands saying "what happened? i thought rusoro was going to get the permit..."

in any case, we wait.....just like evreybody else who has ever gotten involved in the cursed el dorado.....maybe we can blame the spaniard cortez...