Water – the oil and gas of the not-too-distant future

What’s news is this: «The world community is hoping that Russia will soon become a supplier to the countries of Europe not only of energy inputs, but of fresh water as well. About this has already been spoken at a January conference under the patronage of “United Russia”, which will receive its continuation within the framework of the “Clean water” forum, which will take place in Moscow 24-25 November».

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What is not news is this: a long time ago, long before anybody from United Russia got around to it, one smart person had already concerned himself with the problem of shipments of Russian water for export. They call him Yuri Luzhkov.

Roland Emmerich will no doubt be shooting his next apocalyptic film in co-authorship with Luzhkov, who last year wrote the epic saga «Voda i mir» [which translates as “Water and the World”, but sounds almost identical to “Voina i mir”, Russian for “War and Peace”–Trans.], and will call it «2025».