April 28, 2008 By Robert Amsterdam

Turning Italy into Absurdistan

prodi042808.jpgEnergy corruption and Gazprom’s job offer to Prodi Ladies and gentlemen, we now have the official beginning of an ignominious trend in EU-Russia energy relations: the hiring of former heads of state to manage Russian gas and oil mega-projects they helped push through while in office. If only U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos were still around to put things into perspective.