ARTICLE: Russia's big stock index slip-slides on political risk, By William Mauldin, Bloomberg News, August 17, 2008

As I wrote in a recent column, nothing clarifies the mind of the neo-con-ish unilateralist more than a nice market correction, reminding that global approbation can come in many forms--some more biting than others. Additionally citing the Mechel and oil production-drop causal factors simply demonstrates the accretive nature of this process--i.e., it adds up.

(Thanks: jjennings)