based on that Proximal report, that Weldon was out of the loop after 2002. He continued lobbying on Itera's behalf in 2003, as well as Saratov Aviation who also has ties to Gazprom.

FYI, there's an outstanding case study of Saratov HERE that details their transition from "producing fighter planes that were critical to the Allied victory in World War II," through the remainder of the Soviet period as it "led a charmed existence as part of the military-industrial complex," and its unique emergence as a employee owned business in the post-Soviet era and struggles to disentangle itself from the Russian government.
They said, "kick all the illegal aliens out, then build a super-fence so they can't get back in." And I went, "Um, who's gonna build it?" --Carlos Mencia
by txj on Fri Oct 20, 2006 at 01:03:33 PM EST
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