With engineering from Shell, Mobile and Exxon, Siberia oil fields were exploited. With the right equipment and methods the brutal Siberian winters wer... no more a problem. Russia became an oil and gas exporter to Europe.Early on Putin followed Gorbachev’s lead; he had no choice as the Soviet Union had collapsed under Brezhnev. Ronald Reagan and then Clinton rescued the Soviet Union. There were loans, food and credit in exchange for dismantling old nuclear weapons. The Russian weapons grade. Despite her fearlessness in combat, her noble upbringing had isolated her from the real world. This meant she was completely naïve about social situations, often becoming anxious and sometimes being taken advantage of due to her innocence, unrelenting honesty, and gullibility.Her stoic second in command, and closest friend, was a Godtouched named Cal. This was presumably short for something. No-one who asked ever got a satisfying answer. Her bright golden hair, cut in a short, almost boyish. " "Busted!" I laughed. "Well, you always did fancy Mike. As long as they've not had an attack of the 'uglies' as they've got older it could be rather fun." Putting down our half-finished glasses of wine we spent the next few minutes on a second round. I think we more than proved to each other how interested we were in meeting our old friends and whatever that might bring.----------- The following day I came in from doing some gardening to find Jan finishing a telephone conversation with. She was tall and slim. Very pretty. Without a word, she stripped and began to help us wash and clean. I noticed a fresh tattoo of the club logo. The tat was not on her arm but just above her pussy. It went up to her bikini line and just above. She saw me looking and said that all of us would be getting tattoos like hers before long. We would have to keep our pussies shaved clean at all times. She also told us that the tattoo guy had a lot of fun as she laid on the table with her legs spread.