Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterAnalysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy (AP)
Published 7/3/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Russia is using its energy wealth to shore up influence abroad, pouring billions of dollars in loans and grants into former Soviet states and long-standing allies even as it faces its own severe economic downturn.
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