So much BS. Guided cluster munitions? Robots? Whatever you have been smoking, I would also want some. With the rate this "Tier 1 power" is going at the "third world nation" they will be knocked off a few tiers in no time. In the end the bear only has some missiles to prop itself up with. Enjoy the dark ages and iron curtain with a "friendly" China to hold the leash.

Thank god, someone with a little perspective here. Basically to sum this up - follow the money. It's not only Vivendi though, but also LVMH, PPR, Hermes etc. In case anyone actually knows what ACTA stands for (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), then for France it's even more important from physical and luxury goods standpoint as ACTA regulates protection for those as well in addition to copyright. As France is one of the world's premier luxury goods exporter, then naturally it has a lot of vested interests in ACTA and a reason for its being the most vocal supporter of the piece of legislature in Europe. In short - do not expect any changes to the policy because of the elections on France's part. The aforementioned companies are too big for any party to ignore if they want to do well in years to come.

What can I say, once I thought that there actually are intelligent Russians still around, but now it seems that that fear was groundless. Thanks for clarifying it for me. Another bright spot in all this is that you guys are dying out as a nation anyways and in a long run there will be "SinoRussia" across our borders. The new and improved/expanded China will be much preferred to the xenophobic and totalitarian sorry excuse for a state Russia is. Good luck using everything at hand fighting us instead of dealing with your real problems like alcoholism, poverty, xenophobia, nazism/nashism, corruption and so on. Hope it works, but be sure - the Baltic states nor the rest of the Eastern Europe is not yours to loot and rape any more. Times have changed and even the ethnic Russians within the reasons do not want back to Russia.