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Rootin' Tootin' Putin  Vladimir Putin wasn't a KGB agent for
nothing. He's all smiles while scarfing down George Bush's
chuck-wagon spread in Texas, but the wily Russian president is
angling to become the real victor in the battle over Central
Asia. Already Putin is threatening to undercut OPEC and win
greater business with the U.S. by holding down the prices of his
nation's huge oil supply.  In addition, the once vanquished
Russia now re-enters Afghanistan as a victor of sorts,
positioned to play a growing role in the region, which it once
controlled as the Soviet Union. Already there have been reports
that in reaching an accord with the U.S. over Afghanistan,
Russia wangled a piece of the Caspian Sea oil revenues. Russia,
not the U.S., will end up the real heavyweight in Central Asia,
while the U.S. concentrates on stamp