We're not going to endorse the Heritage Foundation in general, it being given to rather more neo-con frothing than we feel comfortable with.
However, given the current interest in matters Russian, not least from both AB Volvo and Daimler, this item is worth a read. Russia remains a country in which it certainly helps to have someone meet you off the plane, and, if Cohen's take is to be believed, this situation seems set to continue.