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But he said it was evident the Russians still had "great leverage" over Abkhazia's Soviet-mentality president, Sergei Bagapsh, who frequently travelled to Moscow for consultations.
As a result, the authority has had less leverage over National Grid during the storm recovery.
The UK has great leverage over its 17 overseas territories and crown dependencies, all of which depend on the mother country for security and happily trade off its legal system.
Nevertheless, it is clear Russia has great leverage over Bagapsh, who frequently travels to Moscow for consultations, not to mention a trip to Moscow for emergency medical treatment in April -- getting there, the Georgians tell us, on an FSB plane.
Critics, including some competitors, say that Monsanto has great leverage over the seed business and growers through restrictive contracts that must be signed to use Monsanto's genes or to grow the genetically modified crops.
Pakistan has greater leverage over us than many imagine.
Senators said the stop-gap bill would run through the early part of next year, at which point Republicans will have greater leverage over spending decisions.
Finally, Gazprom has greater leverage over Kovykta because it controls domestic supplies and exports; at Sakhalin-2, Shell and its partners have the ability to export without recourse to Gazprom or another Russian state firm.These factors could just as easily point to Gazprom entering the Kovykta project on highly preferential terms.
