Oil export revenues did not jump in 2000, they jumped after 2004.

We may be looking at different net export graphs. I'm looking at the one just up the thread.

Granted, world oil prices did not move out of the teens to twenties until 2004, but Russian net exports started a steep increase in 2000.

According to your graph the exports were 4 million bpd in 2000, which is about the same as in 1999 and they hit 6 million barrels per day in 2005. Convolving a linear increase of 50% over 5 years with an exponential increase in price after 2005 produces a spike in revenues after 2005. So your graph does not back up your claim that Russian oil revenues shot up in 2000. Like I said, Khodorkovsky and friends were shipping the money out of Russia until Putin's second term (i.e. after 2004).

Believe whatever you want.