not to sound like a dick here but if you do bussiness in Russia you deserve what you get. Frankly I don’t care how much oil they have there, I still wouldn’t touch it with a nine foot pole. Everything In russia ends up nationalized, its just a matter of how much you can squeak out before it happens.
If I ever do get into the oil bussiness in one of those commie countries one the of the things I’ll do is plant explosives at key points and set them off the moment troops land in my property. Send them right back to square one.
your take is 100% legit
I believe Royal Dutch Shell has been involved in Sakhalin Island oil/energy for 15+ years. They got in before that savage Putin ruled Russia