“So the oil sector deal is ongoing with Russia?”

“Indeed it is.”

“Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t Russia heavily sanctioned?”

“Yep, and one has to appreciate the dedicated commitment of the sanctioners to the sanctioned – Russia.”

“I don’t get you.”

“The European Union [EU] is considering the twentieth sanction package, or is it the twenty-first.”

“What makes the EU think that this one will succeed while others have failed?”

“I have it on good authority that a British........

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