i'd say liquidity. while capital has crept back into russia from the great exodus in 2008 i have my doubts that there are western oil companies willing to pony up taking cop's stake, russia probably won't allow sinopec to take the share, and deep pocket russian investors probably want to park their money outside of russia.
and what's the deal with the 21% of net profit dividend?
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