Yes, English is not even my second language. :) I used to live in Russia (Ukraine), and think I understand the situation pretty well. “Current political climate in Russia” is a good topic for dissertation, and my opinion is subjective like everybody’s else. I would answer any concrete question, but let’s better do it on Brent’s thread (I saw your posts there)… if he doesn’t mind, of course.
BTW, by "support of local government" I mean seeing their names in Strat Nafta Ufa (SNU) .