ARTICLE: Foreign Firms Invited to Russian Gas Fields, By ANDREW E. KRAMER, New York Times, September 24, 2009

Hmmmmm:

MOSCOW -- Just a few years after compelling foreign oil companies to renegotiate their contracts in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin has invited executives from some of the largest such companies to discuss new work on Siberian natural gas fields.
Executives from Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total and other companies met with Mr. Putin in Salekhard, a city in the Yamal-Nenets district that is rich in large deposits of untapped natural gas.

Pic shows Putin doing PPT to a group of foreign investors.

Something to watch.