who have got very rich - while sort of ranting - and railing against the west at home but, you know, going to their... - in truth, this is russia�*s export. it doesn�*t really have much else of scale. the whole regime l runs on oil and gas. that is their lifeblood, - that is what gives them power, that is what gives them wealth. so, i wondered whether some of those people who, - you know, rail against the west at home but go on holidays- in their nice, fancy yachts and stay in their villas - in tuscany and send their kids to british boarding schools, i whether, if there had i been the energy thing, if europe had said, i "do you know what? "we're not buying your gas any more," whether somebody - would admit against him. it's speculation, but i think- maybe that window has passed i'iow. yeah, that was an opportunity. vera, clearly, one side effect of the kind of surge in oil prices that actually means russia gets a bit more for what it does sell — the 20% to china and all the rest of it — but do you get the impression from talking