MOSCOW - An offer by Gazprom to help rival Rosneft salvage an Arctic oil project shows how tightly sanctions have bound Russia's political and business elite together in the Ukraine crisis - an unintended consequence of the West's punitive measures.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
Reuters: Sanctions bind Russia’s energy elite to Putin
People stand near a poster promoting an annual meeting of Russia's gas giant Gazprom in the headquarters of the world biggest gas company in Moscow, on June 27, 2014, with the logo of Gazprom in the background.
