So treasury has lifted on a short term basis the sale, the sanctions on the sale of some Russian oil, primarily as a trade off, unfortunately, but designed to get more oil into the market to try to stabilize global prices. But This [lifting of sanctions on Russian oil] is not a permanent change to our policy. It's a time limited one that was just recently extended by, I believe by another 30 days. Not that long ago we characterized Russia as one of the four hard targets in the world for the United States. (02:05–02:37)
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