There have been more reasonable explanations of the causality of that. To wit, that multinational energy deals of that magnitude require political investment a

There have been more reasonable explanations of the causality of that. To wit, that multinational energy deals of that magnitude require political investment and certainty to be tenable. Schroder's involvement was a tacit acknowledgement of this reality, and gesture of political good faith. Or put another way, neither Russia nor Germany would have contemplated the project without serious indications of political support.