BP's Faustian Pact with Russia goes horribly wrong with Yukos verdict

``A cursory reading of the ruling by tribunal makes it crystal clear that no responsible company should have had anything to do with this episode. Nor has it stopped. BP has sunk deeper into the morass, becoming a creditor, and pledging to go ahead with a joint venture with Rosneft to extract shale in the Volga Urals even after the US placed Mr Sechin on its sanctions list. ''