Over at Small Dead Animals, a classic post:

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!

Rigzone, April 17th - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for increasing penalties on oil speculators and boosting oversight of U.S. energy as part of a plan to crackdown on an "irresponsible few" who rig oil markets.
Rigzone, April 17th - President-elect Vladimir Putin outlines a highly favorable tax regime for offshore drilling in the Arctic in an attempt to attract foreign companies. The proposals from the Russian government includes abolishing export duty on petroleum products extracted from new offshore fields on the Arctic shelf...

Yet another reason why gas is so high here, perhaps?