Russia's Resource Ministry gets a takeback

More from my former playground, the Russian Far East: The Resource Ministry has withdrawn its approval for Shell's drilling operation off of Sakhalin Island. True, it's probably a cheap ploy by the Kremlin to control more of the Russian oil reserves, but can anyone imagine the EPA shutting down any drilling operations in the United States, particularly under the current regime? I just can't imagine my government slapping ExxonMobil for not being up to code, ecologically speaking.