21.  BP announced last week that it had reached agreement with Tyumen Oil, a Russian company, in connection with the dispute.

22.  But American medical will bill the Russian insurance company, Ingastrakh, on behalf of Russian patients.

23.  But banks are leery of lending to industry because Russian companies have a history of not paying their bills.

24.  But a Russian company owns it now.

25.  But hundreds of other Russians also have protected status with jobs working for Russian companies.

26.  But Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has insisted that Export-Import Bank dealings with the Russian company be suspended immediately.

27.  But the Russian company had trouble paying its share of the exploration costs.

28.  But the decision comes at a particularly bad time for the Russian company.

29.  But there was no agreement on how McBurney died, lawyers for American Seafoods and the Russian companies said.

30.  But with many Russian companies experiencing a cash crunch and with oil prices depressed, it is not clear which companies, if any, will bid.