This, from the Capital Spectator, doesn't seem like very good news. The short version:
The Russian government's grip on the country's oil industry is becoming ever tighter. The latest pinch comes by way of comments from Russia's Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev, who effectively said last week that foreigners would be barred from bidding for the country's biggest mineral deposits in auctions...
In terms of exports and reserves, Russia is already in the same league as Saudi Arabia. If the recent news surrounding the control of mineral auctions is any indication, Russia would like to replicate Saudi Arabia in matters of state control over supplies as well.
That's hardly the best news for consuming nations of the world. Although Russia's oil reserves are among the biggest outside of Opec, the prospects for raising exports from that healthy supply are dimmed somewhat if the critical expertise of foreign oil companies is effectively told to take a hike.
That seems like a pretty reasonable take to me. Read the whole thing, just in case your day is going too well.