Loading ...I found the following interesting. Not what I would have expected.
“Russia’s oil majors side with Kurdistan in its quest for an independent fossil fuel establishment. Rosneft signed off on a $1 billion gas pipeline deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) a week prior to the historic vote, signaling Moscow’s approval of a hypothetically separate Kurdistan.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-05/iran-iraq-and-turkey-unite-block-kurdish-oil-exports