This needs to stop. These companies need to watch what they are doing.

Sometimes (the exposure) was more than once a day. They would come out of the fields covered. Their clothes would be green with pesticides. Their throats would be dry. They would be coughing. They were suffering from skin ailments.

These folks, along with hundreds of others, are out there in the fields, exposed to all kinds of pesticides known to maim, cause birth defects, respiratory problems, skin ailments, headaches, nausea, and it's been disregarded.

There needs to be an easier way to do this. But I'm very happy. I'll breathe a lot easier now.

The question is whether prices are sustained -- then the burden of oil subsidies comes under stronger focus. It needs careful political consideration to avoid a backlash.

There is nothing to be gained by isolating Russia from global mechanisms. What Russia needs is constructive criticism.