Thus spoke

"The court decided to detain him, we can state that at the moment he cannot be considered guilty on any charge, because there was no court and he can be found guilty only by a court decision. And we very carefully, of course, follow development of the situation, "
"Law enforcement agencies of any country are working to protect the law, to ensure the rule of law. This can happen in any country and against any entrepreneur,"
“We know him as a very consistent and large investor in our economy, and at least what he told at various forums, including international ones, he always defended theses on investment attractiveness"
”We are very closely following the development of this situation. We hope that this in no way can and should not affect the investment climate"
Dmitry Peskov

Varie traduzioni convergono sull'auspicio che questa vicenda non cambi il clima, piuttosto che sulla certezza.
Il fatto che non abbia usato la solita retorica fatta di "nessuno in Russia è al di sopra della legge", e ha anzi ricordato gli incontri tra Putin e Calvey, significa che almeno il Cremlino si rende conto della gravità della situazione.
Rimane da vedere se ci sarà un intervento diretto o un tentativo di mediazione.