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XX would act as a consultant to UUU and would be compensated largely on the success base except for the research project as the latter is an assignment that promotes Russia in general and the UUU in particular. The project requires considerable work demands considerable resources and XX needs to employ his resources on the project. The benefit would however be the improved profile of UUU with exposure to companies in the mining and oil & gas sectors as well as amongst institutional investors in London and North America.

зачем тут выпендреж?
i have done no such thing