RE:RE:RE:SP going up I think if you are patient for a bit longer you will make it out Ok.
The Russians are forcing Western country companies to hand over the keys so I could see this going the other way. I suspect at this point Russian owners of businesses abroad would have more to lose than the other way.
It would be hard to imagine any group to want to "partner" with the current majority shareholders.
The attempt to work with Kubota on the M8/ Nemesis did not succeeed but there is no reason why it couldn't have. I think Kubota was uncomfortable with Buhler. My understanding is that some dealers who received the equipment were told by Kubota they couldn't sell it and needed to send it back.