...Vinci [part of North-West Concession Company LLC (NWCC)] fully condemns any use of violence or harassment against people and, though we certainly deplore the reported violent acts, we deny having any relation with such events and have no knowledge of a link, should there exist any, between them and the concessionaire, the company NWCC or more generally with the project as a whole...Vinci Concessions...will realize this first section [of the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Highway] in compliance with applicable international standards, knowing that numerous compensatory or protective environmental measures are already incorporated in the Project scope...[T]he Russian Authorities...shall...prepare the land plots according to their selected route...[I]n accordance with the signed contract NWCC did not during this preliminary phase take any active actions at site. Works under NWCC responsibility will start only after such land plots would have been delivered by the Grantor to the Concessionaire.