HOUSTON (USA), 21 APR - RIA Novosti/Prime. Punishment of the West affect the potential of the Russian oil organizations, said the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov. "the limits that we have Today, they have a real impact on our potential," he said at the Symposium IHS Ceraweek 2015. "Today we are experiencing difficulties, but I dream that they through the efforts of oil companies will be resolved," Alekperov said, adding that in Russia " really seeing a trend towards substitution ". Need a certain period of time, which will allow oil companies to adapts to this situation, he explained. in addition, Alekperov expressed the hope that the punishment will not last long, and the political situation in Ukraine, which has served their cause, will be resolved in the near future. Western countries among other anti-Russian sanctions banned the supply of equipment and services for deepwater exploration and production of oil, work in the Arctic, have limited the participation of foreign companies in projects to develop Russia's Arctic shelf. Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA. The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news