European governments, companies and banks simply did not share the U.S. view that Moscow should be penalized for its sponsorship of repressive martial law in Poland (and near Soviet invasion) in the early 1980's, but instead should be de facto rewarded with the largest single Western taxpayer-subsidized transaction in the history of East-West trade.
And in true free-trade fashion, since both parties are being made better off by consummating the transaction on mutually acceptable terms, charges of greed should be greatly reduced.
Strangle-sellers keep the full amount of premium received on the transaction as long as shares in COL trade within the boundaries of the strike prices through expiration day in June.