RUSSIA * ECONOMICS * OIL * GAS
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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Nina Kulikova) - On December 22 state-owned Rosneft purchased 100% of Baikal Finance Group, the mystery bidder that purchased a 76.6% stake in Yuganskneftgaz at auction.
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MOSCOW Crude oil prices shot higher Thursday after a court here froze bank accounts at production units of Yukos, Russia&#39;s largest producer, and a pipeline was sabotaged in Iraq.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Twisting as it rises 77 stories, the planned office development known as Gazprom City is testament to the muscle of Russia's richest company. A flickering gas flame captured in soaring glass, the design is also an ode to the country's energy-driven boom.
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Russia oil company YUKOS assets may be sold partially by the Russian Justice Ministry in order to cover its outstanding tax bill. The selling-off will probably touch YUKOS main oil subsidiary Yuganskneftegaz.
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Premier Masimov, per lo sviluppo giacimento petrolifero
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Il progetto russo-italiano avviato da Gazprom con l'Eni
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MOSCOW, Jun 5 (IPS) - Long seen as funding the continent's wars and  doing little other than seeking out petroleum and mineral  resources, Russia is now looking to kick-start better trade  relations with Africa, and has made its first move by writing off  the majority of the continent's debt.
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RBC, 27.09.2004, Moscow 15:49:32.YUKOS&#39;s assets should be sold for about $15bn, Ivan Materov, Deputy Minister for Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation, said at an economic conference &quot;Russia: investments in the economy of growth&quot;.
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Home foreclosures soaring? Oil nearing $74 a barrel? Gasoline prices topping $3 a gallon? So what.
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Recent developments in Russia all point in one direction: The Kremlin&#39;s energy sector policy has shifted to more aggressive efforts of direct control.
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OIL continues to set new records by the day. Last Friday, it was in whispering distance of $50 a barrel as Iraq and the woes of the giant Russian producer, Yukos, kept markets on tenterhooks.
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US oil company is looking to buy up to 25% stake in the Russian oil giant, source says. MOSCOW  - US oil major ConocoPhillips is seeking to buy up to 25 percent in Russian oil giant Lukoil, booking
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China lent Russia $6 billion to help the  Kremlin renationalize the key unit of oil major YUKOS,  officials said on Tuesday, underpinning oil-hungry Beijing's  efforts to tap into Russia's huge energy business.
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Intesa anche su nuova pipeline per petrolio russo
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General view of Gazprom headquaters is seen, in Moscow, on Friday, Dec. 17, 2004. The oil wing of Russia&#39;s state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom does not intend to pull out of this weekend&#39;s auction of
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World oil prices rose sharply again on  Thursday after Russian oil giant YUKOS said a Moscow court's  decision to effectively freeze its bank accounts threatened its  ability to continue production.
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LONDON -- Russia will need more than $900 billion of investment as well as sweeping price reforms if the country is to continue raising oil and gas production over the next 25 years, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.