RUSSIA * ECONOMY * OIL * AUCTION
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MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom will bid in the Yuganskneftegaz auction, Gazpromneft chief executive officer (CEO) Sergei Bogdanchikov told the Russian Gas-2004 second international forum Tuesday.
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MOSCOW  - Russia forged ahead with the weekend auction of the core asset of crippled oil giant Yukos despite a disputed US court order barring the sale, with state-controlled gas giant Gazprom entering the bidding.
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MOSCOW -- Russian tax authorities on Friday scheduled the equivalent of a fire sale at what was once the nation&#39;s largest oil company, offering the main production facility at Yukos Oil for auction next month at a fraction of its value.
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Russia&#39;s Federal Property Fund said Friday it will go ahead with an auction of the embattled Yukos oil giant&#39;s major unit Yuganskneftegaz despite a US court decision to halt the sale, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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The battle between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Yukos, the country&#39;s largest oil producer, intensified Tuesday after government officials announced plans to sell the company&#39;s key energy fields at rock-bottom prices.
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Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the  last step in the destruction of oil major YUKOS, saying it will  auction its main Siberian unit on Dec. 19 for $8.65 billion and  hit it with a new tax claim.
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Assets of Yukos, once Russia's biggest oil producer, will be sold at an auction March 27 as the company's liquidation begins, the government announced Thursday.
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MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 19: Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the last step in the destruction of embattled oil major Yukos, saying it will auction its main Siberian unit on December 19 at a starting price of $8.65 billion.
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The mysterious auctioning off of part of Russia's Yukos oil giant dominates many editorials today. Some papers even point the finger at Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
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The heart of the Yukos oil empire will be auctioned by the government next month for what could be a bargain price to pay back a mounting multibillion-dollar tax bill - a dramatic finale to a relentless 18-month official probe that could destroy Russia&#39;s
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Description: Yukos Oil&#39;s main asset is sold at auction to a little-known firm, the Baikal Finance Group. A US State Department spokesman says the Russian company&#39;s breakup has &quot;eroded Russia&#39;s reputation as
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The Russian government is setting a starting price of &#36;1.9 billion for next month's auction of its 7.59 percent stake in the Lukoil oil company. If it gets that price, it would be the most expensive deal in the history of Russian privatization.
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The Russian government will auction off Yuganskneftegas, the main production unit of embattled oil giant Yukos, on December 19 with a starting price of 246.75 billion rubles (8.65 billion dollars), the federal property fund announced.
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Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of  YUKOS, despite a U.S. bankruptcy court order that seeks to halt  Sunday's auction for at least 10 days.
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Russia has sold the heart of the Yukos empire in an auction reminiscent of the country&#39;s notorious privatizations of the 1990s, analysts said Monday, as the former CEO of the oil company offered bitter season&#39;s greetings to the Kremlin from
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A majority stake in the embattled Russian oil company Yukos' main production unit will be sold at an auction scheduled for Dec. 19, an announcement in the official government newspaper said Friday, confirming the country's largest oil producer will be broken up as part of a politically charged battle for control over the strategic resource.
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MOSCOW - Russia said on Friday it would go ahead with an auction to sell the key asset of embattled oil company Yukos despite a US bankruptcy court decision to block it for several days.