Ambitious Russian tycoon upsets Lithuanian politics
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Viktor Uspaskich, a Russian-born millionaire who is a new force in Lithuanian politics, makes no secret of his old ties to Russian energy giant Gazprom, which supplies all of Lithuania's gas, but says he has ...
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Lithuania's traditional parties teamed up Sunday in a bid to prevent a Russian-born tycoon from winning more support in a second round of parliamentary elections.
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Polls opened for national parliamentary elections in Lithuania, the first since the Baltic state joined the European Union and NATO, with a controversial Russian-born millionaire's party set to come out on top.
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The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, almost complete results showed.
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Lithuania's new government may again become the majority owner of Mazeikiu Nafta, which runs an oil refinery and Baltic Sea terminal and is 53.7 percent owned by Yukos, the newswire ELTA reported Thursday, ...
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The Labour party, headed by Viktor Uspaskich, 45, one of Lithuania's richest men, is expected to become the biggest single party in the country's 141-seat parliament.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russiaâs richest man until his arrest on fraud and tax evasion charges last year, from his Moscow prison cell today accused the Kremlin of stealing his Yukos oil empire by manipulating the law.
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VILNIUS : A party led by a Russian-born millionaire won the most votes in the first round parliamentary elections in Lithuania, but apparently not enough to form a government on its own, initial results showed.
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Lithuania&#39;s opposition Labour Party, led by a Russian-born millionaire, has taken the lead in the first round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania.
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When the Kremlin came for billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky's oil company, he fought back and found himself in a Siberian prison. When it came for billionaire Mikhail Gutseriyev's oil company, he agreed to sell and went into hiding to avoid arrest.
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VILNIUS : The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania&#39;s parliamentary elections, almost complete results showed.
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The Russian company wins a legal skirmish.
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ELISTA, Russia -- Life is not all smooth sailing for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the flamboyant leader of the remote Russian republic of Kalmykia.
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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis causes a stir by admitting he was once a Soviet KGB agent.
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Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, wants to leave Britain, where he has been given political asylum, and move to Ukraine, media quoted him as saying on Saturday.
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Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, believed to be Russia's richest man, says he doesn't have enough cash to bail out the Yukos oil company from its back taxes troubles.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 28 -- A Moscow court said Tuesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Mikhail Gutseriyev, owner of Russneft, a major Russian oil company. He appeared to have become the latest Russian tycoon to flee the country after running afoul of the authorities. Gutseriyev is believed to ...