Putin defends Yukos acquisition
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the acquisition of Yuganskneftegaz, core asset of embattled oil major Yukos by the state-run Rosneft, saying that the state was protecting its interests in moving to get control of one of the biggest
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President Vladimir Putin gave his  blessing on Friday for Russian state energy firms to bid for  oil major YUKOS's assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to  recover a huge back-tax bill.
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President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday strongly defended Russia&#39;s takeover of the main subsidiary of the Yukos oil company by a state oil company.
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MOSCOW/SCHLESWIG, Germany  - Russian President  Vladimir Putin threw his weight behind the controversial sale  of oil firm YUKOS's core asset Yugansk on Tuesday despite a  threat from the stricken company to escalate its legal battle  in foreign courts.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told tycoons not to worry about more rigorous tax probes after repeated investigations into Yukos brought the country's number one oil giant to its knees and sparked worries of a state re-nationalization campaign.
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Russia's President Putin says the purchase of Yukos' main asset by state-owned oil firm Rosneft was in line with free market principles.
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The Russian government does not intend to nationalize the Yukos oil company, but state-owned organizations will be able to bid if the embattled company&#39;s assets are put up for auction, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended the sale of a key unit of the Yukos oil firm to a little known company, calling it legal, and said he could live with a Ukraine presidency of Viktor ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin denied charges that the widely publicized trial of Yukos founder and the nation's richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky was political.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday  that Russia would not allow itself to be drawn into what he  called a new global arms race.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin backed a government proposal Tuesday to make the state oil company Rosneft a subsidiary of Gazprom - a major step toward giving foreign investors access to the natural gas giant's coveted local shares.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin delivered a tough defense Thursday of the secretive transfer of the crumbling Yukos oil empire&#39;s most lucrative fields to a state company, adding acidly that a US judge who sought to block the sale most likely couldn&#39;t
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS&#39;s key production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, saying it was a legitimate business deal.
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Vladimir Putin says he does not rule out running for Russia's presidency again in 2012 or 2016.
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President Vladimir Putin suggested that the secretive buyers of the largest subsidiary of the oil giant Yukos might transfer the assets to other owners.
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Russia does not aim to nationalise embattled oil giant Yukos but state firms could bid for assets of the company if they are sold to pay off the company's multi-billion-dollar tax debts, President Vladimir Putin said.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin backs plans to end restrictions on the foreign ownership of shares in energy giant Gazprom.