Putin: Yukos auction complied with law
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has affirmed that the sale of Yukos&#39;s biggest subsidiary company Yugansk to BaikalFinansGroup complied with the law.
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France and Russia have signed deals in the transport and aviation sectors worth 10 billion dollars, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a summit with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac.
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The sale of the embattled Yukos oil giant's main production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, could settle the company's outstanding back-tax bill, Russian newspapers quoted a top economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in their Thursday editions.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday, the government has no plans to seize the embattled oil giant, but if its assets are sold, anyone, including government organizations, will be able to bid.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, a long-awaited move that promises to give legal force to the landmark treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and slowing global warming, the Kremlin said
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President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the buyer of a key asset of the bankrupt Russian oil giant Yukos is a group of "individuals with a long history in the energy sector" and he said the sale, which went forward despite a U.S. court injunction barring it, followed Russian law and was an internal matter.
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin says the purchase of Yukos' main asset by state-owned oil group Rosneft was done in accordance with free market principles.
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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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President Vladimir Putin gave his blessing on Friday for state energy firms to bid for oil major YUKOS&#39; assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a huge back-tax bill.
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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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President Vladimir Putin affirmed the legality of the $9.3 billion sale of the crown jewel of the Yukos oil empire to a mysterious company, suggesting the new owners could eventually link up with another Russian energy company or a Chinese conglomerate.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin backs plans to end restrictions on the foreign ownership of shares in energy giant Gazprom.
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KYIV. Oct 26 (Interfax) - The Russian-Ukrainian treaty that permits the Russian Black Sea Fleet to have its base in Ukraine until 2012 &quot;fully conforms to the constitution and laws of Ukraine,&quot; Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to go after other oil companies the way he has hammered Yukos, a top Kremlin official has said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm  Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS' key production unit,  Yuganskneftegaz, calling it a legitimate business deal.
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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 has signed a bill on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, thus completing Russia&#39;s ratification of the treaty, the presidential press service said on Friday.