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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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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Andrei Vavilov â energy magnate and nascent hedge fund manager â says heâs in the right spot if Russia invests oil money.
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MOSCOW The stakes are high in the much-publicized feud between the Kremlin and the Russian oil giant Yukos - so high that the outcome of that battle will shape how the country&#39;s energy industry grows in 2005 and beyond.
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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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Russia has split its oil proceeds into two funds and has cleared the way for one to invest in foreign stocks and bonds, officials said. Actual investments are not expected to begin until next fall.
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RBC, 27.09.2004, Moscow 13:37:37.Statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation with YUKOS gave a green light to Gazprom and Rosneft to buy the oil company&#39;s assets, Zenit Bank analyst Sergey Suverov believes.
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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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Russia. Fini a Mosca, piena sintonia con Putin nella lotta al terrorismo e ottimismo sugli scambi commerciali. &quot;La prego di credere, signor presidente, che i sentimenti di amicizia e di solidarietÃ  del popolo e del governo italiano sono davvero sinceri.
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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.
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  is in  discussions with Russia&#39;s Gazprom  about the sale of  gas from the next phase of Sakhalin-1, Robert Olsen, chairman  and production director at Exxon Mobil said on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW _ US oil giant ConocoPhillips paid nearly $2 billion for a stake in Russia&#39;s second-largest oil producer Wednesday, a deal touted as Russia&#39;s biggest post-Soviet privatization and
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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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NEW YORK, December 23  - The Russian government appears all set to control 15% of the countryâs oil production, with the state-owned Rosneft purchasing Baikalfinansgroup, the unknown entity which won the weekend auction of Yukos
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Business & money: Â· RBS and ABN reputations at stake over environment  Â· Russians ignore green concerns, say campaigners
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When the Russian government&#39;s 7.6 per cent stake in Lukoil - the world&#39;s No. 2 oil company by reserves - is auctioned Wednesday in the country&#39;s biggest privatization, industry watchers aren&#39;t expecting any surprises.
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NEW YORK, December 23  - Crude oil prices declined for the second consecutive day today, trading near $44 per barrel, amidst reports of another pipeline attack in Iraq and a virtual re-nationalization of Russiaâs oil giant, Yukos.