Putin holds key to fate of Yukos
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The founder and chief executive of the largest private equity fund in Russia has said that the fate of Yukos stands entirely at the whim of President Vladimir Putin, but that
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia 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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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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Russia prepares for the forced auction of a prize oil asset - the main production unit of beleaguered oil giant Yukos.
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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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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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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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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Russia&#39;s state-owned railway, the shipper of a fourth of OAO Yukos Oil Co.&#39;s crude oil, said it will guarantee exports, the clearest sign yet President Vladimir Putin wants to ensure supplies to world markets.
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Russia has pressed ahead with the last step in the break-up of oil major YUKOS, saying it will auction its main unit for $8.65 billion.
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MOSCOW: Russia has said it would go ahead and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of YUKOS, despite a US bankruptcy court order that seeks to halt Sundayâs auction for at least 10 days.
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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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MOSCOW/SCHLESWIG, Germany  - Russian President  Vladimir Putin threw his weight behind the controversial sale  of top 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 said Tuesday that a Chinese state oil company could participate in developing oilfields of the Yukos oil group&#39;s main asset sold at auction at the weekend.
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Russia left YUKOS and its investors guessing as to its next move on Monday after selling its main oil production unit to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on  Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm  Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit,  Yuganskneftegaz, calling it a legitimate business deal.
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YUKOS YUKO.RTS, the Russian oil  company under siege by the Kremlin, faces a key test in its bid  to stave off destruction when a U.S. court begins hearings on  Wednesday on whether to proceed with its legal case.
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Nearly a year after Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of YUKOS, was arrested it is increasingly likely the oil firm&#39;s prime asset will end up in state hands while foreigners may play a role in the carve up.