Russian Oil Partner Won't Call Witnesses
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Citing fears of intimidation, lawyers representing the business partner of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky filed a motion Monday waiving the right to call defense witnesses as their client's fraud and tax evasion trial drags on.
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Russian natural gas giant Gazprom and the 100 percent state-owned Rosneft oil company issued a joint denial Tuesday of a reported dispute over their proposed merger.
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At a press conference during his recent visit to Tehran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not support the idea of referring Tehran&#39;s nuclear case to the United
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied Friday that Russia was holding secret talks with Syria over a deal to provide the Middle Eastern country with high-precision missile systems.
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As its merger unfolds with state-owned oil company Rosneft, Gazprom will not acquire Yuganskneftegaz, former key production unit of YUKOS oil company, Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the Gazprom board, was cited as saying by Mayak radio.
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Russia is vowing to proceed with an auction of oil giant Yukos' key production subsidiary, saying a U.S. court ban is irrelevant. But the expected winner of Sunday's auction, the state-run Russian gas company Gazprom, may not be able to pay after a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit it needs to fund its bid.
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A Russian judge says a jailed former Yukos oil company boss cannot be transferred to a clinic.
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A Russian court halts the trial of a sick ex-manager of Yukos firm, but refuses to release him from jail for treatment.
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Russian prosecutors have officially refused Britain's request to hand over the suspect in the fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Family and friends of Alexander Litvinenko say they are unlikely to help a Russian investigation into his death.
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A Moscow court has rejected a request to drop part of the criminal case against the jailed former chief of Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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MOSCOW, October 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscowâs Arbitration Court on Monday rejected the oil major YUKOSâ statement challenging the judge who is hearing the Tax Ministryâs 40.
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Russian oil giant Yukos has reportedly lost a court case against the sale of its main production unit.
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A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant&#39;s core subsidiaries.
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RUSSIAN oil giant Sibneft today rejected any suggestion of a conflict of interest existing between Chelsea and CSKA Moscow who are due to meet in the Champions League.
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Russia dismissed accusations that  Russian firms abused the U.N. oil-for-food program imposed on  Iraq, saying on Wednesday that there was no proof of wrongdoing  by Russian companies.
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An international election monitoring organization said Thursday it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.