Putin backs state grab for Yukos
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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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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
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Russia's anti-trust body said on  Saturday it had approved the state oil firm Rosneft's purchase  on Thursday of the obscure buyer of the key production unit of  beleaguered YUKOS oil company.
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Free-market principles were followed when a state-owned oil firm bought a key Yukos asset, Russia's president says.
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CHELYABINSK, Russia  - President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, dismissed fears on Thursday that the Kremlin would nationalize Russia's economy and said the state would not "grab everything for itself".
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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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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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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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NEW YORK, December 24  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an attempt yesterday to justify the indirect transfer of Yukosâ (YUSA.
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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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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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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 is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
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MOSCOW : 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&#39;s multi-billion-dollar tax debts, President Vladimir Putin said.
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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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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 backed a government proposal Tuesday to swap state-owned oil company Rosneft for shares in Gazprom - a major step toward removing restrictions on foreign investors&#39; access to shares in the natural gas giant.