Russian state firms could bid for Yukos assets: Putin
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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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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 has said the country&#39;s existing business inquiries and tax probes should not be seen as a threat to other companies.
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President Vladimir V. Putin suggested that the secretive buyers, as had been suspected, might transfer the assets to other owners.
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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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In an attempt to create a state energy leviathan, the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom said today that it would bid for the prize oil assets of Yukos.
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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, saying it was a legitimate business deal.
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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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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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Gazprom, Russia&#39;s state-controlled gas monopoly, on Tuesday said it would bid for the main production unit of Yukos, the country&#39;s embattled oil
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The chairman of beleaguered Russian oil giant said the owners of the company could seek to resolve their conflict with the Kremlin by selling their stakes.
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Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, says it will bid in the $8.65bn government sale of the main production arm of embattled oil firm Yukos.
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U.S. oil major Chevron  is  interested in buying assets of Russia's bankrupt oil firm YUKOS  , the spokesman for YUKOS's receiver said on Friday.
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China's state-owned oil company may get a 20% stake in Yukos' former oil production unit, a Russian minister says.
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Russia&#39;s state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, announced today that it is planning to bid for the main production facility of troubled oil company Yukos.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  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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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the auction that saw the crown jewel of the Yukos oil empire bought by a mysterious company fully complied with Russian law, and he suggested that the new owners of the subsidiary could eventually link up with another