Putin says re-nationalization of Yukos&#39; assets in state interest
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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 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
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President Vladimir Putin gave his blessing on Friday for Russian state energy firms to bid for oil major Yukos&#39;s assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a huge back-tax bill.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin insisted on Thursday that the state was protecting its legitimate interests by swallowing the main asset of the Yukos oil giant, in the first renationalisation of the post-Soviet era.
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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 state oil firm Rosneft has bought YUKOS&#39;s core unit, effectively nationalizing 11 percent of the country&#39;s crude output and dealing a heavy blow
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Russian President Putin approved the suggestion made by Prime Minister Fradkov to promptly liberalize the share market of natural gas monopoly Gazprom .
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The main asset of Yukos, the crippled Russian oil company, will not be integrated into Gazprom, the state gas monopoly, but will remain as a separate state-controlled group, the Russian government said on Wednesday.
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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.
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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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President Vladimir Putin announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic institutions yesterday that will give the Kremlin greater power than at any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm Rosneft of  stricken oil major YUKOS' key production unit, Yuganskneftegaz,  calling it a legitimate business deal.
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State-controlled companies have every right to bid for Yukos assets if they are sold to pay off the firm&#39;s whopping tax debt, although the government is not seeking to nationalize the company, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
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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.