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 on Tuesday defended the sale of a key unit of the Yukos oil firm to a little known company, calling it legal, and said he could live with a Ukraine presidency of Viktor Yushchenko.
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Russia President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday that changes value added tax payments in the energy sector in a bid to increase economic cooperation with three other former Soviet republics.
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The Russian Duma backs President Putin's plan to replace elected regional bosses with his own appointees.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, saying it was a legitimate business deal.
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President Vladimir Putin backed a government proposal Tuesday to make the state oil company Rosneft a subsidiary of Gazprom &#151; a major step toward giving foreign investors access to the natural gas giant's coveted local shares.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma  gained Vladimir Putin's backing on Thursday against calls for a  quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential  election the opposition is certain it would win.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his  blessing on Friday for state energy firms to bid for oil major  YUKOS' assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a  huge back-tax bill.
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Russia's parliament backed on Friday President Vladimir Putin's plan to scrap elections for governors under sweeping political reforms aimed at strengthening his grip on power.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to government&#39;s decision to allow foreigners access to gas giant Gazprom&#39;s local shares, the Interfax news agency reported.
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The Russian State Duma approved President Vladimir Putin's plan to replace direct popular election of regional leaders with a system under which they would be nominated by the president.
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Russia&#39;s anti-trust body said on Saturday it had approved the state oil firm Rosneft&#39;s purchase on Thursday of the obscure buyer of the key production unit of beleaguered YUKOS oil company.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  unambiguously backed the Kyoto Protocol on Tuesday, in his  first public comments since his government sent it to the  Kremlin- dominated parliament for ratification.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Russian President Vladmir Putin told a group of media executives &quot;the state&#39;s goal has not been, is not and will not be&quot; to nationalize the country&#39;s emabattled oil giant Yukos (YUKOY) , AFX News reported, though said that state firms
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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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President Vladimir Putin gave his seal of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol, clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing global warming to come into force early next year.
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Russia does not intend to nationalize the Yukos oil company, but state-owned organizations will be able to bid if its assets are put up for auction, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.