Yukos sale: Russia defies US
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American courts came into direct conflict with Russia yesterday, after Russia insisted it would push on with plans to sell off the main chunk of stricken oil giant Yukos
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The giant Russian oil firm Yukos has failed to convince a Moscow arbitration court to suspend the sale by bailiffs of its Siberian subsidiary to satisfy a $3.4 billion tax debt.
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Amid the intrigue surrounding the sale of the largest subsidiary of the Russian oil giant Yukos, the Kremlin effectively wound up with control of about 15 percent of the country&#39;s oil production, which industry analysts had speculated was the government&#39;s
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In a surprising turn of events, an unknown company placed the winning bid for the oil arm of Yukos at a much publicised auction in Moscow on Sunday.
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Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  with an auction to sell the key asset of embattled oil company  YUKOS despite a U.S. bankruptcy court decision to block it for  several days.
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When the Russian government&#39;s 7.6 percent stake in Lukoil - the world&#39;s No. 2 oil company by reserves - is auctioned Wednesday in the nation&#39;s biggest privatization, industry watchers aren&#39;t expecting any surprises.
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The US oil giant got a good price, Russia&#39;s No. 1 oil company acquired a savvy partner, and Putin polished Russia&#39;s image.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- Russia pledged Friday to  ignore a U.S. court ban on the looming auction of oil giant Yukos' key production unit, while a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit for the state-run Russian gas company that was expected to buy the unit.
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Last Wednesday, at the stroke of noon, one of the most lucrative prizes in Russia&#39;s oil industry went under the hammer. Russia&#39;s Federal Property Fund, which controls sales of state assets, auctioned a 7.6
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Russia has sold the heart of the Yukos empire in an auction reminiscent of the country&#39;s notorious privatizations of the 1990s, analysts said Monday, as the former CEO of the oil company offered bitter season&#39;s greetings to the Kremlin from his courtroom
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YUKOS has reported a net loss of US$2.65 billion (£1.45bn) for the first half of 2004, a period of record oil prices, prompting speculation that the Russian oil firm is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.
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Russia won an incremental victory in the legal struggle for what remains of the foreign subsidiaries of Yukos. A Dutch court approved a request by the Russian bankruptcy administrator, Eduard K. Rebgun, to represent Yukos in court in the Netherlands. While most of Yukosâs assets have been unraveled and sold at auction, a company bank account in the Netherlands holding about $1 billion from the sale of a Lithuanian refinery is still in dispute. A Dutch court has yet to rule on Mr. Rebgunâs claim to the property, according to a statement by Yukos shareholders. The money is also claimed by Yukos shareholders and creditors.
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Yukos shares rise after Russia's leading energy groups said they would not bid for its main production subsidiary.
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The US ruling to block the sale of the mainproduction asset of Yukos injected fresh intrigue into the demise of Russia&#39;s largest oil company.
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Description: The Russian government announces the sale of many of the most valuable portions of the oil company Yukos, the firm built by embattled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Russia pressed ahead yesterday with controversial plans to break up the country&#39;s biggest oil company Yukos, setting a date of December 19 for an auction of its main production unit at a bargain basement starting price of $8.65bn (Â£4.88bn).
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YUKOS shareholders gave warning yesterday that the oil giantâs attempt to seek bankruptcy protection in the US was unlikely to prevent the Russian Government-ordered