Russia Oil



Russia is ordered to pay US$ 50bn in Damages to Yukos - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "Russia is ordered - to pay US$ 50bn - to the real shareholders of Yukos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the permanent court in the Hague - rejects Russia's arguments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the tribunal found that the Russia's courts - had "bent to the will of Russian executive authorities"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Russian state had tried - to bankrupt Yukos !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "appropriated its assets - and it was about entering politics - of its owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Yukos was the largest oil company in Russia - when in 2003 Khodorkovsky was arrested - on an airport runway in Siberia !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and had served 10 years in jail - in what is widely seen as - trumped-up charges !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the biggest loser could be Rosneft - which bought Yukos assets later in auctions !"

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

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Oil Companies - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW980

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  • "there were several deals - and more below-the-radar deals in Russia !"

 

 

 

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  • "and there had been investments - of foreign companies !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Russia needs - western expertise !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the companies told the US embassy - that they could work - within the new "rules" - of the sector !"

 

 

 

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  • "with minority stakes - for example with Gazprom - or Rosneft !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "ExxonMobil had with - Sakhalin-1 !"

 

 

 

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  • "Chevron had signed a JV - joint venture - with GazpromNeft !"

 

 

 

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  • "ConocoPhillips had with - Lukoil !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "smaller companies like Amerada Hess - and Harvest Natural Resources !"

 

 

 

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  • "were working - "below-the-radar"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and there were land-office business service companies - like Halliburton - and Schlumberger !"

 

 


 

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied for - a long-term environment !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oil Companies - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW3529

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  • "there were new areas - that could not be reached !"

 

 

 

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  • "without Western technologies - and expertise !!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a "sensitive" Russia - cared about - how it is viewed !"

 

 

 

 



 

 

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Oil Traders - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MOSCOW3380

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  • "oil trading in Russia - had a reputation for secretive deals !"

 

 

 

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  • "involving intermediary companies - with unknown owners and beneficiaries !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "oil exports from state-owned - or state-influenced oil companies !"

 

 

 

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  • "had been funneled through - certain oil traders !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of particular note in the oil trading business - was the firm Gunvor !"

 

 

 

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  • "it was rumored to have relations - to Putin !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "( Timchenko was rumored to be - a former KGB colleague ! )"

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Khodorkovsky - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MOSCOW697

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  • "Russia's Attorney General had charged - Mikhail Khodorkovsky - and Platon Lebedev !"

 

 

 

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  • "with two counts of embezzlement - and two counts of money-laundering !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the charges were based on their acquisition of state shares - in Eastern Oil Company - VNK !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the prosecutor alleged that the VNK shares were transferred - to a series of offshore companies !"

 

 

 

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  • "from Yukos subsidiaries - Samaraneftegaz - Yuganskneftegaz - and Tomskneftegaz !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "obtained by Khodorkovsky and Lebedev - through transfer pricing schemes !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Yukos began acquiring VNK in 1997 - gaining controlling ownership in 2000 - and outright ownership in 2002 !"

 

 

 

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  • "each time through a combination of - privatization auctions - and purchases on the secondary market !"

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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