Update 16: Putin Defends Yukos Unit Sale to State Co.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin delivered a tough defense Thursday of the secretive transfer of the crumbling Yukos oil empire&#39;s most lucrative fields to a state company, adding acidly that a US judge who sought to block the sale most likely couldn&#39;t
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Russian oil major YUKOS denied on Wednesday reports it planned to sell its Lithuanian refinery Mazeikiu Nafta to help cover its huge back tax bill.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's Federal Property Fund plans to go ahead with the auction of the largest production unit of the embattled oil giant Yukos regardless of a U.S. court injunction against a sell-off that is likely to put the heart of the company's operations under state control, an official said Saturday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said state-run companies may bid for OAO Yukos Oil Co. assets in any sale to collect back taxes, raising the prospect of further government control over the nation&#39;s oil and gas industry.
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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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President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Energy Minister Victor hristenko earlier this month. Analysts suggest that the governmentâs action in humbling Yukos and its owner, Mikhail hodorkovsky, is
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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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VLADIMIR PUTIN, the Russian President, yesterday poured scorn on the US legal system when he defended the takeover of Yuganskneftegaz, the Yukos oil production
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin backed a government proposal Tuesday to make the state oil company Rosneft a subsidiary of Gazprom - a major step toward giving foreign investors access to the natural gas giant's coveted local shares.
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Russia's president endorsed the sale of a majority stake in Siberian oil fields held by Yukos, the besieged Russian oil conglomerate, and said the purchase had followed the law.
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Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of  YUKOS, despite a U.S. bankruptcy court order seeking to block  Sunday's auction for 10 days.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a Chinese state oil company could participate in developing oilfields of the Yukos oil group&#39;s main asset sold at auction at the weekend.
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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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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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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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Russia&#39;s Federal Property Fund said Friday it will go ahead with an auction of the embattled Yukos oil giant&#39;s major unit Yuganskneftegaz despite a US court decision to halt the sale, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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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.