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Fidel
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posted 02 February 2005 06:49 AM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
China had role in Yukos split-up

BBC News, UK - 17 hours ago

Rosneft now controls a significant chunk of Russia's oil output
China lent Russia $6bn (£3.2bn) to help the Russian government renationalise the key Yuganskneftegas unit of oil group Yukos, it has been revealed.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the $6bn which Russian state bank VEB lent state-owned Rosneft to help buy Yugansk in turn came from Chinese banks.

The revelation came as the Russian government said Rosneft had signed a long-term oil supply deal with China.

The deal sees Rosneft receive $6bn in credits from China's CNPC.

BBC News

Olga to husband, "Yuri, I woke up this morning and the kitchen lights were on, the water was running and the gas stove works." "Oh my God," replies Yuri, "the Communists are back."

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Barcode
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posted 12 February 2005 01:53 PM      Profile for Barcode        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think the Communist Party is upset because Khorodovsky openly supported the opposition. If he kept quiet, I bet Yukos would be in business as usual. This is nothing more than politics at play. It is more than likely the charges levelled at Yukos are bogus or overblown.
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nister
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posted 12 February 2005 02:50 PM      Profile for nister     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The China buy-in is another US dollar dump. They expressed interest in Alberta's oilsands last fall; they want to secure oil and divest themselves of US currency.
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DrConway
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posted 12 February 2005 03:07 PM      Profile for DrConway     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Has anybody noticed, by the way, how the "Pekos" of the Bourne Supremacy movie seems to be a lot like Yukos in real life?

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Fidel
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posted 12 February 2005 05:22 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The electronica music was fab and a rather fast paced bit of eye candy for sure. I got the impression that Jason Bourne killed that young woman's parents who had been outspoken critics of privatisation in Russia, yes ?.

Caught the tail end of a TVO diddy on tele today. William Right?sp speaking at Masse College. At one point, he described Easter Island as a closed experiment in greed. The islanders wound up cannibalizing each other in the end.

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Vigilante
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posted 13 February 2005 01:40 PM      Profile for Vigilante        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Why one earth do people support nationalization?
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faith
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posted 13 February 2005 01:52 PM      Profile for faith     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
why on earth wouldn't they?
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