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BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Jason Bush	The Yank Caught in Yukos' Nightmare The job of rescuing the Russian oil giant has fallen to an American who arrived in Moscow just over a year ago. Now, CEO Steven Theede has a thankless job: Trying to hold the company together.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Jason Bush	The Bigger Gazprom Grows, the Further Russia Backslides Yugansk, the main production subsidiary of the troubled Russian oil company Yukos, looks almost certain to be acquired by Gazprom, Russia's giant state-dominated gas concern. If the deal goes through, serious market reform is endangered.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004	Stepping Up The Pressure On Yukos A Moscow court ruled on June 29 that oil company Yukos must pay $3.4 billion in back taxes and fines.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Jason Bush	Getting Past Yukos At a time when oil prices are spiking and new fields are scarce, the global oil companies are looking hungrily at Russia despite the Putin vs. Yukos debacle.
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Jason Bush	Rosneft: A Deal Both Tempting And Troubling Russian oil giant Rosneft has vast reserves, but its controversial past has investors wary.
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick	Russian Oil Rumbles With the recent arrest of a Russian oil "oligarch" and the disruption of a merger between two of the country's largest oil companies, the seeming shift in the Russian government's attitude toward its oil companies may herald future change in how the western oil industry does business there.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Bill Mann	YUKOS: From Dismal to Worse The Russian government claims it doesn't want to take down YUKOS, but that's what it's doing.
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Stanley Reed	Commentary: The Other Saudi Arabia? Russia is fast reemerging as the oil power to challenge OPEC.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Kranz & Bush	When Powers Collide: Putin vs. Khodorkovsky Many in Moscow say the real reason for the Kremlin's attack was the tycoon's campaign last summer to stymie all efforts to raise taxes on the oil industry, which was raking in billions of extra profits as the price of crude rose.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Jason Bush	Murky Dealings In Russia's Oil Patch Why is the Kremlin going after giant Yukos just when it may be on the verge of a megadeal with Exxon?
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 J. Bush & W. Zellner	Russia: So Much For The Oil Giants' Next Frontier For global oil companies desperate to replace their dwindling reserves, Russia is increasingly tipped as the next frontier.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Bill Mann	YUKOS' Slippery Situation The world's fourth-largest oil company teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Is it all for governmental revenge?
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004	Yukos' Troubles Hit Russia's Market Russia's stock market has nosedived amid growing fears that Yukos, Russia's largest oil company by market capitalization, is on the brink of bankruptcy.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Jason Bush	Turning Russian Oil Into A Tax Gusher Public outcry has prompted Putin to squeeze drillers for more revenue
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Jason Bush	Oil: What's Russia Really Sitting On? As more Russian oil becomes recoverable, reserve estimates are skyrocketing. Recently revised estimates pushed its total proven oil reserves to 69.1 billion barrels, up from 45 billion bbl. in 2001. And that may just scratch the surface of its real potential.
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005	Is The Economic Boom Ending For Russia? Concerns are growing about Russia's economy.
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BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	Yukos: The Moment Of Reckoning Tax and loan bills for Russia's second-largest oil company are now past due. How will Putin choose to wield his ax?
The Motley Fool December 23, 2004 Rich Smith	Russian Shell Game Someone's playing "hide the oil company." Investors in Russia this week can be forgiven for thinking they're playing against the house in a rigged game of chance. Because they are. And it is.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004	Buying A Piece Of Russia ConocoPhillips bought a 7.59% stake in Russia's biggest oil company, and may up its stake to 20% within two or three years.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Russian Bear Gains Weight Despite a spate of bad news, Russia's economy continues to grow. By buying into some gold-standard U.S. companies, an investor can partake of Russia's growth while considerably limiting the risk of suffering a "YUKOS."
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow	Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas With prices up and fear of Kremlin meddling in business fading, investors are pouring into Russian stocks. Will it last?
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Death and Taxes in Russia Fateful words. Over the past month, Russia's tax police have been very busy, "discovering" huge arrears in taxes owed for fiscal years 2002 and 2003. Total tax demands on YUKOS now stand at roughly $25 billion.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Rich Smith	Coming to America (to Die) Russia's oil giant Yukos declares bankruptcy here, not there.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Jason Bush	Russia: The Curse Of $50 A Barrel Why steep oil prices could prove catastrophic for the country's economy.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Jason Bush	In Russia, The Taxman Cometh -- Again And Again More companies in Russia are getting slammed by back-tax bills. As long as Putin cares more about political control than about Russia's investment climate, businesses will continue to wonder if they could be the next Yukos.
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Jason Bush	Underwriting Putin's Oil Lured by future fees, Western banks are funding the Kremlin's energy deals.
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BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Jason Bush	Cracks In The Kremlin A messy battle over the control of oil assets is the latest sign that Putin's administration is in disarray.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004	Total Makes A Move In Russia's Oil Patch French oil giant Total has bought about 25% of Novatek, Russia's largest independent gas producer, for an estimated price of $1 billion.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003	Ups And Downs For Russia's Yukos Investors in Russian oil giant Yukos were cheered on Nov. 3, when imprisoned Chief Executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky resigned and news leaked that Simon Kukes, a well-known Russian-American oil man, would take his place. But Yukos' troubles aren't over.
BusinessWeek November 15, 2004	Oil: The View from "a Long-Term Bull" Will oil prices stay at their highest levels in two decades for the foreseeable future? And what's ahead for the stock prices of the big oil outfits? Guinness Atkinson Asset Management's chairman and chief investment officer offers his vision of crude-oil prices in 2005.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Bigger Than LUKOIL? Watch for the emergence of a new Russian state oil company that could make some waves. The new company would be larger than publicly traded energy giants such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Rich Smith	Russian Market in Gulag Investors have been punishing such fine companies as telecoms Mobile Telesystems, VimpelCom, and dairy king Wimm-Bill-Dann for the sins of the oil barons who run Russia's oil and gas sector.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Manjeet Kripalani	India And China: Oil-Patch Partners? It's one of Asia's most intense rivalries. With their fast-growing economies and soaring demand for energy, both India and China have been desperate to lock in long-term oil supplies in recent years.
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The Motley Fool November 29, 2004 Rich Smith	YUKOS' American Brain Drain The company is in the midst of a full-scale exodus of top officers, including both of YUKOS' American-citizen managers -- the chief financial officer and the chief executive -- despite neither one being under any official indictment.
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Jason Bush	China And India: A Rage For Oil Asia's other emerging powerhouse, India, is just as hungry for oil and resources as China. Beijing has the upper hand now. But Moscow is old friends with Delhi.
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