NationStates Jolt Archive


A Potential Setback for the Putin Government

New Anthrus
19-12-2004, 20:24
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=641041
An unknown has bought Yukos's main production unit. This is an upset, as the favored winner was Gazprom, a state-controlled company. I find it rather pleasing, as it means that there is a setback for Russia nationalizing the industry, as they have been hinting toward doing.
Armed Bookworms
19-12-2004, 20:27
Baikal, which was not one of three originally registered bidders including Gazprom, may have been a hastily assembled vehicle allowing Russian state interests to get around the U.S. court order, one analyst said.Might be the russian govt. itself though.
New Anthrus
19-12-2004, 20:30
Might be the russian govt. itself though.
That's why I said potential.