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The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Rich Smith	Lukoil Plays Name Games It has been nearly four years since Russian oil major Lukoil first arrived on our shores, acquiring Getty Petroleum Marketing and its chain of 1,300 U.S. gas stations. But the new arrival is still having trouble finding its land legs.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Rich Smith	A New U.S. Oil Major? Russia's Lukoil further expands its U.S. gas station presence.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Brian Gorman	ConocoPhillips Loves Russia The oil and gas company's courting of Lukoil may be for naught, but it has little choice.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2005 Rich Smith	LUKOIL Is Slick Not only has the Russian oil major and ConocoPhillips partner reported yet another stellar quarter of profits buoyed by record-breaking worldwide oil prices, but it has also demonstrated serious political and business acumen. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Rich Smith	Russia's Big Break After years of waiting, the European Union finally backs Russia's admission to the WTO.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Will Lukoil Investors Get Lucky? There are risks here, but also growth and huge reserves. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 23, 2006 Jason Bush	Lukoil: It's Russian For "Fill 'Er Up" Lukoil, Russia's top oil producer, has opened new gas stations, part of a U.S. expansion aimed at making its red-and-white logo an international icon and catapulting the company into the ranks of global oil giants.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Rich Smith	ConocoPhillips Looks East The oil and gas company is rumored to be preparing a big investment in Russia's Lukoil.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2005 Rich Smith	Russia's Taxing Quarter It looks like 29% of revenues go directly to the state treasury before pre-tax profits are even calculated. While that may not make Lukoil or its investors very happy, it makes Russian oil analysts' jobs a whole lot easier.
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 October 3, 2005 Rich Smith	LUKOIL Lucks Out The Russian oil giant buys Nelson Resources at a bargain price. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2004 Rich Smith	Conoco Wins the (Black) Gold ConocoPhillips buys a stake in Russia's Lukoil.
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."
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Where's the Love for Lukoil? Here you have a company with good production growth, excellent reserves, moderate debt, and what would seem to be a cheap valuation. But Lukoil shares are traded on the Pink Sheets, making them difficult to buy and follow for some investors.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Toby Shute	Lukewarm on Lukoil Lots of oil, lots of uncertainty when it comes to this Russian giant. Lukoil's first-half results tell a tale of a company running just to stay in place.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2004 Phil Wohl	ExxonMobil Gassing Up Higher energy prices help boost first-quarter results for the oil and gas industry.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Rich Duprey	Schlumberger Strikes Hefty Profits Increased drilling activity leads to tripling of profits at the oil field services giant.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Wendy Zellner	Drilling with the Big Boys At ConocoPhillips, CEO James J. Mulva is well on his way to creating a truly integrated global oil giant.
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 July 25, 2005 Jason Bush	What's Holding Back A Flood Of Russian Oil If Russia is pumping so much crude, why does oil cost $60 a barrel? One reason is that Russia's oil boom has been followed by a dramatic crunch.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Russia: Bigger Than Big Oil Our former foe quietly surpasses Saudi Arabia's oil output, while U.S. production dwindles.
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.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Another Look at Lukoil Lukoil has chewed through a lot of its valuation gap. Then again, with results like it had in this past year, why shouldn't it be a popular idea with investors?
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Petrorubles Don't Add Up In much of Russia, "real" wages aren't growing at all, because inflation is siphoning away much of the new income, hitting food purchases the hardest.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Rich Smith	The Russians Are Coming To see what a true blizzard of Russian acquisitions looks like, you need only turn to today's paper, where not one but two Russian acquisitions are discussed -- and not months or weeks apart, but hours. Investors, take note.
Geotimes April 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Majors Return to Russian Oil Fields There's a resurgence of interest among Western oil companies in Russia.
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 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 March 30, 2004 Rich Smith	Russia on a Western Buying Spree Norilsk Nickel is the latest of several Russian companies to go shopping in the West.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Brian Gorman	ChevronTexaco's Got Gas Investors shouldn't sweat declining U.S. production.
Chemistry World December 9, 2013 Eugen Gerden	Russian universities benefit from private funding bonanza Russian big business has significantly ramped up the amount of money it is putting into national universities in recent years, according to the presidents of Russia's top universities.
Entrepreneur December 2004 Dian Vujovich	Black Gold Oil is key to the success of ING's Russia Fund.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel	Russian Bear or Bull? Russia is an emerging economy which, a decade ago, was nearly bankrupt. A lot has changed since then, but whether the opportunities in the Russian market are outweighed by the risks is a tough decision at this point.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Big Oil, Bigger Profits ExxonMobil reaps the benefits of rising energy prices yet again. Whether the future holds more expensive oil or cheaper oil, investors can probably count on ExxonMobil to be there making the most of it.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Jason Bush	The Great Russian Deal Bazaar Never mind Yukos. As equities soar, bankers flock to Moscow.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	Russia Roughs Up Big Oil An escalating feud between British oil giant BP and its three Russian billionaire partners in TNK-BP Ltd., a large oil and gas joint venture that operates in Russia, takes a decided turn for the worst.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 Ben McClure	Refiners Pumped Up Refinery stocks are way up, but leave them alone.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Gazprom Date Putin takes another step forward in bringing more of Russia's energy assets under government control. From the looks of it, Gazprom is getting a good deal. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Reed & Bush	A Gusher For Big Oil Is Drying Up It's a new world for oil companies. Western giants used to have easy pickings in Russia. Now Moscow is taking a harder line.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2003	Oil Down, Gas Up What is the outlook for oil and gas prices now that Saddam has been captured, and what stocks are attractive?
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Ivan Martchev	Russia Will Always Be Cheap Russia remains a country with a lot of potential unlikely to be completely realized, because of the nature of its political environment.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Robert Aronen	Russia's Gas Weapon Russia and Ukraine's natural gas dispute shows the tenuous connections among world energy markets. Investors should take that into account before buying shares of an emerging market player.
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Stanley Reed	Commentary: The Other Saudi Arabia? Russia is fast reemerging as the oil power to challenge OPEC.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Vitaliy Katsenelson	Russia: We Don't Need the West Anymore Did the Russian government muscle Shell out of Sakhalin? Here is a look at the $7.5 billion sale and the long-term implications if Russia disregards Western investment.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Russian Investments Take a New Path? Will Medvedev's move into the Russian presidency alter the country's investment profile?
The Motley Fool April 1, 2004 Rich Smith	Psst! Want to Buy Some Titanium? Russia's Verkhnyaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association plans ADR.
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 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Bank on Russia's Instability Western banks may profit from renewed uncertainty about Russian banks' stability.