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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 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 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 August 2, 2004 |
A New Blow To Investors In Russia Russian oil company Yukos is about to be financially destroyed |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Jason Bush |
The Kinks In Russia's Oil Pipeline If Yukos is dismembered, the surviving private companies are bound to think twice before investing. Global oil markets -- and Russia -- would suffer as a result. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 Bill Mann |
Deconstructing YUKOS Consider what happened with YUKOS. It's important to consider a country's political stability and property rights when you invest overseas. Just remember, your rights may not be protected. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Bill Mann |
International Superstar Stocks: A Cautionary Tale International investors beware -- some countries place corporate power grabs over shareholder rights. |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Jason Bush |
The Billionaire Who May Bag Yukos As its merger with Sibneft falters, all eyes are on Roman Abramovich. |
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? |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Rich Smith |
Coming to America (to Die) Russia's oil giant Yukos declares bankruptcy here, not there. |
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 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 March 3, 2005 Bill Mann |
Russian Taxes: The Python Squeezes After YUKOS came a slew of tax bills at other Russian companies. Investors ponder: Will equilibrium come soon? |
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. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Yukos and the Wild, Wild East: Can Putin Win the Showdown? Wharton faculty and others offer different interpretations of the reasons for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jailing and the potential fallout for Russian businesses and foreign investors. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia: A Big Chill For Business? Putin's move against Khodorkovsky probably won't extend to others. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin |
Out to Get the Richest Russian? Pro-American energy magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky of oil giant Yukos is under a fierce legal attack. Why? He offers some answers here. |
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 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 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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Rich Smith |
YUKOS' Hollow Victory The Russian company wins a legal skirmish. The trick will be to figure out how to legally require a sovereign nation like Russia to agree to international arbitration of an internal (albeit possibly illegal) tax claim against one of its own domestic companies. |
BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Jason Bush |
Business In Russia Just Got Riskier Former Yukos auditor PwC could face criminal charges in a politically tinged case. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Jason Bush |
Sizzling Growth Could Singe Russia's Economy Russia's economy has never looked healthier. Growth is spiking upward, inflation is falling, Russia's external trade and government finances are both in surplus, foreign debt is low, and foreign exchange reserves are mushrooming. It almost seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Vimpel Is No VIP in Russia Russia is trying to collect back taxes from the wireless telecommunications company. |
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. |
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 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. |
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 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 2, 2004 Jason Bush |
Turning Russian Oil Into A Tax Gusher Public outcry has prompted Putin to squeeze drillers for more revenue |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2004 Rich Smith |
YUKOS Cored The Russian oil giant is stripped of a key production asset. It was a heretofore unknown company called BaikalFinansGroup that placed the winning (and only) $9.3 billion bid for Yuganskneftegaz. |
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 November 24, 2003 Jason Bush |
Commentary: Can Putin Contain The Fallout? Despite the Yukos crackdown, Russian President Vladimir Putin is struggling to keep economic reform on track. |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2004 Rich Smith |
Russia Names Its Price YUKOS provides a real-life example of expropriation by taxation. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 Jason Bush |
The Coming Out Of Corporate Russia In Russia, the IPOs are finally flowing, and foreigners are lapping them up. |
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. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Jason Bush |
Russia: Why Business Is Rushing Into Politics Although Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky landed in jail on charges of tax evasion, many observers suspect Putin really wanted to curb the billionaire's growing political influence. Khodorkovsky, after all, was financing the Kremlin's opposition. More businessmen are vying to become Duma deputies than ever. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Is Russia Becoming an Investment Gulag? With all that's occurring in Russia these days, how long will it be before Western investment in that nation grinds to a halt? |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Rich Smith |
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