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The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	Russia's Latest Bad Habit The Russian government has returned to making select "acquisitions." BP is only the latest in a string of Western integrated companies that have initiated production projects in Russia, only to have their hosts begin to play hardball as time passed and energy prices rose.
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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 June 29, 2009 David Lee Smith	There's a Shell in Russia's Bed Again Despite getting shoved aside in Sakhalin two years ago, Shell will venture forth again.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Big Oil Shrink to Nothing? With production sliding, big oil appears to be facing a slow liquidation.
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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.
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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.
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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 October 24, 2005 Jason Bush	A Russian Giant Tromps Onto The World Stage Gazprom is boosting natural gas exports and opening up to foreign investors.
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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.
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HBS Working Knowledge March 11, 2009 Garry Emmons	HBS Cases: The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine Students of Harvard professor Rawi Abdelal learn there is nothing black and white when it comes to Russia's energy politics.
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 September 15, 2004 Rich Smith	Russia Combines Oil and Gas Gazprom and Rosneft will merge and trade freely, but rather than being tempted to buy into the rapidly appreciating Gazprom, investors should consider sitting this oil rush out.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Rough Russian Road BP's TNK-BP venture could unravel, taking lots of production with it.
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The Motley Fool December 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Free Gas After years of speculation, Russian President Vladimir Putin finally signed a law allowing, for the first time ever, foreign investors to buy as many shares of Gazprom as they like. Chances are, they'll like to buy a lot. Here's why.
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