Police raid BP offices in Russia

[emad]

Source: beeb

Russian police have raided the Moscow offices of the oil giant BP and its joint venture TNK-BP.

The searches have renewed fears that the Russian government wants greater control of foreign-owned energy assets.

There is market speculation that the Kremlin would like the state-owned gas firm Gazprom to buy the stakes of BP's Russian partners in TNK-BP.

Last year, TNK-BP was forced to sell its stake in the Kovykta gas field at a discount price to Gazprom.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7306007.stm

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Hmmmm.
Tit for tat coming up.

Warming up for a London bust of those so-called bona fide Russian envoys wanted for the Alexander Litvinenko Polonium 210 biz?

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Hugo kicked Exxon out, they fought back, and lost.

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The world noticed.

USA may have the best War-Machine in the World,

But their influence is sagging,

Just like their dollar.

Empires fail.

Always did,

Always will.

[emad]

2. Russia spying charge for brothers

Russian security officials say they have arrested and charged two brothers with links to British interests.

One is a manager at the TNK-BP oil joint venture, the other head of the British Council's Moscow Alumni club.

Interfax news agency quoted the FSB as saying the brothers, named as Zaslavsky, were gathering classified information for foreign companies.

British Council work was curtailed last year in a row over the death of ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7307114.stm

[ellie]

3. Renewed fears for whom?

Interesting.