BBC NEWS | Business | State firm 'gains' key Yukos unit BBC NEWS | Business | State firm 'gains' key Yukos unit
BBC NEWS | Business | Yukos seeks court action on sale

some wierd shit is going down in eastern europe. the bbc seems to imply, through these articles as well as others, that its root cause is putin's totalitarian ideology. weirdly assessed back-taxes - government owned oil companies standing to gain - owner of now defunct yukos having unwelcome political aspirations. sounds to me like loosely veiled strong-arm tactics.
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