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    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Trafigura
      Trafigura sells stake in Putin-backed oil project to obscure HK trading outfit

      Nord Axis among group of entrants to have replaced established players in Russian market

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Roman Abramovich
      Roman Abramovich’s $1bn five-yacht fleet revealed

      Latest vessel’s discovery highlights veil of secrecy over sanctions-hit oligarch’s assets

    • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
      Roman Abramovich
      Roman Abramovich hit with sanctions by UK

      Sale of Chelsea FC paused after asset freeze and travel ban imposed on oligarch and six other Russian businessmen

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      France and Germany detain Russian oligarch superyachts

      Authorities impound luxury vessels linked to Vladimir Putin’s billionaire associates Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov

    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
      Russian business & finance
      EU freezes assets of Russia’s leading oligarchs and allies of Putin

      Alfa Group’s Mikhail Fridman, Rosneft’s Igor Sechin and financier Alisher Usmanov on Brussels blacklist

    • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
      Inside BusinessHenry Foy
      Rosneft’s massive Arctic oil push undermines BP’s green turn

      Russian group presses ahead with $134bn project as UK company stakes bet on producing less crude

    • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
      Tail RiskDavid Sheppard
      Russia is digging in for a long battle in the oil price war

      Rosneft chief Igor Sechin seems keen to drive US shale companies out of business

    • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
      ExplainerVenezuela
      Why the US has targeted Rosneft arm over Venezuelan oil

      How Washington hopes to increase pressure on Maduro by sanctioning Russian group’s subsidiary

    • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
      NK Rosneft' OAO
      Russian oil producer Rosneft explores increasing supply to India

      Announcement in New Delhi comes after weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia’s facilities

    • Sunday, 3 February, 2019
      Alexander Gabuev
      Russia’s support for Venezuela has deep roots

      Rosneft is so heavily invested in the Maduro regime that the only option is to double down

    • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
      Inside BusinessHenry Foy
      Investors buy in to Rosneft’s change of tack

      Some analysts view the Russian oil giant’s new approach as a sop to major backers

    • Tuesday, 24 July, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Rosneft launches $1.4bn lawsuit against Exxon-led consortium

      Analysts say dispute could further hurt foreign investor appetite in Russia’s energy

    • Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
      FT AlphavilleMax Seddon
      Fak off as Sberbank fires analyst for provocation too far
    • Sunday, 1 April, 2018
      News in-depthRussian politics
      Billionaire’s arrest points to Kremlin power struggle

      Fate of Ziyavudin Magomedov may be linked to that of the prime minister

    • Thursday, 1 March, 2018
      FT Magazine
      ‘We need to talk about Igor’: the rise of Russia’s most powerful oligarch

      Igor Sechin was once Putin’s secretary. Now, as head of the oil giant Rosneft, he has emerged as one of the country’s most formidable political figures

    • Monday, 12 February, 2018
      Companies
      MTS snaps up ticket sale sites after concluding battle with Rosneft

      MTS owner Sistema settled lawsuit with oil giant in December

    • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
      Russian politics
      US Treasury secretary Mnuchin signals new sanctions on Russia

      Warning comes as Trump administration criticised over list of oligarchs close to Putin

    • Wednesday, 3 January, 2018
      Inside BusinessHenry Foy
      Sistema counts $1.7bn cost of business in Russia

      Battle with state-controlled Rosneft sent a chill through investment market

    • Friday, 22 December, 2017
      Energy sector
      Rosneft settles high-profile Sistema lawsuits for $1.7bn
    • Wednesday, 20 December, 2017
      European companies
      Rosneft commits to investments in Kurdistan and Venezuela

      Russian group shrugs off stability worries in push to expand international presence

    • Monday, 18 December, 2017
      European companies
      Rosneft plans to drive up oil output by 30m tonnes in 5 years
    • Monday, 18 December, 2017
      European companies
      Sistema loses appeal against $2.3bn lawsuit ruling
    • Friday, 15 December, 2017
      Russian politics
      Former Russian minister jailed for taking $2m bribe

      Alexey Ulyukayev is highest-ranking government official arrested during Putin’s rule

    • Friday, 15 December, 2017
      Emerging markets
      Alexey Ulyukayev found guilty of bribery in high-profile case
    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
      EU energy
      Russia’s Rosneft reopens legal challenge against EU sanctions
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