Russia says BP treatment is fair

[lovuian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7527768.stm

The Russian ambassador in London has dismissed the idea that there has been a government-backed plan to attack BP, in its joint venture TNK-BP.

TNK's boss Robert Dudley has left Russia after visa difficulties.

Ambassador Yuri Fedotov told the BBC it wasn't "harassment" but the result of commonly applied rules.

The British and Russian shareholders of TNK-BP, which is half owned by Russian billionaire group AAR, have disagreed over the firm's management.

On Thursday Mr Dudley said "sustained harassment" had prompted him to leave Russia temporarily.
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First Putin took down the Yukos and now BP this is really going to tick off some people

[DCKit]

1. After Yukos and the other take-backs, I was sure Russia...

wasn't going to see another dime of foreign investment. Leave it to unbridled greed to prove me wrong.