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September 2006

June 14, 2006: Rosneft Flotation Hit by Legal Threat: Investor Unease Grows Over Controversial Sale of Shares in State-Owned Russian Oil Giant
June 13, 2006: Some Investors Give Rosneft Float the Thumbs-Down
June 13, 2006: Officials Served With YUKOS Court Papers
June 12, 2006: Investors Wary of Murky Waters Around Rosneft IPO
June 6, 2006: Rosneft IPO Roadshow to Start on June 26 – Sources

May 26, 2006: Investors Say Rosneft IPO Risky, Demand a Discount
May 26, 2006: Russian Stabilization Fund to be Converted into Foreign Currencies, Could be subject to attachment by YUKOS Minority Shareholders
May 25 2006: Russian Oil: Thou Shalt Not Steal - Western Investors Should Not Endorse the Kremlin's Rapacity
May 25, 2006: Moscow Court Cuts 4bn Dollars from Rosneft Unit's Tax Bill
May 24, 2006: Rosneft Too Risky, Putin Insider Says
May 19, 2006: Russians in YUKOS Response
May 4, 2006: U.S. Vice President Says Russian's Putin Restricting Rights
May 4, 2006: Rosneft Fights Back as Criticism Mounts
May 3, 2006: Institutional Investors in Rosneft IPO Must Face These Ethical Issues
May 2, 2006: A Word About Rosneft Stock: Nyet
May 1, 2006: Oil Kremlin Scales Back Float After London Interference

April 30, 2006: Beware the Bear; Business Focus
April 28, 2006: F&C Threatens to Boycott $15bn Rosneft Listing
April 21, 2006: Kudrin Expects Support in YUKOS Minority Shareholders’ Lawsuit
April 21, 2006: YUKOS Suit to be Settled in Russia's Favor – Minister
April 19 2006: Reserves and Reservations: How Controversy is Dogging Rosneft
April 17, 2006: A NEW OILIGARCHY? As Kremlin Plans Rosneft IPO, Foreign Investors Return to Fold - Pedigree Troubles Many Russian-Market Veterans
April 17, 2006: Ministry approves Rosneft IPO schedule – Gref
April 10, 2006: A Deal Both Tempting And Troubling; Oil giant Rosneft has vast reserves, but its controversial past has investors wary

March 31, 2006: Ahead of IPO, Rosneft Hires First Western Exec
March 28, 2006: Illaryonov Denounces Role of Western Banks
March 27, 2006: U.S. Court Will do Without Russia’s Approval
March 27, 2006: Khristenko’s Casus; Russia Denies Receipt of the Summons to the Court in Washington
March 27, 2006: State Snubs YUKOS Summons
March 27, 2006: Rosneft, Bankruptcy Hearing Seen as Final Nail in YUKOS Coffin
March 24, 2006: After Borodin: Top Russian Government Officials Receive Summons to U.S. Court
March 24, 2006: Russian foreign ministry rejects U.S. summons on YUKOS case
March 23, 2006: State Has to Answer for Yukos in U.S.
March 22, 2006: Yukos ADR Holders Deliver Writ to Russian Federation
March 18, 2006: Economist Analysis: Yukos chances of survival hurt by banks' bankruptcy proceedings... US Shareholders' lawyer responds
March 9, 2006: Rosneft President to Face Charges of YUKOS Minors
March 6, 2006: OPINION: Rosneft's Changing IPO Plans Raise Questions of Fairness, Transparency
March 2, 2006: Rosneft seeks to avoid a possible delay of its IPO
March 2, 2006: Attorney for Yukos ADR Holders Says Plaintiffs May Seize Russian Assets Abroad if Russia Refuses to Honor Judgment

February 18, 2006: U.S. National Journal Discusses Protecting Intellectual Property Rights and Fair Trade in Russia
February 17, 2006: Russian economic liberalisation plan unreliable, reports Handelsblatt
February 17, 2006: Russia unlikely to join WTO, reports Kommersant
February 15, 2006: YUKOS ADR Holders Serve Rosneft President with Notice of Lawsuit
February 10, 2006: Russia's New Swagger Leaves West Groping for Right Response
February 9, 2006: Thierry Breton Pushes for Moscow to Ratify the Energy Charter Treaty
February 8, 2006: Putin Comments on Structures Used to Purchase YUKOS Assets
February 7, 2006: Putin Admits Auction of YNG in Late 2004 Was Structured to Avoid Legal Action Against Rosneft
February 7, 2006: US YUKOS Case Advances
February 6, 2005: McCain calls for G8 Boycott of Russia
February 2, 2006: Dutch Court Confirms YUKOS Asset Sale Decision
February 2006: Russia Sends a Chill Down Europe's Spine

January 30, 2006: Kremlin Ready To Move On Next Targets
January 16, 2005: The Man With The Razor
January 9, 2006: Kiev Gas Dispute Revives Debate Over Moscow's Support For Free Trade
January 8, 2005: OPINION: Uneasy Truce in Gas Attack
January 6, 2005: Gas Dispute Leaves Cloud Over Russia's Chairmanship of G-8
January 5, 2006: OPINION: Barbarian at the G8
January 3, 2006: OPINION: Putin's Mafia Politics

October 28, 2005: Mass Media on the Lawsuit of YUKOS' Shareholders Against Russia, Polit.ru
October 27, 2005: U.S. YUKOS Shareholders Sue Russian Government for Investment Damages, Global Insight Daily Analyis
October 26, 2005: YUKOS Minority Shareholders Take Legal Actions Against Russian Authorities, Vedomosti
October 26, 2005: Victor Khristenko I West Suit Incident, Gazeta.ru
October 26, 2005: It’s some kind of comedy, Gazeta
October 26, 2005: YUKOS Dogs Khristenko’s U.S. Visit, The Moscow Times
October 26, 2005: YUKOS Minority Shareholders Sue Moscow, Biznes
October 26, 2005: Bad News for Mr. K, Financial Times-Asia Edition
October 26, 2005: YUKOS Shareholders Sue Russia in U.S. Court, Agence France Presse
October 26, 2005: US-YUKOS Shareholders Sue Russian State Companies, Basler Nachrichten, Agence France Presse, Aargauer Zeitung and LinksZeitung
October 26, 2005: U.S. Lawyer Claims $6 Billion in Damages for YUKOS Shareholders, RIA Novosti
October 25, 2005: YUKOS ADR Shareholders Sue the Kremlin, Financial Times