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The Yukos Affair--open to debate--changed the Russian political system. Though he denied his own personal involvement in Yukos, Vladimir Putin certainly centralized a great deal of power by arresting the most politically active oligarch in Russia. I would argue that in doing so, Putin effectively removed the balance between the KGB and the oligarchs. In the larger context of Russian "democracy", no one could continue to assert--from the outside or within the Federation--that Putin represented the population at large, for his power base effectively truncated into the KGB--specifically that which remains a formidable entity in St. Petersburg (aka Siloviki)

It should be noted somewhere that YUKOS also offered to pay the sum it "owed" to the Russian government in full at one point, only to find that it's bank accounts had been frozen to prevent it from doing so.

Please, no logos! Wikipedia is not a billboard! -- Viajero 18:03, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)

YUKOS is an abbriviation. YUganskneftegas + KuibyshevnefteOrgSintez = YUKOS As well, www.yukos.com uses the abbriviation.

Webcast

Did you hear the Tuesday, November 16 webcast with CFO Bruce K. Misamore and CEO Steven M. Theede ([1]), ([2]), (Presentation)? Steven Theede: "It would be in everbody's, everybody's, best interest to solve this in a more business like way". They sound like very savvy managers. - Jerryseinfeld 00:38, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Management

I believe both Steven M. Theede and Bruce K. Misamore left their jobs and the country a few weeks back. Bruce Misamore (and perhaps both) left because of fear of being "arrested". - Jerryseinfeld 16:23, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Apparently they didn't leave their jobs? - Jerryseinfeld 18:31, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Language

"And feared to return." Oh, really? Can we keep it clean? Remove that last thing. - Jerryseinfeld 18:25, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"According to people familiar with the auction only two bidders registered for, and was present during the auction process" Please fix this grammar mistake

"OAO" YUKOS

Please do not add "OAO" in front of YUKOS. "OAO" is "Open Stock Society" in Russian. It is NOT a part of the English language name of the company. The name is Yukos Oil Company or Yukos Oil Corporation. --Gene s 05:36, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Stephen Curtis

Er, shouldn't Stephen Curtis' death be included somewhere in this article?

Anon, who was he? Harald88 22:13, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't Anon, but from Bank Menatep:

On 3 March 2004, Stephen Curtis, managing director of Group Menatep (created in 1997) since November 2003 (shortly after Khodorkovsky was arrested), and his pilot Matthew Radford died in a helicopter crash, near Bournemouth International Airport, in the south of England. In November 2005 a British jury concluded that the crash was accidental, rejecting any conspiracy theory. It had been told that the aircraft had been sabotaged.[3] Stephen Curtis, a lawyer, had played a key role in creating Menatep's network of offshore structure in the 1990s, according to the Moscow Times[4]. --Rajah 00:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]