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...His business empire, centred on Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, is a world away from state-owned corporations such as Rosneft, which have flourished under President Vladimir Putin and are now...
...With the national budget under strain, the government has been squeezing the corporations it controls, even turning some of them into dividend plays for international investors....
...And with the departure of AAR, TNK-BP’s 50 per cent owners, there are no independent-minded billionaires of any weight left in the oil business, except for possibly Lukoil’s CEO Vagit Alekperov....
...China Investment Corporation, the country’s $410bn sovereign wealth fund, is rumoured to be in talks to buy a London office park for £800m....
...That company, a 50:50 joint venture between BP and the Alfa-Access-Renova group of Russian tycoons, is vital to BP’s production, reserves and growth prospects, and Mr Hayward and AAR are locked in a battle...
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