[lilylangtree]

Didn't the Russian govt seize Gazprom and put its owner behind bars about two years ago? If so, sounds like a move by Russia's Putin.

[GarySpFc]

Didn't the Russian govt seize Gazprom and put its owner behind bars about two years ago? If so, sounds like a move by Russia's Putin.

No! That was Yukos Oil, which was owned by Michael Khodorovsky, and he stole the company. He set up a dummy company, which bid 4 billion, and then bid $200,000 of his own money. He then had a couple of investors murdered to keep them out of the bidding. Finally, once the bidding was over he dissolved the dummy company, and won with his $200,000 bid. He never did pay the $200,000.

[x5452]

Where do you folks crawl out of?

Russia seized YUKOS for MASSIVE TAX EVASION and violating NUMEROUS privatization laws.

Yukos was a corrupt oligarchy, run by a courrpt wanna be politician who was in bed with Soros and Open Society.

Why is it every time I turn around Freeps are hapy to support thrid way socialism bought and paid for by Soros in East Europe??!?!!

[blam]

"Didn't the Russian govt seize Gazprom and put its owner behind bars about two years ago? If so, sounds like a move by Russia's Putin."

Yup. He's got to get the bucks for the new 'arms race - cold war' with the US that he spoke of last week.