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Efforts to exploit the vast Bazhenov formation hit by loss of western partners
Italian bank financing €10.2bn investment comes under regulators’ scrutiny
Deal highlights efforts by Italian energy group to cash in on recent discoveries
Russian banks to help finance privatisation aimed at raising cash for state budget
The head of Rosneft has pulled off a huge investment coup, writes Jack Farchy
Purchase to be largest foreign investment since restrictions on certain transactions
Oil trader secures 220,000 b/d supply deal for just €300m outlay
Shavkat Mirziyoyev had been hinting at reforms to longstanding policies
Appointment follows dramatic arrest of Alexei Ulyukaev on corruption charges
French frontrunner has close ties to a Russia leader intent on ending his isolation
Moscow says meetings ‘normal practice’ but Clinton’s campaign refused requests
Republican president-elect has challenged tenets of international order
Draft deal a rare example of Moscow and the west mending economic ties
Warning from anti-corruption watchdog highlights push for reform in autocratic country
Deal likely to prompt backlash from eastern European capitals
