Word: rosneft
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...Russian oligarchs, and perhaps even renationalize Russia's oil industry. The clearest indication of motive may have come last month, when Putin's aide-de-camp and deputy chief of staff, Igor Sechin, was named chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned oil company, Rosneft. Sechin, 43, has no known experience in the oil business. Rosneft would not comment on the appointment. But the company is poised to snap up some or all of the pieces of Yukos at the state-run sale expected to follow Yukos' demise. "The appointment of Putin's closest and most secretive...