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...adrenaline rush allows you-using a snorkel or, if you're a certified diver, via a scuba dive-to come face-to-face with some of our most feared predators. Either way, you'll swim in a reef lagoon accompanied by a qualified dive leader, with an underwater educational trail to follow...
...them." Some of those major players are finally being called to account. In September, Agriculture Minister Alex Bartlett was arrested on charges of demanding money with menace, assault and arson after an incident in 2000. Other big fish are being investigated, and more charges are expected soon. The paper trail of bribes and corrupt decisions is surprisingly well preserved, says a law enforcement official...
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...attorneys and the selective, retroactive application of new legal principles. If the Russian state can come down so heavy-handedly on one firm, the pro-Yukos camp argues, everyone is at risk. "It would be a very brave person that concluded Mr. Khodorkovsky is the end of the trail," says Tim Osborne, managing director of Menatep. Putin has said he wants to encourage Western investment and has no intention of destroying Yukos. Russian officials say the back-taxes claim is based on an official audit...
...Russian oil can be. Back in the 1990s, that wasn't self-evident. The collapse of the Soviet Union was accompanied by a slide in Russian oil production, from a peak of almost 11 million bbl. per day in 1987 to just 6 million in 1996. Yukos blazed the trail - and helped reverse the oil slump - by investing heavily in existing fields in Siberia, bringing in Western technology and dozens of American and other experienced foreign managers. Partnering with Schlumberger, a U.S.-based oil-field-services company, Yukos became the biggest Russian player, accounting for 20% of total production...