Wheel of fortune the battle for oil and power in Russia /

Gustafson, Thane.

Wheel of fortune the battle for oil and power in Russia / Thane Gustafson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (662 pages) illustrations, map.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The breakup: the Soviet oil industry disintegrates -- Riding chaos: the battle for ownership, money, and power -- The birth of the Russian majors: Lukoil, Surgut, and Yukos -- Worlds in collision: the foreigners arrive in Russia -- The Russian "oil miracle", 1999 -- 2004 -- The brothers from Saint Petersburg: the origins of Putin's state capitalism -- "Chudo" meets "Russian bear": the Yukos affair -- Russia's accidental oil champion: the rise of Rosneft -- Krizis: the rude reawakening of 2008 -- 2009 and the Russian oil tax dilemma -- Strong thumbs, weak fingers: how the state regulates the oil industry -- The half-raised curtain: the foreign companies as agents of change -- The coming crisis of oil rents -- Oil and the future of Russia.



9780674068018


Petroleum industry and trade--Russia (Federation)
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Russia (Federation)
Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Russia (Federation)


Electronic Books.

HD9575 / .W444 2012