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Shares of Russian oil tycoon seized

2014-09-26 12:20:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A Russian court seizes shares in the oil firm Bashneft, whose billionaire owner Vladimir Yevtushenkov is under house arrest.

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Russian Social Network Tycoon Offers Job to Snowden

2013-08-06 18:25:59| TechNewsWorld

Hot air, maybe. But it's Edward Snowden, so it's news. Pavel Durov, the 28-year-old Russian CEO of social network site VKontakte, has offered Snowden a job as a security software developer. VKontakte is akin to Facebook and has 100 million active users, mostly from Eastern Europe. Last week, Russia granted Snowden, who had been holed up in a Moscow airport, temporary asylum.

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