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WATCHING THE WORLD: Putin bullies BP, Georgia

08/18/2008
If anyone ever had any doubts about Russian intentions regarding the Caucasus as an energy bridge for the West, those doubts should have been laid to rest by now.Before we start in on the violence that racked Georgia, though, it might do well to consider a sidebar that took place in Moscow.On Aug. 13, Robert Dudley, chief executive officer of UK-Russian oil company TNK-BP Ltd., was summoned to appear to appear before Russian prosecutors for alleged violations of labor laws by his company.Russia’s Federal Labor and Employment Service had asked a court to look into a number of violations relating to labor protection and the use of a foreign work force at TNK-BP.TNK-BP under investigat...
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