The Russian Oil Giant Yukos - When Business and Politics Collide
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Case Details:
Case Code : ECON007
Case Length : 18 Pages
Period : 1993 - 2004
Pub Date : 2004
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Oil
Industry : -
Countries : Russia
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Meanwhile, the crisis began to take a serious toll on
Yukos. As Yukos investors began selling its shares with concerns over
future growth, Yukos' stock price dropped by 12% by early November 2003
and analysts expected the share price to fall by a further 10% to 15%.
The government froze over 40% of Yukos stock (which was controlled by
Khodorkovsky). A very major setback followed when the news of the
proposed merger between Yukos and Sibneft (Russia's sixth-largest oil
company) being cancelled began to appear. It looked as if Yukos' dream
of becoming one of the world's leading oil companies (through this
merger) was going to be shattered (See Exhibit I for a fact-sheet of
Yukos and Exhibits II and III for its financials). |
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Interestingly, through all this, Yukos stood by Khodorkovsky.
Its directors issued a statement to this effect, and it read, "The board
declares its full support and belief in the management of the company and states
its certainty that a fair and open court hearing will find the arrest of Mr
Khodorkovsky illegal and all accusations against him groundless."6
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According to analysts, the troubles at Yukos and the
arrest of Khodorkovsky were politically motivated. Media reports stated
that the Russian government wanted to curb the rapidly growing financial
and political power of Yukos as well as that of Khodorkovsky.
The fact that Khodorkovsky openly supported the opposition parties was
believed to have played an important role in this alleged campaign
against him and Yukos. All these developments brought the uncertain,
complex business environment in Russia and the extent of political
meddling in the country's businesses onto the global stage. |
Russia, ITS Oil Industry & The Oligarchs
To understand the story of Yukos, it is extremely important to study the
evolution of Russia's political and economical climate over the decades.7 Also,
the role played by the country's oil industry in the above evolution needs to be
clearly understood.8 Under the socialist regime that began under Vladimir I.
Lenin (Lenin) in the 1920s and flourished under Joseph V. Stalin (Stalin), the
Russian government had acquired control of all the industries. The oil industry
too was nationalized by the communists and functioned as a state-run entity.
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