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August 25, 2017 www.intellinews.com
Russia’s property rights again under scrutiny as Rosneft lands €2bn blow
on Sistema
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Russian conglomerate AFK Sistema has been ordered to pay RUB136bn (€1.95bn) compensation to Kremlin-controlled oil major Rosneft in a controversial alleged embezzlement case that is being compared to the state’s earlier attack on Yukos.
Macron plays divide and rule in Central Europe
Robert Anderson in Prague
French President Emmanuel Macron has won the backing of the Czech, Slovak and Austrian premiers for his drive to reform the EU’s rules on posted workers – employees sent by their employer to carry out a service in another EU member state.
AFK SIstema headquarters in Moscow
Rosneft sought RUB170.6bn in damages
from Sistema for alleged abuse of Sistema’s shareholding rights in the oil company Bashneft, which was seized by the state in 2014 because of alleged irregularities in the privatisation and
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Macron appears to have given up hope of winning over the rightwing populists of Poland and Hungary and has consigned them to the margins of Europe.
Macron, who met in Salzburg on August 24 with the Slavkov Triangle leaders on his first Central European tour since his election, argues the way companies send lower paid Eastern European workers temporarily to Western European
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