Its main asset was grabbed from Yukos, a private firm destroyed by the Kremlin in 2004—its boss, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was too independent-minded for Mr Putin's taste and was thrown into jail.

该公司的主要资产是从尤科斯石油这家私人企业攫取而来，尤科斯在2004年遭到克里姆林宫的毁灭性打击---尤科斯石油的总裁米哈伊尔霍多科夫斯基也因太过于特立独行不合普京的胃口而锒铛入狱。