| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 13, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
How Russia May Reverse Privatizations GOVERNMENT DECREE State property ministry seizes assets from buyers who failed to meet investment requirements BANKRUPTCY SUIT Companies take advantage of arbitrary bankruptcy process to go after rivals' assets in bankruptcy courts LOCAL COURTS Managers, employees, or local politicians file suits in local courts claiming that privatizations were illegal KREMLIN POLICY After July, 2000, elections, new government seizes strategic companies with plans to resell or transfer assets to political allies DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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