Russian oligarchs spelled out their determination to take control of the TNK-BP joint venture last night and they called for an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors to take place on Monday at which they will demand that chief executive Bob Dudley is removed from his post. They cited "repeated infringements" by Dudley of Russian employment, migration and tax laws. Dudley is a former BP manager and critical to the British oil company's influence inside the Russian joint venture, AAR. The move came as the new president, Dmitry Medvedev, said in an interview yesterday that he was determined to rebuild relations with Britain. Mikhail Fridman, chairman of TNK-BP and one of the oligarchs, said he did not want conflict with BP, but all attempts at reasoned discussion had failed. "The conflict between AAR and BP is about...
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