- Invest Union
"This article is about a former subsidiary of Gazprom. For the current oil arm of Gazprom, see
Gazprom Neft ."Invest Union (formerly Gazpromneft) is a Russian company based in St. Petersburg and a former subsidiary of
Gazprom . [http://www.rusbonds.ru/ank_org.asp?emit=87668] It is not to be confused withGazprom Neft (formerlySibneft ), which is another company.On
19 December 2004 , Gazpromneft (along withBaikalfinansgrup ) participated in a State-run auction for formerYukos subsidiaryYuganskneftegaz . At the time of the auction, the CEO of Gazpromneft wasSergey Bogdanchikov , the then and current President ofRosneft . [http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=500&id=-2970]Gazpromneft did not place a bid at the auction, allowing
Baikalfinansgrup to obtainYuganskneftegaz at the lowest bid, which was less than halfYuganskneftegaz 's market value at the time.Four days later, on 23 December 2004,
Baikalfinansgrup was purchased byRosneft , causing considerable controversy as to the propriety of the auction.
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