Court's fillip for BP in Russia
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Andrey Prokhorov, a minority shareholder in TNK-BP, had filed the lawsuit against Peter Charow and Richard Sloan, related to BP's failed attempts to sign a tie-up with state-controlled Rosneft, despite a previous commitment by BP to use TNK-BP as its main investment vehicle in Russia.
However, Russian law on joint-stock companies stipulates a plaintiff in such an action must own at least 1 per cent of the company's shares for the case to proceed.
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