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Which major Russian oil company did Khodorkovsky take control over in the 1990s?

  • Rosneft

  • Lukoil

  • Transneft

  • Yukos

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Yukos was a Russian oil company that was once the country's largest oil producer. The company was founded in 1992 by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who became the company's chairman and CEO. Khodorkovsky was a major player in the Russian privatization process in the 1990s, and he used his political connections to gain control of Yukos.
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