Michelson has one important ability: he knows how to pick the right partners in a timely manner. Perhaps the most valuable of them is Vladimir Putin's friend Gennady Timchenko.
The State Oil Company Rosneft will challenge the US and European Union sanctions in the amoun of 17.7 million pounds with the assistance of the British lawyers.
"Personally, we do not need billions," - said the principal owner of Volga Group; he also said where his children were educated, how he was affected by the sanctions and why it was easier to breathe in Russia.
The Western sanctions against the "Novatek" and its co-owner Gennady Timchenko did not prevent France's Total to increase the share of the largest independent gas producer in Russia; since the beginning of the year it could have grown by almost 3%.
As "Izvestiya" found out, the wife of the head of the Federal Tariff Service is a senior economist in the gas concern.