BP confronté à la protection des secrets d'état russes
BP admits Kremlin security talks
BBC 24/10/05
"UK oil giant BP has confirmed it is in talks with the Kremlin regarding the protection of Russian state secrets. Its comments followed a report in a Moscow newspaper which said the Russian secret service, the FSB, had suspended some operations at BP's TNK-BP unit..."
Russian Security Services Force TNK-BP to Halt Production Over Secrecy
MosNews 24/10/05
"Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) suggested that oil companies replace foreign general directors for Russian ones, because the Law on State Secret stipulates that foreign citizens are not allowed to see detailed maps which are used during exploration and oil well drilling periods.
Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Sharonov, quoted by the Vedomosti business daily, said that regional FSB offices stopped the work of TNK-BP subsidiaries in Western Siberia because the Law on State Secrets was not observed. The paper reminded its readers that the license to work with information which constitutes a state secret is given after an expert evaluation of the company and attestation of its general director or his deputies..."
