About the book: 2005 / The book examines the problem of the development of the Russian oil and gas complex in the Putin era. “The YUKOS case, the struggle for natural resources rent, mergers and acquisitions in the fuel industry - these and other issues keep not only the elite, but also the entire Russian society in suspense. Political clans are waging a fierce struggle for the redistribution of property in the country's oil and gas complex. Not only the future of the oil and gas complex, but also the configuration of Russia’s economic and political systems depends on how this struggle ends..