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Indeed, Rosneft , the country's largest state-owned oil company, would have considered acquiring Bashneft , but the asking price was too high.

Shortly after the deal failed, he interfered in the negotiations by addressing the Amasteus law firm, and it was there that the investigations began that have now resulted in Yevtushenkov 's arrest and the consequent fall in Bashneft 's market value .

Anonymously, a former manager of the AFK System said that sooner or later it will come to light whether Bashneft changed hands – and at what price, at what cost, at what cost, at what business he was damaged and that led to house arrest. .

Yevtushenkov 's house arrest could also be a political signal for Russia's business elite. At the time of his arrest, Khodorkovskytch , he actively supported the opposition in the country, but this was not the charge on which he was detained.