Features : Stars of Russia, 2005

Awards Ceremony

Hours before the start of Global Finances award ceremony for the best banks and companies in Russia, TNK-BP was hit with a claim for $1 billion in back taxes. But that didnt keep Kent Potter, the CFO of the Anglo-Russian joint venture, from being on hand to accept his companys award as the Best Oil and Gas company in Russia. Russias top bankers and company executives joined him in Londons Mayfair for the second annual Stars of Russia Awards presided over by Global Finance publisher Joseph Giarraputo.