SIBERIANS WANT OIL COMPANY SHARES TO FOIL CRIMINALS.

Officialsof the regional organization Siberian Accord want Moscow to handover 50 percent of the shares and profits in locally producedpetroleum in order to be in a better position to keep these assetsfrom falling into criminal hands, one of their number told InterfaxJuly 21.

Finance Ministry: Businesses Should Have to Convert All HardCurrency Profits.