MOSCOW – Igor Ivanovich Sechin, the CEO of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft and a loyal aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than 20 years, was the driving force behind Monday's ...

For much of his career Igor Sechin – a former Soviet spy and close ally of Vladimir Putin – has been a man in the shadows. During Putin's first presidential stint, the joke doing the rounds in Moscow ...

BAKU (Reuters) -Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft and one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies, on Thursday heaped praise on China's leaders and said Taiwan would return to its ...

He's been depicted as Darth Vader in the Russian press and described as "the scariest person on Earth." Igor Sechin's official title is deputy prime minister, but within Russia, many consider him the ...

In Time’s Titans List, the Rosneft CEO sticks out among trendier names like SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Instagram founder Kevin Systrom. The CEO of the world’s largest listed oil producer Rosneft, ...

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Once believed to be a mythical figure in Russia, Igor Sechin has quickly emerged as one of the country's most powerful and formidable men - and could take the reins from Vladimir Putin. For much of ...

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, who is considered one of the most powerful men in Russia and the country's most prominent oil tycoon, was among seven Russian people sanctioned by the U.S. on Monday for their ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s a lovely picture of two of Russia’s most powerful men shaking hands and grinning near a splendid ...

“HELLO, you’ve called Rosneft,” goes a joke making the rounds in Moscow. “If you have an oil asset and you don’t plan to sell, press the hash key.” The Russian word for hash key, reshetka, also means ...

French officials on Thursday seized a yacht they believe belongs to a company owned by Russian oil baron Igor Sechin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, in the port of La Ciotat, a move that comes just a ...

Igor Sechin, the boss of Russian oil behemoth Rosneft and one of the most powerful men in Russia, has declared European sanctions against his giant state-controlled organisation are an illegal affront ...