You've read wrong.
Gazprom for instance is less that 37% state owned and even that portion is being liquidated as of January 1.
Bush has recently announced numerous coperative efforts with Russia regarding energy and intelligence. It's good that he's not as prone to heeding MSM propaganda as you are.
The russian government calls the shots when it comes to energy,banking, and the media.Thats a fact comrade. ;)
Its 51%, comrade.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2006/nf20060113_8346_db039.htm
"Gazprom, after all, isn't just any company. With hydrocarbon reserves equivalent to 119 billion barrels of oil and a market capitalization of $150 billion, Gazprom, which is 51% state-owned, is the world's largest listed energy company in terms of reserves and the biggest company in emerging markets by capitalization. Yet thanks to legal restrictions imposed by the Russian government in 1997, international investors couldn't get their hands on it."
I wasn't trying to take a swipe at you. ;)
Just pointing out that Gazprom will continue to be 51% held by the Russian state, and a certain percentage of it will be open to other investors, including overseas investors more than in the past, but with 51% of the voting stock in their hands, Putin and Co. run the show no matter what and have final say on all matters.