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Donald Evans, the former US Trade Secretary, got an offer from Vladimir Putin that, as the Russian President sincerely believed, he could not refuse. Really, Evans was offered the position of the Chairman of The Board at the oil company with the assets estimated at $58 billion. When you talk about such money and such career perspectives, Kremlin boss thought, the American should not worry that the oil giant is called "Rosneft". What's really all the fuss about that "Rosneft" shamelessly and with full support of the [Russian] executive power claimed and took over the most profitable "Yukos" company--"Yganskneftegaz" ?...

Close Bush's Friend To Head Russian Oil Giant 19.12.2005 13:18 Donald Evans, the former commerce secretary and a close personal friend of U.S. President George W. Bush, is “seriously considering” becoming chairman of Rosneft Oil Company. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin offered Mr Evans this post last week. Speculation about Evans’ potential move has already drawn comparisons in Washington to the recent decision by Gerhard Schroeder, Germany’s former chancellor, to oversee the North European Gas Pipeline Company, a business controlled by the Russian oil giant Gazprom. The prospect of Evans joining Russian oil giant could generate intense criticism in Washington, however,...

BEIJING (AFP) - US Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans arrived in the ancient capital of Xian for a week-long visit to China, officials said, where he is expected to champion fair trade and seek ways to lower a ballooning trade deficit with the rising Asian nation. During an 11-day, three-nation trip, Evans will also visit the northeastern city of Harbin and hold formal talks in Beijing before heading on to the June 24 US-EU summit in Ireland and a bilateral trip to Mexico, US officials said. On Sunday, he is expected to meet with Shaanxi provincial Governor Jin Zhibang, US...

When Vice President Cheney and the 14 other statutory members of President Bush's Cabinet meet, 10 of them have one thing in common: They are millionaires. In fact, one-third of the Cabinet members, according to their financial disclosure statements, are in the $10 million-plus range, while another third are in the $1 million to $5 million range. The heaviest hitter is former Alcoa chief executive Paul H. O'Neill, now the treasury secretary. He is worth between $67 million and $253 million. Disclosure forms do not give specific price valuations for holdings, but instead require officials to state whether an asset...