https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347876/BP-shares-soar-cent-Russia-deal.html

BP already has a partnership in Russia with its TNK-BP joint venture, which Mr Dudley ran until a major bust-up with the Russians in 2008. 

The Russian authorities raided the company’s Moscow offices, made it impossible for the firm to carry on doing business for a period, and even forced Mr Dudley into hiding.

There will be deep concerns that if the Russians gain any kind of control in BP, it could expose the company to a repeat of the dispute.

From WSJ but pay to play

In 2008, Bob Dudley, now the head of BP , was run out of Russia, reportedly fearing for his life, after his joint venture was seized by his Russian partners.

He got sideways with Russia back around the days of the Yukos stuff.

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Shades of Browder/Magnitsky

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/complete-urban-myth-bp-cfo-refutes-reports-ceo-bob-dudley-was-poisoned-in-russian-plot.html

BP's finance chief does not believe there is any evidence to support the story that the oil giant's chief executive was once poisoned in a Russian plot.

Bob Dudley, the American boss of the British oil major, was thought to have been forced to leave Moscow in 2008 after blood test results showed he was slowly being poisoned, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing a former employee of BP.

"I think that firmly sits in the category of urban myth," Brian Gilvary told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Tuesday. "I served on the TNK board for two terms, one with Bob and one when Bob left, but the story seems to do the rounds every three, four or five years."