Wang Ye took the documents for the "Polar Bear Investment Company" and his appointment letter and looked them over carefully.
As expected, on the surface, the Polar Bear Investment Company has no connection to the Yukos Group!
This investment company, though registered in Moscow, its stock rights belong to another company registered in the British Virgin Islands...
As for who the boss is behind that offshore company, there's no need to ask.
Many times, it is like this.
All the relevant people know that the acquisition is initiated by Khodorkovsky's Yukos Group, everyone is aware, but they still choose to "bury their heads in the sand" by registering another offshore company to launch the acquisition.
In the end, even if successful, the news people will see is about a powerful foreign company acquiring Siberian Oil Company, without any connection to the Yukos Group.