Gas company Novatek, whose board of directors includes Gennady Timchenko, a longtime acquaintance of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was the only company to successfully submit an application to bid in tenders on four oil and gas properties in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district. “The tender commission found that only Novatek’s application met the requirements,” Anatoly Ledovskikh, head of the Federal Subsoil Resource Use Agency, said Tuesday, Interfax reported. The Yamal […]