Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov falls from grace, again

HE WAS back in favour, or so it appeared. After spending several months under house arrest in late 2014, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, a Russian oligarch, relinquished control of Bashneft, a midsized oil firm, to the state. "If you like another company tomorrow and want to take it, you are welcome," he told Vladimir Putin at the time, he later recalled. The president publicly gave his approval to Sistema, Mr Yevtushenkov's conglomerate, shares in which had plunged. Mr Yevtushenkov subsequently appeared...