BP boss Bob Dudley faces questions over the stake in the Russian oil firm now dragged into the last round of EU sanctions
In a week when BP’s involvement in Russia once again raised concern among investors, the City can draw consolation from the fact that chief executive Bob Dudley is a veteran of the country’s perilous politics.
In 2008 Dudley was the boss of the oil and gas group’s profitable joint venture, TNK-BP: an uneasy alliance with four Russian oligarchs. In July that year he was forced to flee the country as he warned of an "orchestrated campaign of harassment" amid expectations he could be seized on trumped-up visa charges.