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World Service,29 Jul 2014,55 mins

$50 billion Yukos compensation

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The Russian government is ordered to pay $50 billion in compensation to former shareholders of Yukos, the country's largest oil company, which was forced into bankruptcy nearly ten years ago. Moscow says it will appeal but the man who brought the case against the Kremlin tells us that doesn't bother him. As the UK government decides to award more licences to companies searching for shale gas, we hear all about America's fracking revolution. Tania Branigan in Beijing discusses Chinese gay culture and answers the question: where do Chinese people go on holiday? In New York, Ben Casselman talks energy, loyalty and tattoos.

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