Russian police visit offices of BP and its joint venture;
MOSCOW Russian police visited offices of BP PLC and its joint venture Wednesday in what some commentators saw as a possible part of a state-orchestrated campaign to obtain lucrative energy assets.
Oil major BP accused its Russian partners of staging a boardroom coup at their 50-50 Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP on Wednesday as the two sides prepared to re-enter negotiations on the future of the company.