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BP's Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, confirms that its under-fire chief executive Robert Dudley has resigned with immediate effect.

Tony Considine, a director of TNK-BP, BP's Russian joint venture, announces his resignation.

The British Embassy in Moscow accuses the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP of using the state in their dispute with BP.

Russian shareholders in oil firm TNK-BP are to vote for the removal of its British chief executive Robert Dudley.

Senior British staff at TNK-BP will not have to leave Russia, after the migration service approves their work permits.

The Russian partners in oil group TNK-BP plan to take legal action against BP after a power struggle, reports say.

The billionaire owners of the Russian side of TNK-BP call for the resignation of its American chief executive.

Offices of the oil company BP and the TNK-BP joint venture in Moscow are raided by Russian police.