MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin tightened Kremlin oversight of "strategic" Russian companies operating abroad and called for a swift conclusion to European Union investigation into gas export monopoly Gazprom's business in Europe.
Putin signed a decree on Tuesday requiring companies deemed strategic - which are mostly major natural resource holders - to obtain government approval to disclose information to foreign regulators, alter contracts or sell property abroad.
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