It is “very disappointing” that Russian shareholders in the TNK-BP venture have manipulated elements of the Russian bureaucracy, the Foreign Office said in an e-mailed statement Friday.

Dudley, a U.S. citizen, left Russia because of “sustained harassment” in the face of a shareholder dispute, TNK-BP said Thursday. Nearly all TNK-BP’s foreign employees also may have to leave because they haven’t had their visas renewed.

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