Editing BASF (section)

==Past activity==
With the help of then German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]], BASF's [[Jürgen Hambrecht]] signed the [[Gazprom]] [[Nord Stream]]-[[Yuzhno-Russkoye]] deal in 2004 with a 49-51 structure, as opposed to the older 50-50 split of for example [[BP]]'s [[TNK-BP]] project.<ref name=balzer05>Harley Balzer, "The Putin Thesis and Russian Energy Policy" Post-Soviet Affairs, 2005, 21, 3, pp. 210–225.</ref><ref name="dwd24">{{cite news |title=Russia's energy empire: Putin and the rise of Gazprom |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akihe-AtpW8 |agency=YouTube |publisher=DW Documentary |date=3 February 2024}}</ref> Putin at the time insisted on majority Russian ownership of any joint-venture in Russian territory since that time.<ref name=balzer05/>

BASF expanded to [[Podolsk]], [[Russia]], in 2012, and to [[Kazan]] in 2013.<ref name="russia">{{cite web |url=http://www.basf.com/group/pressrelease/P-13-439 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130921225859/http://www.basf.com/group/pressrelease/P-13-439 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |title=BASF opens production facility for concrete admixtures in Kazan, Russia |publisher=BASF |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013}}</ref>