Officials claim that effective renationalisation will allow for better co-ordination (especially over annoying weekend closures of lines) and “greater flexibility”.

官方声称，有效的重新国有化，能更好地实现协调配合（尤其是在恼人的周末关闭线路的时候）和“更大的灵活性”。

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Mr Putin said repeatedly that there would be no renationalisation of privatised firms on his watch.

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One option - renationalisation - would reduce Yukos's efficiency, said Zarko Stefanovski, senior oil analyst at Aton brokerage.

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The questions were worded to avoid alienating the gas nationalists but also to avoid a self-defeating and costly renationalisation.

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