They have not been successful steering the Putin administration up to now (e.g. Yukos) so why are they all of the sudden able to set the agenda? The more plausible explanation is that, just like in the west, the cornucopian analysts set the agenda.

My guess is that the Russian governmnet now own most of the industry and then it matters little if they get the money thru taxes or profit. But the non government and foreign owned oil companies need lower taxes to invest in new production to get at new hard to develop oilfields.