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ESSENTIAL SNAPSHOT: Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia - Vol. 7, No. 6, 24 Jan 2008
Political & Business Intelligence in Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
World economic crisis may affect Russia's export majors
RIA Novosti - 24 Jan 2008 10:55:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin critic facing election ban
BBC - 24 Jan 2008 10:27:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to join IMF program to deal with global market crisis
Budapest Business Journal - 24 Jan 2008 08:23:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD in first partnership with private sector to restructure Russian municipal services
ebrd.com - 24 Jan 2008 02:39:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Zyuganov Says Not Pulling Out of Race
TheMoscowTimes.com - 23 Jan 2008 22:28:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 66%
Russia delivers 50,000 tons of fuel oil to North Korea
portnews.ru - 23 Jan 2008 13:51:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Prime Minister Holds Meeting on Prices
kommersant.com - 23 Jan 2008 13:47:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russia concerned over NATO military buildup around its borders
RIA Novosti - 23 Jan 2008 13:01:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia rejects EU presidency comments on British Council row
RIA Novosti - 23 Jan 2008 12:33:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rusal 'may move IPO from London'
BBC - 23 Jan 2008 10:45:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New Russian visa rules do not toughen system - official paper
RIA Novosti - 23 Jan 2008 09:07:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
RusAl and Norilsk discussing merger
www.steelguru.com - 23 Jan 2008 05:44:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian banking system to withstand continuing global financial crisis - expert
Interfax - 23 Jan 2008 05:14:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin's new PR tactic - his old judo master
Guardian - 23 Jan 2008 03:32:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia backs Russia gas deal
FT.com - 23 Jan 2008 02:50:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev Address Hints at Change
TheMoscowTimes.com - 23 Jan 2008 00:37:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russian Railways eyeing Sochi Olympic Games projects
rbcnews.com - 22 Jan 2008 17:04:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev calls for strengthened fight against corruption in Russia
International Herald Tribune - 22 Jan 2008 16:53:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev vows no change in economic policies if elected president
RIA Novosti - 22 Jan 2008 15:43:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia investigates opposition candidate
FT.com - 22 Jan 2008 12:15:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Railways wins $800 million Saudi project tender
RIA Novosti - 21 Jan 2008 17:49:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia could become largest car market in Europe by 2011
www.steelguru.com - 21 Jan 2008 05:05:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia seeks legal settlement on British Council dispute
Xinhua - 21 Jan 2008 01:21:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS

ARMENIA
Armenia negotiating with Asian states for free trade regime
ARKA News Agency - 24 Jan 2008 06:33:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Candidates Kick Off Armenian Presidential Campaign
EurasiaNet.org - 22 Jan 2008 20:57:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia Imported 20 pct More Gas in 2007
www.neftegaz.ru - 22 Jan 2008 09:32:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia intends to concentrate efforts on introduction of advanced technologies in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 21 Jan 2008 18:12:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
6.6% inflation recorded in Armenia in December 2007
ARKA News Agency - 21 Jan 2008 18:12:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia ready for investnments in uranium processing in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 21 Jan 2008 15:52:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-Armenia trade up 63% in 2007
RIA Novosti - 21 Jan 2008 11:55:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Mutual Animosity, Mistrust Overshadow Presidential Election
rferl.org - 18 Jan 2008 16:37:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan will turn into oil consumer after 2020
portnews.ru - 23 Jan 2008 10:11:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijani President to pay official visit to Hungary
Budapest Business Journal - 22 Jan 2008 13:18:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Socar Will Invest Billions In Turkey
TheMoscowTimes.com - 17 Jan 2008 22:31:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan agree on mutual settlements
ITAR-TASS - 17 Jan 2008 21:52:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA
Georgian Opposition Protests at U.S. Embassy
Kommersant - 23 Jan 2008 17:00:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
S.Ossetian Leader Calls for Talks with Saakashvili
Civil Georgia - 23 Jan 2008 13:37:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lavrov Calls on Georgia to Sign Treaty on Non-Use of Force
Civil Georgia - 23 Jan 2008 13:37:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia president nominates prime minister
ITAR-TASS - 21 Jan 2008 15:00:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saakashvili offers friendship to Moscow
top.rbc.ru - 21 Jan 2008 11:17:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia's Saakashvili to address PACE despite Russian protests
RIA Novosti - 21 Jan 2008 11:11:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia reports 12% GDP growth in 2007
RIA Novosti - 21 Jan 2008 09:43:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Saakashvili is sworn in for a new term in Georgia
International Herald Tribune - 20 Jan 2008 20:25:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Official: Georgian to hold parliamentary elections in May
Xinhua - 18 Jan 2008 21:21:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 81%
Most Ministers, Governors to be Replaced - Saakashvili
Civil Georgia - 18 Jan 2008 16:45:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan: Officials Jubilant Over Oil-Field Renegotiation Deal
EurasiaNet.org - 24 Jan 2008 01:55:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ikea enters Kazakhstan
Budapest Business Journal - 22 Jan 2008 19:22:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
KazMunaiGaz E&P pumps up volume
www.upstreamonline.com - 22 Jan 2008 09:03:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Chief turns his attention to improving Kazakh record
FT.com - 22 Jan 2008 02:41:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Petrolinvest hits the jackpot with Kazakh oil contracts
e-petrol.pl - 18 Jan 2008 14:55:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan's President Calls Foreign Missionaries a Threat
TheMoscowTimes.com - 17 Jan 2008 22:28:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN
Budget revenue totaled 35.6 bln in 2007
24.kg - 23 Jan 2008 09:09:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
PM to pay his first visit to Russia
24.kg - 23 Jan 2008 08:53:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
JSC "GazProm marked out USD 300 mln to discover oil in Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 23 Jan 2008 07:55:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz economic development and trade ministry forecasts 2008 inflation at 8%
kabar.kg - 23 Jan 2008 05:25:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan's government approves a draft budget for 2008
kabar.kg - 21 Jan 2008 06:18:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA
China remains Mongolia's largest trade partner in 2007
Xinhua - 21 Jan 2008 07:04:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Visa-free travel between Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia
24.kg - 18 Jan 2008 10:02:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN
Winter Hits Hard This Year in Central Asia
TheMoscowTimes.com - 23 Jan 2008 22:27:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Tajikistan slaps limits on electricity use
MSNBC - 23 Jan 2008 03:12:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik leader says ties with U.S. priority in foreign policy
Xinhua - 22 Jan 2008 16:43:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik FM: Iran-Tajikistan ties growing
Irna - 22 Jan 2008 14:09:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-Tajikistan trade up 75.2% to $857 mln in 2007
RIA Novosti - 21 Jan 2008 11:11:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's UES commissions 1st unit of power plant in Tajikistan
Budapest Business Journal - 21 Jan 2008 08:30:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN
Independent experts to audit oil and gas deposits in Turkmenistan
Budapest Business Journal - 23 Jan 2008 14:08:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Late leader's birthday no longer a holiday in Turkmenistan
International Herald Tribune - 23 Jan 2008 13:57:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Turkmenistan not to be trusted'
www.upstreamonline.com - 23 Jan 2008 09:56:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China ‘agrees price for Turkmen gas'
www.upstreamonline.com - 22 Jan 2008 06:41:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan lifts curtain on banned arts
Times Online - 21 Jan 2008 19:12:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN
Uzbek-Russian trade up 40% to US$4.2 billion in 2007 - report
uzreport.com - 24 Jan 2008 11:04:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Arabic Coordination Group members to provide Uzbekistan US$797.9 million
uzreport.com - 23 Jan 2008 17:06:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Top U.S. defence official plans visit to Uzbekistan
Reuters - 22 Jan 2008 12:33:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
International telecoms eye Central Asian mobile market
uzreport.com - 20 Jan 2008 12:57:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan Increase Gas Price For Asian Neigbors and Russia
www.neftegaz.ru - 17 Jan 2008 13:03:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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