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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Latest poll gives Kremlin's Medvedev 71 percent
Reuters - 31 Jan 2008 09:39:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's hardnose policy threatens economic boom
telegraph.co.uk - 31 Jan 2008 00:30:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and NATO have huge potential for cooperation - Rogozin
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jan 2008 22:24:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
OSCE monitors threaten Russian election boycott
FT.com - 30 Jan 2008 21:01:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's metals billionaires move into gold
International Herald Tribune - 30 Jan 2008 19:20:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vladimir Putin's successor refuses to campaign
telegraph.co.uk - 30 Jan 2008 18:48:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's middle class to expand considerably
rbcnews.com - 30 Jan 2008 15:23:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Italian Eni Will Bid to Drill in Krasnoyarsk
Kommersant - 30 Jan 2008 15:16:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 59%
Putin demands guarantees of Russia's economic security from FSB
Interfax - 30 Jan 2008 15:02:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PM Zubkov could replace Medvedev as Gazprom board chairman
RIA Novosti - 30 Jan 2008 14:28:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sberbank CEO wants to quit Gazprom Board
Interfax - 30 Jan 2008 14:10:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Elite Trusts Business, Govt.
Kommersant - 30 Jan 2008 12:44:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's FinMin: GDP to reach 6.5-7% in next three years
Budapest Business Journal - 30 Jan 2008 10:54:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Khodorkovsky goes on hunger strike
Interfax - 30 Jan 2008 10:45:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Online conference with Chechen president attracts high attention
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jan 2008 09:06:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to enjoy greater investment inflow
rbcnews.com - 30 Jan 2008 08:09:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom's stranglehold
FT.com - 30 Jan 2008 03:30:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Congress may vote on Russia trade this year
Reuters - 29 Jan 2008 23:22:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Monthly Salary in Russia Averages $550 in 2007 // Russia's retail turnover reaches 11 trillion rubles
Kommersant - 29 Jan 2008 22:47:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to launch space project to monitor the Arctic in 2010
RIA Novosti - 29 Jan 2008 17:07:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Nashi to Be Reorganized
kommersant.com - 29 Jan 2008 15:21:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 27%
China Surpasses Russia in Oil Growth
kommersant.com - 29 Jan 2008 13:29:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Industry Not Keeping Up
kommersant.com - 29 Jan 2008 06:41:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian court leaves PwC's licence in legal limbo
FT.com - 29 Jan 2008 02:16:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU Pledges to Speed Up Russia WTO Talks
TheMoscowTimes.com - 27 Jan 2008 23:20:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS

ARMENIA
Reforms in Armenia to be continued - president
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jan 2008 20:04:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Total assets of Armenia's banking system 764.4bln AMD in 2007
ARKA News Agency - 30 Jan 2008 15:35:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Measures to Promote Free-and-Fair Presidential Vote Face Scrutiny
EurasiaNet.org - 30 Jan 2008 01:49:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Presidential Campaign Gets Under Way
rferl.org - 25 Jan 2008 16:22:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia Rising
Moscow News - 25 Jan 2008 00:20:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
In 2009 Armenia may be placed among medium high-income countries
ARKA News Agency - 24 Jan 2008 18:08:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Development of Armenian economy remains stable
ARKA News Agency - 24 Jan 2008 13:30:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan honored by NATO PA's decision to hold Rose Roth Seminar in Baku
Interfax - 29 Jan 2008 09:11:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan to build modern oil refinery in Ukraine
Budapest Business Journal - 28 Jan 2008 12:41:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Socar to invest USD 15 billions to develop refinery in Turkey
www.steelguru.com - 28 Jan 2008 04:55:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Frozen conflict' is a pressing challenge
FT.com - 25 Jan 2008 02:27:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Aim is to become gas transit route
FT.com - 25 Jan 2008 02:18:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA
Former Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili appointed intelligence chief
Interfax - 31 Jan 2008 08:55:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian parliament to approve new government
ITAR-TASS - 31 Jan 2008 05:20:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ex-Georgian defense minister released on bail
RIA Novosti - 30 Jan 2008 19:22:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 70%
Ruling Party MP: Opposition Tries to Maintain ‘Protest Momentum'
Civil Georgia - 30 Jan 2008 12:59:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia: Imedi TV License Again Under Review, News Corp. Role Murky
EurasiaNet.org - 30 Jan 2008 01:49:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Georgian Opposition Issues Ultimatum
kommersant.com - 29 Jan 2008 21:16:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 49%
Georgian Court Seizes Imedi
TheMoscowTimes.com - 27 Jan 2008 23:26:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia's New Cabinet: Not The Total Make-Over That Some Expected
EurasiaNet.org - 26 Jan 2008 01:59:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Foreign Trade Up by 40%
Civil Georgia - 25 Jan 2008 18:28:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian president to replace foreign minister
International Herald Tribune - 24 Jan 2008 19:31:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%


CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
An ex-president, a mining deal, a big donor
MSNBC - 31 Jan 2008 08:26:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Kookmin rises on report of deal with Kazakh bank
International Herald Tribune - 30 Jan 2008 10:05:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan plans to levy taxes on oil exports
Xinhua - 29 Jan 2008 15:43:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan to raise gas transit fee
www.steelguru.com - 27 Jan 2008 06:23:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh parliament head praises relations with China
Interfax - 26 Jan 2008 17:16:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to establish Customs Union
Budapest Business Journal - 25 Jan 2008 17:21:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan plans new aluminum and steel plants
www.steelguru.com - 25 Jan 2008 06:53:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan could form rare metals corporation
www.steelguru.com - 25 Jan 2008 06:52:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyzstan's inflation rate to make up 15-16% in 2008
kabar.kg - 31 Jan 2008 05:19:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan to experience 6.7 percent GDP growth in 2008
24.kg - 30 Jan 2008 09:02:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to begin geological prospecting in Kyrgyzstan in spring
kabar.kg - 28 Jan 2008 11:24:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New railways to link China's Xinjiang with central Asia
Xinhua - 27 Jan 2008 04:44:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Russia, Kyrgyzstan eye joint energy projects
RIA Novosti - 25 Jan 2008 16:43:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan starts dialogue with European investors
kabar.kg - 25 Jan 2008 04:36:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA
Government Asked to be Prudent When Spending
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 25 Jan 2008 01:47:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
French Company Wants Deal on Uranium
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 24 Jan 2008 22:27:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN
Tajikistan's foreign debt up 29.3% to $1.12 bln in 2007
RIA Novosti - 29 Jan 2008 12:03:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan asks Turkmenistan to raise electricity supplies
ITAR-TASS - 29 Jan 2008 05:10:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: positive shifts in solution of political and economic issues
uzreport.com - 28 Jan 2008 07:31:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Diplomat outlines shining record in Tehran-Dushanbe relations in 2007
Irna - 26 Jan 2008 17:29:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan: Citizens Ponder Bleak Future Amid Harsh Winter
EurasiaNet.org - 24 Jan 2008 21:13:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN
Turkmenistan denies knowledge of building gas pipeline to Europe - extended
Budapest Business Journal - 31 Jan 2008 08:58:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmens Peeved at Ukrainian Pipe Snub
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Jan 2008 21:19:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US Diplomats Set their Sights on Turkmenistan's Berdymukhamedov
EurasiaNet.org - 30 Jan 2008 01:49:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: $1.5 bln contracts in January 2008
Budapest Business Journal - 29 Jan 2008 15:05:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The Iranian-Turkmen gas row: and the winner is Russia
Budapest Business Journal - 29 Jan 2008 08:16:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat To Allow Independent Survey Of Its Gas Resources
rferl.org - 25 Jan 2008 16:22:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan Moves Forward
Russia Profile.org - 30 Jan 2008 13:23:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia values strategic partnership with Uzbekistan – Putin
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jan 2008 12:10:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Rights Activists Decry Signs Of Western Rapprochement
rferl.org - 28 Jan 2008 13:34:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Heineken creates venture with EBI in Uzbekistan - report
uzreport.com - 28 Jan 2008 11:22:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian, Chinese companies to build potassium fertilizers factory in Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 28 Jan 2008 07:30:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Belly-Dancing Girlfriend Of Former British Envoy Exposes Brutal Regime
rferl.org - 24 Jan 2008 17:48:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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