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ESSENTIAL SNAPSHOT: Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia - Vol. 7, No. 10, 07 Feb 2008
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ESSENTIAL SNAPSHOT: RUSSIA, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
U.S. Intelligence Uncovers ‘russian Threat' // Moscow is charged with energy arm-twisting and computer espionage
Kommersant - 07 Feb 2008 11:08:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia slams Europe election watchdog
Budapest Business Journal - 07 Feb 2008 09:34:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Prominent businessman killed in Moscow - 2
RIA Novosti - 07 Feb 2008 07:22:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
From Legal Eagle to Dying in a Cage
TheMoscowTimes.com - 06 Feb 2008 20:54:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
2 Russians Seen in SocGen Fraud Case
TheMoscowTimes.com - 06 Feb 2008 20:17:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
Merrill Sees Big Ruble Gain in Q1
TheMoscowTimes.com - 06 Feb 2008 20:16:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 59%
Ukraine Complicates Russian WTO Quest
kommersant.com - 06 Feb 2008 15:19:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Top Russian diplomat voices concern about Iranian missile tests
International Herald Tribune - 06 Feb 2008 14:54:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to build eight technoparks by 2012
RIA Novosti - 06 Feb 2008 11:30:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia regrets vote watchdog rebuffed offer: report
Reuters - 06 Feb 2008 09:41:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow Lawyer Seeks U.S. Asylum
TheMoscowTimes.com - 05 Feb 2008 21:19:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Terminal-3 Seen Ready A Year Late
TheMoscowTimes.com - 05 Feb 2008 20:41:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 83%
Russia 'pushing back' arms control treaties
telegraph.co.uk - 05 Feb 2008 19:33:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia offers to relax restrictions on election monitors
International Herald Tribune - 05 Feb 2008 18:52:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Eyes 4 Percent of Nanotech Market
kommersant.com - 05 Feb 2008 16:03:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Govt Approved Candidates to BODs of State Companies
kommersant.com - 05 Feb 2008 15:39:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Russia to strengthen Asian ties
Budapest Business Journal - 05 Feb 2008 09:55:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Oil, gas output hit record level in Russia's Far East in 2007
RIA Novosti - 05 Feb 2008 09:46:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Dagestan
TheMoscowTimes.com - 04 Feb 2008 21:07:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow Leads the Price Race
kommersant.com - 04 Feb 2008 19:59:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Major Oil Deposits in Nenets to Be Sold
Kommersant - 04 Feb 2008 13:18:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 36%
Russia to spend $3.3bln on 2014 Sochi Olympics in next 3 years
RIA Novosti - 04 Feb 2008 12:40:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to build up presence in global ocean - navy commander
RIA Novosti - 03 Feb 2008 13:57:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS

ARMENIA
Russian investments in Armenia's economy exceed $1 bln.
ARKA News Agency - 06 Feb 2008 18:25:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's PM Outlined Minimum Program for Armenia
kommersant.com - 06 Feb 2008 12:06:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to Export First SuperJet-100s to Armenia
kommersant.com - 06 Feb 2008 12:04:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Armenia sign uranium production, enrichment deals
RIA Novosti - 06 Feb 2008 11:13:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Opposition Candidates Consider Joining Forces
EurasiaNet.org - 05 Feb 2008 19:09:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
13.7% economic growth recorded in Armenia in 2007
ARKA News Agency - 31 Jan 2008 17:06:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan's SOCAR could hinder Russian ambitions
Budapest Business Journal - 05 Feb 2008 14:44:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU to open its offices in Azerbaijan, Armenia
ITAR-TASS - 01 Feb 2008 16:32:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan mulling 2mn cm/d natural gas exports to Iran
Irna - 01 Feb 2008 15:22:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azeri Pres. Allegedly Bugged in Airport
Kommersant - 01 Feb 2008 00:16:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA
Half of Governors will Change – State Minister
Civil Georgia - 03 Feb 2008 11:39:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Opposition, Ruling Party Launch Talks
Civil Georgia - 01 Feb 2008 17:51:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia to set up department for ties with Russia
ITAR-TASS - 01 Feb 2008 12:50:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Undertakes Higher Social Commitments // Georgian PM disclosed the new government's plans
Kommersant - 01 Feb 2008 09:09:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Privatizing Georgia's Railway: Bids Before Strategy
EurasiaNet.org - 01 Feb 2008 01:38:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 77%
Georgian Opposition Vows "Permanent Protests"
EurasiaNet.org - 01 Feb 2008 01:38:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Government's Five-Year Program
Civil Georgia - 31 Jan 2008 17:37:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Peacekeepers Stay in Abkhazia
Kommersant - 31 Jan 2008 16:39:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%


CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan suspends signing of new mineral contracts with foreign investors
Xinhua - 07 Feb 2008 11:04:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh state could seize oil fields from investors: PM
AFP - 07 Feb 2008 06:39:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Copper giant Kazakhmys in power deal with AES
telegraph.co.uk - 06 Feb 2008 02:28:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan Hikes Gas Transit Prices
TheMoscowTimes.com - 04 Feb 2008 21:05:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
French premier to visit Kazakhstan for talks on cooperation
ITAR-TASS - 04 Feb 2008 18:37:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
CTC Buys 20% of Kazakh TV Firm
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:30:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A Canadian Mogul, Clinton and a Kazakh Pact
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:27:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
600 Kazakh miners refuse to leave mines demanding higher wages
Interfax - 02 Feb 2008 17:10:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. and Kazakhstan snub Russia with new military deal
Reuters - 01 Feb 2008 15:00:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan and the oil
Budapest Business Journal - 01 Feb 2008 11:12:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN
Deputies of Jogorku Kenesh puts amicable agreement with Centerra Gold on hold over taxcase
kabar.kg - 07 Feb 2008 03:54:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow assessing Bishkek's note on killings of Kyrgyz citizens in Russia -source
Interfax - 05 Feb 2008 15:04:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Energy crises impends Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 04 Feb 2008 18:49:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD president to visit Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 01 Feb 2008 13:05:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Striking Back in Energy Game, Makes Play for Kyrgyz National Gas Company
EurasiaNet.org - 01 Feb 2008 01:38:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz foreign trade up 45% in 2007 to $3.4 bln
RIA Novosti - 31 Jan 2008 16:55:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA
With US Sneezing, will Mongolia Catch a Chill?
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 07 Feb 2008 01:52:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
GP and CMP Form Coalition
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 06 Feb 2008 13:54:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rostekhnologia Wants into Mining Co.
Kommersant - 05 Feb 2008 14:41:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 75%

TAJIKISTAN
Tajikistan 'facing catastrophe'
BBC - 06 Feb 2008 23:34:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan suspends electric power supplies to Tajikistan
uzreport.com - 06 Feb 2008 14:08:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan's Flagship Air Carrier Banned
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:29:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Region's Economies Fail To Seize Golden Opportunity
rferl.org - 02 Feb 2008 15:32:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Tajikistan grants credit for Iran's tractor manufacturers
Irna - 30 Jan 2008 17:42:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN
Turkmenistan president signed decrees aimed at economic reforms
ITAR-TASS - 03 Feb 2008 09:17:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan denies Ukrainian claim on White Stream pipeline
www.steelguru.com - 03 Feb 2008 05:39:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan: President's Daughter Takes Another Step Toward 'Throne'
rferl.org - 06 Feb 2008 16:27:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbek aircraft plant joins Russia's United Aircraft Corp.
RIA Novosti - 06 Feb 2008 15:45:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin meets with President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan
International Herald Tribune - 06 Feb 2008 14:54:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Uzbekistan reaffirm deals to boost gas supplies to Russia
RIA Novosti - 06 Feb 2008 14:20:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Islam Karimov Gets the Pipes Ready for a Fight // The Uzbek leader will discuss his favorite topic with Vladimir Putin
Kommersant - 05 Feb 2008 23:34:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran, Uzbekistan talk on customs cooperation
uzreport.com - 04 Feb 2008 11:11:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. policy shifts in Central Asia
International Herald Tribune - 03 Feb 2008 12:14:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
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