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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Russia piling up international reserves
rbcnews.com - 28 Feb 2008 09:17:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.N. Predicts Extinction of Villagers in Russia
Kommersant - 28 Feb 2008 06:59:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US Democrats Struggle for Russia // Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are ready for hard line on Moscow
Kommersant - 28 Feb 2008 06:59:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Dmitri Medvedev, in his own words
International Herald Tribune - 28 Feb 2008 03:27:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Russia's Demographic Crisis: 'Nation Is Literally Dying'
Sky News - 28 Feb 2008 01:31:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's antitrust may require Gazprom, SUEK to sell some assets
prime-tass.com - 27 Feb 2008 21:42:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sizing up Medvedev, the next Russian president
International Herald Tribune - 27 Feb 2008 20:38:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to face minor liquidity problems, experts say
rbcnews.com - 27 Feb 2008 14:49:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Middle Class Grows Atop
kommersant.com - 27 Feb 2008 14:18:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 76%
FSB Unable to Prevent Nonresidents from Buying Russia's Companies
kommersant.com - 27 Feb 2008 14:18:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Renault Gets All in One Go
kommersant.com - 27 Feb 2008 12:08:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Devil in the detail with Russia-Ukraine gas deal
Russia Profile.org - 27 Feb 2008 11:46:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The personalities, the issues and the implications of Russia's presidential election
Guardian - 27 Feb 2008 10:04:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel to list mining assets, eyes $20 bln value
Budapest Business Journal - 27 Feb 2008 09:10:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
After Them Come the Stream // Dmitry Medvedev visited Europe on his own
Kommersant - 27 Feb 2008 00:32:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Foreign Investors Return to Old Strategy
Kommersant - 27 Feb 2008 00:32:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Programming with a Vengeance // Russian TV Approved Djindjic Assassination
Kommersant - 27 Feb 2008 00:32:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Norilsk Nickel seeks LSE listing
rbcnews.com - 27 Feb 2008 00:22:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian to add defense budget by 20%
Xinhua - 26 Feb 2008 21:22:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Life Gets Better, But Only for Some
TheMoscowTimes.com - 26 Feb 2008 20:37:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Amnesty highlights clampdown of freedom in Russia
RIA Novosti - 26 Feb 2008 17:20:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Largest Russian bank opens first China branch in Shanghai
Xinhua - 26 Feb 2008 16:02:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Emerged as Europe's Leader in IPO
kommersant.com - 26 Feb 2008 15:27:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to see political party reshuffle after March election
top.rbc.ru - 26 Feb 2008 14:52:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian mafia killings threaten Putin legacy
telegraph.co.uk - 24 Feb 2008 19:45:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS

ARMENIA
Armenian opposition again demands annulment of presidential vote result
Interfax - 28 Feb 2008 08:37:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian Opposition Awaiting Victory
Kommersant - 27 Feb 2008 00:32:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD corrects Armenia's 2007 economic growth indicator
ARKA News Agency - 26 Feb 2008 06:13:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New 'Bully' May Help Move Yerevan Forward
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Feb 2008 19:09:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran ready to export gas to Armenia
Irna - 25 Feb 2008 12:24:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Unrest spreads in Armenia; opposition figures detained
International Herald Tribune - 25 Feb 2008 10:42:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Seven Armenian businessmen ranked among 500 Russian billionaires
ARKA News Agency - 22 Feb 2008 10:08:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Sarkisian Claims Disputed Presidential Victory
rferl.org - 21 Feb 2008 13:57:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan set to raise oil output 27%, gas production 64% in 2008
RIA Novosti - 27 Feb 2008 11:46:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland backs Azerbaijan in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
Irna - 27 Feb 2008 06:37:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gutseriev Back in the Oil Business
Kommersant - 27 Feb 2008 00:33:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 35%
Vatican's No. 2 official plans visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan next month
International Herald Tribune - 26 Feb 2008 15:06:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan could store 5m tonnes of crude oil with Oil Terminal
Ziarul Financiar - 25 Feb 2008 22:49:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan president to visit Malaysia
Xinhua - 22 Feb 2008 12:00:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 87%

GEORGIA
Russia Denies Deal with Tbilisi on Joint Border Control in Abkhazia, S.Ossetia
Civil Georgia - 27 Feb 2008 21:23:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian Airlines To Repay Debt
TheMoscowTimes.com - 27 Feb 2008 20:45:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 33%
Berezovsky Wants to Attend Patarkatsishvili Funeral
Civil Georgia - 27 Feb 2008 12:09:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
2008 Budgetary Amendments Proposed
Civil Georgia - 27 Feb 2008 12:09:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Objects to Georgian Suit
kommersant.com - 27 Feb 2008 10:57:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Tbilisi Protests Voting for Russian Elections in Breakaway Regions
Civil Georgia - 27 Feb 2008 09:20:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A fortune built on friendship with Berezovsky
The Independent - 26 Feb 2008 16:24:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Mikhail Saakashvili Rounds Acute Angles // at his goodbye meeting with Vladimir Putin
Kommersant - 22 Feb 2008 16:37:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
KazMunayGas to explore Zhambyl block in Caspian
www.steelguru.com - 28 Feb 2008 08:05:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Tengizchevroil eyes output bonanza
www.upstreamonline.com - 27 Feb 2008 12:08:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhs plan billion dollar pipeline
www.upstreamonline.com - 26 Feb 2008 13:23:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan to up natural gas output 280% by 2020 to 114 bln cu m
RIA Novosti - 26 Feb 2008 10:19:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Thousands homeless as severe flood hits Kazakhstan
Reuters - 26 Feb 2008 10:13:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN
Strengthening the Kyrgyz Telecom Sector
ebrd.com - 28 Feb 2008 04:31:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PM Chudinov met with IMF mission
kabar.kg - 27 Feb 2008 11:54:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz contest: $1,000 for anti-U.S. airbase song
Reuters - 27 Feb 2008 09:14:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan to vote 1bln soms for roads' reconstruction
24.kg - 26 Feb 2008 07:56:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan Calls On Russia To Stem Tide Of Racial Attacks
rferl.org - 25 Feb 2008 13:17:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Kyrgyzstan have high investment potential in electric energy, mining and oil and gas industry, Putin says
24.kg - 22 Feb 2008 14:22:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran, Kyrgyzstan sign banking cooperation agreement
Irna - 22 Feb 2008 11:34:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran is interested in participation of economic and investment projects of Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 22 Feb 2008 08:10:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA
ADB funds major road project linking western Mongolia with China, Russia
Xinhua - 27 Feb 2008 11:19:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Worldstar Energy looks to finish exploration, begin mining coal, in South Gobi
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 22 Feb 2008 01:58:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Firm Praises Commodity Economies
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Feb 2008 01:32:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 79%
Budgetary Amendments at Top of Agenda
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 21 Feb 2008 14:00:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN
Iran donates 4.5 million liters fuel in aid to Tajikistan
Irna - 22 Feb 2008 15:04:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President met with Tajikistani leader
forUm - 22 Feb 2008 12:18:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
British government to allocate 1 mln dlrs to Tajikistan
ITAR-TASS - 22 Feb 2008 11:17:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Damage from abnormal frost in Tajikistan reaches 1 bln dlrs
kabar.kg - 22 Feb 2008 08:09:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN
Iran-Turkmenistan trade exchange exceeds US$ 1.5 billion
Irna - 28 Feb 2008 10:10:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Stroytransgas to build Turkmenistan to China gas pipeline
www.steelguru.com - 28 Feb 2008 08:05:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan sets output sights high
www.upstreamonline.com - 26 Feb 2008 10:21:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmens, Germans Hold Gas Talks
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Feb 2008 20:59:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cockroach gets 30 television workers fired
telegraph.co.uk - 22 Feb 2008 09:48:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan to organise transit transportation of cargo and passengers to Iran through Afghanistan
uzreport.com - 28 Feb 2008 08:21:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Is EU's 'Engagement' Policy With Karimov Bearing Fruit?
rferl.org - 26 Feb 2008 18:30:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President decrees to ensure guarantees of population's deposits in banks
uzreport.com - 22 Feb 2008 17:01:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Korea, Uzbekistan agree on gas development
Budapest Business Journal - 22 Feb 2008 09:32:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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