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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Gazprom and Ukraine reach agreement on 2008 gas deliveries
International Herald Tribune - 13 Mar 2008 10:15:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Diplomats Not Stunned by U.S. Department of State Human Right Opus
kommersant.com - 13 Mar 2008 09:53:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Facing Overconsumption Crisis
Kommersant - 13 Mar 2008 00:32:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rice, Gates to take missile shield talks to Russia
AFP - 12 Mar 2008 22:06:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Zubkov Backs Plan For 30 Biofuel Plants
TheMoscowTimes.com - 12 Mar 2008 21:42:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
U.S. rights report shows double standards: Russia
Reuters - 12 Mar 2008 20:26:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Central Bank's French bank account unfrozen
RIA Novosti - 12 Mar 2008 18:22:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to build four nuclear power plants by 2020
RIA Novosti - 12 Mar 2008 16:13:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
HSBC to spend $200 million on Russia expansion
Budapest Business Journal - 12 Mar 2008 13:21:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Airbus estimates Russia will need 921 airliners by 2026
Budapest Business Journal - 12 Mar 2008 12:40:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
France's Sarkozy meets Russian ministers on regular dialogue
Xinhua - 12 Mar 2008 09:50:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia may cut coal taxes to spur new fields – paper
Budapest Business Journal - 12 Mar 2008 09:19:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia generated USD12 billion from oil exports in January
portnews.ru - 12 Mar 2008 06:26:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's housing market to grow rapidly
rbcnews.com - 11 Mar 2008 23:47:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow Is Europe's Hottest Property
TheMoscowTimes.com - 11 Mar 2008 22:08:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uncertainty Hangs Over Government Staff
TheMoscowTimes.com - 11 Mar 2008 22:07:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
S&P Upgrades Russia to 'Positive'
TheMoscowTimes.com - 11 Mar 2008 20:54:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia oil exports 'hit $1bn per day'
www.upstreamonline.com - 11 Mar 2008 17:14:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Official: Russia could join WTO in 2009
Xinhua - 11 Mar 2008 15:22:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Americans Book a Place in Russia's Credit History
kommersant.com - 11 Mar 2008 14:27:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Ivanov visits Antarctica research base
RIA Novosti - 11 Mar 2008 10:57:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's MiG signs $1bln deal to upgrade 70 Indian fighters
RIA Novosti - 11 Mar 2008 10:57:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Arms Trafficker Denied Bail
TIME.com - 11 Mar 2008 07:13:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin: Medvedev won't be easier on West
telegraph.co.uk - 08 Mar 2008 15:13:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia: How The Kremlin Manages To Get The Right Results
rferl.org - 08 Mar 2008 13:03:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Armenian president ready to ease state of emergency
RIA Novosti - 12 Mar 2008 15:12:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian Leader Criticized in U.S.
TheMoscowTimes.com - 11 Mar 2008 20:55:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Joint command war games to be held in Russia and Armenia
RIA Novosti - 11 Mar 2008 15:02:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia's foreign debt up 20% to $1.4 bln year-on-year
RIA Novosti - 11 Mar 2008 11:50:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian poll challenge rejected
BBC - 09 Mar 2008 04:23:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armrosgasprom's capital to reach $1bln by 2010
ARKA News Agency - 07 Mar 2008 19:31:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia to set up uranium prospecting joint venture with Russia
RIA Novosti - 06 Mar 2008 17:04:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Crisis Spotlights 'Karabakh Clan'
rferl.org - 06 Mar 2008 16:18:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Baku holds firm over BTC booster
www.upstreamonline.com - 11 Mar 2008 17:14:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
4 killed in Nagorno-Karabakh region in skirmishes between Azerbaijanis, ethnic Armenians
Kyiv Post - 11 Mar 2008 09:50:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azeri output on the rise
www.upstreamonline.com - 07 Mar 2008 16:36:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
REGION: Nabucco Inks Deal for Azerbaijan Gas Supplies, is Eyed by Turkmenistan
www.seeurope.net - 07 Mar 2008 09:10:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Georgian Opposition's New Demands
Kommersant - 13 Mar 2008 00:32:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Russia/Georgia: At UN, Moscow Chided Over Withdrawal From Abkhazia Deal
rferl.org - 12 Mar 2008 11:19:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
2008 State Budget Revised
Civil Georgia - 12 Mar 2008 10:28:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Controversial Constitutional Amendment Passed, as Hunger Strike Continues
Civil Georgia - 12 Mar 2008 09:43:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO risks Georgia rebels' secession: Russia
Reuters - 11 Mar 2008 20:48:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 71%
Georgia pays $2 mln debt to resume air links with Russia
RIA Novosti - 10 Mar 2008 13:36:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 20%
IMF Warns Against ‘Erosion of Central Bank Independence'
Civil Georgia - 07 Mar 2008 15:39:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ex Georgian Minister Makes New Claims
Kommersant - 07 Mar 2008 15:33:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Rival miners in talks to create Kazakhstan 'national champion'
The Independent - 13 Mar 2008 00:46:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: The Emerging Middle Class Thinks Money, Not Democracy
EurasiaNet.org - 12 Mar 2008 01:33:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to buy Central Asian gas at 'European prices'
International Herald Tribune - 11 Mar 2008 19:12:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 76%
CORRECT: Polish oil company Petrolinvest may merge two Kazakh firms,float new unit in London
Interfax - 11 Mar 2008 11:29:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Roxi Petroleum to acquire Kazakhstan assets
www.ogj.com - 07 Mar 2008 23:21:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: Ukraine Wins Promises Of Cooperation, But No Energy Deal
rferl.org - 07 Mar 2008 16:39:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Boss Energy set to take Kazak plunge
www.upstreamonline.com - 07 Mar 2008 06:54:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Kazakh leader's confidant joins billionaires' club
Budapest Business Journal - 06 Mar 2008 14:10:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
OSCE increases assignments to Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 12 Mar 2008 12:52:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan's government rations electricity on cold weather
kabar.kg - 11 Mar 2008 03:12:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
High-ranking officials accused of high treason in Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 10 Mar 2008 14:17:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MPs oppose privileged tax treatment for investors
24.kg - 06 Mar 2008 14:16:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

MONGOLIA [top]
Russian firms eager to make strategic investments in Mongolia
www.steelguru.com - 08 Mar 2008 06:15:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolian Economy Overheating
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 07 Mar 2008 02:06:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MPRP leads in poll
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 06 Mar 2008 14:08:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Khorasan Razavi, Tajikistan to expand ties
Irna - 12 Mar 2008 23:32:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rakhmon lauds Iran's role in Tajik development
Irna - 12 Mar 2008 06:41:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan, Algeria sign cooperation agreements
ITAR-TASS - 11 Mar 2008 22:43:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan: IMF Demands Dushanbe Repay Nearly $48 Million
rferl.org - 10 Mar 2008 16:54:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Central Asia's Gas to Become European for Ukraine
Kommersant - 13 Mar 2008 00:32:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Central Asia: Uzbek, Turkmen Leaders Pursue Better Relations
rferl.org - 12 Mar 2008 18:23:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmen, Azerbaijani deal could raise energy hopes
Budapest Business Journal - 11 Mar 2008 07:53:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Itera eyeing Turkmenistan projects
rbcnews.com - 07 Mar 2008 08:18:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
LUKoil buys hydrocarbon assets in Uzbekistan
Budapest Business Journal - 10 Mar 2008 08:07:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan gives tax breaks to GM joint venture
uzreport.com - 10 Mar 2008 07:28:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: NATO Hints At Deal On Renewed Operations
rferl.org - 07 Mar 2008 17:26:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan Renews NATO Ties
Kommersant - 06 Mar 2008 20:16:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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