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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Clash with militants in Chechnya kills nine
Xinhua - 20 Mar 2008 09:24:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Petersburg commodity exchange to be launched in May - premier
RIA Novosti - 20 Mar 2008 08:29:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US 'reassures Russia on shield'
BBC - 20 Mar 2008 08:10:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Su-25 combat jet crashes in Russia's Far East, flights suspended
RIA Novosti - 20 Mar 2008 07:05:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Police raid BP's Russian venture
FT.com - 19 Mar 2008 21:49:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and Egypt may sign nuclear energy deal soon -2
RIA Novosti - 19 Mar 2008 16:21:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Is Obama Good for Russia?
Russia Profile.org - 19 Mar 2008 13:36:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's international reserves to stay under Central Bank control
RIA Novosti - 19 Mar 2008 13:05:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Goes to Work in Bolivia
Kommersant - 19 Mar 2008 12:08:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sberbank Pays Shareholders 10%
kommersant.com - 19 Mar 2008 11:36:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine to charge Russia $1bln for Kerch Strait oil spill
RIA Novosti - 19 Mar 2008 09:59:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia foresees new problems with the West
Budapest Business Journal - 19 Mar 2008 08:41:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rice and Yabloko for Breakfast
kommersant.com - 19 Mar 2008 07:51:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Making Them Sign for Their Missiles // Russia Is Ready to Accept American Missile Defense
Kommersant - 19 Mar 2008 05:36:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US and Russia missile talks fail
FT.com - 18 Mar 2008 22:33:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Green as camouflage for Kremlin's energy agenda
www.businessneweurope.eu - 18 Mar 2008 18:18:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russia to have bigger role in global economy
top.rbc.ru - 18 Mar 2008 15:01:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin Concerned About Strong Ruble
kommersant.com - 18 Mar 2008 13:59:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin's University-Fellow to Head Russia's FBI
kommersant.com - 18 Mar 2008 13:44:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia: $18bn Flew Out in Jan, Feb
kommersant.com - 17 Mar 2008 18:22:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FUNDS: Evli has left the building and is now entering Russia
Russia Profile.org - 17 Mar 2008 11:50:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosatom Set for Big Expansion
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Mar 2008 21:05:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Evraz Bets Big On North America
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Mar 2008 21:03:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Sberbank, Goldman Sachs Hold Talks
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Mar 2008 21:03:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Average gas price for Europe could rise to $400 in 2008 - Gazprom
RIA Novosti - 14 Mar 2008 13:36:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Nuclear energy development only alternative for Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 20 Mar 2008 10:28:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Economic activity index 65.6 in Armenia in 1q 2008
ARKA News Agency - 19 Mar 2008 12:06:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PACE urges politicians in Armenia to respect court ruling on election
ITAR-TASS - 19 Mar 2008 07:16:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saudi Arabia to explore Armenia's investment potential
ARKA News Agency - 18 Mar 2008 22:41:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baku Threatens to Break Relations
Kommersant - 17 Mar 2008 13:13:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
UN Calls For Armenian Pullout From Karabakh
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Mar 2008 21:04:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Premier: industrial potential of gas fields need to be evaluated in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 13 Mar 2008 15:58:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia eases restrictions on national mass media
ITAR-TASS - 13 Mar 2008 15:12:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
SOCAR to start construction of dry cargo and LPG terminal in 2008
portnews.ru - 17 Mar 2008 11:43:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan dissatisfied with Minsk Group voting at UN GA
ITAR-TASS - 15 Mar 2008 16:14:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan Criticizes France, Russia, U.S Over Karabakh Resolution
rferl.org - 15 Mar 2008 15:30:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UN passes resolution on situation in occupied parts of Azerbaijan
ITAR-TASS - 14 Mar 2008 22:04:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Saakashvili hopes for good relations with Medvedev
ITAR-TASS - 20 Mar 2008 06:06:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bush vows to support Georgia's hopes at NATO meeting
International Herald Tribune - 19 Mar 2008 21:21:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Opposition Consults on ‘Tactics'
Civil Georgia - 19 Mar 2008 13:43:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Breakaway Abkhazia region claims to shoot down unmanned Georgian spy plane
Kyiv Post - 19 Mar 2008 11:06:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Government Wants to Seize Imedi – Patarkatsishvili's Widow
Civil Georgia - 19 Mar 2008 10:03:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Abkhazia Wants to Reopen Its Airport
Kommersant - 19 Mar 2008 09:31:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 50%
Georgia Seeks To Modify South Ossetian Peace Negotiation Format
EurasiaNet.org - 18 Mar 2008 21:23:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Georgia: Government, Opposition Remain at Loggerheads
EurasiaNet.org - 18 Mar 2008 21:23:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Georgia parliamentary elections could be held May 21 - president
RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2008 19:22:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakhstan may raise price of gas 70% in
www.steelguru.com - 20 Mar 2008 06:00:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan court ruling fuels gas row
FT.com - 19 Mar 2008 20:43:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tengiz delays BTC flows again
www.upstreamonline.com - 19 Mar 2008 05:30:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan adopt plan of action for formation of Customs Union
portnews.ru - 18 Mar 2008 09:55:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
INTERVIEW: Banking on Kazakhstan's "healthy correction"
www.businessneweurope.eu - 17 Mar 2008 11:08:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
KazMunai Gaz E&P on a high
www.upstreamonline.com - 17 Mar 2008 09:20:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Makes Financial Gamble to Retain Control of Central Asian Energy Exports
EurasiaNet.org - 15 Mar 2008 06:39:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
No unique Kyrgyz course of development
24.kg - 19 Mar 2008 11:30:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan: 'Public Trial' Held On 2002 Killings
rferl.org - 18 Mar 2008 17:20:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz PM meets with Prince of Saudi Arabia
kabar.kg - 18 Mar 2008 05:31:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Recent political processes may exert negative clout on Kyrgyzstan, Pamela Spratlen says
24.kg - 14 Mar 2008 15:17:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Diplomats to Pay NYC $57.6 Million
TIME.com - 19 Mar 2008 15:33:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Mongolia Energy pays USD 141 million for
www.steelguru.com - 18 Mar 2008 16:36:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Tajikistan puts losses from unusually cold winter at $850 mln
RIA Novosti - 18 Mar 2008 12:21:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU warns water shortage in Central Asia could spark conflicts
RIA Novosti - 15 Mar 2008 13:07:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 65%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Turkmenistan set to boost annual gas output to 130bln cu m
RIA Novosti - 19 Mar 2008 13:48:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan approves new law encouraging foreign investment
Kyiv Post - 19 Mar 2008 11:06:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: Playing the Energy Export Field
EurasiaNet.org - 18 Mar 2008 02:06:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmen to run rule over reserves
www.upstreamonline.com - 17 Mar 2008 06:22:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baku and Ashgabat Solved Long-lasted Problem while US is Pushing for Trans-Caspian Deal
EurasiaNet.org - 14 Mar 2008 01:44:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Strives to Diversify Its Trade Partners
EurasiaNet.org - 20 Mar 2008 02:17:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UAE signs economic and financial agreements with Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 19 Mar 2008 06:31:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President of Uzbekistan visiting UAE
UzA - 18 Mar 2008 15:15:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Gazprom Deal Imperils Hopes For Trans-Caspian Pipeline
rferl.org - 18 Mar 2008 14:59:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
IPIC takes slice of Uzbek pie
www.upstreamonline.com - 18 Mar 2008 13:57:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Head of Corporate Taxation Department comments on new Tax Code
uzreport.com - 17 Mar 2008 16:39:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan gives Red Cross access to its prisons
RIA Novosti - 13 Mar 2008 19:10:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. praises Uzbekistan for rights improvement
Reuters - 13 Mar 2008 15:05:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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