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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Domodedovo Faces Nationalization
kommersant.com - 03 Apr 2008 10:41:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The Tax Service Gets Personal
kommersant.com - 03 Apr 2008 10:41:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Top investigator says Berezovsky ordered Politkovskaya's murder
RIA Novosti - 03 Apr 2008 10:24:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO Divided on Georgia, Ukraine
TIME.com - 03 Apr 2008 10:12:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Russian doomsday sect leader 'attempts suicide'
RIA Novosti - 03 Apr 2008 09:06:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's international reserves up 5.4% in 7 weeks
rbcnews.com - 03 Apr 2008 08:29:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Defense Ministry plans to sell over 20 facilities in 2008
RIA Novosti - 03 Apr 2008 07:47:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Credit crisis not to hit Russia, experts say
rbcnews.com - 03 Apr 2008 07:41:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cuba, Russia take big step in developing bilateral relations
ITAR-TASS - 03 Apr 2008 07:26:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Italy's Enel to invest around €9 bln in Russia by 2013
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Apr 2008 06:16:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom set for move into N Africa
FT.com - 03 Apr 2008 04:16:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
State Duma backs restrictions on foreign investment in Russia
International Herald Tribune - 02 Apr 2008 20:29:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP Raid Seen Linked to Gazprom
TheMoscowTimes.com - 02 Apr 2008 19:11:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gutseriyev Said to Be In Britain
TheMoscowTimes.com - 02 Apr 2008 19:11:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Bush to meet with Putin, Medvedev in south Russia on April 6
RIA Novosti - 02 Apr 2008 17:57:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's envoy to Britain voices concern over state of relations
RIA Novosti - 02 Apr 2008 17:57:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to increase arms exports
rbcnews.com - 02 Apr 2008 15:39:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-NATO Relations Won't Go Away // The price of the question
Kommersant - 02 Apr 2008 13:45:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin says Russia to remain attractive to foreign investors
RIA Novosti - 02 Apr 2008 13:33:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-Italy trade hit $36 billion in 2007
RIA Novosti - 02 Apr 2008 13:30:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bush Invites Russia to "Unprecedented Cooperation"
kommersant.com - 02 Apr 2008 13:08:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia could double GDP if economy grows by 7% to 8%
www.steelguru.com - 02 Apr 2008 06:57:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bush-Putin row grows as pact pushes east
Guardian - 01 Apr 2008 23:39:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Doubt over Rusal move for Norilsk
FT.com - 31 Mar 2008 18:26:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD obtains 8 percent stake in Russian regional power generating company TGK-9
ebrd.com - 31 Mar 2008 18:19:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Opinion: Armenian economy dynamically developing now
ARKA News Agency - 02 Apr 2008 18:11:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gap in population incomes remains great problem for Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 02 Apr 2008 06:59:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Construction, agriculture and services contribute to Armenia's 2007 economic growth
ARKA News Agency - 02 Apr 2008 06:59:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Most intensive foreign investment flow comes to communication sector
ARKA News Agency - 31 Mar 2008 16:59:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia hold railway conference
Irna - 29 Mar 2008 16:11:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kosovo and Karabakh: How Azerbaijan Sees the Connection
EurasiaNet.org - 28 Mar 2008 21:48:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan: Olympic Dreams Fuel Construction Boom, But Public Loses
rferl.org - 27 Mar 2008 17:22:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Viewpoint: Azerbaijan's White Elephants
rferl.org - 27 Mar 2008 17:22:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Georgia, Ukraine in NATO Epicenter
kommersant.com - 03 Apr 2008 07:22:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
EU allies unite against Bush over Nato membership for Georgia and Ukraine
The Independent - 02 Apr 2008 23:54:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Saakashvili Comments Denied
TheMoscowTimes.com - 02 Apr 2008 19:10:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Starts Eurobonds Road-Show
Civil Georgia - 02 Apr 2008 12:03:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia: Justice System Faces New Doubts over its Independence
EurasiaNet.org - 01 Apr 2008 02:14:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Saakashvili Hails Cabinet, Reports on 50-Day Action Plan
Civil Georgia - 31 Mar 2008 16:52:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saakashvili Downplays Moscow's Abkhaz, S.Ossetia Rhetoric
Civil Georgia - 31 Mar 2008 11:50:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian leader warns against Nato veto
FT.com - 30 Mar 2008 22:08:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Saakashvili Offers New Abkhaz Initiatives
Civil Georgia - 28 Mar 2008 15:49:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia hands opposition leader 11-year jail term
Reuters - 28 Mar 2008 08:50:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakhstan Development Bank outlines 9 steel projects
www.steelguru.com - 03 Apr 2008 06:17:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Fitch release on Kazakh oil, gas industry
Budapest Business Journal - 01 Apr 2008 11:02:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: Coup Trial May Have Dented Government's Image
EurasiaNet.org - 01 Apr 2008 02:13:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
INTERVIEW: BTA rebrands to accelerate overseas expansion
www.businessneweurope.eu - 31 Mar 2008 09:06:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Equity Investors See Chance in Kazakhstan
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Mar 2008 19:57:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh banker criticizes Fed's help of troubled banks
International Herald Tribune - 28 Mar 2008 13:49:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh state energy firm weighs foreign partnership
Budapest Business Journal - 28 Mar 2008 07:16:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
PM: Four foreign companies show interest in Kyrgyz power facilities' privatization
24.kg - 02 Apr 2008 13:06:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan pays off state debts
kabar.kg - 01 Apr 2008 09:34:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rumors stemmed from opposition, Bakiev guesses
24.kg - 31 Mar 2008 08:24:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Kyrgyz leader denies rumors of health problems
RIA Novosti - 29 Mar 2008 12:51:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Mongolian FM: Ties with China developing smoothly
Xinhua - 28 Mar 2008 11:20:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Kyrgyz, Tajik Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss water conflict
24.kg - 03 Apr 2008 04:55:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan to supply cheap power to Pakistan – Report
www.steelguru.com - 01 Apr 2008 05:41:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Arrests made in killing of Russian reporter
International Herald Tribune - 30 Mar 2008 20:36:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Central/South Asia: Iran Pushes Cross-Border TV Project
rferl.org - 28 Mar 2008 15:22:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
No more cheap Central Asian gas for Gazprom
Ferghana.ru - 03 Apr 2008 02:10:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Odd Couple Crashes NATO Summit
rferl.org - 02 Apr 2008 15:34:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Turkmenistan, Turkey works on bilateral relation
Budapest Business Journal - 28 Mar 2008 10:25:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Developing Asia to post solid growth in 2008 even as major industrial economies slow down, says ADB
uzreport.com - 02 Apr 2008 07:46:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan should grow by around 7–8% in 2008, major ADB report says
uzreport.com - 02 Apr 2008 07:46:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom may coordinate Central Asian gas price by July 1
Budapest Business Journal - 01 Apr 2008 06:20:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Uzbekistan, Turkey sign 3rd term JEC meeting protocol
uzreport.com - 31 Mar 2008 11:05:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan formalizes return to post-Soviet security group CSTO
RIA Novosti - 28 Mar 2008 08:15:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. urges Uzbekistan to open up for dialogue
Reuters - 27 Mar 2008 17:54:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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