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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Russia's Central Bank to switch to floating ruble rate
RIA Novosti - 29 May 2008 07:48:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian tycoons target Norilsk for three-way deal to create giant
FT.com - 29 May 2008 03:12:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom set to become world\'s top company - Mr Miller
www.steelguru.com - 29 May 2008 02:39:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vladimir Putin's French Première
kommersant.com - 29 May 2008 01:45:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Sees Deal To Buy Serbia's NIS By Autumn
Serbianna - 29 May 2008 00:35:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP Torn by Conflicts
Kommersant - 28 May 2008 13:02:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian diplomat says Black Sea Fleet poses no threat to Ukraine
RIA Novosti - 28 May 2008 09:57:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US concerned about Putin appointment to Russia-Belarus post
www.todayszaman.com - 28 May 2008 07:55:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FSA looks at Polyus Gold surge
telegraph.co.uk - 28 May 2008 00:20:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
CEO says Gazprom set to become world's top company
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 18:46:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and Europe to build new manned spacecraft
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 13:55:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian government approves tax cuts for oil firms from 2009
e-petrol.pl - 27 May 2008 13:13:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to withdraw radar offer if U.S. missile shield goes ahead
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 13:06:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev orders government to curb inflation in 2008
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 12:39:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to set equal domestic and export prices for gas
portnews.ru - 27 May 2008 11:43:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Dudley 'to walk away from TNK.-BP'
www.upstreamonline.com - 27 May 2008 08:38:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ford to build a second plant in Russia
www.steelguru.com - 27 May 2008 05:12:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Will Drill Viet Shelf
Kommersant - 26 May 2008 15:51:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia frees suspect in Politkovskaya murder case
Reuters - 26 May 2008 15:36:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Speaker says Russia likely to contest ownership of Sevastopol
RIA Novosti - 26 May 2008 12:45:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian steelmakers may face price fixing probe
www.steelguru.com - 26 May 2008 05:10:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. Lawyer Says BoNY Case Baseless
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 May 2008 21:33:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Russia and China to sign $1 bln uranium plant deal
www.todayszaman.com - 23 May 2008 23:40:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sochi: Beyond the Olympic Hype
Moscow News - 23 May 2008 14:40:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
New Russian President Medvedev arrives in China for talks on oil, bilateral ties
www.todayszaman.com - 23 May 2008 07:22:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
High Court Moves to St. Petersburg
Moscow News - 22 May 2008 22:22:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Armenian foreign minister to pay first visit to Moscow
RIA Novosti - 29 May 2008 05:19:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Anti-Monopoly Commission to Study Armenia's Petrol Market
ARKA News Agency - 27 May 2008 17:46:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bank VTB to Extend $249.5mln Loan for Development of Teghut Field in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 27 May 2008 17:46:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia to Join Enterprise Europe Network on June 20
ARKA News Agency - 27 May 2008 17:46:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian archives supposedly open
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 27 May 2008 08:46:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian Bankers Back Idea of Trasnforming Armenia into Financial Centre
ARKA News Agency - 26 May 2008 16:43:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis: Armenian Coalition Partner Lambastes Former President
rferl.org - 24 May 2008 12:24:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Microsoft to provide software to "Electric Networks of Armenia"
ARKA News Agency - 23 May 2008 12:32:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
SOCAR & Turcas submits down payment for Petkim
www.todayszaman.com - 29 May 2008 00:07:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gomeldrev, Pinskdrev set up trading house in Azerbaijan
www.belta.by - 28 May 2008 17:56:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan: Newfound Wealth Hardens Baku's Bargaining Position On Karabakh
rferl.org - 28 May 2008 08:44:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan to supply Caspian crude to Odessa-Brody
www.steelguru.com - 28 May 2008 04:10:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
South Korean STX Group to build shipyard in Azerbaijan
www.steelguru.com - 24 May 2008 03:30:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan discussing pipeline project
www.steelguru.com - 23 May 2008 04:46:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine offers Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to participate in oil refinery
portnews.ru - 22 May 2008 14:04:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Yushchenko and Aliyev established presidential Council
forUm - 22 May 2008 13:00:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
'Bakradze will Definitely Become New Parliamentary Speaker' – Official
Civil Georgia - 28 May 2008 17:32:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia could declare Russian peacekeepers occupiers
RIA Novosti - 28 May 2008 15:43:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Russia suspects foreign involvement in Georgian provocation
RIA Novosti - 28 May 2008 13:51:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Commentary: Georgian President Wins Big, But Loses Bigger, In Parliamentary Vote
rferl.org - 28 May 2008 12:04:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Saakashvili Lays Out Priorities Ahead of Talks with Medvedev
Civil Georgia - 27 May 2008 18:40:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian opposition to form alternative parliamentary committees
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 12:29:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
Public TV Board Chair Resigns
Civil Georgia - 27 May 2008 10:15:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tbilisi's Position on Russia's WTO Entry Unchanged
Civil Georgia - 26 May 2008 17:18:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian spyplane shooting was 'act of war'
telegraph.co.uk - 26 May 2008 15:20:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
50,000 turn out in Georgia to protest election results
International Herald Tribune - 26 May 2008 14:11:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Russia's Medvedev calls for better relations with Georgia
RIA Novosti - 26 May 2008 11:03:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Misha's test
The Economist - 23 May 2008 08:10:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
EBRD Buys Stakes in BasisBank
Civil Georgia - 23 May 2008 00:32:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Central Asian countries highlight Aral Sea crisis for int'l help
Xinhua - 28 May 2008 00:43:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
China-Kazakhstan passenger train sets out for virgin trip
Xinhua - 27 May 2008 17:24:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan open for U.S. investment in oil, gas sector - PM
portnews.ru - 27 May 2008 07:45:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vnesheconombank and Kazakhstan Development Bank enter into Agreement
www.russiabankingnews.com - 26 May 2008 07:00:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Avtovaz plan to buy 50% in Kazakhstan Azia Avto
www.steelguru.com - 25 May 2008 04:37:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-Kazakhstan: Medvedev Tries to Pick Up Where Putin Left Off
EurasiaNet.org - 23 May 2008 23:29:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Eni opens talks with Kazakhstan on Kashagan oil output delay
www.steelguru.com - 23 May 2008 04:41:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan set for long-term cooperation deal with Russia
RIA Novosti - 22 May 2008 16:03:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan may bind all mineral developers to pay crude export duty in2009
Interfax - 22 May 2008 12:46:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Commodity turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Switzerland made $238,6 mln
kabar.kg - 29 May 2008 07:32:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz parliament approves speaker's resignation
Xinhua - 29 May 2008 06:22:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rise in electric and power energy bills looms
24.kg - 28 May 2008 17:26:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Chingiz Aitmatov to be nominated for Nobel Prize
kabar.kg - 28 May 2008 11:24:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh entrepreneurs make up 92% of foreign investors in Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 23 May 2008 06:40:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan: World-Renowned Author Aitmatov In Serious Condition
rferl.org - 22 May 2008 12:45:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parliament approved a concept on privatizing Ayil Bank OJSC
kabar.kg - 22 May 2008 10:11:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Snowstorms batter Mongolia killing 21 with 100 missing
RIA Novosti - 28 May 2008 13:14:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolian PM reaffirms interest in Russian-built nuclear plant
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 08:54:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Politicians Voting Records Under Microscope
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 22 May 2008 14:43:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Women Groups Push Election Agenda
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 22 May 2008 14:43:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
UN report calls for measures to address food crisis
International Herald Tribune - 29 May 2008 02:31:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 56%
Workers of internal affairs departments of boundary regions of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan met in Hudjent
kabar.kg - 27 May 2008 11:29:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Afghanistan, Tajikistan get aid form Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 22 May 2008 13:19:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Turkmenistan to boost gas supplies to Russia
www.steelguru.com - 29 May 2008 02:37:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TMK and Turkmenneft ink cooperation agreement
www.steelguru.com - 29 May 2008 02:37:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: President Orders Major Changes To Constitution
rferl.org - 28 May 2008 13:44:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU, Turkmenistan sign agreement on energy
www.todayszaman.com - 27 May 2008 23:55:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan discussing pipeline project
www.steelguru.com - 23 May 2008 04:46:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
MTS congratulates 4 millionth subscriber in Samarkand
uzreport.com - 28 May 2008 16:55:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
GM Uzbekistan increases car production by 23% in January-April 2008
uzreport.com - 28 May 2008 10:49:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UzbekInvest signs cooperation agreement with Ipoteka Bank
uzreport.com - 27 May 2008 13:44:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Government Launches Campaign Against Missionaries
rferl.org - 27 May 2008 12:41:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan gets license to produce Russia's Baltika beer
RIA Novosti - 23 May 2008 12:08:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov is on a two-day official visit to Astana, Kazakhstan
Ferghana.ru - 22 May 2008 13:54:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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