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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Moscow summons TNK-BP chief in tax inquiry
International Herald Tribune - 05 Jun 2008 08:58:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Catching a Ride to Sochi the Air Taxi Way
TheMoscowTimes.com - 05 Jun 2008 00:11:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Kremlin sets aside green cash
www.upstreamonline.com - 04 Jun 2008 14:01:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia-Israel visa-free travel deal to enter force late summer
RIA Novosti - 04 Jun 2008 11:01:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Saudi Arabia sign WTO accession deal
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Jun 2008 06:17:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. trade chief to visit St. Petersburg economic forum
RIA Novosti - 04 Jun 2008 06:00:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev replaces chief of Russia's armed forces
International Herald Tribune - 03 Jun 2008 18:24:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Investors Buying Up Polyus Zoloto Stock
kommersant.com - 03 Jun 2008 11:59:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Moscow authorities stop issuing work permits to foreigners
rbcnews.com - 03 Jun 2008 08:24:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Imperial gushes as Russian well starts flowing
FT.com - 03 Jun 2008 05:57:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom and LUKOIL discover large oil field in Caspian
www.steelguru.com - 03 Jun 2008 02:08:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
What Putin said to Le Monde - in full
Russia Profile.org - 02 Jun 2008 19:17:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev moves to pull media 'libel bill'
RIA Novosti - 02 Jun 2008 18:56:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UN green group backs call to move Sochi-2014 Olympic facilities
RIA Novosti - 02 Jun 2008 12:05:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP at 'watershed', says chief
FT.com - 01 Jun 2008 18:53:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Severstal makes offer to acquire Esmark in US
www.steelguru.com - 01 Jun 2008 02:20:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia coal miner Belon plans London IPO - paper
www.steelguru.com - 31 May 2008 02:17:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP director quits amid spy claims
Times Online - 30 May 2008 22:35:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Potanin, Usmanov Agree On Norilsk Partnership
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 May 2008 00:30:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Central Bank of Armenia Raises Annual Refinancing Rate up to 7%
ARKA News Agency - 04 Jun 2008 10:29:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia hopes Azerbaijan meeting will bring breakthrough
RIA Novosti - 04 Jun 2008 08:38:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian President Appoints Three Ministers from ARF Dashnaktsutyun
ARKA News Agency - 03 Jun 2008 06:28:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Top Police, Security Officials Dismissed
rferl.org - 31 May 2008 16:06:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis: Armenian Authorities Continue To Send Mixed Signals
rferl.org - 31 May 2008 15:15:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
‘Armenia's Stonehenge' Opens as Tourist Site
Moscow News - 30 May 2008 07:25:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Azerbaijan To Meet Part Of Turkey's Gas Requirement
www.neftegaz.ru - 05 Jun 2008 08:30:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP near doubles Azeri reserves
www.upstreamonline.com - 04 Jun 2008 08:59:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to buy Azerbaijani gas - Mr Alexei Miller
www.steelguru.com - 04 Jun 2008 02:10:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 53%
Azerbaijan: Baku Likely to Reject Russian Offer to Buy Natural Gas
EurasiaNet.org - 04 Jun 2008 00:07:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan: Presidential Job Promises Fall Short
EurasiaNet.org - 31 May 2008 04:45:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan ratifies oil transit treaty with Azerbaijan
Budapest Business Journal - 30 May 2008 06:41:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan Sees Positive Signs for Energy Partnership with Turkmenistan
EurasiaNet.org - 30 May 2008 01:21:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
France to decide on Okruashvili's extradition in September
RIA Novosti - 05 Jun 2008 05:40:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Public Defender Speaks Out on Attacks on Activists
Civil Georgia - 04 Jun 2008 13:41:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NSC Chief Warns Against Blocking Parliament
Civil Georgia - 03 Jun 2008 22:31:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO calls on Russia to withdraw railway troops from Georgia
International Herald Tribune - 03 Jun 2008 18:24:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saakashvili Calls Security Council To Decide On Abkhazia
www.neftegaz.ru - 03 Jun 2008 06:36:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Imedi Holding New Owner Sacks Top Management
Civil Georgia - 31 May 2008 11:48:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Court to Discuss Maestro TV's Lawsuit in June
Civil Georgia - 30 May 2008 16:49:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Patarkatsishvili Family Condemns Tbilisi Court Ruling
Civil Georgia - 29 May 2008 15:45:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Several Injured' in Blast in Tskhinvali
Civil Georgia - 29 May 2008 07:38:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia denies reports about injured Russian peacekeeper
ITAR-TASS - 28 May 2008 18:22:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakh mine collapse caused by natural factors - Commission
www.steelguru.com - 05 Jun 2008 02:25:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD and Kazyna set up Kazakhstan Growth Fund
ebrd.com - 04 Jun 2008 12:41:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan buys out state company
www.upstreamonline.com - 02 Jun 2008 21:04:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Astana primed for Kashagan deal
www.upstreamonline.com - 02 Jun 2008 11:49:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbek president's visit to Astana highlights serious obstacles in creating Central Asian alliance
Ferghana.ru - 31 May 2008 15:01:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
AES sells Kazakhstan plant and coal mine to Kazakhmy
www.steelguru.com - 31 May 2008 02:16:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
German businessmen to privatize Kyrgyztelecom
24.kg - 04 Jun 2008 17:11:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Russia plans to reinforce its air base in Kyrgyzstan
RIA Novosti - 04 Jun 2008 12:58:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Deferred protection
24.kg - 03 Jun 2008 23:38:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Eximbank USA lifts financial restrictions for Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 03 Jun 2008 14:27:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cameco regrets failed agreements with Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 03 Jun 2008 14:27:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan Arrests U.S. Air Base Worker
TheMoscowTimes.com - 01 Jun 2008 21:32:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Death toll in Mongolia storms rises to 52
RIA Novosti - 02 Jun 2008 11:27:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolia may overtake China as main moly supplier to Japan
www.steelguru.com - 31 May 2008 02:18:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Government to Refuel Dwindling Supplies
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 30 May 2008 02:41:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parties Confirm Election Candidates
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 29 May 2008 14:44:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Tajikistan: Government Harbors Hydro-Power Dreams
EurasiaNet.org - 05 Jun 2008 03:32:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan: Plot Thickens Around Banker's Disappearance
rferl.org - 04 Jun 2008 14:29:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ferghana Valley: Harsh Winter's Legacy Stokes Ethnic Tension
EurasiaNet.org - 03 Jun 2008 05:51:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Turkmen Promises
Russia Profile.org - 04 Jun 2008 04:41:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: NATO Finds New Partner In Central Asia
EurasiaNet.org - 31 May 2008 04:45:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Transafghan pipeline project discussed in Ashgabat
www.steelguru.com - 31 May 2008 02:38:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TMK and Turkmenneft State Concern Sign Cooperation Agreement
metalinfo.ru - 29 May 2008 09:57:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Coca-Cola Turkey Acquires an Extra 12.5% of Turkmenistan Coca-Cola Bottlers
flex-news-food.com - 29 May 2008 09:43:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan bans popular narcotic chewing tobacco
www.todayszaman.com - 29 May 2008 08:49:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: Freed Rights Activist Calls Uzbek Prisons 'Islands Of Torture'
rferl.org - 03 Jun 2008 12:35:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. diplomat: U.S., Uzbekistan opt to restore ties
Xinhua - 03 Jun 2008 02:26:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
GM: with great hopes in developing business in Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 02 Jun 2008 06:46:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Death sentences repealed in Uzbekistan
Ferghana.ru - 29 May 2008 23:15:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan's economic performance was strong in 2007 – IMF
uzreport.com - 29 May 2008 21:14:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Karimov's «once and for all» for Nazarbayev
Ferghana.ru - 29 May 2008 03:32:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
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