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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
TNK-BP's Russian shareholders start legal action against BP
RIA Novosti - 12 Jun 2008 09:10:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
COMMENT: Russia inflation at 15% - surf the price wave on food, retail
www.businessneweurope.eu - 12 Jun 2008 08:51:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Showdown in Moscow for BP and investors
FT.com - 11 Jun 2008 23:10:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Oligarchs seek stronger hand before forced sale
Times Online - 11 Jun 2008 22:46:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
Russia plans Arctic military build-up
telegraph.co.uk - 11 Jun 2008 21:34:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mass Media Act Not to Be Amended
Kommersant - 11 Jun 2008 11:06:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
BP dismisses Gazprom 'apocalyptic' oil forecast
Times Online - 11 Jun 2008 10:35:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to invest 4% GDP in transport infrastructure
www.steelguru.com - 11 Jun 2008 10:25:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to buy major assets in France - Mr Alexei
www.steelguru.com - 11 Jun 2008 10:25:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
SMEs top Russian agenda, but will Medvedev succeed where Putin failed?
www.businessneweurope.eu - 11 Jun 2008 05:55:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Corruption Costs Russia $120 Billion Annually
Moscow News - 11 Jun 2008 01:43:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom interest in TNK-BP stake
Times Online - 10 Jun 2008 22:56:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP Chief in Question Marathon
TheMoscowTimes.com - 10 Jun 2008 22:35:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kudrin Criticizes Big Plans For Russian Technologies
TheMoscowTimes.com - 10 Jun 2008 22:35:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Profits of Russia's top 30 banks soar
rbcnews.com - 10 Jun 2008 16:05:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Peugeot-Citroen, Mitsubishi open joint venture in Russia
RIA Novosti - 10 Jun 2008 09:29:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom, SUEK Drifted Apart
Kommersant - 10 Jun 2008 09:24:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bomb blast injures 12 in Russia's Chechnya
Reuters - 10 Jun 2008 08:46:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
COMMENT: External credit markets reopened for Russian state banks
www.businessneweurope.eu - 10 Jun 2008 07:41:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Finance Minister Unmasked Covert Privatization
Kommersant - 10 Jun 2008 06:42:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Pentagon sees Russia strengthening nuclear arsenal
Reuters - 10 Jun 2008 03:48:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Group makes first North American incursion
FT.com - 10 Jun 2008 02:32:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom wants role in Alaska gas line
MSNBC - 08 Jun 2008 02:27:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Armenia: Government Kicks Off Tax, Customs Reforms
EurasiaNet.org - 12 Jun 2008 00:00:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Two Armenian Banks among Most Capitalized Banks in CIS
ARKA News Agency - 10 Jun 2008 15:39:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian Diaspora Goes Home
TheMoscowTimes.com - 08 Jun 2008 22:47:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to invest USD 200 million in Iran Armenia gas pipeline
www.steelguru.com - 08 Jun 2008 16:12:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis: Are Armenian-Turkish Relations Headed For Breakthrough -- Or Breakdown?
rferl.org - 07 Jun 2008 13:30:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis: Former Armenian President Plans Mass Rally
rferl.org - 06 Jun 2008 13:16:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Post-March 1, Does Armenia Have an Agenda for Change?
EurasiaNet.org - 05 Jun 2008 21:49:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
EU natural gas pipeline project gets first order
International Herald Tribune - 11 Jun 2008 17:10:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Azerbaijan: Opposition Mulls Presidential Election Boycott
EurasiaNet.org - 10 Jun 2008 02:19:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Total signs deal for Azerbaijani offshore oil and gas field
www.steelguru.com - 09 Jun 2008 07:16:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
STX to build shipyard in Azerbaijan
www.steelguru.com - 09 Jun 2008 01:44:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis: Azerbaijani Parliament Amends Election Law, Opposition Cries Foul
rferl.org - 07 Jun 2008 12:40:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Azerbaijani, Armenian presidents meet on CIS forum sidelines
ITAR-TASS - 06 Jun 2008 16:27:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Cabinet Reshuffle Expected
Civil Georgia - 11 Jun 2008 16:46:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia's Opposition Splits Into Factions
kommersant.com - 11 Jun 2008 13:22:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 20%
EU Investigates Georgian Stand-off
Moscow News - 10 Jun 2008 21:32:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 52%
Georgia to Close Door for Moscow Mayor
Kommersant - 10 Jun 2008 10:45:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 87%
Saakashvili on his Talks with Medvedev
Civil Georgia - 10 Jun 2008 06:15:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian president demands Russian troop pullout from Abkhazia
RIA Novosti - 10 Jun 2008 05:46:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Georgia: Government Outmaneuvers Opposition with Parliament's Kick-Off Session
EurasiaNet.org - 10 Jun 2008 02:19:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
BoG's Investment Arm Buys N-Tour, mGroup Shares
Civil Georgia - 08 Jun 2008 08:48:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev says Russia and Georgia can work out differences alone
International Herald Tribune - 06 Jun 2008 17:38:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Georgia's ruling party gets 119 seats in 150-seat parliament
ITAR-TASS - 05 Jun 2008 17:50:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Areva, Kazatomprom to set up uranium, fuel JVs
Budapest Business Journal - 11 Jun 2008 13:33:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan mining tie-up is closer after government stake swap
telegraph.co.uk - 11 Jun 2008 07:52:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh mining moves raise fresh concerns on governance
FT.com - 10 Jun 2008 20:17:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: Influential Nazarbayev Lieutenant Faces Smear Campaign
EurasiaNet.org - 10 Jun 2008 02:19:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
International companies get stuck into Kazakh cement
www.businessneweurope.eu - 09 Jun 2008 09:42:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ChevronTexaco pushes new Kazakh pipeline
www.upstreamonline.com - 06 Jun 2008 13:35:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD provides Kazakhstan with $400 million syndicated loan for grid modernisation
ebrd.com - 05 Jun 2008 20:49:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Russia beefs up military presence in Kyrgyzstan
RIA Novosti - 11 Jun 2008 12:06:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Kyrgyz Ombudsman Could Set Regional Standard
rferl.org - 10 Jun 2008 14:13:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan plans to increase coal production
www.steelguru.com - 06 Jun 2008 01:52:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Mongolian Telecom Downsizes Workforce
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 06 Jun 2008 02:43:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Increasing Interest in Coal-Liquid Project
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 06 Jun 2008 02:43:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Currency Outlook Downgraded
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 06 Jun 2008 02:43:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Water squabbles irrigate tensions in Central Asia
Reuters - 12 Jun 2008 00:17:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Gazprom signs deal to prospect four deposits in Tajikistan
www.steelguru.com - 11 Jun 2008 10:25:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Remote Tajik outpost on front line of drugs war
Reuters - 11 Jun 2008 00:29:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan Asks for Help on Hydroelectric Dam Project
TheMoscowTimes.com - 06 Jun 2008 21:28:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Ukraine and Turkemistan discuss gas supplies in 2009
www.steelguru.com - 09 Jun 2008 07:16:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 75%
Iran getting half Turkmen gas quota
www.upstreamonline.com - 09 Jun 2008 06:10:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Turkmenistan to complete gas price talks by July: report
www.turkishpress.com - 07 Jun 2008 22:54:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US urges Turkmenistan to diversify gas exports
www.steelguru.com - 06 Jun 2008 01:56:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: International Groups Blast Tashkent's 'Media Freedom Conference'
rferl.org - 11 Jun 2008 13:36:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan, Italy take on path of extending relations
uzreport.com - 10 Jun 2008 10:23:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lukoil to start construction of gas treatment plant in Uzbekistan
www.steelguru.com - 08 Jun 2008 01:49:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Longest-Held Political Prisoner Free After Two Decades In Jail
rferl.org - 07 Jun 2008 16:01:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ways for improvement of new Tax Code of Uzbekistan discussed
uzreport.com - 06 Jun 2008 17:59:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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