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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Russia's AFK Sistema posts 47% US GAAP net income drop in Q1
RIA Novosti - 26 Jun 2008 09:56:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU and Russia try to inject energy into mutual ties
EUobserver.com - 26 Jun 2008 09:13:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Viktor Vekselberg: No plans to sell TNK-BP stake
telegraph.co.uk - 26 Jun 2008 08:28:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev wants "serious" pact with EU
Budapest Business Journal - 26 Jun 2008 06:36:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP in standoff with Russian partners
FT.com - 26 Jun 2008 04:13:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kremlin denies interest in TNK-BP
telegraph.co.uk - 26 Jun 2008 00:20:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Shuvalov Says Moscow Roads Need $212Bln by 2015
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Jun 2008 21:28:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosatom Courts Foreign Investors
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Jun 2008 21:27:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kudrin Fires Salvo at Ministers in VAT Feud
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Jun 2008 21:27:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Russia vows to curb state's role in economy
International Herald Tribune - 25 Jun 2008 17:05:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
State Oil Cos. Transcend Borders
kommersant.com - 25 Jun 2008 14:30:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Medvedev Maintains Putin's Budget
kommersant.com - 25 Jun 2008 12:10:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lukoil Buys into Italian Refinery
Kommersant - 25 Jun 2008 09:57:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kremlin to cut army to 1 mln
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 25 Jun 2008 09:24:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kremlin's new man strikes a different pose
Reuters - 25 Jun 2008 08:24:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Eyes Partners in Korea, Japan
TheMoscowTimes.com - 24 Jun 2008 21:31:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia prepares for future combat in the Arctic
RIA Novosti - 24 Jun 2008 12:44:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chevron Didn't Find Oil in Russia
kommersant.com - 24 Jun 2008 12:14:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Israel Wants Russian Gas
kommersant.com - 24 Jun 2008 12:14:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
No Russia Correction Amid Global Gloom
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Jun 2008 22:28:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Developer Bets Prokhorov $10M He Will Fail
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Jun 2008 22:28:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Trump sells $100m mansion to oligarch
FT.com - 20 Jun 2008 19:59:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 50%
Russian Web search engine Yandex opens U.S. subsidiary
RIA Novosti - 20 Jun 2008 12:11:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
COMMENT The Putin plan - the Medvedev phase
www.businessneweurope.eu - 20 Jun 2008 10:16:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Iran inks two MoUs with Armenia for hydro electric power plant
www.steelguru.com - 26 Jun 2008 02:38:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian Araratbank Completes Primary Placement of Bonds Worth AMD 400 Million
ARKA News Agency - 25 Jun 2008 16:28:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian, Russian presidents striving for billion-dollar trade turnover
ARKA News Agency - 25 Jun 2008 06:19:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
All-Armenian bank to be founded in Armenia in 2008-2009
ARKA News Agency - 23 Jun 2008 14:23:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Opposition Protesters Gather In Yerevan Amid Heavy Police Presence
rferl.org - 21 Jun 2008 15:59:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: PACE To Debate Yerevan's Compliance With Demands
rferl.org - 21 Jun 2008 13:22:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
BP Starts Drilling 5th Well In Azerbaijan
www.neftegaz.ru - 26 Jun 2008 06:40:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Commentary: Does Council Of Europe Matter In Azerbaijan?
rferl.org - 25 Jun 2008 15:31:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PACE Turns Its Attention to the Caucasus
kommersant.com - 24 Jun 2008 12:09:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 82%
Worrying Sign Of Crackdown On Azeri Press
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Jun 2008 22:28:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Caucasus: U.S. Explains Policy On Frozen Conflicts And Closed Borders
rferl.org - 20 Jun 2008 10:27:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%

GEORGIA [top]
Merkel on Georgia's NATO Aspiration, Abkhaz Tensions
Civil Georgia - 25 Jun 2008 17:23:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Bank Reports 11.2% Inflation
Civil Georgia - 25 Jun 2008 16:46:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia warns Russia, Abkhazia against establishing sea links
RIA Novosti - 25 Jun 2008 12:53:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 66%
Trade Deficit Widens up to USD 2 bln
Civil Georgia - 25 Jun 2008 11:48:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian president backs peacekeepers in Georgia
Reuters - 21 Jun 2008 15:25:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 53%
HSBC Launches Georgia Operations
Civil Georgia - 21 Jun 2008 07:53:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Peacekeepers Given Permission to Fight
Kommersant - 20 Jun 2008 09:28:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Georgia Says Farewell to Public Healthcare
EurasiaNet.org - 19 Jun 2008 22:22:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 54%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Lukoil To Acquire Turgai Stake From CNPC
www.neftegaz.ru - 26 Jun 2008 06:40:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Chinese FM meets Kazakh president, PM on bilateral ties, cooperation
Xinhua - 25 Jun 2008 10:22:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
COMMENT: Provisions seen enough to cover Kazakh banks' bad loans
www.businessneweurope.eu - 25 Jun 2008 09:01:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Astana Pays Fraction Of Housing Bailout
TheMoscowTimes.com - 23 Jun 2008 21:41:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan, WB agree on plan for US$2.5 billion road project
uzreport.com - 23 Jun 2008 11:51:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan Fixes Its Tax Code
Kommersant - 23 Jun 2008 10:02:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Toshiba signs metals deal with Kazatomprom
FT.com - 23 Jun 2008 01:30:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan outlines tax plans for oil and metals sectors
www.steelguru.com - 20 Jun 2008 02:25:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Aral Sea on the rebound, World Bank president says
International Herald Tribune - 19 Jun 2008 19:39:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
WB rating puts Kyrgyzstan in tail
24.kg - 25 Jun 2008 13:30:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
WB plans to increase the volume of financial aid to Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 24 Jun 2008 10:29:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz PM met with Executive Directors of the WB and IMF
kabar.kg - 24 Jun 2008 05:27:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD implements 59 projects in Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 23 Jun 2008 09:00:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan freezes Kumtor Gold Company accounts
24.kg - 23 Jun 2008 09:00:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Time ripe for Iranian firms investments in Kyrgyzstan - envoy
Irna - 20 Jun 2008 14:02:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. denies reports on Kyrgyz base expansion
RIA Novosti - 19 Jun 2008 12:40:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Family Income Rise Inflates Cost of Living
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 26 Jun 2008 02:49:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Clean Coal Technologies signs MoU with Sino Mongolia
www.steelguru.com - 20 Jun 2008 02:23:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese vice president calls for increased cooperation with Mongolia
Xinhua - 19 Jun 2008 13:42:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mining to Destroy River System
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 19 Jun 2008 12:19:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Duma Swaps Tajik Debt For Facility
TheMoscowTimes.com - 25 Jun 2008 21:28:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan to send power to Tajikistan
uzreport.com - 24 Jun 2008 12:56:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan build joint electric facilities
24.kg - 24 Jun 2008 10:27:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan: Dushanbe's Last Synagogue Demolished
rferl.org - 23 Jun 2008 14:52:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Deputy FM says talk with Turkmen President Positive
Irna - 25 Jun 2008 21:25:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S.-backed radio says Turkmen commentator tortured
Reuters - 25 Jun 2008 12:02:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan Buys Russian Weapons
kommersant.com - 24 Jun 2008 15:15:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to sell launch rocket systems to Turkmenistan
Budapest Business Journal - 24 Jun 2008 12:48:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: Wireless Internet Offer Hints At End To State Monopoly
rferl.org - 20 Jun 2008 15:40:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: Human Rights Concerns Raised Amid Sanctions Freeze
EurasiaNet.org - 24 Jun 2008 02:08:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan to privatize its coal-mining industry - report
uzreport.com - 23 Jun 2008 11:51:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Trade and transit coop increasing between Uzbekistan and Iran
Budapest Business Journal - 23 Jun 2008 06:30:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Slain Journalist's Father Accuses Uzbek President Of Murder
rferl.org - 20 Jun 2008 13:56:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan mobile market - extraordinary growth rate maintained
uzreport.com - 19 Jun 2008 13:48:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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