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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Gazprom Ready to Sue Belarus
kommersant.com - 17 Jul 2008 11:41:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Min. Touts Role in Hezbollah Deal
kommersant.com - 17 Jul 2008 10:06:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Advocates Direct Talks of Belgrade, Pristine
kommersant.com - 17 Jul 2008 10:06:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian to supply natural gas to Moldova from August
www.steelguru.com - 17 Jul 2008 09:56:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP staff sue Dudley
www.upstreamonline.com - 17 Jul 2008 09:43:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow refuses to send Yushchenko poisoning suspect to Ukraine
finchannel.com - 17 Jul 2008 09:12:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Results of VTB Bank Annual General Meeting
www.russiabankingnews.com - 17 Jul 2008 08:54:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
"KD Avia" and "Transaero" concluded the bilateral interline-agreement.
www.akm.ru - 17 Jul 2008 08:16:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Marketing Nuclear Skills
Russia Profile.org - 17 Jul 2008 04:49:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian oligarch to place order for second Turkish yacht
www.todayszaman.com - 16 Jul 2008 23:10:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The Kremlin's Tibet
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Jul 2008 20:17:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Saudis Coaxing Russia Away From Tehran, Diplomats Say
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Jul 2008 20:16:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baturina Denies Buying $100M Estate
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Jul 2008 20:16:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A Plan to Let Prisoners Make One Phone Call
TheMoscowTimes.com - 16 Jul 2008 20:16:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 49%
TNK-BP, Rosneft agree on cost-cutting oil swap deal
e-petrol.pl - 16 Jul 2008 17:18:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Khodorkovsky, jailed Russian tycoon, files for parole
International Herald Tribune - 16 Jul 2008 15:04:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Japanese Bank Creates RTS Fund
kommersant.com - 16 Jul 2008 14:38:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 69%
Russians flock to commemorate murder of last Tsar
Reuters - 16 Jul 2008 08:21:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russians Merge and Acquire Abroad
kommersant.com - 16 Jul 2008 08:12:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Russia will defend interests abroad: Medvedev
Reuters - 16 Jul 2008 06:20:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FSB Blues
TheMoscowTimes.com - 15 Jul 2008 20:17:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Has Moscow Picked Wrong Moment To Pressure Czechs?
rferl.org - 15 Jul 2008 14:51:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom, Iran sign oil and gas cooperation memo - paper
finchannel.com - 15 Jul 2008 11:55:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vnesheconombank Signs Agreement with WestLB AG, London Branch
www.russiabankingnews.com - 15 Jul 2008 09:13:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to work with Serbia
e-petrol.pl - 14 Jul 2008 14:52:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Karabakh government allocates 24.7 mln drams for treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases
ARKA News Agency - 17 Jul 2008 08:51:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Millennium Challenge Open to Cooperation with Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 16 Jul 2008 13:21:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia ready to establish diplomatic ties'
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 16 Jul 2008 08:40:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armrosgasprom Issues Bonds of 1bln AMD Total Worth
ARKA News Agency - 15 Jul 2008 15:27:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia: Getting Serious About Corruption?
EurasiaNet.org - 12 Jul 2008 03:31:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ArmenTel to provide internet channels to Armenian providers
ARKA News Agency - 11 Jul 2008 13:56:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
When a bumpy road becomes a smooth passage
ebrd.com - 16 Jul 2008 11:29:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russian Railways plans direct link to Iran via Azerbaijan
RIA Novosti - 15 Jul 2008 19:11:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Council Of Europe Head Anticipates Improved Vote
rferl.org - 15 Jul 2008 13:23:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Baku says Iran is not a threat
Irna - 14 Jul 2008 17:25:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom and Azerbaijan to start talks on gas sales
www.steelguru.com - 12 Jul 2008 03:04:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A Great Step By Turkey For Georgia - Azerbaijan - Armenia Interconnection
www.turkishpress.com - 11 Jul 2008 16:11:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Steinmeier Offers Solution to Georgia's-Abkhazian Conflict
kommersant.com - 17 Jul 2008 10:06:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Moscow and Tbilisi Trade Exercises
Kommersant - 17 Jul 2008 07:41:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia: Rumored Merger Heightens Concern About Press Freedom
EurasiaNet.org - 17 Jul 2008 02:18:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Moscow Outlines Terms for Abkhaz Peace Process
Civil Georgia - 16 Jul 2008 21:28:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Six Opposition Parties Denied State Funding
Civil Georgia - 15 Jul 2008 19:47:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. troops start training exercise in Georgia
Reuters - 15 Jul 2008 10:05:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 82%
Georgia leader: Russia is a menace to peace
Times Online - 14 Jul 2008 21:25:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
ProCredit Bank opened 3 new branches in Tbilisi
finchannel.com - 14 Jul 2008 16:53:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian Military Threatens Russia
TIME.com - 11 Jul 2008 15:11:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakhstan eyeing stake in Burgas-Alexandroupolis project
portnews.ru - 17 Jul 2008 11:14:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Blast shuts Kazakh gas pipe
www.upstreamonline.com - 17 Jul 2008 01:10:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Raiffeisen International to establish a bank in Kazakhstan
aval.ua - 16 Jul 2008 20:51:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh sulfur must be stored indoors by 2010
www.ogj.com - 16 Jul 2008 18:10:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Reverse takeover not on cards as Kazakhmys keeps its options open
FT.com - 16 Jul 2008 02:13:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhmys denies any plans for reverse takeover
telegraph.co.uk - 15 Jul 2008 23:24:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan entered the top five uranium producers
kabar.kg - 15 Jul 2008 08:58:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh rail on track for private money
Russia Profile.org - 14 Jul 2008 12:10:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and Kazakhstan to hold joint war games in 2009-2011
RIA Novosti - 14 Jul 2008 10:45:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Jiuquan Steel to set up JV with Kazakhstan\'s IMR
www.steelguru.com - 11 Jul 2008 03:41:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 83%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Kyrgyzstan to export 500 million kWh of electric power to Kazakhstan
kabar.kg - 17 Jul 2008 09:56:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Senior CPC official meets Kirghiz guests
Xinhua - 17 Jul 2008 09:06:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 77%
K.Bakiyev met with head of UniCredit Group for Central and Eastern Europe
kabar.kg - 17 Jul 2008 08:39:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
President K.Bakiyev met with his Russian counterpart D.Medvedev in Moscow
kabar.kg - 17 Jul 2008 06:04:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
ADB to give $120 mln to Kyrgyzstan in 2009
kabar.kg - 17 Jul 2008 06:03:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Six hospitalized with anthrax in south Kyrgyzstan
RIA Novosti - 15 Jul 2008 10:53:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Editor Of Independent Paper Threatened With Closure Speaks Out
rferl.org - 14 Jul 2008 11:37:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
It's All Relative For Kyrgyz President
rferl.org - 10 Jul 2008 14:41:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
EBRD in loan to Mongolian geological services firm
ebrd.com - 15 Jul 2008 18:41:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 65%
EBRD in loan to fast-growing Mongolian beverages company
eastagri.org - 15 Jul 2008 00:50:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Two parties win most seats in Mongolian parliamentary election
Xinhua - 14 Jul 2008 06:24:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 15%
Mongolia's national Naadam over
Xinhua - 12 Jul 2008 14:05:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolia's main opposition party proposes motion to impeach government
Xinhua - 10 Jul 2008 14:03:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Missing Tajik Banker Reportedly Reappears
rferl.org - 16 Jul 2008 16:35:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Breaking The Silence
rferl.org - 15 Jul 2008 15:35:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
President of Turkmenistan pays official visit to Romania
www.nineoclock.ro - 16 Jul 2008 17:47:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan: Gas Pipeline with Kazakhstan, Russia Is Top Priority
kommersant.com - 15 Jul 2008 10:28:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Central Asia: Officials Struggle to Contain Outbreaks of Anthrax, Typhoid
EurasiaNet.org - 15 Jul 2008 04:37:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Hungary PM talks Nabucco on Turkmenistan visit
Budapest Business Journal - 11 Jul 2008 06:22:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
President resolves on developing innovative goods and technologies
uzreport.com - 17 Jul 2008 10:21:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Japanese Foreign Minister to visit UAE, Kuwait, Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 16 Jul 2008 11:00:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan Continues To Drift Away From Russia, But Not Necessarily Toward the West
EurasiaNet.org - 15 Jul 2008 22:53:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: President's daughter gives interview to Moscow glamour magazine
Ferghana.ru - 15 Jul 2008 06:11:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
I. Chudinov: Iranian investors can participate in construction of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway
kabar.kg - 14 Jul 2008 12:31:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Officials Eye Fire at Military Base as Possible Terrorist Act
EurasiaNet.org - 11 Jul 2008 00:06:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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