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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
The CIS to Fall under Russia's Influence
kommersant.com - 31 Jul 2008 10:39:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russneft Neared Tax Settlement
Kommersant - 31 Jul 2008 09:51:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Evraz to mine iron ore in western Australia
RIA Novosti - 31 Jul 2008 09:49:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
X5 Retail Group plans to place 4th and 5th releases of bonds.
www.akm.ru - 31 Jul 2008 09:42:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Norilsk Nickel, Rusal Deny Merger Rumours
www.neftegaz.ru - 31 Jul 2008 09:05:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
2nd Suspect Held in Sberbank Deaths
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Jul 2008 23:14:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia further cuts its oil deliveries to Czech Republic
International Herald Tribune - 30 Jul 2008 20:16:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Renova's gold mining arm set for $250 mln IPO in 2009
RIA Novosti - 30 Jul 2008 16:58:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Pulls Out Railway Forces from Abkhazia
Civil Georgia - 30 Jul 2008 14:21:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel meltdown
www.businessneweurope.eu - 30 Jul 2008 11:43:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian regulator investigates Raspadsky Coal, Evraz
RIA Novosti - 30 Jul 2008 11:17:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin ally set to take helm at Norilsk Nickel
FT.com - 30 Jul 2008 01:42:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Exercise caution in Russia, Tony Hayward warns investors
telegraph.co.uk - 29 Jul 2008 23:12:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel won't be another YUKOS, official says
top.rbc.ru - 29 Jul 2008 19:38:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Steel group dives after Putin attack
FT.com - 29 Jul 2008 19:05:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Acron postpones SPO in London
top.rbc.ru - 29 Jul 2008 12:31:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chechen Leader Takes On Three Powerful Foes
rferl.org - 29 Jul 2008 12:20:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russians dive to bottom of world's deepest lake
The Independent - 29 Jul 2008 11:20:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Renaissance Capital linked to Russian inquiry
telegraph.co.uk - 28 Jul 2008 23:33:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Germany's Daimler to buy into Russian truck maker KamAZ
Budapest Business Journal - 28 Jul 2008 14:50:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moody sees merger moves by ArcelorMittal and Russian steelmakers
www.steelguru.com - 28 Jul 2008 02:44:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mr Prokhorov bets USD 10 billion on metals super cycle
www.steelguru.com - 28 Jul 2008 02:42:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Anglo American contemplating involvement in Russia
www.steelguru.com - 28 Jul 2008 02:42:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP's Russian boss goes into hiding
Times Online - 26 Jul 2008 20:43:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Clampdown on Mechel linked to coal supplies
rbcnews.com - 25 Jul 2008 08:29:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Arctic holds 90bn barrels of oil and gas equal to Russia's reserves
FT.com - 24 Jul 2008 21:15:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Onexim Group to set up mining subsidiary
rbcnews.com - 24 Jul 2008 11:37:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
‘Armenia, Turkey should establish ties'
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 31 Jul 2008 10:06:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
People in Javakhk believe escalation of situation in their settlement instigated by Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railroad construction
ARKA News Agency - 31 Jul 2008 07:06:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ArmenTel fined for abusing dominance
ARKA News Agency - 31 Jul 2008 07:06:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom to hike gas price for Armenia
rbcnews.com - 30 Jul 2008 12:02:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia boosts gas supplies to Armenia 3% to 1.1 bln cu m in 1H08
RIA Novosti - 29 Jul 2008 12:18:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Total assets of Armenia's banking system 890.6bln amd in 2nd qaurter 2008
ARKA News Agency - 29 Jul 2008 04:37:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia's 100 Lost Days
rferl.org - 26 Jul 2008 10:49:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia misses the trans-Caucasus train
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 25 Jul 2008 08:19:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Azerbaijan: Energy-Rich, Healthcare-Poor
EurasiaNet.org - 30 Jul 2008 19:59:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan Gets Ready to Go Nuclear
EurasiaNet.org - 28 Jul 2008 22:08:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan to hold presidential election Oct 15-CEC
ITAR-TASS - 28 Jul 2008 12:41:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Traditional Azeri Wedding Leads To Groom's Arrest
rferl.org - 25 Jul 2008 17:16:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Presidents Of Turkey, Azerbaijan And Georgia Lay Foundation Of Baku- Tbilisi- Kars Railway
www.turkishpress.com - 25 Jul 2008 03:21:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Photo Gallery: Georgian Peacekeepers In Iraq
rferl.org - 31 Jul 2008 09:27:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 57%
Russia Pulls Out Railway Forces from Abkhazia
Civil Georgia - 30 Jul 2008 14:21:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Top Officials Arrested for Alleged Corruption
Civil Georgia - 30 Jul 2008 11:47:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Abkhaz Officials Say 110,000 Passports Issued
Civil Georgia - 28 Jul 2008 13:32:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. wants Georgia, Abkhazia talks without preconditions
Reuters - 26 Jul 2008 15:53:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Abkhaz Lukewarm On Berlin Talks, Set Terms
rferl.org - 25 Jul 2008 16:26:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bank of Georgia completes a US$30 million subordinated loan transaction with FMO and DEG
finchannel.com - 25 Jul 2008 13:32:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian Opposition Bails
kommersant.com - 25 Jul 2008 09:36:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 59%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kashagan shuffle on the cards
www.upstreamonline.com - 31 Jul 2008 11:03:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Kazakhstan to lower profit tax to 15% to 20%
www.steelguru.com - 31 Jul 2008 02:46:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh Railway to borrow $105 mln to build fiber-optic link
portnews.ru - 29 Jul 2008 12:17:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran and Kazakhstan to boost coopration in power sector
www.steelguru.com - 29 Jul 2008 02:57:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhmys plans USD 2 billion investment
www.steelguru.com - 28 Jul 2008 02:42:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: Astana Diplomat, On the Hot Seat, Gives US Congressmen an Earful
EurasiaNet.org - 26 Jul 2008 05:57:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Joint Stock Company ‘Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan' Euromoney Awards
halykbank.kz - 25 Jul 2008 14:47:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan considers extending oil export tax
FT.com - 24 Jul 2008 21:15:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Pakistan Dawn: Kyrgyzstan to supply 5.5 billion units of electricity to Pakistan at 3.3-4.7 cents per unit
24.kg - 31 Jul 2008 06:35:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Canadian investor announces agreement to sell drilling assets in Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 30 Jul 2008 18:25:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. criticizes Kyrgyzstan in hotel fence row
Reuters - 30 Jul 2008 14:39:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan and China will cooperate in the field of warming and liquidating emergency situations
kabar.kg - 30 Jul 2008 09:53:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Investment flow in Kyrgyzstan lessens
24.kg - 29 Jul 2008 18:04:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan hosts session of chairmen of railways
www.steelguru.com - 29 Jul 2008 02:53:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan is still banned from flying into the countries of EU
kabar.kg - 25 Jul 2008 06:14:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Experts to estimate China-Germany railway route via Belarus
www.belta.by - 30 Jul 2008 15:36:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 74%
Political Prisoners Remain In Jail, Despite Lack of Evidence
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 24 Jul 2008 14:56:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Observers Believe Mongolian Election 'Reflected the Will of the People'
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 24 Jul 2008 14:56:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Former PMs Call for Political Cooperation
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 24 Jul 2008 14:55:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rio Close to Deal with Mongolian Government
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 24 Jul 2008 12:27:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Kyrgyz-Tajik agreement on regulating the processes of resettlement ratified
kabar.kg - 30 Jul 2008 11:12:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajikistan: Government Concerned By Increasing Growth Of Salafism
rferl.org - 27 Jul 2008 11:52:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China, Tajikistan vow to boost co-op
Xinhua - 25 Jul 2008 20:35:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A Tajik Delegation In Aydin
www.turkishpress.com - 25 Jul 2008 03:23:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Gazprom Offers Turkmenistan Cheap Loans
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Jul 2008 22:59:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom, Turkmenistan sign investment deal
uzreport.com - 26 Jul 2008 13:46:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Business: Turkey's Calik Enerji to build natural-gas power plant in Turkmenistan
Southeast European Times - 25 Jul 2008 16:22:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Iran-Uzbekistan hold joint economic commission
Irna - 31 Jul 2008 06:06:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Assisting private arbitration in Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 30 Jul 2008 09:42:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Malaysian company to conduct geological prospecting in south of Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 28 Jul 2008 11:31:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan activists conduct independent probe into blasts
kabar.kg - 28 Jul 2008 06:20:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Family Says Jailed Opposition Leader's Life At Risk
rferl.org - 24 Jul 2008 14:32:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
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