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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Gazprom Packs Up Its Electricity Assets
kommersant.com - 21 Aug 2008 09:39:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Outsourcing Won't Help Olimpstroy
kommersant.com - 21 Aug 2008 09:39:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 57%
Russia says some 18,000 refugees return to S. Ossetia
RIA Novosti - 21 Aug 2008 09:25:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian pullback continues in South Ossetia - source
RIA Novosti - 21 Aug 2008 08:57:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia tables its own draft UN resolution on Georgia
RIA Novosti - 21 Aug 2008 08:03:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian separatists line up for Russian recognition
AFP - 21 Aug 2008 07:49:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Stringing Posts around S. Ossetia
kommersant.com - 21 Aug 2008 07:47:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine says Russia should prepare to leave Crimea naval base
RIA Novosti - 21 Aug 2008 06:15:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
West baffled by 2 heads for Russian government
International Herald Tribune - 21 Aug 2008 05:22:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Despite yielding ground, Russia takes critical spots
International Herald Tribune - 21 Aug 2008 05:22:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian MPs Start Struggle for Independence
kommersant.com - 21 Aug 2008 01:39:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rice says Russian missile shield reaction "bizarre"
Reuters - 20 Aug 2008 21:14:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Israel, Russia hold talks on Georgia, Middle East
Reuters - 20 Aug 2008 21:10:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
City's Traffic Jams Are Getting Worse
TheMoscowTimes.com - 20 Aug 2008 20:55:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Russia's Upside in the Georgia Conflict
TheMoscowTimes.com - 20 Aug 2008 20:54:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iraq Invites LUKoil to Bid for West Qurna
TheMoscowTimes.com - 20 Aug 2008 20:54:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia condemns US missile deal
BBC - 20 Aug 2008 20:03:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia halts military work with NATO: Norway
Reuters - 20 Aug 2008 19:10:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rusal Drove MMC Norilsk Nickel to the Verge of Ecological Catastrophe
kommersant.com - 20 Aug 2008 18:22:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel Gets Off Lightly
kommersant.com - 20 Aug 2008 18:22:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Why Moscow Went Into Georgia
rferl.org - 20 Aug 2008 17:54:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow, Minsk to build air def in response to US missiles in EU
ITAR-TASS - 20 Aug 2008 17:32:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia moves toward recognition of Georgian rebel zones
AFP - 20 Aug 2008 15:23:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Putin pledges $25 bln in state funding for high-tech projects
RIA Novosti - 20 Aug 2008 15:22:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICIES
Russia Profile.org - 20 Aug 2008 15:17:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Yerevan to host meeting of CSTO defence ministers
kabar.kg - 21 Aug 2008 07:33:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Branch Line Under Repair to Resume Freight Transportation From Georgia to Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 20 Aug 2008 10:29:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MCCF Signs First Project in Armenia
ebrd.com - 20 Aug 2008 07:14:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ARKA News Agency Releases Press Rating of Armenian Banks for 2nd Q 2008
ARKA News Agency - 20 Aug 2008 05:15:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Construction of Underground Parking Facilities to Be Launched in Yerevan in September
ARKA News Agency - 20 Aug 2008 05:15:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian ratm holding to purchase Armenia's MIKA- Cement plant
ARKA News Agency - 19 Aug 2008 11:10:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
73,641 mln AMD transactions by means of plastic cards effected in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 16 Aug 2008 16:23:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Aliyev: Georgia Crisis Hits Azeri Exports
Civil Georgia - 21 Aug 2008 09:35:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP says Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline to resume operations
www.todayszaman.com - 20 Aug 2008 23:06:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish Premier In Baku Seeking Caucasus Stability Pact
rferl.org - 20 Aug 2008 11:42:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
CASPIAN BLOG: Grafting away in Azerbaijan
www.businessneweurope.eu - 20 Aug 2008 09:22:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan got $147.8 million from taxation for difference in domestic and export oil prices
finchannel.com - 19 Aug 2008 16:46:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
"Baltica" closed transaction on possessing of "Baku-Castel".
www.akm.ru - 19 Aug 2008 12:05:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
No restrictions on Azeri-Russian border, Azerbaijan says
rbcnews.com - 19 Aug 2008 10:12:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP says Azeri oil exports by rail to Georgia halted
www.todayszaman.com - 18 Aug 2008 23:45:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan not going to withdraw from CIS – diplomat
ITAR-TASS - 18 Aug 2008 11:43:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia confirms readiness to buy Azeri gas
www.steelguru.com - 16 Aug 2008 03:13:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Lieberman advocates stronger Georgia defense
Kyiv Post - 21 Aug 2008 09:06:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian separatists line up for Russian recognition
AFP - 21 Aug 2008 07:49:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 64%
Georgia president promises to launch passive resistance to Russia
ITAR-TASS - 21 Aug 2008 05:57:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
Interview: Georgia's President Keeps Firing
TIME.com - 21 Aug 2008 05:56:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Georgia prepares large-scale provocation – RF military intelligence
ITAR-TASS - 21 Aug 2008 04:19:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 52%
West urges Russian pullout
Reuters - 21 Aug 2008 02:17:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia tables own UN Georgia text
BBC - 20 Aug 2008 23:23:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Port's Problems Echo Troubles in Georgia
TheMoscowTimes.com - 20 Aug 2008 20:56:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 45%
Georgian Crisis Is a Trap for U.S. Leadership
TheMoscowTimes.com - 20 Aug 2008 20:55:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 41%
PACE Monitor: 'No Sign of Withdrawal'
Civil Georgia - 20 Aug 2008 17:36:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'We Wanted International Help on Ground' – Saakashvili
Civil Georgia - 20 Aug 2008 17:36:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. Official Says Tbilisi was Told to Avoid Armed Conflict with Russia
Civil Georgia - 20 Aug 2008 15:24:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
GEORGIA: RUSSIAN INVASION STRENGTHENS SUPPORT FOR SAAKASHVILI
Russia Profile.org - 20 Aug 2008 15:17:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
In Georgia, food aid arrives, and Russians stay
International Herald Tribune - 20 Aug 2008 14:31:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Abkhazia asks Russia to back independence from Georgia
AFP - 20 Aug 2008 13:59:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgians Reject Russian Aid
kommersant.com - 20 Aug 2008 13:22:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
133 S.Ossetian Civilians Died in Conflict – Russian Official
Civil Georgia - 20 Aug 2008 13:12:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Signs of Russian Pull Back from Gori Reported
Civil Georgia - 20 Aug 2008 08:48:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Miscalculated Prisoners of War
Kommersant - 20 Aug 2008 07:38:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
'The Georgians were no challenge at all'
Times Online - 19 Aug 2008 22:00:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 66%
Who started it?
BBC - 19 Aug 2008 21:57:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
Looking Into Saakashvili's Caucasus Soul
TheMoscowTimes.com - 19 Aug 2008 20:54:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. Trainers Say Georgian Troops Weren't Ready
TheMoscowTimes.com - 19 Aug 2008 20:53:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Georgia Pulls Plug On Russian TV News
TheMoscowTimes.com - 19 Aug 2008 20:52:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
Senior MP: 215 Killed in Conflict
Civil Georgia - 19 Aug 2008 17:56:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Abkhazia and South Ossetia: heart of conflict, key to solution
Russia Profile.org - 19 Aug 2008 16:01:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
ENRC rejects Kazakhmys board seat request
telegraph.co.uk - 21 Aug 2008 08:55:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Crisis Highlights Kazakhstan's Balancing Act
rferl.org - 20 Aug 2008 19:40:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazatomprom aims for top nuclear spot
www.businessneweurope.eu - 20 Aug 2008 09:22:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Astana ejects state oil company head
www.upstreamonline.com - 20 Aug 2008 06:59:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh Oil Exports Drop in First Half
TheMoscowTimes.com - 18 Aug 2008 22:04:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
$830M in Loans Promised To Kazakhstan's Businesses
TheMoscowTimes.com - 18 Aug 2008 22:02:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh grain export ban to end
FT.com - 17 Aug 2008 18:18:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Monitor picks up on Kyrgyzstan seep
www.upstreamonline.com - 21 Aug 2008 01:11:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
KYRGYZSTAN: External shocks underscore fragility
International Herald Tribune - 20 Aug 2008 21:13:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Delegation of Tzilin province of China is ready to consider investment projects of Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 20 Aug 2008 13:32:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A license for gold miner
24.kg - 20 Aug 2008 09:11:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Kyrgyzstan's Financial Police sue Gazprom Neft Asia
24.kg - 18 Aug 2008 19:05:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
IFC supports mortgage lending in the Kyrgyz Republic
kabar.kg - 18 Aug 2008 06:10:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz PM wants to reduce electricity exports to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
kabar.kg - 18 Aug 2008 06:10:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Polo Resources finds coal in Mongolia
www.steelguru.com - 21 Aug 2008 02:58:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Voter turnout 74.3 percent
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 20 Aug 2008 01:37:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
For Mongolia and Kazakhstan, Good Roads Make Good Neighbors:
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 15 Aug 2008 02:59:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Iran, Tajikistan to set up three joint factories
Irna - 20 Aug 2008 11:49:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik president eager for President Hu's upcoming visit
Xinhua - 20 Aug 2008 10:53:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik FM calls for Iran to join SCO
Irna - 19 Aug 2008 10:34:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
IFC expands partnership with Tojik Sodirot Bank to promote agricultural lending in Tajikistan
uzreport.com - 18 Aug 2008 12:50:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan increases gas supplies to Tajikistan
uzreport.com - 18 Aug 2008 04:59:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UN Agency To Help Tajikistan Avert Famine
rferl.org - 14 Aug 2008 13:07:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Turkmen wind power
Budapest Business Journal - 18 Aug 2008 09:21:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China President to visit three nations, attend SCO summit
Xinhua - 18 Aug 2008 03:33:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 84%
Saudi Arab and Turkmen in oil and gas plant talks
www.steelguru.com - 18 Aug 2008 02:59:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saudi Arabia to construct in Turkmenistan gas processing factory
www.steelguru.com - 17 Aug 2008 01:54:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Afghan minister visits Uzbekenergo to hold talks
uzreport.com - 21 Aug 2008 08:12:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Senate organizes roundtable on mortgage crediting
uzreport.com - 20 Aug 2008 10:51:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan Airways launches more flights to CIS states
uzreport.com - 20 Aug 2008 07:22:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
IFC head visits Uzbekistan
UzA - 19 Aug 2008 17:47:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan Airways starts to use new Il-114-100
uzreport.com - 19 Aug 2008 16:22:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gissarneftegaz JV commissions two new wells
uzreport.com - 19 Aug 2008 11:19:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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