Russia 110215 Basic Political Developments
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National Economic TrendsRUB stronger again, CBR likely purchasing hard currency Banks have 482.0 bln rbs on CBR correspondent accounts on February 15. Fruit and veg prices growing again in Russia - Russian fruit and vegetable index of Fruit-Inform shows that last week the cost of Russian consumers' fruit and vegetable basket grew by 3.0%. In such a way, fruit and vegetable price decreasing trends observing in Russia during last weeks were put to an end. Retirees will bring Russia down, and immigrants – will save it: In 25 years, our economy will run on immigrants from China and the CIS Russian govt to offer 25.5% of Volga Shipping at Tuesday auction Russia kicks off privatisation effort with sale of 10% in VTB - Prior to the VTB IPO, the state struggled badly with the $10.6bn IPO by state-controlled oil firm Rosneft in 2006 and had to lean on Russia's leading oligarchs and foreign partners like UK oil company BP to buy shares and rescue the deal, which would have failed without them. Business, Energy or Environmental regulations or discussionsMMK approves exchange bonds offering Rusal: Not Seeking To Ban All Interros Shares From Voting RTS will start trading futures contracts tied to a basket of government ruble bonds Thursday, allowing investors to hedge against interest-rate changes, according to an e-mailed statement from the exchange Monday. VTB Observation Council approves purchase of Bank of Moscow Sberbank Pays Record $28 Million Quarterly Bonus, Vedomosti Says Russia's Sberbank shells out $34 mln for 2010 bonuses Sberbank Report Changed RusHydro Seeks Icelandic Partner in Kamchatka, Kommersant Says Russia tycoon eyes Hydro-Quebec partnership: report EuroSibEnergo and prospective Canadian spouse plan South American honeymoon Deripaska’s Basic Element Starts Taxi Business, Kommersant Says For the first time private gold mining permitted in former Soviet Union Polyus Gold Raises Reserves Estimate at Verninskoye Deposit Novoship shareholders to vote on extinguishing 6% of common shares Pharmstandard 2010 revenue rises 23.3% Murmansk Seeks to Become the "Russian Stavanger" French Auto Giant Renault Wants to Leverage its Strategic Partnership With AvtoVAZ to Gain Significant Inroads Into the Country's Fast-Growing Auto Market Russia opens up for yachting - Russia aims at drawing more sailing tourists and opens up Russian waters for sailing boats and yachts under foreign flag. Opening of Africa-Israel's Moscow mall delayed Activity in the Oil and Gas sector (including regulatory)Russia Likely to Raise Export Duty 5.3% After Urals Crude Gain Russia March oil export duty to rise to $365/T Kovykta to be sold via auction on 1 March Rosneft Has New Discoveries South Stream confident on EDF deal The rush to Russia - Once the legal dust settles on the BP-Rosneft deal, the political air will remain murky, not only in London and Moscow, but also further afield in Washington. By MATTHEW HULBERT GazpromNorth Russian indigenous group protests Gazprom pipeline Gazprom reports decrease in European export sales in 4Q10 The pipes under Gazprom are burning - Gazprom has the pipeline and will continue owning it; this is prescribed in the law on gas supplies, which was adopted in 1999, says Professor Andrey Konoplyanik, a gas industry expert. But that does not mean that the pipeline is closed to the other companies – theoretically. And in practice, access to the pipeline is blocked by administrative obstacles, which are partially justified (for example, Gazprom may not like the quality of gas), and partially made up.
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