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Reuters: Russian markets -- Factors to Watch on Feb 9
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Russia-IC: Toyota recalls 160 000 of its cars in Russia
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Bloomberg: Russia Stocks Gain as Oil Rises Above $72 for First Day in Five
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Emerging Markets: Goldman Sachs loses out as Russia announces winners of ‘Golden Ticket’
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Steel Guru: Russian steel import in 2009 down by 39pct
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Steel Guru: MMK steps up steel exports the Middle East in 2009
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Steel Guru: NLMK plans to increase steel output at Lipetsk
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Reuters: Russia Sberbank pays $1 bln loan ahead of schedule
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Emailwire: Russian Banks Intensify Lending Activities
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Itar-Tass: Russia’s telecom services revenues grew by over 6 pct in 2009
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Bloomberg: Alfa, Telenor Ask Investors to Support Mobile Merger, FT Says
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Financial Times: Telenor and Alfa call time on old grudges
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Bloomberg: Fiat, Sollers to Form Russian Car Venture, Vedomosti Reports
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Reuters: Russia car maker Sollers eyes JV with Fiat –sources
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Reuters: UPDATE 1-Tele2 Q4 in line, adds 1.15 mln users in Russia
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Russia profile: A Warm Welcome for Burgers - Russia’s Fast Food Market Booms as Fewer Gourmands Are Able to Afford Restaurant Dishes
Activity in the Oil and Gas sector (including regulatory) -
Russia Today: Lukoil eyes profit in Iraq
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Your Oil and Gas News: TNK-BP Aims to Expand Investor Base in Asia
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Itar-Tass: The construction of a gas pipeline to the Russky Island is beginning in Vladivostok
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Businessneweurope: Kremlin energy strategy encompasses more than oil and gas - Less visibly, the Kremlin (or its oligarch friends) have been busy shopping for energy assets in what the Russians call "the near abroad" as well as further afield. Russian companies already own the main power station that supplies its erstwhile enemy Georgia as well as the main export power line out of the country. The Kremlin has launched a sustained campaign to build nuclear power stations in places like Iran, Belarus, Turkey, Bulgaria and beyond, and even the state-owned hi-tech agency Rusnanotec is investing heavily in photovoltaic cells.
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Bloomberg: Gazprom May Get Stake in Ukraine Pipe Operator, Kommersant Says
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Lanka business online: Sri Lanka off-shore oil exploration eyed by Russia's Gazprom: report
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WSJ: Gazprom Touts Growth Prospects - Gazprom's ambitious growth targets, however, stand in contrast to recent changes in the global natural-gas market. The company's exports slumped last year as the world-wide economic downturn slashed industrial demand for the fuel. Meanwhile, supply surged as liquefied-natural-gas projects came onstream and production of unconventional shale gas boomed in the U.S.
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The Georgian Times: Gazprom’s Miserable Performance Under Putin – Shattered Ambitions of a Russian Energy Superpower
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Rencap: Gazprom - Trivia pursuit, opinion divded on company's future
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Full Text Articles Basic Political Developments
Itar-Tass: The Iranian nuclear problem was one of the topics of a telephone conversation between Lavrov and Clinton
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14802379&PageNum=0
09.02.2010, 11.30
MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) -- The Iranian nuclear problem was one of the topics of a telephone conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday.
The sides discussed “issues of preparations for a summit on nuclear security scheduled to be held in Washington in April, the advancement of the START negotiation process, plans of the United States to deploy ABM systems in countries of Eastern Europe, the situation around the Iranian nuclear program, prospects for relations of Russia and the United States with Latin American countries, as well as other matters of mutual interest,” a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
RBC: U.S., Russian officials discuss pressing international issues
http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20100209121116.shtml
RBC, 09.02.2010, Moscow 12:11:16.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a telephone conversation on Monday and discussed a series of issues regarding international and bilateral relations, the Russian ministry's information and media department announced today.
"During the conversation, the parties discussed preparations for the global summit on nuclear security scheduled for April in Washington D.C., U.S. plans on the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe, the situation surrounding the Iranian nuclear program, the prospects for Russian and U.S. relations with Latin American countries, and a number of other issues of common interest," the statement reads.
RIA: Top Russian MP says too soon to congratulate Yanukovych
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100209/157819896.html
12:4109/02/2010
MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia should not congratulate Viktor Yanukovych until he officially becomes Ukraine's president to avoid repeating its mistake of 2004, the speaker of the lower house of parliament warned on Tuesday.
"I remember that in the runoff five years ago Yanukovych had better results than now, so I think it would be right to put off the question of congratulations until the inauguration," State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov told reporters.
With 99.91% of ballots from Sunday's vote counted, Yanukovych has a 3.47 percentage point lead over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a flamboyant leader of the 2004 "Orange Revolution" protests that led to a re-vote and Yanukovych's defeat.
Yanukovych was cast as the political villain and a Kremlin stooge in 2004, after Moscow rushed to congratulate him for winning an election that international observers said was rigged.
Gryzlov, however, said it was unlikely the events of 2004 would be repeated. "It was beyond the scope of any law, and I think it would be simply impossible to repeat."
"I hope the current results, when formally confirmed by Ukrainian election authorities, will allow Yanukovych to become the legitimate president," said Gryzlov, who is also a leader of the dominant Kremlin-backed United Russia party.
Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday that Tymoshenko was not going to recognize Yanukovych's victory. She vowed during the campaign to take her supporter to the streets if she was not happy with the election results. She is due to hold a news conference on Tuesday after twice postponing it on Monday.
Yanukovych has 48.95% of the vote against Tymoshenko's 45.48%.
In their election campaign, both rivals pledged to improve ties with Russia, strained over a host of issues under pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko.
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Komsomolskaya Pravda: According to Boris Gryzlov, better to congratulate Yanukovych after the inauguration
http://dv.kp.ru/online/news/614881/
Duma speaker recalled that five years of his election victory and the presidency is not over
Masha Gorelova - 09.02.2010 18:53
Boris Gryzlov believes that, congratulations to Viktor Yanukovich, who won in the presidential elections in Ukraine, should wait until his inauguration.
"I remember that in the second round five years ago, Mr. Yanukovich was the result of more than now, so the question of congratulation, I think, correct to defer to the inauguration," - "Gryzlov said.
Nevertheless, the speaker of the State Duma of Russia hopes that the third round of elections will not be a "third round, which was five years ago, this was a kind of nonsense."
"It is beyond the scope of any laws and I think that is simply impossible to repeat. It is therefore probably some other situation", - quotes the chairman of the lower house of parliament RIA Novosti.
Currently Ukrainian Central Election Commission has already processed the 99,94% of protocols of precinct election commissions. Yanukovych gained 48.94% of the vote, Tymoshenko - 45.48%
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