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Market Matters : Oil and Metals Shine as RTS Breaks 2,100
The RTS, the country's benchmark stock index, breached the 2,100 barrier for the first time this year, as oil and metal stocks pulled away from the field.
Putin's Legacy : How the State Got a Grip on Energy
It was early March 2000 when Vladimir Putin landed in Surgut, one stop on a long campaign trail that would help take the acting president to the official seat in the Kremlin.
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Published: 18 April 2008
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Weak Interest Shown In Auction for Funds
By Alex Nicholson / Bloomberg The country's biggest banks borrowed less than analysts expected in a special auction held by the Finance Ministry on Thursday to inject money into the banking system. |
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Ministers See Inflation Hitting 10%
Reuters The Economic Development and Trade Ministry on Thursday raised its inflation forecast for 2008 to 9 to 10 percent from the previously predicted 8 to 9.5 percent, ministry documents obtained by Reuters showed. |
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Potanin, Prokhorov Split Assets
Reuters Billionaires Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin said Thursday that they agreed on how to split their assets, with Potanin buying out Prokhorov’s share in a jointly controlled firm. |
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UES Plans to Start Selling TGK-11 Stake
Bloomberg Unified Energy System said Thursday that it would start selling the state's stake in power generator TGK-11, whose consolidation state-run Rosneft is seeking to block in court. |
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Telenor Dismisses VimpelCom Suit
Reuters Norway's Telenor said Thursday that a $3.8 billion lawsuit filed in a Siberian court by Farimex Products, a fellow shareholder in mobile firm VimpelCom, was groundless. |
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RusAl Sells Kazakh Coal Stakes for $345M
Bloomberg United Company RusAl, the world's largest primary aluminum producer, said Thursday that it had agreed to sell 50 percent of two coal mines in Kazakhstan for the $345 million offered in September by state-run Samruk Holding. |
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