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CIS: St Petersburg forum touts grain export ambitions
The inaugural World Grain Forum took place in St Petersburg this Saturday and Sunday, giving host...
CisRUSSIA/CIS: Moscow is more choosy about who gets help
Russia is still considering whether to lend Ukraine the 5 billion dollars it requested in...
RussiaRUSSIA/KAZAKHSTAN/TAJIKISTAN: Interest rates are cut
The central banks of Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan have all announced significant interest...
RussiaCIS: Russia's aid to its neighbours has limits
Making investments and giving out loans have become particularly risky lines of business amid a...
CisUZBEKISTAN: CSTO snub reflects tensions with Moscow
Tashkent will not send a representative to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)...
UzbekistanCIS/EUROPE: Disrepair likely caused pipeline explosion
According to Ukrainian gas conglomerate Naftohaz, this morning's explosion on a gas pipeline in...
CisCIS: Nazarbayev proposes Eurasec common currency
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev yesterday proposed creating a common currency -- the...
CisEUROPE/CIS: Enthusiasm for Nabucco may be short-lived
The World Bank announced yesterday that it would consider financing the Nabucco pipeline if the...
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