CIS

  • Jun 8, 2009
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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...

Cis
  • May 21, 2009
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RUSSIA/CIS: Moscow is more choosy about who gets help

Russia is still considering whether to lend Ukraine the 5 billion dollars it requested in...

Russia
  • May 13, 2009
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RUSSIA/KAZAKHSTAN/TAJIKISTAN: Interest rates are cut

The central banks of Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan have all announced significant interest...

Russia
  • Apr 30, 2009
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CIS: Russia's aid to its neighbours has limits

Making investments and giving out loans have become particularly risky lines of business amid a...

Cis
  • Apr 16, 2009
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UZBEKISTAN: CSTO snub reflects tensions with Moscow

Tashkent will not send a representative to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)...

Uzbekistan
  • Apr 1, 2009
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CIS/EUROPE: Disrepair likely caused pipeline explosion

According to Ukrainian gas conglomerate Naftohaz, this morning's explosion on a gas pipeline in...

Cis
  • Mar 12, 2009
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CIS: Nazarbayev proposes Eurasec common currency

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev yesterday proposed creating a common currency -- the...

Cis
  • Feb 12, 2009
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EUROPE/CIS: Enthusiasm for Nabucco may be short-lived

The World Bank announced yesterday that it would consider financing the Nabucco pipeline if the...

Cis