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CIS: Air transport improves but only in parts
After years of trying to overcome the deficiencies of the former Soviet system, CIS airlines are...
CisCAUCASUS: Migration remains a problem in the region
Migration levels in the South Caucasus have declined since the regional turmoil of the 1990s....
CaucasusKAZAKHSTAN: Uranium supremacy is on cards for Astana
High world prices for the metal and low production costs are driving a substantial expansion in...
KazakhstanBALKANS/CIS: Russian FDI inflow belies its potential
In 2006, FDI flowed fastest into South-eastern Europe and the CIS, inflows that are expected to...
BalkansRUSSIA:Foreign intelligence will pick up under Fradkov
Former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's appointment as head of the SVR earlier this month...
RussiaEASTERN EUROPE: Emerging markets propel world growth
Real GDP growth in emerging Europe will ease in 2008 to 5.2% from 6.1% this year, yesterday's IMF...
Eastern EuropeCIS/IRAN: Caspian promises not to host foreign bases
The littoral states of the Caspian Sea agreed today not to allow third states to use their soil...
CisCIS: Dushanbe Summit shows organisation in disarray
The CIS summit in Dushanbe over the weekend concluded with the signing of an amended CIS treaty,...
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