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AZERBAIJAN: Oil drives economic performance
State oil company SOCAR extracted 6.7 million tonnes of crude in the first nine months of 2006,...
AzerbaijanKAZAKHSTAN: WTO bid may take precedence over Eurasec
Kazakhstan continues to press for WTO membership, despite the setbacks that its closest ally and...
KazakhstanRUSSIA: Government considers quotas on foreigners
Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov said yesterday that the government was...
RussiaEASTERN EUROPE: Drug-resistant TB spreads westwards
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is spreading to the EU from its eastern borders, international...
Eastern EuropeGEORGIA/RUSSIA: Conflict will stop short of war
The Russian authorities froze all transport and postal communication with Georgia on October 2....
GeorgiaRUSSIA: Rusal-SUAL deal will create aluminium giant
Aluminium giants SUAL and Rusal are expected this week to sign a 30 billion dollar deal that...
RussiaRUSSIA: Regional nationalism will fuel ethnic tensions
Ethnic Russians rioted in the Karelian town of Kondopoga after two Russians were killed in a bar...
RussiaRUSSIA: Overpopulation poses security risks in Moscow
The functioning of Russia's capital may be disrupted by outbreaks of social unrest, resulting...
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