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EASTERN EUROPE: Bank expects growth to slow -- a bit
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is forecasting a deceleration in...
Eastern EuropeEASTERN EUROPE/CIS: Growth is key to cutting poverty
Although the proportion of people living on less than the benchmark 2.15 dollars a day had fallen...
Eastern EuropeEASTERN EUROPE/CIS: Transition fails to bring jobs
Although most of Eastern Europe and the CIS has managed the transition to the free market, job...
Eastern EuropeRUSSIA: Export duties bring down oil exports
Russia, the world's leading oil supplier, reduced crude oil shipments to Europe by 3.6% in...
RussiaARMENIA: Prospects for army reform remain bleak
The recent increases in the budget for military spending cannot rule out an arms race, in which...
ArmeniaTURKMENISTAN: CIS membership is "pointless"
President Saparmurat Niyazov said today that he had scaled down Turkmenistan's cooperation with...
TurkmenistanRUSSIA: How small groups influence Kremlin thinking
As the state consolidates control over the media, Kremlin decisionmakers increasingly rely on a...
RussiaEASTERN EUROPE/CIS: Bank fears poor are ever with us
The World Bank yesterday published a report on poverty and inequality in the 27 transition...
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