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06.06.2008, 04:58
With falling domestic output in Russia, the government is pushing to cut oil taxes in the industry. Rosneft, a leading Russian oil producer, has held a meeting attended by leading representatives of the oil industry.
23.06.2008, 11:49
Oil producers and consumers have gathered at the Jeddah Energy Meeting where Saudi Arabia announced it could boost production – depending on consumer demand.
13.11.2008, 20:48
Thursday saw Russian stocks on the receiving end of yet another beating, as the overnight selloff on Wall Street washed over Asia, combining with plummeting crude prices to provide another pummeling for Russian investors. The only upside was that after a
28.11.2008, 20:03
A light days trade in the absence of a pointer from Wall Street, with easing crude and metals, saw the RTS and Micex both ease lower, without too much to catch the eye apart from strong outings by Wimm Bill Dann, Uralkali and Acron, and another downward j
01.12.2008, 21:20
Russian stocks came under renewed downward pressure on Monday as falling crude and metals prices put the skids under local sentiment, while more clouds moved onto the radar globally, and combined to make the day a grizzly one for investors.
10.04.2010, 21:40
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All 96 people on board have died after a Polish presidential TU-154 plane crashed near an airport outside Smolensk in western Russia. The Polish president and his wife were among the killed.
04.10.2010, 07:20
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After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
13.07.2009, 08:56
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Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their doomsday prophecies, are seen as an extremist cult by the Russian authorities. Banned in many countries, their activities could soon become illegal in Russia as well.
22.12.2009, 21:21
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The memorial to WWII veterans that was demolished in the Georgian city of Kutaisi earlier this month will be rebuilt in Moscow, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has declared.
03.03.2010, 20:53
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The military alliance has announced, it plans to carry out a series of air force exercises over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from March 17-20.
Published: 08 December, 2008, 11:05
Oil production in Russia will grow to 530 million tons a year and gas output will reach 706 billion cubic metres annually by 2030, the Ministry of Energy announced today.
