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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:40:29 GMT</pubDate>

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<title>Busted in Latvia</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290773</link>
<description>January 25, 2012




As anyone who has been through it will tell you, declaring a business  ... </description>
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<title>New World Oil Demand Blasts Past Old World </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290774</link>
<description>25 January 2012

Oil demand is markedly different in the old world, which refers to the U.S.,  ... </description>
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<title>Lithuania agrees LNG terminal to receive US exports</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290775</link>
<description>January 23, 2012 

Lithuania, which has been talking about breaking Russia's close to total grip  ... </description>
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<title>Medvedev says state needs only one propaganda channel</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290776</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that government needs only one  ... </description>
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<title>South Stream beats Nabucco?</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290777</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

GazpromÕs South Stream gas pipeline designed to ship Russian gas directly to  ... </description>
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<title>Lukoil Bulgaria signs deal for $1.2bn new unit</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290778</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Bulgaria's Russian-owned Lukoil Neftochim refinery, already the biggest in the  ... </description>
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<title>CBR sees Sberbank privatisation as a benchmark for investors </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290779</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

--- at around RUB 100 per share and high investor demand --- this suggests a  ... </description>
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<title>Record number of nights spent in hotels in the EU27 in 2011 - Baltics and Balkans see highest growth</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290780</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

In 2011, the number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments1 in the  ... </description>
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<title>EM Alpha - Go with the flow  </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290781</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Our baseline scenario for 2012 at the start of the year had been that the year  ... </description>
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<title>There's gold in them thar Georgian hills</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290782</link>
<description>January 24, 2012


Long before it was famous for roses, revolution and reform, Georgia was known  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom lowers its prices for selected customers </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290783</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

On 17 January, Gazpromexport lowered gas prices for five of its European  ... </description>
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<title>Shale'acked in Bulgaria</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290784</link>
<description>January 27, 2012


With shale gas a controversial topic in and beyond Europe, Bulgaria has made up  ... </description>
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<title>Financing High-Growth Firms: The Role of Angel Investors </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290785</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

A new OECD report that looks at how new businesses and start-ups have been  ... </description>
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<title>Reducing inequality while boosting economic growth is possible, says OECD </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290786</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

  Countries should fight rising inequality with policies that simultaneously  ... </description>
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<title>Russia expects $70bn-$75bn in direct investments</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290787</link>
<description>January 25, 2012


According to the Economic Development Ministry's plans, including those  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom Cleared to Buy 7 More Gas Stations in Bulgaria</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290788</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

BulgariaÕs antitrust watchdog has approved the purchase of another seven filling  ... </description>
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<title>Norwegian gas companies could mull using Nordstream</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290789</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

With the Nordstream pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea up and  ... </description>
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<title>Ukraine Wants Gas Consortium with Russia, EU</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290790</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Creating a consortium with Russia and the European Union is the only way to  ... </description>
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<title>Gazrpom sees Shtokman LNG replacing nuclear power in Japan</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290791</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Japan, severely disenchanted with nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster  ... </description>
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<title>Ukraine raises 2012 Gazprom import target by 19%</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290189</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

33 bcm to be imported in 2012. Ukraine's government was re- ported yesterday to  ... </description>
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<title>GazpromÕs procurement prices decrease by 8.1% in 2011</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290793</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

GazpromÕs procurements in 2011 totaled RUB611.3bn, Vedomosti reports.  ... </description>
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<title>South Stream beats Nabucco?</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290794</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

GazpromÕs South Stream gas pipeline designed to ship Russian gas directly to  ... </description>
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<title>Russia Extends Gas Purchase Contract with Azerbaijan</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290795</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Azerbaijan is to supply 50 percent more gas to Russia in 2012, boosting supplies  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom to continue expansion on German market</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290796</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom plans to continue expanding its business on  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom and Novatek sign agreement on Yamal cooperation aimed at expanding LNG production capacity</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290797</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

GazpromÕs Alexey Miller and NovatekÕs Leonid Mikhelson met on Friday to discuss  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom Ð Warm winter defers export rebound</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290798</link>
<description>January 26, 2012


Today (26 January), we release Gazprom Ð Warm winter defers export  ... </description>
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<title>Russian daily gas consumption hits new all-time high</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290799</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Russian daily gas consumption hit a new all-time high with the onset of the  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom lowers its prices for selected customers</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290800</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

On 17 January, Gazpromexport lowered gas prices for five of its European  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom to up investment in regional gas networks development 26.8% in 2012</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290801</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Russian natural gas giant Gazprom plans to increase its investments into the  ... </description>
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<title>Gazprom discusses South Stream project with Greece</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290802</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller and leader of the Greek political party New  ... </description>
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<title>EU oil embargo on Iran may cut risk premium</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290803</link>
<description>24 January 2012


The oil price recovered Friday's loss yesterday with a gain of $1.13/bbl to  ... </description>
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<title>Sackings of top state managers reaches Rosneft</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290804</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

More sackings of top managers possibly implicated in corruption at state-owned  ... </description>
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<title>SU-155 wins RUB13bn government contract</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290805</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

LSRG LI: BUY, target price: $9.8, upside/downside: 117.3%?ETLN LI: BUY, target  ... </description>
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<title>Rosneft might acquire Ingolstadt Refinery </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290806</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

News: Kommersant reports that Ingolstadt Refinery is now for sale since the  ... </description>
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<title>Transneft may decrease opex by 10% y/y following government order</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290807</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

According to Vedomosti, last spring President Dmitry Medvedev ordered large  ... </description>
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<title>Lukoil (LKOH.MM) Ð to build hydrocracker at Burgas</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290808</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Earlier this week Lukoil resolved its dispute with Bulgarian customs  ... </description>
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<title>EU sanctions Iran</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290809</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

As was widely expected, the EU Council yesterday adopted wide-ranging new  ... </description>
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<title>Rosneft Reports Good Reserves Figures</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290810</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Yesterday (23 Jan), just less than a year after the company reported its YE10  ... </description>
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<title>Zarubezhneft Eyes Retail Assets in Croatia </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290811</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft wants to buy Austrian oil company OMV's  ... </description>
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<title>LUKoil announed details of Trebs-Titov spending and a new project in Uzbekistan</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290812</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

We do not expect the news to have any impact on LUKoilÕs share price, and  ... </description>
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<title>Oil Companies to Halt Petroleum Products Price Growth Ahead of Presidential Elections</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290813</link>
<description>January 23, 2012


Major Russian oil companies have agreed with the government to halt retail  ... </description>
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<title>Government might consider creating a state-controlled oil service company </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290814</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

News: According to Kommersant, the government is to consider creating a  ... </description>
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<title>Evraz looking to buy a re-roller in Southeast Asia</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290815</link>
<description>January 27, 2012


EVRZ LI: BUY, target price: $33, upside/downside: 63.4%

Event: Yesterday (26  ... </description>
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<title>Russian government announces M&amp;M sector modernisation initiatives</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290816</link>
<description>29 January 2012

Yesterday (26 January), Kommersant reported that Russian metals and mining (M&amp;M)  ... </description>
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<title>Gold Miners - Tailwind From Volumes, Prices And Costs</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290817</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

We believe that 2012 should see a unique confluence of three powerful factors  ... </description>
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<title>RUSAL may cut aluminum output 6% over 18 months</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290818</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

The output of Russian aluminum giant RUSAL may decrease by 6% over the next 18  ... </description>
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<title>Steel Monitor Monthly: Inflection Point</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290819</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Steel prices bottom in December-January. We are resuming our Steel Monitor  ... </description>
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<title>Petropavlovsk gold output rises 24% in 2011</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290820</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

The gold output of U.K.-registered Petropavlovsk Plc, which operates in Russia,  ... </description>
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<title>EES approves sale of Far East Disco to FGC for R19.3 bln</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290821</link>
<description>29 January 2012

The BoD of Eastern Energy Systems (EES) at a meeting yesterday approved the  ... </description>
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<title>Russian ministry sees potential power disruptions in 26 regions</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290822</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Strong winds and snowfall expected on January 28 may cause disruptions in power  ... </description>
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<title>Electricity companies agree price freeze through February</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290823</link>
<description>24 January 2012

The Energy Ministry has secured an agreement from electricity companies to freeze  ... </description>
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<title>Putin orders shuttering of inefficient power-generating units</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290824</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

The abundance of inefficient capacity in the power generation sector will cause  ... </description>
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<title>Government considering consolidating MRSKs and TSOs</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290825</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

According to RBC Daily, the government has announced that it is considering a  ... </description>
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<title>Eldorado Founder to Open Footwear Chain</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290826</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

The founder of Eldorado, one of Russia's largest home electronics retailers,  ... </description>
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<title>X5 Retail Group Ð LFL sales at all_time low</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290827</link>
<description>24 January 2012

The companyÕs trading update, released on Friday, revealed a steeper than  ... </description>
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<title>X5 Retail Group rethinking hypermarket strategy</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290828</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

According to Kommersant, ?5 Retail Group is planning to implement a number of  ... </description>
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<title>Russia's retail sales up 7.2% in 2011</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290829</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Russia's retail sales increased by 7.2% to RUB19.075tn in 2011, the Federal  ... </description>
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<title>Growth in consumer loans to support consumer incomes and spending in 2012</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290830</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Event: On Friday (20 January), theÊRussian Central Bank (RCB) reported December  ... </description>
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<title>Russian Store Chain Launches Wal-Mart Competitor in U.S.</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290831</link>
<description>January 24, 2012


The Russian businessman who founded major supermarket chains Pyaterochka and  ... </description>
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<title>Russian antitrust: Retailers set excessive prices on appliances</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290832</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

The branch of Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for the constituent  ... </description>
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<title>Russian Retail - A Year Of Stabilization</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290833</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Profitability contraction and massive LFL deterioration toward end 2011 marked  ... </description>
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<title>Hermes, DPD to open 1,200 outlets in Russia by 2014</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290834</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Hermes and DPD international logistic companies plan to open 1,200 outlets in  ... </description>
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<title>EPAM to become first CIS Software Developer IPO</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290835</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

EPAM, the leading CIS programming outsourcer, will also become the first CIS  ... </description>
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<title>Russia's Internet video ad revenue up 22% on year in 2011</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290836</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Revenue from video advertising in the Russian segment of the Internet increased  ... </description>
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<title>Yandex launches new photo service</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290837</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Event: Yesterday (24 January), Yandex announced that Yandex.Fotki, its free  ... </description>
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<title>Coal mining industry in spotlight today </title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290838</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

--- development of railway infrastructure and port capacities targeted --- could  ... </description>
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<title>Russian Railways to finance infrastructure projects on load-or-pay basis</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290839</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Russian RailwaysÕ infrastructure projects to be financed on load-or-pay basis.  ... </description>
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<title>GLOBAL PORTS: Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290840</link>
<description>January 24, 2012
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Global Ports is one of RussiaÕs largest stevedoring companies with a focus on  ... </description>
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<title>Russian Railways (Baa1/BBB/BBB) might announce long-term 'load-or-pay' contracts with key clients to improve capital-raising capabilities; positive from a bondholder perspective</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290841</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

News: Kommersant reports today that Russian Railways, VEB and 25 large  ... </description>
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<title>NovatekÕs Ust-Luga terminal launch may be delayed</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290842</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Novatek is facing difficulties with the construction of its Ust-Luga terminal,  ... </description>
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<title>Russia buys 13,500 tonnes of grain for intervention fund</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290843</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Russian authorities bought 13,500 tonnes of grain for RUB62.775m for the  ... </description>
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<title>Russian government seen investing RUB6bn in deep pork processing</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290844</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

The Russian government is expected to allocate RUB6bn in 2012 to develop the  ... </description>
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<title>Russia's meat, poultry output may grow 5.5% in 2012</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290845</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Russia's output of meat and poultry may increase 5.5% to 11.60m tonnes in 2012,  ... </description>
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<title>Russian family cattle farms to get RUB10bn from government in 2012-2014</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290846</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Russia's Agriculture Ministry expects the federal and regional governments to  ... </description>
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<title>Russian grain harvest and beet sugar production in 2012 are likely to be at 2011 level</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290847</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

According to the Ministry of AgricultureÕs outlook reported by RBC, the grain  ... </description>
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<title>Russian agricultural surges 22.1% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290848</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Agricultural output reached a total of R3.451 trillion in 2011, 22.1% up in  ... </description>
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<title>'Car in every garage' on the radar screen as Russian incomes grow</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290849</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

With Russian incomes surging over the last ten years, car ownership has become  ... </description>
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<title>Russian car production surges 44.5% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290850</link>
<description>January 25, 2012


Car production in Russia surged by a whopping 44.5% in 2011 over 2010,  ... </description>
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<title>Automakers lobbying for duty-free flat steel imports</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290851</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Event: Today (25 January), Kommersant reported that the Association of Russian  ... </description>
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<title>Output of Renault's Moscow plant rises 61% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290852</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

French automaker Renault's Avtoframos plant in Moscow has increased its output  ... </description>
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<title>MAN Trucks&amp;Bus AG to open 1st plant in Russia in 2012</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290853</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

MAN Trucks&amp;Bus AG, part of MAN Group, plans to open its first, EUR25m plant in  ... </description>
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<title>Russian exports $12bn worth of arms in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290854</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Russian arms exports set a new record in 2011, totaling $12bn, according to  ... </description>
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<title>Ulan-Ude Aviation to increase production to 95 helicopters in 2012</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290855</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

UUAZ RU: HOLD, target price: $2.58, upside/downside: 5.74%

Event: Yesterday (23  ... </description>
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<title>Moscow to add 1,884 rooms in 2012, prices stay below Paris, London</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290856</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

The number of quality hotel rooms in Moscow is expected to grow 6 percent this  ... </description>
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<title>Coal mining industry in spotlight today </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290857</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

--- development of railway infrastructure and port capacities targeted --- could  ... </description>
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<title>MinEnergy might force coal producers to freeze steam coal prices </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290858</link>
<description>29 January 2012


-- under the threat of exposing export duties --- might limit growth in  ... </description>
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<title>Putin approves RUB3.7tn coal sphere development program</title>
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<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290859</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a program to develop the coal  ... </description>
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<title>Chinese investor to put $350m in St Pete's Baltic Pearl  complex</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290860</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Shanghai Overseas United Investment Company will in 2012 invest $350m in the  ... </description>
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<title>Russian Cement: Finishing 2011 on a Positive Note</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290861</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

December data for the Russian cement market indicates robust volume and price  ... </description>
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<title>Etalon Group - Solid 4Q11 Presales; Completions Beat Estimates</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290862</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Etalon Group yesterday reported solid 4Q11 and 2011 operating results. As with  ... </description>
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<title>Lsr Group Signs Another Contract With Defense Ministry</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290863</link>
<description>January 24, 2012


LSR Group has signed yet another contract with the Defense Ministry to design a  ... </description>
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<title>Surge in housing demand in Russian regions</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290864</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Developers are seeing a surge in housing demand across Russia, with RussiaÕs  ... </description>
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<title>Investments in Russian real estate sector hit record $8bn in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290865</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Investments in Russian real estate rose to a record high in 2011, totaling  ... </description>
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<title>Fire at Uralkali crystallization unit extinguished in Perm region</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290866</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Uralkali reported yesterday that a fire was extinguished at its crystallization  ... </description>
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<title>Uralkali ready to cut output to support potash prices</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290867</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Russian potash producer Uralkali is ready to cut production to prevent prices  ... </description>
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<title> Government agencies provide more detail on drive to instill modernisation in the Russian M&amp;M sector</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290868</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Kommersant suggests (quoting government sources) that Rostekhnadzor (Russian  ... </description>
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<title>Utilities: The state wants to see cost cutting</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290869</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Methodology requested by Energy Ministry. The Energy Ministry has requested  ... </description>
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<title>RussiaÕs offshore love affair palls</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290870</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

The clampdown on corruption in the state sector, especially via offshore  ... </description>
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<title>MinEnergy might force coal producers to freeze steam coal prices </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290871</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

News: As Kommersant reports today, under the threat of exposing export duties to  ... </description>
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<title>Latvia plots energy strategies to produce huge import cuts</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290939</link>
<description>January 26, 2012 

Latvia's economy ministry has drafted three potential scenarios for the  ... </description>
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<title>Outsourcing giants lusting after Poland?</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290938</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

A posse of international giants is ready to ride into Poland to set up  ... </description>
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<title>Latvia to select supplier to upgrade airBaltic fleet by March</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290937</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

The Latvian cabinet needs to decide on an &amp;euro;800m upgrade of struggling  ... </description>
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<title>Poland's Lotos to kick off shale drilling in Lithuania</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290936</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Central and northern European countries look to be finally starting to team up  ... </description>
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<title>Polls predict large majority for Smer in next Slovak parliament</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290933</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Opinion polls in Slovakia ahead of the snap elections set for March 10 suggest  ... </description>
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<title>Automotive sector to lead FDI race into Poland</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290935</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Poland's investment agency says it expects the automotive sector to see the  ... </description>
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<title>Latvijas Gaze plans to invest LVL 26m in 2012 </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290934</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Latvijas Gaze informed that it plans to make investments of LVL 26m in 2012.  ... </description>
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<title>State companies to join forces in Polish push for shale gas</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290932</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

PGNiG announced on January 25 that it will team up with a posse of other  ... </description>
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<title>ThyssenKrupp reportedly mulls new Slovak investment</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290931</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Slovakia is in the running to attract a new investment in the automotive sector  ... </description>
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<title>Serbian govt wants US Steel to maintain production despite losses</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290929</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Serbia's government moved to avert the closure of US Steel Serbia, as its single  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>145 million euros to be invested in biomass plant in Vilnius</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290930</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

The French company Dalkia has announced that it intends to invest 500 million  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Japanese car part maker Yazaki plans to build another plant in Bulgaria</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290927</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Japanese automotive components manufacturer Yazaki Corporation plans to build a  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Turkey's Boral Aluminyum to build plant in Serbia</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290928</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Turkish aluminum-extrusion products maker Boral Aluminyum will invest over $50m  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Azerbaijan: EU sanctions against Iran will not affect the construction of Rasht-Astara railway line - Russian Railways</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290925</link>
<description>January 25, 2012 

EU sanctions against Iran will not affect the construction of Rasht-Astara  ... </description>
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<title>H&amp;M sales in Slovenia fall 12% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290926</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

The sales of Swedish fashion retailer Hennes &amp; Mauritz (H&amp;M) in Slovenia dropped  ... </description>
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<title>Azerbaijan: IT sector of Azerbaijan rises 2.5 times in the last 5 years</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290924</link>
<description>January 24, 2012 

AzerbaijanÕs IT sector has increased by 2.5 times during the last 5 years.  ... </description>
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<title>Azerbaijan: Gold extraction increased in Gedabek</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290920</link>
<description>January 24, 2012 

Anglo Asian Mining, an AIM listed gold producer, was heading higher after  ... </description>
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<title>Azerbaijan: Foreign investments in Azerbaijan increases by 3% last year</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290923</link>
<description>January 26, 2012 

The investments from foreign sources in AzerbaijanÕs main capital made AZN  ... </description>
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<title>Azeri oil output slumps 10.7% to 45m tonnes in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290922</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Oil production in Azerbaijan fell 10.7% to 45.4m tonnes in 2011, the country's  ... </description>
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<title>Azerbaijan doubles gas export to Russia</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290921</link>
<description>January 24, 2012 

Today, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan and Gazprom companies have signed a  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Armenia: Three free economic zones to be built </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290918</link>
<description>January 26, 2012 

Three free economic zones are to be built in Armenia, Economics Minister Tigran  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Georgian wine exports climb 27% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290919</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Georgia exported 18.5m bottles of wine (in 0.75 liter equivalent) in 2011, up  ... </description>
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<title>Tajikistan: Gazprom to speed up drilling programme </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290914</link>
<description>January 27, 2012 

Gazprom to speed up drilling of TajikistanÕs deepest well in the Sarykamysh  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Belarus adopts long-term investment strategy</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290917</link>
<description>January 20, 2012

Belarus has approved a long-term investment strategy through 2015 that is  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Tajikistan: Iranian investment expected to fall </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290916</link>
<description>January 27, 2012 

Investments from Iran into its neighbour Tajikistan are expected to decrease  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Uzbekistan: ADB pledges $400m for petrochemical plant </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290915</link>
<description>January 25, 2012 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan and political risk  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Ukraine increases steel production by 5.7% Y-o-Y in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290907</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

UkraineÕs steel production increased by 5.7% Y-o-Y to 35.3 MT in 2011 versus the  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Soos replaces Kassal as CEO at Hungary's E-Star </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290913</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Kassai, the former CEO left the company and the BoD over the weekend. His  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Jupiter Energy confirms successful completion of J-53</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290912</link>
<description>January 25, 2012 

Impact: POSITIVE
 
Facts/News.  Jupiter Energy this morning announced its well  ... </description>
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<title>Roxi Petroelum commences pilot production at NW Konys field</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290911</link>
<description>January 24, 2012 

Impact: POSITIVE
 
Facts/News. Roxi Peroleum yesterday announced it has  ... </description>
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<title>Expansion planned at Almaty International Airport </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290910</link>
<description>January 23, 2012 

Almaty International Airport, the largest airport in Kazakhstan, has hired  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Special economic zones to be built across Kazakhstan </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290909</link>
<description>January 27, 2012 

KazakhstanÕs government will continue the development of special economic zones  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Dragon Oil grows reserves to 658mmbbls and reaches production of 61,500bopd in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290908</link>
<description>January 24, 2012 

Impact: POSITIVE
 
Facts/News. Dragon Oil yesterday provided an operational  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Ukrainian Coke Sector: YASK and AVDK in the lead with highest margins</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290906</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

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We reiterate our Buy recommendations for Yasyniv Coke (YASK) and Avdiyivka  ... </description>
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<title>Tatneft might sell 46 fuelling stations in Ukraine --- neutral</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290905</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

News: According to VedomostiÕs sources, Tatneft is to sell 46 of its 128  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Ukrzaliznytsya asks Kryukiv Wagon for 10 intercity trains</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290904</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

Ukrzaliznytsya signed a letter of intent with Kryukiv Wagon (KVBZ UK) to order a  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Chumak food producer to increase share capital by 5 times</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290903</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Private joint-stock company Chumak (Kakhovka, Kherson region), one of the  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Turkey in talks to cooperate in energy projects</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290902</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Ukraine is holding trilateral negotiations with Azerbaijan and Turkey over the  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Gas deal with Russia may be signed after Russian presidential elections in March</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290901</link>
<description>24 January 2012

 News: Ukraine and Russia have virtually agreed the terms of a new gas supply  ... </description>
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<title>Donbasenergo to buy 1.5 mmt of coal for USD 117/t</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290900</link>
<description>January 24, 2012



Donbasenergo (DOEN UK) signed a UAH 1.68 bln contract to purchase 1.5 mmt of  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Motor Sich backlog for 2012 is worth $800 mln </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290899</link>
<description>24 January 2012


Motor Sich (MSICH UK), UkraineÕs sole aircraft engine producer, has its backlog  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Milkiland [MLK PW, BUY, $8.7] comes under fire in Russia on cheese quality</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290893</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Milkiland, a large dairy producer with operations in Ukraine and Russia, and  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>GermanyÕs Schmidt to invest over EUR 245m in lignite</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290898</link>
<description>January 25, 2012


Germany's Schmidt will invest over EUR 245m in the development of a lignite  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>APK-Invest to invest UAH300m in mixed fodder production by 2015</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290897</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

APK-Invest (Donetsk region), one of the largest pork producers in Ukraine, is  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>UkraineÕs steel consumption up 11% YoY in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290896</link>
<description>January 27, 2012
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In 2011, the size of the Ukrainian steel market grew 11% YoY to 7.2mnt.  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Yanukovych sees Ukraine-EU association agreement signed 2012, throws book at Yulia</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290723</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

In a speech on the Day of Unity and Day of Freedom of Ukraine, Ukrainian  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>EKO retailer sees goods turnover rise 22% in 2011, to open 30 stores in 2012</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290894</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

Kyiv-based EKO LLC, the owner of the EKO-market supermarket chain, in 2011  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Motor SichÑ Secures 95% of 2012 order book, or at least $800m in revenues</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290892</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

News: Motor Sich has secured 95% of orders for this yearÕs production and their  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>State budget allocates USD 43 mln for An-70</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290891</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

UkraineÕs 2012 state budget set aside USD 43 mln (UAH 347 mln) to fund  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>The growing Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290880</link>
<description>23 January 2012

In January, UkraineÕs state-owned Naftohaz company reduced its imports of Russian  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>GermanyÕs Schmidt to invest over EUR 245m in lignite</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290890</link>
<description>January 25, 2012


Germany's Schmidt will invest over EUR 245m in the development of a lignite  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Russia accuses Ukrainian cheese exporters, including Milkiland [Under Review], of inferior quality standards</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290889</link>
<description>25 January 2012



News: RussiaÕs Federal Consumer Protection Service (Rospotrebnadzor) has said  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Norway, as alternative to Russia, offers gas supplies to Ukraine</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290888</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Norway is considering supplying natural gas to Ukraine as an alternative to  ... </description>
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<title>Ukraine to propose alternative to gas tariff hike to IMF</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290887</link>
<description>24 January 2012

 News: PM Mykola Azarov said on Friday the Ukrainian delegation about to travel  ... </description>
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<title>Ukraine says high prices will force cuts in gas purchases from Russia</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290886</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Ukraine intends to gradually reduce the volume of gas bought from Russia  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Vehicle production in Ukraine up 26% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290885</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Ukrainian auto manufacturers increased their production of light and commercial  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>LUKOIL to invest over $60m in Karpatnaftokhim</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290884</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

LUKOIL will invest over $60m in 2012 in Karpatnaftokhim petrochemical company,   ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Railway cargos increase by 8.4% in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290883</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Ukrainian railway cargos increased by 8.4% on the year in 2011 to 469.308m  ... </description>
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<title>Naftogaz boosts investment by almost 34% </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290882</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Gas distribution monopolist Naftogaz Ukrainy implemented a total of UAH 7.379bn  ... </description>
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<title>Ukraine Wants Gas Consortium with Russia, EU</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290881</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

Creating a consortium with Russia and the European Union is the only way to  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>AkhmetovÕs expansion onto the Ukrainian electricity market</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290878</link>
<description>23 January 2012

Last December and this January, the DTEK company (which belongs to Rinat  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Metinvest Ñ Sues Alchevsk Steel for UAH 501m</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290879</link>
<description>January 23, 2012

News: Metinvest, the largest metals &amp; mining group in Ukraine, has filed a  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Government Approves Regulatory Tightening Measures</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290872</link>
<description>January 25, 2012

The government released decree No. 1178 dated 29 Dec 2011 yesterday (24 Jan),  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Electric Utilities: A Step Towards Tariff Clarity?</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290877</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

The key missing part in the Russian utilities investment case right now is not  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Government to force metals sector modernization by plan</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290876</link>
<description>January 26, 2012

Government could require steel plants to modernize according to fixed programme  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Export duties for energy coal might be introduced </title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290875</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

--- no details yet --- could be negative for steam coal exporters if introduced  ... </description>
</item><item>
<title>Investments in Moscow economy may grow 14% in 2012</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290874</link>
<description>January 24, 2012

Moscow's authorities forecast investments in the capital's economy to increase  ... </description>
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<title>Corruption unabated as average bribe grows threefold in 2011</title>
<category></category>
<link>http://www.bne.eu/dispatch18788#290873</link>
<description>January 27, 2012

The average bribe in Russia surged 3.5 times in 2011 in comparison to 2010, a  ... </description>
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