Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday asked senior Russian officials for help in resolving the fate of Yukos' 49 percent stake in Slovakian pipeline operator Transpetrol.
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The European Union is threatening to block Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization unless progress is made on resolving acrimonious disputes between Russia and some of its neighbors before a key summit near Samara next week.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the merger of five air carriers on Wednesday, amid government efforts to boost the country's struggling aviation industry.
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Russian economic growth continued to weaken for the fifth consecutive month in March, London-based VTB Bank Europe said in its latest GDP Indicator report, released Thursday.
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WARSAW -- Poland vowed Thursday to block talks on a new EU-Russian strategic partnership until Russia lifts its ban on imports of Polish meat and other agricultural products.
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When the communists were ousted across Eastern Europe, the capitalists moved in. For foreign companies from McDonald's to Microsoft, it was an exciting new frontier -- a cheap place to make things, with 70 million potential consumers to buy them.
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Rosneft could oust oil firm Yukos from three of its refineries as early as May, before the plants are auctioned by the state, traders said Thursday.
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Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's chief negotiator on World Trade Organization entry talks, said Thursday that Russia wants to conclude a WTO deal by year's end, while the country's top food safety official hinted that a current ban on Polish meat could be extended to other EU countries.
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Russia's $99 billion food-retailing market will expand at an annual pace of more than 10 percent through 2011, the fastest in Europe, an analyst covering Eastern Europe for London-based Euromonitor said at a conference in Moscow on Thursday.
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SINGAPORE -- Russia on Monday repudiated criticism from the European Union and United States that it was dragging its feet in talks on joining the World Trade Organization and said it still hoped to accede this year.
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BERLIN -- New shareholders should not be admitted to European plane maker EADS's shareholder pact, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview when asked about allowing Russian investors to buy into the company.
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LONDON -- Russian Railways, or RZD, this week lifted a series of temporary bans on the rail transport of coal to Baltic and Russian ports because the severe congestion of rail cars on lines leading to the ports has now eased, Russian coal exporters said.
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Russia, after recalling its animal health inspectors from the European Union, threatened on Friday to suspend meat imports from some EU countries unless Brussels provides additional quality control guarantees.
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