Rosenergoatom, Russia's state-run nuclear power generating monopoly, said Thursday it planned to begin construction of nine nuclear power-generating units in 2007.
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The ruble's real effective exchange rate against the currencies of Russia's main trading partners grew a tentative 7.7% in January-August 2006, the Central Bank said on its website.
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European Union foreign ministers meeting in Finland are discussing a new deal with Russia that would upgrade a decade-old partnership and cooperation agreement.
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The leaders of Russia, Bulgaria and Greece adopted in Athens Monday a joint declaration on energy cooperation under which they agreed to sign an intergovernmental deal on the construction of an oil pipeline in the Balkans by the end of 2006.
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The presidents of Gazprom and a Russian-Greek joint venture have discussed the outlook for Russian natural gas supplies to Greece, the Russian energy giant said Monday.
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President Vladimir Putin said Monday he intends to discuss bilateral economic cooperation and international concerns with the Greek prime minister.
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Germany is considering a revamp of the bloc's policy towards the east with Berlin looking at how Russia can be "irreversibly" bound to the EU.
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On August 30, Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen said during his official meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk, who is in Finland on working visit, that Finland supported Ukraine’s Euro-integration aspirations and was ready to start establishment of a Ukrainian-EU free trade zone, as well as to work out new document instead of agreement on partnership and cooperation between the EC and Ukraine from July 14, 1994.
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The Russian government has extended temporary import duties on a number of goods until June 30, 2007. The corresponding resolution, signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, was published on the government website on Thursday.
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Comments made by Lithuanian officials that a railroad leading to Russia's exclave on the Baltic might be closed for repairs could seriously affect bilateral relations, a deputy Russian foreign minister said Wednesday.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen is looking for a location in Russia to build an automotive plant, a top manager with the French company said Wednesday.
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Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas AG, the world's largest private energy concern, also signed a contract on additional supplies of 100 bln cu m gas via the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) between 2010-2011 and 2036.
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Belarus is contemplating the purchase of two oil wells in Russia, a senior executive at the Belneftekhim state-controlled petrochemical concern said Tuesday.
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