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• Russia, Turkmenistan to complete gas price talks by July: report

  - 2008-06-07

  MOSCOW AFP — Russia and Turkmenistan could complete talks on a new price for next year's imports of Turkmen gas by July, the deputy chairman of the board of Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom said Saturday. "We are ready to complete the talks if Turkmenistan is ready -- this goal...

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• Ukraine PM rejects gas supply deal with Russia

  - 2008-03-06

  KIEV AFP — Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday rejected part of a gas supply deal with Russia, a day after the end of a three-day cut in supplies that raised concerns in Europe. The deal would "preserve corrupt schemes and abuses, lead to the bankruptcy of (state...

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• No resolution in Ukraine-Russia gas dispute: Gazprom

  - 2008-03-02

  MOSCOW AFP — Russia and Ukraine have not managed to resolve their gas payment conflict, a spokesman for Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Sunday, as a deadline approached after which Moscow has threatened supply cuts. "There has been no agreement yet. We expect to reduce supplies. We are...

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• Ukraine PM confident Russia won't cut gas

  - 2008-03-01

  KIEV AFP — Ukraine's prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, gave assurances Saturday that Russia would not go ahead with a threatened cut in gas supplies next week. "I am convinced that there will be no cut-off," Tymoshenko said at a press conference, without giving details. She said that Russian...

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• Bulgaria, Russia sign gas pipeline deal

  - 2008-01-18

  SOFIA AFP — Bulgaria and Russia signed a deal Friday for the 10 billion euros (14.7 billion dollars) South Stream pipeline to carry Russian gas to Europe, giving Moscow an even greater say on European energy supplies. The landmark deal was signed at a ceremony attended by Russian and...

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• Uzbekistan to raise gas price for Russia by 50 percent: newspaper

  - 2008-01-09

  MOSCOW AFP — Uzbekistan will charge Russia up to 50 percent more for natural gas exports in 2008, the Russian daily Gazeta reported on Thursday, citing a report by an Uzbek investment company. The report by the Avesta Investment Group said the price of gas exports will be 130...

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• Russian President Putin to accept PM's job if ally wins Kremlin

  - 2007-12-17

  MOSCOW AFP — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he is ready to become prime minister if his ally Dmitry Medvedev wins a March 2 presidential election, an arrangement that analysts say could leave Putin wielding major power. His announcement came at a congress of the ruling United Russia...

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• Norway's StatoilHydro clinches Russian gas field deal

  - 2007-10-25

  MOSCOW AFP — The Kremlin said on Thursday that Norway's StatoilHydro had won the right to join in developing the vast Shtokman gas field, ending long uncertainty over one of the world's largest untapped deposits. The Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg had...

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• Schalke open club shop...in Russia

  - 2007-08-13

  GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany AFP — Russian fans of Bundesliga side Schalke 04 can now buy their club's scarves, hats and badges on the other side of Europe in St Petersburg, the German club announced on Monday. The Royal Blues, and their partner club Zenit St Petersburg, are both sponsored by...

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• Belarus-Russian gas row defused as Minsk pays off debt

  - 2007-08-08

  MOSCOW AFP — A row in which Russia's Gazprom threatened to cut gas supplies to Belarus was defused on Wednesday when Minsk completed payment of its 456-million-dollar (331-million-euro) debt to the company. A Gazprom spokeswoman told AFP that the company "received on Wednesday the last transfer of payment owed...

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