MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s investment index will open Tuesday at 767.20 points, up 0.34% following Monday evening’s sessions on major world trading floors.

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Statoil Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha, NY -3 hours ago
I cannot say anything specific about the process and the relationships that we have to Gazprom, however, we are in continued dialogue with Gazprom also on

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Self-Interest and British-Russian Relations
St Petersburg Times, Russia, Russia -1 hour ago
BP is looking for new partnership opportunities with Gazprom. Rosneft has been the best-performing large Russian hydrocarbon stock since its initial public

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The owner of Russneft, one of Russia’s largest private oil companies, confirmed he will sell the business to an investor loyal to the Kremlin, but added in an open letter that the sale was not voluntary. This is the first significant public challenge to Putin from an influential businessman in the past four years.

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Capitalization of Russian stock market increases 0.63% on Monday
Interfax Russia, Russia -12 minutes ago
The leaders in market value were Gazprom (RTS: GAZP), with $250.307 billion, Rosneft (RTS: ROSN), with $87.202 billion, and Sberbank RF (RTS: SBER),

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In early 2000, the British Embassy in Moscow took a bit of a gamble. They persuaded then-Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet with the new face in the Kremlin and heir apparent — then-acting President Vladimir Putin. This was one of Blair’s first major foreign policy initiatives.

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Mikhail Gutseriev, the owner of Russneft, accuses Putin of forcing
International Herald Tribune, France -20 minutes ago
Shell, in response, sold 50 percent plus one share in the Sakhalin II project to the state energy giant Gazprom. Then, in June, BP's local joint venture in

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Self-Interest and British-Russian Relations
St.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia -49 minutes ago
BP is looking for new partnership opportunities with Gazprom. Rosneft has been the best-performing large Russian hydrocarbon stock since its initial public

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Glencore Parries Attacks on Secrecy as Debt Rises (Update1)
Bloomberg -7 hours ago
Xstrata's stock has risen five-fold in value since its 2002 initial public offering in London. On July 27 it closed at 3077 pence, up 21 percent this year.

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Russian market likely to ease further, experts say
RosBusinessConsulting, Russia -16 minutes ago
on the developments on the US stock exchanges. Trading activity was consistently moderate in the afternoon, with Gazprom seeing most acquisitions.

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