Russian market opens mixed
Trading Markets (press release), CA -4 hours ago
At the same time, Gazprom slid 0.5 percent. The RTS index opened above the level of Thursday's close and reached 2080 points. The Russian market is being
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Kremlin holds the reins to big business
BBC News, UK -1 hour ago
As well as being Mr Putin's deputy prime minister, Mr Medvedev is the chairman of Russia's biggest state-run company, Gazprom. But the way the billboard was
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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) – Russian energy majors Gazprom and SUEK said February 26 that they had agreed on the main terms for merging their power and coal assets.

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MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) – OAO Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said talks with Kiev over its 2007 and 2008 gas bills are at an impasse, Interfax reported.

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New Monopolies Law May Be Drafted
Kommersant, Russia -3 hours ago
Now Gazprom, Transneft, Russian Railways and the Federal Network Co. determine their own purchasing procedures, due to their status as open joint stock

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RUSSIA'S ROSNEFT EYES EAST SIBERIAN EXPANSION
Eurasia Daily Monitor, DC -1 hour ago
Meanwhile, Rosneft appears struggling to cooperate in Eastern Siberia with yet another state-run energy giant, Gazprom. Earlier this month, First Deputy

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Russia-InfoCenter
Coal and Energy Giant was born in Russia
Russia-InfoCenter, Russia -8 minutes ago
The rest of the stock will be kept by SUEK’s top managers. Gazprom will contribute targeted power assets to the newly formed company including 60% of OGK-2

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ITAR-TASS
Gazprom to control coal and electricity markets
RIA Novosti, Russia -2 hours ago
SUEK director general Vladimir Rashevsky, who will keep his post, said the public offering of up to 25% of the company's stock could be held in 2008-2009.
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EMERGING MARKETS REPORT: Brazil Becomes World's Biggest Emerging
CNNMoney.com -3 hours ago
Gazprom (OGZPY), Russia's state-controlled energy firm, and Vale (RIO), a Brazilian mining firm, are the second- and third-largest companies in the emerging

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NEW YORK — Oil futures surged to close at a record Tuesday as traders focused on supply concerns and a bullish stock market rather than renewed signs of a shaky U.

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