Tire Maker Amtel Accepts Sibur Takeover (The Moscow Times)
August 31st, 2008
01 September 2008 Amtel-Vredestein, Russia’s third-largest tire maker, said shareholders agreed to a bid from Sibur-Russian Tyres, leading to a reverse takeover.
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Tire Maker Amtel Accepts Sibur Takeover – The Moscow Times
August 31st, 2008
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Tire Maker Amtel Accepts Sibur Takeover
The Moscow Times, Russia - Sibur, Russia's biggest tire maker and part of Gazprom's Sibur Holding petrochemical unit, is benefiting from a burgeoning Russian car market expanding 20 … |
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Sign of the times (BBC News)
August 30th, 2008
Humphrey Hawksley visits one of Moscow’s old nuclear bunkers, as Russia and the West accuse each other of risking a new Cold War.
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From Foreign Office: Foreign Secretary speech in Ukraine (27/08/2008) (Girodivite)
August 30th, 2008
David Miliband visited Kiev on Wednesday 27 August. While there he delivered a speech commenting on the situation in Georgia, the importance of protecting democratic principles and the relationship between the UK and the Ukraine.
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The rouble has tumbled, the stock market has crashed, and …
Irish Independent, Ireland - Mr Medvedev, for example, was chairman of the gas monopoly Gazprom until his inauguration in May. "Such connections never existed in the cold war," said … |
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Beware the bear trap – guardian.co.uk
August 29th, 2008
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Beware the bear trap
guardian.co.uk, UK - Barely noticed in the runup to the crisis in Georgia, Russia signed a deal that gives its energy giant Gazprom control over gas supply from neighbouring … |
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Beware the bear trap (Guardian Unlimited)
August 29th, 2008
Comment is free: Jeremy Leggett: Britain, like most of Europe, is at risk of being the target of Russia’s energy export weaponry
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As Russia’s nuclear power utility goes private, who will actually buy nuclear power stations? (Bellona Foundation)
August 29th, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG – With the transformation earlier this month of Russia’s state nuclear utility Rosenergoatom into the joint stock company Energoatom, Russia’s nuclear industry is hoping both to get government budget funding and attract investors.
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OMV, RWE say plan for Nabucco not hurt by Georgia – Reuters
August 29th, 2008
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OMV, RWE say plan for Nabucco not hurt by Georgia
Reuters - Europe is seeking to access gas from suppliers other than Russian monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which delivers about a … |
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Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — OAO Rosneft , Russia’s biggest crude oil producer, earned more than domestic rival OAO Lukoil in the second quarter, by raising output and integrating assets bought from bankrupt OAO Yukos Oil Co.
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