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ESN group to sell core energy assets to Inter RAO UES

11:21 08/09/2010

Russia's energy investment company ESN group, owned by tycoon Grigory Beryozkin, has agreed to sell its core energy assets to state-controlled power trader Inter RAO UES, Kommersant daily said on Wednesday.

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Belarus' position on oil product duties ungrounded - Russian deputy PM
22:17 07/09/2010
The position of Minsk on the levying of duties on Russian oil products supplied to Belarus has no legal basis, a Russian first deputy prime minister said Tuesday.
World grain market situation after Russia’s grain export ban
21:41 07/09/2010
Russia, one of the biggest players on the world grain market, introduced a temporary ban on its grain exports from August 15 to December 31, 2010. This news sent the grain prices on the world markets to two-year highs.
Russia could start selling off stakes in state firms by end of year
19:27 07/09/2010
The Russian government could start selling off stakes in state-controlled enterprises before the end of the year, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Tuesday.
VTB considering South Korea, Hong Kong for Eurobond placement
18:09 07/09/2010
Russia's second largest bank, VTB, is considering South Korea and Hong Kong as possible floors for its Eurobond placement, VTB head Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday.
Russia does not need grain imports - minister
17:01 07/09/2010
Russia will not need to import grain since this year's harvest is enough for the country's domestic needs, Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said on Tuesday.1
CIS Economic Court gives month to Moscow, Minsk to solve oil duty problem
16:04 07/09/2010
The CIS Economic Court ruled on Tuesday that Moscow and Minsk must come to an out of court agreement within one month on a dispute over Russian oil product export duties.
Russia plans to explore gas deposits in northwest Siberia - paper
15:27 07/09/2010
Russia plans to exploit its biggest gas reserves on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, but estimates say it will cost up to 8 trillion rubles ($260 billion), a business daily said on Tuesday.
Russia, Kazakhstan agree on joint exploration of Imashevskoye gas field
13:25 07/09/2010
Russia and Kazakhstan have signed an agreement on joint geological exploration of the Imashevskoye gas condensate deposit, the two countries said on Tuesday.
Rosatom's subsidiary uses stakes in Kazakh mines in Uranium One deal
13:09 07/09/2010
Russian state-owned miner Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), a subsidiary of Rosatom, has bought a controlling stake in Canada's Uranium One using its stakes in two Kazakh uranium mines as a part of the payment, the head of Rosatom said on Tuesday.
Kazakhstan may buy into Russian uranium enterprise
12:55 07/09/2010
Kazakhstan is pondering the possibility of buying stocks in a Russian uranium enrichment enterprise, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov said on Tuesday.
UAC to invest $300 mln in MS-21 airliner production
12:08 07/09/2010
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will invest $300 million on upgrading its aircraft factories and construction of new plants to produce the MS-21 airliner by 2014, UAC President Alexei Fyodorov said on Tuesday.
Moscow wants to offer tax privileges to foreign investors
11:54 07/09/2010
The Moscow City government wants to simplify administrative procedures and provide tax privileges to foreign investors, the head of the Moscow external economic and international relations department, Georgy Muradov said on Tuesday.
Russian Technologies to buy 100 new airliners from UAC, Boeing
11:37 07/09/2010
Russian Technologies plans to buy 50 MS-21 short-range and mid-range airliners from United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and 50 Boeing airliners for the country's flagship carrier Aeroflot, Russian Technologies head Sergei Chemezov said on Tuesday.
RusAl awaiting outcome of Prosecutor General's probe into Norilsk Nickel's June AGM
10:54 07/09/2010
Russia's aluminum giant RusAl is awaiting the results of an investigation by the Prosecutor General into a shareholder meeting and board election at Norilsk Nickel in June that could significantly change the alignment of forces ahead of Norilsk's extraordinary general meeting, a Russian business daily said on Tuesday.
South Stream gas pipeline
20:57 06/09/2010
A technical and economic assessment of the South Stream gas project will be ready in February 2011 and the pipeline will go into operation at the end of 2015. Russia has already signed intergovernmental agreements with Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia to implement the onshore part of the project.
Moscow did not dramatize Gazprom losses during crisis- Putin
20:52 06/09/2010
The Russian authorities did not dramatize the losses suffered by energy giant Gazprom during the financial crisis, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Russia wants to export biofuels and game to EU
18:11 06/09/2010
Russia is ready to supply oilseeds and biofuel, including ethanol, as well as game and aquaculture products to the European Union, Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexander Petrikov said on Monday.
Russia to lift grain export ban after harvest says Medvedev
17:18 06/09/2010
Russia will cancel its grain export embargo as soon as the situation with the grain harvest becomes clear, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
KazakhGold asks Nazarbayev to intervene in Polyus Gold dispute
16:13 06/09/2010
Kazakh gold miner KazakhGold has asked Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev to personally intervene in the dispute over its acquisition of Russia's top gold producer Polyus Gold.

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