| June 2006 |
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Members of Russia's upper house of parliament said Friday a decision by world No. 2 steelmaker Arcelor to reject a merger with Russia's Severstal was driven by political rather than economic considerations. 
Foreign companies refuse to compete with Russian metallurgical businesses on an equal footing, a senior Russian MP said Friday. 
The lower house of Russia's parliament Friday instructed its information policy committee to request information from state bodies on the reasons for what it called an anti-Russian campaign in Western media. 
Arcelor shareholders rejected a merger with Russian steelmaker Severstal Friday in favor of a bid from the world's No. 1 Mittal Steel. 
Russia's anti-terrorist committee will coordinate the work of the country's secret services to hunt down the terrorists who killed five Russian diplomats in Iraq earlier this month, the chairman said Friday. 
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] is not in talks with Centrica shareholders or its management over purchasing the United Kingdom's largest gas-distribution company, the Russian energy giant's chief executive said Friday. 
Russia's defense minister said Friday that more countries than ever had the potential to develop nuclear weapons and warned that individual states and terrorists had enjoyed some success in attempts to obtain sensitive technologies. 
Severstal [RTS: CHMF] denied rumors Friday that it was contemplating deals with third parties in its bid to merge with the world No. 2 steelmaker, Arcelor. 



