| December 2006 |
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Russia's finance minister said Thursday there is no threat of foreign capital's dominance in the country's banking sector as its share will not exceed 35% in the next seven years. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is surprised by the statements of Karen Stewart, the U.S. ambassador in Minsk, on Russian-Belarusian relations. 
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] has purchased 50% plus one share of Sakhalin Energy, the project operator of the major Sakhalin II oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast, for $7.45 billion, the Russian energy giant's CEO said Thursday. 
The number of natural calamities in Russia more than doubled over the last 10 years as a result of global warming, the Russian minister of emergency situations said Thursday. 
Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] said Thursday it has won a tender to explore and develop a hydrocarbon deposit in Libya. 
Commentators and politicians in post-Soviet nations voiced their concerns Thursday that the death of Turkmenistan's long-serving authoritarian president early in the day could trigger instability in the Central Asian region. 
Shareholders of Shell-controlled Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Sakhalin II, have arrived in Moscow to finalize negotiations on Russian energy giant Gazprom's participation in the vast energy project in the country's Far East, an energy source said Thursday
Energy cooperation issues should be outlined in the new partnership deal between Russia and the European Union, Germany's foreign minister said Thursday. 



