| June 2008 |
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The Russian leadership does not intend to intervene in an ongoing dispute between shareholders of Russian-British oil venture TNK-BP, a Kremlin aide said on Sunday. 
The shortage of highly-skilled personnel in Russia is one of the major obstacles to economic growth, along with inflation, the economics minister said on Sunday. 
Russia currently has a severe shortage of small businesses engaged in science-intensive areas, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday. 
Russia's new Sukhoi Superjet family of medium-haul airliners could become a global brand, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday. 
Presidential economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich, speaking to TV channel Vesti-24 on the sidelines of the forum, said the plans "are already being prepared, and in the next few weeks will be put on the desks of the prime minister and the president." 
United Company RusAl will spend over $300 million on building two terminals at a port in northwestern Russia to supply aluminum products and alumina to world markets, the company said on Sunday. 
Four cars were set on fire in Moscow on Sunday, bringing the total to 32 since a wave of arson attacks on vehicles parked outside apartment blocks began on May 30, police said. 
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told an economic forum on Sunday that the Russian economy is likely to become the world's sixth largest by the end of this year. 
Russia's average annual inflation will slow to 2-3% by 2020, while GDP growth is expected at 6.4-6.5%, Deputy Economics Minister Andrei Klepach said on the sidelines of an economic forum in Petersburg Sunday. 



