| November 2006 |
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Russia's Gazprom [RTS: GAZP]. and Italy's Eni have signed a strategic partnership agreement giving the Russian energy giant access to Italy's natural gas market, the companies said in a joint news release Tuesday.
Georgia will not buy Russian natural gas at $230 per 1,000 cubic meters, President Mikheil Saakashvili said Tuesday. 
Iran is planning to create 60,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges, the Iranian president said Tuesday. 
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Tuesday urged Moscow to resume talks with Tbilisi in an effort to resolve a crisis in relations between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. 
Western markets fear the arrival of major Russian companies either because they are not prepared or because Russia has a negative image abroad, participants at a Moscow business conference said Tuesday. 
The volume of credit issued to households has risen more than tenfold in the past three years, and currently exceeds 1.5 trillion rubles ($55 billion), the Russian president said Tuesday. 
Tehran said Tuesday it remains undecided on whether to hold talks on Iraq's worsening security situation with Washington, which may seek Iranian assistance to stop a resurgence of sectarian violence in the country. 
Russian experts said Tuesday they see no reason to dramatize Poland's attempts to veto Russia-EU talks on signing a new economic cooperation deal. 
American pilots are to blame for a September incident in which a Kyrgyz airliner collided on takeoff with a U.S. military aircraft at the Central Asian state's international airport, the country's transportation minister said Tuesday. 
Cash dollars held by the Russian population totals an estimated $30 billion, the Central Bank of Russia said Tuesday. "I believe the figure is close to $30 billion," said Alexei Ulyukayev, first CBR deputy chairman. 
"The process of preparations [for talks] will not obviously be easy," Sergei Yastrzhembsky said. "Yesterday's events show that not all EU members believe talks on the new document should start as soon as possible." 



