- 21:32 21/12/2006
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. 
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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.
- 20:32 21/12/2006
The late Turkmen leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died early Thursday of cardiac arrest, promoted his personality cult during 21 years of authoritarian rule and carried out many eccentric reforms.
- 20:29 21/12/2006
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.
- 20:29 21/12/2006
Japan is not optimistic about a breakthrough in a new round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Japan's envoy said Thursday.
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- 17:48 21/12/2006
Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] said Thursday it has won a tender to explore and develop a hydrocarbon deposit in Libya.
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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.
- 17:28 21/12/2006
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
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The appointment of Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as the country's acting president violates the Constitution, the leader of an opposition party said Thursday.
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Turkmenistan has closed its border with Uzbekistan, a spokesman for the Uzbek customs committee said Thursday.
- 15:03 21/12/2006
Energy cooperation issues should be outlined in the new partnership deal between Russia and the European Union, Germany's foreign minister said Thursday.
- 14:47 21/12/2006
Russia's foreign minister called on countries where radioactive polonium was found to avoid politicizing the issue.
