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Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the country's top-level bureaucrats and state employees a three-month deadline to close their foreign bank accounts - or get sacked.
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*No complaints yet from Tele2 minority shareholders. So it went with Nordic telecoms group Tele2, which found its options in Russia narrowed to the point where Chief Executive Mats Granryd and, apparently, its shareholders were grateful to accept the lowest of three offers to sell out.
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TYUMEN, Russia, April 3- Forty-five years after its accidental discovery deep under the swamps of West Siberia, the race is now on to develop the world's largest shale oil resource, Russia's Bazhenov.
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JERUSALEM- Israel pressed Hamas on Wednesday to rein in rocket-firing militants in the Gaza Strip after the most serious outbreak of cross-border hostilities since a ceasefire ended an eight-day war in November.
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UNITED NATIONS- The 193- nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the country's top-level bureaucrats and state employees a three-month deadline to close their foreign bank accounts - or get sacked.
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France and Germany have summoned Russia's ambassadors to explain the searches, while the U.S., Britain and the EU have expressed concern. Russia's rights ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin, asked Putin about the raids, saying they have been conducted for no apparent reason.
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The security team for Russian President Vladimir Putin got in a small altercation with the South African security contingent after they wouldn't let the men inside a secure building.
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*Rostelecom may decrease its mobile appetite after CEO switch. MOSCOW, March 27- Russian state-controlled telecoms operator Rostelecom named former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin as its new chief executive in a government-forced leadership change.
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*Ran firm that Rostelecom bought from Kremlin-loyal tycoons. MOSCOW, March 27- The Kremlin has backed former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin to become the next chief executive of state-controlled Rostelecom, in a leadership change that could herald a strategic shift away from Russia's cut-throat mobile sector.
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MOSCOW, March 27- The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. -Russia's government will at least double taxes starting from next year on cars that cost more than 5 million roubles, the paper writes.
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MOSCOW, March 27- The Kremlin supports the nomination of former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin to become the next chief executive of Rostelecom, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Reuters.
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MOSCOW, March 27- The Kremlin supports the nomination of former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin to become the next chief executive of Rostelecom, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Reuters. "I don't know when his candidacy will be approved but I can say his candidacy was agreed," Peskov said.
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MOSCOW, March 27- The Kremlin has backed former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin to take charge at Rostelecom, weeks after an ally of President Vladimir Putin bought a stake in the state-controlled operator, according to news reports. A source close to the Rostelecom board told Reuters the matter could be raised "at any moment" during a board meeting on Wednesday.
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MOSCOW, March 27- Here are events and news stories that could move Russian markets on Wednesday. BELGRADE, Serbia- Alexei Miller, CEO of Russia's Gazprom, to visit Serbia;. MOSCOW- Russian state-controlled telecoms group Rostelecom board meeting to set the price of minorities buyout;.
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MOSCOW, March 27- The Kremlin has backed former cable TV boss Sergei Kalugin to take charge at Rostelecom, weeks after an ally of President Vladimir Putin bought a stake in the state-controlled operator, according to news reports. A source close to the Rostelecom board told Reuters the matter could be raised "at any moment" during a board meeting on Wednesday.
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*China dominates, but can BRICS coalesce as a group? DURBAN, South Africa, March 27- At a summit in South Africa on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin likened the BRICS nations- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- to Africa's "Big Five" game beasts of trophy hunting lore- the lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout. NICOSIA, March 26- Banks in Cyprus will remain closed until Thursday, and even then subject to capital controls to prevent a run on deposits, after a European Union bailout that the country's president assured his people was in their best interests.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.
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MOSCOW, March 26- Here are events and news stories that could move Russian markets on Tuesday. MOSCOW- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to chair a meeting on education. MOSCOW- Russian Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach to hold a press conference on macroeconomic forecasts.