MOSCOW, April 29- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Gazprom is ready to help Japan with construction of new facilities for gas imports, but stopped short of offering Tokyo concrete participation in gas projects in Russia.
*Norway, Qatar, Azeri funds take more than half offering* Deal reflects Putin's state-capitalist agenda* VTB to focus on organic growth after setbacks* Offering seen as cheap for long-term investors* Shares up 2.3 percent By Katya Golubkova.
*Norway, Qatar, Azeri funds take more than half offering. MOSCOW, April 29- VTB attracted a new class of sovereign investor into Russia with a $3.3 billion share sale, whose proceeds the state-controlled bank pledged to invest in expanding its share of the domestic market.
*Norway, Qatar, Azeri funds take more than half offering* Deal reflects Putin's state-capitalist agenda* VTB to focus on organic growth after setbacks* Offering seen as cheap for long-term investors* Shares up 2.3 percent By Katya Golubkova.
*Norway, Qatar, Azeri funds take more than half offering. MOSCOW, April 29- VTB attracted a new class of sovereign investor into Russia with a $3.3 billion share sale, whose proceeds the state-controlled bank pledged to invest in expanding its share of the domestic market.
*Norway, Qatar, Azeri funds take more than half offering. MOSCOW, April 29- VTB attracted a new class of sovereign investor into Russia with a $3.3 billion share sale, whose proceeds the state-controlled bank pledged to invest in expanding its share of the domestic market.
MOSCOW, April 29- Russia's Finance Ministry plans to propose gradually cutting oil export duty and increasing the mineral extraction tax from 2014 to make the domestic tax system more balanced, a senior official told reporters.
MOSCOW, April 29- Here are events and news stories that could move Russian markets on Monday. MOSCOW- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Russia to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin;. MOSCOW- The Russian Direct Investment Fund to hold a round table discussion on promoting Japanese investment in Russia;.
Japan also expects Russia to present a proposal for Japan's participation in building a pipeline connecting East Siberian gas fields and a planned $38 billion Vladivostok gas hub built by state-controlled Russian export monopoly Gazprom.
By Oksana Kobzeva and Megan Davies. MOSCOW, April 26- Russia's second-largest bank VTB is pushing ahead with a 103 billion rouble share sale in the coming weeks to bolster its capital, even as its shares languish after a series of strategic missteps.
*Proposal affects FSK, MRSK, Gazprom, Novatek in particular. MOSCOW, April 26- Russian utilities and gas companies dragged down Moscow's stock market on Friday after President Vladimir Putin called for limits on rises in gas and power tariffs.
MOSCOW, April 26- Russia's second-largest bank VTB was set to push ahead with a 100 billion rouble share sale in the coming weeks to bolster its capital, even as its shares languish after a series of strategic missteps.
MOSCOW, April 26- Russia's second-largest bank VTB was set to push ahead with a 100 billion rouble share sale in the coming weeks to bolster its capital, even as its shares languish after a series of strategic missteps.
Invited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japan's Shinzo Abe will arrive on April 28 to discuss four islands in the Pacific, known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia, the paper says. -Russian state institutions has requested that Google Inc.
MOSCOW, April 26- Here are events and news stories that could move Russian markets on Friday. MOSCOW- Russian President Vladimir Putin meets members of the presidium of the Russian Council of Lawmakers. MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to hold talks with his Dutch counterpart and Cameroon's Foreign Minister.
*Putin says there can be no return to Stalin-era oppression. MOSCOW, April 25- President Vladimir Putin rejected comparisons with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on Thursday in his annual televised question-and-answer session with citizens, denying political persecution but saying Russia needed order and discipline.
*Addresses topics from pensions to Boston bombs. MOSCOW, April 25- President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Boston bombings proved his tough line against militants in the North Caucasus was right and showed Russia and the United States must step up cooperation on security.
*Addresses topics from pensions to Boston bombs. MOSCOW, April 25- President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Boston bombings proved his tough line against militants in the North Caucasus was right and showed Russia and the United States must step up cooperation on security.
MOSCOW, April 25- President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was not returning Russia to the era of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and denied any political motive in the prosecution and jailing of opponents. He said Russia must never return to the cult of personality,.