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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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LONDON, March 25- Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in the locked bathroom of his luxury mansion near London over the weekend, died by hanging, British police said on Monday.
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LONDON, March 25- Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in the locked bathroom of his luxury mansion near London over the weekend, died by hanging, British police said on Monday.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout. NICOSIA, March 26- The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests, but banks will remain closed until Thursday- and even then subject to capital controls to prevent a run on deposits.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout. NICOSIA, March 26- The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests, but banks will remain closed until Thursday- and even then subject to capital controls to prevent a run on deposits.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout. NICOSIA, March 25- The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced "very temporary" capital controls to stem a run on the island's banks.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout* Deal to shut Laiki bank, transfer insured deposits* President says capital controls to be "very temporary"* Banks to remain closed until Thursday By Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout. NICOSIA, March 25- The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced "very temporary" capital controls to stem a run on the island's banks.
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*Cyprus seals deal for 10- billion euro bailout* Deal to shut Laiki bank, transfer insured deposits* President says capital controls to be "very temporary"* Two biggest banks to remain closed until Thursday By Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris.
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The agreement came hours before a deadline to avert a collapse of the banking system in fraught negotiations between President Nicos Anastasiades and heads of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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The agreement came hours before a deadline to avert a collapse of the banking system in fraught negotiations between President Nicos Anastasiades and heads of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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BRUSSELS/ NICOSIA, March 25- As new President Nicos Anastasiades hesitated over an EU bailout that has wrecked Cyprus's offshore financial haven status, money was oozing out of his country's closed banks.
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BRUSSELS/ NICOSIA, March 25- As new President Nicos Anastasiades hesitated over an EU bailout that has wrecked Cyprus's offshore financial haven status, money was oozing out of his country's closed banks.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Russia has asked Washington to hold regular consultations on missile defence in Europe, signalling that a shift in U.S. missile shield plans might help to resolve a row that has long strained ties.
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*Norilsk, Evraz shares down on speculation. MOSCOW, March 25- Moscow's stock indexes dipped to fresh 2013 lows on concerns about the effect on Russia of the Cyprus bailout package, while shares in Norilsk Nickel were hit by a rumor that tycoon Roman Abramovich has been arrested.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Ukraine's plan to buy more gas from Europe and reduce imports from Russia will not work because European prices are rising, Russia's Gazprom said, signalling it will not budge in a price dispute with Kiev.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Ukraine's plan to buy more gas from Europe and reduce imports from Russia will not work because European prices are rising, Russia's Gazprom said, signalling it will not budge in a price dispute with Kiev.
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The Cyprus bailout and the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovksy this weekend might seem like entirely separate events. But they are deeply connected. And they share the same root tragedy: Call it the "The Oligarchs' Curse."
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BRUSSELS/ NICOSIA, March 25- Cyprus reached a last-ditch deal with international lenders on a 10 billion euro rescue plan to avoid economic meltdown, agreeing to close down its second-largest bank and inflict heavy losses on big depositors.
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*MICEX rises 0.7 pct after losing 4.0 pct last week. MOSCOW, March 25- Russian stocks recovered slightly on Monday from their worst week since May 2012, with gains capped by concern about possible losses for Russian depositors coming from the Cyprus bailout deal. At 1128 GMT the rouble-denominated MICEX share index.
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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.