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Zero customs fee for import of electric vehicles with hybrid engines offered in Azerbaijan
The Club reports that the session held under the chairmanship of CEIBC president and CEO Telman Aliyev made a decision to conduct systematic sessions dedicated to ecological risks in the Caspian, consider opportunities and promote use of renewable energy sources in countries of the Caspian-Black Sea and Baltic region.
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S.Korea utilities find alternatives to costly Australia coal
Utilities in South Korea are turning to cheaper alternatives to their main source of coal, Australia, as prices there hit an 18-month peak and have stayed high, industry sources said on Friday.
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Russia opens a new pipeline of diplomacy
Russian diplomacy has been on a roll in recent months, the revival of ties with Ukraine being the most dramatic manifestation. But a string of successes, major and minor, sung and unsung, has been notched up below that high point - in Poland, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Norway and Syria.
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Syria asks Russia to lean on Israel
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been in the headlines, first for describing his predecessor Joseph Stalin as a "totalitarian dictator" and then for making the first state visit to Syria by a Kremlin chief since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
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Dealing with Iran's nuke issue
China and other key world powers, except the US, have keen national interests at stake as far as Teheran is concerned
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Multinational military drill to be held in eastern Romania
More than 300 Romanian, U.S., Ukrainian and Macedonian troops will participate from May 17-June 24 in 'the Black Sea Rotational Force 2010' drill organized in eastern Romania, according to a news release on Thurday from the Romanian Navy General Staff.
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Russia hopes for better relations with UK, experts doubt early warming
Russia is hoping its relations with Britain will get better when the new government takes office. Both experts and politicians do forecast an eventual warming in bilateral relations, but at the same time they warn that an early breakthrough is unlikely.
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A New and Modern Foreign Policy
A supposedly confidential Foreign Ministry document — an intentional leak that was published on Russian Newsweek’s web site this week — has created a stir among diplomats and journalists. Many saw it as a revelation or a signal of a significant and welcome policy shift toward the West. But in reality, this is quite an overstatement.
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