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India finds in Russia a good friend to count on
TWO summits in three months is unusual, even considering the strategic ties India and Russia have nurtured for over five decades.
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China, Russia sign major agreements worth $1.6bn
China and Russia signed 15 deals cumulatively worth $1.6 billion in the Russian city of Vladivostok over the weekend, with more coming up on Monday.
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Turkey to increase trade with Iran
Turkey is aiming to increase trade volume with Iran to $20 billion in 2011, a Turkish minister said Thursday.
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Russians rally against economic policy
Thousands rallied across Russia Saturday to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment and a growing potential for protests.
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Gazprom’s Partner ENI Loses Confidence in South Stream
Italy’s ENI chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, has proposed unifying the Gazprom-led South Stream with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project. The Italian state-controlled energy conglomerate ENI is the key technological and commercial partner to Gazprom in South Stream, the project aimed at transporting gas from Russia across the Black Sea to Europe
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PACE wants early Armenian vote reforms
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, has agreed to give Armenia until the end of this year to reform its electoral system.
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Medvedev, Putin grapple for power in Moscow
Russian President Medvedev made it clear from the beginning that he does not stand in Vladimir Putin's shadow. Two years into his presidency, Medvedev is making a play for more power as he seeks to assert himself.
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Pakistan gas pipeline is Iran's lifeline
As Iran braces for another broadside of economic sanctions over its nuclear program, Tehran moves closer to opening up a new lifeline -- a natural gas pipeline to Pakistan and possibly India and China as well.
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