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Russia’s Q1 GDP Growth Slumps to 1.6%

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:32 GMT

Russia’s Q1 GDP Growth Slumps to 1.6%

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT

Russia’s GDP grew just 1.6 percent in the first quarter of this year, its fifth consecutive quarterly fall, the Federal Statistics Service said on Friday.

Russia to Join FATCA Tax Watchdog

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:14 GMT

Russia to Join FATCA Tax Watchdog

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:00 GMT

Russia’s Finance Ministry and the US Treasury Department should soon finalize an agreement on Russia’s accession to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday.

Exclases Russia Orders Five AW139 Helicopters

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:28 GMT

Exclases Russia Orders Five AW139 Helicopters

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:00 GMT

Helicopter distributor Exclases Russia has ordered five AW139 helicopters from HeliVert, a Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland joint venture, in a deal signed on Thursday, Russian Helicopters said in a statement.

IMF Approves $1.3 Bln Cyprus Bailout

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:00 GMT

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had approved a bailout of 1 billion euros (over $1.3 billion) for Cyprus, with the first installment of $110.7 million already allocated to the country’s government.

Gazprom Offers Foreign Investors Half Far East LNG Project

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:27 GMT

Gazprom Offers Foreign Investors Half Far East LNG Project

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:00 GMT

Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to offer foreign investors up to a 50 percent share in a project to build a liquefied natural (LNG) plant near Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, Gazprom Deputy CEO Vitaly Markelov said on Wednesday.

Rosneft to Invest $100 Mln in Vietnam Offshore Bloc

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:47:00 GMT

Russian state-run oil giant Rosneft has pledged to invest around $100 million in geological prospecting and drilling off Vietnam after it received approval for a new oil bloc there, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said on Wednesday.

Russia in Top 5 For Generated YouTube Traffic

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:15:06 GMT

Russia in Top 5 For Generated YouTube Traffic

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:15:00 GMT

Russia is among the top five countries in terms of volume of generated traffic on YouTube, Google's Vice President and Global Head of Content at YouTube Robert Kyncl told a news conference on Wednesday.

MegaFon Q1 Net Profit Grows 37% to $404 Mln

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:12:28 GMT

MegaFon Q1 Net Profit Grows 37% to $404 Mln

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:12:00 GMT

MegaFon, one of Russia's three largest mobile phone operators, posted a first-quarter net profit of 12.64 billion rubles ($404 million) to IFRS, up 36.5 percent year on year, the company said on Wednesday, citing strong revenue and subscriber base growth.

VimpelCom US GAAP Net Profit Up 28% in Q1

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:20 GMT

VimpelCom US GAAP Net Profit Up 28% in Q1

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Telecom provider VimpelCom Ltd., which comprises one of Russia's top three mobile operators VimpelCom, posted a US GAAP net profit of $408 million in January-March 2013, up 28 percent from the same period last year, the company said on Wednesday.

Russia Terminates Azerbaijan Oil Transit Deal

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:04 GMT

Russia Terminates Azerbaijan Oil Transit Deal

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT

Russia published a document on Tuesday terminating the 1996 transit agreement under which it transported oil from Azerbaijan through its territory.

Main News of May 13

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:06:00 GMT

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

Cyprus Lifts Restrictions for VTB Subsidiary

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:06:30 GMT

Cyprus Lifts Restrictions for VTB Subsidiary

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:06:00 GMT

Cyprus Finance Ministry issued a decree on Friday lifting restrictions on financial operations for the Russian Commercial Bank, a subsidiary of state-run VTB, and OJSC Promsvyazbank, a Russian privately-owned bank.

Russia, UK to Set Up Energy Projects Group - Putin

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:03:47 GMT

Russia, UK to Set Up Energy Projects Group - Putin

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:03:00 GMT

Russia and the United Kingdom have agreed to set up a special group to work on energy projects, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Oil Export Slump Slashes Russia’s Q1 Foreign Trade Surplus

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:12:43 GMT

Oil Export Slump Slashes Russia’s Q1 Foreign Trade Surplus

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:12:00 GMT

Falling oil exports to Europe and ex-Soviet republics were among factors that slashed Russia’s foreign trade surplus by 13.6 percent in January-March 2013 year on year to $54 billion, according to data published by the Federal Customs Service on Wednesday.