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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 16/03/2005-26/04/2005

Putin Moves to Reassure Foreign Investors

President Vladimir Putin has tried to reassure foreign investors about the government's business climate, hinting at a tax amnesty and insisting that tax police should not be allowed to terrorise ...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 03/02/2005-16/03/2005

Structure of Gazprom and Rosneft Finally Revealed

Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov dismissed claims made in early-February by ex-tycoon Boris Berezovsky that Chechen separatists may be holding nuclear weapons. The National Intelligence Council, a CI...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 15/12/2004-02/02/2005

Investor Confidence Seen as Crucial in 2005

President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to diversify Russia's economy and develop its high technology sector by creating special zones where high-tech companies would enjoy tax breaks and other ...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 05/12/2004-15/12/2004

Tax Claims could Hit Economic Growth in 2005

Following a state visit to Turkey by President Vladimir Putin, the two countries agreed to put to rest lingering Cold War tensions and to increase political ties to reflect their booming economic link...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 18/09/2004-04/11/2004

Government Cuts Industry Output Growth Forecast for 2004

Putin was criticised by two of his predecessors, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, over his hardline policies on Chechnya and his centralising of Kremlin power. Gorbachev called for negotiations wi...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 30/07/2004-17/09/2004

Democracy Takes a Dive on the Back of Beslan Attack

The attacks on Yukos have already significantly turned foreign direct investment into reverse. Putin's latest proposals to greatly weaken Russia's democracy, having also in the last 12 months ...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 14/06/2004-29/07/2004

Liquidity Shortages Prompt Bank Closures

The German government unveiled plans to plug up to €5bn of its budget deficit with an innovative securitisation transaction that will repackage a large chunk of Germany's Russian debt commi...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 06/05/2004-13/06/2004

Russia and EU Agree Terms for WTO Entry

Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his second four-year term as President, with the support of the great majority of Russians. In his speech, Putin focused on the country's current stability, noti...

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