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		<title>Cherkizovo and Spanish Grupo Fuertes to Produce Turkey Meat in Tambov</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 16 – Russian meat firm OJSC said on Saturday that it has set up a 100 million euro joint venture with Spanish company Grupo Fuertes to produce turkey meat in the Tambov region south of Moscow. The Board of Directors of Cherkizovo approved the joint venture between Cherkizovo Group and Grupo Fuertes on May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinopec and Sibur to Produce Rubber in Krasnoyarsk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 15 – China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Sibur, the Russian petrochemicals group, have entered into a cooperation agreement to form a butadiene nitrile rubber joint venture in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The cooperation deal was signed by Sibur’s CEO Dmitry Konov and Sinopec’s president Wang Tianpu at the recent Russian-Chinese Forum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow to Privatize Metro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 14 – Moscow City Hall is considering privatizing the city’s metro system to further develop the capital&#8217;s infrastructure, according to the project titled, &#8220;The Strategy for Socio-Economic Development of Moscow until 2025.&#8221; The document, posted on the website of the city&#8217;s economic policy and development department, proposes &#8220;attracting private investment from outside the [city] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First-Ever Business Angel Week Held in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 7 – Investors from all over the world came to the first-ever business angel week in Russia, which started in Moscow but is continuing for a week across 25 regions. Business angels are investors who not only finance entrepreneurial projects at an early stage and readily risk their own money, but they also support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Businesses Losing Out Due to Language Inadequacies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 3 – Cultural differences and linguistic barriers are keeping Russian companies from expanding internationally, according to research released on Tuesday. Unfamiliarity with foreign mores and a poor command of languages are perceived to be obstacles to global business success by 89 percent of Russian companies surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and language-teaching firm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P Upgrades Novosibirsk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 2 – Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s upgraded Russia’s third largest city, Novosibirsk, from “stable” to “positive,” the credit-rating agency said in a statement issued this Monday. The ratings are constrained by what the agency regards as the city&#8217;s limited financial flexibility and predictability, as well as low economic productivity. However, these constraints are mitigated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Law Firms to See More Work with WTO Accession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 27 – Russian lawyers look forward to Russia’s World Trade Organization upcoming accession, which is highly expected by the end of this summer, as it will boost the demand for legal services, the local press reports quoting market participants. &#8220;The need for legal services will definitely increase,&#8221; Alexander Muranov, the managing partner of law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Needs to Decentralize Power to Attract Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 26 – Russia needs to decentralize power to lure a greater number of investors, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said at a conference run by Russian lender VTB Capital in New York. &#8220;The vertical of power that’s built today is flawed and the effectiveness of state governance is very low,&#8221; Kudrin said, adding that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Insists Foreign Companies Use GLONASS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 20 – The Russian government will insist that foreign companies in the country use the GLONASS satellite navigation system equipment, Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov said at the Sixth Annual Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow. According to Surkov, the requirement to use chipsets supporting Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) will affect communication equipment producers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Sees Factoring Market Nearly Double in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 19 – Russia’s factoring market almost doubled last year, according to worldwide industry statistics for 2011 released this week by Factors Chain International (FCI). The total worldwide volume for factoring grew by 22 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. Russia’s market factoring turnover totaled 21.174 billion euros, with 20.944 billion euros from the domestic [...]]]></description>
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