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	<title>Sinopec to build refinery in Russia</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205654-1-sinopec-build-refinery-russia.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Nov 2009 09:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Sinopec Group plans to spend US$220 million on the construction of a refining base in Primorsky Region, an eastern area in Russia, sources reported.OAO Rosneft, a Russian oil giant, is considering investing the refining project.The refining base, which will comprise a refinery, a power station, a wharf and some...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Putin announces more aid as Russia exits crisis</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100204420-1-update-1-putin-announces-more-aid.html</link>
	<pubDate>23 Nov 2009 01:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* PM Putin announces car scrappage plan, mortgage aid * Says sees signs of economic recovery * Says GDP to decline by 8.0-8.5 percent in 2009 ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 21 - Vladimir Putin pledged...	</description>
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	<title>Russia commits to tougher emissions target - EU</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100202764-1-russia-commits-tougher-emissions-target.html</link>
	<pubDate>18 Nov 2009 16:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>STOCKHOLM, Nov 18 - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday Russia had set itself a tougher target on greenhouse gas emissions, less than three weeks before international climate talks in Copenhagen. Barroso...	</description>
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	<title>REFILE-WRAPUP 1-EU, Russia discuss energy, trade and climate</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100202708-1-refile-wrapup-1-eu%252C-russia-discuss-energy%252C.html</link>
	<pubDate>18 Nov 2009 12:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* EU presidency, Russia discuss climate change, energy * Russia says aims to join WTO as single entity * EU-Russia ties still fragile after Russia-Georgia war STOCKHOLM, Nov 18 - The European Union's Swedish presidency...	</description>
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	<title>WRAPUP 1-EU, Russia dicuss energy, trade and climate</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100202707-1-wrapup-1-eu%252C-russia-dicuss-energy%252C.html</link>
	<pubDate>18 Nov 2009 12:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* EU presidency, Russia discuss climate change, energy * Russia says aims to join WTO as single entity * EU-Russia ties still fragile after Russia-Georgia war STOCKHOLM, Nov 18 - The European Union's Swedish presidency...	</description>
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	<title>Russia palladium sales to shrink on lower output-JM</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100201999-1-russia-palladium-sales-shrink-lower.html</link>
	<pubDate>17 Nov 2009 13:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Palladium sales to fall as Norilsk output drops * Supplies of palladium from state stocks seen stable * Platinum sales seen down on Norilsk, minors output fall MOSCOW, Nov 17 - Russia, the world's...	</description>
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	<title>PREVIEW-EU, Russia hope for new start despite differences</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100201916-1-preview-eu%252C-russia-hope-new-start.html</link>
	<pubDate>17 Nov 2009 09:20:47 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* EU, Russia to discuss energy, trade, rights, climate * EU hopes to build trust, avert energy supply disruptions * Ties improving slowly after Georgia-Russia war STOCKHOLM, Nov 17 - The European Union and Russia...	</description>
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	<title>SNAP ANALYSIS-Medvedev sets ambitions for Russia, shy on detail</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100199651-1-snap-analysis-medvedev-sets-ambitions-russia%252C.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Nov 2009 01:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>MOSCOW, Nov 12 - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday outlined his vision of Russia as one of the world's leading innovative economies and a mature democracy, but gave few clues on how this could be...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Medvedev stresses modernisation in Russia address</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100199588-1-update-1-medvedev-stresses-modernisation-russia.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Nov 2009 01:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Medvedev calls for refocus of economy * Russia needs smart economy, president says MOSCOW, Nov 12 - President Dmitry Medvedev called on Russia on Thursday to refocus its economy away from Soviet-era energy and...	</description>
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	<title>Russia to cut gas supply</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100198976-1-russia-cut-gas-supply.html</link>
	<pubDate>12 Nov 2009 01:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Russia will cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev siphons off gas without paying for it, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday.
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	<title>Jan.-Sep. Russia aluminum exports dropped by 1.4% y-o-y to 2.589mln t</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100197797-1-jan.-sep.-russia-aluminum-exports-dropped.html</link>
	<pubDate>10 Nov 2009 05:23:16 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Nov. 9 MetalBiz--The data of Russia Federal Customs Service Office on November 6 showed that in the first nine months, Russia exported 2.589mln tons of aluminum...	</description>
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	<title>Nov. Russia government may raise scrap export duty</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100194089-1-nov.-russia-government-may-raise.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Nov 2009 07:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Nov. 3 MetalBiz--In the international Recycling Bureau holding in Amsterdam, suppliers stated that in November, Russia government probably adjusts up scrap steel export duty...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-Swine fever may impede growth in Russia herd-USMEF</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/chemical/100191328-1-update-1-swine-fever-may-impede.html</link>
	<pubDate>28 Oct 2009 18:59:25 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Swine fever's spread in Russia may threaten herd * Swine fever could spread to Europe, Asia. * The disease has not slowed Russian pork consumption (Add details, background) CHICAGO, Oct 28 - The spread...	</description>
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	<title>Russia inflation rate higher than 8% in 2009</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100190051-1-russia-inflation-rate-higher-than.html</link>
	<pubDate>27 Oct 2009 01:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Oct. 26 MetalBiz--Putin, premier of Russia attended in Russia-Finland Forestry Meeting in St.Petersburg on October 25, and claimed that the Russia domestic inflation rate in...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-VW says Q3 very good, sees long-term Russia growth</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100186701-1-update-1-vw-says-q3-very.html</link>
	<pubDate>21 Oct 2009 01:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Sees German market falling sharply next year * VW CEO says Russian auto market rising 30 percent by 2018 GRABTSEVO, RUSSIA, Oct 20 - Volkswagen AG had a &quot;very good&quot; third quarter and sees...	</description>
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	<title>Russia will initially supply China with 10-15 bcm of gas</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100183478-1-russia-initially-supply-china-10-15.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Oct 2009 15:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>BEIJING, Oct 14 - Russia will start supplying China with 10 to 15 billion cubic metres of gas from western Siberia, Russia's Prim Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Russian state-run gas giant...	</description>
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	<title>Clinton says Russia would support Iran sanctions</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100183429-1-clinton-says-russia-would-support.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Oct 2009 12:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>WASHINGTON, Oct 14 - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday if the international community considers additional sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program Russia would be on board. &quot;I'm very pleased about...	</description>
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	<title>Russia says to lift all H1N1-related meat bans</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/food/100183339-1-russia-says-lift-all-h1n1-related.html</link>
	<pubDate>14 Oct 2009 08:49:09 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>MOSCOW, Oct 14 - Russia, a major meat importer, will from Oct. 15 lift all remaining import bans on meat related to the H1N1 virus, the country's animal and plant health watchdog said on Wednesday....	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 4-China, Russia bolster ties with gas, trade deals</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100182783-1-update-4-china%252C-russia-bolster-ties.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 12:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Preliminary gas agreement signed * Leaders look to cooperate in trade, energy, diplomacy * Both countries share many foreign policy views * Ties constrained by friction, distrust BEIJING, Oct 13 - Russia and China...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 3-China, Russia bolster ties with gas, trade deals</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100182714-1-update-3-china%252C-russia-bolster-ties.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 09:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Gas agreement also in spotlight * Both counties share many foreign policy views * But ties constrained by friction, distrust BEIJING, Oct 13 - Russia and China bolstered their close but increasingly imbalanced relationship...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 2-China, Russia bolster ties with $3.5 bln in deals</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100182621-1-update-2-china%252C-russia-bolster-ties.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 07:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Gas agreement also in spotlight * Both counties share many foreign policy views * But ties constrained by friction, distrust BEIJING, Oct 13 - Russia and China...	</description>
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	<title>UPDATE 1-China, Russia bolster ties with $3.5 bln in deals</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100182447-1-update-1-china%252C-russia-bolster-ties.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 05:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>* Gas agreement also in spotlight * Both counties share many foreign policy views * But ties constrained by friction, distrust BEIJING, Oct 13 - Russia and China looked to steady their close but increasingly...	</description>
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	<title>China and Russia seek to bolster ties as Putin visits</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100182412-1-china-russia-seek-bolster-ties.html</link>
	<pubDate>13 Oct 2009 03:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>BEIJING, Oct 13 - Russia and China will look to steady their close but increasingly imbalanced relationship on Tuesday when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin oversees the signing of trade deals that could be worth...	</description>
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	<title>Russia FinMin: reserve diversification to continue</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100182210-1-russia-finmin%253A-reserve-diversification-continue.html</link>
	<pubDate>12 Oct 2009 20:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>MOSCOW, Oct 13 - Russia and other countries are likely to continue gradual diversification of reserves, but a sharp move away from the dollar is unlikely in the medium term, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin...	</description>
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	<title>Russia to ban incandescent light bulbs from 2014</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/energy/100181076-1-russia-ban-incandescent-light-bulbs.html</link>
	<pubDate>9 Oct 2009 08:44:08 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>MOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Russia plans to ban the production and sale of all types of incandescent light bulb from Jan. 1, 2014, in a move designed to reduce energy consumption ...	</description>
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	<title>Hyundai inked coking-coal supply agreement with Russia to satisfy blast furnace demand</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100177682-1-hyundai-inked-coking-coal-supply-agreement.html</link>
	<pubDate>25 Sep 2009 05:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Sep. 25 MetalBiz--S. Korea's Hyundai on September 23 stated that it had signed the supply agreement memorandum of understanding with Russia Siberia Anthracite Coal, with 5 years...	</description>
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	<title>Russia to invest to build big-bore monolete steel tube workshops</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/metalworking/100176538-1-russia-invest-build-big-bore-monolete.html</link>
	<pubDate>24 Sep 2009 02:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Sep. 23 MetalBiz--It is reported that Russia Economic Development Department and Committee have adopted the resolution to grant 5bln rupees of national guarantee for Chelyabinsk...	</description>
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	<title>Millions of euros in Opel aid bound for Russia</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100171500-1-millions-euros-opel-aid-bound.html</link>
	<pubDate>15 Sep 2009 03:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Hundreds of millions of euros in German state aid planned for carmaker Opel is earmarked for operations in Russia, an Opel trustee with reservations about the project was quoted as saying in a newspaper interview Sunday.
&quot;More than 600 million euros ($876 million) of the 4.5 billion euros ($6.6 b...	</description>
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	<title>Mohe County</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/business-in-china/100016812-1-mohe-county.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Aug 2009 07:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>Mohe County is a county in Heilongjiang province, in the People's Republic of China. It includes China's northernmost point, on the Heilongjiang (Amur) River border with Russia. <img src="http://img.alibaba.com/img/news/albumThumbnail/10/00/16/81/1249283309143_us_backyard1_145.jpg"></img>	</description>
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	<title>Notable Newcomers</title>
	<link>http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/people/100002558-1-notable-newcomers.html</link>
	<pubDate>3 Nov 2008 07:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
	<description>One out of every five billionaires is new to our list this year. One-third of the 226 newcomers are Americans. Another third come from Russia, China and India. The rest come from 29 other nations including Portugal, Greece and Nigeria, which welcomes its first billionaire. Here are our picks for some of the more notable new entrants including Asia's richest newcomer, India's youngest billionaire and the year's only new self-made woman.

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