Official: Russian Growth Is Held Back
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The Russian state is inefficient and growth is held back by state-controlled companies, a key government economic official said in an interview published Tuesday.
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The Russian government does not allocate enough money for the Russian space robotics, said Vitaliy Lopota, the director and chief constructor of the St Petersburg Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, as shown by Russian RBK TV "Intrigue of the Day" programme on 29 January.
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Russian economic growth is unlikely to suffer because of government support for the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, a leading analyst says.
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A high-ranking Russian government  official on Wednesday rejected a local newspaper report that  the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov would  soon face a reshuffle.
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The Russian central bank has not transferred about $23 million in previously frozen North Korean funds to a Russian commercial bank, yet another delay holding up a nuclear deal with Pyongyang.
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Some of the international challenges facing Russia's next leader:
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It is a step back from the road we hoped Russia will take to the direction of bigger transparency and democracy, said US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage after a meeting in Riga with Latvian Prime ...
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Russia is dragging its feet in talks on joining the World Trade Organization and must get its act together if it is to accede this year, a European Union diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.
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As the trend toward international investing increases, what does the Russian government's actions mean for investors?
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A U.S.-based organization that tracks the progress of political rights and civil liberties across the world said Monday that Russia had fallen to the status of "not free" &#151; far behind the democratic nations Moscow sees as its peers.
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The economy is still caught between slowing growth and stubborn inflation pressures, new government reports showed Tuesday.
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Russian inflation was 11.7 percent in 2004, slower than the 12 percent rate for 2003 but still above government's target, according to Russia's Federal Statistics Service.
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Despite a spate of bad news, Russia's economy continues to grow.
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Russia said Friday it could not rule out freezing its participation in a treaty limiting non-nuclear heavy weaponry around Europe after its attempt to overhaul the accord was rebuffed in what a diplomat called "fine, polite, elegant lip service."
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S. criticism, echoed  by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's plans for  radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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Russian shares on Thursday fell below their level at the beginning of the year as investors took flight at signs of government interference in private business.
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Russia offered on Tuesday to ease restrictions on international observers monitoring its March 2 presidential vote, but Europe's main election watchdog said the concessions did not go far enough.