OECD raps Russian state control
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Increasing state ownership is a "step back" for the Russian economy and threatens growth, the OECD warns.
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MOSCOW A top economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denounced the government&#39;s takeover of the main asset of Yukos as the &quot;swindle of the year,&quot; and warned that growing state interventionism might prevent the economy from growing at its
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is expected to win.
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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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Russia is backsliding on democracy and the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Russia's liberal economy minister joined a growing backlash against the effective re-nationalization of the country's top oil exporter Yukos and argued that state energy companies should be privatized.
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Russiaâs foreign minister pointed an accusing finger at Britain today for exercising double standards by granting asylum to Chechen separatists.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said state-run companies may bid for OAO Yukos Oil Co. assets in any sale to collect back taxes, raising the prospect of further government control over the nation&#39;s oil and gas industry.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria  - Moscow warned Western nations  on Tuesday against interfering in Ukraine and other ex-Soviet  republics and Washington and the European Union accused Russia  of a heavy-handed approach to its neighbors.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday said  Europe's main election watchdog was seeking to sabotage plans  for monitoring the March 2 presidential election.
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Russia took over the presidency of Europe&#039;s chief body charged with maintaining democracy and human rights -- issues on which it has frequently found itself the target of criticism.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main security organization Friday of playing political games in the dispute over election monitors.
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The OECD says that the rebalancing of the world economy is proceeding, with Europe taking over from the US.
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Russia's first post-Soviet president Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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President Vladimir Putin tried yesterday to put an end to fears of a further state clampdown on big business in Russia by saying that the state should &quot;guarantee private property&quot;, while also demanding that firms pay more towards poverty reduction and