PUTIN ON RUSSIAN-BELARUSSIAN COMPROMISE IN GAS PRICES
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Russia and Belarus achieved compromise and settled the gas pricing problem, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
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Vladimir Putin could become the leader of a land even larger than Russia Â a development that may hinge on talks beginning Thursday in neighboring Belarus.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed bilateral issues with Finland&#39;s president Wednesday, Interfax news agency reported.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his blessing on Friday for Russian state energy firms to bid for oil major Yukos&#39;s assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a huge back-tax bill.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin clinched a key pipeline deal with Bulgaria on Friday that strengthens Moscow's grip on European gas markets before issuing a stern warning about the future status of Kosovo.
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Belarus will pay nearly 20 percent more for Russian gas beginning next year, Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly said Saturday.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Russian President Vladimir  Putin told President Bush on Monday that Russian oil companies  were boosting production as well as exports and would continue  to do so.
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President Vladimir Putin backed a government proposal Tuesday to swap state-owned oil company Rosneft for shares in Gazprom - a major step toward removing restrictions on foreign investors&#39; access to shares in the natural gas giant.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a Chinese state oil company could participate in developing oilfields of the Yukos oil group's main asset sold at auction at the weekend.
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A union between Russia and Belarus was pushed back further Monday when President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the countries would not be able to agree on a common currency at least until 2006.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Russian President Vladmir Putin told a group of media executives &quot;the state&#39;s goal has not been, is not and will not be&quot; to nationalize the country&#39;s emabattled oil giant Yukos (YUKOY) , AFX News reported, though said that state firms
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Meeting with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday said &quot;Russia and Venezuela are large oil producers.
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Moscow, 14 September: Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov&#39;s decision to liberalize the market in Gazprom shares.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and General Electric&#39;s Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt, left, seen during talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.
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President Vladimir Putin has pledged that Russia would ensure stable energy supplies to the European Union.
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Russia is considering forming a natural gas cartel, President Vladimir Putin has said, rejecting Western criticism of Moscow's reliability as an energy supplier and defending his record on democracy.
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President Vladimir Putin said that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor.