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Russia & CIS
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18/05/12 7:27PM GMT

UKRAINE-PROSECUTORS-TYMOSHENKO KYIV. May 18 (Interfax) – Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka thanked German Ambassador to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth at a meeting on Friday for the assistance provided by German doctors in the treatment of for…

Iran to "sooner or later" accept Caspian’s division into sectors – analyst
18/05/12 7:12PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-CASPIAN-IRAN-OPINION ASTANA. May 18 (Interfax) – A U.S. analyst predicted on Friday that Iran would “sooner or later” have to accept the proposal of the other four Caspian states that the inland sea be divided into national sectors.
“Iran …

Russia & CIS
Business & Financial
18/05/12 4:56PM GMT

RUSSIA-ROSTECH-INCORPORATION MOSCOW. May 18. (Interfax) – The state Russian Technologies (Rostekhnologii) corporation will finish corporatizing its assets by late 2012 or early 2013, its general director, Sergei Chemezov, said at a meeting chaired by R…

Main indexes of the Russia stock market for May 18
18/05/12 4:55PM GMT

RUSSIA-STOCK-MARKET-INDEXES
IndexValueNet% Change
RTS Index
Dollar1289.46-23.97-1.82
Ruble8971.91-176.85-1.93
MICEX Index
Ruble1271.48-16.31-1.27
MICEX-10 Index
Ruble3001.68-37.31-1.23
RTS2 Index
Dollar1459.78-17.69-1.20
MICEX Chemicals Inde…

Russia & CIS
Military News
18/05/12 3:32PM GMT

RUSSIA-PRIMORSKY-WAREHOUSE-SITUATION MOSCOW. May 18 (Interfax-AVN) – The blasts caused by a fire at an ammunition depot in the Primorsky Territory have stopped, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov told Interfax-AVN.
“According t…

Moscow deplores "neo-Nazi" sentiments in Europe
18/05/12 3:14PM GMT

RUSSIA-MINISTRY-EUROPE-NATIONALISM MOSCOW. May 18 (Interfax) – Moscow deplored “mounting” right-wing nationalism in Europe and said it was reminiscent of the way the Nazis came to power in Germany.
“Unfortunately, the serous economic and social probl…

Russia & CIS
Energy News
18/05/12 7:00PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-OIL-SUPPLIES ASTANA. May 18 (Interfax) – Kazakhstan and Russia may sign intergovernmental agreements on supplies of Russian oil, particularly to the Pavlodar Oil Refinery, at the end of May, Kazakh Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev …

Indian Trans Electrica to start building HPP in Georgia in August
18/05/12 4:05PM GMT

GEORGIA-INDIA-HPP-CONSTRUCTION TBILISI. May 18 (Interfax) – Indian company Trans Electrica Limited will start building the Hudoni Hydro Power Plant in Georgia in August 2012 at Inguri River and with capacity of 650 megawatts, the company told Interfax….

Russia & CIS News
Announcements
18/05/12 2:57PM GMT

INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEEK(changes are possible for reasons beyond Interfax’ control)

The bulletin comes out weekly. This is issue No. 20

MONDAY, May 21, 2012

In Moscow:

Meeting
Subject: Changes to Civil Code
Organizer: Federation C…

Events due in Moscow, Russia, CIS and Baltic countries on May 19-20, 2012
18/05/12 2:06PM GMT

INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEEKENDDaily Bulletin No. 109

SATURDAY, May 19, 2012

In Moscow:

9.30 a.m. Liturgy
Participant: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all-Russia
Venue: Butovo range, venue of mass executions during Stalin purges
Phone: 8499…

Ukraine
News
18/05/12 6:51PM GMT

UKRAINE-CENTRAL-BANK-FOREX-RATE-CHANGES
Rate18/05/1221/05/12Change, %
Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to the US dollar (UAH/$)7.99107.9915+0.006
Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to EURO (UAH/EUR1)10.13418610.165987+0.314
Official exchang…

EBRD projects Ukraine’s GDP growth at 4% in 2013
18/05/12 6:32PM GMT

UKRAINE-EBRD-GDP-GROWTH Kyiv, May 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The growth of Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 will speed up to 4% from 2.5% in 2012, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported in its updated Regional E…

Kazakhstan
News
18/05/12 1:19PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-BANK-MANAGEMENT-CHANGESAlmaty. May 18. Interfax-Kazakhstan – Kazkommertsbank has prematurely terminated the authority of Gail Buyske, a member of the board of directors and independent director, the banks says in a Friday press release.

“…

Kazkommertsbank not to pay dividends on common shares for 2011
18/05/12 1:11PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-BANK-DIVIDENDSAlmaty. May 19. Interfax-Kazakhstan – On Friday the annual general meeting of Kazkommertsbank shareholders made a decision not to pay dividends from the net profit of 2011, the bank says in a press release.

The net profit of…

Central Asia
News
18/05/12 3:16PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-IRAN-CASPIAN-STATUS ASTANA. May 18 (Interfax) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh discussed aspects of bilateral relations and exchanged opinions on a regional and international ag…

Russia reduces oil supplies to Kazakhstan’s Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant in May
18/05/12 2:40PM GMT

KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-OIL-SUPPLIES ASTANA. May 18. (Interfax) – Russia reduced oil deliveries to the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PPP, part of KazMunayGas) in May, Director of the Department for Oil Industry Development at the Kazakh Oil and Gas Ministry …

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