Issue 4269. Last Updated: 11/07/2009

Putin Lashes Out at GM on Opel Sale

By Maria Antonova
Russia had been hoping that closer ties with Opel would help reinvigorate its own flailing car industry, which currently requires huge levels of state support just to maintain operations.

Russia Pitches Debt in London

By Alex Anishyuk
Finance Minister Kudrin meets with investors about a proposed $17.8 billion bond placement, but participants say more details are needed.

Kudrin Shifts Bank Support to Industry

Vedomosti
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said next week the Finance Ministry will submit changes to the 2009 budget to the State Duma that will redirect funds reserved for capitalizing banks through the use of government bonds and state guarantees.

Ukraine Has Enough Gas for Winter, Says EU

Reuters
Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Union's executive Commission, urged Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday to prevent any delays in payments for Russian gas that might affect gas flows to EU citizens.

LUKoil Loses Iraqi Field Bid

Combined Reports
Exxon, partnering with Royal Dutch Shell, beat LUKoil — which had teamed up with No. 3 U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips — and two other groups led by France’s Total and China’s CNPC.



Markelov Killing Linked to Revenge

By Natalya Krainova
The suspected gunman, Nikita Tikhonov, has the same name as a man accused by Markelov in a hate murder three years earlier.

CMS announces new Head of Real Estate in Russia

CMS, one of the leading international law firms in Russia, is pleased to announce that Vladislav Sourkov has been appointed as the new Head of Real Estate group in CMS Moscow office as of 1 January 2010.

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