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21-02-2012 News
Samovarteatret on tour in Northwest-Russia with “Radio Barents 111” – February 26 in Murmansk
Samovarteatret from Kirkenes is presenting “Radio Barents 111”, a newly written political drama with its own especially composed music. The story is told through the use of film, dance, music, different languages and actors from the Barents Region. Samovarteatret is now on tour and will visit Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg.
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20-02-2012 News
Russia becomes a member of the OECD Convention on Combating Corruption - Inspectors travel to Moscow early in 2012
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Russia is joining the OECD convention on combating corruption. As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Friday the membership was officially signed on Friday at a ceremony in Paris.
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17-02-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up 1.8 billion USD last week to 509.1 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 1.8 billion USD or app. 0.4 percent since 3 February to a volume of 509.1 billion USD as of 10 February 2012.
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17-02-2012 News
Russia: Percentage of spam going back but it is more dangerous
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The proportion of email-spam in Russia has gone down to 80.26 percent of the total email traffic last year, an improvement of 1.94 percentage points compared to last year. This is stated in a report made by Russia's leading anti-virus software developer Kaspersky Lab.
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13-02-2012 News
Putin: "Russia needs 300,000 immigrants per year"
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed his conviction that the country will need 300,000 immigrants per year. He did this in an article published in the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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09-02-2012 News
Net financial assets of Russian banks abroad increased 14.8 percent in 2011 to 17.3 trillion RUB
Russian banks increased their assets abroad during 2011 with 14.8 percent to17.27 trillion rubles (about 432 billion Euros) at 1 January 2012, reports Russia's Central Bank on Thursday, according to the news service RosBusinessConsulting.
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09-02-2012 News
Gazprom deputy Medvedev: Third European energy package would make it impossible to deliver required quantity of gas to Europe
The Russian energy giant Gazprom would be unable to deliver the required volume of gas to Europe if all the provisions of the so-called third EU energy package would be valid in all countries, said Alexander Medvedev, deputy managing director of the Russian company.
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09-02-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up 3.3 billion USD last week to 507.3 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 3.3 billion USD or app. 0.7 percent since 27 January to a volume of 507.3 billion USD as of 3 February 2012.
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08-02-2012 News
Shtokman Development AG and Murmansk Region Authorities Discussed Joint Work Results in 2011
A video conference Moscow — Murmansk was held on Wednesday between Mr. Dmitry Dmitrienko, Governor of the Murmansk Region and Mr. Alexei Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer of the Shtokman Development AG (SDAG).
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07-02-2012 News
Russia's Health Minister: "6.3 percent unemployment in January 2012"
Unemployment in Russia in January 2012 stood at 6.3 per cent of the economically active population, the Minister for Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova, said on Tuesday, according to news agency ITAR-TASS.
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07-02-2012 News
Russia: Inflation at only 0.5 percent in January
The trend to a lower inflation continues in Russia. Inflation was only 0.5 percent in January 2012. In the same month last year, the average was at 2.4 percent. The federal statistics service Rosstat informed about that in a statement on Monday.
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07-02-2012 News
2011 record year for trade between Germany and Russia – volume over 70 billion Euros
Trade between Europe's two largest countries developed very positively in 2011. The German exports to Russia increased by around 30 percent, while imports rose by 26 percent. The total trade volume between both countries reached well over 70 billion Euros. This is a new record, underlined the Director of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Michael Harms.
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06-02-2012 News
Gazprom meets contracted obligations for gas supplies to Europe - but cannot fulfill requests for extra supplies
The Russian gas giant Gazprom meets all obligations in connection with the delivery of the contracted volumes of gas to Europe. This was underlined by Sergei Komlev, head of "Gazprom Export" contract department, on Friday.
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05-02-2012 News
Gazprom Group’s net profit expected to grow 25 per cent in 2011 versus 2010
As a result of geological exploration carried out by Gazprom in 2011, the natural gas reserve increment hit the record level of 686.4 billion cubic meters surpassing the production level by 33.8 per cent. A half of the increment was secured by geological exploration in Eastern Russia (Sakhalin shelf inclusive) where Gazprom is shaping new gas production centers. Moreover, according to latest updates, Gazprom Group produced 513.2 billion cubic meters of gas in the reported year showing a 4.6 billion cubic meter increase as compared to the same figure of 2010 – 508.6 billion cubic meters.
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02-02-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up 4.3 billion USD last week to 504.0 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 4.3 billion USD or app. 0.8 percent since 20 January to a volume of 504.0 billion USD as of 27 January 2012.
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27-01-2012 News
Gazprom to consider possible construction of a gas lateral in Karelia from the Volkhov – Petrozavodsk - Shtokman gas pipeline
The Gazprom headquarters hosted on Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Andrey Nelidov, Head of the Republic of Karelia. One of the subjects was a possible sideline of the Shtokman – Volkhov pipeline to improve gasification in Karelia.
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26-01-2012 News
Russia: IMF experts expect in the years 2012-2013 inflation around
Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expect that inflation in Russia will be in the years 2012 to 2013 around 6.3 to 6.4 percent. The head of the IMF's agency in Russia, Odd Per Brekk said this on Thursday to reporters. "In and of itself, we expect that it (inflation) will remain unchanged", he summarized.
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26-01-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up 2.6 billion USD last week to 499.7 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 2.6 billion USD or app. 0.5 percent since 13 January to a volume of 499.6 billion USD as of 20 January 2012.
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26-01-2012 News
Russia's statistics agency reported positive figures about the country's industrial growth
Russia's industrial production rose in 2011 a total of 4.7 percent. This is stated in a report on the country's industrial production which the state statistics agency Rosstat published. The increase includes all major industry sectors: oil (+ 0.8 percent), gas (+ 2.9), cars (+ 44.5), trucks (+ 6.6 percent).
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24-01-2012 News
Putin proposes introduction of mandatory language and culture test for immigrants to Russia from 2013
Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is of the opinion that all immigrants who come to Russia from 2013 must take a mandatory test that includes Russian language, literature and history. He wrote this in the newspaper "Nezavisimaya Gazeta", which published on Monday his article "Russia: the national question".
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23-01-2012 News
AKVA group to deliver Cage Farm to Murmansk region
AKVA group ASA and OJSC «Russian Sea Group» announced the signing of a contract for a complete AKVA Cage Farm to be installed in the operations of Russian Sea-Aquaculture LLC in the Murmansk region. The farm will have an annual production capacity up to 5,000 tons of salmon. The contract total value stands at 25.4 MNOK and is to be delivered in the two first quarters of 2012.
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20-01-2012 News
Finansdepartementet: nesten 50 prosent av inntekter til Russlands statsbudsjett fra olje- og gassindustrien
Overføringer fra olje-og gassindustrien sto for 49,7 prosent av inntektene til Russlands stasbudsjett i 2011 og utgjorde 140,3 milliarder Euro opplyste det russiske Finansdepartementet på torsdag.
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19-01-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down 0.9 billion USD last week to 497.1 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 0.6 billion USD or app. 0.1 percent since the end of last year to a volume of 497.1 billion USD as of 13 January 2012.
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19-01-2012 News
Gazprom: Lower gas prices for five major European customers
The Russian gas giant Gazprom has lowered gas prices for five European companies. Experts believe that this is a sign of the company`s flexible policy in relation to changes of the situation in Europe's gas market, writes the news service "Voice of Russia".
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18-01-2012 News
74 new investment projects in Russia's special economic zones were agreed in 2011
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has in 2011 mobilized 74 investors to invest in special economic zones in Russia. The investment has a value of 91 billion rubles (around 2.25 billion Euros), said Dmitry Levtshenkov, head of the department of special economic zones and project funding in the Ministry on Monday. "This will make it possible to create more than 15,500 jobs", he said.
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17-01-2012 News
Prime Minister Putin sums up Russia's economic success in 2011
The growth of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 4.2 percent in 2011, said an obviously satisfied Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "Russia occupies the third position when it comes to global GDP growth after China (9.5 percent) and India (7.8 percent)". He compared the development of Russian economy with last year's results in other countries: "Minus 5.5 percent in Greece, down 0.4 percent in Japan, up 1.5 percent in the Euro-zone, plus 1.6 percent in the United States".
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12-01-2012 News
Invitasjon til utstilling og konferanse "Hav.Ressurser.Teknologi 2011" 14. til 16. mars 2012 i Murmansk
For 13. gang på rad arrangeres det i Murmansk den årlige utstillingen og konfereransen "Hav.Ressurser.Teknologi". I år finner denne hav- og fiskerimessen sted 14.-16. mars i Ispalasset i sentrum av Murmansk. Registreringen begynner dagen før. FLAIT Group tilbyr - i samarbeid med arrangørene og Murmansk fylkesregjering - utstillingsplass i den internasjonale delen av utstillingen, inkludert alle nødvendige tjenester som transport og overnatting. Det er også planlagt å gjennomføre en felleskveld for deltakere på Park Inn Poliarnie Zori på åpningsdagen.
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12-01-2012 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up 0.6 billion USD since end of 2011 to 498.0 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 0.6 billion USD or app. 0.1 percent since the end of last year to a volume of 498.0 billion USD as of 06 January 2012.
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12-01-2012 News
Invitation to the exhibition and conference "Sea.Resources.Technology 2012" 14-16 March in Murmansk
For the 13th time in a row the yearly exhibition and conference"Sea. Resources. Technologies" will take place in Murmansk. This event which is specializing on fishery will take place 14-16 March 2012 in the Ice Palace in the centre of Murmansk. FLAIT Group offers - in cooperation with the organizers and the regional government - exhibition stands in the international section, including all necessary services like transport and accommodation. Social activities are also a part of the concept.
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12-01-2012 News
Russian car sales have picked up in 2011 by 39 percent
Sales of new passenger cars and light trucks have increased in 2011 compared to the previous year by 39 percent to 2.65 million units, according to a press release from the Moscow-based European business association AEB.
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11-01-2012 News
Moskva har Europas høyeste hotellpriser – gjennomsnittspris på 1.450 NOK
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Hotellprisene i Moskva er de høyeste i hele Europa opplyser bookingtjenesten hotel.info ifølge nyhetsbyrået RIA Novosti. Internettselskapet har gjennomført en undersøkelse hvor 210.000 hoteller i hele verden ble sammenlignet prismessig.
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11-01-2012 News
Inflasjon i Russland ned til rekordlave 6,1 prosent på årsbasis i 2011
[11.01.12]
Russlands statlige statistikktjeneste melder en prisstigning på kun 0,4 prosent i desember 2011, mot 1,1 prosent i samme måned ifjor. På årsbasis var inflasjonen på 6,1 prosent mens den utgjorde 8,8 prosent i 2010. Dette er det laveste inflasjonsnivå siden den russiske føderasjonen ble etablert i 1991.
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11-01-2012 News
Russlands tredje antimonopol lovpakke har trådt i kraft
Den såkalte tredje pakken med antimonopol bestemmelser trådte i kraft sist fredag i Russland. Hovedmålet er å fremme konkurransen og etableringen av betingelser for prisreduksjoner i den russiske økonomien. Den tredje antimonopol-pakken omfatter to lovendringer og forandrer den russisken loven om vern av konkurrenter, straffeloven, loven mot administrative overgrep og andre rettsakter.
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10-01-2012 News
Russian tourist invasion i Finland: New Finnish visa record in Murmansk and other consulates in Russia
The Finnish consulate in Murmansk has last year issued 47 865 visas. This is a new record, reports Finland`s consul Martti Ruokoskoski in a press release. In 2010 Finland issued 29 632 visas, and in 2009 over 19 000. All four Finnish consulates in Russia issued together 1 233 826 visas in 2011.
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10-01-2012 News
Shtokman Development Board Reviewed the Company’s Activities in 2011 and postponed final investment decision until March
The regular meeting of Shtokman Development AG (SDAG) Board of Directors was held in Moscow on December 29, 2011. The Board of Directors reviewed the Company’s activities in 2011 and stated that extensive work on the preparatory stage of the Project was carried out during the year.
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25-11-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down by 0.9 billion USD during last week to 515.1 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 0.9 billion USD or app. 0.2 percent during last week to a volume of 515.1 billion USD as of 18 November 2011.
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24-11-2011 News
Alexey Miller and Helge Lund exchanged views on Shtokman project
Saint Petersburg hosted on Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil.
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24-11-2011 News
Ministry of Economic Development: Russia's trade surplus rose in October 2011 by 56.5 percent to 15.7 billion USD
Russia's trade surplus rose in October 2011 compared with October 2010 by 56.5 percent and amounted to 15.7 billion USD. This is shown in a report from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development which was published on Wednesday.
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24-11-2011 News
SDAG: Socio-economic effect on Russia’s GDP of the Shtokman project during the construction and operation of Phase 1 could reach up to 400 bill USD
The annual International Forum “Gas of Russia — 2011” was held on November 15 in Gazprom Headquarters. The goal of the Forum was to discuss the issues related to the current status of innovation development and international cooperation in the gas sector. Alexey Zagorovskiy, CEO of “Shtokman Development AG” (SDAG), spoke about the current status and prospects of integrated development of the Shtokman Gas-Condensate Field.
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24-11-2011 News
Sharp increase of gasoline prices in Russia: plus 13.5 percent since January
Russia's Federal Statistics Service has published a report on the prices of fuel for cars. In October, prices increased on average by 0.7 percent, according to the news service Voice of Russia.
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21-11-2011 News
Det 5. Internasjonale julebord i Murmansk 2. desember: Kun 7 (!) plasser igjen
143 personer står allerede på gjestelisten til Det 5. Internasjonale Julebord som går av stabelen fredag, den 2. desember. Det betyr at det er kun 7 plasser igjen – alle som ikke har meldt seg på burde skynde seg med å kontakte arrangørene. Deadline for påmeldinger er 25. November, men man m[ regne med at det blir utsolgt allerede på onsdag. Årets store internasjonale fest blir som ifjor organisert av FIBA, FLAIT Group, NBA og SIVA i fellesskap og begynner kl 20 i restauranten av Park Inn Poliarnie Zori. Showprogrammet blir minst like attraktivt som i alle år, men denne gangen kan alle glede seg over at maten kommer til å bli i en særklasse. Park Inn engasjerer norske kokker som lager ekte norsk julemat.
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18-11-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down by 1.8 billion USD during last week to 516.0 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 1.8 billion USD or app. 0.3 percent during last week to a volume of 516.0 billion USD as of 11 November 2011.
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16-11-2011 News
Russland vil trolig innføre eiendomsskatt i 2014
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Russland vil trolig innføre den planlagte nye eiendomsskatten fra og med 2014. Dette opplyste Sergej Razgulin, visedirektør for Finansdepartementets avdeling for retningslinjer for skatte-og tolltariffer til journalister, ifølge nyhetstjenesten RosBusinessConsulting.
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16-11-2011 News
Grensesamarbeidsdager i Nikel med konferanse, seminar, utstilling og konserter - kort rapport og kommentarer
Fra fredag og søndag i forrige uke "Grensesamarbeidsdagene" gjennomført i Petsjenga-regionen, i nærheten av den norske grensen. Under "Nikel Konferansen" på fredag var mer enn 120 mennesker samlet for å høre på taler av representanter fra myndigheter, politikk, næringsliv, kultur og ulike organisasjoner med temaet ”grenseoverskridende samarbeid mellom Russland og Norge”. Bakgrunnen for konferansen som ifølge russiske myndigheter skal etableres som en årlig begivenhet er den planlagte innføringen av visumfrie reiser for innbyggerne i Sør-Varanger kommune og Petsjenga-regionen i forbindelse med det såkalte grenseboerbevis. På lørdag ble det organisert et seminar om utviklingen av reiselivet som fant sted i Boris Glebsk, direkte ved grensen.
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16-11-2011 News
Border Days in Nikel with conference, seminar, exhibiton and concerts – short report and comments
From Friday and Sunday last week a “Border Day Event” took place in Pechenga Region, close to Norway. During the “Nikel Conference” on Friday more than 120 people gathered to listen to speeches of representatives from authorities, politics, business, culture and different organisations with the topic trans-border cooperation between Russia and Norway. The background for the conference which is supposed to be an annual event is the planned introduction of visa free travel for inhabitants of Sør-Varanger Municipality and Pechenga Region. On Saturday a seminar about the development tourism was organized in Boris Glebsk.
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15-11-2011 News
Rosstat: Russia's GDP increased in third quarter of 2011 by 4.8 percent
The size of Russia's gross domestic product has increased by 4.8 percent in the third quarter of this year compared with the corresponding period last year.
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15-11-2011 News
Russia's Health Ministry: "The country will need 1.7 million foreign workers in 2012"
The demand for foreign employees in Russia will amount to more than 1.7 million people in 2012. A source in the Russian Ministry of Health informed on Monday about a governmental order concerning that question.
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15-11-2011 News
Medvedev: Inflation in Russia this year at the lowest level so far - 7 percent
Inflation in Russia "will reach the lowest level in years: seven percent", said President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday in Jarkutsk.
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14-11-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down by 4.2 billion USD during last week to 517.8 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 4.2 billion USD or app. 0.8 percent during last week to a volume of 517.8 billion USD as of 04 November 2011.
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03-11-2011 News
Langhelg i Russland – fredag 4. november er arbeidsfri dag - også NBA Sekretariatet holdes stengt
Fredag 4. november feirer Russland den nasjonale Enhetsdagen, årets siste helligdag. På denne dagen holdes alle offentlige kontorer stengt. Også FLAIT Group stenger kontoret på fredag. Det samme gjelder skoler, banker, postkontorer og liknende. Butikkene har som regel vanlige åpningstider.
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03-11-2011 News
Breakthrough in WTO talks between Russia and Georgia
On the road to membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russia and Georgia have taken a long step further. The Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadse said on Thursday to the news agency AFP that Moscow accepts a deal that Switzerland has mediated between the two parties. The Russian chief negotiator Maxim Medvedkov confirmed the breakthrough. Georgia's claims to the big neighbor have so far blocked a Russian membership in the trade organisation.
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03-11-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up by 7.4 billion USD during last week to 522.0 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 7.4 billion USD or app. 1.4 percent during last week to a volume of 522.0 billion USD as of 28 October 2011.
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02-11-2011 News
Increased forecast for net capital flows from Russia to 70 billion USD in 2011- growth of foreign exchange reserves lowered substantially, trade surplus up
The Russian Central Bank has revised its forecast for capital flow out of Russia. It is now considered that the 70 billion USD will go out of the country in 2011. This is a doubling of an earlier forecast in which a net capital flow of 36 billion USD at the end of the year has been estimated.
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02-11-2011 News
Ukaina to pay gas bills partly in Russian rubles
During an official meeting on October 26 between Ukrainian National Bank Chairman Sergei Arbuzov, Russia`s acting finance minister Anton Siluanov and executives of the Bank of Russia and Gazprom an agreement about payments of Russian gas deliveries has been reached. The agreement includes payments – beside of the usual U.S. dollar - also in rubles. This was reported by the news agency ITAR-TASS.
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02-11-2011 News
Volume of Russia's Reserve Fund 1 November 790 billion rubles, National Prosperity Fund 2.726 trillion rubles
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Russia's Finance Ministry informed on Tuesday that the state reserves had at 1 November a volume of 790.02 billion rubles, equivalent to around 18.8 billion Euro. The country's Prosperity Fund had the same date a volume of 2.726 trillion rubles, or 65 billion Euro.
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31-10-2011 News
Russland enig med WTO om betingelser for bilproduksjon i Russland – veien til medlemskap er klar
Russlands ble praktisk enig med Verdens handelsorganisasjon (WTO) om betingelsene for industriell montering av biler i landet under forhandlingene om Moskvas medlemskap i organisasjonen. Dette sa statsminister Vladimir Putin under et møte i Russlands Industri- og Handelskammer.
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28-10-2011 News
Ikke glem: Ingen omstilling til ”vintertid” i Russland – grensestasjonen følger norsk vintertid
De fleste land stiller klokken tilbake 1 time søndag 30. oktober 2011 kl 03.00 til det som egentlig er normaltid (for Norge UTC+1). Russland beholder imidlertid sommertiden (UTC+4). Dermed blir tidsforskjellen 3 timer mellom Norge og den russiske Mokva-tidssonen som også gjelder i Murmansk. Grensen ved Storskog / Borissoglebsk følger norsk tid når det gjelder åpningstider.
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27-10-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down by 3.1 billion USD during last week to 514.6 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 3.1 billion USD or app. 0.6 percent during last week to a volume of 514.6 billion USD as of 21 October 2011.
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26-10-2011 News
Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development: Lower GDP growth in 4th quarter of 2011
Russia's GDP growth will likely slow down to 3.8-3.9 percent in the fourth quarter compared to 5.1% in the third quarter, Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrey Klepach told reporters late Tuesday according to the news service of RosBusinessConsulting,
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25-10-2011 News
Energy Minister Shmatko: Negotiations between Russia and the EU on energy cooperation in a dead end
Negotiations between Russia and the EU Commission on the conditions for a co-operation in connection with the so-called third energy package are in a dead end, said Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko. According to his words, Russia will fulfill all obligations under the existing long-term contracts and also work more actively to open up new markets in the east.
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25-10-2011 News
Putin urges Tax Service: Russians’ tax debt to be written off
Minister Vladimir Putin has urged the Russian Federal Tax Service to write off Russians’ huge tax debt on a “maximum friendly basis.”
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24-10-2011 News
Putin: Foreign investments to Russia need super favorable climate
Russia’s government needs to create the best investment climate to lure foreign money, the country’s PM Vladimir Putin told the government Committee for Foreign Investment Control on Monday.
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20-10-2011 News
Russia's energy ministry expects that oil production will be increased to 510 million tons in 2011
The Russian energy ministry expects an increase in the production of crude oil in 2011 to 509-510 million tons. That was announced by Russia`s Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Kudryashova during a conference organized by the newspaper "Vedomosti" on the development of the oil industry in Russia.
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20-10-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves up by 7.3 billion USD during last week to 517.7 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 7.3 billion USD or app. 1.3 percent during last week to a volume of 517.7 billion USD as of 14 October 2011.
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20-10-2011 News
0.1 percent inflation in Russia in the period 11 to 17 October - 4.8 percent so far this year
Inflation in Russia was in the week from 11 to 17th October this year on 0.1 percent. This was announced by the federal statistics service Rosstat in a statement on Wednesday.
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19-10-2011 News
Russlands viseinnenriksminister: Smøring blir stadig dyrere
Det gjennomsnittlige beløp som betales for bestikkelse i Russland har økt de siste årene til i gjennomsnitt 250 000 rubler, sa landets statssekretær og viseinnenriksminister Sergej Bulavin. Han sa dette til det russiske parlamentet (Statsdumaen) hvor han presenterte et lovforslag mot korrupsjon.
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19-10-2011 News
Putin: Free trade zone on the territory of the CIS countries is not in conflict with the norms of the WTO
The creation of a free trade zone on the territory of CIS countries does not contradict the norms of the WTO Trade Organization. The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin underlined that at a press conference where the results of the meeting of the Council of Government leaders of CIS countries was presented.
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14-10-2011 News
Heads of Gazprom, Statoil and Total discussed cooperation as part of Shtokman project
The Gazprom headquarters hosted Thursday a working meeting of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee, Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil, and Christophe de Margerie, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Total.
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28-09-2011 News
Deputy Finance Minister Siluanov takes over as acting Finance Minister after Kudrin
Current Deputy Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has been appointed as an acting Finance Minister taking over the responsibilities of former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, RIA Novosti news agency reports according to the Voice of Russia.
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23-09-2011 News
"Livet er hardt i Russland" – viser en undersøkelse av meningsforskningssentret VZIOM
Mer enn halvparten av russere finner livet vanskelig. Dette er resultatet av en fersk studie som det russiske meningsforskningssenter VZIOM har publisert på torsdag.
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23-09-2011 News
Gazprom to produce by 2030 an annual 200 billion cubic meters of gas and 10 million tons of oil on the Russian shelf
Gazprom plans to produce 200 billion cubic meters of gas and 10 million tons of oil a year on the Russian continental shelf by 2030, said Gazprom's deputy CEO Vsevolod Cherepanov Thursday in a video conference with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, reports RosBusinessConsulting.
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22-09-2011 News
The Russian ruble continues to fall against Euro and USD on Thursday – also stock exchanges in deep red
The Central Bank of Russia set its official ruble rate against the USD for Friday at RUB 31.91, down RUB 0.50 from yesterday. This is the lowest level since September 3, 2009, when the ruble was at 31.97 against the dollar. Against the Euro the Russian currency dropped 0.21 RUB for next day and is noted at 43.23. The Norwegian currency is down 0.007 RUB from Wednesday`s record high RUB 5.544 for 1 krone.
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22-09-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down 6.8 billion USD during last week to 532.0 billion
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 6.8 billion USD or app. 1.2 percent during last week to a volume of 532.0 billion USD per 16 September 2011.
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21-09-2011 News
Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement
Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement on September 20, 2011 in Saint-Petersburg at the 10th Annual Conference of Sovcomflot Business Partners.
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20-09-2011 News
President of Russia's petroleum industry association: Russia's economy less dependent on oil and gas than Norway
The president of the association of Russia's petroleum industry, Gennady Schmal, said that Norway's national economy is far more dependent on oil and gas than the Russian .- measured in the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). He urged to forget the myth of Russia's oil dependence, according to the news agency ITAR-TASS.
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20-09-2011 News
Less unemployment in Russia
Russia's unemployment fell 12.1% year-on-year in January-August and 10.5% in August as measured by the standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Federal State Statistics Service reported today according to RosBusinessConsulting.
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20-09-2011 News
Russlands reservefond i slutten av 2011 på 1,79 billioner RUB, nasjonal velstand fond på 2,6 billioner
Russlands såkalte reservefond vil i slutten av 2011 ha et volum av 1,791 billioner RUB, tilsvarende 335 milliarder NOK. Det nasjonale velferdsfond vil ha en verdi av 2,604 billioner RUB, omtrent 485 milliarder NOK. Dette opplyste visefinansminister Alexej Lavrov tirsdag i Statsdumaen (parlamentet) hvor han presenterte endringene i statsbudsjettet.
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19-09-2011 News
0,2 prosent deflasjon i august i Russland
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Konsumprisene falt 0,2 prosent i Russland i august sammenlignet med en økning på 0,6 prosent i august 2010, melder Russlands Føderale Statistikktjeneste på tirsdag ifølge nyhetstjenesten RosBusinessConsulting.
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19-09-2011 News
Russia’s currency- and gold reserves down 4.6 billion USD to 538.8 billion
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The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 4.6 billion USD or app. 0.9 percent to a volume of 538.8 billion USD per 9 September 2011.
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18-09-2011 News
“Shtokman Development AG” confirms the shareholders’ intention to make final investment decision in December
The head of “Shtokman Development AG” Structural Analysis and Regulatory Documents Development Department Timur Sabirzanov addressed a plenary session of the RAO / CIS Offshore conference in St. Petersburg.
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Finland may reciprocate with a land sales ban
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Murmansk commercial port closes the deal
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Arkhangelsk trawl fleet to be sold out through contest
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Russia may abolish labour quota regime
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Norway to keep on pursuing long-term policy of engagement with Russia
Samovarteatret from Kirkenes is presenting “Radio Barents 111”, a newly written political drama with its own especially composed music. The story is told through the use of film, dance, music, different languages and actors from the Barents Region. Samovarteatret is now on tour and will visit Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg.
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The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 1.8 billion USD or app. 0.4 percent since 3 February to a volume of 509.1 billion USD as of 10 February 2012.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed his conviction that the country will need 300,000 immigrants per year. He did this in an article published in the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Russian banks increased their assets abroad during 2011 with 14.8 percent to17.27 trillion rubles (about 432 billion Euros) at 1 January 2012, reports Russia's Central Bank on Thursday, according to the news service RosBusinessConsulting.
The Russian energy giant Gazprom would be unable to deliver the required volume of gas to Europe if all the provisions of the so-called third EU energy package would be valid in all countries, said Alexander Medvedev, deputy managing director of the Russian company.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 3.3 billion USD or app. 0.7 percent since 27 January to a volume of 507.3 billion USD as of 3 February 2012.
A video conference Moscow — Murmansk was held on Wednesday between Mr. Dmitry Dmitrienko, Governor of the Murmansk Region and Mr. Alexei Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer of the Shtokman Development AG (SDAG).
Unemployment in Russia in January 2012 stood at 6.3 per cent of the economically active population, the Minister for Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova, said on Tuesday, according to news agency ITAR-TASS.
The trend to a lower inflation continues in Russia. Inflation was only 0.5 percent in January 2012. In the same month last year, the average was at 2.4 percent. The federal statistics service Rosstat informed about that in a statement on Monday.
Trade between Europe's two largest countries developed very positively in 2011. The German exports to Russia increased by around 30 percent, while imports rose by 26 percent. The total trade volume between both countries reached well over 70 billion Euros. This is a new record, underlined the Director of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Michael Harms.
The Russian gas giant Gazprom meets all obligations in connection with the delivery of the contracted volumes of gas to Europe. This was underlined by Sergei Komlev, head of "Gazprom Export" contract department, on Friday.
As a result of geological exploration carried out by Gazprom in 2011, the natural gas reserve increment hit the record level of 686.4 billion cubic meters surpassing the production level by 33.8 per cent. A half of the increment was secured by geological exploration in Eastern Russia (Sakhalin shelf inclusive) where Gazprom is shaping new gas production centers. Moreover, according to latest updates, Gazprom Group produced 513.2 billion cubic meters of gas in the reported year showing a 4.6 billion cubic meter increase as compared to the same figure of 2010 – 508.6 billion cubic meters.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 4.3 billion USD or app. 0.8 percent since 20 January to a volume of 504.0 billion USD as of 27 January 2012.
The Gazprom headquarters hosted on Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Andrey Nelidov, Head of the Republic of Karelia. One of the subjects was a possible sideline of the Shtokman – Volkhov pipeline to improve gasification in Karelia. 
Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expect that inflation in Russia will be in the years 2012 to 2013 around 6.3 to 6.4 percent. The head of the IMF's agency in Russia, Odd Per Brekk said this on Thursday to reporters. "In and of itself, we expect that it (inflation) will remain unchanged", he summarized.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 2.6 billion USD or app. 0.5 percent since 13 January to a volume of 499.6 billion USD as of 20 January 2012.
Russia's industrial production rose in 2011 a total of 4.7 percent. This is stated in a report on the country's industrial production which the state statistics agency Rosstat published. The increase includes all major industry sectors: oil (+ 0.8 percent), gas (+ 2.9), cars (+ 44.5), trucks (+ 6.6 percent).
AKVA group ASA and OJSC «Russian Sea Group» announced the signing of a contract for a complete AKVA Cage Farm to be installed in the operations of Russian Sea-Aquaculture LLC in the Murmansk region. The farm will have an annual production capacity up to 5,000 tons of salmon. The contract total value stands at 25.4 MNOK and is to be delivered in the two first quarters of 2012. 
Overføringer fra olje-og gassindustrien sto for 49,7 prosent av inntektene til Russlands stasbudsjett i 2011 og utgjorde 140,3 milliarder Euro opplyste det russiske Finansdepartementet på torsdag.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 0.6 billion USD or app. 0.1 percent since the end of last year to a volume of 497.1 billion USD as of 13 January 2012.
The Russian gas giant Gazprom has lowered gas prices for five European companies. Experts believe that this is a sign of the company`s flexible policy in relation to changes of the situation in Europe's gas market, writes the news service "Voice of Russia".
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has in 2011 mobilized 74 investors to invest in special economic zones in Russia. The investment has a value of 91 billion rubles (around 2.25 billion Euros), said Dmitry Levtshenkov, head of the department of special economic zones and project funding in the Ministry on Monday. "This will make it possible to create more than 15,500 jobs", he said.
The growth of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 4.2 percent in 2011, said an obviously satisfied Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "Russia occupies the third position when it comes to global GDP growth after China (9.5 percent) and India (7.8 percent)". He compared the development of Russian economy with last year's results in other countries: "Minus 5.5 percent in Greece, down 0.4 percent in Japan, up 1.5 percent in the Euro-zone, plus 1.6 percent in the United States".
For 13. gang på rad arrangeres det i Murmansk den årlige utstillingen og konfereransen "Hav.Ressurser.Teknologi". I år finner denne hav- og fiskerimessen sted 14.-16. mars i Ispalasset i sentrum av Murmansk. Registreringen begynner dagen før. FLAIT Group tilbyr - i samarbeid med arrangørene og Murmansk fylkesregjering - utstillingsplass i den internasjonale delen av utstillingen, inkludert alle nødvendige tjenester som transport og overnatting. Det er også planlagt å gjennomføre en felleskveld for deltakere på Park Inn Poliarnie Zori på åpningsdagen.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 0.6 billion USD or app. 0.1 percent since the end of last year to a volume of 498.0 billion USD as of 06 January 2012.
Sales of new passenger cars and light trucks have increased in 2011 compared to the previous year by 39 percent to 2.65 million units, according to a press release from the Moscow-based European business association AEB.
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Den såkalte tredje pakken med antimonopol bestemmelser trådte i kraft sist fredag i Russland. Hovedmålet er å fremme konkurransen og etableringen av betingelser for prisreduksjoner i den russiske økonomien. Den tredje antimonopol-pakken omfatter to lovendringer og forandrer den russisken loven om vern av konkurrenter, straffeloven, loven mot administrative overgrep og andre rettsakter.
The Finnish consulate in Murmansk has last year issued 47 865 visas. This is a new record, reports Finland`s consul Martti Ruokoskoski in a press release. In 2010 Finland issued 29 632 visas, and in 2009 over 19 000. All four Finnish consulates in Russia issued together 1 233 826 visas in 2011.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 0.9 billion USD or app. 0.2 percent during last week to a volume of 515.1 billion USD as of 18 November 2011.
Saint Petersburg hosted on Wednesday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil.
Russia's trade surplus rose in October 2011 compared with October 2010 by 56.5 percent and amounted to 15.7 billion USD. This is shown in a report from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development which was published on Wednesday.
Russia's Federal Statistics Service has published a report on the prices of fuel for cars. In October, prices increased on average by 0.7 percent, according to the news service Voice of Russia.
143 personer står allerede på gjestelisten til Det 5. Internasjonale Julebord som går av stabelen fredag, den 2. desember. Det betyr at det er kun 7 plasser igjen – alle som ikke har meldt seg på burde skynde seg med å kontakte arrangørene. Deadline for påmeldinger er 25. November, men man m[ regne med at det blir utsolgt allerede på onsdag. Årets store internasjonale fest blir som ifjor organisert av FIBA, FLAIT Group, NBA og SIVA i fellesskap og begynner kl 20 i restauranten av Park Inn Poliarnie Zori. Showprogrammet blir minst like attraktivt som i alle år, men denne gangen kan alle glede seg over at maten kommer til å bli i en særklasse. Park Inn engasjerer norske kokker som lager ekte norsk julemat.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 1.8 billion USD or app. 0.3 percent during last week to a volume of 516.0 billion USD as of 11 November 2011.
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Fra fredag og søndag i forrige uke "Grensesamarbeidsdagene" gjennomført i Petsjenga-regionen, i nærheten av den norske grensen. Under "Nikel Konferansen" på fredag var mer enn 120 mennesker samlet for å høre på taler av representanter fra myndigheter, politikk, næringsliv, kultur og ulike organisasjoner med temaet ”grenseoverskridende samarbeid mellom Russland og Norge”. Bakgrunnen for konferansen som ifølge russiske myndigheter skal etableres som en årlig begivenhet er den planlagte innføringen av visumfrie reiser for innbyggerne i Sør-Varanger kommune og Petsjenga-regionen i forbindelse med det såkalte grenseboerbevis. På lørdag ble det organisert et seminar om utviklingen av reiselivet som fant sted i Boris Glebsk, direkte ved grensen.
From Friday and Sunday last week a “Border Day Event” took place in Pechenga Region, close to Norway. During the “Nikel Conference” on Friday more than 120 people gathered to listen to speeches of representatives from authorities, politics, business, culture and different organisations with the topic trans-border cooperation between Russia and Norway. The background for the conference which is supposed to be an annual event is the planned introduction of visa free travel for inhabitants of Sør-Varanger Municipality and Pechenga Region. On Saturday a seminar about the development tourism was organized in Boris Glebsk. 
The size of Russia's gross domestic product has increased by 4.8 percent in the third quarter of this year compared with the corresponding period last year.
Inflation in Russia "will reach the lowest level in years: seven percent", said President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday in Jarkutsk.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 4.2 billion USD or app. 0.8 percent during last week to a volume of 517.8 billion USD as of 04 November 2011.
On the road to membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russia and Georgia have taken a long step further. The Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadse said on Thursday to the news agency AFP that Moscow accepts a deal that Switzerland has mediated between the two parties. The Russian chief negotiator Maxim Medvedkov confirmed the breakthrough. Georgia's claims to the big neighbor have so far blocked a Russian membership in the trade organisation.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 7.4 billion USD or app. 1.4 percent during last week to a volume of 522.0 billion USD as of 28 October 2011.
The Russian Central Bank has revised its forecast for capital flow out of Russia. It is now considered that the 70 billion USD will go out of the country in 2011. This is a doubling of an earlier forecast in which a net capital flow of 36 billion USD at the end of the year has been estimated.
During an official meeting on October 26 between Ukrainian National Bank Chairman Sergei Arbuzov, Russia`s acting finance minister Anton Siluanov and executives of the Bank of Russia and Gazprom an agreement about payments of Russian gas deliveries has been reached. The agreement includes payments – beside of the usual U.S. dollar - also in rubles. This was reported by the news agency ITAR-TASS.
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Russlands ble praktisk enig med Verdens handelsorganisasjon (WTO) om betingelsene for industriell montering av biler i landet under forhandlingene om Moskvas medlemskap i organisasjonen. Dette sa statsminister Vladimir Putin under et møte i Russlands Industri- og Handelskammer.
De fleste land stiller klokken tilbake 1 time søndag 30. oktober 2011 kl 03.00 til det som egentlig er normaltid (for Norge UTC+1). Russland beholder imidlertid sommertiden (UTC+4). Dermed blir tidsforskjellen 3 timer mellom Norge og den russiske Mokva-tidssonen som også gjelder i Murmansk. Grensen ved Storskog / Borissoglebsk følger norsk tid når det gjelder åpningstider.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 3.1 billion USD or app. 0.6 percent during last week to a volume of 514.6 billion USD as of 21 October 2011.
Russia's GDP growth will likely slow down to 3.8-3.9 percent in the fourth quarter compared to 5.1% in the third quarter, Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrey Klepach told reporters late Tuesday according to the news service of RosBusinessConsulting,
Negotiations between Russia and the EU Commission on the conditions for a co-operation in connection with the so-called third energy package are in a dead end, said Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko. According to his words, Russia will fulfill all obligations under the existing long-term contracts and also work more actively to open up new markets in the east.
The Russian energy ministry expects an increase in the production of crude oil in 2011 to 509-510 million tons. That was announced by Russia`s Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Kudryashova during a conference organized by the newspaper "Vedomosti" on the development of the oil industry in Russia.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are up 7.3 billion USD or app. 1.3 percent during last week to a volume of 517.7 billion USD as of 14 October 2011.
Inflation in Russia was in the week from 11 to 17th October this year on 0.1 percent. This was announced by the federal statistics service Rosstat in a statement on Wednesday.
Det gjennomsnittlige beløp som betales for bestikkelse i Russland har økt de siste årene til i gjennomsnitt 250 000 rubler, sa landets statssekretær og viseinnenriksminister Sergej Bulavin. Han sa dette til det russiske parlamentet (Statsdumaen) hvor han presenterte et lovforslag mot korrupsjon.
The creation of a free trade zone on the territory of CIS countries does not contradict the norms of the WTO Trade Organization. The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin underlined that at a press conference where the results of the meeting of the Council of Government leaders of CIS countries was presented.
Current Deputy Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has been appointed as an acting Finance Minister taking over the responsibilities of former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, RIA Novosti news agency reports according to the Voice of Russia.
Mer enn halvparten av russere finner livet vanskelig. Dette er resultatet av en fersk studie som det russiske meningsforskningssenter VZIOM har publisert på torsdag.
Gazprom plans to produce 200 billion cubic meters of gas and 10 million tons of oil a year on the Russian continental shelf by 2030, said Gazprom's deputy CEO Vsevolod Cherepanov Thursday in a video conference with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, reports RosBusinessConsulting. 
The Central Bank of Russia set its official ruble rate against the USD for Friday at RUB 31.91, down RUB 0.50 from yesterday. This is the lowest level since September 3, 2009, when the ruble was at 31.97 against the dollar. Against the Euro the Russian currency dropped 0.21 RUB for next day and is noted at 43.23. The Norwegian currency is down 0.007 RUB from Wednesday`s record high RUB 5.544 for 1 krone.
The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informed on Thursday that the country’s international currency and gold reserves are down 6.8 billion USD or app. 1.2 percent during last week to a volume of 532.0 billion USD per 16 September 2011.
The president of the association of Russia's petroleum industry, Gennady Schmal, said that Norway's national economy is far more dependent on oil and gas than the Russian .- measured in the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). He urged to forget the myth of Russia's oil dependence, according to the news agency ITAR-TASS.
Russia's unemployment fell 12.1% year-on-year in January-August and 10.5% in August as measured by the standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Federal State Statistics Service reported today according to RosBusinessConsulting.
Russlands såkalte reservefond vil i slutten av 2011 ha et volum av 1,791 billioner RUB, tilsvarende 335 milliarder NOK. Det nasjonale velferdsfond vil ha en verdi av 2,604 billioner RUB, omtrent 485 milliarder NOK. Dette opplyste visefinansminister Alexej Lavrov tirsdag i Statsdumaen (parlamentet) hvor han presenterte endringene i statsbudsjettet. 
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