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Gref warns against Gazprom industrial grab in Russia
Russian Economy Minister German Gref warned the government to curb gas-export monopoly OAO Gazprom’s expansion into other industries, saying it could „throw the country back many years.”
Russia shouldn’t „go to extremes,” using Gazprom assets to buy controlling stakes in companies in all sectors of the economy, Gref told a conference in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia today. „If [...]
Australia pleads for mining favour in Russia
Trade ministers are like the Fuller brush salesman. The job requires long days and hard traveling, sleep-short nights in dreary hotels, selling a premium brand-name for a cheap product that customers usually think they need no more of. And when the salesman returns to headquarters, the boss hardly notices him.
