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    Mikhail Korchemkin, director of East European Gas Analysts, considers the 5% rate adequate: "After all, Gazprom is not closing its subsidiary, Gazprom Marketing and Trading, in the United Kingdom, whose profitability is just 1%." Natalya Leshchenko from Global Insight warns Gazprom against panic, too. Full Article at RIA Novosti
    After all, Gazprom is not closing its subsidiary, Gazprom Marketing and Trading, in the United Kingdom, whose profitability is just 1%.
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
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What the Russian papers say
  1. It is important to distinguish between prestige and popularity of a profession or trade
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  2. Employers' attitude to these trades is improving, and wages are growing
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  3. Rusal now uses 11 million tons of alumina for aluminum production, and the [Indonesian] project could have increased the supply by 10%
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  4. Such statements are tactical maneuvers. The pipe access rules are not yet approved, and such claims are used to lobby one's interests
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  5. I have assigned one of my deputies and Antam's directors to check Rusal's commitment by the end of the month, and we should be able to have a definitive decision whether to continue or not by the end of the month
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago

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