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MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s anti-trust regulator will make a decision February 17 on a bid by the country"s second-largest bank, VTB, to buy a 30% stake in Polyus Gold, Russia"s leading gold producer, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Federal Antimonopoly Service warned, however, that it would have to reject the deal altogether unless the two parties provided information on final beneficiaries. Under anti-trust laws, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is required to consider approvals within a month, but can postpone decisions for another two months if additional information is required. The FAS has been considering the VTB deal for three months already. "The application expires next Tuesday, on February 17. Unless we obtain the necessary information by that time, we will be forced to refuse them," Irina Kashunina said. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Onexim Group investment vehicle, and his former business partner Vladimir Potanin, who heads the Interros holding company, hold 30% each in Polyus Gold. Neither Onexim nor Interros has provided comment.


Russia and the United States have synchronized...

Russia and the United States have synchronized all the documents on a new strategic arms pact, which could be signed in Prague, a Kremlin source said on Wednesday.


At least 23 people were killed and 57 injured...

At least 23 people were killed and 57 injured, including a provincial governor, in two separate suicide bombings in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.

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After 13 years of complete Labor dominance...

It appears that the Tories are set to form the largest parliamentary party in the House of Commons, but will fall short of securing an absolute majority. As for Labour, the party is facing the most disgraceful and shameful defeat since 1983 (when the Tories had an absolute majority of 144 votes) and possibly even since 1935 (Tory majority of 242 votes). For all of this they should thank the party"s leader and Prime Minister Gordon Brown and of course the global financial and economic downturn. For the British, the former and the latter are firmly associated with the word "disaster."

The Liberal Democrats should be preparing for an unprecedented increase in their seats in the Parliament. Some analysts even predict that the country"s third largest party will altogether bypass the Labour and finish second in the elections. This is a bold hypothesis, but taking into account the inherent sense of self-preservation the British Isles residents are known for, it has very little chance

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