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MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - New charges...

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - New charges could be filed in the case of the Arctic Sea dry cargo ship"s seizure, an investigator said in a Moscow court on Wednesday.


MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian researchers are preparing to dive beneath the ice at the North Pole to gather scientific data and back the country's claim to a vast energy-rich Arctic territory, the Vesti 24 satellite channel said Thursday.


United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Moscow on March 17 to participate in the meeting of the Middle East Quartet (Russia, US, UN, EU). In an interview with the RIA Novosti New York Bureau Chief Dmitry Gornostaev, before starting the trip that includes also Israel and Palestine, Mr. Ban shares his views on peace process in the Middle East, possible sanctions against Iran, situation in North Korea, Afghanistan, UN-Russia cooperation, etc.

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MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

The changes are aimed at attracting investment in the country's power sector and establishing a competitive electricity market.

Unified Energy System (UES) of Russia shareholders voted in late October to reorganize the electricity holding to end its monopoly status. Russia's competitive power market should be liberalized completely by 2011.

Six offshore wholesale generating companies and 14 regional power generators have already been spun off from the monopoly. In addition, all hydro power generators have been integrated into HydroOGK, which was renamed RusHydro earlier this month.

Independent power distributors have also been set up, with grid assets consolidated into a number of holdings. The largest holding, Federal Grid Company, will run Russia's national power network, which includes over 154,000 km (95,000 miles) of power transmission lines.

Although the government will no longer control shares in the authorized capitals of wholesale

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