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Russia talks yield a few scraps of cold comfort for Gordon Brown
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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BERLIN - Russia has denied that political motives are behind a sudden reduction in oil deliveries to the Czech Republic that began a day after Prague annoyed the Kremlin by signing a missile-shield agreement with the United States. (article 2)
Last week, the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, visited Prague to sign a treaty allowing the Pentagon to deploy part of its antiballistic missile shield on Czech territory. (article 2)
" The Russians said the reduction in supplies was not political Tomas Bartovsky said in an interview. (article 2)
Obering's comments come after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country will be forced to react if Washington goes ahead with plans to put missiles in Central Europe. (article 3)
Russia threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer. (article 1)
Imperial Energy, the Russia-focused oil company, has been approached by ONGC, the government-owned Indian company, about a possible takeover. (article 7)
The company warned there was no certainty of a bid being made, and analysts said ONGC did not have a good record of concluding deals. (article 7)
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Russia, Russian, Czech, Medvedev, Imperial |
Source articles
- Russia threatens military response to US missile defence deal (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 632 words)
- Russia denies oil cut motivated by politics (boston.com, 07/15/2008, 493 words)
- US raps 'aggressive' Russian missile defense talk (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 258 words)
- British-Russian relations in deep-freeze, as summit fails (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 615 words)
- Russia talks yield a few scraps of cold comfort for Gordon Brown (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 543 words)
- ABC News: Russian Bribery Tops $33 Billion a Year (ABCNews, 07/14/2008, 344 words)
- Imperial Energy surges on ONGC approach (ft.com, 07/14/2008, 638 words)
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