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BusinessWeek October 4, 2004	Total Makes A Move In Russia's Oil Patch French oil giant Total has bought about 25% of Novatek, Russia's largest independent gas producer, for an estimated price of $1 billion.
Chemistry World April 26, 2013 Eugene Gerden	PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit Russian science The Russian government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an audit of the country's scientific organizations and scientists.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Jason Bush	A Renaissance For Russian Science Student enrollments are up, and multinationals are chasing grads. However, without an influx of qualified teachers, Russian science may be living on borrowed time.
Chemistry World July 3, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Russia looks to attract EU students The Russian government is planning to up its quota for foreign students studying on state funded places at its universities by 50%. The new quota will be set at 15,000 overseas students.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Russian Bear Gains Weight Despite a spate of bad news, Russia's economy continues to grow. By buying into some gold-standard U.S. companies, an investor can partake of Russia's growth while considerably limiting the risk of suffering a "YUKOS."
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 J. Bush & W. Zellner	Russia: So Much For The Oil Giants' Next Frontier For global oil companies desperate to replace their dwindling reserves, Russia is increasingly tipped as the next frontier.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Brian Gorman	ConocoPhillips Loves Russia The oil and gas company's courting of Lukoil may be for naught, but it has little choice.
Chemistry World April 23, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russia mulls plan for overseas study scheme The Russian government is considering funding the study of domestic students at leading foreign universities - provided they return to Russia once they have graduated.
Chemistry World September 2, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Russia to ramp up spending on military science The Russian government plans to invest up to RUB 100 billion ( 977 million pounds) on the development of military science and defense R&D from 2016-2018.
Chemistry World August 13, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Russia faces international scientific blockade Russian science's isolation is deepening, reflected by dwindling international research cooperation, as well as restrictions on the country's scientists' access to equipment and western journals.
Chemistry World May 3, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Russia to ease qualification vetting bureaucracy The Russian ministry of education has put forward plans to simplify the process for recognising the qualifications of foreign specialists, who want to work in the country.
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The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Bigger Than LUKOIL? Watch for the emergence of a new Russian state oil company that could make some waves. The new company would be larger than publicly traded energy giants such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP.
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Eugene Gerden	Probe into price fixing at Russian universities At a time of economic instability in Russia, the country's anti-monopoly authority, together with the general prosecutor's office, plan to start widespread checks at universities on suspicion of price fixing and unfounded increases in the cost of tuition.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2005 Rich Smith	LUKOIL Is Slick Not only has the Russian oil major and ConocoPhillips partner reported yet another stellar quarter of profits buoyed by record-breaking worldwide oil prices, but it has also demonstrated serious political and business acumen. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	Russia Roughs Up Big Oil An escalating feud between British oil giant BP and its three Russian billionaire partners in TNK-BP Ltd., a large oil and gas joint venture that operates in Russia, takes a decided turn for the worst.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2004 Rich Smith	Lukoil Looks Abroad Russia's Lukoil refocuses its energies abroad.
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BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Reed & Bush	A Gusher For Big Oil Is Drying Up It's a new world for oil companies. Western giants used to have easy pickings in Russia. Now Moscow is taking a harder line.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Jason Bush	The Great Russian Deal Bazaar Never mind Yukos. As equities soar, bankers flock to Moscow.
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BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Jason Bush	Underwriting Putin's Oil Lured by future fees, Western banks are funding the Kremlin's energy deals.
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 David Lee Smith	There's a Shell in Russia's Bed Again Despite getting shoved aside in Sakhalin two years ago, Shell will venture forth again.
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BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Kevin Crowley	Is Russia Risky? Two Top Investors Disagree Assessing risk in Russia depends largely on views of how disruptive corruption can be to the economy.
Chemistry World May 20, 2013 Eugene Gerden	Petition calls for science minister to go A group of Russian scientists and members of the Russian Parliament has called on President Vladimir Putin to fire Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, and to evaluate the rate of efficiency of reforms that are currently being conducted in the domestic science and higher education.
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Jason Bush	Oil: What's Russia Really Sitting On? As more Russian oil becomes recoverable, reserve estimates are skyrocketing. Recently revised estimates pushed its total proven oil reserves to 69.1 billion barrels, up from 45 billion bbl. in 2001. And that may just scratch the surface of its real potential.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	Big Oil's Russian Retreat The sordid TNK-BP partnership squabbles, which could someday be the stuff of a film, continue to worsen for London-based BP.
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Jason Bush	Rubles Across The Sea Russian companies are on a global buying spree.
Chemistry World September 28, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US public research universities in jeopardy, board warns The US's public research universities are in serious jeopardy, the National Science Board is warning.
Chemistry World May 11, 2015 Emma Stoye	Scientists protest over political firing of Russian chemist The Russian chemistry community is on the verge of a serious conflict with the national government, over the sacking of a high-profile chemist who has criticized state policies related to science funding.
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