01/08/2009
Household bills to remain high as traders export gas due to Russian pipeline crisis (Daily Telegraph)
Household energy bills are likely to remain high after UK traders forced up prices by exporting gas to Europe to cover shortages caused by the Russian pipeline crisis.
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01/08/2009
Russian National Ballet presents classic 'Quixote' (Detroit News)
The Russians, who developed the grand classical ballet tradition in the form we know it today, are still experts at showing it off. Metro Detroiters will see how they do it when the Russian National Ballet performs the full-length "Don Quixote" on Saturday at Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
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01/08/2009
Serbia: No heating gas as Russian dispute bites (Adnkronos)
Serbia: No heating gas as Russian dispute bites (AKI) – Amid sub-zero temperatures, heating plants in Serbia on Wednesday sought to turn to oil as gas exports from Russia via Ukraine stopped due to a dispute over gas supplies between the two countries. "We have switched to oil," said Stevan Stojanovic, director of Belgrade's heating plant. "Such a situation is unprecedented in the ...
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01/07/2009
Russian gas flow through Ukraine to Europe halted (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely on Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of European Union member states without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
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01/07/2009
Russian Gas Flows to Europe Through Ukraine Halted (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Russian natural-gas exports through Ukraine halted, disrupting shipments to Europe for the second time in three years and threatening to create shortages as freezing weather spurred demand for power.
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01/07/2009
EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Russian gas supplies to Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were halted on Wednesday, adding to the list of EU states left without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
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01/07/2009
European Industry Prepares for Stifled Russian Gas (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- European manufacturers from chemical company BASF SE to brickmaker Wienerberger AG are preparing for lower gas supplies after a pricing dispute halted Russian exports through Ukraine and threatened to starve factories of fuel.
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01/08/2009
Russian orthodox church celebrates Christmas in January (The Star-Ledger)
In accordance with the old Julian calendar, the Russian Orthodox Christmas is in January
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01/07/2009
Russian Gas Flows to Europe Through Ukraine Halted (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Russian natural-gas exports through Ukraine to Europe halted for the first time in three years, threatening to create shortages as freezing weather spurred demand for power.
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01/07/2009
Kass: Madoff Playing Russian Roulette (TheStreet.com)
My crazy prediction that Russian oligarchs were large investors with Madoff actually proved prescient.
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