by Dario Thuburn Thu Sep 18, 4:15 PM ET
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday moved to prop up Russia’s battered financial markets following the biggest one-day plunge in share prices since the 1998 financial crisis.
The stock market was suspended for a third day to allow government measures to boost liquidity and calm investor [...]
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TIMES ONLINE September 18, 2008
Russia triggered a fresh scramble for the oil wealth of the Arctic today after President Dmitri Medvedev called on security chiefs to establish a formal border in the region. Mr Medvedev laid claim to a vast tranche of the Arctic, telling his National Security Council that it had “strategic importance” for [...]
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Telegraph.co.uk
By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:23AM BST 18 May 2008
Canada Claims : Russia is annexing Artic area for Oil Reserves.
The battle for “ownership” of the polar oil reserves has accelerated with the disclosure that Russia has sent a fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers into the Arctic.
It has reinforced fears that Moscow intends to annex “unlawfully” [...]
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Posted: July 29, 2008
9:52 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Even if Congress follows President Bush’s lead in opening off-shore oil exploration, there exist over 125,000 square miles of sea bottom that won’t be explored, because the State Department – amid controversy and against the will of Alaskans – has surrendered the land to Russia.
Eight islands and their surrounding sea [...]
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NEW YORK – New York’s attorney general says he’s launching an investigation into whether some traders used illegal tactics to drive down the stock price of several Wall Street firms.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo told reporters Thursday his office has received a “significant number” of complaints about short sellers, or investors who hope to profit by [...]
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