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Press Statement following the G8 Summit
(17/07/06)

G8/2006 RUSSIA

Opening Address by President Vladimir Putin at the Meeting with G8 Finance Ministers
(11/02/06)

I am pleased to welcome you here in Moscow and hope that this first meeting of the G8 Finance Ministers in the year of Russia’s Presidency will make a good start to our joint work in all spheres, including energy and education, and at the summit level.

Statement by G8 Finance Ministers
(11/02/06)

G8 Finance Ministers met in Moscow to prepare for the G8 summit in St Petersburg and had discussions on the global economy in the context of energy market developments, further steps for the development agenda, and economic dimensions of fighting infectious diseases worldwide.

Russian Finance Minister Satisfied with G8 Ministerial Meeting
(11/02/06)

Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin expressed satisfaction with the results of the G8 finance ministers’ meeting completed in Moscow earlier today.

First part of Financial G8 finished
(11/02/06)

Apart from the finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrial countries – Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, Italy, the United States and Britain – the event was attended by Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, Karl-Heinz Grasser, finance minister of Austria, which this year holds the presidency of the European Union, and Joakin Almounia, EU monetary affairs commissioner.

Scientists Urge G8 Leaders to Turn to Hydrogen Technologies for Energy Production
(10/02/06)

The problems of energy carriers, and energy security featured prominently at the forum, which was held as part of the preparations for the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. “Given the current level of production, there will be enough coal for 400 years, oil for 42 years, and gas for 61 years,” said the speakers.

Russian, U.S. finance ministers discuss ministerial G8 meeting, Russia’s WTO accession
(10/02/06)

Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin and U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow have discussed the ministerial G8 meeting and Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization at the Russian Finance Ministry, the ministry said on Friday.

Financial ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized countries will arrive in Moscow to attend the financial G8 summit
(10/02/06)

Afterwards, they will meet President Vladimir Putin, said Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. "I am positive that an informal exchange of opinions will take place in the Kremlin, where everyone will be able to raise an issue of interest, draw attention to a global problem or make a proposal," he said.

Italian Prime Minister meets Russian Foreign Minister
(09/02/06)

Berlusconi confirmed that Italy attached great importance to developing relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union, as well as between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance.

Financial G8 Agenda Finalized
(08/02/06)

The ministers will also discuss energy security, the central issue of Russia’s G8 Presidency in 2006.

Russia plans to use its G8 presidency to step up the fight against international terrorism, Anatoly Safonov said.
(08/02/06)

The special presidential envoy for international cooperation in the efforts against terrorism and transnational organized crime said the Group of Eight, in line with its rules and format of work, “should contribute to concrete and joint efforts” in the anti-terrorist campaign.

G8 presidency to define Russia's future foreign policy priorities
(07/02/06)

Russia's presidency in the Group of Eight industrial nations will define its foreign policy priorities for 2006 and several years to come, said Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the State Duma’s international committee, when opening a roundtable devoted to Russia's presidency.

Putin invites Harper to attend G8 summit
(07/02/06)

President Putin has congratulated Stephen Harper on becoming Prime Minister of Canada, the Kremlin press service said.

Russia drafts documents on all key issues of the G8 summit
(07/02/06)

“The G8 Finance Ministers will convene in Moscow on February 10 and 11. They are discussing economic development and the creation of financial architecture,” the commission chair said. The ministers will also meet with the President of Russia.

Iran's nuclear problem to be the focus of Russia's G8 agenda
(06/02/06)

"It will be our main concern unless we want an escalation of a nuclear crisis," he said at the Conference on Security Policy in Munich.

By Viktor Khristenko, Minister of Industry and Energy of Russia. Breakthrough to the East
(06/02/06)

Russia’s eastern-oriented energy strategy has been causing increasing interest recently both inside the country and abroad. A major contribution to this was made by Russia’s vigorous foreign policy in the Far East and South-East Asia.

Russia to report on non-proliferation at G8 summit
(06/02/06)

"We have prepared amendments to legislation seeking to use export control more efficiently to solve non-proliferation problems, including in the context of fighting international terrorism," the Russian minister said.

From Vladimir Putin's address to foreign ambassadors
(03/02/06)

...The consistent implementation of internal transformations is enabling Russia to pursue increasingly ambitious foreign policy goals. We will use this potential to facilitate the formation of a constructive international relations agenda and to take a more active and full part in global processes.

Russian Foreign Minister: NGOs can greatly contribute to the G8 summit agenda
(03/02/06)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that non-government organizations could greatly contribute to discussions of the agenda of the G8 summit, which is to be held in St. Petersburg this summer.

Russia, France to sign nuclear cooperation agreement shortly
(02/02/06)

Russia and France are to sign an agreement on cooperation in the nuclear sphere shortly, Sergei Antipov, deputy head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, announced at a news conference Thursday.

Russia prepares fast neutron reactor, international enrichment framework proposals for G8
(02/02/06)

Russia may present in St. Petersburg its proposals on fast neutron reactors and international uranium enrichment centers, a senior Russian nuclear official said Thursday.

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