The last week of October was a tense time for the bureaucrats at Minprirody, Russia's Ministry for the Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources, and naturally for Minister Yuri Petrovich Trutnev. He went all the way to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the work of the eighth session of the mixed intergovernmental committee for trade and economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Africa.

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From there, a mad dash to Namibia, to a meeting with Namibian President H. Pohamba and Prime Minister N. Angula, as well as with first president S. Nujoma and Minister of Mines and Energy E. Nghimtina.

And it wasn't questions

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An appeal from Russian citizen and ecologist Andrey Zatoka, residing in Dashoguz, Turkmenistan, to you, to me, to our dear readers, to anyone listening.

I, Andrey Zatoka, ask for your help with regard to law enforcement agencies that are repressing me.

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At the moment, I am in detention and being investigated as part of an entirely fabricated case. I am accused of causing bodily harm to someone who assaulted me without cause in a bazaar. It is obvious to me that the assault was set up with the help of a non-staff assistant to the police and that everything from the apprehension to the accusation charges were planned and organised

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Everybody has probably already heard about the first exercises of the CSTO rapid reaction force in Kazakhstan today, where President Dmitry Medvedev wanted to make sure he was the most well dressed autocrat to show up to the party.  I do often wonder if the Kremlin hired the same people George W. Bush used to use to stage manage these kinds of Hollywood-esque media performances.  From Reuters:Dressed in combat fatigues, the leaders of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan looked on as the force carried out a mock attack to destroy "insurgents" who had taken control of a chemical plant. Smoke rose from a dew-drenched firing range in the Kazakh steppe, revealing paratroopers landing from helicopters and storming a building ...

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Russia has denied yesterday's report in the Independent that the country discussed changing the dollar as the global currency of oil; France has called it speculation.  Iran's finance minister Shamseddin Hosseini says he has occasionally discussed a move away from the dollar with other nations, but such a shift would require agreement from everyone.  France and Kazakhstan have signed a flurry of deals: Total will acquire 17% and GDF Suez 8% of the Caspian Sea Khvalynskoye natural gas field.  Naftogaz says that it has paid in full its September bill.  Despite a catastrophic financial situation, the company is ready to meet its gas obligations this winter.  Reuters has a feature on the Nenet tribespeople of the Yamal Peninsula for whom Gazprom's plans for Arctic plunder are a threat to their very existence.  According to ...

Gazprom is set to bid for gas and oil fields in Iraq with Turkey's state-run oil company Turkish Petroleum Corporation.  Rosneft, Lukoil and Gazprom Neft will also participate in bids.  Venezuela's Science and Technology Minister Jesse Chacon has asserted that it is Russia that is helping the country search for uranium, not Iran.  Iran's Oil Ministry has apparently said that the country needs $19 billion to finish uncompleted natural gas projects.  Gazprom Neft has filed a request to the anti-trust watchdog to buy 100% of oil company Sibir Energy.  Kazakhstan, which hopes to increase two-fold its oil production over the next ten years, is in talks with Azerbaijan to establish new routes for delivering extra crude volumes to the Black Sea and is even considering a new pipeline.  The Moscow Times reports that Chinese investors are negotiating ...

Ria-Novosti reports that first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov believes the path towards a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan is clear.  Bank of America Corp. has increased Russia's economic growth forecast for 2010 to 3.9% from 2.4%.  Citigroup Inc. estimates that Russia's economy will grow faster than previously estimated, according to Bloomberg.  Arabtec Holding has started foundation-test work on the Gazprom tower.  Sberbank may sell its stake in Opel to VEB, if a sale to GAZ Group falls through, Reuters reports.  President Medvedev has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he is willing to provide state guarantees for Opel investments in Russia, says Reuters.  A possible windfall for Avtovaz: the company may be assembling Nissan cars by 2012.  The Telegraph reports on tough times for the Lada.  The Times reports that Yelena ...