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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FORMAL ban on importing fur into the European Union (EU) from animals caught by leghold traps (and others considered inhumane) could finally be written into EU law. The European Commission has proposed a directive transposing international agreements struck in the late 1990’s with Russia, Canada and the USA, committing these countries to phasing out certain traps deemed particularly painful.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has told the European Commission it wants a deal struck with Russia by September 30 on agreeing a veterinary certification system for EU meat exports that is acceptable to Moscow. Ministers supported the stance so far taken by the Commission in technical discussions with the Russian government.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANTI-DUMPING duties imposed since 1997 on certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel from Russia and Romania will probably be suspended because of concerns they were based on corrupted data. The European Commission has said their founding calculations could have been influenced by two cartels, (an European Union (EU)-Japan and a purely European network), that were formally unmasked last year.…

Keith Nuthall
THE POPULARITY of Russian airports as stopovers for European airlines on trips to east Asia is to rise, with the Russian government agreeing to cut expensive fees charged for flights crossing Siberia. This came in a wide-ranging deal struck with the European Union (EU), helping Russia join the World Trade Organisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA’S Raiffeisen Leasing is likely to receive a US$60 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) boosting its leasing services to Russian and western-owned companies. Vehicle leasing is a key part of Raiffeisen Leasing’s business portfolio.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
Italy, the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation have suffered particularly serious thefts from museums and other cultural sites according to figures from Interpol. In a new table published by the international police organisation Italy reports a total of 18,715 thefts – far more than any other country – of which 2,875 represented liturgical objects.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA and the European Union (EU) have struck a wide-ranging trade deal helping Moscow’s application for World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership, notably by opening up its utility sectors to foreign trade. In particular, Russia has promised to raise its prices for industrial users of natural gas, so it “covers costs, profits and investment needed for exploitation of new fields”.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
WHEN a local pizza parlour goes bust, or the site of a planned hotel complex is suddenly left abandoned or interest rates suddenly shoot up for no apparent reason, we don’t normally blame money launderers. Perhaps we should though.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has bought a minority stake in leading Russian mineral water company JSC Narzan, in a combined US$12.25 million loan and equity investment. The money will help Narzan expand its bottling capacity, develop new products and supply working capital.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is expected next month to rubber stamp plans to lend two Russian SUAL group companies US$75 million to expand production at a bauxite mine and begin work on developing a related alumina refinery and aluminium smelter.…