Fresh Libya sanctions: EU and Russia

China posts shock trade deficit

US Vice President backs Russia's WTO bid

Gazprom's Kovykta deal could be repealed

Ivorian leader seizes cocoa trade

US insider trading trial begins

Oil wealth 'must be shared' with citizens says Soros

RUSAL will not sell stake in Norilsk Nickel

TNK-BP attempts to replace BP in deal with Rosneft

Rupert Murdoch BSkyB takeover gets government go-ahead

Fitch Ratings downgrades Libya by three notches

Russia widens ruble floating corridor to fight inflation

Gazprom gets Kovykta gasfield

Could Urals become a substitute for Lybian oil?

Russian Central Bank started to curb inflation

Russia plans Eurobond on back of rising crude

Russia's central bank unexpectedly lifted the refinancing rate from a record low for the first time in two years to curb inflation.

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Nomura bank says oil may reach $220 per barrel if Algeria follows Libya scenario;

A group of "Norilsk Nickel" pension funds has asked president...