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By John Helmer in Moscow The Russian government and the association representing Russian grain exporters in Moscow appear to have backed down from claims that Egypt wrongfully seized several cargoes of Russian wheat last month. Until now, the public position, according to Arkady Zlochevsky, spokesman for the Russian Grain Union, was that Egyptian claims to […]

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By John Helmer in Moscow You don’t have to be a child with an especially good memory to remember this one, which is pre-Mother Goose: Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. What four hundred years of nurses, […]

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By John Helmer in Moscow De Beers has agreed to sell its controlling stake in Archangel Diamond Corporation (ADC) to a North American investment fund which aims to intensify the litigation campaign in the US and Europe against LUKoil and Archangelskgeoldobycha (AGD), the two Russian companies charged with raiding the Grib diamond pipe. At a […]

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By John Helmer in Moscow Russia’s Chief Prosecutor’s office has acknowleded that putting Somali pirates ashore for trial in Kenya is no longer an option, unless the Kenyan courts are replaced by a fully funded international tribunal. Responding to questions from Fairplay, Alexander Zvyagintsev, the deputy prosecutor-general, has issued the longest official statement on the […]