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					<title>$14.3m credit line?  Call Sibirtelecom</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=4000</link>
					<description>Sibirtelecom has announced an open auction for a $14.3m renewable line of credit, its official website reports.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-19 05:29:00</pubDate>
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					<title>MTS in $1bn SMARTS move</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3993</link>
					<description>MTS has unveiled plans to buy mobile communication operator SMARTS in Samara for about $1bn as the firm eyes a broader market share.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-19 03:41:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Morion dumps assets for $10.2m to repay debt </title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3991</link>
					<description>Telecom company Morion  has announced plans to sell its non-core assets for $10.2m to an off-shore company to repay its debt to banks.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-19 03:34:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Volgatelecom rings up big $124m profit in 2007</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3869</link>
					<description>Volgatelecom, NN-based communication operator, has reported a 2007 IFRS net profit of $124m, up 36.1% on 2006.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-11 11:56:00</pubDate>
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					<title>RosCinemaInvest brings $3.2m big screen to Vyazma  </title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3843</link>
					<description>RosCinemaInvest plans to build a $3.3m multimedia Kino-City Classic in the town of Vyazma, sources in the regional administration report.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-07 06:11:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Akado in $15m takeover talks with Olympus</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3819</link>
					<description>Moscow's telecom company Akado is negotiating a $15m takeover of Ekaterinburg's internet-provider Olympus NSP.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-06 04:09:00</pubDate>
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					<title>South Telecom Company stages reduced profits in Jan.-Jun.</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3794</link>
					<description>Krasnodar’s South Telecom Company has reported a moderate 21-percent year-on-year decline in net profit for the first six months of 2008.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-05 12:07:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Sibirtelecom to float $85m in bonds, investment eyed</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3769</link>
					<description>Sibirtelecom has posted plans to place $85m worth of five-year eight-series bonds as the company’s investment program needs funds.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-08-01 02:40:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Sibirtelecom posts Q2 profit: slightly lower but still solid</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3717</link>
					<description>Novosibirsk’s telecom operator Sibirtelecom has reported a five-percent year-on-year drop in net profit for Q2 to $53m.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-07-30 12:05:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Tatarstan to build $170m media center, Universiada-2013 eyed as target</title>
					<link>http://www.marchmontcapital.com/story.php?story_id=3728</link>
					<description>Tatarstan has announced plans to build a media center with a 300-meter-high TV tower in Kazan as the 2013 youth sports tournament approaches.</description>
					<pubDate>2008-07-30 05:31:00</pubDate>
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