...Mechel's ...Prime ...Vladimir Putin erased almost a third of its value early on Friday (25 July). Vladimir Putin publicly attacked Mechel, Russia's largest coke miner, accusing it of selling its ...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gets a rare Amur tiger cub for his 56th birthday. 10/2008 Reuters

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In Russia's coal heartland, in Western Siberia's Kemerovo region, 130 polling stations opened two hours earlier than scheduled, to allow miners to cast their ballots before their shifts.

Conflict at oil firm TNK-BP and criticism by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of a metals firm dragged the country's stocks lower Frida...

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