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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft Delivers on Putin’s Ambitions, at Some Cost to Investors]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Russian company spent $100 billion on its transformation into a global oil giant.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:52:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Restructuring Heightens Rosneft's $6 Billion Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:37:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Oil Minister Says Schedule for Aramco's IPO Is On Track]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudis Say Russian Cooperation Breathed Life Back Into OPEC]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:04:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Hosts Saudi King on ‘Landmark’ Russia Visit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Pledges to Meet Debt Obligations Despite Sanctions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:54:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER,4 (RUSSIA OUT) Venezuela&apos;s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the plenary session of Russian Energy Week in Moscow, Russia. October,4,2017.(Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Booming Russian Airlines Leave Kazakh Carrier Short of Jet Fuel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Deepens Oil Ties With Russia in $9 Billion Rosneft Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Mazneva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shipping cranes stand on the harbor at the port beside the frozen River Ob in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia, on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Russia&apos;s largest oil field, Samotlor, so far past its prime that it now pumps almost 20 times more water than crude, could be on the verge of gushing profits again for Rosneft PJSC. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC Deal Extension Would Benefit Russia, Finance Minister Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Johnson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers secure drilling pipe sections on an oil drilling tower operated by Tatneft OAO near Almetyevsk, Russia, on Friday, July 31, 2015. Eleven months of surviving with oil below $100 have left Russia hardened enough to endure a monthlong drop to $40 a barrel, a survey of economists showed. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gazprom Neft to Borrow $2 Billion Next Year in Bet on Rates]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dina Khrennikova]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gazprom Neft to Boost Dividends as Output Growth Beats Peers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bierman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Oil Giant Lends Support to Venezuela Oil Company]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Mazneva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 08:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Said to Oppose Any Move to Deepen OPEC Cuts at Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilya Arkhipov]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Oil workers pass a pumping unit, also known as a &quot;nodding donkey&quot; or pumping jack, left, at a drilling site operated by Tatneft OAO near Almetyevsk, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft Keeps Oil Flowing as Hackers Target Russia, Ukraine]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bierman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft Says Essar Takeover Is Done Pending Final Details]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This photograph taken on October 4, 2016 shows an Indian oil refinery belonging to Essar Oil at Vadinar, some 380km from Ahmedabad. / AFP / SAM PANTHAKY        (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaires, Spies, Oil Men: Meet the Board of a Russian Giant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bierman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hundreds Detained at Anti-Putin Protests, Including Navalny]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry Meyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:51:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Russia Oil Boss Scorns Tesla, Electric Cars as Overrated]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ksenia Galouchko]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Igor Sechin, chief executive officer of Rosneft OJSC, pauses during a panel session on the opening day of the VTB Capital Investment &quot;Russia Calling&quot; Forum in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Russia&apos;s key interest rate will probably be cut to near the inflation level in two years if price growth eases to the central bank&apos;s 4 percent target in 2017, Governor Elvira Nabiullina said. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Igor Sechin</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft's Kurdistan Bet Expands as Middle East Footprint Deepens]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Angelina Rascouet]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia's Top Oil Producer Sees Risk of Shale Neutering OPEC Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Mazneva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:35:57 GMT</pubDate>
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