and then welcome to business r.t. would need to be treated with twenty eleven may become a revolutionary year for russia's finances the ambitious privatization program that starts this year promises to become the largest since the post soviet selloff in the ninety's and is going hand in hand with plans to make moscow an international financial hub. explains. at the start of last year russia was the owner of thirty five hundred seventeen federal state uniter enterprises and a shareholder of twenty nine hundred fifty joint stock companies if the go to sell of state property within the next three years goes to plan the russian government will release one hundred fourteen state enterprises and another eight hundred nine stock companies into private hands including equity stakes in ten largest firms the expected proceeds from the sell off make top thirty billion dollars and it's not just about the possibility to tackle budget deficit which is the government's first priority the second one is actually decrease the government's ar

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the sector can adopt better practices these would also limit the worst effects of the weather when mother nature turns nasty like a quick check of business r.t. . let's look at the markets now asian stocks are mixed and trade in japan worries about the euro zone's sovereign debt problems are weighing on best as sentiment as they return from their. long weekend the nikkei is losing point three percent hong kong saying saying it's up about one percent by energy producers after crude oil prices age higher overnight. many russian companies enjoyed a rebound from the crisis in two thousand and ten as investors increasingly turned to markets and it's metal that's proving to be precious for twenty eleven and lists expects russia's top titanium producer. to continue performing well mark rubenstein from metropole explains why this company is one of their leading producers over.

the sector can adopt better practices these would also limit the worst effects of the weather when mother nature turns nasty like a quick check of business r.t . that's a look at the markets now asian stocks and mixed in trade in japan worries about the euro zone's sovereign debt problems are weighing on. that's just sentiment as they return from their long weekend in the caves losing point two percent hong kong's hang seng is up about one percent boy quite energy produces off to crude oil prices aged knight. many russian companies enjoyed a rebound from the crisis in twenty ten as investors increasingly turned to emerging markets at its metal that's proving to be precious for twenty eleven unlist expects russia's top titanium producer for you simply you obviously were to continue performing well mark rubenstein from metropole explains why this company's is one of their leading producers of time which is their main compliance for aircraft building most analysts expect in an uptick in our travel and.