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The Russian branch of Groupe Danone has demanded an apology from the...

2014-12-02 00:55:49| Food - Topix.net

Danone - which has been in Russia for two decades and has 20 factories in the country - is among the largest foreign investors in Russia. Photo: Vedomosti The Russian branch of Groupe Danone has demanded an apology from the country's agriculture minister after he slammed the company for its reportedly substandard dairy products in the latest Kremlin assault against a Western company.

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Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests

2014-12-01 06:04:35| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Vlasa Mircia, the mayor of this destitute village in eastern Romania, thought he had struck it rich when the American energy giant Chevron showed up here last year and leased a plot of land he owned for exploratory shale gas drilling. But the encounter between big business and rural Romania quickly turned into a nightmare. The village became a magnet for activists from across the country opposed to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Violent clashes broke out between the police and protesters. The...

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Danone hits back at Russian claims of 'deceipt'

2014-12-01 01:23:56| Beverages - Topix.net

Danone hit back at claims by Nikolai Fyodorov, the Russian agriculture minister, that the dairy giant was "deceiving" consumers, demanding a retraction of allegations it termed "deeply" insulting and slanderous. French-based Danone, the water-to-yoghurt giant, said that it was "not only outraged" by Mr Fyodorov accusation "but regard them as defamation, causing damage to our reputation both in Russia and around the world".

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