NOTES:

1. Interfax, Itar-Tass, Western agencies, January 18 and 19

2. Interfax, Itar-Tass, Western agencies, January 18 and 19

3. UPI, Reuter January 18

4. Reuter, January 18

5. Izvestiya, January 19; Interfax, January 18

6. Izvestiya, January 18

7. Financial Times, January 19

8. Izvestiya, January 19; Interfax, January 18

9. BNS, January 17 and 18

10. Interfax, January 18

11. UPI, January 14

12. Interfax, January 18

13. Interfax-Ukraine, January 16 and 18; NTV, January 17

14. Petroleum Information Agency and Interfax-Ukraine, January 17 and 18

15. Interfax and Itar-Tass, January 18

16. Financial Information Agency, January 17

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