ENERGY SECTOR REORGANIZATION SEEN BOOSTING CHUBAIS.

TheRussian government plans to name Anatoly Chubais to head a newfederal energy commission that will have broad authority overthe country’s energy sector, Segodnya reported August 30.The new body will regulate prices and grant licenses for the exploitationand export of Russian oil and gas, provisions that will vastlyenhance the authority of Deputy Premier Chubais relative to otherministers. Indeed, the paper suggested, he could become, afterChernomyrdin, the second most powerful member of the cabinet.

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