... which fell half a percent to 30.0750 against the U.S. dollar before Central Bank spent at least $500 million to support the currency. Russia's leading stock exchange Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange Index (MICEX) slid 14 percent at the open. Yukos crashed more than 20 percent on the MICEX and 19.6 percent ... of the oil giant it says Khodorkovsky owns, in a bid to stop the money leaving the country. The Yukos stock dove about 20 percent that week, which wiped $10 billion of the company's value. The ruble opened weaker against the dollar but recovered slightly after ... the stock mark...

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... -Cola sells 1.5 liters for Rb1,800. Coca-Cola, on the other hand, only moved into Russia 2 years ago and is manufactured locally in Moscow and St. Petersburg under a license. Despite investing $85 million in these two bottling plants, they do not perceive Coca-Cola as a premium brand in the Russian market. Moreover, they see it as a "foreign" brand in Russia. Lastly ... and Pepsi are produced by the same company. Recently, Pepsi opened an office in Prague. Coca-Cola, on the other hand, has been trying to convince local shop owners to stock and circulate its product. The main apprehension...

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