UES's share price and encourage foreign utilities to buy into generation capacity.

ECONOMIST: Russian electricity

UES, which runs Russia's national power grid, the government installed a 29-year-old chief executive and told him to shake the firm up.

ECONOMIST: On the hot line

UES, tried to sell generators on the cheap to well-connected local tycoons.

ECONOMIST: Russian electricity

UES's power plants among the six competing wholesalers and 14 regional generators.

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According to the ruling, Unified Energy Systems of Ukraine (UES), a now-defunct company run by Tymoshenko in the 1990s, signed a deal with the Russian ministry in 1997 to supply it with various goods.

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For perspective, Logitech's offering does sound a bit more balanced with clearer highs, but from a usability standpoint the Navigator is a more compelling option for day-to-day use (the UEs don't fold up, for example).

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Nonetheless, from an investor's perspective, 3C still merits a significant amount of attention simply because of its members, a list that also includes: AIG, Areva, Bayer, British Sky Broadcasting, Dow Chemical, Endesa, Hitachi, Munich Re Group, RAO UES Russia, SAS and Siemens.

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UES, Russia's huge electricity monopoly.

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