By empty (3/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechen President Alu Alkhanov on Wednesday complained about \"clearly insufficient\" operations by the Russian oil company Rosneft, the only company producing oil in Chechnya. \"We want to develop this sector both qualitatively and quantitatively,\" Alkhanov told a news conference. \"The oil industry accounts for 70% to 80% of the republic\'s budget,\" he said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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