31.   The IMF has set restructuring of the so-called natural monopolies as a condition for the continuation of its support of Russian economic reforms.

32.   The International Monetary Fund has set restructuring the so-called natural monopolies as a condition for the continuation of its support of Russian economic reforms.

33.   The list of strategic companies is likely to include mainly natural monopolies and defense-related companies, Nemtsov said.

34.   The sides reportedly have reached agreement over the usually thorny issue of tax collections, as well as regulation of natural monopolies such as utilities and plans for privatization.

35.   This created a natural monopoly but now it is impossible for anyone to dominate all areas, he said.

36.   To do that, officials plan to tighten controls on natural monopolies, such as the oil and gas sector, communications and transportation, Yasin said.

37.   Yeltsin has set reform of natural monopolies as a priority of his recently revamped government.

38.   Zyuganov argued that natural monopolies represent the bonds that hold the vast Russian Federation together, Interfax reported.

39.   Zyuganov, speaking to supporters at a congress in Moscow, argued that natural monopolies represent the bonds that hold the vast Russian Federation together, Interfax reported.

40.   Putin and his finance minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday put the emphasis on more tax reform, a banking overhaul and the reform of natural monopolies.