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        <description>PSDs include project descriptions, financial details, client information, environmental issues, tender guidelines, and contact details.</description>
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            <title>Russia: RZD</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing a senior, term loan of up to $500 million to RZD for balance sheet restructuring. This will allow RZD to achieve a more efficient matching of its assets and liabilities..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40321.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>2 July 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Transport</category>
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            <title>Turkey: IsBank - MSME Loan</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing a € 20 million senior loan to Isbank to on-lend to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Turkey. Potential commercial bank syndication and co-financing with other IFIs will be considered. The purpose of the project is to expand capital flows to MSMEs in underserved regions. EBRD’s financing will also assist Isbank in diversifying and lengthening its funding base..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40310.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>2 July 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Turkey</category>
            <category>Lending to banks</category>
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            <title>Russia: Vostok Energy</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing financing of up to $100 million to Vostok Energy to allow it to develop the Western part of Bortovoye licensed field in the Saratov Region. This would include some additional exploration and production drilling, completion of construction (already underway) of field facilities, gas processing unit and financing of implementation of the Environmental and Social Action Plan..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40668.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>26 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Natural resources</category>
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            <title>Ukraine: Milkiland</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing up to €30 million in equity investment to Milkiland, a group of dairy companies that produces whole milk products, cheese, butter, and dry milk powder, to contribute to the company’s balance sheet restructuring, modernisation, consolidation and integration of its production capacities in Ukraine and Russia..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40272.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>26 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Ukraine</category>
            <category>Agribusiness</category>
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            <title>Ukraine: Obolon III</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing a senior loan of $50 million to support CJSC Obolon, a leading Ukrainian beer and beverages producer, in restructuring its balance sheet and funding energy efficiency improvements..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40278.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>26 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Ukraine</category>
            <category>Agribusiness</category>
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            <title>Kazakhstan: JSC Kaztemirtrans</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing a $50 million senior corporate loan to finance acquisition of freight wagons by Kaztemirtrans JSC (KTT), a subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy – Kazakhstan’s National Railways Company (KTZ).

The project is KTT’s first step of a grander scale plan for renewing its largely depreciated fleet. The purpose of the project is to meet the immediate needs for fleet replacement. The operation will also contribute to further commercialisation of KTT and enhancement its operational independence from KTZ..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40524.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>25 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Kazakhstan</category>
            <category>Transport</category>
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            <title>Russia: TGK-8 Energy Efficiency Loan</title>
            <description>To provide financing to OAO Lukoil for the investment by its subsidiary TGK-8 in a highly efficient state of the art 410MW CCGT unit at the Krasnodar CHP plant in Southern Russia. The transaction will support the ongoing liberalisation of the Russian power sector and renew its ageing and inefficient power infrastructure..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/38714.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>22 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Power and Energy</category>
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            <title>Hungary: MOL Gas Storage Project</title>
            <description>The EBRD is providing a €200 million unsecured corporate loan for the completion and conversion of a Szőreg-1 reservoir in the depleting Algyő oil field, Hungary into underground gas storage facility (“UGS”). The facility is ca 80% complete and will have 1.9bcm mobile and 25mcm/day peak capacity and is planned to be used for both strategic and commercial purposes after planned commencement of operations in January 2010 (strategic) and in March 2010 (commercial)..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40261.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>18 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Hungary</category>
            <category>Natural resources</category>
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            <title>Russia: Investment Troika Dialog Group Senior Loan</title>
            <description>The EBRD has approved a loan of up to USD 150 million to Investment Company Troika Dialog. The loan will be used to:.</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/39913.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>16 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Non-bank financial institutions</category>
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            <title>Russia: Lomonosov District Heating</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering financing of construction, rehabilitation, upgrade of boilers and distribution network (pipes) in the Lomonosov municipal district (the “Municipality”) within the Leningrad region. The priority investments to be financed by EBRD will be defined by consultants in a feasibility study..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40511.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>16 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Municipal and environmental infrastructure</category>
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            <title>Poland: Martifer Polish Wind</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing Polish Zloty long-term financing for an amount of up to €35 million equivalent to finance the construction and operation of three windfarm projects totalling 52MW in south-eastern Poland. The Project will assist Poland in increasing its renewable energy capacity to meet EU’s green energy quotas. The first wind farm, Leki Dukielskie (10 MW), is already operational. Bukowsko wind farm (16MW) is expected to be operational by the end of 2009 while Rymanów (26MW) wind farm is due to be commissioned in 1Q2010..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40124.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>15 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Poland</category>
            <category>Power and Energy</category>
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            <title>Regional: Heitman Eastern European Property Fund</title>
            <description>The proposed project is an equity investment into Heitman European Property Partners IV (the “Fund”), an investment vehicle pursuing long term capital appreciation through real estate investments. The Fund will be established for the purpose of developing, reconstructing, acquiring, owning and managing real estate property in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia and Ukraine (“the Region”), with aggregate capital commitments of up to EUR 600 million..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40440.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>12 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Regional</category>
            <category>Property</category>
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            <title>Ukraine: Maisadour</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering lending €13 million to Maïsadour Semences Ukraine (“MAS Ukraine”) to finance a part of the construction of a green-filed seed production plant in Ukraine..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40345.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>12 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Ukraine</category>
            <category>Agribusiness</category>
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            <title>Russia: Yug Rusi II</title>
            <description>The proposed project is a long-term secured, syndicated corporate loan to provide working capital base and to finance selected investments aimed at improving the Company’s competitiveness..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/40500.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>12 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Russia</category>
            <category>Agribusiness</category>
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            <title>Kazakhstan: RTSDecaux</title>
            <description>The EBRD is considering providing a senior loan of up to $5 million to finance the expansion of the Company’s street furniture and outdoor advertising operations in the city of Astana, following its successful bid for a 25-year contract for these operations. Under the terms of its bid, the company will install bus shelters and other types of street furniture in the city of Astana over the next years..</description>
            <link>http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/39149.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>11 June 2009</pubDate>
            <category>Kazakhstan</category>
            <category>Telecoms and Media</category>
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