This spurred Russian interest in opening trade with Japan to the south for supplies and food.

But it also appears to reflect high-level Russian interest in completing the agreement.

At the beginning of 1998 the business was bought by private Russian interests and it is no longer a State Company.

That project enabled him to attract Russian interest in Eclipse.

Cutting off assistance is not in Russian or American interests.

Russian interests in the region were also mentioned.

"But they'll take them away because there are big Russian interests."

But they still will have to prove periodically that their work does not contravene Russian national, social or security interests.

The colonies, however, were never profitable enough to maintain Russian interest in the area, with the population only ever reaching a maximum of 700.

It was set up as a joint venture between Iranian and Russian interests.