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(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed a raft of ministerial appointments on Saturday, including new names, but retained Maxim Reshetnikov as economy minister and Anton Siluanov as finance minister, Russian news agencies said.

Mishustin also proposed Denis Manturov as first deputy prime minister and Alexander Novak as deputy prime minister for energy and economics. The proposals will go to the Russian parliament.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has refused to coordinate with Israel on the entry of aid into Gaza from the Rafah crossing due to Israel's "unacceptable escalation", Egypt's state affiliated Alqahera News satellite TV reported on Saturday, citing a senior official.

The official also said that Egypt held Israel responsible for the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip.

On May 7, Israeli forces seized the main border crossing at Rafah,... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister.

What are the other key positions in the government still to be filled?

* Prime Minister - Mikhail Mishustin

Proposed:

* First Deputy PM - Denis Manturov

* Deputy PM overseeing energy and the economy - Alexander Novak

* Agriculture Minister - Oksana Lut (was Dmitry... (continue reading...)

By Paritosh Bansal

(Reuters) - To some elite financiers who gathered in Los Angeles for the Milken Institute conference, a debt binge in private markets is reminding them of the go-go days of risk-taking before the 2008 financial crisis.

In the halls of the Beverly Hilton and at meetings around town last week, I spoke with more than a dozen investors, bankers and fund managers involved in the booming $1.7 trillion private credit market,... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing, petrochemical and fertiliser complex located in the Bashkortostan region has stopped its catalytic cracker after being attacked by a drone on 9 May, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The catalytic cracker is part of gasoline production chain responsible for 600,000 tons of output of this product at Salavat which in total is capable of producing about 1.5 million... (continue reading...)