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Russia's Minister for Economic Development and Trade, German Gref said the government would push ahead this year with the liberalisation of shares in Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly. At the moment, foreign investors are only allowed to buy Gazprom's American Depository Shares but are restricted from buying domestic stock. The removal of the ring-fence would boost Gazprom's market capitalisation and increase manifold its weighting in leading emerging market indices.