Russia 100325 Basic Political Developments
RIA: Despite reset in ties, Russians still see U.S. as aggressor – poll
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RIA: Despite reset in ties, Russians still see U.S. as aggressor – pollhttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20100325/158304623.html 05:4625/03/2010 Despite the widely publicized reset in Russian-U.S. relations, almost three fourths of Russians still see the U.S. as a potential aggressor, according to a survey by an independent pollster. Only 9% of Russians said they saw U.S. as a country promoting "peace, democracy and order" on the globe, while 73% said it was "an aggressor seeking to establish control over all countries." The remainder of the respondents were unable to answer. The majority of the respondents do not consider it necessary to improve relations with the U.S., with some 36% in favor of less cooperation with the States, and 40% saying that the relations should be maintained on the current level. Only 14% said that the two states should seek closer ties. The remainder of the respondents were unable to answer. In addition, only 3% of Russians believe that their country should join NATO. However, 26% say cooperation with the alliance on common threats is in Russia's interests. The majority of the respondents (37%) said Russia should not join any military blocks, while 25% said Russia should counter NATO's eastward expansion and create its own defense blocks. Some 42% of Russians believe that Russia should pay attention to the Western criticism of Russia, while 45% say it can be ignored. Some 1,600 people took part in the poll conducted by the Levada Center on February 26 - March 4, with a statistical margin of error below 3.4%. MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) Russia Today: US, Russia look for concessions to boost tradehttp://rt.com/Business/2010-03-25/us-russia-look-concessions.html/print 25 March, 2010, 10:30 The United States and Russia have pledged to scrap protectionist measures, that's after figures showed an alarming drop in trade between the two countries. Russia set up a raft of trade barriers last year to protect domestic producers in the crisis. Higher import taxes prompted a 30-fold slump in sales of used foreign-made cars. Deputy Economy Minister Andrey Slepnev told RT that those tariffs can go back to pre-crisis levels. “The government’s meeting today to discuss cutting taxes on cars made abroad.” The US is also under fire. Barack Obama’s $800 billion economic stimulus package features a ‘Buy American’ clause. It means only U.S. iron, steel and manufactured goods can be used in projects funded by the bill. Russia’s richest man Vladimir Lisin says the rules even stop him employing Americans at his US steel plant, just because the owner’s Russian. Michelle O’Neill, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce, told RT that both sides should make concessions. “I don’t know the specifics of that issue but I would say there are things we could do on our side, as well as on the Russian side, we very much believe there are government actions required on both sides.” On Friday, Vladimir Putin noted bilateral trade had crashed since the start of the crisis, from $36 billion to $16 billion. He warned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton they wouldn’t have full cooperation until Russia joins the World Trade Organization. Moscow blames US special interests, notably its mighty farming lobby, for blocking entry.
The war memorial to Georgian soldiers perished in the Second World War destroyed in Kutaisi will be rebuilt in Moscow, the mayor, yuri Luzhkov announced yesterday. The war memorial will be placed on the Alley of Glory behind the Great Patriotic War Museum at Moscow’s Poklonny Hill. `The symbol of the future monument should be the following thesis: we were together in the fight against fascism,` Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov annoucned. The future memorial will not be the exact copy of the 40-metre tall monument in Kutaisi. It will be 10-12-metre high. The Mayor’s Office also decided that the tender for the design of the future monument would be public and take placed from April 1 to June 1. Rustavi2 2010.03.25 12:56 Messenger.ge: Russians destroy Georgian schoolhttp://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2071_march_25_2010/2071_liana.html By Liana Bezhanishvili Thursday, March 25 Russian occupiers have destroyed Georgian-Russian Secondary School number 3 in the Akhalgori district, a part of Georgia now under control of Russians and Ossetians. Eyewitnesses say that the occupiers have already sold off construction materials taken from the ruins and brought in new ones. 150 Georgian and Ossetian pupils were studying at the abovementioned School. The de facto regime in Tskhinvali has transferred them to Akhalgori School number 1. The Georgian side has described the demolition as an aggressive and barbarous act. “It is believed a settlement for Russian military families will be built there,” stated Akhalgori’s Governor, Avtandil Kochishvili. The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement declaring that the demolition is a continuation of the ethnic cleansing policy of the Russians which makes it even clearer that Russia is ignoring international law including granting everyone the right to gain an education in his/her native language. The Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the demolition and demanded that Russia stop violating the human rights of the Ossetian as well as the Georgian people. It has appealed to international community to take this incident into account and make Russia fulfill its obligations. However the head of the Akhalgori Resource Centre, Nugzar Papunashvili, has told The Messenger that this school has been in disrepair since the early nineties and no pupils have studied there since then. It was initially an eight form school, but due to the small number of pupils it was closed.
Russia has a good chance of being awarded the right to host the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "Today we have to resolve a range of problems connected with the guarantee we have given FIFA," Putin told a meeting of the inner Cabinet. "The guarantee concerns issues of security, taxes, customs...and the timely construction of new stadiums," he went on. He also said that all the necessary infrastructure for the tournament, including airports, roads and hotels, would be built even if Russia did not win the right to the World Cup. Russia will hand over to FIFA its bid book for the tournament on May 14. Russia's bid, which was officially launched last October, has the full support of the government, with a high-level steering committee established under First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. The country has seven competitors to host the 2018 World Cup, including England, Australia and joint bids from Belgium and the Netherlands and Spain and Portugal. A decision on the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments will be made in December. MOSCOW, March 24 (RIA Novosti)
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