Russia 110503 Basic Political Developments
At least 2 militants killed in police operation in Chechnya - Kadyrov
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At least 2 militants killed in police operation in Chechnya - Kadyrovhttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20110503/163826321.html 03:30 03/05/2011 At least two suspected militants were killed in a special police operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, republic's leader Ramzan Kadyrov said. Kadyrov said that a group of between seven and ten suspected militants was blocked on the border of the Vedensky and Shatoi districts during the special operation launched on Monday. "We have information that two militants were killed, but the number may be higher. One of the killed militants, according to preliminary information, comes from a Middle East country," Kadyrov said. A source in the Chechen Interior Ministry said earlier that one of the law enforcers was killed and two wounded during the operation, which would resume with the daylight on Tuesday. Sporadic terrorist attacks and militant clashes are common in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republics, where Russia has held two wars against separatists in Chechnya, although the Kremlin has officially ended its military campaign against separatists and terrorists there. MOSCOW/GROZNY, May 3 (RIA Novosti)
09:09 03/05/2011 A bomb rocked a car park outside a police station in downtown Moscow on Tuesday morning, injuring one police officer. The improvised device exploded when an officer at the station on Pyatnitskaya Street discovered it in a plastic bag, Moscow's chief police spokesman told RIA Novosti. He was hospitalized with face injuries. No theory for the attack was given. Blasts at police bases and transport hubs have become a relatively common occurrence in Moscow. "Investigators found pieces of metal cans, wires and a mobile phone at the scene of the blast," a police source said earlier on Tuesday. The sources said the bomb was equivalent to 50 grams TNT. Militant groups in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region have been blamed for a number of attacks on Moscow in recent years. The Russian authorities have been fighting insurgents in the region for over a decade. A suicide bomber attacked the arrivals hall in Moscow's Domodedovo airport in January, killing 37 people and injuring almost 200. MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti) 06:31 03/05/2011Top News
KRASNOYARSK, May 3 (Itar-Tass) —— Ten wildfires on an area of 201.5 hectares have been contained in the past 24 hours in Russia’s Siberian regions, while as many as 36 wildfires are still ravaging on an area of 495.5 hectares, a spokesman for the Siberian regional emergencies centre told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. The biggest fires (199 hectares) are reported in the Baikal territory, and in the republic of Tyva (159 hectares), the spokesman said. About 500 fire inspections were carried out on Monday to prevent violations of fire safety rules. A total of 650 posts, including 265 stationary ones, were installed to restrict the entry to forests. About 257 kilometers of fire lines were ploughed around settlements. According to meteorological forecasts, the weather on Tuesday will fire-risky in nine Siberian regions. “In the republics of Buryatia, Khakassia, Tyva, Altai, the Baikal, Altai and Krasnoyarsk territories, and in the Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions controlled grass fires may spread to forests and even to populated localities,” the spokesman warned.
Some 30,000 consumers have been left without power at Chechnya’s Shelkovsky District on the night on Tuesday. The problem was caused by an accident at the power plant, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said, RIA Novosti reports. Information on the power cut was registered at 04.00 (Moscow time). The sectionalizing switch broke at the Shelkovskaya power plant. Nurenergo and the Emergencies Ministry are fixing the problem. New Bridge for Kaliningradhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/new-bridge-for-kaliningrad/436149.html 03 May 2011 Russia and Lithuania have agreed to jointly fund construction of a new bridge connecting Kaliningrad with Lithuania, Kaliningrad Governor Nikolai Tsukanov said Sunday. The agreement on the bridge across the Neman River will be signed in June, Tsukanov said in an interview with the Baltic News Service. Tsukanov said the bulk of funding would come from Russia, but that the European Union was expected to contribute "about 10 million euros" ($15 million) to the project. (MT) 09:54 03/05/2011Top News APEC facilities construction changes Vladivostok Gen Planhttp://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/134769.html VLADIVOSTOK, May 3 (Itar-Tass) — The APEC summit facilities construction has led to changes in the General Plan of Vladivostok. The amendments’ draft on Tuesday was put forward to the city residents for discussion. The General Plan for the development of Vladivostok until 2025 had been approved in 2008, when the majority of projects for the placement of APEC summit facilities were not adopted yet, the press service of the administration of the Primorsky Territory capital recalled. Today, these design solutions have been developed and approved, a number of documents adopted at the federal, regional and municipal level that make significant adjustments to the future development of the regional centre, the press service told Itar-Tass. The draft amendments, in particular, includes such key facilities as bridges over the Zolotoi Rog (Golden Horn) Bay and Bosfor Vostochny (Bosphorus Eastern) Strait, a new highway linking the local airport and the Russky Island. Specialists have taken also into account and built engineering infrastructure facilities: water supply and sewerage, purification facilities, energy and heat supply networks, the development of the communications and telecommunications systems, construction of a gas pipeline. The document also reflects the land planning projects for development in the near future. After Vladivostok residents familiarise themselves with changes in the General Plan, public hearings will be held this summer. The residents’ remarks will be taken into account in a revised document, which will be submitted to the city Duma (legislature). According to experts of the department of urban planning and architecture of Vladivostok, the currently introduced amendments to the General Plan are not the last. For example, the Russian government’s resolution envisages the creation of a special tourism and recreation economic zone on the Russky Island. Its boundaries have been preliminarily coordinated, but the composition and characteristics of its facilities have not been determined yet, therefore, the relevant amendments to the General Plan will be introduced somewhat later. Over 40 large facilities are to be built for the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok, including roads, bridges, hotels, water and power supply facilities. The construction of the second mini thermal power plant “Tsentralnaya” (Central) for the supply of electricity to APEC facilities has been launched on the Russky Island. In 2010, in accordance with the special federal programme, the financing of the construction work on the Russky Island amounted to 29.3 billion roubles - 4.5 times more than in 2009. The total value of the construction work was 6.5 billion roubles in 2009. The proposal put forward for Russia to hold the 2012 summit on Russky Island was confirmed at the end of the APEC Australia 2007 summit in Sydney, Australia. At a press conference in Sydney, regional governor Sergei Darkin estimated the cost of hosting the summit at 147.5 billion roubles. The construction of infrastructure serving the summit, by Darkin experts’ estimates, would aid economic development in the Russian Far East and would see more than a six-fold increase of the gross regional product by 2020. The APEC brings together 19 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and two territories - Hong Kong and Taiwan. Along with Russia this structure includes such economically important world powers such as Canada, China, Korea, Mexico, the United States and Japan. APEC is the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. APEC is the only inter governmental grouping in the world operating on the basis of non-binding commitments, open dialogue and equal respect for the views of all participants. Unlike the WTO or other multilateral trade bodies, APEC has no treaty obligations required of its participants. Decisions made within APEC are reached by consensus and commitments are undertaken on a voluntary basis. APEC has 21 members - referred to as “Member Economies” - which account for approximately 40.5 percent of the world’s population, approximately 54.2 percent of world GDP and about 43.7 percent of world trade. APEC was established in 1989 to further enhance economic growth and prosperity for the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community. APEC works to create an environment for the safe and efficient movement of goods, services and people across borders in the region through policy alignment and economic and technical cooperation. The APEC Russia 2012 summit will be the 24th annual gathering of APEC leaders. Leaders from the member countries will meet on Russky Island, off the coast of Vladivostok, Russia in 2012. The summit on Russky Island will see the building of resorts, dinner and entertainment facilities, in addition to the renovation and upgrading of Vladivostok International Airport. Two giant cable-stayed bridges are currently under construction in preparation for the summit, namely the Zolotoi Rog bridge over the Zolotoy Rog Bay in the centre of the city, and Russky Island Bridge from mainland to Russky Island (will become the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world upon completion). The new campus of Far Eastern Federal University will be completed on Russky Island by 2012. 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