Russia 110720 Basic Political Developments
Russian defense industry trade unions ask Medvedev to outlaw purchase of armaments abroad
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- Viktor Zubkov to travel to Volgograd region Wed.
- Contaminated meat from Paraguay found in Vladivostok
- Roo industry wants Russian market
- Russian businessman shot dead in Colombia
- Wildfires rage in Siberia, summer camp evacuated
- 18 forest fires on more than 1,000 ha put out in Siberia.
- Forest fires still raging in Yakutia.
Russian defense industry trade unions ask Medvedev to outlaw purchase of armaments abroadhttp://rt.com/politics/news-line/2011-07-20/#id14709 11:58 Trade unions from the Russian defense industry have sent a collective letter to President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin, asking them to outlaw the purchase of military equipment from abroad. The letter, cited by Kommersant daily, claims that the situation with wages at Russian military plants is catastrophic, with payments that are low and often delayed. The ship-building industry is especially desperate, authors of the letter claim. While workers at the French wharfs where Mistrals ships are built on average receive wages of 160,000 rubles (some $5,300), employees of the Russian wharfs receive wages that are at least five times lower. In June, Russia signed a $1.72 billion deal for the purchase of two Mistral ships from France. 01:49 20/07/2011ALL NEWS
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/188840.html 20/7 Tass 4 VOLGOGRAD, July 20 (Itar-Tass) — First Vice-Premier Viktor Zubkov will make a working trip to Volgograd Region, where he will take a final decision as to whether he will place himself at the head of the regional list of United Russia party (URP) members at State Duma elections. An official at the First Vice-Premier's secretariat has recalled that Zubkov decided to visit Volgograd after he received, at the beginning of last week, an application from the residents of the region with a request to head the regional URP list. While in Volgograd, Zubkov is expected to meet the authors of the application and hold a series of consultations with representatives of industrial, transport, and social welfare enterprises, as well as and those of the agri-industrial sector and the timber industry. Zubkov will be accompanied in the trip by a widely representative delegation comprising the Ministers of Regional Development, Health and Social Development, Industry and Trade, Economic Development, the leaders of Federal agencies for fishery, forestry, and the executives of the Rosselkhozbank (agriculture) and the RosAgroLeasing Company. Contaminated meat from Paraguay found in Vladivostokhttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/07/20/53454231.html Jul 20, 2011 06:03 Moscow Time Nearly 100 tons of beef from Paraguay, infected with dangerous bacteria, have been found by specialists in the port of Vladivostok, Far East. Laboratory studies of incoming meat showed that it is infected with E. coli, said assistant manager of the regional branch of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary surveillance Vitaliy Salenko. According to him, its been decided to return the entire dangerous consignment back to the sender. "Presently the infected beef is on its way back to Paraguay," - said Salenko. Roo industry wants Russian markethttp://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2011/07/20/359971_latest-news.html Sarah Scopelianos | July 20, 2011 TWENTY-THREE people have lost jobs after Game Meat Processing closed it Blackall kangaroo processing site. Kangaroo Industries Association of Australia executive officer John Kelly said the Central Queensland town had lost its major employer because the Australian Government hadn't regained access to the Russian market. Two years ago Russia banned the import of Australian kangaroo meat, claiming the trade presented food safety concerns. Mr Kelly said he believed the high Australian dollar and operating costs had prompted the company to close its Blackall site and process surplus at its Ipswich plant. He said last calendar year the industry processed 1.5 million roos, half of what it used to when the Russian market was open. At its peak the industry was worth $270 million to the economy. "If we get back into Russia, and I believe it is a phone call by (Agriculture) Minister (Joe) Ludwig to his counterpart and a delegation to Moscow, we could go back to levels that it was three years ago," Mr Kelly said. He called for the minister to show leadership and make contact with the Russian Government after talks between the governments in March. Mr Kelly said apart from a small processor in Morven, there were no other major kangaroo processing premises operating in regional Queensland. He said most of the processing was happening in Brisbane and Adelaide.
MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti)A Russian national was gunned down in the Colombian capital of Bogota, where he arrived on a business trip, the Colombia Reports newspaper said, citing police. The man, aged 36, was found with two gunshot wounds to the chest under a city bridge. He was taken to hospital, but succumbed to his injuries shortly after. Police say robbery could be a motive for the attack. A taxi driver is seen as a possible suspect and is currently being searched for.
YAKUTSK, July 20 (RIA Novosti)Wildfires raging in Russia's Siberian republic of Yakutia prompted evacuation of children from a summer camp and approached the regional capital of Yakutsk on Wednesday, the local emergencies service said. Almost 1,500 firefighters and rescuers are trying to tackle 21 wildfire hotspots on the territory of Yakutia. Some 1,000 hectares of forest have been affected by wildfires this year. Hundreds of children were evacuated from a summer camp owned by the Children of Asia foundation. Fire raged only 11 km away from the Kachikatsy village in Yakutia, where the camp is located. Another major forest fire, which broke out last week, is now only 60 km from Yakutsk. 08:46 20/07/2011ALL NEWS
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/188907.html 20/7 Tass 41 KRASNOYARSK, July 20 (Itar-Tass) —— The firemen have put out 18 fires on 1,017 hectares in Siberia’s forests over the past day. However, another 22 forest fires on 1,013 hectares keep burning, a source in the regional emergencies centre told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. The hardest fire situation has emerged in the Kezhem district in north-eastern Krasnoyarsk Territory. Some 12 taiga fires on 812 hectares were reported there. The local authorities have announced an emergency. “Major fires were not reported. Some 396 rescuers and 13 units of machinery are involved in the fire-fighting efforts. A special helicopter Mi-8 dropped nine tonnes of water on the burning forests,” a source in the territorial fire-fighting centre said. A team of territorial emergency workers is involved in the fire-fighting efforts. Some 692 people and 60 units of machinery are involved in the wildfire fighting efforts in Siberia. The aviation of the air forest security service and the Siberian regional emergency centre have made 15 flights to airlift paratroopers and machinery to the fire area and for air patrolling over the past day. 06:01 20/07/2011ALL NEWS
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/188872.html 20/7 Tass 38 KHABAROVSK, July 20 (Itar-Tass) — The Republic of Yakutia in the Far East remains a problem area from the viewpoint of efforts to grapple with forest fires. By Wednesday morning, 21 forest fires are still raging in the republic on an area of over 8,600 hectares, an official at the forestry department for the Far Eastern Federal District has told Itar-Tass. Fire-fighting efforts are involving 900 people, as well as 132 units of machinery on the ground, and ten air vehicles. Groups of professional parachute jumpers and paratroopers of the aerial forest protection service, sent in from a number of territories and regions of Siberia and the Far East are already at work in Yakutia. Rosleskhoz is planning to send forest fire fighters from the Komi Republic to Yakutia shortly. According to the forestry department, sixteen forest fires have been put out in the Far East over the past 24 hours on an area of 13,400 hectares. Thirty-two forest fires are still raging on an aggregate area of 8,778 hectares. Most focuses of forest fires in Amur and Sakhalin Regions and Khabarovsk Territory have been localized. There are no forest fires elsewhere in the Far East. July 19, 2011 20:23
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