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Thu 21 July 2011 04:20 GMT | 6:20 Local Time
We have absolutely similar approaches to strategic issues.
In terms of developing bilateral ties, Elmar Mammadyarov’s visit helped us discuss in detail the whole agenda and once more confirmed the unity of our positions in viewing each other as partners.
The statement came from Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin while commenting on the recent official visit of Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov to Moscow.
'We have absolutely similar approaches to strategic issues and to the great volume of practical actions and issues, which we have in economy, policy and other spheres. The results of the visit are very good. I think we have fixed our relations more clearly and we understand what we should do to strengthen these ties', the ambassador said.
The diplomat reminded that as part of the visit Elmar Mammadyarov communicated the response of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Dmitriy Medvedev’s letter regarding the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
'The matter is that this message must be studied and the Russian side must give an official assessment. The response message of the Armenian president must also be studied. But nonetheless, we have a useful talk on the level of the foreign ministers about how to move forward. I hope the results of this dialogue will also be positive', the ambassador said.
India to get new frigate fitted with BrahMos
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-to-get-new-frigate-fitted-with-brahmos/820413/
Posted: Thu Jul 21 2011, 12:37 hrs New Delhi:
India will get a new frigate equipped with the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from Russia within six to eight months.
"During his visit to Russia, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma reviewed the progress of the Talwar Class follow-on warships, under construction at the Yantar shipyard there and was reassured that the first ship 'Teg' would commence trials shortly and be delivered in six to eight months," the Navy said in a release here.
The Navy chief returned on July 18 from Russia after a six-day visit during which he took stock of all the major Indian navy projects undergoing there.
The new frigates namely 'Teg', 'Teer' and 'Trikand' are follow ons of the three Talwar Class warships built for India by Russia and inducted into service around the early part of the decade.
In the new ships, the Russian-origin Klub missiles would be replaced by the indigenous BrahMos missiles.
RT News line, July 21
Americans greet Russian frigate ‘Pallada’ in Alaska
http://rt.com/news/line/2011-07-21/#id14755
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Hundreds of residents of the Alaskan outpost of Kodiak met a Russian ship sailing on an expedition dedicated to Yury Gagarin’s first manned flight into space and to 270 years of Russian sailors coming to America.
The ‘Pallada,’ built in 1989, left Vladivostok on July 1 with 120 cadets on board and since has covered 3,400 nautical miles across the Pacific.
Russian tall ship arrives in US on tour of Pacific
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/109048/
Today at 08:44 | Associated Press
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A Russian tall ship has landed on U.S. shores.
KMXT radio reports the Pallada — a 354-foot (108-meter), three-masted frigate — arrived in Kodiak on Wednesday morning as hundreds of people lined the waterfront to watch.
The vessel is on the first stop of a North Pacific tour commemorating the 270th anniversary of Russia's colonization of Alaska and the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering space flight.
The ship will also visit Los Angeles, San Francisco and Honolulu.
Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/109048/#ixzz1SiXW1WMb
RT News line, July 21 Army corruption cost Russia 600 million in 2011 – prosecutors
http://rt.com/politics/news-line/2011-07-21/#id14775
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The losses incurred by the state as a result of corruption-related crimes in the Russian army in 2011 exceeds 600 million rubles (some $20 million), military prosecutors report. “The share of corruption–related crime remains high. In the overall breakdown of crime, it amounts to 16.5 per cent,” chief military prosecutor Sergey Fridinsky reported at a meeting of his colleagues on Thursday. Almost 180 army officers were involved in these crimes, including six generals, who have all been brought to justice, he added.
July 21, 2011 11:37
Corruption in Russian armed forces causes over 600 million rubles of damage in 2011 – prosecutor
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=260683
MOSCOW. July 21 (Interfax-AVN) - The damage caused to the Russian state by corruption in the armed forces has exceeded 600 million rubles in 2011, and six generals and over 170 senior military officers have been held liable for corruption this year, Chief Military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky said.
"The level of corruption offences still remains high. Their share in the general structure [of crimes] has reached 16.5%. The damage caused to military units and organizations has topped 600 million rubles," Fridinsky said at an expanded meeting of the Russian Chief Military Prosecutor's Office in Moscow on Thursday.
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CORRUPTION WATCH: Police pay tripled in anti-graft move
http://www.bne.eu/dispatch_text16190
bne
July 21, 2011
On the streets of Moscow the police presence has changed noticeably. In the old days fat officers would hang out in favoured hiding places, like under bridges or just around sharp turns, better to pounce on the unwary drivers going to fast and sting them for RUB500 bribe. However, in the last months police in crisp new florescent bids have found new places to stand where they can use their newly issued speed-ranging binoculars to check traffic for abuse. And police can be found all over the city in new, more obvious places - like where most of the traffic is. The result is that driving about Moscow you have to be a little more aware of what you are doing than before.
As part of the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to tackle corruption, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev ordered that police pay be tripled to reduce the motivation for fleecing the people to suppliement their wages.
Medvedev called the new law covering the payrise the "second most important" in "determining the well-being" of police officers, after the legislation on police reform that came into force in March.
The Kremlin launched a police law reform five months ago and has made steady progress, although the eradication of graft, or at least bringing it down to western European levels, could take a generation or more.
The bill to triple wages was signed by Medvedev on Tuesday. The police will additionally get other "social guarantees" as part of improving the package and so increasing the value and prestige of the job.
The law also boosts pensions and other benefits for veterans and introduces subsidies to purchase housing.
A lieutenant will earn 33,000 to 45,000 rubles ($1,170 to $1,600) a month, compared with the current 10,000 rubles ($360), Volkov, newswires report. Salaries for higher-ranking officers will be boosted in a similar proportion.
The law also cancels the current housing provision system that required officers to wait for decades for state-issued apartments that few ever received. Under the new scheme any officer that serves 10 years will be entitled to buy or build a house with state support.
Pensions will amount to 54 percent of their salaries on the police force, or upward of 18,000 rubles, NTV said.
Families of officers who died in the line of duty will receive up to 3 million rubles, while those maimed or crippled at the job will get up to 2 million rubles, RIA-Novosti reported.
The current size of Russia's police force is 1.2 million members. Offices are currently being re-evaluation in tests due to end in August. At the end of this process the size of the force will be cut by 20%.
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