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Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, August 11, 2011http://en.rian.ru/papers/20110811/165702557.html 08:40 11/08/2011 POLITICS
The Russian government on Wednesday offered the first glimpse of a retaliatory blacklist compiled in response to Washington's decision to slap travel restrictions on Russian officials implicated in the 2009 prison death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that it has drawn up a list of U.S. officials who might be banned, but stressed that no final decision has been made (The Moscow Times) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Sochi. Sources in Kiev said ahead of the meeting that the ongoing trial of the country’s ex-prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will be on the agenda (The Moscow Times, Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moskovskie Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree which obliges several ministries and departments to provide internet users with regular information about their activities, including anti-corruption measures and tax declarations of top officials and their family members (Kommersant, Vedomosti, Izvestia) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to visit an archeological field camp near the submerged part of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria (Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia) Shelling was again reported on the border between North and South Korea (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Izvestia) OIL & GAS LUKoil's Bulgarian refinery can continue operating until a final ruling is given on a tax dispute with the customs office, a top Bulgarian court ruled
TELECOMS & IT Glonass has secured Nokia’s backing for its satellite navigation system in a major step toward securing the second spot behind the U.S.-backed GPS in global positioning technology.
Apple Inc. has officially become the world's most valuable company, replacing Exxon-Mobil, which had held that title for the past five years (Vedomosti, Izvestia) BANKING & FINANCE Russia’s largest savings bank, Sberbank, hopes to increase the 31.8% market share of its overall credit portfolio by using its online banking service to offer preapproved loans to its regular clients starting in September, the lender said.
The gap between the black market and official rates for the Belarusian ruble has doubled this month, pointing to further price and economic headaches for President Alexander Lukashenko. (The Moscow Times) DEFENSE
As Russia prepares to mark 11 years since the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine, deputy general director of Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom Ivan Kamenskikh, said Russia must decide by 2013 what to do with other sunken nuclear subs in order to avoid potential radioactive pollution of the area (Rossiiskaya Gazeta) China's first aircraft carrier, a refurbished former Soviet vessel, made its maiden voyage on Wednesday, raising concerns about the country's growing military strength (The Moscow Times, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta) SOCIETY
Debris from a 48-year-old cargo plane that disappeared from radar screens in the Magadan region has been found strewn across five kilometers of hilly taiga in the area, emergency officials said (The Moscow Times, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Moskovskie Novosti) The president of a prestigious medical school in Moscow was sacked and may face criminal charges after his school enrolled hundreds of "ghost applicants" instead of real students this year. (The Moscow Times, Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Moskovskie Novosti, Izvestia) A Moscow prosecutor was hospitalized along with five other people after he drove his BMW 525 sedan through a trolleybus stop and into a row of parked cars in the city center early Wednesday, the Investigative Committee said (The Moscow Times, Rossiiskaya Gazeta) August 11, 2011 10:06 Moscow press review for August 11, 2011http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=265114 MOSCOW. Aug 11 (Interfax) - The following is a digest of Moscow newspapers published on August 11. Interfax does not accept liability for information in these stories. VEDOMOSTI Severstal (RTS: CHMF) and Evraz Group cannot start producing coal in Tuva before a section of the Trans-Siberian Railroad is expanded for transporting coal. The project would cost 116 billion rubles, but neither Russian Railways (RTS: RZHD) nor the state have money for this, as Vedomosti has learned from an Economic Development Ministry official, an employee of a company involved in developing the Ulug-Khemsky field in Tuva, and a Russian Railways spokesperson. It has turned out that, to implement Severstal's and Evraz Group's projects, it is not enough just to double the capacity of a railroad stretch between Kyzyl and Kuragino, which has not yet even been built, but is also necessary to expand the Mezhdurechensk-Taishet section of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. ('Billions For Coal') Vedomosti has learned how Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin plans to fulfill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's instruction on ensuring market liquidity. The Finance Ministry deposited 40 billion rubles on August 9, while it usually offers from 10 billion to 20 billion rubles and actually deposits even less. The next portions, which are allocated each Tuesday, will be twice as large: the Finance Ministry will deposit 80 billion rubles at each of the deposit auctions on August 16 and 23, Kudrin told Vedomosti. ('Money Served') NF Trading affiliated with Dmitry Firtash's chemical holding Ostchem and the Russian mineral fertilizer producer Minudobreniya, which a company belonging to Arkady Rotenberg recently gained control of, have concluded a cooperation agreement under which the Ukrainian trader will be selling Minudobreniya's products, Firtash's press service reported. Rotenberg's press service confirmed this information but declined to explain why NF Trading has been chosen for the purpose. Nor did the press services disclose the terms on which the parties will cooperate. Firtash had suggested earlier that he would like to buy Minudobreniya. Experts believe sales through a sole trader signal that Firtash and Rotenberg are more partners than competitors. ('From Competitors to Partners') KOMMERSANT The Russian nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly Atomstroyexport, the main contractor of the Belene nuclear power plant construction in Bulgaria, may buy old equipment from the National Electricity Company of Bulgaria on condition that Sofia starts the plant construction. The Bulgarian customer has warned it could sue Rosatom for 61 million euro, but Atomstroyexport is claiming that Sofia refused to extend the contract on buying the equipment itself. Nevertheless, the parties started negotiations on the matter on Wednesday. (Page 9, 'Rosatom Prepared to Make Concessions to Bulgaria') August 11, 2011 11:34 Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 299.65 Kb. Share with your friends:
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