Russia 110929 Basic Political Developments
United Russia submits election list led by Medvedev
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United Russia submits election list led by Medvedevhttp://rt.com/politics/news-line/2011-09-29/#id19233 The ruling United Russia party has submitted its list of candidates for registration at the Central Election Commission. According to Sergey Neverov, the secretary of the presidium of the party’s general council, the slate includes 416 members of United Russia and 183 other candidates, including those nominated by the Popular Front. President Dmitry Medvedev, who heads the list, is unlikely to take part in the election debates with other parties, Neverov said. He noted United Russia has “a serious team of debaters.” Russia’s Election Commission admits lists of candidates for parliamentary electionshttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/29/56912115.html Sep 29, 2011 10:34 Moscow Time Russia’s Central Election Commission continues to admit lists of candidates for December parliamentary elections for certification. On Thursday, the ruling United Russia party is to file its list of candidates. Patriots of Russia, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and Yabloko have already submitted their lists. Certification procedure is to be completed by October 6. After that the parties will undergo registration procedure. The election to the State Duma, lower house of parliament, will be held on December 4. TASS
Russians living in poverty 'up by 2 mln since 2010' http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHBi4q12XsF2skrGibI5l06SzY6g?docId=CNG.d2b3a8ccf23254b4d5ac2261f83673f7.5e1 (AFP) – 1 hour ago MOSCOW — The number of people in Russia living below the poverty line has grown by about two million in the first six months of 2011, new figures released by the state statistics service said. The total number of Russians living in poverty has reached 21.1 million after the first six months of the year, up from 18.1 million last year. The share of the population living in poverty also grew to 14.9 percent from last year's 12.8 percent, according to official figures. The poverty line was defined after the second quarter of 2011 at 6,505 roubles per month per capita ($204), which grew from 5,625 roubles from the same period last year. Inflation was 4.7 percent since the beginning of the year. The Russian government has aimed for a 7.5 percent inflation for the year 2011. International institutions such as the World Bank have said this year that poverty in Russia remains a key concern amid sluggish growth and modest earnings. The country needs to work on effectiveness of its public spending to improve the situation, the World Bank report said earlier this month. Copyright © 2011 AFP. All rights reserved. More » Russia plans over 15 space launches for Q4 2011 http://www.interfax.co.uk/ 29/09/11 8:40AM GMT MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax-AVN) – Russia plans more than 15 space launches from three spaceports in the remaining three months of this year… Glonass-M to be launched from Plesetsk early on Oct 2 morning – source http://www.interfax.co.uk/ 29/09/11 8:39AM GMT MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax-AVN) – A Soyuz-2-1B rocket will lift off Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk region, early on Sunday morning to position a Glonass-M navigation… Russia set for launch of Proton-M carrier rocket with Mexican satellitehttp://en.rian.ru/science/20110929/167230449.html 01:25 29/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti)Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket with a Mexican telecommunications satellite, QuetzSat-1, will be launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said. "The launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with QuetzSat-1 satellite has been scheduled for Thursday at 22:32 Moscow time [18:32 GMT]. The separation of the satellite from the carrier rocket has been slated for Friday at 7:45 Moscow time [3:45 GMT]," the spokesman said. This will be a second launch of Proton-M carrier rockets equipped with Briz-M boosters, following a recent string of launch failures in the Russian aerospace industry. On August 18, a Russian Proton-M rocket lost an Express-AM4 satellite that was designed to provide digital television and secure government communications for Siberia and the Far East. One week after the Express-AM4 went off course, a Soyuz-U booster malfunctioned, preventing a Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft from reaching orbit and a link-up with the International Space Station (ISS).
The world’s largest submarines did not fit into the limits of the START Treaty The Project 941 Akula strategic missile submarine, better known as Typhoon, will be written off by 2014 and scrapped for metal, Defense Ministry representatives told Izvestia. All three Typhon-class submarines, which are currently in operation, will be dismantled: the Dmitry Donskoy, Arkhangelsk, and Severstal. Military officials explain that using the submarines for their intended purpose is impossible due to contractual restrictions, and their reconstruction is unjustifiably expensive. However, representatives of the Sevmash shipyard, where these submarines were built, say that the vessels could be re-equipped to become underwater gas transport tankers or year-round maritime carriers. “We are willing to develop some other options for their application. The vessels could transport liquefied gas, oil or cargo for Arctic ports under Arctic sea ice. This type of reconstruction need not be very expensive,” say shipbuilders. Military experts say that the career of the Typhoons had been destroyed by the Borei-class, a new submarine, which is being built at Sevmash for the Bulava rockets. Their successful trials have made it pointless to maintain the bulkier and more expensive Typhoons. “A Borei crew is one and a half times smaller than that of a Typhoon, and there is a difference in maintenance cost. Meanwhile, Borei is a far-more improved vessel, which is a lot harder to detect in water,” argue military experts. The Defense Ministry explained that any improvements of vessels cost tens of billions of rubles. “It would be better to spend this money on new ships,” said one Defense Ministry representative. The fate of the enormous submarines has been decided by START-3, which was signed by the Russian and US presidents in the spring of 2010. It has limited the strategic arsenals of each country to 1,550 nuclear warheads. Meanwhile, it is possible to install more than 1,100 nuclear warheads on the new Project 955 Borei submarines and the operational Project 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarines alone. The remaining 400 nuclear warheads will be used with long-range aviation and the Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN). Meanwhile, the three Typhoons simply do not fit the bill. One Typhoon is able to carry 120-200 nuclear warheads, and an entire fleet of these boats will “eat” almost a fourth of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Military expert Captain Konstantin Sivkov believes that Typhoons could be kept for other needs. “Large internal capacity makes it possible to place various arms and equipment in the submarines, turning them into cruise missile carriers. The US has chosen a similar track, having re-equipped four Ohio missile carriers for cruise missiles. Today, these submarines can be used in special operations as a naval base for military divers and mini-submarines. We, too, would benefit from such vessels,” Sivkov told Izvestia. At the same time, the president of the Institute for Strategic Assessments, Aleksandr Konovalov, noted that the time of Typhoons is a thing of the past. “It is an enormous thing, the biggest submarine in the world, triple-hulled and very expensive to operate. Moreover, there are no rockets for them,” said Konovalov. According to him, it could cost hundreds of millions of rubles to recycle the typhoons, which is a lot less than re-equipping them to meet other needs. 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 0.56 Mb. Share with your friends:
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