Russia 111201 Basic Political Developments

Russia 111201

Basic Political Developments

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  Moscow urges N. Korea to declare moratorium on nuclear activities
  
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    Foreign Ministry calls on North Korea to abdicate nuclear projects
    
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    Commentary and Information Department of the Foreign Ministry of Russia on the statement the DPRK Foreign Ministry on uranium enrichment program
    
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  On consultations of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov in Israel - November 29-30 in Jerusalem, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov met the with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and President of Israel's National Security Y. Amidror.
  
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  Churkin supersedes Cabrala as UN SC Chairman
  
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  Russian Navy to take part in several joint drills in 2012 - Russian warship will take part in the Frukus 2012 international drills, Baltops 2012 naval exercises in the Baltic Sea and Ionex 2012 drills in the Ionian Sea, as well as in joint exercises Bold Monarch 2012, Pomor 2012, Northern Eagle 2012 and Rimpac 2012, the spokesman said.
  
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  Russia’s aerospace defence go on duty
  
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    Space Corps launch boosts Russian defenses - In technical terms, they comprise space control systems, orbit groups control installations and missile alert systems. In addition, new radar stations have been put in operation. According to the commander of the Russian Space Defense Troops, Lieutenant-General Oleg Ostapenko, this raises their efficiency and significantly strengthens Russia’s missile defense.
    
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  Kiev-Moscow gas talks are at final stage
  
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    Gazprom sees significant progress in Ukraine talks - "It can be expected that we will finalise agreements on the development of our cooperation in the gas sector by the end of the year."
    
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  Poland introduces five-year visas for Russians
  
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  Russia bids to build nuclear power station in Poland
  
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  Russia-EU energy talks to continue in Moscow - “The programme of this PPC will unite practical issues. For example, we shall discuss the EU’s plans to finance the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, the third energy packet, and contents of the energy section of the future agreement on the Russia-EU partnership and cooperation,” he said.
  
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  EADS Concern may buy Russia’s composites for plane production
  
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  Air Link Between Russian Far East And Alaska Restored - A four-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean will connect passengers in Petropavlovsk, on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, to the Alaskan capital, Anchorage.
  
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  Russian military officer visits Vietnam - Deputy Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, received Senior Lieut. Gen. Shlyakhturov Alexandre Vasilevich, Deputy Chief of Russia Armed Forces’ General Staff, in Hanoi on Nov. 30.
  Moscow to inject $7.3bn into Belarus
  
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  Medvedev congratulates Kyrgyz leader on inauguration
  
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    New Kyrgyz President Atambayev calls Russia main partner
    
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    The head of Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Naryshkin not to participate in inauguration of the Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev
    
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  Aliyev and Putin become citizens of same city
  
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  Medvedev signs law on ratification of Eurasian Econ Commisn Treaty
  
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  Gref urges CU countries to reduce non-productive costs - The Customs Union (CU) member-countries must raise the competitiveness of their economies and reduce non-productive costs so as to mitigate the consequences of a global financial downturn, Gherman Gref, Chairman of the Board of the Sberbank (savings bank) of Russia said at an economic forum here on Thursday.
  
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  Tskhinvali Quiet as Jioyeva Holds Talks with Kremlin Official - Jioyeva was meeting last night with Kremlin’s deputy chief of staff Sergey Vinakurov, who was sent to Tskhinvali by Moscow to try to settle post-election dispute in the breakaway region.
  
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    Ossetian community in Moscow speaks against civil disobedience campaign of Alla Jiloyeva’s supporters
    
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  RF-Argentina trade turnover 2011 to make about two billion dollars
  
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  No differences can divide our peoples: Russian CG - He was addressing a Press Conference held here at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday to brief about the Russian General Elections to the State Duma scheduled to be held next Sunday (Dec 4).
  
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  INA Corruption Payments Linked to Russia’s Gazprom, Valasz Says - Croatia’s corruption charges against Hungarian refiner MOL Nyrt. are erroneous as the two Cyprus- based companies through which Mol Nyrt. allegedly paid a bribe to obtain a majority in Croatian refiner INA (INARA) Industrija Nafte d.d. belong to OAO Gazprom, Heti Valasz said, citing documents it obtained.
  
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  Russia’s Corruption Ranking at Four-Year Low, Transparency Says
  
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    Russia ranks 143 in Transparency International 2011 corruption index
    
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  Russian ambassador wants to reward British rescuers after Irish Sea tragedy
  
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  Head of Turkish Administration for Religion holds meetings in Moscow - The sides will discuss the clerical education of Muslims in Russia, exterior and interior decoration of the new Moscow Cathedral Mosque. A technical group from the Turkish Administration for Religion will arrive in Moscow in January 2012 for construction of the mosque.
  
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  Russia raises ISS orbit, confirms new crew - Russia's Mission Control Center raised the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday to create favorable conditions for the upcoming docking, the center said.
  
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  Russian Aerospace Forces monitoring Phobos-Grunt orbit
  
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  State support of tourism - impetus for foreign investors – Bilalov
  
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  UN: HIV Infections Growing In Russia, Ukraine
  
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  Russian Constitutional Court assesses bill on homosexual propaganda
  
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  Over 100 people suffer at hands of xenophobes in Russia in 2011 - human rights report
  
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  Almost 700 international observers to monitor State Duma election
  
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    PACE delegation arrives in Russia to observe State Duma elections
    
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    15,000 youth to rally in support of Kremlin in Moscow - Around 15,000 pro-Kremlin youth will rally in Moscow during upcoming legislative elections to ward off “provocation” by opposition groups, the movement said yesterday.
    
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  Russian police confiscate radioactive Japanese car tyres - Police in the Russian Pacific port city Vladivostok confiscated a shipping container from Japan that had dozens of radioactive car tyres in it, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
  
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  U.S. fighter takes swipe at Russian healthcare - Monson was forced to seek medical treatment after he broke his leg in a mixed martial arts fight with the Russian champion Fedor Emelianenko last Sunday. However it was another man, Vladimir Putin, who sustained the most serious injury - mainly to his ego.
  
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  PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Dec 1
  
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    www.vedomosti.ru
    
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    The paper runs an interview with the CEO of French drugmaker Ipsen Marc de Garidel who says the company plans to expand its presense in the Russian market by 15 percent per year.
    
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    Net capital outflow from Russia in 2001 will reach $80 billion, a two years' high since the financial crisis in 2008, according to economy development forecast.
    
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    www.kommersant.ru
    
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    On Thursday Russia will try to convince the EU to support the South Stream natural gas pipeline project and abandon building a gas pipeline from the Caspian region that will bypass Russia, the daily says.
    
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    Russia's biggest political party United Russia on Thursday will hold a forum in St Petersburg with almost 4,000 people, the daily writes.
    

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  Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, December 1, 2011
  

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  The final showdown begins - The final stage of the election campaign: the ruling party narrows down to Medvedev and Putin. By Ivan Rodin
  
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  Russians blog to highlight fears of election fraud - When bloggers posted what they said was a tape of the governor of this industrial region telling local employers to organize "compulsory voting" for Vladimir Putin's ruling party, it caused a stir across Russia.
  
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  Bishkek looks for donors - The new head of Kyrgyzstan gets some surprising friends. By Dmitry Evlashkov, Daniyar Karimov
  
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  Lukashenka in Moscow: The Prodigal Son Is Coming Back?
  
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  Second Round Blues - Instability in South Ossetia Could Reflect Badly on the Kremlin
  
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  Russia, U.S. Under Microscope at Chemical Weapons Pact Meeting
  
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  Moscow issues Trans-Caspian Project warning - By Vladimir Socor