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PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Dec 16http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/press-digest-russia-dec-idUSL6E7NG0D320111216 3:07am EST MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. VEDOMOSTI www.vedomosti.ru - Sergei Naryshkin, chief of the Kremlin administration, may become the new speaker of the Russian lower house of parliament, the paper says. - Only four percent of all internet traffic in Russia in 2011 was provided by handheld devices, mostly Apple products and Android-based devices, while desktop computers accounted for 96 percent, the daily cites a Comscore report as saying. KOMMERSANT www.kommersant.ru - The number of Russians supporting both President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shrunk 9 percent in 10 days since last VTsIOM poll on November 30, the paper says. - Russian state development bank VEB will provide 16 billion roubles ($500 million) more in credits to finance building of facilities for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the paper writes. NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA www.ng.ru - Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who plans to run for president, said on Thursday he would pardon former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the paper writes.
MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti)POLITICS Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said a European Parliament resolution calling for new State Duma elections “means nothing.” (Rossiiskaya Gazeta) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin answered 88 questions during his annual live Q&A session, which lasted for more than four and a half hours on Thursday (Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed to bring back governor elections which he abolished in 2004 (Kommersant) Vladislav Surkov, a Russian first deputy head of the presidential administration, has been appointed as the acting chief of the Kremlin staff (Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta) Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has pledged to release former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky if he is elected president next March (Rossiskaya Gazeta) ECONOMY & BUSINESS As Russia awaits the World Trade Organization's final approval in Geneva on Friday, compliance with obligations to make government procurement more transparent is under way
Filling up a gas tank in Moscow, St. Petersburg and many other places now costs 1 percent to 2 percent less, as LUKoil and TNK-BP have reduced prices, citing the competitive environment (The Moscow Times) WORLD
The U.S. Congress has prohibited President Barack Obama to pass on classified information to Russia (Kommersant) A court in Paris has found French ex-president Jacques Chirac guilty of misappropriation of public funds and abuse of public confidence (Rossiiskaya Gazeta) DEFENSE
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, after which a number of documents will be signed, including on supply of additional kits to assemble Russian fighters under license in India. Under a new protocol to the 2000 intergovernmental agreement, Russia will supply kits to assemble 42 Su-30MKI Flanker multirole fighters for the Indian Air Force. (Kommersant) An interview with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov about deployment of U.S. missile shield elements in Poland (Rossiiskaya Gazeta) SOCIETY
Becoming one of the many taxi drivers with a Ph.D. was not what Sergei Kravchenko wanted to do 20 years ago. Today he is in charge of Boeing's largest operation outside the United States (The Moscow Times) SPORTS
Russian basketball club CSKA has defeated Greek club Panathinaikos taking a 9th consecutive victory in the European League this season (Rossiiskaya Gazeta) For more details on all the news in Russia today, visit our website at http://en.rian.ru Putin's new playmate MP: Russian leader appoints Playboy bunny to parliament roleBy Will Stewart Last updated at 12:54 AM on 16th December 2011 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074815/Vladimir-Putin-appoints-Playboy-bunny-parliament-role.html#ixzz1gfilu3s4 A Playboy playmate has been elected as one of Vladimir Putin’s MPs in the Russian parliament, giving him some cheer after all the recent protests against election fraud by his party. Maria Kozhevnikova, 27, an actress, posed nude for the Russian edition of the magazine two years ago soon after breaking up from a boyfriend. She featured on the cover and seven revealing pages were devoted to her inside the magazine. 'Playboy magazine invites readers to meet Maria and get to know her better,' boasted the title. The daughter of a Soviet ice hockey player, Alexander Kozhevnikov, who was twice an Olympic champion, Maria was a lead singer in Russian group called Love Stories before taking on film roles. She is now best known as a star in Univers, a TV sitcom about student life. Like former spy and glamour icon Anna Chapman, she was a member of the Young Guard of Putin’s political party United Russia, which is currently facing allegations of vote-rigging after this month winning a narrow overall majority in parliament. 'For me this is an absolutely big event in my life,' she said after being confirmed as the new MP for ice-clad Tomsk in Siberia. 'I’m just an ordinary citizen of the Russian Federation. With the problems I face every day, now I’ll be provided a platform where I can speak up the difficulties and offer solutions.' She insisted: 'I think now the time has come when the young people’s voice is listened to. The future of our country belongs to young people, and we must also be involved. 'I faced the problems of not being able to find a job after college, or buy an apartment by myself.' Despite portraying herself as just like any other Russian woman, whispers in Moscow say her family is close to a Putin ally. And she showed her loyalty to strongman premier Putin - who is now standing for a return to the Kremlin presidency - by criticising those behind the recent protests against him. She warned of 'professional provocateurs' whose mission was to 'ignite' the people. 'This can lead to a lot of victims among the ordinary people,' she said. She made clear she stands for a 'strong Russia' under Putin. The actress-turned-politician originally intended to go into gymnastics, the main career of another United Russia MP Alina Kabaeva, who also posed semi-nude for a Russian magazine. Kabaeva, 28, who twice won Olympic gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics, has been romantically linked to Putin, though both sides deny a relationship. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074815/Vladimir-Putin-appoints-Playboy-bunny-parliament-role.html#ixzz1gfigQclV 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 327.41 Kb. Share with your friends:
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