Itar-Tass: Medvedev, Gonzalez to discuss RF-EU partnership
NATO News: NATO Strategic Concept to be discussed in Moscow - From 9th to 12th February 2010, the Group of Experts on the NATO Strategic Concept will visit Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Federation. As part of the reflection period, the group, under the leadership of Dr. Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, will participate in discussions with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of the National Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev and will meet with the members of the Duma, Lower House of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Thenews.pl: Hillary Clinton to open Katyn exhibit? - An exhibition on the Katyn massacre of Polish officers in Soviet Russia in 1940 is to open at the Library of Congress in Washington on 5 May.
RIA: Russia's work to build China's Tianwan nuclear plant stage to cost $1.8 bln
Bloomberg: Japan Loses Vietnamese Nuclear Project to Russia, Nikkei Says
KyivPost: OSCE, Russia discuss Moldova-Transdniestria settlement
Arab Monitor: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Moscow
Russia Today: “Russia uses any opportunity to promote Palestinian unity” - One of the main topics to be discussed with Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashal will be tackling the inter-Palestinian division and Russia’s support for it, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrey Nesterenko. During a weekly briefing he also spoke about the visits to Moscow of South Ossetia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Dzhioev and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Store; the Munich Security Conference; Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Central America; and also about the so-called Strategy for Northern Kosovo.
Reuters: France defends decision to sell Russia warship - President Nicolas Sarkozy defended the decision during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was paying a flying visit to Paris.
The Moscow Times: Kremlin Acquires Plot Alongside Eiffel Tower
Financial Times: Putin learns from mistake of 2004 - Moscow-based analysts said Mr Putin would not repeat the blunder of 2004, when he hailed Mr Yanukovich's victory in a fraudulent election that triggered the Orange Revolution. But Sergei Markov, a senior member of United Russia, the pro-Kremlin ruling party, said Mr Yanukovich's expected victory cleared the way for Moscow to provide aid to help Ukraine battle the economic crisis. "Now that Yanukovich is president, the Russian authorities will be ready to provide help," he said.
BarentsObserver: Russia started building new sub to carry Bulava missiles - The Russian shipyard Sevmash has started construction of the fourth Borey-class nuclear powered submarine Svyatitel Nikolay, a source in Severodvinsk tells RIA Novosti.
RIA: Cuba, Russia agree to mutually recognize diplomas, academic degrees
Onlanka News: President Rajapaksa- Face to face in Moscow
The Financial: Court to Hear GPB, Eutelsat Dispute in Two Weeks
AFP: Rogge concerned over Russian doping cases
Russia Today: IOC boss warns Russia against doping
Itar-Tass: Putin tours Ufa-based major transformer-making plant
Russia Polls: Dynamic duo still popular - According to a poll from the Levada Center 75% of respondants were satisfied with Medvedev's performance as president, and 39% said they trusted him. Putin's scored a rating of 78% for his performance as prime minister and 48% trusted him.
The Moscow Times: Medvedev Proposes 4 New Governors
Itar-Tass: RF first Internet safety forum to open in Moscow
Moscow News: Pro-Medvedev liberals push radical agenda - Liberal supporters of President Dmitry Medvedev cranked up the pressure for radical reforms last week, calling on Russia to dismantle the Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry, do away with conscription, reintroduce direct elections for governors and even join the European Union.
Moscow News: Russian investigators want to hunt for suspects abroad
Russia Today: New plan to get Berezovsky extradited?
RIA: Berezovsky's lawsuit against Russian broadcaster considered in London
Russia Today: Bag me a couple: new Russian helicopters go international - Sergey Mikryukov from Kumertau aviation production enterprise said the Ka-226T just got on to the short list of an Indian tender for more than 200 choppers
The Moscow Times: Mayor Denies Renege on Demolition
Telegraph: Hermitage boss Bill Browder sued by Russian convict
The Georgian Daily: Russia’s Pragmatic Reimperialization – by Janusz Bugajski
Russia: St. Petersburg land reclamation project faces ecological protest - Local scientists are claiming that the Marine Facade project and other construction on reclaimed land is a threat to the ecological situation in the Neva Bay.
National Economic Trends
RBC: Russia's tariff protection to double after WTO accession
Interfax: Dollar edges down against ruble as oil shows signs of stabilizing
Interfax: Banks have 477.6 bln rbs on CBR correspondent accounts on February 9
The Moscow Times: Number of Exchange Booths Down by 1/4
Black Sea Grain: Russian grain exports reach 1.54 million tons this January, up 52.5%
