Russia 110503 Basic Political Developments



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Russia 110503

Basic Political Developments


  • Ambassadorial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be held in early July in Sochi

  • Russian diplomat: Osama bin Laden killing does not mean victory over al Qaeda

  • Talks on WTO and proceeding successfully - Georgian MFA: Georgia-Russia talks on Moscow’s WTO entry terms have moved to the stage of discussing “very serious concrete matters on substantive issues, which in itself is a positive step,” Nino Kalandadze, the Georgian deputy foreign minister, said on Monday.

  • CIS special services to conduct large-scale anti-terror drill in Kyrgyzstan

  • Canadian observers begin flights over Russia under Open Skies Treaty

  • Russia to deliver helicopters to Peru next week - "Three Russian helicopters will be delivered to Peru on May 9 and 10 and then sent to fight illegal drugs trafficking in the VRAE region (Valley of the Apurimac and Ene River), said Thorne to the press, according to Novosti news agency.

    • Russia to deliver 3 combat helicopters to Peru next week - Last July, the Peruvian Defense Ministry and Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed a contract for the sale of six Mi-171Sh Hip transport and two Mi-35P Hind E attack helicopters to the South American country. The deal is estimated at $107.9 million.

  • Nadezhda sailing ship sets for expedition to check radiation in Sea of Japan - Specialists from the Nadezhda vessel will check radiation background levels in air, water and in sea fauna at various areas of the Sea of Japan. The results, along with data from the Pavel Gordiyenko ship, will help get a clearer picture of the radiation situation after the Fukushima accident.

  • Russia to appoint new team of Mistral deal negotiators - "New representatives will take part in the next round of Russian-French Mistral talks," the source said. "At the moment, they are receiving the necessary documentation on the contract."

  • Russian naval ships to visit Singapore, Indonesia

    • Russian Ships Sail Off For Visits To Singapore And Indonesia - Among the ships are the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and the Fotiy Krylov rescue tug, a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet told the Russian news agency Itar-Tass.

  • Sukhoi conducts first flight of Su-35S fighter jet

  • Armenian, Russian NGOs to unite - A Union of Armenian-Russian NGOs will be established in Armenia

  • Reports: Russian officer who blew whistle on US spy ring charged with high treason - Russian media said Poteyev fled to the U.S. just before the arrests were announced.

  • Intellectual piracy rampant in Russia – report: Russia and China do not protect intellectual property rights at a sufficient level, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced on Monday.

  • Chechen mufti dismisses U.S. commission's criticism of lack of religious freedom in republic

  • Russian president legalizes order of determining terrorism threat

    • Amendments to Russian law on countering terrorism - provides for establishing terrorist threat levels that would call for some extra moves to ensure personal, public and state security against terrorist threats. The levels are due to be determined by the President. The new law will makes it possible to timely react to the threat of terrorist attack.

  • Search under way for militant who could be used to commit terror act on Umarov's orders (Part 3)

  • At least 2 militants killed in police operation in Chechnya - Kadyrov

  • Chechen charged with terrorism for allegedly assembling letter bomb for Danish daily

  • Central Moscow blast injures police officer

  • 36 wildfires ravaging on about 500 hectares in Siberia

  • 30,000 Chechens without electricity

  • New Bridge for Kaliningrad - Russia and Lithuania have agreed to jointly fund construction of a new bridge connecting Kaliningrad with Lithuania, Kaliningrad Governor Nikolai Tsukanov said Sunday.

  • APEC facilities construction changes Vladivostok Gen Plan

  • Lukoil executive's daughter found dead near Moscow

    • Lukoil top manager's daughter killed shortly after disappearing – source

  • Former colleague of anti-corruption lawyer Magnitsky faces arrest

  • Yandex divulges info on Russian anti-corruption crusader

    • Navalny Donors Fret About FSB 'Leak'

  • Luzhkov Applies for U.S. Visa

  • Unknown actress earns £23million - nearly double Angelina Jolie's wages - Larisa Belobrova, an unknown stage and film actress, has reported earnings almost double that of Hollywood star Angelina Jolie

  • April NPP chronicle - RBMK units hiccup in Russia, a bird shuts down a reactor in Ukraine - A three-day outage at Kursk NPP; Operating load reduced at Leningrad NPP

  • RIA Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, May 3, 2011

  • Moscow Aims to Have One of World’s Top Five Militaries - Posted By Andriy Tsintsiruk

  • Russia Fighting to Save Arms Sales to the Middle East - Posted By Ariel Cohen

  • Russia 'only obstacle' to peace in Caucasus - News.Az interviews Azerbaijani political scientist Vafa Guluzade, a former presidential adviser on foreign policy.

  • High-Level Trips Underscore Serbia’s Importance to Russia - By: Stephen Blank

  • Kremlin Got Tip on Bin Laden’s Death - By Nabi Abdullaev

  • Death of bin Laden is a 'Dasayev moment' - While officials from the Kremlin and the foreign ministry applauded the news, some newspapers took a more sceptical line.

  • Al Qaeda in Russia - By Ivan Yegorov

  • Medvedev's New U.S. Role Model - It is fully possible that Obama’s decision to run for re-election inspired Medvedev to seriously consider doing the same. During an interview on Chinese television on April 12, Medvedev promised to make an official announcement about his intentions in the nearest future. By Mark Feygin


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