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Divorce-prone Russia marks Family Dayhttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20110708/165084698.html 11:48 08/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti)Russia marked the Day of Married Love and Family Happiness on Friday amid a deepening demographic crisis and a record divorce rate. The annual celebration was established in 2008 and coincides with a Russian Orthodox Christianity religious holiday devoted to the patron saints of married couples. Touted as an alternative to Valentine’s Day, which was imported from the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Family Day has yet to establish itself in Russia. Russia had the world’s highest divorce rates in 2010, according to UN figures, and there have been proposals this year that the day be used to stem the tide of separations. A number of registry offices (which also formalize break-ups in Russia) across the central part of the country proposed on the eve of Family Day that divorces should not be registered on July 8. This would, the organizers of the proposal said, give unhappy couples an extra day “to think things over.” Both central and regional authorities have attempted to promote family stability in recent years in an effort to counter both a demographic crisis and shockingly high child abuse rates. Russia’s population has shrunk from around 150 million in 1991 to just under 142 million today, with no sign of an upturn. Birthrates declined drastically after the Soviet collapse, and show no genuine signs of the kind of improvement needed to - at the very least - maintain current population figures. The years since perestroika have also seen a startling rise in child violence statistics. Some 2,000 children are killed by adults every year in Russia, many at the hands of parents or relatives. A social campaign in parts of Siberia this year urged parents to “reject violence for your children’s sake.” Alcohol abuse has been cited as a major cause of the partial disintegration of the family unit. According to official statistics, over 23,000 Russians die as a result of alcohol abuse every year. GOOGLE TRANSLATION In a village in Dagestan, a powerful explosive device found http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=198300 July 8, 2011 9:38
07.07.2011 , 12:25 Photo: Albert Tokayev Text: Albina Trosnina Makhachkala, July 7, 2011. During the session of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan of the fifth convocation deputies voted for a bill “About replacing of the current title of the top official position of the Republic of Dagestan". It was decided that the title "The President of the Republic of Dagestan" will be changed to "The Head of the Republic of Dagestan." This law will enter into force on January 1, 2015. 2011 Dagestan Head’s Message to the Parliament aims at economic priorities, consolidation of society and struggle against corruptionhttp://www.riadagestan.com/news/2011/07/08/6899/ 08.07.2011 , 10:16 Makhachkala, July 7, 2011. Today, July 7, the Head of the Republic of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov has delivered his annual message to the Dagestan Legislative Assembly of the fifth convocation. "First of all, I consider it necessary to analyze the results of work for 2010 to understand and identify the main directions of economic development, social services, public administration, measures to improve the socio-political relations” – Magomedov said. “At the present time we can say that in general, it is the turning point in the fight against extremism and terrorism. The state bodies will continue intensifying efforts to eradicate this evil. Along with the security measures it is necessary to strengthen preventive and ideological work. To do this, we plan to create a special republican structure which will be tailored to deal with information policy, including the ideological opposition to the religious extremism"- the Head of the Republic pointed out. The significant part of the Message was devoted to anti-corruption policy. The Head of Dagestan declared that the measures taken to combat corruption occurred to be insufficient. "The vast majority of corruption phenomena remain outside the purview of law enforcement agencies". As to Magomedov the fight against corruption must acquire a complex character. “The society, in its turn, should demonstrate intolerance to all manifestations of corruption”. Then Magomedsalam Magomedov proceeded to the economic and social issues: "The major economic problems in Dagestan are long-standing. Among them the deformation of branch structure, the low proportion of real economy in the gross regional product, the high degree of depreciation of fixed assets in the industry, the inadequate material and technical base in agriculture, subsidized budget of the republic, shadow economy, labor surplus, high unemployment level and low wages , poor transportation and engineering infrastructure. " At the same time the Head of republic pointed out progress in development of key industries in 2010: "Experts register growth in the volume of industrial output, agricultural production, paid services and the retail trade turnover. The index of output of goods and services on the basic activities totals more than 107%. In 2010, the annual income tax and nontax revenues increased by 22.7%. It is scheduled to achieve 24.5% growth in 2011. The endowment of the consolidated budget of the republic in 2010 decreased to 70.9%, i.e. 6.3% less compared to the 2009 indices. We have managed to preserve positive dynamics in attracting investments, which grew by 10% and totaled to 115 billion rubles. The republic’s executives established an escrow fund of 2.4 billion and an investment land fund with total area of 1,800 hectares. 61 investment projects worth 200 billion rubles have been created. 20 projects have received priority status, which enables us to provide state assistance including a variety of preferences. By 2025, Dagestan is expected to become one of the leading regions of the Russian Federation in terms of gross regional product and the human development index. There are all necessary conditions for this: natural resources, employment potential and support of the federal government”. Magomedov drew attention of parliamentarians to the implementation of the public health modernization program, the development of mass sports in the republic and the education modernization program. In conclusion, the Head of RD said: "Only joint activity among business and government, political parties, religious and social organizations, intellectuals will allow us to achieve all the goals and successfully move forward." 08 July 2011, 10:03
Jerusalem, July 8, Interfax - The Pilgrimage Center in Jordan is expected to be solemnly open this September. Today finishing works are at the final stage and necessary equipment is purchased, the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem reports at its website. The land lot where the Pilgrimage Center is located was transferred to Russia in unlimited use in 2006 on initiative of Jordan King Abdullah II. The complex consists of a hotel for pilgrims, a church, a canteen and a house for honorary guests. The land transferred to Russia is located on the Eastern bank of Jordan River not far from the historic place of the Lord's Baptism. The site for building the Pilgrimage Center was consecrated in March 2008, then the first stone in its foundation was also laid. In January 2011 on the Feast of Baptism, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a dip in sacred Jordan waters. He also visited the site of building the pilgrimage center for Russian pilgrims. 08 July 2011, 10:01 Human rights advocate urges Russian authorities to protect Christians of the worldhttp://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8574 Moscow, July 8, Interfax - Russia should take the initiative and protect Christians from persecutions in various countries, director of the Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Council Roman Silantyev believes. "I believe Russian authorities can take care and protect rights of Christians all around the world as far as neither USA nor the European Union do it," Silantyev said in his interview with the NG-Religii paper. He reminded that according to head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion each five minute one Christian in the world dies for faith and this statistics proves that "Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world." According to Silantyev, most discriminated are Christians in Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Saudi Arabia. It is primarily Catholics, Protestants and representatives of pre-Chalcedon Churches - Monophysites and Nestorians, but "the most frequent are messages about attacks against Orthodox Christians." "Annual reports of the USA State Department on religious rights should have attracted attention to the problem of religious freedom, but in fact they don't reflect objective situation and are used as an instrument of political pressure," he said. According to the human rights advocate, authors of these reports "don't see any principal difference between legal sanctions against certain Protestant denominations and massive murder of their members." RT News line, July 8 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 300.67 Kb. Share with your friends:
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