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Putin's Russia: Still an Empire, Still Evil
American Thinker Last week was the thirtieth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech before the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando Florida (on March 8, 1983). Today, Russia is just as evil, and has been governed for an extended period as the ... Russia is turning to the East while leaving the door open to the WestThe Voice of Russia all 8 news articles » |
By Kim Zigfeld
"Then there was the stunning interview given by Russia's Central Bank chairman Sergey Ignatyev to Vedemosti, Russia's version of the Wall Street Journal, which was published on February 20 (Russian-language link), adorned with a massive photo of a blood-sucking spider at the center of its gigantic and ominous web.
In the one-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-screams department, a bar graph accompanying the piece is even more terrifying than that spider. It visualizes Ignatyev's data showing that dubious financial transmissions abroad have nearly doubled in Putin's Russia since 2006, now approaching a stunning $40 billion per year, and have increased substantially four years in a row.
Ignatyev reports that total capital outflows from Russia were nearly $60 billion last year, and that illegal transmissions amounted to almost $50 billion. And then he threw this in: «Создается впечатление, что все они контролируются одной хорошо организованной группой лиц.» Translated: "It appears that the main body of the transfers was controlled by a single well-organized group of people." Russia is simply gushing cash from its veins, and a single enormous vampire is gorging at the bloody trough.
As Stefan Wagstyl of the Financial Times notes, nobody in Russia could fail to take Ignatyev's hint: there is simply no way that a single group of actors could make off with such enormous sums without the knowledge, and indeed without the complicity, of very high-ranking figures in the Russia Kremlin, if not the highest.
Charles Clover of the FT goes farther: he points out that the issues Ignatyev is raising are the same issues Sergei Magnitsky was working on before he was illegally arrested by the Kremlin, tortured, and killed in prison. Clover quotes Igor Yurgens, a former adviser to Dmitry Medvedev, stating that if what Mr. Ignatyev said about a "single organized group" is true, "such an operation would not be possible without serious support from law enforcement."
Ignatyev didn't stop there. He went out of his way to draw attention to the fact that the budgetary cost to the Kremlin from fraudulent financial transfers is roughly the same as what it spends each year on education or health care -- roughly 2.5% of GDP. Reading between the lines, he's as much as accusing Vladimir Putin of making Russians sick and dumb so he can line his pockets. He found the courage to do so only upon announcing his retirement after many years in office.
If this is not a description of an evil empire, what is it? Putin's regime is currently engaged in a massive military buildup, including the development of a whole new range of nuclear forces. It is in the midst of an open war against American values, arresting political opponents and journalists, crushing the internet and spewing forth nothing but neo-Soviet propaganda on state-controlled TV."
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"Then there was the stunning interview given by Russia's Central Bank chairman Sergey Ignatyev to Vedemosti, Russia's version of the Wall Street Journal, which was published on February 20 (Russian-language link), adorned with a massive photo of a blood-sucking spider at the center of its gigantic and ominous web.
In the one-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-screams department, a bar graph accompanying the piece is even more terrifying than that spider. It visualizes Ignatyev's data showing that dubious financial transmissions abroad have nearly doubled in Putin's Russia since 2006, now approaching a stunning $40 billion per year, and have increased substantially four years in a row.
Ignatyev reports that total capital outflows from Russia were nearly $60 billion last year, and that illegal transmissions amounted to almost $50 billion. And then he threw this in: «Создается впечатление, что все они контролируются одной хорошо организованной группой лиц.» Translated: "It appears that the main body of the transfers was controlled by a single well-organized group of people." Russia is simply gushing cash from its veins, and a single enormous vampire is gorging at the bloody trough.
As Stefan Wagstyl of the Financial Times notes, nobody in Russia could fail to take Ignatyev's hint: there is simply no way that a single group of actors could make off with such enormous sums without the knowledge, and indeed without the complicity, of very high-ranking figures in the Russia Kremlin, if not the highest.
Charles Clover of the FT goes farther: he points out that the issues Ignatyev is raising are the same issues Sergei Magnitsky was working on before he was illegally arrested by the Kremlin, tortured, and killed in prison. Clover quotes Igor Yurgens, a former adviser to Dmitry Medvedev, stating that if what Mr. Ignatyev said about a "single organized group" is true, "such an operation would not be possible without serious support from law enforcement."
Ignatyev didn't stop there. He went out of his way to draw attention to the fact that the budgetary cost to the Kremlin from fraudulent financial transfers is roughly the same as what it spends each year on education or health care -- roughly 2.5% of GDP. Reading between the lines, he's as much as accusing Vladimir Putin of making Russians sick and dumb so he can line his pockets. He found the courage to do so only upon announcing his retirement after many years in office.
If this is not a description of an evil empire, what is it? Putin's regime is currently engaged in a massive military buildup, including the development of a whole new range of nuclear forces. It is in the midst of an open war against American values, arresting political opponents and journalists, crushing the internet and spewing forth nothing but neo-Soviet propaganda on state-controlled TV."
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/putins_russia_still_an_empire_still_evil.html#ixzz2NEwT68K5
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ЦБ: более половины теневых операций может контролировать одна группа лиц
Только в прошлом году на зарубежные счета из страны незаконно переведено $49 млрд, а бюджет недополучил около 600 млрд руб.
Более половины сомнительных операций может контролироваться одной группой, полагает Центробанк Фото: T. Shaffer/REUTERS
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В прошлом году из России на зарубежные счета незаконно переведено $49 млрд, рассказал «Ведомостям» председатель ЦБ Сергей Игнатьев (интервью с ним см. на стр. 08), — это 2,5% ВВП.«Это может быть оплата поставок наркотиков < ...> серого импорта <...> взятки и откаты чиновникам < ...> менеджерам, осуществляющим закупки в крупных частных компаниях. Может быть, это схемы по уклонению от уплаты налогов», — перечислил он.
Из этой суммы $14 млрд приходится на торговые операции, остальное — на операции с капиталом, которые в платежном балансе называются «сомнительными» и включаются в отток капитала. Чистый отток капитала в 2012 г. составил $56,8 млрд,«сомнительные операции» — $35,1 млрд (см. график на стр. 04): таким образом, до 60% утекших из России денег вывезено незаконно.
В результате подобных операций бюджетная система, по оценке Игнатьева, недополучила порядка 450 млрд руб., а с учетом внутренних незаконных операций (через фирмы-однодневки) — более 600 млрд. Эта сумма сопоставима с объемом всех федеральных расходов на образование или здравоохранение — 604 млрд и 614 млрд руб. в 2012 г.
Больше половины объема сомнительных операций проводится фирмами, прямо или косвенно связанными друг с другом платежными отношениями, показал анализ ЦБ. «Создается впечатление, что все они контролируются одной хорошо организованной группой лиц», — резюмировал Игнатьев, но что это может быть за группа, не уточнил. При серьезной концентрации усилий со стороны правоохранительных органов этих лиц, а также выгодоприобретателей сомнительных операций можно найти, уверен глава ЦБ.
Получить комментарии МВД не удалось, а сотрудник МВД говорит, что существование такой организованной группы невозможно без участия в ней на первых ролях банкиров.
«По поводу одной группы слышу впервые, — говорит высокопоставленный чиновник правительства. — А по самой теме работаем вместе с ЦБ упорно. Результат — внесенный законопроект против отмывания».
Три профильных комитета Госдумы рекомендовали принять его в первом чтении(оно должно состояться в пятницу), пообещав, впрочем, внести существенные правки ко второму.
Расценки на операции по выводу, обналичиванию и легализации денег зависят от схемы, по которой они проводятся, поделились с «Ведомостями» несколько финансистов. Чем примитивнее схема, тем она дешевле, но и риски выявления фигурантов и зависания средств в ней выше. Подобные операции часто сопровождаются кредитными, страховыми и прочими договорами. Расходы клиента, как правило, составляют 4-7%.
Исходя из этих комиссионных и оценки ЦБ сомнительных операций в $35 млрд доход тех, кто обслуживает отток, составляет $1,4-2,5 млрд. Из них банкам достается 1% или чуть больше, остальное — организаторам операций и силовым либо другим структурам, покровительствующим данному бизнесу, уверяют участники рынка.
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Из этой суммы $14 млрд приходится на торговые операции, остальное — на операции с капиталом, которые в платежном балансе называются «сомнительными» и включаются в отток капитала. Чистый отток капитала в 2012 г. составил $56,8 млрд,«сомнительные операции» — $35,1 млрд (см. график на стр. 04): таким образом, до 60% утекших из России денег вывезено незаконно.
В результате подобных операций бюджетная система, по оценке Игнатьева, недополучила порядка 450 млрд руб., а с учетом внутренних незаконных операций (через фирмы-однодневки) — более 600 млрд. Эта сумма сопоставима с объемом всех федеральных расходов на образование или здравоохранение — 604 млрд и 614 млрд руб. в 2012 г.
Больше половины объема сомнительных операций проводится фирмами, прямо или косвенно связанными друг с другом платежными отношениями, показал анализ ЦБ. «Создается впечатление, что все они контролируются одной хорошо организованной группой лиц», — резюмировал Игнатьев, но что это может быть за группа, не уточнил. При серьезной концентрации усилий со стороны правоохранительных органов этих лиц, а также выгодоприобретателей сомнительных операций можно найти, уверен глава ЦБ.
Получить комментарии МВД не удалось, а сотрудник МВД говорит, что существование такой организованной группы невозможно без участия в ней на первых ролях банкиров.
«По поводу одной группы слышу впервые, — говорит высокопоставленный чиновник правительства. — А по самой теме работаем вместе с ЦБ упорно. Результат — внесенный законопроект против отмывания».
Три профильных комитета Госдумы рекомендовали принять его в первом чтении(оно должно состояться в пятницу), пообещав, впрочем, внести существенные правки ко второму.
Расценки на операции по выводу, обналичиванию и легализации денег зависят от схемы, по которой они проводятся, поделились с «Ведомостями» несколько финансистов. Чем примитивнее схема, тем она дешевле, но и риски выявления фигурантов и зависания средств в ней выше. Подобные операции часто сопровождаются кредитными, страховыми и прочими договорами. Расходы клиента, как правило, составляют 4-7%.
Исходя из этих комиссионных и оценки ЦБ сомнительных операций в $35 млрд доход тех, кто обслуживает отток, составляет $1,4-2,5 млрд. Из них банкам достается 1% или чуть больше, остальное — организаторам операций и силовым либо другим структурам, покровительствующим данному бизнесу, уверяют участники рынка.
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Experts shed light on Russia's capital flight
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Experts shed light on Russia's capital flight
March 11, 2013
Some $350 billion has fled Russia since the 2008 global crisis. But things aren’t as bad as they seem.
Genuine capital flight is only half the official figure, according to a new study by Ernst & Young, together with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Moscow State University’s Intelligent Reserve Center. Instead of $80 billion leaving Russia in 2011, the report says, when various accounting quirks, offshore M&A deals and errors and omissions are taken into account, the real outflow was $40 billion.
The backstory of Russia’s capital flight comes from the notorious 1990s, when businessmen simply grabbed as much cash as they could and whisked it away to an offshore haven. Hundreds of billions of dollars fled Russia, but began to return during the boom years of the 2000s, when entrepreneurs realised they could make handsome profits from domestic investments.
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With the 2008 crisis, capital flight began again. It peaked at $134 billion in 2008, but fell to $56 billion in 2009 and $34 billion in 2010, after the economy bounced back. The figure grew again in 2011 on fears triggered by the Eurozone crisis, reaching $80 billion.
Last year the outflows slowed again, to $57 billion, according to Central Bank estimates. Most experts see outflows falling slightly again in 2013, to about $50 billion.
Capital flight now is also very different from in the 1990s.
“You have to remember that, in proportion, the current capital flight is a much smaller proportion to the size of the economy than in the 1990s,” says Ivan Tchakarov, chief economist at Moscow investment bank Renaissance Capital.
Russia’s GDP had grown to just under $2 trillion last year - around twentyfold since the 1990s - while capital flight has stayed approximately the same.
Not all the capital leaving is actually Russian, either. In 2011 the biggest outflows came from Russian subsidiaries of foreign banks, making loans to their parent banks in the West, says Andrei Klepach, a deputy economic development minister. A legal quirk means that foreign banks can’t set up branches in Russia, but have to incorporate local subsidiaries. The same problem in 2008 led the Central Bank to warn foreign banks to curb this kind of lending.
Another big source of capital flight is the profits of Russian overseas holdings that are reinvested into that foreign holding, or Russian companies paying off foreign loans. These profits are made abroad and reinvested abroad, but because the parent company is Russian an accounting peculiarity counts this money as capital flight.
Analysts have been arguing for years that Russian companies making money overseas and growing their businesses there should be viewed as a positive, like with corporates paying off foreign debts. Analysts estimate another $20 billion of capital flight is actually reinvested foreign earnings.
Even when the accounting quirks and other distortions are taken into account, however, $40 billion in outflows is still a lot of money, and it is mostly leaving because of the poor investment climate, corruption and uncertainty over Russia’s future.
Central Bank chairman Sergei Ignatiev said in January there are twin factors driving capital outflows from Russia: aggravation of the Eurozone crisis and the poor investment climate at home.
Ernst & Young’s report argues the poor investment climate doesn’t play a big role in driving capital flight, however: “There is no statistical relationship between investment climate indicators and the estimated real capital outflow figures,” the report says.
Alexei Devyatov, an economist with Moscow investment bank Uralsib, estimates that a one percentage point decrease in the Eurozone composite industrial production index leads to an extra $300 million to $500 million of capital outflows from Russia.
Another big change is that higher oil prices lead to bigger outflows, while in the past more petrodollars meant more economic growth.“Expensive oil is no longer viewed as a growth catalyst,” says Mr. Devyatov.“Given the economic weakness in Europe and slow progress with institutional reforms in Russia, we expect capital flight to persist over the next several years.”
Uralsib remains pessimistic, foreseeing capital outflows reaching $50 billion-$60 billion in 2013 and $40 billion-$50 billion in 2014-15, versus the official forecast of zero capital outflows in 2013 and $30 billion-$40 billion in 2014-15.
Commodities are primarily responsible for capital outflows, says Alexander Ivlev, Ernst & Young’s managing partner in Russia.
“Russia’s capital outflow situation is comparable to that of the many export-oriented economies, such as Kuwait, Norway and Japan,” he says.
The backstory of Russia’s capital flight comes from the notorious 1990s, when businessmen simply grabbed as much cash as they could and whisked it away to an offshore haven. Hundreds of billions of dollars fled Russia, but began to return during the boom years of the 2000s, when entrepreneurs realised they could make handsome profits from domestic investments.
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Last year the outflows slowed again, to $57 billion, according to Central Bank estimates. Most experts see outflows falling slightly again in 2013, to about $50 billion.
Capital flight now is also very different from in the 1990s.
“You have to remember that, in proportion, the current capital flight is a much smaller proportion to the size of the economy than in the 1990s,” says Ivan Tchakarov, chief economist at Moscow investment bank Renaissance Capital.
Russia’s GDP had grown to just under $2 trillion last year - around twentyfold since the 1990s - while capital flight has stayed approximately the same.
Not all the capital leaving is actually Russian, either. In 2011 the biggest outflows came from Russian subsidiaries of foreign banks, making loans to their parent banks in the West, says Andrei Klepach, a deputy economic development minister. A legal quirk means that foreign banks can’t set up branches in Russia, but have to incorporate local subsidiaries. The same problem in 2008 led the Central Bank to warn foreign banks to curb this kind of lending.
Another big source of capital flight is the profits of Russian overseas holdings that are reinvested into that foreign holding, or Russian companies paying off foreign loans. These profits are made abroad and reinvested abroad, but because the parent company is Russian an accounting peculiarity counts this money as capital flight.
Analysts have been arguing for years that Russian companies making money overseas and growing their businesses there should be viewed as a positive, like with corporates paying off foreign debts. Analysts estimate another $20 billion of capital flight is actually reinvested foreign earnings.
Even when the accounting quirks and other distortions are taken into account, however, $40 billion in outflows is still a lot of money, and it is mostly leaving because of the poor investment climate, corruption and uncertainty over Russia’s future.
Central Bank chairman Sergei Ignatiev said in January there are twin factors driving capital outflows from Russia: aggravation of the Eurozone crisis and the poor investment climate at home.
Ernst & Young’s report argues the poor investment climate doesn’t play a big role in driving capital flight, however: “There is no statistical relationship between investment climate indicators and the estimated real capital outflow figures,” the report says.
Alexei Devyatov, an economist with Moscow investment bank Uralsib, estimates that a one percentage point decrease in the Eurozone composite industrial production index leads to an extra $300 million to $500 million of capital outflows from Russia.
Another big change is that higher oil prices lead to bigger outflows, while in the past more petrodollars meant more economic growth.“Expensive oil is no longer viewed as a growth catalyst,” says Mr. Devyatov.“Given the economic weakness in Europe and slow progress with institutional reforms in Russia, we expect capital flight to persist over the next several years.”
Uralsib remains pessimistic, foreseeing capital outflows reaching $50 billion-$60 billion in 2013 and $40 billion-$50 billion in 2014-15, versus the official forecast of zero capital outflows in 2013 and $30 billion-$40 billion in 2014-15.
Commodities are primarily responsible for capital outflows, says Alexander Ivlev, Ernst & Young’s managing partner in Russia.
“Russia’s capital outflow situation is comparable to that of the many export-oriented economies, such as Kuwait, Norway and Japan,” he says.
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Reuters: главой ЦБ станет экс-глава МЭР Набиуллина, второй кандидат «сошел с дистанции»
Газета.Ru Также отмечалось, что главным кандидатом на пост ЦБ станет Глазьев, который характеризовался как «склонный к полемике» и «обвиняющий Запад в заговоре с целью превратить Россию в свою экономическую колонию». Его кандидатура была названа самой вероятной, потому что ... and more » |
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Помощник Путина Набиуллина может возглавить ЦБР - источники
МОСКВА (Рейтер) - Новым главой российского Центробанка, скорее всего, станет Эльвира Набиуллина, экс-министр экономики и помощник президента Владимира Путина, сообщили Рейтер источники, знакомые с ходом обсуждения кандидатур. Банкиры и экономисты называют фигуру компромиссной и предрекают настороженную реакцию рынка. Вся статьяПолномочия председателя Банка России Сергея Игнатьева истекают в июне 2013 года. С кандидатурой преемника Путин должен определиться за три месяца до этого, а Госдуме предстоит утвердить кандидата до 24 марта.
Один из источников сказал в пятницу, что кандидатура Набиуллиной обсуждается среди двух "новых и неожиданных", однако в понедельник уточнил, что Набиуллина стала основной после того, как второй кандидат, которого источник не назвал, в выходные сошел с дистанции.
"Осталась Набиуллина", - сказал Рейтер источник, знакомый с ходом обсуждения.
Второй источник в финансовых кругах также назвал Набиуллину среди вероятных кандидатов на пост главы Банка России.
Пресс-секретарь Путина Дмитрий Песков сказал Рейтер, что "не располагает такой информацией".
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A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers
1. Yelizaveta Kuznetsova article headlined "Domodedovo left on its own" says that the Transport Ministry plans to increase the Domodedovo airport's annual passenger traffic to 56m people thanks to the modernization of the airport's infrastructure, but not to the construction of a third airstrip; pp 1, 11 (637 words).
2. Kirill Melnikov article headlined "Sectors of investment" details the Russian oil company 's plans to take over TNK-BP; pp 1, 11 (929 words).
3. Sergei Mashkin and Nikolai Sergeyev article headlined "Anatoly Serdyukov comes for questioning as brother-in-law" says that criminal proceedings have been instituted over fraud by Defense Ministry officials. As a result a large plot of land in Krasnodar Territory turned to be at the disposal of Valery Puzikov, former defense minister's brother-in-law; pp 1, 5 (728 words).
4. Anna Pushkarskaya article headlined "Businessmen having previous convictions lay claims for term" says that businessmen, who have their previous convictions expunged or cancelled, have filed complaints to the Constitutional Court, seeking the cancellation of a bill banning former convicts from running for posts at both federal and regional levels; pp 1-2 (638 words).
5. Irina Nagornykh article headlined "People's Front copes with only half of polling stations" says that the All-Russia People's Front has called on public organizations that joined it to enter district electoral commissions, which will organize the parliamentary and the presidential elections, as "independent arbiters"; p 2 (588 words).
6. Maksim Ivanov and Sergey Nikolayev article headlined "Oleg Mikheyev has backlog of business" says that State Duma deputy from the A Just Russia party, Oleg Mikheyev, will be questioned on 12 March as part of the probe into several criminal cases opened against him. It is not ruled out that Mikheyev will step down as the leader of the Volgograd Region branch of the party; p 2 (721 words).
7. Natalya Korchenkova et al. article headlined "Boris Shpigel manifests himself in fight against Nazism" says that one more well-to-do Federation Council senator, Boris Shpigel, has decided to resign. He has recently been elected president of the World Without Nazism organization; p 2 (560 words).
8. Viktor Khamrayev article headlined "NGOs to be involved in 'patriotic education'" says that the government has suggested amending the law about NGOs so that "patriotic education" becomes one of the characteristic features of socially-oriented NGOs. Human rights activists believe this will split society; p 3 (604 words).
9. Kirill Belyaninov article headlined "Pavel Astakhov separates Texas from USA" says the Russian authorities have accused the US Department of State of trying to conceal the circumstances of the death of Maksim Kuzmin, a three-year-old Russian boy, adopted by a US family; p 3 (417 words).
10. Alexander Chernykh article headlined "Prosecutor-General's Office looks for donors" says that the Prosecutor-General's Office has launched a large-scale check on Russian NGOs as regards the source of their financing. Human rights activists say that this is the first step to compile a list of "foreign agents" among NGOs; p 3 (497 words).
11. Alexander Zheglov article headlined "Gazprom's shares owned by Hermitage fund head counted" says that William Browder, head of the Hermitage Capital investment fund, has been charged in absentia with the illegal acquisition of Russian gas giant 's shares; p 4 (415 words).
12. Yulia Rybina article headlined "Killer gets even with judge for his prison term" says that a federal judge has been killed in Dagestan. Three suspects in the murder have been identified; p 4 (411 words).
13. Dmitry Butrin article headlined "Surprise to be hired to rule Central Bank" says that President Vladimir Putin has decided on the candidacy of the future head of the Bank of Russia, but refused to tell his name; p 6 (680 words).
14. Sergey Strokan article headlined "Egyptians give president runaround" says that new riots have broken out in Egypt following a court decision to uphold the death sentence on football fans, found guilty of riots in Port Said in February 2012; p 7 (555 words).
15. Yelena Chernenko article headlined "Russia finds meaning for BRICS" says that Russia sees the BRICS as an alternative center of influence in the world instead of the West, which is losing its positions; p 8 (730 words).
16. Georgiy Dvali and Aleksandr Reutov article headlined "Georgia banned from diplomatic relations with Russia" says that the Georgian parliament has unanimously approved a resolution on country's foreign policy, which aims at the integration with NATO and the EU and virtually rules out the restoration of diplomatic relations with Russia; p 8 (688 words).
17. Article by Aleksandr Karavayev published in the opinion column headlined "Price of issue" comments on Russia-Georgia relations; p 8 (333 words).
18. Pavel Tarasenko article headlined "Falklands vote for old thing" says that a two-day referendum on the status of the Falkland Islands disputed by Argentina and the UK will end today. Most islanders are said to have backed their belonging to the UK; p 8 (530 words).
1. Ivan Rodin article headlined "Ice cream and ham permitted to be presented to officials" says that the Russian government is preparing a decree as part of the law on counteracting corruption, in place in Russia since 2008, which will clarify what presents officials are permitted to accept; pp 1-2 (500 words).
2. Alexei Gorbachev article headlined "Electoral commissions filled up with funds" says that the forming of territorial and district electoral commissions is coming to an end in Russia; pp 1, 3 (550 words).
3. Sergey Kulikov article headlined "Population confused with norms of consumption" says that housing utilities bills continue rising despite Putin's instruction to keep tariffs at the level of 6 per cent; pp 1, 4 (700 words).
4. Anastasiya Bashkatova article headlined "Finance Ministry runs away from rouble like devil from holy water" says that the Finance Ministry does not trust the rouble and converts all earnings of the Reserve Fund into foreign currencies; pp 1, 4 (750 words).
5. Vladimir Mukhin article headlined "Internal Troops to divide conscripts into two parts" says that the Russian leadership has decided to significantly decrease the number of conscripts and increase the number of contract soldiers in the Interior Ministry's Internal Troops; pp 1, 6 (600 words).
6. Editorial headlined "Barack Obama renews cabinet" says that the forming of US President Barack Obama's so-called "national security team" has been completed; p 2 (500 words).
7. Yury Korolchuk article headlined "Gas drawn game" says that Russia-Ukraine gas talks have reached a stalemate; p 3 (650 words).
8. Alexandra Samarina and Ivan Rodin article headlined "Mine being prepared for opposition" says that the opposition intends to challenge the presidential bill on a new mechanism to elect State Duma deputies, which bans people who have had previous convictions from standing in elections; p 3 (780 words).
9. Igor Naumov article headlined "President draws line under list of candidates" says that Putin seems to have chosen the next head of Central Bank, but he is not going to share this information now; p 4 (850 words).
10. Vladimir Skosyrev article headlined "Pyongyang to speed up nuclear race" says that Russia and China have opposed the economic suffocation of North Korea and suggested restoring negations on its nuclear problem; p 8 (400 words).
11. Andrey Cherkasenko article headlined "Man at nuclear power plant" contemplates prospects for the development of the nuclear sector given the two-year anniversary of the accident at the Japanese nuclear power plant as a result of an earthquake and a tsunami; p 8 (620 words).
12. Yuriy Paniyev article headlined "Chavez's heritage at stake" says that the early presidential election will be held in Venezuela on 14 April; p 8 (800 words).
1. Bela Lyauv article headlined "Import metro for R400bn" says that the Moscow underground will hold a tender on the delivery and 30-year-long maintenance of metro cars; pp 1, 5 (610 words).
2. Dmitriy Kazmin and Maksim Tovkaylo article headlined "CD or DVD disks to Kremlin" says that Putin does not trust reports made by auditors and state representatives in state-run companies; p 1 (353 words).
3. Editorial headlined "Economy of orphanage" comments on the situation of orphans in Russia; pp 1, 6 (489 words).
4. Anastasiya Kornya article headlined "Ballot-stuffing not for show" says that the Central Electoral Commission has denied access to videos recorded at polling stations in the Moscow Region town of Dolgoprudnyy during the 2012 presidential election for a local resident; p 2 (512 words).
5. Timofey Dzyadko article headlined "Han takes away team" says five supreme managers including acting director German Han will leave TNK-BP after it is bought by Rosneft; p 10 (500 words).
6. Unattributed article headlined "Term for enemy of Ananyev brothers" says that three criminal cases have been opened against A Just Russia MP Oleg Mikheyev; p 3 (552 words).
7. Unattributed article headlined "Inadmissible complaisance" says that the Federal Antimonopoly Service has initiated proceedings against the Skartel communications company over hampering the Rostelekom communications company's access to the LTE network; p 11 (641 words).
8. Article by Vladimir Yakunin, the president of the company Russian Railways, headlined "Infrastructure and development: Russia needs infrastructure projects", criticizes an article by Vladislav Inozemtsev, published in the newspaper Vedomosti on 29 November 2012, in which he cast doubts on the need to develop railway infrastructure on Russia's east; p 6 (1,092 words).
9. Unattributed article headlined "Bilalov flies wrongly" says that the Prosecutor-General's Office has found violations in the head of the company resorts of the North Caucasus, Akhmed Bilalov's expenditures on foreign trips; p 2 (509 words).
9. Unattributed interview with Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin, headlined "'All this is done for motorists'", who speaks about investment projects in the city to be presented at the international property exhibition MIPIM; p 8 (4,978 words).
1. German Petelin article headlined "Oboronservis' subsidiary owes over R10bn" says that the maintenance and repair department, the sole heat energy supplier of the Defence Ministry, has appealed against a R150m-worth debt to the Transnefteprodukt company. The department admitted that its entire debt to creditors exceeds R10bn (some 322.58m dollars at the current exchange rate); pp 1, 4 (817 words).
2. Anastasiya Kashevarova and Svetlana Subbotina article headlined "Nabiullina aspires to post of Central Bank head" says that President Putin is to announce the candidacy of the new head of Central Bank by the end of March. The former Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina is believed to be the most probable candidate for the post; pp 1, 3 (541 words).
3. Tatyana Shirmanova article headlined "Criminal article for bankers to be introduced by year end" says that a plan to set up an international financial centre in Russia envisages introducing by the end of 2013 criminal responsibility for bankers for submitting forged reports; pp 1, 4 (750 words).
4. Dmitriy Yevstifeyev et al. article headlined "Bilalov receives treatment from investigators in Germany" says that the former head of the company Resorts of the North Caucasus, Akhmed Bilalov, has left Russia for receiving medical treatment in Germany. Experts think that the move is linked to the Prosecutor-General's Office's interest in the activity of the company's leadership; pp 1, 4 (793 words).
5. Anastasiya Kashevarova article headlined "Leader of Kirov Region branch of One Russia may replace Zhurova" says that the secretary of the Kirov Region branch of the One Russia party, Vasiliy Surayev, is believed to be the most probable candidate for the post of a Federation Council senator instead of Svetlana Zhurova who has become a State Duma deputy; p 2 (435 words).
6. Mikhail Rubin interview with A Just Russia MP Dmitriy Gudkov, headlined "'US politicians will assist me in searching for our officials' property'", who speaks about his recent trip to the USA, where he collected information about Russian officials' property, and promised new exposures of officials; p 3 (813 words).
7. Yekaterina Kvon and Vladimir Barinov article headlined "Federal Security Service reveals fraud with anti-spy telephones in Interior Ministry" says that a corruption scandal over the purchase of telephones that cannot be tapped is brewing up in the Interior Ministry; p 5 (616 words).
8. Nadezhda Gladchenko and Dmitriy Yevstifeyev article headlined "Bolshoi Theatre's soloist testifies against Sergey Filin at questioning" details the conflict between Bolshoi Theatre's ballet director Sergey Filin, the victim of the acid attack, and soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who masterminded the attack; p 5 (550 words).
9. Konstantin Volkov article headlined "Nicolas Maduro on Chavez's post advantageous to Russia" looks at the main successors of the late Venezuelan leader. The early presidential election is set for 14 April; p 7 (624 words).
10. Konstantin Volkov article headlined "Lack of contacts between leaders of two Koreas fraught with military incident" says that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has aggravated. Pyongyang denounced all the non-belligerency agreements with Seoul; p 7 (608 words).
11. Mariya Kiseleva article headlined "Russia wants to enter US market of military traffic" says that Russia wants to become part of the US Civil Reserve Air Fleet to support the US Department of Defense airlift requirements in emergencies when the need for airlift exceeds the capability of military aircraft; p 8 (622 words).
1. Vladimir Snegirev and Viktor Feshchenko article headlined "Body and business of Chavez" described the ceremony to pay tribute to the late Venezuelan leader; pp 1, 8 (1,380 words).
2. Irina Nevinnaya article headlined "Much a little pension" looks at yet another pension initiative drafted by the Labour Ministry; pp 1, 9 (1,390 words).
3. Tamara Shkel article headlined "Suitcases.net" says that the State Duma commission for control over deputies' income and property declarations has studied the cases of One Russia member Andrey Isayev and Liberal Democratic Party of Russia member Igor Ananskikh; p 2 (636 words).
4. Vladimir Bogdanov interview with Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov, headlined "Healthy against will", who speaks about the fight against drug abuse in Russia; p 6 (2,126 words).
5. Niva Mirakyan article headlined "Waiting for white smoke" says that the conclave to elect the new Pope will be held on 12 March; p 8 (514 words).
6. Tatyana Zykova and Anna Fedyakina article headlined "They find common language" looks at the Russian-Japanese forum in Tokyo; p 13 (1,251 words).
7. Anna Fedyakina interview with Russian ambassador to Japan Yevgeniy Afanasyev, headlined "Points of contact", who speaks about Russia-Japan economic cooperation; p 13 (1,398 words).
8. Vasiliy Aleksandrov interview with Russian trade representative in Japan, Sergey Yegorov, headlined "Engine of commerce", who speaks about Russia-Japan trade relations; p 13 (927 words).
1. Zhanna Golubitskaya article headlined "State University of Management head got caught on toilet paper fraud?" says that the head of Moscow's State University of Management, Viktor Kozbanenko, has been arrested on suspicion of bribe-taking; pp 1, 7 (1,082 words).
2. Konstantin Smirnov article headlined "Housing utilities secret: how six per cent of Putin turn into 12 per cent of Medvedev" says that the Russian government has not followed President Putin's instruction to restrict the rise in housing utilities bill by 6 per cent and increased the limit to 12 per cent; pp 1, 3 (608 words).
3. Mikhail Rostovskiy article headlined "Writer Shishkin's case or poverty of beautiful gestures" comments on prominent Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin's refusal to join the official Russian delegation to a book fair in New York in protest against the "evil deeds by Putin's regime"; pp 1-2 (992 words).
4. Andrey Yashlavskiy article headlined "Will Chavez win after death?" says that acting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is the frontrunner in the forthcoming presidential election on 14 April. Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez will likely be embalmed and exposed to the public; pp 1, 5 (440 words).
5. Anonymous interview by the newspaper's cultural section, headlined "No-one trusts Dmitrichenko's confession", with a Bolshoi Theatre's dancer, who speaks about a secret meeting held by the theatre's staff to discuss the solving of the acid attack on the theatre's ballet director; pp 1-2 (1,579 words).
6. Anton Barbashin article headlined "Why we need to reconcile with America" contemplates Russia's relations with the USA and China; p 3 (1,148 words).
7. Aleksey Korenovskiy article headlined "Criminal parties" looks at Russian MPs who have had criminal records; p 3 (453 words).
8. Ignat Kalinin article headlined "Shoygu increases springboard in South East Asia" zooms in at Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu's visit to Burma and Vietnam last week; p 3 (1,081 words).
9. Andrey Malgin interview with the former husband of the coordinator of the Russian Mothers movement, Irina Bergset, headlined "Irina Bergset's former husband reveals secrets of main Russian Mother", who speaks about his marriage with the woman; p 6 (1,842 words).
Novaya Gazeta
1. Yulia Latynina article headlined "People on lease. Cheaply" comments on the fact that people were paid for participating in the 2 March rally in Moscow in defense of Russian orphans and looks at the organizer of the rally, Irina Bergset; pp 1, 3 (1,157 words).
2. Irek Murtazin article headlined "Release on parole likes silence" says that an information campaign being waged by relatives and supporters of the convicted Pussy Riot punk band members has diminished the chance of their release on parole; p 8 (791 words).
3. Sergey Kanev article headlined "Without name, without count" provides the Interior Ministry's child mortality statistics in Russia over the past 15 years; p 2 (1,322 words).
4. Natalya Zimyanina article headlined "Dirty linen from big columned house" looks at numerous scandals at the Bolshoi Theatre; p 6 (972 words).
5. Ilya Milshteyn article headlined "Armed and very doltish" looks at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has threatened the USA with a missile attack; p 5 (740 words).
6. Boris Vishnevskiy article headlined "Adjusting rules for desired result" looks at advantages and disadvantages of the presidential bill on a new mechanism to elect State Duma deputies; p 7 (801 words).
1. Vladimir Zibrov article headlined "Dirty cardinal may become next Pope" says Vatican won't prevent those suspected in protecting paedophile priests from participating in a Papal conclave; p 3 (400 words).
1. Interview with pundit Aleksey Chesnakov headlined "Putin, Lorenzo and released snake" focuses on prospects of the Russian political process; pp B2-B5 (2,900 words).
2. Georgiy Bovt article headlined "Comandante's 'chemistry'" says that Venezuela's prosperity under strong authoritarian leader Hugo Chavez has been a myth; pp B6-B8 (1,700 words).
1. Gennadiy Savchenko article headlined "After Chavez" says the outcome of the presidential vote in Venezuela may affect Russian-Venezuelan joint projects; p 2 (400 words).
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The Moscow Times
What the Papers Say, Mar. 11, 2013
11 March 2013 | Issue 5084
BBC Monitoring
Kommersant
1. Yelizaveta Kuznetsova article headlined "Domodedovo left on its own" says that the Transport Ministry plans to increase the Domodedovo airport's annual passenger traffic to 56m people thanks to the modernization of the airport's infrastructure, but not to the construction of a third airstrip; pp 1, 11 (637 words).
2. Kirill Melnikov article headlined "Sectors of investment" details the Russian oil company 's plans to take over TNK-BP; pp 1, 11 (929 words).
3. Sergei Mashkin and Nikolai Sergeyev article headlined "Anatoly Serdyukov comes for questioning as brother-in-law" says that criminal proceedings have been instituted over fraud by Defense Ministry officials. As a result a large plot of land in Krasnodar Territory turned to be at the disposal of Valery Puzikov, former defense minister's brother-in-law; pp 1, 5 (728 words).
4. Anna Pushkarskaya article headlined "Businessmen having previous convictions lay claims for term" says that businessmen, who have their previous convictions expunged or cancelled, have filed complaints to the Constitutional Court, seeking the cancellation of a bill banning former convicts from running for posts at both federal and regional levels; pp 1-2 (638 words).
5. Irina Nagornykh article headlined "People's Front copes with only half of polling stations" says that the All-Russia People's Front has called on public organizations that joined it to enter district electoral commissions, which will organize the parliamentary and the presidential elections, as "independent arbiters"; p 2 (588 words).
6. Maksim Ivanov and Sergey Nikolayev article headlined "Oleg Mikheyev has backlog of business" says that State Duma deputy from the A Just Russia party, Oleg Mikheyev, will be questioned on 12 March as part of the probe into several criminal cases opened against him. It is not ruled out that Mikheyev will step down as the leader of the Volgograd Region branch of the party; p 2 (721 words).
7. Natalya Korchenkova et al. article headlined "Boris Shpigel manifests himself in fight against Nazism" says that one more well-to-do Federation Council senator, Boris Shpigel, has decided to resign. He has recently been elected president of the World Without Nazism organization; p 2 (560 words).
8. Viktor Khamrayev article headlined "NGOs to be involved in 'patriotic education'" says that the government has suggested amending the law about NGOs so that "patriotic education" becomes one of the characteristic features of socially-oriented NGOs. Human rights activists believe this will split society; p 3 (604 words).
9. Kirill Belyaninov article headlined "Pavel Astakhov separates Texas from USA" says the Russian authorities have accused the US Department of State of trying to conceal the circumstances of the death of Maksim Kuzmin, a three-year-old Russian boy, adopted by a US family; p 3 (417 words).
10. Alexander Chernykh article headlined "Prosecutor-General's Office looks for donors" says that the Prosecutor-General's Office has launched a large-scale check on Russian NGOs as regards the source of their financing. Human rights activists say that this is the first step to compile a list of "foreign agents" among NGOs; p 3 (497 words).
11. Alexander Zheglov article headlined "Gazprom's shares owned by Hermitage fund head counted" says that William Browder, head of the Hermitage Capital investment fund, has been charged in absentia with the illegal acquisition of Russian gas giant 's shares; p 4 (415 words).
12. Yulia Rybina article headlined "Killer gets even with judge for his prison term" says that a federal judge has been killed in Dagestan. Three suspects in the murder have been identified; p 4 (411 words).
13. Dmitry Butrin article headlined "Surprise to be hired to rule Central Bank" says that President Vladimir Putin has decided on the candidacy of the future head of the Bank of Russia, but refused to tell his name; p 6 (680 words).
14. Sergey Strokan article headlined "Egyptians give president runaround" says that new riots have broken out in Egypt following a court decision to uphold the death sentence on football fans, found guilty of riots in Port Said in February 2012; p 7 (555 words).
15. Yelena Chernenko article headlined "Russia finds meaning for BRICS" says that Russia sees the BRICS as an alternative center of influence in the world instead of the West, which is losing its positions; p 8 (730 words).
16. Georgiy Dvali and Aleksandr Reutov article headlined "Georgia banned from diplomatic relations with Russia" says that the Georgian parliament has unanimously approved a resolution on country's foreign policy, which aims at the integration with NATO and the EU and virtually rules out the restoration of diplomatic relations with Russia; p 8 (688 words).
17. Article by Aleksandr Karavayev published in the opinion column headlined "Price of issue" comments on Russia-Georgia relations; p 8 (333 words).
18. Pavel Tarasenko article headlined "Falklands vote for old thing" says that a two-day referendum on the status of the Falkland Islands disputed by Argentina and the UK will end today. Most islanders are said to have backed their belonging to the UK; p 8 (530 words).
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
1. Ivan Rodin article headlined "Ice cream and ham permitted to be presented to officials" says that the Russian government is preparing a decree as part of the law on counteracting corruption, in place in Russia since 2008, which will clarify what presents officials are permitted to accept; pp 1-2 (500 words).
2. Alexei Gorbachev article headlined "Electoral commissions filled up with funds" says that the forming of territorial and district electoral commissions is coming to an end in Russia; pp 1, 3 (550 words).
3. Sergey Kulikov article headlined "Population confused with norms of consumption" says that housing utilities bills continue rising despite Putin's instruction to keep tariffs at the level of 6 per cent; pp 1, 4 (700 words).
4. Anastasiya Bashkatova article headlined "Finance Ministry runs away from rouble like devil from holy water" says that the Finance Ministry does not trust the rouble and converts all earnings of the Reserve Fund into foreign currencies; pp 1, 4 (750 words).
5. Vladimir Mukhin article headlined "Internal Troops to divide conscripts into two parts" says that the Russian leadership has decided to significantly decrease the number of conscripts and increase the number of contract soldiers in the Interior Ministry's Internal Troops; pp 1, 6 (600 words).
6. Editorial headlined "Barack Obama renews cabinet" says that the forming of US President Barack Obama's so-called "national security team" has been completed; p 2 (500 words).
7. Yury Korolchuk article headlined "Gas drawn game" says that Russia-Ukraine gas talks have reached a stalemate; p 3 (650 words).
8. Alexandra Samarina and Ivan Rodin article headlined "Mine being prepared for opposition" says that the opposition intends to challenge the presidential bill on a new mechanism to elect State Duma deputies, which bans people who have had previous convictions from standing in elections; p 3 (780 words).
9. Igor Naumov article headlined "President draws line under list of candidates" says that Putin seems to have chosen the next head of Central Bank, but he is not going to share this information now; p 4 (850 words).
10. Vladimir Skosyrev article headlined "Pyongyang to speed up nuclear race" says that Russia and China have opposed the economic suffocation of North Korea and suggested restoring negations on its nuclear problem; p 8 (400 words).
11. Andrey Cherkasenko article headlined "Man at nuclear power plant" contemplates prospects for the development of the nuclear sector given the two-year anniversary of the accident at the Japanese nuclear power plant as a result of an earthquake and a tsunami; p 8 (620 words).
12. Yuriy Paniyev article headlined "Chavez's heritage at stake" says that the early presidential election will be held in Venezuela on 14 April; p 8 (800 words).
Vedomosti
1. Bela Lyauv article headlined "Import metro for R400bn" says that the Moscow underground will hold a tender on the delivery and 30-year-long maintenance of metro cars; pp 1, 5 (610 words).
2. Dmitriy Kazmin and Maksim Tovkaylo article headlined "CD or DVD disks to Kremlin" says that Putin does not trust reports made by auditors and state representatives in state-run companies; p 1 (353 words).
3. Editorial headlined "Economy of orphanage" comments on the situation of orphans in Russia; pp 1, 6 (489 words).
4. Anastasiya Kornya article headlined "Ballot-stuffing not for show" says that the Central Electoral Commission has denied access to videos recorded at polling stations in the Moscow Region town of Dolgoprudnyy during the 2012 presidential election for a local resident; p 2 (512 words).
5. Timofey Dzyadko article headlined "Han takes away team" says five supreme managers including acting director German Han will leave TNK-BP after it is bought by Rosneft; p 10 (500 words).
6. Unattributed article headlined "Term for enemy of Ananyev brothers" says that three criminal cases have been opened against A Just Russia MP Oleg Mikheyev; p 3 (552 words).
7. Unattributed article headlined "Inadmissible complaisance" says that the Federal Antimonopoly Service has initiated proceedings against the Skartel communications company over hampering the Rostelekom communications company's access to the LTE network; p 11 (641 words).
8. Article by Vladimir Yakunin, the president of the company Russian Railways, headlined "Infrastructure and development: Russia needs infrastructure projects", criticizes an article by Vladislav Inozemtsev, published in the newspaper Vedomosti on 29 November 2012, in which he cast doubts on the need to develop railway infrastructure on Russia's east; p 6 (1,092 words).
9. Unattributed article headlined "Bilalov flies wrongly" says that the Prosecutor-General's Office has found violations in the head of the company resorts of the North Caucasus, Akhmed Bilalov's expenditures on foreign trips; p 2 (509 words).
9. Unattributed interview with Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin, headlined "'All this is done for motorists'", who speaks about investment projects in the city to be presented at the international property exhibition MIPIM; p 8 (4,978 words).
Izvestia
1. German Petelin article headlined "Oboronservis' subsidiary owes over R10bn" says that the maintenance and repair department, the sole heat energy supplier of the Defence Ministry, has appealed against a R150m-worth debt to the Transnefteprodukt company. The department admitted that its entire debt to creditors exceeds R10bn (some 322.58m dollars at the current exchange rate); pp 1, 4 (817 words).
2. Anastasiya Kashevarova and Svetlana Subbotina article headlined "Nabiullina aspires to post of Central Bank head" says that President Putin is to announce the candidacy of the new head of Central Bank by the end of March. The former Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina is believed to be the most probable candidate for the post; pp 1, 3 (541 words).
3. Tatyana Shirmanova article headlined "Criminal article for bankers to be introduced by year end" says that a plan to set up an international financial centre in Russia envisages introducing by the end of 2013 criminal responsibility for bankers for submitting forged reports; pp 1, 4 (750 words).
4. Dmitriy Yevstifeyev et al. article headlined "Bilalov receives treatment from investigators in Germany" says that the former head of the company Resorts of the North Caucasus, Akhmed Bilalov, has left Russia for receiving medical treatment in Germany. Experts think that the move is linked to the Prosecutor-General's Office's interest in the activity of the company's leadership; pp 1, 4 (793 words).
5. Anastasiya Kashevarova article headlined "Leader of Kirov Region branch of One Russia may replace Zhurova" says that the secretary of the Kirov Region branch of the One Russia party, Vasiliy Surayev, is believed to be the most probable candidate for the post of a Federation Council senator instead of Svetlana Zhurova who has become a State Duma deputy; p 2 (435 words).
6. Mikhail Rubin interview with A Just Russia MP Dmitriy Gudkov, headlined "'US politicians will assist me in searching for our officials' property'", who speaks about his recent trip to the USA, where he collected information about Russian officials' property, and promised new exposures of officials; p 3 (813 words).
7. Yekaterina Kvon and Vladimir Barinov article headlined "Federal Security Service reveals fraud with anti-spy telephones in Interior Ministry" says that a corruption scandal over the purchase of telephones that cannot be tapped is brewing up in the Interior Ministry; p 5 (616 words).
8. Nadezhda Gladchenko and Dmitriy Yevstifeyev article headlined "Bolshoi Theatre's soloist testifies against Sergey Filin at questioning" details the conflict between Bolshoi Theatre's ballet director Sergey Filin, the victim of the acid attack, and soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who masterminded the attack; p 5 (550 words).
9. Konstantin Volkov article headlined "Nicolas Maduro on Chavez's post advantageous to Russia" looks at the main successors of the late Venezuelan leader. The early presidential election is set for 14 April; p 7 (624 words).
10. Konstantin Volkov article headlined "Lack of contacts between leaders of two Koreas fraught with military incident" says that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has aggravated. Pyongyang denounced all the non-belligerency agreements with Seoul; p 7 (608 words).
11. Mariya Kiseleva article headlined "Russia wants to enter US market of military traffic" says that Russia wants to become part of the US Civil Reserve Air Fleet to support the US Department of Defense airlift requirements in emergencies when the need for airlift exceeds the capability of military aircraft; p 8 (622 words).
Rossiiskaya Gazeta
1. Vladimir Snegirev and Viktor Feshchenko article headlined "Body and business of Chavez" described the ceremony to pay tribute to the late Venezuelan leader; pp 1, 8 (1,380 words).
2. Irina Nevinnaya article headlined "Much a little pension" looks at yet another pension initiative drafted by the Labour Ministry; pp 1, 9 (1,390 words).
3. Tamara Shkel article headlined "Suitcases.net" says that the State Duma commission for control over deputies' income and property declarations has studied the cases of One Russia member Andrey Isayev and Liberal Democratic Party of Russia member Igor Ananskikh; p 2 (636 words).
4. Vladimir Bogdanov interview with Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov, headlined "Healthy against will", who speaks about the fight against drug abuse in Russia; p 6 (2,126 words).
5. Niva Mirakyan article headlined "Waiting for white smoke" says that the conclave to elect the new Pope will be held on 12 March; p 8 (514 words).
6. Tatyana Zykova and Anna Fedyakina article headlined "They find common language" looks at the Russian-Japanese forum in Tokyo; p 13 (1,251 words).
7. Anna Fedyakina interview with Russian ambassador to Japan Yevgeniy Afanasyev, headlined "Points of contact", who speaks about Russia-Japan economic cooperation; p 13 (1,398 words).
8. Vasiliy Aleksandrov interview with Russian trade representative in Japan, Sergey Yegorov, headlined "Engine of commerce", who speaks about Russia-Japan trade relations; p 13 (927 words).
Moskovsky Komsomolets
1. Zhanna Golubitskaya article headlined "State University of Management head got caught on toilet paper fraud?" says that the head of Moscow's State University of Management, Viktor Kozbanenko, has been arrested on suspicion of bribe-taking; pp 1, 7 (1,082 words).
2. Konstantin Smirnov article headlined "Housing utilities secret: how six per cent of Putin turn into 12 per cent of Medvedev" says that the Russian government has not followed President Putin's instruction to restrict the rise in housing utilities bill by 6 per cent and increased the limit to 12 per cent; pp 1, 3 (608 words).
3. Mikhail Rostovskiy article headlined "Writer Shishkin's case or poverty of beautiful gestures" comments on prominent Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin's refusal to join the official Russian delegation to a book fair in New York in protest against the "evil deeds by Putin's regime"; pp 1-2 (992 words).
4. Andrey Yashlavskiy article headlined "Will Chavez win after death?" says that acting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is the frontrunner in the forthcoming presidential election on 14 April. Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez will likely be embalmed and exposed to the public; pp 1, 5 (440 words).
5. Anonymous interview by the newspaper's cultural section, headlined "No-one trusts Dmitrichenko's confession", with a Bolshoi Theatre's dancer, who speaks about a secret meeting held by the theatre's staff to discuss the solving of the acid attack on the theatre's ballet director; pp 1-2 (1,579 words).
6. Anton Barbashin article headlined "Why we need to reconcile with America" contemplates Russia's relations with the USA and China; p 3 (1,148 words).
7. Aleksey Korenovskiy article headlined "Criminal parties" looks at Russian MPs who have had criminal records; p 3 (453 words).
8. Ignat Kalinin article headlined "Shoygu increases springboard in South East Asia" zooms in at Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu's visit to Burma and Vietnam last week; p 3 (1,081 words).
9. Andrey Malgin interview with the former husband of the coordinator of the Russian Mothers movement, Irina Bergset, headlined "Irina Bergset's former husband reveals secrets of main Russian Mother", who speaks about his marriage with the woman; p 6 (1,842 words).
Novaya Gazeta
1. Yulia Latynina article headlined "People on lease. Cheaply" comments on the fact that people were paid for participating in the 2 March rally in Moscow in defense of Russian orphans and looks at the organizer of the rally, Irina Bergset; pp 1, 3 (1,157 words).
2. Irek Murtazin article headlined "Release on parole likes silence" says that an information campaign being waged by relatives and supporters of the convicted Pussy Riot punk band members has diminished the chance of their release on parole; p 8 (791 words).
3. Sergey Kanev article headlined "Without name, without count" provides the Interior Ministry's child mortality statistics in Russia over the past 15 years; p 2 (1,322 words).
4. Natalya Zimyanina article headlined "Dirty linen from big columned house" looks at numerous scandals at the Bolshoi Theatre; p 6 (972 words).
5. Ilya Milshteyn article headlined "Armed and very doltish" looks at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has threatened the USA with a missile attack; p 5 (740 words).
6. Boris Vishnevskiy article headlined "Adjusting rules for desired result" looks at advantages and disadvantages of the presidential bill on a new mechanism to elect State Duma deputies; p 7 (801 words).
Komsomolskaya Pravda
1. Vladimir Zibrov article headlined "Dirty cardinal may become next Pope" says Vatican won't prevent those suspected in protecting paedophile priests from participating in a Papal conclave; p 3 (400 words).
Moskovskiye Novosti
1. Interview with pundit Aleksey Chesnakov headlined "Putin, Lorenzo and released snake" focuses on prospects of the Russian political process; pp B2-B5 (2,900 words).
2. Georgiy Bovt article headlined "Comandante's 'chemistry'" says that Venezuela's prosperity under strong authoritarian leader Hugo Chavez has been a myth; pp B6-B8 (1,700 words).
Novyye Izvestia
1. Gennadiy Savchenko article headlined "After Chavez" says the outcome of the presidential vote in Venezuela may affect Russian-Venezuelan joint projects; p 2 (400 words).
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The ludicrous 'trial' of a whistleblower killed for his pains ranks among Russia's darkest hours, writes Boris Johnson
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday postponed the trial of a dead lawyer who accused law-enforcement authorities of massive corruption and whose case sparked a dispute between Washington and Moscow.
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Magnitsky trial: Russia accused of 'travesty' over dead lawyer
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U.S. sanctions against Russian officials implicated in the Sergei Magnitsky case may be just the beginning. Supporters are redoubling their efforts in Europe, where sanctions could have an even more biting impact.
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How Russia And The United States Have Fared Since The Great Recession
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The Man Behind Putin's Adoption Ban Once Tried to Investigate Russia's Spy ...
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Investigators have opened a criminal case into the transfer of a plot of Defense Ministry land to Valery Puzikov, former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's brother in law, Kommersant reported Monday.
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Top Syria opposition official meets Russia's Lavrov
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The Prosecutor General's Office, together with the Justice Ministry and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, has begun conducting large-scale unscheduled checks into non-governmental organizations to determine sources of foreign funding, a news report said Monday.
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As Austria prepares to mark the anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany, an opinion poll has shown that more than half of the population think it highly likely that the Nazis would be elected if they were readmitted as a party.
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Many experiments of the Soviet period came with great risks to people and the environment, and the creation of Obninsk is no exception.
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Chinese space debris hits Russian satellite, scientists say
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Hungary’s parliament is tomorrow expected to pass an amendment to its constitution which critics say will roll back democratic freedoms and weaken the judiciary.
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Russia's dangerous insouciance
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Xi Jinping to visit Russia, three African countries
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The top U.S. general in Afghanistan has rejected remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai suggesting U.S.-led international forces are benefiting from Taliban attacks.
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Two days before the papal conclave begins, the cardinals adhered to what might be called the art of running for pope, which means never, ever appearing to be running.
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Beneath the orderly display, the cardinals at the papal conclave are split into competing lineups and power blocs that will determine who among them emerges as pope.
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Anxiety as Putin picks new Russia central bank chief
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Trial of dead Russia lawyer Sergei Magnitsky delayed
BBC News The trial of a dead Russian lawyer has been delayed, amid criticism from the United States and European Parliament. Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pre-trial detention in 2009, is accused of helping the investment fund Hermitage Capital evade $17.4m ... Russia adjourns dead lawyer trial to March 22GlobalPost Russia postpones start of trial of dead lawyerReuters UK Russia to put dead whistle-blower on trialAljazeera.com Gulf Today -Bayoubuzz all 19 news articles » |
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A Moscow court has opened then immediately adjourned proceedings in an unprecedented, postumous trial of an anticorruption lawyer who died in custody more than three years ago.
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A whistleblowing Russian lawyer whose death in custody became a symbol of rights abuses and strained relations with the United States will go on posthumous trial today in what relatives say is revenge by the Kremlin.
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Hungary’s parliament is today expected to pass an amendment to its constitution which critics say will roll back democratic freedoms and weaken the judiciary.
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Police in India say the main suspect in the deadly gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus has committed suicide in jail.
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A new report by the British Council shows that more than half of young Americans would consider foreign study, compared with 20 percent of young Britons.
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The high status of a doctoral degree has prompted a re-examination of academia, as well as what weight a doctorate pulls in the German job market and society.
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Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Russia Join Forces on Nuclear Fusion
Forbes The Rusnano Group, a venture firm created by the government of Russia, is the latest investor to jump into Tri-Alpha Energy, one of the most potentially groundbreaking and mysterious companies in tech. Secret ictures from Tri-Alpha board meeting. Tri ... |
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Former Georgian State Security Minister Valery Khaburdzania has said he intends to set up a new political party with a "pro-Russian" agenda, saying Georgia has pro-Western and pro-American parties so it should also have a pro-Russian one.
Welsh-born Princess Lilian of Sweden has died. She was 97.
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Texas law enforcement officials said Maxim Kuzmin's death may have been caused by an accidental fall from a slide or swing on a playground, a news report said Monday.
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A senior lawmaker from A Just Russia who has been accused of fraud and deprived of his parliamentary immunity has been summoned to the Investigative Committee for questioning, RIA-Novosti reported Monday, citing the deputy's spokesperson.
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About 1,000 protesters have staged a protest in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Jalal-Abad, demanding the immediate release of three jailed opposition members of parliament.
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Russia has done almost nothing to recover the $230 million that lawyer Sergei Magnitsky alleged in 2008 had been stolen from Moscow’s coffers. Other countries -- most recently Moldova -- are now trying to follow the 5-year-old trail of allegedly laundered money.
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Russia delays trial of dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky
The Guardian A Russian court has postponed the trial of the dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in the latest move to drag out the controversial case. Magnitsky, the first person to be tried posthumously in Russia, stands accused of tax evasion, alongside his former ... Trial of dead Russia lawyer Sergei Magnitsky delayedBBC News Russia adjourns dead lawyer trial to March 22GlobalPost Russia postpones start of trial of dead lawyerReuters UK Aljazeera.com -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 24 news articles » |
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A Russian court has postponed the trial of the dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in the latest move to drag out the controversial case.
Magnitsky, the first person to be tried posthumously in Russia, stands accused of tax evasion, alongside his former employer, London-based investor William Browder. Magnitsky died in pre-trial detention in 2009.
Browder has been banned from entering Russia. The head of the investment fund Hermitage Capital was accused of tax evasion after falling foul of the Russian government.
Investigating the charges in 2008, Browder's auditor and lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, discovered that police and tax officials had colluded to steal Hermitage's tax payments for their own enrichment. The case has come to exemplify Russia's corrupt justice system.
Dozens of journalists packed a tiny courtroom in central Moscow on Monday to hear the opening of the case. A cage with thick bars, designed to hold the defendants, stood empty.
Magnitsky's relatives and their lawyers have refused to take part in the trial, calling it a mockery of justice.
The court appointed two lawyers to stand in their stead, but neither showed up to the hearing on Monday. They had petitioned the court to delay the hearing until May, claiming to have read just five of the 60 volumes of dense texts that comprise the state's case against Magnitsky.
The judge approved a petition by state prosecutors to postpone the hearing until 22 March instead.
Russia's supreme court approved posthumous trials in 2011 with the aim of providing a way for relatives to clear the names of family members.
Magnitsky's relatives have opposed the trial and argue that it cannot go ahead without their approval.
Magnitsky died after being denied medical treatment for ailments he developed while awaiting trial. The Kremlin's human rights commission later found evidence he had been beaten.
The only person tried in relation to his death, a prison doctor, was acquitted last year.
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Azerbaijan says one of its soldiers has been shot dead near the border of its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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The NATO-led force in Afghanistan says several Afghan and foreign troops have been killed in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan.
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The general director of the Bolshoi Theatre has said he believes a "puppetmaster" stands behind the dancer accused of organising an acid-throwing attack on ballet master Sergei Filin.
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Russia Stocks Jump as Market Reopens, US Data Lifts Gazprom
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Authorities have succeeded in halting the expansion of drug-related crime in the country, Russia's top anti-narcotics official said Monday.
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Investigators questioned two prominent opposition activists from St. Petersburg last Wednesday as part of a criminal investigation into violence at an anti-Kremlin demonstration on Moscow's Bolotnaya Ploshchad last year.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government is reportedly using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday. The uprising in Syria erupted two years ago with largely peaceful protests but escalated into a civil war pitting mainly Sunni Muslim rebels against President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite faith is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. "In a disturbing and dangerous trend, mass killings allegedly perpetrated by Popular Committees have at times taken on sectarian overtones," the U.N. ...
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By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia attempted but failed on Monday to start the trial of dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky - a case that critics say the Kremlin is pursuing to discredit his allegations of embezzlement by government officials. Magnitsky, who died in custody, is the first person to be tried posthumously in Russia. While his attendance was never on the cards, his defense team also failed to show up, leading to Judge Igor Alisov to postpone the trial until March 22. "The defense team... ...
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government is reportedly using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday.
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Mar. 11 - Many companies are moving manufacturing back home from China. Element 14, one of the suppliers of the credit-card sized computer Raspberry Pi, have done so as Joanna Partridge reports.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected "foul play".
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals held final discussions on the troubled state of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday, the day before they seclude themselves from the world to elect a new pontiff, with no frontrunner in view.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Fidel Castro praised the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday as a champion of the poor and said Cubans had lost their best friend ever, in his first comments on the death last week of his socialist ally.
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"I have come a long way from the life I had in the late ’90s, when, flush with cash from an Internet start-up sale, I had a giant house crammed with stuff — electronics and cars and appliances and gadgets," writes Graham Hill in Opinion. "Somehow this stuff ended up running my life, or a lot of it; the things I consumed ended up consuming me."
Living With Less. A Lot Less.
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The many things I consumed ended up consuming me.
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The many things I consumed ended up consuming me.
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A vibrant youth movement played a major role in Venezuela's beleaguered opposition during the rule of Hugo Chávez.
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