Russian Press at a Glance, Wednesday, October 5, 2011

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A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today

POLITICS

 

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will seek the creation of an "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet countries as part of his foreign policy agenda if he is re-elected president next year. (Izvestia)

 

Most Russians consider inflation, poor living conditions and dismal communal services as the major problems facing Russian society. (Kommersant, Moscow News)

 

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

 

Russia's key stock indexes tumbled more than 5 percent on Tuesday as the price of Brent crude oil fell below the $100-a-barrel level for the first time in 45 days. (Kommersant)

 

Russia is losing fierce competition with Belarus over lucrative Venezuelan markets. Unlike its Russian companies, Belarusian firms are already extracting oil, building manufacturing plants, railroads and gas pipelines in the oil-rich Latin American country. (Kommersant)

 

Russia’s federal budget will allocate additional 150 billion rubles ($4.6 billion) to the support of state-run companies and corporations. (Vedomosti)

 

Russian energy giant Gazprom may spend over $8 billion this year to buy 29 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Central Asian countries. (Vedomosti)

 

Russia has exported a record 10 million metric tons of grain since lifting the grain export ban three months ago. (Vedomosti)

 

The flights of Russia’s troubled Avianova airline will be suspended indefinitely on October 9. The company will have to reimburse passengers about $5 billion for cancelled tickets bought in advance. (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

 

DEFENSE

 

The development of Russia’s formidable S-500 air defense system is lagging behind schedule by at least two years. (Izvestia)

 

WORLD

 

South Ossetia has introduced travel restrictions on Russian citizens and other foreigners as a security measure ahead of November’s presidential election. (Kommersant, Moscow Times, Moscow News)


SOCIETY

 

The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has approved a bill stipulating chemical castration for pedophiles, in a bid to crack down on sex crime against minors. (Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Moscow News)

 

Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky are facing off in a London court, where Berezovsky is suing Abramovich for $5 billion on allegations of breach of trust and breach of contract. (Moscow Times, Moscow News)

 

The Moscow government has adopted one of its most ambitious and expensive programs - “Healthcare in Moscow in 2012-2016” allocating over 1 trillion rubles ($30.5 billion) on improving the situation with healthcare in the Russian capital for the next five years. (Izvestia)

 

Russia will soon adopt an amended Civil Code designed to protect privacy of the Russian citizens. One of the amendments stipulates a ban on posting confidential personal information on the internet without prior consent of individuals. (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)


CRIME

 

Moscow police have intercepted the sale of a computerized database containing 500 Gigabytes of personal data of millions of Russian citizens. (Moscow News)

 

SPORTS

 

“If it were not for the lockout in the NBA, I would continue to play overseas” - interview with the best Russian basketball player Andrei Kirilenko upon his return to Russia. (Izvestia)

 

 

For more details on all the news in Russia today, visit our website at http://en.rian.ru.

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