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Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today

POLITICS

While observers from former Soviet states hailed the March 4 presidential vote as “transparent” and “fair,” their colleagues from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) pointed to mass procedural violations and a clear bias in favor of Vladimir Putin. (Kommersant, Izvestia)

Russian billionaire-turned-politician Mikhail Prokhorov surprised political experts by coming third in the March 4 presidential polls with 7.88 percent of the vote. How can the “rising star” on the Russian political horizon “play his cards?” (Kommersant, Izvestia, Moscow News)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who won a third presidential term on Sunday, is ready for cooperation with the new party Mikhail Prokhorov plans to create. (Kommersant, Izvestia)

President-elect Vladimir Putin must be quick to introduce radical reforms in all spheres of life to meet expectations of the electorate or face potential snap elections in the country, experts believe. (Kommersant)

Fitch ratings agency estimates that Putin will need $160 billion in the next six years of his presidency to deliver on his campaign promises. (Kommersant, Vedomosti)

The Russian Orthodox Church was among the first to pledge full support of president-elect Vladimir Putin. (Moscow News)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to probe the legality of the verdicts handed down to 32 prisoners, including former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev. (Kommersant, Moscow News)

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Foreign investors are expected to exercise caution on Russian markets while following closely the development of the situation with opposition protests and future steps of president-elect Vladimir Putin. (Moscow News)

Russia will have to spend at least 3 trillion rubles (over $100 bln) until 2030 to set up the proposed rapid transportation network around the country. (Vedomosti)

Foreign insurance companies have gained the right to set up subsidiaries in Russia under WTO regulations. However, only a dozen of them are likely to enter the Russian market, experts believe. (Vedomosti)

Belarusian authorities are planning to sell the country’s largest metallurgical plant, BMZ, for at least $8 billion. Russian investors are among potential buyers. (Moscow News)

Hooters, a popular American male-oriented restaurant chain, is eyeing the Russian market. The chain has so far offered franchises for Russian investors in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod. (Kommersant)

Russia’s Federal Customs Service has practically removed a 5 percent import duty on the Apple iPad after changing its official status from a GPS-navigator to a tablet computer. Other brands of tablet computers with GPS navigation are still subject to this duty. (Vedomosti)

DEFENSE

Russia and China may soon sign a $4 bln contract on the delivery of 48 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets to the Chinese air force. (Kommersant)

WORLD

China is planning to slow down economic growth and increase defense expenditures. (Kommersant, Moscow News)

How could the current political crisis in Syria affect the future world order? (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

The original Star Wars team lost its veteran member. Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual artist for the first Star Wars trilogy, died on March 3 in California at the age of 82. (Izvestia)

SPACE

Russian scientists have created a robot-android for space missions, including work on board the International Space Station. The first robot may travel into orbit as early as in 2014. (Izvestia)

SOCIETY

Russia’ Federal Statistics Agency Rosstat reported an average monthly salary of federal officials in 2011 at 62,500 rubles ($2,130). (Kommersant)

Russians will be able to watch direct broadcast of performances from the Bolshoi Theater on YouTube starting on March 11. (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

The first issue of the licensed Russian version of American Variety magazine, Variety Russia, will hit the shelves in March. The introduction of the oldest and most influential cinema magazine in Russia is expected to break the stereotype that Russian movies are in demand domestically only. (Izvestia)

CRIME

The Bank of Russia has ordered banks to tighten controls over bank notes used in automated teller machines due to a sharp rise in the amount of counterfeit money in circulation. The 1,000-ruble note is the most popular among Russian counterfeiters. (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

 

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