04.06 Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, June 4, 2013
POLITICS
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin may resign to become acting mayor, in order to run in the early elections for the Moscow mayor's post that could be held in September
(Vedomosti, Moskovsky Komsomolets)
The Russian State Duma has a pending draft law that obliges all members of parliament to regularly undergo a drugs test
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
As the fallout from the arrest of the mayor of Dagestan's capital continued on Monday, experts agreed that the event would likely send tremors throughout Russia
(The Moscow Times, Kommersant)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
According to JPMorgan, Russias recent scandal over leading economist Sergei Guriev, who was questioned in connection with the Yukos case, will strengthen negative attitudes from foreign investors towards Russia
(Vedomosti)
Amendments to the Labor Code restricting employee leasing might hit Russian and Western companies working in the country hard and deprive the budget of billions of rubles
(The Moscow Times)
OIL & GAS
Russian state-owned oil company Zarubezhneft said it was giving up for now on a problem-plagued exploration well off Cuba's north-central coast, which brings to an end the communist-led island's only active project in its search for offshore oil fields
(The Moscow Times)
DEFENSE
Unmanned air vehicles (UAV), ground-based robotic systems and unmanned submersibles which Russian industry is developing for the Defense Ministry, are inferior to foreign analogs, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said
(Vedomosti)
The Russian armed forces are not fit enough, and the services need to get their men in shape with better sports facilities, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
WORLD
Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev has lifted a state of emergency imposed last week in a district near the country's massive Kumtor gold mine, one of the nation's largest earners, following a blockade and riots near the site lasting several days
(Kommersant)
SOCIETY
According to a pollster conducted by the Levada-Center, Russians like the way oppositionist Alexei Navalny fights against corruption in the country, but do not like his drive for power and nationalism
(Vedomosti)
When it comes to banking, women are more responsible and better customers than men, finance executives said
(The Moscow Times)
CRIME
The Moscow City Court started preliminary hearings on Monday into the 2006 high-profile murder of Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya
(Kommersant)
Hackers from AntiLeaks group conducted a number of DDoS attacks on a number of websites run by the Kremlin's Russia Today English language channel
(Kommersant)
A Moscow court convicted four men on Monday of kidnapping the son of software empire founder Yevgeny Kaspersky
(Kommersant)
REAL ESTATE
Hulking, bleakly grey and occasionally claustrophobia-inducing, Soviet-era hotels are ready to be spruced up - if investors will have them
(The Moscow Times)
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