26.06 Russian Press at a Glance, Wednesday, June 26, 2013
POLITICS
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Tuesday that Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee wanted by the United States for leaking state secrets, is in Moscow.
(Izvestia, Kommersant, Komsomolskaya Pravda, The Moscow Times)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Russias lower house of parliament, the State Duma, is set to consider a bill introducing a partial amnesty for white-collar crime as urged by President Vladimir Putin last week.
(Vedomosti, Kommersant, The Moscow Times)
International rail giants together with state and foreign investment banks are already eyeing the role they can play in one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in the world - the high-speed rail line to be built from Moscow to Kazan, 800 kilometers east of the capital.
(The Moscow Times)
OIL & GAS
Without the large-scale application of new technologies, oil production in Russia will begin to decline in 2016-17, according to a report by LUKoil on the main trends in the development of global markets for oil and gas in the period until 2025.
(The Moscow Times)
DEFENSE
Moscow will begin supplying weapons and other military equipment to Kyrgyzstan next year as part of a bilateral armed forces assistance program.
(Kommersant)
WORLD
The whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks said on its Twitter feed on Wednesday that former CIA employee Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking state secrets, could end up permanently stuck in Russia.
(Kommersant)
Russia's agency for youth affairs, Rosmolodezh, says it will hold a youth camp just outside Seattle, USA, similar to the event it holds at Seliger in Russia every year.
(Izvestia)
SOCIETY
According to Levada pollster, every third Russian supports the release of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who turns 50 on Wednesday.
(Novaya Gazeta, Vedomosti)
The Russian State Duma recommended the re-introduction of a legal maximum blood alcohol concentration of 0.16 mg of ethanol per milliliter of blood for drivers.
(Kommersant, Moskovsky Komsomolets)
Most Russians want a change in the political system, the richest want a revolution, and the middle class dream about emigrating, according to a new poll.
(Moskovskiye Novosti)
A number of websites, including two leading online publications with a track record of criticizing corruption, have been banned by a court in Russias Ulyanovsk Region for promoting bribery. One of the papers affected, Komsolmolskaya Pravda, is contesting the decision.
(Kommersant, Komsolmolskaya Pravda)
CRIME
A military court in Russias restive North Caucasus region on Tuesday sentenced a former serviceman to 15 years in prison for his role in the 2009 assassination of the top police official in the local Dagestan republic.
(Kommersant)
The state controlled NTV channel has aired a documentary alleging that the Yukos founders, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky, were involved in the killing of the mayor of Nefteyugansk in western Siberia in 1998.
(The Moscow Times)
A Moscow court on Tuesday opened the trial of 12 people suspected of taking part in "riots" and clashing with police at a now-infamous anti-government rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad last May.
(The Moscow Times)
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