25.07 Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, July 25, 2013
POLITICS
Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will stay in the Moscow airport that has been his home for over a month now for the immediate future, a lawyer helping with his asylum bid said
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
In an interview with Kommersant daily Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiyev speaks about the developments in the republic since it broke away from Georgia and was recognized by Russia in 2008.
(Kommersant)
Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov compares Russian opposition blogger Alexei Navalny with first Russian President Boris Yeltsin saying that the main difference is that Navalny is sober.
(Kommersant)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Apples global sales of iPads in the second quarter of this year fell by 14 percent against the same period last year.
(Vedomosti)
ENVIRONMENT
The quantity of industrial pollutants in the Moscow River significantly exceeds safety standards, according to a study by Greenpeace Russia.
(The Moscow Times)
WORLD
The death toll in a high-speed commuter train derailment in the northwest of Spain near the city of Santiago de Compostela exceeded 60 people.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
A law aimed at curbing the federal governments ability to collect information about Americans phone calls failed to pass the US House of Representatives Wednesday.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
The Bulgarian political crisis is gaining momentum after dozens of people, including lawmakers and reporters, were blocked inside the countrys parliament building by a crowd of anti-government protesters.
(Vedomosti)
Prince William and Kate Middleton have named their son George Alexander Louis.
(Kommersant)
SOCIETY
Concerns are mounting over the impact Russia's recently passed "gay propaganda" law may have on this winter's games in Sochi - for tourists, athletes and for Russia's reputation abroad.
(The Moscow Times)
A law reintroducing a legal maximum blood alcohol concentration of 0.16 mg of ethanol per milliliter for drivers was signed into law in Russia.
(Kommersant)
CRIME
Dmitry Mityaev, a witness in a high-profile corruption scandal that erupted under the Defense Ministry last year, was sent to prison for two years, eight months by a Moscow court on Wednesday.
(Kommersant)
Five men accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya pleaded not guilty in Moscow on Wednesday at the start of a trial being boycotted by the slain investigative reporters children.
(Kommersant)
Imprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was denied parole for a second time Wednesday, a decision her lawyer called legally unfounded.
(Kommersant, The Moscow Times)
RELIGION
A liturgy at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on Wednesday opened a series of commemorative events to mark the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus celebrated jointly this year in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
(The Moscow Times)
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