30.07 Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, July 30, 2013
POLITICS
The Russian Supreme Court is studying grounds for a possible overturn of former Yukos security chief Alexei Pichugins life sentence after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
(Kommersant)
Russia has proposed jointly developing the Southern Kuril islands with Japan on the basis of Russian laws, but Tokyo refused.
(Vedomosti)
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
As theMoscow mayoral race came intofull swing, acting Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has promised that the capital will get thelargest city park inEurope.
(The Moscow Times)
Russias inflation may accelerate to 7 percent by yearend, experts warned.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
The share of foreign investors in the Russian bond market is shooting up and may soon hit 50 percent, sparking fears at the Central Bank that the country could become dependent on financial conditions outside its borders. The share of nonresidents grew from 7 percent a year ago to 30 percent at the beginning of June.
(The Moscow Times)
RUSSIA
The government has finished drafting a bill on criminal responsibility for companies and individuals failing to pay their insurance premiums to the Pension Fund and the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. Experts say the measure would reduce the number of legal work places and speed up the replacement of Russian workers by migrants.
(Kommersant)
Moscow Region's chief prosecutor, Alexander Anikin, submitted a letter of resignation Monday over conflicts between supervisory agencies caused by his handling of a high-profile case involving illegal casinos.
(The Moscow Times)
SOCIETY
Moscows police chief Anatoly Yakunin has ordered his subordinates to arrest all the participants in a recent brawl in which a police officer was seriously injured. Several hundred people have already been detained.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Agroup ofFinnish women are asking Russia topress Finland tochange its family policy, saying that parents are treated like criminals intheir own country. Thegroup complained that children can be taken out ofschools andkindergartens andplaced instate care atthe request ofsocial workers.
(The Moscow Times)
Russian lawmakers are considering whether to introduce a bill requiring users of pornographic websites to show identification before logging on, following a proposal by UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
DEFENSE
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized construction and test delays in naval shipbuilding at a meeting Monday to discuss the implementation of a state armament program for the Navy.
(Kommersant)
CRIME
Investigators have searched the property of the brother-in-law of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, in connnection with an on-going investigation into misuse of ministry assets in construction of his summer home.
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