09.07 Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, July 9, 2013
POLITICS
* Sixty Russian citizens on the so-called Magnitsky List will be denied entry to the United Kingdom.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
* The Positivnaya Rossiya (Positive Russia) Foundation will promote Russias image in the UK. The non-commercial organization, backed by several Conservative MPs and Prince Michael of Kent, was registered in London last month.
(Izvestia)
* The number of Russian citizens who consider the United Russia a real political force in the country dropped from 74 percent in July 2011 to 34 percent in June 2013, according to a recent survey by Levada pollster.
(Vedomosti)
* The Communist Party of Russia (KPRF) has put off a no-confidence vote in the government until later in the summer, saying the high summer quiet season was not an appropriate time.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
* Russian airlines will be allowed to hire up to 1,000 foreign pilots in the next five years. The number of foreigners will be distributed between the airlines on a quota basis, according to the amount of business they have.
(Kommersant)
* The Russian Finance Ministry has proposed increasing civil service salaries by 160 percent over the next four years to exceed the average national salary by 70 percent.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
* L'Etoile perfume and cosmetics store chain has become the first cosmetics company to join Russias top-30 retailers list with revenues of 47 billion rubles ($1.4 bln) in 2012, according to Infoline.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti)
* English Premier League football championship-winning team Manchester United has named the Aeroflot airline as an official sponsor their first such deal with a Russian company, worth $40 mln over five years.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Izvestia)
* Oil production in Russia reached a 25-year record level with daily output of 10.53 million barrels in June. Higher production levels were previously registered in the Soviet Union in 1988.
(Vedomosti)
*The Moscow Region authorities are planning to build dozens of heliports to boost passenger and cargo transportation links with the neighboring regions. Construction is expected to be carried out under state-private partnership programs.
(Izvestia)
* Sales of new cars in Russia dropped by 6 percent in the first six months of 2013. Industry experts hope that the Russian auto market could be revived by the introduction of a more client-friendly credit program.
(Vedomosti)
SOCIETY
* A deadly street fight in a small town in central Russia has exposed smoldering ethnic tensions, with hundreds of locals calling for resident ethnic Chechens to be evicted, and the government reportedly sending in armored personnel carriers filled with police troops to quell the unrest.
(Kommersant, Moskovsky Komsomolets, Moskovskiye Novosti)
* Moscow authorities have proposed a five-star comfort ratings system for tourist buses, similar to that of the hotels. Four- and five-star buses will be required to have air-conditioning, toilets, a boiler and comfortable reclining seats.
(Izvestia)
CRIME
* Russian police have detained seven members of a large criminal group believed to be responsible for laundering more than $1.1 billion over five years using several commercial banks and over 100 Russian and foreign firms.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
* Russias Prosecutor General's Office is preparing to send an extradition request to France regarding former Moscow Region Finance Minister Alexei Kuznetsov, who has been accused of embezzling over $100 million from the Moscow Region budget and who fled Russia in 2008.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
HEALTH
* Sales of animals have been banned in two districts near the capital Moscow because of a suspected outbreak of rabies.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
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