26.08 Russian Press at a Glance, Monday, August 26, 2013
POLITICS
Syrias President Assad has warned foreign powers that intervention in the crisis in the country will cost them dear and are doomed to failure.
(Izvestia)
US fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stayed in Moscow in late June because the Cuban authorities would have denied him the right to land, under US pressure, if he had flown there.
(Kommersant)
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has reaffirmed his commitment tosigning key trade agreements with theEU, despite athreat byRussias President Vladimir Putin ofpossible retaliatory measures.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets ,The Moscow Times)
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
New indications of a global crisis have emerged, with significant consequences for Russia. Prices for metals, coal and other raw materials are falling, which could in the long run result in oil prices going down as well.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
US IT corporation Hewlett-Packard was forced to start assembling all-in-one computers at a St. Petersburg plant because Russia introduced import duties for computers.
(Vedomosti)
United Wagon Company has signed anagreement with US company Amsted Rail andreceived full intellectual property rights toits Motion Control bogie design, which theRussian manufacturer can also license toother companies. Thepartners also agreed toestablish ajoint venture fordesigning andmanufacturing freight car components.
(The Moscow Times)
Russias consumer rights watchdog has called on banks to write off debts to borrowers affected by floods in the Far East.
(Vedomosti)
Statoil, one ofthe most successful oil explorers inrecent years, sees offshore Angolan andRussian shale as theindustry's next big plays andconsiders US shale oil overhyped, its exploration chief Tim Dodson said.
(The Moscow Times)
RUSSIA
Young scholars held a rally against the Russian Academy of Sciences reform a bill, on which has already been adopted by the lower house of parliament in two readings.
(Kommersant, Moskovsky Komsomolets)
Rising flood waters in the far east city of Khabarovsk threaten to cut off the citys electricity supply.
(Moskovsky Komsomolets)
SOCIETY
Presidential grants are likely to be distributed among many NGOs, including patriots, rights advocates and even those listed as foreign agents by a new Russian law introduced last November.
(Vedomosti)
DEFENSE
Military prosecutors will not pass evidence resulting from their investigation into former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukovs activities to the Russian Investigative Committee, meaning a high-profile probe into corruption in the ministry is likely to only affect junior figures, and not claim an unprecedented former ministerial scalp.
(Kommersant, Moskovsky Komsomolets)
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