11.10 Russian Press at a Glance, Friday, October 11, 2013
POLITICS
The presidium of the ruling United Russia will Friday consider the resignation submitted by deputy party secretary Andrei Isayev after a Russian airline kicked his aide off a plane for causing an alcohol-fueled scene. His membership of the partys ruling body has already been suspended and Isayev is likely to become an ordinary member.
(Kommersant, Novaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
In an unprecedented demonstration of power by Libyas militia, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped by an armed group, only to be freed ten hours later. According to experts, the event demonstrates the de-facto collapse of Libya as a unitary state: the country has disintegrated into several semi-autonomous regions and the central government is unable to control the situation even in the capital.
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia)
ECONOMY
Russia has become involved in its first World Trade Organization (WTO) proceedings after the European Union asked the global trade body to settle a dispute with Moscow over a recycling fee that Russia placed on imported cars. Europe claims the fee is discriminatory and violates international trade rules.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti)
Investment bank Credit Suisse ranked Russia among the countries with the highest rate of inequality in the world. According to the survey, in which Russia was ranked more unequal than all but a group of tiny Caribbean nations, 110 people hold 35 percent of the countrys household wealth.
(Kommersant)
As the US budget crisis continues, President Barack Obama nominated deputy head of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen to be its next chief.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Izvestia)
OIL & GAS
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said his country might stop buying Russian gas in about a decade.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russian gas giant Gazprom demanded an additional payment of more than one billion euros from Wintershall and E.On, its key partners in developing the Yuzhno-Russkoye gas field. The partners disagree in their estimates of the gas fields reserves and might seek international arbitration.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti)
AEROSPACE
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Oleg Ostapenko was appointed to head Russian space agency Roscosmos, as part of a shake-up of the sector.
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
TELECOMS & IT
Russian state telecom watchdog Rostelecom will launch its own $20-million Sputnik (Satellite) search engine next year. But market analysts say Sputnik is unlikely to beat its international rivals, Google and Yandex.
(Vedomosti)
DEFENSE
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced a tender to buy 158 armored vehicles with a starting price of 568 million rubles ($17.6 million).
(Kommersant)
Russian security and military forces will start testing next year a new domestically-designed portable device using microwaves to see movements of people and animals through walls.
(Izvestia)
TRANSPORT
Russias flagship air carrier Aeroflot unveiled Tuesday its budget airline Dobrolet. The airline, named after Aeroflots predecessor, plans to starts its first services in a year.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia, RBC Daily)
SOCIETY
The Russian Constitutional Court ruled that a lifelong ban on people with a criminal record running in elections was unconstitutional and can be applied only to people sentenced to life in prison.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russian human rights activists received two prestigious international human rights awards on Thursday.
(Kommersant)
Russia will re-introduce daylight saving time next October.
(Vedomosti)
Radiation detectors will be installed at all Moscow subway stations, starting in spring 2014.
(Izvestia)
American movie star Harrison Ford arrived in Moscow to unveil his new film, Enders Game.
(Moskovskiye Komsomolets)
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