18.10 Russian Press at a Glance, Friday, October 18, 2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
POLITICS
The Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights and the Public Chamber drafted a bill stipulating total public control over state administrative bodies.
(Kommersant)
An interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius on the development of relations between Lithuania and Russia.
(Kommersant)
The Moscow City Hall has refused to let political opposition groups lead a 30,000-man march through downtown Moscow on October 26 in support of the defendants in the Bolotnaya case
(The Moscow Times)
The Russian government has submitted amendments to state lawmakers that would give the countrys Federal Security Service (FSB) the authority to investigate and fight hacker attacks.
(Kommersant)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Canada's Trinity Development announced Thursday plans to channel $2.5 billion over the next five years to retail, housing and office development projects at four rail stations in Russia, with more funds likely to flow in the segment if the investment bears fruit.
(The Moscow Times)
WORLD
An apartment used by Russian diplomats in the Netherlands city of The Hague was broken into Thursday evening, in the latest twist in a diplomatic spat between the two nations.
(Moskovskiye Komsomolets)
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said he was ready to sign a law allowing jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko to undergo medical treatment in a foreign hospital.
(Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomolets, Vedomosti)
US President Barack Obama signed early Thursday last-ditch legislation to fund the government and avert a debt default, easing an acute political crisis and narrowly avoiding an unprecedented fiscal clash that might seriously have damaged the world economy.
(Kommersant)
SOCIETY
Eleven laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize have petitioned Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to aid the release of the 30 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia.
(Kommersant, The Moscow Times)
When Nuri Katz, founder of investment firm Apex Capital, heads for the customs gate, he gets to decide which of his three passports to use a privilege that his Russian clients would pay up to 5 million euros to enjoy.
(The Moscow Times)
Russia is expected to switch from a traditional paper passport to its electronic analogue, which is expected to be assigned from birth instead of the current age of 14 years, starting from 2015.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Up to a quarter of Russias population could lose their rights to a pension under new proposals from the government.
(Izvestia)
CRIME
Moscows Presnensky District Court ordered Orkhan Zeinalov, the suspected killer of a 25-year-old Russian man in Moscows southern neighborhood of Biryulyovo, to remain behind bars until December 10.
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
A purge of illegal migrant workers is starting in Moscow, following a riot last weekend following the murder of a Russian man thought by police to have been committed by a foreign national. Meanwhile, several employees of the Federal Migration Service in south Moscow have been fired in connection with the incident.
(Moskovskiye Komsomolets)
First results of the recent amnesty for business related crimes over a thousand people have been freed from custody.
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
EMERGENCIES
The Russian Emergencies Ministry is about to receive a new outfit and equipment for rescuers. An interview with Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
HEALTHCARE
With Brazil sharply boosting its spending on medicine for public health programs, a Russian biopharmaceutical company has decided to make its first international foray in the South American country.
(The Moscow Times)
SPORTS
Top seed Richard Gasquet overcame a second-set hiccup to reach the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday, defeating Yevgeny Donskoy in three sets.
(Kommersant)
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