14.10 Russian Press at a Glance, Monday, October 14, 2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
POLITICS
The Kremlins Human Rights Council approved on Friday a proposal for a planned mass amnesty at the request of President Vladimir Putin, who will receive the proposal for his ratification on October 15.
(Vedomosti, Kommersant)
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to China at the end of October.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Senior Russian lawmakers and pundits have accused the Nobel Committee of bias for failing to grant this year's Nobel Peace Prize to President Vladimir Putin, after the award went to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, on Friday.
(The Moscow Times)
More restrictions could be on the way for Russian media and the Internet, as part of an effort to fight terrorism. Representatives of Russias National Antiterror Committee are to meet Monday to decide what additional measures are needed.
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
One of Russias richest men, Arsenal football club shareholder Alisher Usmanov, plans to invest $50 million in the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia's high-tech development center.
(Vedomosti)
A possible default in the United States may weaken the Russian currency, sending the ruble down to the rate of 34-35 rubles per dollar.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
OIL & GAS
The US will become the world's largest oil producer next year, overtaking Russia thanks to its shale oil boom, which has remade the global energy landscape, the West's energy watchdog said.
(The Moscow Times)
WORLD
British policemen arrested four people in London suspected of terrorism.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
ENVIRONMENT
Having polluted the world's largest fresh water reservoir for almost half a century, the huge tattered buildings of the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill finally stand silent and abandoned.
(The Moscow Times)
IT
State-controlled telecom operator Rostelecom plans to launch a new Internet search engine, in what critics see as an effort to put a pro-Kremlin spin on search results, but experts doubt the $20 million invested in the project so far will help it beat Google or Yandex.
(The Moscow Times)
CRIME
Police in the Russian capital say they have detained around 400 people on disorder offenses, after protests over a recent murder in southern Moscow turned violent and were aimed at so-called internal migrants.
(Izvestia, Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomolets, Novaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, The Moscow Times, Vedomosti,)
ACCIDENTS
Thirteen people were killed and three injured in a head-on collision between a light commercial vehicle (LCV) and a minibus near Samara in Russias Volga area.
(Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomolets)
CULTURE
Russian famous film and theater actress Olga Aroseva died at the age of 87.
(Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomolets, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Vedomosti)
American action film star Steven Seagal will become the public face of a new Russian firearm, the actor announced at a Moscow news conference.
(The Moscow Times)
SPORTS
Russia is on the brink of qualifying for a first football World Cup in 12 years after beating Luxembourg 4-0 on Friday to take a four-point lead over Portugal in Group F.
(Kommersant)
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