28.10 Russian Press at a Glance, Monday, October 28, 2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
POLITICS
About 4,500 activists marched in support of Russian political prisoners in downtown Moscow during an authorized rally on Sunday, according to police estimates. Although some participants said that closer to 10,000 people attended, the number was still well below the expected 20,000.
(Izvestia, Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomlets, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Georgians voted to elect a successor to outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has ruled the country since 2004. According to exit polls, an anti-Saakashvili politician, Giorgi Margvelashvili, will win in the first round with about 60 percent of the vote. However, the new presidents powers will be much more limited than those of his predecessor.
(Izvestia, Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomlets, RBC Daily, Vedomosti)
Leaders of ex-Soviet states gathered in the Belarusian capital Minsk late last week for two major events the summit of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia)
Sergei Mironov was re-appointed to the post of the chairman of the opposition A Just Russia party on Sunday.
(Izvestia, Kommersant, Moskovskiye Komsomlets Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
The entire membership of the Chechnya office of Russias opposition LDPR party left the party, media reported, citing offensive statements by its leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The leadership in Moscow said it had not been officially informed about the move so far.
(Kommersant, Izvestia, RBC Daily)
ECONOMY
The lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, approved the draft 2014 federal budget in the first reading Friday.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Political battles surrounding the US budget pushed the countrys consumer confidence index to a ten-month low of 73.2 points in October.
(Kommersant, Vedomosti)
The Russian Economic Development Ministry will reshuffle the staff at its trade missions worldwide, transferring specialists from Europe to CIS, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. According to the ministry, these regions have more interest in Russian business and investment.
(Izvestia)
BUSINESS
Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, has pumped the first oil from the West Qurna-2 project in Iraq and expects to start full-rate production in the coming months.
(Vedomosti)
Russias diamond monopoly Alrosa successfully held its IPO, raising $1.3 billion by selling just 16 percent of its stock. The largest investor was the Lazard group.
(Vedomosti)
Dmitry Rogozin, Russias deputy prime minister in charge of space and defense industries, held a conference to discuss the ongoing construction of the Vostochny space launch center in Russias Far East. The meeting unveiled a strange fact the number of those officially employed in the construction of the largest project in Russia today differs significantly from the actual number.
(Izvestia)
Sales of new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5 began in Russia on Thursday night, but demand was muted.
(Vedomosti)
Russian telecoms operators will be bound to send free warning messages to subscibers in the event of major emergencies.
(Izvestia)
SOCIETY
Economic stagnation and the need to cut budget spending has created additional problems for Russias already troubled healthcare sector.
(Izvestia, Vedomosti)
CRIME
An agent from the Belarus KGB apparently tried to detain a Russian citizen at a rail station in the Russian capital. The target, Dmitry Savoilov, is a former top manager of the Belarus Potash Company one of the key players in a major trade dispute between Moscow and Minsk.
(Novaya Gazeta)
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