08.10 Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, October 8, 2013
POLITICS
The signing of a visa facilitation agreement between Moscow and Brussels cannot be sped up artificially, says the European Unions new ambassador to Russia, former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas U?ackas.
(Kommersant)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry praised Syria for complying so far with its obligations to eliminate its chemical weapons and called for an international conference to draft further steps next month.
(The Moscow Times)
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Russian telecommunications company Rostelecoms capital expenditure will total no more than 10 percent of its earnings by 2018. The long-distance telephone providers strategy stipulates that it would spend less on network construction and earn more as a provider of internet access and additional services.
(Vedomosti)
Alaw introduced bythe Kremlin is raising hopes fora new era inthe development ofRussias offshore oil andgas riches bystreamlining theinvolvement offoreigners. Taking effect inJanuary, thelaw allows state-controlled giants Gazprom andRosneft totake onforeign companies tohelp extract reserves fromunder theseabed andprovides apartnership model that may prove lucrative for foreigners.
(The Moscow Times)
Audit Chamber head Tatyana Golikova has gotten broader powers to control the efficiency of budget spending than her predecessor Sergei Stepashin.
(Moskovskiye Novosti)
Deputy Mayor Marat Khusnullin has spoken out against building affordable housing inMoscow, arguing that expensive apartments are akey ingredient incontrolling migration rates.
(The Moscow Times)
RUSSIA
The international Circle of Light festival is winding down in Moscow. Farewell shows will be demonstrated at sites in the Russian capitals center and south.
(Moskovskiye Novosti)
The president has started reforming the countrys highest courts: Russias Supreme Arbitration Court will be abolished, and its powers will be given to the Supreme Court, whose composition will be reformed.
(Izvestia, Kommersant)
Ten months after thegovernment banned adoptions ofRussian children byUS citizens, the authorities say thenumber ofchildren adopted domestically will more than double bythis year's end amid increased state funding. Thanks toa range ofgovernment measures, thenumber ofadopted children inthe country will more than double to reach 15,000 bythe end of2013, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said.
(The Moscow Times)
SOCIETY
The widow of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London of radioactive poisoning in 2006, will insist on a public investigation of his death.
(Kommersant)
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