Russia 110224 Basic Political Developments



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Russia 110224

Basic Political Developments


  • Japan drops term "illegal occupation" with respect to South Kurils

  • Medvedev to meet Spanish King, businessmen in St. Pete

    • Medvedev to meet with King of Spain, open Year of Spain in Russia. - Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov who heads the Russian part of the intergovernmental economic cooperation commission noted that Russia was interested in high technologies which Spain develops in various fields - from railway transport to energy conservation.

    • King Juan Carlos I of Spain to visit Russia to launch the Year of Spain in Russia

  • Putin arrives in Brussels for economic cooperation talks - The main program of Putin's working visit will begin on Thursday, February 24: he will take part in a meeting in the Russian government - European Commission format, and have talks with European Commission President Jos· Manuel Barroso and European Union President Herman Van Rompuy

    • Putin in Brussels to discuss Russia- EU ties - The Russian delegation consists of senior Russian government officials including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina and Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko.

    • Russia-EU relations: What's new? - By Vladimir Chizhov

    • Mr. Putin Goes to Brussels – by Chris Weafer - UralSib
      Putin set to resume battle with Barroso - By Peter Spiegel in Brussels

    • Bereaved sons and mothers urge Barroso to be brave with Putin – by ANDREW RETTMAN

    • Russia to make concession on mobile roaming rates - Russian rates up to six times higher than in EU currently

  • Moscow mayor to arrive in S Korea on working visit - In addition to a conversation with Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon, Sobyanin plans meetings with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs Chung Jong-hwan.

  • Russia’s non-acceptance of attempts to whip up tensions in the region - Russia will not accept the attempts to whip up tensions in the Middle East and North African countries Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday in a phone conversation to Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa.

  • Russian emergencies ministry planes evacuate 339 people from Libya

    • Tatneft Employees and Families Successfully Evacuated From Libya

  • U.S. reiterates call for further arms reduction talks with Russia

  • U.S., Russia clash over shared missile program - Moscow would get a role in NATO defense. By Douglas Birch

  • Agency Chief Outlines Threat Reduction Strategy - New START provides for fewer inspections than the previous START treaty, he said, in part because the new treaty combines some types of inspections, and also because “we’re talking about fewer weapons. The numbers are coming down.”

  • Dhaka, Moscow on the verge of N-power deal

  • Norway to strengthen military cooperation with Russia - Norway and Russia have good bilateral connections and we face the same challenges in the North, Faremo said after a meeting with Head of the Russian General Staff Army General Nikolay Makarov last week.

  • Georgia police foil attack by Russian-backed gang




  • A delegation of the Federal Customs Service of Russia will visit Abkhazia

  • Azerbaijan intends to start demarcation of borders with Russia in 2nd half of 2011

  • Russia offers Azerbaijan to organize armored vehicle production - Rosoboronexport offered Azerbaijan to organize the licensed production of "Tiger" armored vehicles in the country, Assistant to the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Azad Mammadov told ARMS-TASS at the 10th International Salon of Weapons and Military Equipment IDEX-2011 in Abu Dhabi.

  • In Kyrgyzstan to retune television receivers to First Russian TV channel new frequency

  • Soviet soldiers remembered in Cuba - Top Cuban military leaders and  diplomats from Russia, Belarus and other countries  laid floral tributes at a memorial to the Soviet Soldier-Internationalist in a Havana suburb on Wednesday.

  • Russian arms exports to soar - The backlog of orders for Russian armaments has grown substantially to $48 billion, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev said.

  • Russian military to purchase 600 planes, 100 ships

    • Russian Army to buy over 600 planes, 1,000 helicopters by 2020 - Defense Ministry

  • Russia tests new stealth fighter jet - The new experimental fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50 fighter plane has been successfully tested in Russia’s city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The stealth-designed aircraft is equipped with a new avionics complex and has a capacious inner weapon compartment.

    • Second Russian fifth-generation jet fighter completes first flight

  • Russia postpones navigation satellite launch from Plesetsk - The launch of the Glonass-K navigation satellite, scheduled to take place Thursday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia was postponed for 24 hours, a defense ministry spokesman said.

  • US leaves space for Russia - By the end of this year, NASA will no longer be able to send humans into space.

  • Ten-member gang behind attack on Moscow tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria

  • Militants' camp found in Kabardino-Balkaria - "Special task units found in the highland as well-hidden and well-equipped militants' base for eight people. The base could accommodate gunmen in the winter," spokesman for the National Antiterrorist Committee Nikolai Sintsov told Itar-Tass… He did not rule out that federal forces were confronting not one gang, but several, numbering five to eight gunman each.

  • Women Live in Fear During Chechnya's Islamic Revival – by Diana Markosian

  • Police seize 60 tonnes of alcohol in Siberia

  • Sexual minorities preparing pride parade in Moscow in May - The gay pride parade in Moscow is planned for May 28 this year.

  • Medvedev amends federal law on physical culture, sports

  • RIA Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, February 24, 2011

  • IOC looking into Vancouver-Russia secret deal

  • Village Miracle’s Glow Dims Under an Ex-Spy’s Glare - By ANDREW E. KRAMER

  • Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich set for court showdown with Boris Berezovksy over Sibneft - Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, and Boris Berezovksy, a fellow oligarch and foe of Vladimir Putin, are set to lock horns in a high-profile court battle.

  • Kremlin Sees Peril in Arab Unrest - By Nabi Abdullaev

  • Social Unrest in North Africa May Allow Russia to Redefine Itself as a More Stable Supplier of Energy for the European Community

  • Russia's stability in flux? - By Andrew Gardner

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