PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Nov 11
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
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- Russia's economy could begin a recovery in 2017 after two years of stagnation, the Finance Ministry forecasts.
- Almost 54 percent of Russians agreed in September that the current economic crisis had resulted from the annexation of Crimea and Russian support of rebels in eastern Ukraine. At the same time people expressed a readiness to put up with the problems for the sake of the "ambitious goal", according to the latest Levada survey.
- A group of major energy consumers, including Rosneft, Sibur, Rusal, Transneft and Metalloinvest, is challenging Rosatom's plans to launch nine new nuclear reactors by 2020, saying their construction will be very expensive and that the number of new reactors is excessive in the current conditions.
- The chief military prosecutor's office has confirmed the death of 12 Russian paratroopers from Pskov "outside the location of their main base". Their movements were regulated by an order from top military officials, the details of which were a state secret, the prosecutors said. Unofficially Russia's servicemen were reported to have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the daily adds.
KOMMERSANT
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- The head of Russian oil major Rosneft, Igor Sechin, is said to have asked President Vladimir Putin to scrap planned tax reforms for the oil sector, which are supported by lawmakers.
- Putin is planning to visit India in December to hold talks with the local leadership on establishing closer ties in the military and atomic energy spheres, on boosting investments and cooperation with the Russian-led customs union.
- Russia's Central Bank on Monday eliminated any boundaries for the rouble exchange rate, but promised to intervene if it saw signs that financial stability was threatened.
- The internal security service of Roscosmos has uncovered in the last four months an illegal scheme to transfer money to commercial companies as a result of which one billion roubles could be returned to the state by the end of the year, head of the state space agency Oleg Ostapenko says in an interview.
IZVESTIA
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- Russian citizens have bought $45 billion in dollars in the last eight months which is almost 50 percent more than last year, according to central bank statistics.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
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- Russia's central bank may have intentionally allowed the rouble to collapse to ensure purchases of foreign currency by market players and ease their payments to Western creditors, the daily says. Additionally, the rouble fall was good for Russia's budget, Grand Capital expert Yuri Prokudin is cited as saying.
MOSKOVSKY KOMSOMOLETS
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- Everything in Russia, including the rate of the national currency, is being regulated by the country's top leadership, the daily says referring to President Vladimir Putin's warning to market speculators during his visit to China after which the rouble rate against dollar and euro started to strengthen. (Reporting by Tatiana Ustinova)
