PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Sept 11
MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
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- Almost a quarter of the growth in tax revenues this year, 225 billion roubles ($3.3 billion), will come from improvements in their collection, the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday.
- Sweden's IKEA furniture and accessories retailer is planning to open five more stores in Moscow in addition to the three already functioning in the capital.
- AFK Sistema is seen as the main bidder for a 25 percent stake in Intourist, one of Russia's oldest travel agencies controlling seven hotels in Moscow and several abroad.
KOMMERSANT
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- The government will consider spending on defence and the social sector on Friday. The Cabinet will take a decision on the level at which pensions will be indexed to inflation next year and on the salaries of budget officials.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
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- Russia could sign an agreement with Belarus on setting up an air base on the territory of its neighbour and reinforcing its 7th division of airborne troops based in Novorossiisk by deploying an air assault regiment in the Crimean town of Dzhankoi, the paper reports.
ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA
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- Russia suggests that costs for hosting refugees should be imposed on states which caused instability on the territories the refugees are fleeing from, the daily says.
- Russia is planning to use its new anti-aircraft system Pantsir-S, deployed on the Arctic island of Kotelny, to defend Arctic areas.
RBC
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- A company controlled by a restaurateur Evgeny Prigozhin, an acquaintance of President Vladimir Putin, has apparently won a tender for a 3.3 billion rouble project to build a Russian military base near the border with Ukraine in the Belgorod region, the daily says, referring to a state procurement website. ($1 = 68.0045 roubles) (Reporting By Tatiana Ustinova)
