PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Sept 30
MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The government is ready to sacrifice the savings of pensioners to fill a gap between budget spending and revenues next year, the daily says, referring to a decision to extend a freeze on the accumulative part of the pension system in 2016.
- One of the aims of Russia's deployment of its aircraft in Syria is to restrict the freedom of the U.S. armed forces and its allies in the region.
- The economy ministry has decided to postpone drilling work on Russia's Arctic off-shore fields for the next two-three years.
- The finance ministry is suggesting cutting spending on communication infrastructure for the 2018 World Cup and the 2017 Confederation Cup by almost 1.6 billion roubles.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Gazprom and Shell are in talks on the joint development of Russia's Sakhalin offshore fields.
- The international information center to coordinate the actions of Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq against Islamic State militants could start its work in Baghdad in October-November.
- Several dozen Russian veterans of military conflicts in Chechnya and Ukraine's Donetsk and Lugansk rebel regions are now ready to fly to the Middle East to fight against Islamic State.
IZVESTIA
www.izvestia.ru
- A communist deputy of parliament Vadim Solovyev is preparing a bill to introduce criminal responsibility for slandering Russia and the activity of state structures.
- Austrian SOLVE Consulting Managementberutung GmbH will help Russia to launch health resorts in the North Caucasus which should become Russia's Baden-Baden, according to a deputy minister on the North Caucasus region Odes Baisultanov.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
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- Russia's former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has said that pivoting eastwards will not help Russia to cope with its economic crisis much.
- The United States has rejected Russia's initiative at the U.N. Security Council to take urgent measures to settle conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa.
- President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided if he will take part in the next presidential election scheduled for 2018.
ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA
www.rg.ru
- Russia will most likely have to challenge the results of the international investigation into the crash of the Malaysian airliner Boeing-777 over Ukraine last year. The report is scheduled to be made public on Oct. 13.
RBC
www.rbc.ru
- Transaero former board director Olga Pleshakova has announced she is leaving the company, handing her stake to her husband Alexander who will now control 60 percent of the second largest airline.
- Almost 70 percent of Russians are against Russia's direct support of Syria, and 33 percent of those asked showed no interest in relations between Russia and Syria, according to a survey by Levada.
(Reporting by Tatiana Ustinova; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
