PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Dec 8
MOSCOW, Dec 8 (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
www.vedomosti.ru
- Russian Agricultural Bank saw a loss of some 70 billion roubles ($1.01 billion) in January-September, the paper writes.
- Russian sanctions against Turkey could result in a reduction of Turkey's GDP by 0.3 to 0.7 percent, the paper writes, citing a report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- Russian grain prices dropped some 5 percent in the past two weeks, the paper writes, citing statistics.
- Russian bank VTB together with French company Semmaris plan to invest some 40 billion roubles ($574.86 million) in the next three years in the development of an agricultural cluster outside Moscow, the daily says.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Russia will finish building 440 military infrastructure objects in the Arctic before the end of 2015 and will conduct several military exercises in the region in 2016, the paper writes.
- Some 33 percent of Russians think the authorities will more actively pursue the opposition in the near future, the paper writes, citing a recent Levada Centre poll.
RBK
www.rbcdaily.ru
- Some 55 percent of Russians are not ashamed of their homeland, while 85 percent would rather be Russian citizens than citizens of another country, the paper writes, citing a recent Levada Centre poll. ($1 = 69.5825 roubles) (Compiled by Ludmila Danilova)
