PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - May 13
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- Russia's Labour Ministry is discussing a possibility of imposing a tax on those who are officially jobless and do not pay social taxes.
- Russia could face an oversupply of gasoline and diesel fuel resulting from their growing output.
- Sberbank is planning to raise "basic payments" to the members of its Supervisory Council by 40 percent to make up for the rouble's volatility.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Russia reserves the right to withdraw from the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, the daily writes citing a military official in connection with the launch of the first ground-based U.S. missile defence system in Romania.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
www.ng.ru
- Russia could take retaliatory measures against Romania and Poland if they allow deployment of new U.S. missile systems on their territory, the daily says.
ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA
www.rg.ru
- Militants of the Nusra Front are delivering self-made chemical weapons containing chlorine to Syria's Aleppo province, according to Russia's military sources and local citizens.
RBK
www.rbc.ru
- Sergei Vinokurov, the deputy head of Russia's intelligence service who used to be in charge of strategic planning, has apparently resigned, the daily concludes after having analyzed income declarations of top Russian officials.
- Last year gasoline consumption in Russia shrank by 1.3 percent for the first time in the last 15 years, trailing a decline in car sales, the daily says.
MOSKOVSKY KOMSOMOLETS
www.mk.ru
- The popular daily suggests that the Russian authorities should distance themselves Syria's leadership. The war in Syria should not become Russia's own war, the daily says in connection with a new death of a Russian serviceman in the country. (Reporting By Tatiana Ustinova)
