PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - MAY 30
MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
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- Russia's former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is trying to convince President Vladimir Putin in the need of easing geopolitical tension to encourage investment from abroad which Russia's economy sorely needs, the daily writes.
- The Communications Ministry has worked out a draft law which gives the state the right to monitor critically minded Internet resources working in Russia, the daily says.
- President Putin has approved to channel 100 billion roubles ($1.51 billion) from the budget into the modernisation of the regional aircraft Illyushin 114 and the four-engine, long-haul Illyushin 96 designed for long distances.
KOMMERSANT
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- The Communications Ministry recommends that Russia's military and state officials should be banned from using mobile message systems Gmail and Google for exchanging e-mails. The proposal has been sent to President Putin for the approval, the daily says.
- Demand for trips organized by travel agencies with packages exceeding 500,000 roubles ($7,560) has grown by up to 30 percent for some destinations despite the general worsening of the situation in tourist industry, the daily reports.
- State-paid allowances for jobless people could be doubled to 8,000 roubles ($121), but only for those who are "in an active search for a new job".
MOSKOVSKY KOMSOMELTS
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- Russian higher schools are virtually training specialists for foreign companies as young graduates later prefer to work for Western companies, the daily writes, referring to the fact that emigration to Europe and the United States has grown more than 4 times in the last five years. (Reporting By Tatiana Ustinova)
