PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - August 16
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- Russia could become the world's largest exporter of wheat in 2016, the daily says. This year in Russia a record harvest grain is expected (114-118 million tons), according to the Russian grain union.
- A month before State Duma elections, the opposition has begun an information campaign against the party in power, United Russia, the daily reports.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- The daily says that internal reform in the Investigative Committee carried out by its chairman Alexander Bastrykin has coincided with a large corruption scandal, as a result of which high-ranking Investigative Committee officers have been arrested.
IZVESTIA
www.izvestia.ru
- Official representatives of the central bank told the newspaper that there have been no successful hacker attacks on accounts of Russian banks for the last 5 months. (Reporting by Margarita Popova)
