PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - SEPT 1
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The government will introduce import taxes on aircraft that have been used abroad for more than 12 years as a measure to support Russian aircraft producers.
- Russian gas firm Gazprom is warning the government that raising its tax burden in 2017 could force the state company to cut investment projects.
- The first charter flights to Turkey are scheduled for Sept. 3 from Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, according to Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency.
- The minimum annual bonuses paid to top financial managers of Russian private firms vary from 36 million roubles ($552,062) to 606 million roubles ($9.29 million), about 15 percent more than their Western counterparts earn, the daily says.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Kaspersky Laboratory is setting up a Computer Emergency Response Service which could handle computer security incidents occurring at nuclear plants or in the oil and gas industry. The daily doubts, however, that Russia's major state companies will want to share information on their company's weak spots.
- RusHydro CEO Nikolai Shulginov says in an interview that an agreement on selling 4.88 percent of the company's treasury shares to Japanese Mitsui could be signed during the Economic Forum currently taking place in Russia's Vladivostok.
IZVESTIA
www.izvestia.ru
- About 80 percent of Russia's population supports teaching of "patriotism and basic military skills" at secondary schools, the Levada Centre pollster says.
- A Finance Ministry proposal to raise the tax burden on the oil and gas industry could reduce oil refining by 40 million tonnes a year, the daily says.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
www.ng.ru
- Russia plans to reduce infant mortality by 11 percent by 2018, which could be possible due to the launching of 28 new prenatal medical centres with 3,400 well trained doctors, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova is quoted as saying. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry is planning to cut budget spending on healthcare services again, the daily says. ($1 = 65.2100 roubles) (Reporting By Tatiana Ustinova)
