PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Feb 22
The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- Levada Analytical Center (Levada Center), a Russian non-governmental research organization, reported about the reduced willingness of the Russians to defend their rights. The proportion of respondents who believe that they can not protect their rights increased from 17 percent to 25 percent in comparison with March 2015, daily said.
- Russia's largest automaker AVTOVAZ began sales of the new model sedan Vesta in Germany at a price of 12 490 - 13 250 Euro, daily reports.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- The Ministry of the North Caucasus plans to modernize the ports of the Caspian basin and to build a new deepwater port on the territory of Dagestan. The goal is to create a new transport corridor, which will connect Russia with Iran and India, newspaper reports.
RBC
www.rbc.ru
- Holding "Miratorg", Russia's largest meat producer, began manufacturing leather for salons of cars and pet food, the newspaper said, citing President of the company Victor Linnik.
($1 = 57.8590 Rub)
(Reporting by Margarita Popova; Editing by Aleksandar Vasovic)
