PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - May 5
MOSCOW, May 5 (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
- The thinktank led by former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin proposes raising the retirement age in Russia to 63 years for women and 65 years for men. As a result, the number of pensioners will be reduced by 9 percent, allowing the state to save on budget spending, the daily reports.
- The head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, said the company may partner with Novatek, a large Russian independent gas producer, to produce liquefied natural gas and development gas processing at the Tambeyskoye group of fields.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Military experts in Syria found out that snipers of Islamic State and the Nusra Front use Russian-made night vision equipment.
($1 = 57.5714 rub) (Reporting by Margarita Popova; Editing by Dmitry Solovyov)
