Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, December 21, 2010

POLITICS

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that police had only arrested "two or three" presidential candidates in Sunday's riots
(Vedomosti, Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ignored outrage from European leaders over Belarussian presidential elections by calling the vote and the ensuing violence in Minsk a "domestic affair"
(The Moscow Times)

Dmitry Medvedev and Valdis Zatlers, the presidents of Russia and Latvia, have agreed to set up a commission to guard against distortions of the two countries' shared past, following talks on Monday
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Ukrainian Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said the country's Prosecutor General's Office brought official charges against her for misusing government funds
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

Russia’s Ulyanovsk and Kirov regions seek unification with the republic of Tatarstan to become a unified Kazan Territory
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Uralkali, Russia’s largest potash miner by market value, officially launched a $7.8 billion friendly takeover of domestic rival Silvinit
(The Moscow Times, Vedomosti)

VimpelCom's $6.6 billion bid for telecoms assets owned by Weather Investments received a major setback Monday when Norwegian shareholder Telenor said it would not back the deal
(The Moscow Times)

SOCIETY

The St. Petersburg City Court banned the construction of towering buildings in the historical center in yet another measure that makes Gazprom's Okhta Center project impossible
(The Moscow Times, Kommersant)

As heavy snowfalls keep pouring over Europe hundreds of Russians remain trapped in various European airports
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Russia needs migrant workers. An interview with human rights activist Mikhail Fedotov
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

TECHNOLOGY

An exclusive interview with Anatoly Chubais, the head of Russia's state-owned nanotechnology corporation RusNano
(Vedomosti)

CRIME

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against officials responsible for releasing suspects linked to the killing of an ethnic Russian that sparked violence in Moscow
(The Moscow Times)

SPORTS

Alexander Krasnenkov, one of Gazprom’s top managers and the president of Spartak St. Petersburg basketball club, was elected as the new head of the Russian Basketball Federation
(Kommersant)

MOSCOW

City Hall dispatched thousands of snowplows and tractors to clear snow from Moscow's streets, even as drivers stood in near-record traffic jams
(The Moscow Times, Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

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