POLITICS

 

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said the issue of the Moldovan breakaway republic of Transdnestr could be resolved by means of Transdnestr joining Moldova as a federative state

(Kommersant)

 

Russia’s ruling United Russia party considers introducing a draft law that will prohibit media specifying the ethnic background of a person who committed a crime or of the crime victim

(Nezavisimaya Gazeta, The Moscow Times)

 

Investigators have summoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to face charges Monday in connection with his work with Kirov’s governor in 2009, a once-dead case that seems to have taken on new life after Navalny accused Russia’s top investigator of concealing business interests

(The Moscow Times)

 

OIL & GAS

 

Azerbaijan eyes a possibility of joining the Nabucco West gas pipeline, said Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev

(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

 

DEFENSE

 

The formidable Su-30 fighter is a staple of the country’s arms exports, but machine tools from Germany and the Czech Republic have taken over an essential role in making them

(The Moscow Times)

 

Russian and Ukrainian sailors held their first joint parade in Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Crimea on Sunday to celebrate Russia’s Navy Day

(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

 

WORLD

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for “a strong and credible military threat” in order to force Iran to stop its nuclear program. U.S. republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he viewed Israel’s stance on Iran “with great seriousness.”

(Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

 

Joint UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has expressed concern over the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where the Syrian Army launched an anti-opposition operation on Friday

(Vedomosti, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

 

SOCIETY

 

Russia’s controversial election chief dressed up as a character from a Jules Verne novel and flew into a pro-Kremlin youth camp in a hot-air balloon on Friday

(Kommersant)

 

Arsen Galstyan dedicated his Olympics gold medal to those affected by recent floods in the Krasnodar region

(The Moscow Times)

 

ENVIRONMENT

 

Forest fires continue to rage in Siberia on a total area of over 23,000 hectares, with the worst of the blazes concentrated in the Tomsk Region

(Kommersant)

 

COAL PRODUCTION

 

Russia’s safety watchdog Rostekhnadzor will inspect all coal producing mines in Siberia following a fire at the Komsomolets coal mine in the Kemerovo Region

(Vedomosti)

 

SPORTS

 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has proposed using the experience of the London Olympics in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia’s Sochi

(Vedomosti)

 

Russian judoka Arsen Galstyan won his country's first Olympic gold medal in London on Saturday, beating Japan's Hiroaki Hiraoka in the 60-kilogram final

(Kommersant)

 

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