Russian News Monitor – Russia sees nuke deal with U.S. by January (The Record and Herald News)

Russia sees nuke deal with U.S. by January (The Record and Herald News)
MOSCOW — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year’s end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.

Austrian chancellor to visit Russia on November 10-11 (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann will hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his November 10-11 visit to Russia.

Russia submits energy security proposals to EU – paper (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Russia’s Energy Ministry has submitted to the European Commission proposals on an early warning system against disruptions in energy supplies to Europe, a Russian business daily said on Monday.

Putin Says Berlin Wall’s Fall Spurred Russian-German ‘Trust’ (Bloomberg)
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunification the following year transformed Germany’s relations with Russia, bringing “a feeling of trust and gratitude,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

Anti-crisis measures still needed, Putin says (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 09.11.2009, Moscow 14:44:53. The upturn in Russia’s economy does not mean that there is no longer a need for anti-crisis measures, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at today’s meeting of the foreign investment council in Moscow.

Top Russian court set to rule on death penalty moratorium (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
On behalf of a request from the Russian Supreme Court as of October 29, the Constitutional Court of Russia will consider at its plenary session on Monday whether capital punishment could again be legal from January 1.

Russian ministries devise plan for promoting innovations (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 09.11.2009, Moscow 12:35:59. The Russian Economic Development and Education and Science Ministries have prepared a joint plan for promoting innovative activities in Russia, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina announced today at the legislators’ council meeting at the Federation Council.

Russian police officer who asked Putin for corruption probe fired (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
A police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk has been fired after posting a video on the web asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a nationwide corruption probe, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday

For Russia’s Communists, Ousting Putin Is a Priority (New York Times)
Leaders of Russia’s largest opposition faction have made it clear that they prefer the current president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, to his predecessor, Vladimir V. Putin.

Putin feels a certain nostalgia for former East Germany – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Moscow – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was fond of his life in the former communist East Germany, where he was based as a KGB officer up until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, he said in an interview on Russia’s NTW television Sunday. I …

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