This week’s main political event was the scandal around an interview with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov that he gave to Reuters news agency on December 24. Reuters Moscow said some Internet media distorted the true meaning of what Kadyrov said and reported that Kadyrov called for an “attack against Ukraine and Georgia.”
On December 19, a memorial to WWII heroes in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city was demolishing killing two people. The demolition was condemned by the Russian authorities and Georgian opposition.
On December 23, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin gave his forecasts for 2010 and said that the government intends to bring inflation down to 6.5-7.5% next year.
Siberia and the Far East are experiencing this week the power of Russian winter. Studies in Kemerovo’s schools were canceled due to 30 degree below zero weather. Early on Wednesday, temperatures fell to minus 40 in Novosibirsk and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Yakutia is experiencing minus 60 now.
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