POLITICS
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich’s proposal to introduce border controls to prevent illegal immigration from neighboring countries, as well as similar statements by French officials, make the revision of the European Union’s border policy almost inevitable.
(Kommersant)
The Kremlin campaign to dismiss unpopular regional governors has continued with the State Duma considering a bill reintroducing the direct election of governors in Russia.
(Moskovskie Novosti)
Former Russian Finance Minister is to launch a special committee to help prime minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin improve his strategic political and economic initiatives through cooperation with civil society. Some analysts view the committee as Putin’s response to President Dmitry Medvedev’s Open Government initiative.
(Izvestia)
Russian political parties have welcomed President Dmitry Medvedev’s proposal to grant them the right to withdraw their members from local election commissions.
(Kommersant)
Analysts have outlined five main problems to be primarily addressed by a new Moscow Region governor. The post is widely expected to be taken by Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu.
(Moskovskie Novosti)
BUSINESS&ECONOMY
Russian President-elect and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday urged state and municipal bodies to solely buy vehicles manufactured in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
(Vedomosti, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russia intends to spend around 1.3 trillion rubles ($44 billion) on economic and social projects in the Arctic until 2020, the Russian minister for regional development, Viktor Basargin, said in an interview with the government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta published on Thursday.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot may fail to fulfill its development strategy until 2025, the Oliver Wymen consulting firm warns.
(Vedomosti)
The Russian antimonopoly watchdog has allowed a company affiliated with the country’s largest retail savings bank, Sberbank, to purchase 100 percent of shares of Russia’s oldest golf club.
(Vedomosti)
SPORTS
A state lottery corporation may appear in Russia ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
(Kommersant)
HEALTH
Russian medics have voiced concerns that the 19 billion rubles ($645 million) that the government plans to allocate this year to fight HIV will not be enough to prevent an epidemic facing the country.
(Kommersant)
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