POLITICS
Flamboyant lawmaker and author Alexei Mitrofanov will likely be given a leadership position in the State Duma amid bribery allegations against him.
(The Moscow Times)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has allowed the Renault-Nissan alliance to buy a controlling stake in Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ.
(Kommersant)
The financial markets watchdog could be fully absorbed into the Central Bank by the end of next year, deputy Central Bank chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said.
(The Moscow Times)
The government reworked a draft budget for 2013-2015. According to the new draft, the government rejected many of the Kremlin’s initiatives.
(Kommersant)
SOCIETY
Russian nationals should not hit back at police officers who beat them, says a Supreme Court resolution. Rights advocates say this gives riot police carte blanche to beat opposition supporters at rallies.
(Kommersant)
City Hall will give priority to road-building over new home construction in the expanded Moscow, the city’s chief construction official said.
(The Moscow Times)
The office of the Ura.ru news agency in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has been searched over a fraud case. The agency says the case has been fabricated.
(Vedomosti)
Eight-year old Dasha Popova who was abducted in south Russia more than a week ago has been discovered safe and sound.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
DEFENSE
The U.S. plans to deploy a European missile defense system may be revised. The National Research Council recommended that the White House give up the plans to deploy SM-3 interceptors in Poland, establishing a new missile defense site on U.S. territory instead. Sources say the final decision will only be made after the U.S. presidential elections.
(Kommersant)
Weapons contracts with Iraq worth $4.3 billion will make up for Russia’s Arab Spring-caused losses in Libya and Syria.
(Vedomosti)
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