MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti)
POLITICS
President Vladimir Putin relieved Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov of his duties on Tuesday, and appointed Sergei Shoigu as his replacement
(Vedomosti, Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, The Moscow Times)
The newly elected Georgian parliament has set up a special commission for the normalization of relations with Russia
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Despite having announced ambitious privatization plans, the government might still seek to expand its role in the economy through state-owned companies, which have been used as cash-cows in recent years to finance big infrastructure and social projects
(The Moscow Times)
OIL & GAS
Russia’s largest independent gas producer Novatek has signed a deal to buy a 49 percent stake in Northgas from R.E.D.I. Holdings for $1.375 billion
(Vedomosti, Kommersant)
Gazprom has signed a revised gas price deal with Poland’s PGNiG, bringing the terms of its natural gas deliveries into line with trends on spot gas markets
(Vedomosti, Kommersant)
WORLD
Tens of millions of Americans turned out to vote Tuesday in a presidential election pitting Democratic incumbent Barack Obama against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, encountering long lines and a range of technical problems to cast their ballots in the hotly contested race
(Vedomosti, Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday set up an ad hoc commission to probe the reasons for the slow ballot count after voting in October 28 elections
(Kommersant)
The Republican party will keep its majority in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Congress, several US television networks projected Tuesday evening based on returns in Congressional races nationwide
(Kommersant)
IT
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer breezed into Moscow on Tuesday to hype mobile devices using the newest version of the U.S. software giant’s operating system, Windows 8
(The Moscow Times)
CRIME
Moscow investigators say migrant labors from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were kept as slaves at one of the stores in the Russian capital
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
SPORTS
Russia needs to make use of its home advantage in the upcoming Olympic test events in Sochi, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said
(Kommersant)
Dieudonne Mbokani's first-half goal was enough to give Anderlecht a 1-0 win over a woeful Zenit St. Petersburg side in Brussels on Tuesday and revive the Belgians' Champions League campaign
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
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