POLITICS
Russia and the European Union are holding a summit in Russia’s Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod to discuss the most important issues, with the vegetables ban in focus
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is entitled to environmental funding as a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol
(Kommersant)
Hu Jintao speaks in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta on the perspectives of cooperation with Russia, particularly in the sphere of energy
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was shown to the most dangerous waste-dump in Europe, located in Russia’s Volga Region city of Dzerzhinsk
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
ECONOMY BUSINESS
Belarus has secured $1 billion in addition to a loan from the EurAsEC anti-crisis fund and will receive the money within a month, head of Belarusian presidential administration Vladimir Makei said
(Kommersant)
A week of billion-dollar deals has injected new energy into the auto market’s recovery and put the government well on the way toward its goal of producing 80 percent of cars sold in Russia domestically
(The Moscow Times)
LAW
A prosecutor asked a Moscow court to fine human rights activist Oleg Orlov 150,000 rubles ($5,413) in a slander case involving Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov
(Kommersant)
WORLD
The vote on the UN Security Council resolution on Syria is expected to be tense, although Russia has made clear it is against any resolution as the situation in the country is not threatening to global security
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
DEFENSE
Russia does not view the talks with NATO over the European missile defense shield as deadlocked, but admits that the situation is difficult
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
SOCIETY
Sociologists say that one-fifth of Russians, who represent the young and well-educated population, want to leave Russia for another country
(Vedomosti)
Five residents have fled a home for the elderly in Vladivostok, saying in a YouTube appeal that management was stealing their property and forcing them to work by threatening unjustified psychiatric treatment
(The Moscow Times)
CRIME
Russian prosecutors overturned a decision to bring charges against two high-ranking police officials accused of receiving kickbacks from illegal gambling operators, in what observers say is the latest episode of a behind-the-scenes war between the Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Committee
(Vedomosti, Kommersant)
A group of alleged anarchists attacked a parking lot near a premium-class apartment building in western Moscow early Thursday, pelting cars with bricks, chunks of metal and self-made firebombs, city police said
(The Moscow Times)
CULTURE
DJ, king of electronic music and singer Moby performed tracks from his new album ‘Destroyed’ in Moscow. The concert was held on June 8 in Luzhniki. Before the concert, Moby visited a shopping center and got a star with his name in the Alley of Fame. After that he talked to the press
(Kommersant)
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