28.06 Russian Press at a Glance, Friday, June 28, 2013
POLITICS
Russias parliament has extended an invitation to fugitive ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden to help investigate whether American Internet firms provided information about Russian citizens to the US government.
(Kommersant)
US President Barack Obama said Thursday that he has not spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping or President Vladimir Putin about the US request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
(The Moscow Times)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot plans to leave the SkyTeam alliance, which it has been part of since 2006.
(Kommersant)
A company controlled by billionaire tycoon Arkady Rotenberg has purchased a controlling stake in the project to build a new air freight terminal at Sheremetyevo Airport, as well as shares in the existing terminal, Kommersant reported Thursday.
(The Moscow Times)
Russian oil giant Rosneft, hydropower holding company RusHydro and the nation's second-largest lender VTB Bank are among assets that should stay under state control, Economics Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said after presenting the governments new privatization plan for 2014-2016.
(Kommersant)
DEFENSE
Russias Defense Ministry has disclosed details of the timing of its plan to increase the share of modern weapons in the armed forces to 70 percent by 2020.
(Kommersant)
WORLD
The president of the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan signed a bill ordering the closure of a US airbase that serves as the main transit hub for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
(Kommersant)
Retired Marine Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright became the target of the US Justice Departments criminal investigation into a leak of classified information.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
A court in Tunisia has reviewed its sentence given to three Femen activists jailed for a topless protest and ruled to release them.
(Kommersant)
SCIENCE
The Russian government is to overhaul the nations Academy of Sciences, it announced on Thursday, including stripping it of the right to manage its property, in apparent impatience with the state of the organization.
(Kommersant)
REAL ESTATE
Authorities of the Moscow Region plan to ban the construction of residential apartment buildings that have more than nine floors.
(Vedomosti)
SPORTS
Arsenal midfielder and former Russia football captain Andrei Arshavin returned to his first club Zenit St. Petersburg on a free transfer on Thursday, signing a two-year contract.
(Kommersant)
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