PRESS DIGEST - Russia - June 10

MOSCOW, June 10 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

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- The main shareholder of Russia-based International Industrial Bank [IIBNK.UL], Sergei Pugachev, is ready to sell his stakes in shipbuilding companies to ease the bank's liquidity problem.

- Fishermen in the Russian Far East are complaining that 27 fishing boats are stuck at anchor as their owners have failed to pay off loans from Vnesheconombank.

VEDOMOSTI

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- Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) is said to be in talks on selling its stake in Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo in charge of gas supplies to Ukraine, the daily says.

VREMYA NOVOSTEI

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- Russia's Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov promised on Wednesday to cut the number of servicemen in its Black Sea fleet.

- Secondary eduction in Russia will remain free of charge, Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko says in an interview in connection with reforms of the budget sector.

ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA

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- Russian scientists involved in nuclear weapons will get a substantial pay raise under a state programme on development of nuclear sector to be approved by the government.

- Russia's security forces have captured one of the leaders of Islamists in the Caucasus responsible for hundreds of deaths in the region.

IZVESTIA

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- Russia has no plans to build new military bases abroad, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdukov said on Wednesday.

- Russia is buying a 51 percent stake in Canadian Uraniun company to meet its demand for uranium, the daily says citing Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko.

- Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and Economics Minister Elvira Nabiullina are the most unpopular ministers, the daioly reports, citing a street poll by VTsIOM polling agency.

NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

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- President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will continue the intrigue over who will run for president in 2012 to avoid splitting of political elites, the daily says.