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PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Nov 2

Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:48am EST

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MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

www.kommersant.ru

- Russia's mortgage agency has decided to restructure for the second time mortgagae loans debts to help borrowers live through the crisis.

- Russia's Alfa Group wants to consolidate its stakes in the country's third-largest wireless operator MegaFon and Turkey's Turkcell (TCELL.IS)," Alexei Reznikovich, Chief Executive of Alfa's telecoms arm Altimo, says in an interview.

VEDOMOSTI

www.vedomosti.ru

- The rate of popularity of the Medvedev-Putin tandem fell in October, the daily quotes the data obtained by Russia's two leading public opinion polls conducted last week.

- Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is ready to invest in the reconstruction of one of the hydro-power stations controlled by state-owned RusHydro in exchange for cheap energy.

ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA

www.rg.ru

- Fishermen in Russia's Far East are facing problems with delivering their record high catch of salmon this year to consumers in the European part of the country, the daily reports.

- Russia's Constitutional Court is to decide on Monday on the fate of the moratorium on death penalty which expires next year.

IZVESTIA

www.ivestia.ru

- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned the EU of possible problems with gas shipments to European consumers because of Ukraine's energy payment problems, the daily reports.

- The government will allocate 26 billion roubles to support four commercial companies, including the united grain company which is due to buy out grain at fixed prices from local farmers.

NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

www.ng.ru

- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned against attempts to rehabilitate those responsible for extermination of their own people in Stalinist purges, under the pretext of restoration of historical truth, the daily reported.

- Russian and British foreign ministers are unlikely to succeeed in overcoming main problems poisoning bilateral ties, the daily reports ahead of British Foreign Secretary David Milliband's visit to Moscow that starts on Monday.



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