Russian news items posted to Russian Notes by Dr. Bruce Holl
IN ENGLISH
Interfax: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has demanded that the government suspend its decision on selling grain on exchanges and revisit the process by which grain is sold out of the country’s Intervention Fund.”
International Herald Tribune: “The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday sought to play down the expulsion of a British correspondent based in Moscow, saying that he had violated rules for journalists but that he could return if he agreed to abide by them.”
ITAR-TASS: “Three suspected accomplices to terrorists who committed the terror act at the Domodedovo airport on January 24 were arrested in Ingushetia on Wednesday, a source in the Magas city court told Itar-Tass.” Russia Today is reporting that “Russia’s Investigative Committee reports four suspects apparently involved in the terrorist act at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, which claimed the lives of 36 people, have been detained in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.”
RFE/Radio Liberty: “Members of the Russian opposition Yabloko party’s youth branch were detained February 8 while picketing the Central Election Commission office in Moscow, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports.”
RIA Novosti: “Russian opposition activist Igor Berezyuk has been charged with instigating mass disturbances, provoking race hate and using violence against police, his lawyer said on Wednesday.”
ПО-РУССКИ
Би-би-си: “Городской суд столицы Ингушетии Магаса санкционировал взятие под стражу нескольких подозреваемых по делу о взрыве в аэропорту Домодедово 24 января“.
Газета.ru: “Президент России Дмитрий Медведев потребовал приостановить продажу зерна через торги из-за опасности коррупции”.
Лента.ru: “Журналист британской газеты The Guardian Люк Хардинг отверг озвученные МИД РФ объяснения причин своей высылки. Об этом высланный из России спецкор сообщил РИА Новости во вторник, 8 февраля”.
Полит.ru: “В новых стандартах образования для старшеклассников математика присутствует в списке обязательных предметов, однако предусмотрены разные уровни ее преподавания”.
Эхо Москвы: “Следствие предъявило обвинение активисту ‘Другой России’ Игорю Березюку в призывах к массовым беспорядкам на Манежной площади”.