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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07MOSCOW5745 | GOLOS INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DUMA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 press conference, the USAID-funded voting rights NGO Golos reported widespread violations and irregularities in the December 2 State Duma elections. While much of its information is anecdotal, Golos did provide cursory statistical findings of anomalies, most notab [...] | 2007-12-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5748 | LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF RECENT POLLING DATA [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5749 | CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...] | 2007-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5750 | LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF PUTIN'S PULL [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5751 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...] | 2007-12-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5752 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Kavkaztransgaz, Stavropol, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...] | 2007-12-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5753 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IT- [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, IT-Diagnostica, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...] | 2007-12-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5761 | RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...] | 2007-12-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW5762 | AFTER THE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With the messy Duma elections fast fading from memory here (although the final results will not be certified until at least December 10),attention has shifted to the March 2 presidential elections. The four parties in the new Duma have scheduled their congresses for mid-Decembe [...] | 2007-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5763 | RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS [...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...] | 2007-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV RS |
07MOSCOW5765 | REINVENTING THE RUSSIAN DRUG STORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Much like Russia's booming pharmaceuticals market (Ref A),the Russian pharmacy business is rapidly expanding. Major Russian drug store chains are consolidating their market-leading positions, but the industry is still relatively unconcentrated, with the leading drug store chai [...] | 2007-12-10 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD EINV EIND RS |
07MOSCOW5770 | VTB MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUND MURDERED NEAR MOSCOW [...] (U) On December 6, officials from the Moscow Oblast division of the General Procuracy's Investigation Committee discovered the body of VTB Managing Director for Corporate Clients Oleg Zhukovsky. He was found at the bottom of a swimming pool near his home in the Odintsovo region of suburban M [...] | 2007-12-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5771 | PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Representatives of United Russia, the Agrarian Party, Patriots of Russia, and Just Russia, headed by United Russia Chairman Gryzlov, asked December 10 for Putin's support for the presidential candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. The media report that Putin told Gryzlo [...] | 2007-12-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5773 | ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 3-5, the Russians lamented what, in their view, is a lack of genuine partnership at the ISTC and the neglect of Russia's rights and privileges und [...] | 2007-12-11 04:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
07MOSCOW5780 | RUSSIA: OHR DECISIONS AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on Russian allegations about the U.S. Deputy High Representative to MFA Counselor for Bosnia Ivan Gorbunov on December 10. Gorbunov undertook to pass the points to his superiors, and suffered no further comment on the matter. The Ambassador will reinforce U.S [...] | 2007-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK SRS RS |
07MOSCOW5781 | NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...] | 2007-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5782 | MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY - PUTIN [...] (C) Less than a day after Putin came out in support of Dmitriy Medvedev's candidacy for President, Medvedev revealed his campaign strategy: to run on the promise of picking Putin to serve as Premier. Endorsements of a host of regional authorities, as well as representatives of the President's [...] | 2007-12-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5784 | GREF CENTER'S VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC DIRECTION [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting, Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR or the Gref Center),the economic brain trust for the GOR's economic reforms in the early years of President Putin's administration, told econoff that while reform momentum has slowed th [...] | 2007-12-12 04:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PREL RS |
07MOSCOW579 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...] | 2007-02-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP RS IR |
07MOSCOW5794 | UNION STATE PRESIDENCY NOT ON PUTIN'S AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA strongly denied press rumors that Putin's December 13-14 trip to Minsk would create him president of a Russia-Belarus Union State, making it clear that Belarus had a long way to travel before it would be a partner for Russia. Putin's trip will focus on reviewing 2007's " [...] | 2007-12-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM BO RS |
07MOSCOW5795 | RUSSIA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN CFE TREATY [...] As expected, at midnight December 12, Moscow suspended participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Russia has suspended all actions under the Treaty, including exchanges of information on troop levels, and inspec [...] | 2007-12-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5796 | GETTING THE VOTE OUT: HOW UNITED RUSSIA PULLED OFF [...] (C) Summary: A comparison of electoral statistics from the December 2 Duma elections and the previous elections in a number of selected regions shows that United Russia's use of administrative assets to get out an increased number of voters made a difference in the December 2 Duma elections. [...] | 2007-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5798 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5800 | THE MEASURE OF THE MAN - "WHO IS MR. MEDVEDEV?" [...] (C) Despite his prominence as First Deputy Premier, Gazprom Board Chair, and earlier as Head of the Presidential Administration, Medvedev remains only somewhat less an enigma than his mentor Putin was when the latter was picked as Yeltsin's successor eight years ago. In the near unanimous app [...] | 2007-12-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | RS PINR PGOV |
07MOSCOW5802 | SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Poloff and UK Emboff jointly delivered draft Iraq UNSCR text and reftel points to MFA Counselor for International Organizations Yuriy Rudakov on December 13. Rudakov said that the MFA had received a copy of the draft from the Russian Mission in New York, and that the GOR had no major obj [...] | 2007-12-14 07:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East and North Africa Counselor Timur Zabirov. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated the importance of the Paris donors conference and Foreign Minister Lavrov would head the Russian delegation. He could not provide information on the level of Russian [...] | 2007-12-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMCT PREL PGOV KWBC KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5819 | EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Embassy Moscow's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is: Kathleen Doherty, Deputy Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs, 7 (495) 728-5179, DohertyKX@state.sgov.gov, DohertyKA@state.gov. 2. The Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is Clayton Hays, Financial Economist, 7 (49 [...] | 2007-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RS |
07MOSCOW5823 | KASPAROV DROPS OUT OF RACE FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Garry Kasparov announced December 13 that he will not be a candidate in the March 2 presidential elections. Kasparov made the decision one day after the Central Election Commission (CEC) held firm on its decision that at least 500 members of the United Civil Front (UCF) which [...] | 2007-12-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5824 | U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...] | 2007-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW5825 | RUSSIAN ELITES AHEAD OF RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of establishment analysts and Putin critics approach the ruling party's December 17 convention convinced that it is time for liberals, the Kremlin, and the West to come to grips with the changed political landscape following the December 2 Duma elections. With t [...] | 2007-12-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5828 | CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...] | 2007-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS |
07MOSCOW583 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS GAZPROM'S MILLER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller praised recent moves on domestic gas price reform, and said gas price rises to FSU countries would move forward in tandem, and assets are a part of the payment mix. Miller stressed plans in play to develop Yam [...] | 2007-02-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5831 | FEEL THE BURN: FITNESS CLUBS IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian fitness clubs are expanding and becoming increasing popular, suggesting that the notion of a healthy lifestyle may slowly be taking root in Russia. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ Fitness Clubs Pumping Up ------------------------ 2. (U) Although there are n [...] | 2007-12-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI SCUL RS |
07MOSCOW5835 | ROSNEFT CEO BOGDANCHIKOV OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS PINR |
07MOSCOW584 | UNHCR COMPLETES INTERVIEWS OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) UNHCR has completed its interviews of the North Koreans asylum seekers that arrived in Moscow in January and is finalizing its assessments of their cases (reftel). UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Gang Li said that all of them had indicated they had wanted to be resettled to the United Sta [...] | 2007-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV RS KN |
07MOSCOW5841 | ATOMSTROYEXPORT'S APPROACH TO THE "NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting at a Moscow think-tank, an official from Atomstroyexport outlined priorities for the construction of Russian nuclear power plants abroad. China, India, Iran, and Bulgaria are their top target markets. The official downplayed the importance of the failure of Russ [...] | 2007-12-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL RS IN |
07MOSCOW5844 | FORD WORKERS END STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s plant near St. Petersburg ended a four-week strike today after management promised further negotiations on a new labor contract, including wage increases and a reduction of the night shift (reftel a). According to press reports, Ford management has [...] | 2007-12-18 04:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB RS SOCI |
07MOSCOW5845 | ROSNEFT'S LEADERSHIP RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: A recent shuffle in the top ranks of Rosneft, rumored to have been engineered by its Chairman Igor Sechin, has spurred speculation that CEO Sergey Bogdanchikov may be on his way out. If true, the company's plans and future may depend as much on politics as the company's plans an [...] | 2007-12-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5847 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In a December 17th meeting with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Nabiullina acknowledged the GOR faced time pressures to conclude multilateral WTO discussions but was optimistic that a deal could be reached by mid-February. While issues such as state-owned enterprises and agricultur [...] | 2007-12-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5848 | GOR NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH TYMOSHENKO'S COMEBACK [...] (C) Summary. Within a few hours after the election of Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, MFA officials welcomed her "return", while expressing relief that many bilateral decisions put on hold in the absence of a "functioning" government in Ukraine could be made and implemented [...] | 2007-12-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW5849 | UNITED RUSSIA ACCEPTS MEDVEDEV AS CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The 511 delegates at the pro-Kremlin United Russia party's December 17 party congress performed to expectations, when they chose First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev as their candidate for President. Putin confounded the expectations of some commentators by agreeing, after a wee [...] | 2007-12-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5850 | SPS NOMINATES NEMTSOV, SEARCHES ITS SOUL [...] (C) The Russian liberal-democratic party the Union of Right Forces (SPS) held its party conference in Moscow on December 17 to nominate a candidate for president. A general party soul-searching and consideration of campaign mistakes occupied almost half of the conference agenda. In accepting [...] | 2007-12-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5868 | FIFTH RUSSIAN DUMA TO BEGIN WORK DECEMBER 24 [...] (U) The fifth Russian Duma will begin its work December 24. Taking seats in the new Duma on behalf of the four winning parties -- United Russia, Communist Party (KPRF),Just Russia, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) -- will be veteran politicians, youth movement leaders, businessmen an [...] | 2007-12-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5869 | GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN [...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...] | 2007-12-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5878 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5879 | MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...] | 2007-12-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF RS |
07MOSCOW5884 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) More than year after the implementation of controversial amendments with tougher reporting requirements for Russian non-governmental organizations, the fears of extensive, politically-motivated NGO closures have not materialized. A USAID-funded study, civil society assessments and Emba [...] | 2007-12-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5898 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...] | 2007-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MD RS |
07MOSCOW5899 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...] | 2007-12-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5918 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5924 | RUSSIA'S LATEST STATE CORPORATION: HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an effort to revitalize Russia's housing, President Putin on July 27 signed the law creating the Fund to Assist Housing Maintenance. Minister of Regional Development Kozak will head the Fund's supervisory board and his protg, Konstantin Tsitsin, a Federal Council member, w [...] | 2007-12-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5925 | JCIC POINTS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS BO KZ UP |
07MOSCOW5938 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel C demarche, the MFA conveyed its support for Pierre Prosper, but stressed its expectation of reciprocal U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor A.S. Avtonomov in the same election. 2. (SBU) Text of MFA dipnote: No. 11521-n/dgpch The Department for Huma [...] | 2007-12-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5955 | RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S END-OF-YEAR REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on December 21, the day after the formal signing of the Tri-Caspian (Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) pipeline agreement, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko called it "a good note" on which to end the year. He commented on domestic en [...] | 2007-12-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5958 | RUSSIAN DFM GRUSHKO ON OSCE DUES [...] (U) Local press seized on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko's December 26 statement about Russia's decreasing contributions to the OSCE budget. During an end-of-year press conference, Grushko said, "Russia is already reducing its financing of the OSCE. If we look at the evol [...] | 2007-12-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5969 | POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S [...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...] | 2007-12-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS |
07MOSCOW5971 | DEMARCHES ON POTENTIAL S-300 SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In response to multiple demarches from the DCM, senior MFA officials have alluded to, but not confirmed a potential sale of the S-300 air defense system to Iran based on an unspecified contract which predated UNSCR 1737. When challenged that a Russian Government agency has publicly [...] | 2007-12-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR RS |
07MOSCOW598 | RUSSIANS INFORMED OF NEW COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL RS |
07MOSCOW599 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...] | 2007-02-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW601 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...] | 2007-02-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS |
07MOSCOW610 | PUTIN WILL GO [...] (C) Although rumors swirl after each major public appearance, even diehard skeptics now agree that President Putin will leave office when his second term expires in May 2008. With each passing month the conspiracy theories, which most recently crested in the wake of the Litvinenko assassinati [...] | 2007-02-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW613 | PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...] | 2007-02-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW626 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...] | 2007-02-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW627 | KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...] | 2007-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW628 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...] | 2007-02-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW629 | PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...] | 2007-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
07MOSCOW644 | RUSSIA: LIBERAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO STAY IN GAME [...] (C) Political observers believe that the prospect of a liberal political party winning representation in the State Duma is slim, but statistically possible. However, local efforts by ruling party officials to remove the liberal-minded Union of Rightist Forces and Yabloko from some ballots in [...] | 2007-02-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW645 | MOSCOW FORUM OFFERS INNOVATION CORNUCOPIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Moscow's Seventh International Salon of Innovations and Investments, February 5-8, offered a cornucopia of products, services and financial programs for the developing innovation economy. In contrast to last year's Salon (REFTEL),there were significantly more exhibitors, and the [...] | 2007-02-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT ETRD TNGD TSPL IR RS |
07MOSCOW648 | RUSSIA AND INDIA: MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Russia's goal is to "revitalize" its ties to India by concentrating on energy security and hi-tech joint projects according to the MFA, which provided a readout on Putin's trip to India and a look ahead at high-level meetings in February. Moscow heralded an agreement to sell f [...] | 2007-02-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MASS ETRD IN RS |
07MOSCOW655 | HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...] | 2007-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS |
07MOSCOW656 | OREL: VULNERABLE GOVERNOR CREATES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) Meetings during an early-February visit to Orel region suggested that a variety of factors could combine to make the March 11 regional elections very competitive. Rumored infighting in United Russia (YR) and an unpopular YR-affiliated governor have allowed the Communist Party (KPRF) to [...] | 2007-02-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW66 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: UPDATE ON BELARUS-RUSSIA OIL ROW [...] (SBU) On January 11, Econoff spoke to Shawn McCormick (please protect),head of government relations at TNK-BP, who confirmed press reports that Russian crude is flowing again through Belarus along the Druzhba pipeline and his company was sending their "normal" volumes through and was not requ [...] | 2007-01-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW664 | RUSSIA: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The February 14 start to Moscow Arbitration Court proceedings against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) on charges of falsifying its 2002-2004 audits of former oil giant Yukos was relatively quiet. The composition of the three-person panel was approved, with PWC and the prosecution each bein [...] | 2007-02-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW666 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Kirishinefteorgsintez, Kirishi, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-02-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW667 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: WORLD HUNTING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, World Hunting Technology Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia. The company i [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW668 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ARGON LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Argon LLC, Balakovo, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW669 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ENERGOCASCAD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Energocascad, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW670 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Eurochim Spb, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is lis [...] | 2007-02-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW673 | THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...] | 2007-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW674 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...] | 2007-02-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW677 | RUSSIANS SUPPORT AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SOMALIA [...] (C) On February 15 we delivered reftel points to Oleg Dadayev, chief of the MFA's Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Section, urging support for an African Union force in Somalia. Dadayev said the GOR would support an African Union Force as well as the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. [...] | 2007-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO RS |
07MOSCOW692 | RE-SHUFFLE ADVANCES SUCCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) President Putin's late February 15 government re-shuffle has brought presidential contender Sergey Ivanov to the same starting line as his rival Dmitriy Medvedev, relieved him of the albatross that is the Ministry of Defense, and given him issues that could potentially resonate with the Ru [...] | 2007-02-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW693 | PUTIN DISPOSES: ALKHANOV DISMISSED, KADYROV ACTING [...] (C) President Putin dismissed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov late February 15, acting before the escalating tensions between Alkhanov and strongman PM Ramzan Kadyrov (Ref. A) got out of hand. Alkhanov was given a sinecure as Deputy Justice Minister. 2. (C) Putin named Kadyrov acting Presid [...] | 2007-02-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW695 | NGOS: SILVER LINING BUT A LOOMING DARK CLOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After initial difficulties in getting re-registered, our U.S. and foreign NGO contacts have resumed normal activities and express little concern over the follow-on reporting requirements. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) surprisingly has even expressed interest in working [...] | 2007-02-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID RS |
07MOSCOW697 | RUSSIA: KHODORKOVSKIY/LEBEDEV CHARGES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Attorney General has charged Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev with two counts of embezzlement and two counts of money-laundering (under Articles 160 and 174 of the Russian Criminal Code),which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 10 years, respectively. The case i [...] | 2007-02-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW705 | PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...] | 2007-02-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW749 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...] | 2007-02-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW753 | HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...] | 2007-02-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW754 | IRAN: SANCTIONS DECREE SUBJECT OF INTERAGENCY [...] (C) We discussed reftel requests regarding implementation of UNSCR 1737 (Iran) with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov told us that a draft presidential decree necessary to implement the sanctions regim [...] | 2007-02-21 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EFIN ETTC KTFN IR RS |
07MOSCOW770 | MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR LAUNCH NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW774 | RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS COMPLETE KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary. On February 16, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office announced that it had completed the preliminary investigation in the new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev (Reftel). The case file will now be turned over to the defendants and their lawyers for [...] | 2007-02-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW777 | BOSNIA: RUSSIANS NOT KEEN ON EXTENDING OFFICE OF [...] (C) Vadim Gorelov, Chief of the MFA's Bosnia and Herzegovina Affairs Section, told us February 21 that the GOR would not be able agree to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHC) at the February 26-27 Peace Implementations Council's Steering Committee meeting. Gorelov s [...] | 2007-02-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW78 | ISKANDER-E MISSILE FOR LIBYA: RUSSIA HEDGES ON [...] (S) On January 11 we conveyed to the MFA U.S interest (ref) in a technical experts meeting in Moscow before January 29 to discuss issues relating to Libya's possible purchase of the Iskander-E missile. Sergey Petlyakov, Chief of the Arms Technology and Transfer Division of the Foreign Ministr [...] | 2007-01-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL MCAP KNNP LY UK RS |
07MOSCOW81 | RUSSIA ENERGY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS' TAX CASE [...] (SBU) The Moscow Arbitration Court judge in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Yukos case reftel has twice in two days delayed a ruling on PWC's request for extension. At a January 10 hearing, the judge postponed by one day a decision on the extension, as well as a request for arbitration by P [...] | 2007-01-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV RS |
07MOSCOW827 | RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...] | 2007-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW828 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...] | 2007-02-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS |
07MOSCOW829 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW831 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW841 | RUSSIAN STOCK EXCHANGES STILL DOWN AFTER STORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The apparent sharp increase in emerging market risk aversion that sent Shanghai's stock market tumbling on February 27 was also manifest among Russian equity markets. The benchmark dollar-denominated R [...] | 2007-02-28 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW842 | RUSSIA: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM RS IR |
07MOSCOW845 | "FOR A JUST RUSSIA" POSITIONS SELF AS [...] (SBU) The second, Kremlin-approved party, "For a Just Russia (SR)" at its inaugural congress February 24-27 combined left-wing rhetoric, criticism of the GOR's performance, anger at its treatment in the regions, and patriotism in a credible effort to establish itself as an alternative to the g [...] | 2007-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PREL RS |
07MOSCOW849 | DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS [...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...] | 2007-02-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW85 | RUSSIA'S VNESHTORGBANK AND EADS (C-RE6-01894) [...] (C) Summary. A Senior Vneshtorgbank (VTB) official tells us VTB's decision in early summer to purchase 5.38 percent of EADS stock was made for investment/financial reasons alone, and without GOR political interference. The public announcement September 12 by Presidential Advisor Sergey Prihod [...] | 2007-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EINV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW86 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC VREMYA- [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Vremya-Ch, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-01-12 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW868 | KOMI: ALL PARTIES REGISTERED; UNITED RUSSIA IN [...] (SBU) Observers in Komi predicted to Poloff in mid-February that United Russia would capture solid pluralities in the March 11 republic-level and local elections, with "For a Just Russia" poised to place a respectable second, and the Communists and LDPR expected to cross the seven percent thr [...] | 2007-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW87 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC DIGAZ, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Digaz, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license appl [...] | 2007-01-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW870 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN OFFERS VIEWS [...] (C) Central Election Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on February 28 reviewed with Ambassador the state-of-play in advance of elections to be held in fourteen regions on March 11. Key points: -- average of seven parties registered in each region; -- average of five candidates comp [...] | 2007-03-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW871 | MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...] | 2007-03-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW873 | RUSSIA:AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hard as it may be to believe, the Aeroflot wide-bodied tender is not over, and Boeing has not written off the deal (as speculated in the press). Yet prospects diminish as Boeing's delivery advantage slips with each passing month the contract remains unsigned -- even though Aerofl [...] | 2007-03-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW875 | RUSSIA'S GAS WEAKNESS [...] (C) Summary. Owing in part to rapid economic growth but also in large part to poorly managed resources by Gazprom, Russia is facing a gas production crunch. While this problem was recognized early on by analysts, the GOR seems to have only awakened to the dilemma relatively recently. Gazprom [...] | 2007-03-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW933 | RUSSIAN SCIENCE: TURNING BIOWEAPONS INTO BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A super-secret, elite bioweapons institute during Soviet times, the Institute of Immunological Engineering (IIE) now hosts an American company on its territory in an attempt to replace the state funding that ceased in 1994. Institute Director Dr. Sergey Pchelnitsov, who has spe [...] | 2007-03-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KPAO TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW953 | UZBEKS FREED AFTER HIGH DRAMA IN IVANOVO [...] (C) UNHCR has confirmed that 12 of the 13 Uzbeks held in Ivanovo under an extradition request from Uzbekistan were released by Russian authorities March 5, three days after a court ordered them freed. The other, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, is expected to be released as well, following a separate [...] | 2007-03-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW960 | "VICTORY" FOR "A JUST RUSSIA" [...] (SBU) Five youth groups have announced their intention to establish a coalition called "Victory" which would support the newly framed left of center pro-Kremlin party, "For a Just Russia" (SR). "Victory" is positioning itself as a competitor to the youth wing of United Russia (YR),the domi [...] | 2007-03-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW966 | OTHER RUSSIA'S BOUNCE FROM GOR OVERREACTION [...] (C) An adviser to ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov, and Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Ivanenko told us in the wake of the March 3 Other Russia demonstration in St. Petersburg (reftel) that: -- While reports of violence were overblown, St. Petersbu [...] | 2007-03-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW976 | SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL TAKES THE FALL FOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5 Prime Minister Fradkov fired Ramil Khabriyev, head of the Russian Federal Supervision Service for Health Care and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor). Fradkov cited continuing problems with inconsistent supply and deficit spending for drugs provided under the government [...] | 2007-03-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW978 | MUCH SPECULATION, LITTLE PUBLICALLY-AVAILABLE [...] (C) The March 2 death of veteran Kommersant military correspondent Ivan Safronov has sent shock waves through Moscow's journalistic community. Investigations by the Prosecutor General's office and the Kommersant staff have to date produced no serious evidence that would point to suicide, forc [...] | 2007-03-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
07MOSCOW979 | DCM RAISES WORLD VISION'S SUSPENSION WITH THE MFA [...] (C) The DCM expressed our concern over the suspension of World Vision's activities in Chechnya with MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov in a March 5 meeting. He noted our continued support for World Vision, its history of excellent work in the region, and asked if MFA could pro [...] | 2007-03-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW980 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: PROSPECTS FOR DEALS IN THE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite increased GOR control over the sector, U.S. majors are involved in several high-profile deals and below-the-radar deals are becoming more common as well. Russia will need western expertise -- most urgently on the gas side -- as it moves to exploit the offshore and the ea [...] | 2007-03-09 03:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW982 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IGOR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Igor Kochemasov, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The party is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-03-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MUNICH81 | PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...] | 2007-02-12 17:28:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS |
07NEWDELHI2711 | DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK |
07NEWDELHI2766 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...] | 2007-06-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS |
07NEWDELHI3972 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 22-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Narayanan in Moscow for Defense Talks -- India and Russia to Conduct Indra 2007 War Games in Russia in September Narayanan in Mosc [...] | 2007-08-31 09:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS RS IN |
07NEWDELHI4758 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 23-26 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 23-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, China and Russia Jointly Oppose Further Burma Sanctions -- Bhutanese Election Dates Announced India, China and Russia Jointl [...] | 2007-10-26 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR CH RS BT BM IN |
07NEWDELHI4761 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...] | 2007-10-26 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS |
07NEWDELHI4767 | MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...] | 2007-10-29 01:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH |
07NEWDELHI816 | INDIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In their seventh trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of India, Russia, and China discussed substantive issues including cooperation on terrorism, crime, trade, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and UN reform. Deliverables were few; however, the meetings have served to institutional [...] | 2007-02-16 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS CH IN |
07NICOSIA913 | CYPRUS UNRESPONSIVE TO DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Secretary Alkis Ieromonachou on November 9, highlighting the SIPDIS necessity that Russia allow the OSCE's observer team full and unhindered access in the run-up to December 2 Duma elections. Ieromonachou took note of our position an [...] | 2007-11-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL RS CY |
07OSLO658 | PM STOLTENBERG´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...] | 2007-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NO |
07PANAMA279 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...] | 2007-02-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM |
07PANAMA780 | PANAMA: UNSC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON IRANIANS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 19:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IR RS PM PARM |
07PARIS1588 | FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...] | 2007-04-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR |
07PARIS1763 | CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...] | 2007-05-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR |
07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
07PARIS1984 | FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...] | 2007-05-16 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR |
07PARIS1995 | THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...] | 2007-05-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV |
07PARIS2073 | GURRIA PLEASED WITH RUSSIAN INCLUSION IN OECD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. Gurria expressed satisfaction that Russia's inclusion in [...] | 2007-05-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OECD RS |
07PARIS2197 | FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...] | 2007-05-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR |
07PARIS2606 | GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...] | 2007-06-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR |
07PARIS2643 | YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...] | 2007-06-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2725 | ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...] | 2007-06-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS |
07PARIS2787 | A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...] | 2007-06-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2890 | CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...] | 2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS3166 | AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...] | 2007-07-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS |
07PARIS3198 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...] | 2007-07-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR |
07PARIS3199 | CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...] | 2007-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE |
07PARIS363 | A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...] | 2007-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR |
07PARIS3737 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
07PARIS3738 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
07PARIS3798 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...] | 2007-09-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR |
07PARIS3875 | A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...] | 2007-09-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR |
07PARIS3919 | FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...] | 2007-09-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS3972 | FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...] | 2007-09-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS |
07PARIS4254 | FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES [...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...] | 2007-10-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ |
07PARIS4357 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR |
07PARIS4636 | SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON [...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...] | 2007-12-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FR |
07PARIS636 | GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...] | 2007-02-20 07:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS |
07PARTO8 | (U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with [...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...] | 2007-06-05 00:29:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS |
07PODGORICA130 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MW RS SR |
07PODGORICA172 | RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...] | 2007-05-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW RS |
07PODGORICA200 | HEAD RUSSIAN SPY VISITS MONTENEGRO, SAYS LOCAL MEDIA [...] (U) Summary: Sergei Lebedev, Director of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) is "secretly" staying in Montenegro as the guest of Montenegrin National Security Agency (NSA),according to "reliable sources" cited by the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on June 9. There have been no official announc [...] | 2007-06-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR MW RS |
07PODGORICA24 | RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...] | 2007-02-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV MW RS |
07PRAGUE1027 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a meeting with Pol-Econ Counselor Sept 5 to discuss the upcoming Gymnich meeting, Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA's Common Foreign Security Policy Department offered the following assessment of Czech views and goals for the meeting: Russia and the Portuguese EU Presidency --- [...] | 2007-09-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EUN EZ IN PGOV PREL RS |
07PRAGUE1146 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the upcoming October 15-16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on Iran, Russia, Chad and Uzbekistan, as well as his negative as [...] | 2007-10-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL RS KV IR BM UZ |
07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
07PRAGUE760 | INFORMATION ON U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered information on suggested U.S.-Russia expert-level missile defense consultations to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar and the Czech inter-ministerial missile defense working group June 25. A/DCM informed Pojar the consultations should take place in the next we [...] | 2007-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS AJ EZ PL UP |
07PRETORIA1744 | TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (SBU) DFA senior and working-level officers charged with oversight of SAG implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 have been unavailable for meetings; we will continue to try to engage them on Ref A topic. Acting PolCouns did raise the matter with DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and [...] | 2007-05-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP UNSC IR RS SF |
07RIGA100 | LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SIGNING BORDER TREATY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's parliament voted 69-26 on February 8 to authorize the government to sign the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The legislation should become effective on March 5 and the Latvians have proposed a signing ceremony in Moscow March 6-7. Following the February 5-6 visit to Lat [...] | 2007-02-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA110 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: RELATIONS WITH LATVIA GOOD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the possibility of inclusion of non-citizens in the Visa Waiver Program; Kalyuzhny's view that there was a potential for significant transit cargo growth at the Freeport of Riga if the Latvians [...] | 2007-02-15 11:42:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CVIS ETRD PINR RS LG |
07RIGA144 | LATVIA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points on missile defense to Latvian Political Director Ilgavrs Klava February 23. As Latvian FM Pabriks had just received a call from his Lithuanian counterpart on this issue, Klava was grateful for our points. He said Latvia would look to issue a stateme [...] | 2007-02-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS EUN LG |
07RIGA193 | Latvian cabinet authorizes signing of border treaty; still [...] On March 6, the Latvian cabinet granted PM Aigars Kalvitis the authority to sign the border treaty with Russia, pursuant to legislation adopted by the parliament in February (reftel). In its decision, the cabinet made reference to "respecting the OSCE principle of not changing accepted borders" [...] | 2007-03-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA309 | LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...] | 2007-05-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG |
07RIGA358 | DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 10 VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer paid a one day visit to Riga, mainly focused on Moldova. In a bilateral meeting at the MFA, the Latvians reviewed their efforts to provide assistance in Moldova and their hope to find ways to provide training to mid-level Belarusian officials. MFA State Secr [...] | 2007-05-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BO MD RS LG |
07RIGA373 | Latvian parliament approves Russian border treaty [...] Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 70-25 on May 17 to ratify the Latvia-Russia Border Treaty signed by both prime ministers on March 27. Although the two main opponents of ratification of the treaty - the coalition party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK) and the opposition part [...] | 2007-05-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA4 | No surprises in Latvian gas deal for 2007 [...] Latvijas Gaze (Latvian Gas - LG) announced December 29 an agreement with Gazprom on 2007 natural gas prices. According to LG, the wholesale price per 1000 cubic meters (tcm) of gas will increase by 50 percent starting January 1, 2007 to USD215 per tcm. LG expects another price increase in 2008 [...] | 2007-01-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV PREL RS LG |
07RIGA426 | (S/NF) RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Bailey met for 40 minutes on June 4 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Kaluzhny at his Embassy, joined only by interpreters. Kaluzhny seemed more fatigued than in previous meetings and admitted that he was tiring of his diplomatic posting. Kaluzhny, though, said several things [...] | 2007-06-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA53 | GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...] | 2007-01-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA533 | LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...] | 2007-07-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG |
07RIGA591 | LATVIA/RUSSIA: LAVROV TO RIGA? AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov has proposed coming to Riga September 17 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The GOL is cautiously agreeing to this, although it could lead to public protests if the constitutional court has not yet ruled on the treaty's v [...] | 2007-08-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
07RIGA629 | LATVIA REMAINS CAUTIOUS ON PLANS FOR A/CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvia continues to be wary of any plan to move forward on ratification of A/CFE that might leave them behind. They welcomed hearing more detail on our action for action plan and will have more thoughts in upcoming US/Baltic consultations on CFE. The Latvians are looking to ge [...] | 2007-08-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KCFE MARR PREL PINR RS LG |
07RIGA636 | LATVIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANA HELD UP BY RUSSIAN DELAYS [...] The Latvian MOD has informed us that a number of items that Latvia has pledged to the Afghan National Army are delayed due to a nearly year long effort to get retransfer authority from Moscow. With President Zatlers hoping to visit Afghanistan in September, the Latvians would welcome any assist [...] | 2007-08-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM MARR AF RS LG |
07RIGA647 | LATVIA/RUSSIA: BORDER TREATY SEEMINGLY DELAYED, [...] (C) Summary: Earlier reports of a September 17 Lavrov trip to Riga to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty appear unlikely. Moscow has told the Latvians of challenges in the sequencing of events mean they would not be ready for action on the treaty by Sept [...] | 2007-08-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA648 | LAVROV VISIT TO RIGA OFF FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
07RIGA658 | LATVIA LIKLEY TO ENGAGE ON GEORGIA AT SEP. 6 PC [...] (C) Pol/econ chief spoke with MFA Pol Dir Ilgvars Klava to encourage Latvia to speak at the September 6 OSCE PC in support of the report by independent experts in which Latvia participated. Klava said that he hadn't focused on the event yet, but agreed that Latvia and other contributors to the [...] | 2007-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OSCE GG RS LG |
07RIGA661 | GYMNICH POINTS DELIVERED TO LATVIA'S MFA [...] PolEconOff delivered reftel talking points on September 5 to Anda Orchard, Deputy Director, EU Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Orchard did not have any substantive response, but said that she would forward the points to Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and to the MFA's Politi [...] | 2007-09-06 07:30:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV YI RS CH IN LG |
07RIGA794 | LONG TRUCK LINES LIKELY TO CONTINUE ALONG LATVIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary: A combination of factors, specifically, a significant increase in trade from the EU to Russia; a lack of action thus far to modernize and increase the capacity and efficiency of Russian checkpoint operations; and the lack of attractive alternative routes, have caused extended delay [...] | 2007-10-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS PREL ETRD EUN RS LG |
07RIGA796 | SECENSETTER FOR OCT 31 VISIT OF PM KALVITIS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis comes to Washington Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 politically weakened but still enormously influential. Latvia's longest serving PM in the post-Soviet era, Kalvitis is enmeshed in a political battle over the dismissal of the anti-corruption chief and with growing voter [...] | 2007-10-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS LG |
07RIGA831 | LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO DELAY EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) Officials in both the PM's office and the MFA have confirmed what we expected - that the current political situation in Latvia has delayed the exchange of instruments of ratification for the Latvia-Russia border treaty. FM Lavrov's proposed visit for November 14 or 15 is off as there is c [...] | 2007-11-07 07:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
07RIGA86 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS [...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...] | 2007-01-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG |
07RIGA865 | A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG |
07RIGA872 | LAVROV VISIT DEC. 18? KALVITIS TO STAY UNTIL DEC. [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov will likely visit Latvia December 18 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty. As a result of this and other events, it seems likely that PM Kalvitis will resign as planned on December 5 but stay in caretaker mode through Dece [...] | 2007-11-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN RS LG |
07RIGA873 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...] | 2007-11-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG |
07RIGA884 | Court rules Latvia-Russia border treaty complies with [...] Summary. Latvia's Constitutional Court (ST) announced November 29 that the Latvia- Russia Border Treaty, which provides Latvia's acknowledgment to the transfer of the Abrene region of Latvia to Russia in Stalin's era, complies with the Constitution of Latvia. The court ruled that the Treaty its [...] | 2007-11-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PBTS PREL RS LG |
07RIGA895 | Kalvitis officially resigns as Latvian PM; Lavrov invited [...] On December 5, Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis submitted his resignation to President Zatlers, as he pledged last month. Under the Latvian constitution, the resignation also covers all ministers and the government goes in to caretaker mode until the Saeima (parliament) approves a new government. K [...] | 2007-12-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS LG |
07RIGA92 | Latvian parliament approves border treaty on first reading; [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 65 - 26 on February 1 to authorize the government to sign the border treaty with Russia that has been pending since 1997. This was only the first reading and the bill will have to pass again on February 8 before it is final. However, the near [...] | 2007-02-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS RS LG |
07RIGA930 | Gazprom and Latvijas Gaze agree on new natural gas supply [...] Latvijas Gaze (LG),the central natural gas provider in Latvia, announced on December 14 that it had reached agreement on a new supply contract with Gazprom for 2008-2010. In line with Gazprom's pricing policy and its efforts to even out gas prices across Europe, the new tariff for Latvia will [...] | 2007-12-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL RS LG |
07RIGA932 | LATVIA-RUSSIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO RETURN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL [...] Summary: On December 3, the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation signed an agreement to return remaining spent nuclear fuel from Latvia's decommissioned Salaspils research facility to Russia for recycling and storage. The agreement stems from efforts in Latvia started in the late 1990 [...] | 2007-12-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP RS LG |
07RIYADH1691 | SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...] | 2007-08-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS SA |
07RIYADH67 | PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM [...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...] | 2007-01-14 17:14:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV SA RS |
07ROME1589 | ITALY CONCURS ON ATTENDANCE FOR GEORGIA/UNOMIG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RS IT |
07ROME2167 | A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...] | 2007-10-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO |
07SARAJEVO1738 | BOSNIA: GEORGIAN ARMS DEAL REVIVED? [...] (S) In recent weeks, several high-ranking government officials have raised the possibility of reviving a Bosnia-Georgia arms deal that was scuttled in 2006 over strenuous Russian objections. President Komsic and his senior advisors seem to be the main proponents of reviving the sale, which i [...] | 2007-08-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BK GG RS SR |
07SARAJEVO1987 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...] | 2007-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK |
07SEOUL1739 | ROKG SHARES CONCERNS ON RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) On June 1, poloff discussed USG views on the inadvisability of Russian-Burmese nuclear cooperation to MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Park Chul-min. Park responded that Seoul shared USG concerns about potential nuclear proliferation consequences. However, the ROKG woul [...] | 2007-06-07 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KNNP KGIC RS BM |
07SEOUL3256 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOON KUK-HYUN FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 independent presidential candidate Moon Kuk-hyun outlined his platform during breakfast with the Ambassador. Moon's support rate has been hovering just below 10 percent, but he is still optimistic these rates will reach 20 percent by the end of November. Moon's ove [...] | 2007-11-05 01:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3269 | CANDIDATE RHEE IN-JAE: STILL RUNNING [...] (C) Summary: Over a November 2 lunch with the Ambassador, Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Rhee In-jae explained that if he were elected president, U.S.-ROK relations would improve, he would institute policies that encouraged reform in North Korea, and he would create many quality [...] | 2007-11-06 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3285 | THE LEE HOI-CHANG EFFECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Lee Hoi-chang's November 7 entry into the 2007 presidential race changes the election dynamics. What many clearly saw as the inevitable landslide win of Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak has been cast into doubt. Simply put, the majority of votes for [...] | 2007-11-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS |
07SEOUL3331 | CANDIDATES OFFER NO GOOD SOLUTION TO EDUCATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Education, more specifically the need to get one's child into college, is of great concern to South Korean parents, who spend more than four times the OECD average on education, most of which goes toward private tutoring. The cost and stress of this system make educational reform [...] | 2007-11-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH KN KS RS |
07SEOUL3408 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SAVES TOUGH ISSUES FOR FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the National Assembly (NA) session, which ended on November 23, Korea's parliament approved several controversial bills, but left the KORUS FTA and the Iraq troop deployment extension for later sessions. Possibly the most controversial of the bills passed was a proposal -- ve [...] | 2007-11-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3410 | UNDP CHUNG DONG-YOUNG'S CAMP FACING UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: In designing his campaign leadership team and strategies, United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young has tried to integrate creative new outreach programs to directly involve the public. Chung's advisors are mainly former staff members from Chung's days in th [...] | 2007-11-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3465 | REGIONALISM ALIVE AND KICKING IN SWING PROVINCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Insistence among pundits in Seoul that regionalism is declining falls on deaf ears in the swing provinces of the Chungcheong region. The region is divided into two provinces, North and South Chungcheong, in which Daejeon, with its population of about 1.5 million people, is the l [...] | 2007-12-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS |
07SEOUL3610 | KOREA AND RUSSIA TO STUDY POSSIBLE GAS PIPELINE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The governments of Korea and Russia agreed during a December 11-12 meeting in Moscow to jointly conduct a feasibility study for a possible gas pipeline extending from the Russian Far East (RFE) to South Korea. According to the Mini [...] | 2007-12-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL RS KN KS |
07SHANGHAI529 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...] | 2007-08-22 07:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN |
07SHANGHAI789 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in mid-November to discuss China-India relations, Shanghai's leading South Asia academic experts provided differing views on a variety of issues including border disputes, United Nations Security Council reform, energy competition, and regional dynamics. T [...] | 2007-12-13 01:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM CH IN RS |
07SHANGHAI790 | CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...] | 2007-12-13 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS |
07SOFIA1119 | FM KALFIN ON ENERGY ISSUES, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13 Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed energy issues with Amb Beyrle on the heels of his recent trip to Central Asia. On the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (BAP),Kalfin said a coordinated effort by the other players, and inclusion of additional shareholders such as [...] | 2007-09-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU ECON ENRG KZ LY PGOV PREL RS TX AZ |
07SOFIA1227 | GAERC DEMARCHE: BULGARIA AGREES WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on October 10. Tassev said there were "no disagreements" with the US positions in the non-paper. Kosovo and Libya were the most important issues for Bulgaria. There were rumors that there was a new U.S. [...] | 2007-10-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS LY IR SY LE BG |
07SOFIA177 | UNDER PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA ON ARMS LICENSES, [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Russia has recently turned up the heat on Bulgaria in the long-running dispute over "licenses" for Soviet-designed small arms and light weapons. The GoB believes that Russia's claims are unfounded, but remains sen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC RS BU |
07SOFIA361 | BULGARIA HOLDS THE LINE ON ARMS LICENSES [...] (C/NF) On March 16 DCM discussed the state of BG-RU negotiations on the arms licensing issue with Valentin Radomirski, chief foreign policy advisor to PM Stanishev. Reftel A points were delivered to MFA, MOD, and Ministry of Economy and Energy on March 1 and had been previously conveyed to Rad [...] | 2007-03-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC RS BU |
07SOFIA619 | BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER GETS A COLD SHOWER FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin told Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev May 8 that the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are part of a "unified, strategic offensive system." Russia will not support the Ahtisaari plan because it will leave the Serbs feeling agg [...] | 2007-05-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN MARR YI RS LY BU |
07STATE103713 | RESPONSE TO FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE'S [...] (C) The United States Refugee Admissions Program allows for the consideration of individuals referred by Posts, and all Posts are authorized and encouraged to identify and refer appropriate applicants for possible refugee resettlement. Post must use its discretion in making referrals and has t [...] | 2007-07-26 14:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR APER RS |
07STATE141316 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15 [...] | 2007-10-06 03:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS |
07STATE145251 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: RUSSIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. SUMMARY. In 2006, there were serious setbacks in the global fight to end polio with the increased numbers of polio cases in Nigeria and India, continuing challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and imported cases appearing in countries previo [...] | 2007-10-17 15:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID RS SOCI TBIO |
07STATE150510 | Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 22, 2007 [...] (U) Classified by: NEA DAS LAWRENCE E. BUTLER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 2. (U) October 22, 2007; 3 P.M; Washington, D.C. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery, E Amb. Lawrence Butler, NEA Aaron Jost, D Andrea Tomaszewicz (NEA Notetake [...] | 2007-10-30 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EFIN EPET PGOV PREF IZ RS IT JO LE SY |
07STATE150552 | RESPONDING TO BULGARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN [...] (C) As detailed in reftel, the Bulgarian government is under pressure from Russia to come to a quick agreement and sign various texts related to the Russian conglomerate Gazprom,s proposed South Stream pipeline project under the Black Sea. The GOB has requested USG assistance and talking poi [...] | 2007-10-30 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BG ECON ENRG EU PGOV RS |
07STATE157649 | LETTER INVITING MFA TO MEET IN WASHINGTON ON [...] This is an Action Request -- see paragraph 2. 2. Action requested: Post is requested to deliver at the earliest opportunity the letter below inviting the MFA North America Director Igor Neverov to a meeting in Washington to discuss the political impact of the current impasse on State Flight [...] | 2007-11-16 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR RS |
07STATE159779 | U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...] | 2007-11-23 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CR MARR PARM PL PREL RS |
07STATE163875 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075752 for the export of rifles to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2007-12-05 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
07STATE164120 | (C) EUR DAS KRAMER’S MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, EUR DAS David Kramer met with XXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX was highly critical of the recent Duma elections, alleging the Kremlin had resorted to all methods to secure an overwhelming victory for United Russia. XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX speculated that Putin would not remain [...] | 2007-12-06 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
07STATE166027 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...] | 2007-12-12 13:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS |
07STATE40220 | GUIDANCE FOR UNOMIG RENEWAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2 and 3 below. 2. (SBU) USUN is authorized to engage on the German draft text in para 4 below in Western Friends of Georgia discussions in New York, and is authorized to seek and accept the following changes to the text: -- PP5: Insert "in Abk [...] | 2007-03-28 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL GG RS |
07STATE4829 | RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO ENTER BAGRAM AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-13 03:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC RS AF |
07STATE49723 | ACTION REQUEST FROM U/S BURNS TO AMBASSADORS FOR [...] (C) Kosovo independence is a major priority in our current foreign policy and will dominate much of our work in the Security Council over the next month. Embassies in non-European Security Council countries will play a pivotal role in advancing our policy of a supervised independence for Kos [...] | 2007-04-13 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK |
07STATE57089 | ACTION REQUEST: ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION [...] Please see action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: An international group of experts created by the G8, the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG),will be conducting a round-robin practical exercise in the near future. This exercise is the third such round [...] | 2007-04-27 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS |
07STATE60637 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated through NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction ( [...] | 2007-05-04 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60916 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60917 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60918 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] | 2007-05-04 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60919 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (G [...] | 2007-05-04 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE75970 | IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR GENERAL ZOLQADR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: In late March 2007, the GOR submitted a note verbale to the UNSC Iran Sanctions Committee -- established pursuant to Resolution 1737 -- reporting travel to Russia by General Zolqadr, who was designated pursuant to [...] | 2007-06-01 21:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RS |
07STATE99397 | GEORGIA REQUEST FOR COORDINATION WITH FRIENDS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department would like Georgia and Germany (as coordinator of the UN Friends process) to participate in the upcoming UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) consultations, currently scheduled for July 23. Additionally, the Department does not think that the ti [...] | 2007-07-17 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE RS PREL |
07STOCKHOLM1091 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER ON SEPTEMBER 7-8 INFORMAL EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN SW |
07TALLINN106 | ESTONIA'S BRONZE SOLDIER: IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER [...] (U) On February 15, the Estonian Parliament passed the "Illegal Structures Removal" bill by a margin of 46 to 44. The bill prohibits all public displays of structures that glorify the occupation of Estonia and/or mass oppression of the Estonian people and which may pose a threat to public orde [...] | 2007-02-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EN |
07TALLINN124 | MISSLE DEFENSE: ESTONIA READY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS EUN EN |
07TALLINN171 | ETHNIC RUSSIAN ESTONIANS - TRENDS IN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In contrast to neighboring Latvia, Estonia's Russian-speaking minority exercises political will through mainstream, rather than ethnically-based, political parties. Russian-centric parties are headed by fringe elements and have not generated anywhere near enough popular suppo [...] | 2007-03-15 05:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EN RS PHUM SOCI |
07TALLINN276 | ESTONIA'S BRONZE SOLDIER: EXCAVATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly a year of controversy, and weeks of speculation that the Estonian government would finally remove the city's WWII-era Soldier and any war graves found nearby, the process has begun. The GOE has extensively briefed the press, the ethnic Russian community the diplomati [...] | 2007-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN280 | REACTIONS TO REMOVAL OF ESTONIA,S BRONZE SOLDIER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of April 26, a mostly young, mostly Russian crowd of 1,000-1,500 demonstrating against the removal of the Bronze Soldier monument refused police orders to disperse. The police then dispersed the crowd by force. As the demonstrators scattered they broke shop wind [...] | 2007-04-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN290 | ESTONIAN AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW REPORTEDLY ATTACKED [...] (C) This is an urgent action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On the morning of May 2, the MFA called in resident ambassadors to brief them on the security situation of Estonia's embassy in Moscow. The briefing included a readout of the April 30- May 1 visit of a delegation of Duma m [...] | 2007-05-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN297 | UPDATE ON BRONZE SOLDIER AND ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Following days of demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow and an attack on their Ambassador, the GOE pushed hard for EU engagement with Moscow. The resulting Troika demarche in Moscow and statement by the Presidency was well-received by the GOE. A Russian State Ra [...] | 2007-05-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN309 | REPORTS OF POLICE ABUSE UNFOUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has uncovered no concrete evidence of police abuses during the Bronze Soldier riots April 26-27. Investigations of a small number of complaints are on-going. Of the 1,300 individuals taken into custody during and after the riots, about 300 are facing riot-related charges a [...] | 2007-05-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN332 | ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN |
07TALLINN340 | ESTONIA THINKS RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER A BAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS EN |
07TALLINN347 | RUSSIAN BEAR HUG SQUEEZES ESTONIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In the three weeks since the April 26-27 Bronze Soldier riots, Estonia has faced pressure from an array of trade-disrupting measures from Russia. Cyber attacks on government and financial websites have been costly and have raised international concern and support. GOE officials [...] | 2007-05-29 05:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD RS EN |
07TALLINN366 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: WORLD'S FIRST VIRTUAL [...] (S) Summary. Since April 27, Estonia has been the victim of the world's first coordinated cyber attacks against a nation state and its political and economic infrastructure. The sensational nature of the story, combined with the highly technical details of the subject matter, has led to a good [...] | 2007-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN373 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON CFE TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN374 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together wi [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN375 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together with [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN377 | ESTONIA TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON EXTRAORDINARY CFE [...] (C) On June 6, we delivered Ref A points to Kristjan Priik, Second Secretary in the MFA's Security and Arms Control Division, on preparations for the extraordinary CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) conference. On June 7, Priik reiterated Estonia's position on Russia's proposal (Ref B). Coo [...] | 2007-06-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN424 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER (JUL 05 - [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the Congressional Delegation headed by Congressman John Boehner, to Tallinn, Estonia from July 5-7, 2007. 2. A schedule will be sent to the Delegation's designated POCs and to State (H) via e-mail. 3. No visa is required for holders [...] | 2007-06-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS SW EN |
07TALLINN488 | GOE ENDEAVORS TO MODIFY INTEGRATION PROGRAMS IN [...] (U) Summary. In a post Bronze Soldier riot Estonia, integration of ethnic Russians is a hot topic. Once regarded as having one of the most successful post-Soviet integration programs, the GOE is now being forced to take a hard look at the deep fissures that still exist within Estonia's popu [...] | 2007-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
07TALLINN576 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SCHOOL INTEGRATION WITH [...] (SBU) On August 16, Ambassador Phillips paid a courtesy call on Minister of Education and Research Tonis Lukas. Minister Lukas emphasized that the GOE's program to introduce Estonian-language classes in Russian-language high schools is a step-by-step "transition," not a "reform." He reported [...] | 2007-09-04 11:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
07TALLINN604 | ESTONIA ON ALLIANCE ATTITUDES TOWARD NAC VISIT TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloffs delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy, and Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Hilpus and Lukk emphasized strong Government of Estonia (GOE) support for the proposed North Atlantic Council (NAC) visit to [...] | 2007-09-14 06:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS EN |
07TALLINN72 | ESTONIA: FUROR OVER BRONZE SOLDIER DEBATE [...] Summary: On January 10, the Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) approved a bill giving the GOE legal authority to relocate the graves of Soviet soldiers and the adjacent "Bronze soldier" statue from their current location in central Tallinn. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has stated that excavatio [...] | 2007-02-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TALLINN732 | ESTONIA ON RUSSIA'S OSCE COMMITMENTS [...] (C) On November 9, PolEcoff delivered reftel points to Lauri Kuusing, MFA Russia Desk Officer. Kuusing said the GOE is pleased to see that the U.S. position is in line with that of the EU. He also stated that the GOE, along with its EU partners, finds it 'unacceptable' that the Government of [...] | 2007-11-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM RS EN |
07TALLINN738 | ESTONIAN SCHOOL REFORM IN ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 1, 2007, all 58 public Russian language high schools in Estonia began teaching Estonian Literature in the Estonian language. This program, which affects approximately 8,500 Russian- speaking students, is the first step of a gradual transition to reach the point wher [...] | 2007-11-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
07TALLINN79 | REVISED: ESTONIA: FUROR OVER BRONZE SOLDIER [...] Summary: On January 10, the parliament approved a bill giving the government legal authority to relocate the graves of Soviet soldiers and the adjacent QBronze SoldierQ statue from their current location in central Tallinn. While Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has stated that excavation of the [...] | 2007-02-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS EN |
07TASHKENT1324 | SERGEI IVANOV TALKS BUSINESS WITH THE UZBEKS [...] (C) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on resolving issues in the Russia-Uzbekistan commercial relationship. Although trade turnover is increasing, the growth is primarily due to large oil and gas projects while other Russian business conti [...] | 2007-07-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EAIR KNNP JO RS UZ |
07TASHKENT1325 | RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY TO OPEN BRANCH IN [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin confirmed to the Charge July 12 that the Moscow-based Russian Oil and Gas University plans to open a branch campus in Tashkent later in 2007 (ref A). Mukhametshin said that the decision to open the branch campus was made because Russian oil and gas co [...] | 2007-07-19 04:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EPET RS UZ |
07TASHKENT1732 | REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...] | 2007-10-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ |
07TASHKENT1827 | TASHKENT "KREMLINOLOGY": UZBEK OFFICIAL MEDIA SHOW [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's official media has shown a very troubled, aged President Karimov at the October summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),CIS, and EURASEC in Dushanbe. This differs dramatically from previous coverage, which has generally shown an upbeat, more you [...] | 2007-10-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS UZ |
07TASHKENT1829 | NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...] | 2007-10-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH |
07TASHKENT1888 | ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...] | 2007-10-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ |
07TASHKENT2100 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...] | 2007-12-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ |
07TASHKENT2108 | KARIMOV CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH WEST IN [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov's Constitution Day speech, in which he calls for stronger ties with the United States and Europe, may reflect a desire to receive positive election coverage or diversify his foreign policy or both. He appears to have cited Russia--without explicitly naming it--as [...] | 2007-12-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ US RS |
07TASHKENT438 | RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on economic issues, including difficulties faced by Russian firms doing business here. The two sides also discussed the production of Russian aircraft in Uzbekistan. Russia and Uzbekistan did agree to establish [...] | 2007-03-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON RS UZ |
07TBILISI1562 | SANAKOYEV SPEAKS IN BRUSSELS [...] On June 26, Dmitry Sanakoyev, head of Georgia's Temporary Administration of South Ossetia, addressed the European Parliament in Brussels. Georgian media gave extensive and positive coverage to the event, hailing it as the first ever address made in Brussels in the Ossetian language. The sepa [...] | 2007-06-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV RS GG |
07TELAVIV133 | ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...] | 2007-01-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS |
07THEHAGUE1447 | NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...] | 2007-08-03 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS |
07THEHAGUE1650 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL NAC [...] (C) The GONL is not opposed in principle to a North Atlantic Council (NAC) trip to Tbilisi, but has reservations regarding the prospects of joining NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer in his trip to Georgia in October. According to MFA NATO Advisor Mark Versteden, the GONL is reluctant to "antagonize R [...] | 2007-09-10 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | GG NATO PREL RS NL |
07THEHAGUE1980 | NETHERLANDS/OSCE: PRESSING RUSSIA TO ABIDE BY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL shares our concerns regarding the Government of Russia's decision to significantly restrict the ODIHR observation mission for the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections to 70 persons for short-term observation only. MFA Special OSCE Advisor Tony van der Togt said Dutc [...] | 2007-11-09 16:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS NL |
07THEHAGUE1999 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH EXPAND ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dutch trade and energy officials are claiming success following Prime Minister Balkenende's recent Russia visit and the conclusion of Dutch-Russian business deals that build on existing bilateral trade and business ties. The Dutch hope that a Gasunie-Gazprom pipeline deal wil [...] | 2007-11-19 07:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON RS NL |
07THEHAGUE2069 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on December 12 to discuss preparations for the Review Conference (RevCon). The coordinator, Annie Mari (France),also proposed at the request of the Netherlands to hold an expanded WEOG meeting either January 22 or 20 to discuss voluntary [...] | 2007-12-17 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS UK CWC |
07THEHAGUE330 | NETHERLANDS: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered reftel points to MFA working level contacts on February 22; we will engage at higher levels as soon as possible, but this may take several days as the new government was sworn in today. In the meantime, the initial response from the MFA working level suggests the D [...] | 2007-02-22 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PL PREL RS NL |
07THEHAGUE643 | STATE SECRETARY TIMMERMANS ON EU CONSITUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 4 with Frans Timmermans, the new Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs. Timmermans expressed hopes that EU members could agree on a compromise EU treaty prior to the end of the German Presidency. He reiterated his personal commitment to a continued Dutch [...] | 2007-04-05 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL EUN NATO PINR AF BO RS UP NL |
07THEHAGUE894 | NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] The GONL will participate in the OSCE Political Public-Private Partnership Conference focused on counterterrorism in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, 2007. However, the GONL has yet to decide at what level to send its delegation. Either an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or office [...] | 2007-05-11 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP NL |
07TOKYO1742 | MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY ON IRAQ COMPACT DELIVERED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso told Ambassador and Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari that his agreement to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow on May 3 precludes his participation in the Compact meeting. However, he suggested that if Lavrov were to propose moving their meeting [...] | 2007-04-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ RS JA |
07TOKYO1763 | ASTOP: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO RUSSSIA'S PARTICIPATION [...] On April 17, ESToff spoke with MOFA Principal Deputy Director, Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Kaoru Magosaki, concerning Russian participation in ASTOP. Magosaki informed ESToff that Russian Minister Counsellor Galizin visited MOFA on March 7 to appeal to the Japanese g [...] | 2007-04-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL RS |
07TOKYO2094 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away and expa [...] | 2007-05-10 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS |
07TOKYO2477 | JAPAN RESPONDS TO RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On May 30, EST Officer delivered points in reftel to Satoshi Kikuchi of the Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Kikuchi said that Japan shares many of the U.S. concerns about the announced Russia-Burma civil nuclear agreement, a [...] | 2007-06-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU BM RS KNNP IAEA JP |
07TOKYO3600 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...] | 2007-08-06 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA |
07TOKYO3601 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...] | 2007-08-06 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA |
07TOKYO374 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...] | 2007-01-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA |
07ULAANBAATAR288 | Mongolia Not Sure of OSCE Counterterrorism Conference [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 06:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP |
07USEUBRUSSELS536 | EU AGREES ON ACCESS TO POLICE DATABASES FOR [...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on February 15 agreed to incorporate into the EU legal order the main provisions of the Treaty of Pr|m relating to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (issues coming under the so- called "third pillar") with the exception [...] | 2007-02-16 11:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL KCRM RS EUN |
07USNATO161 | USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS |
07USNATO191 | NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...] | 2007-03-23 16:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL GG RS NATO |
07USNATO237 | RFG - OSLO NRC MINISTERIAL TASKING AND 2007 NRC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 16:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
07USNATO266 | HLTF MEETING MARCH 22, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite determined efforts by the U.S. and many other Allies, Germany derailed agreement at the March 22 High-level Task Force (HLTF) on the text of a NATO paper on cross-group stationing of forces under the CFE Treaty. Most allies, in particular Turkey, Greece, Norway, Bulgaria [...] | 2007-04-24 07:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO337 | HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...] | 2007-05-25 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO340 | MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...] | 2007-05-25 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO399 | WELCOME TO STAFFDEL TILLEMANN JULY 1-2, 2007. [...] Mission welcomes Professional Staff Member, Tomicah Tillemann to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on July 2, 2007. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Luc [...] | 2007-06-29 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREG AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN BEXP ENRG GM RS |
07USNATO409 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...] | 2007-07-10 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO431 | JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...] | 2007-07-27 15:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO445 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...] | 2007-08-06 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO521 | SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...] | 2007-09-21 15:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO524 | NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...] | 2007-09-24 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO532 | RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...] | 2007-09-28 15:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO578 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO579 | ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...] | 2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS |
07USNATO613 | NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...] | 2007-11-21 17:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO615 | CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...] | 2007-11-23 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO640 | HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...] | 2007-12-17 19:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07USNATO648 | RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...] | 2007-12-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USOSCE258 | OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...] | 2007-06-12 13:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OSCE PREL RS |
07USUNNEWYORK415 | U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...] | 2007-05-25 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN |
07VATICAN51 | VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL [...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...] | 2007-03-05 16:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT |
07VIENNA1279 | AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...] | 2007-05-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU |
07VIENNA2780 | AUSTRIA: ODIHR MONITORING OF RUSSIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor met Nov. 9 with Austrian OSCE PermRep Margit Waestenfelt to discuss reftel demarche. Waestenfelt seemed at a loss as to how to respond to the Russian "game." She expected the Russians to continue to drag the process out and make it impossible for even the 70 observers i [...] | 2007-11-09 18:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS AU |
07VILNIUS322 | LITHUANIA MAY INTERVENE ON MOLDOVA AT MAY 14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania may intervene at the May 14 GAERC on Moldova. The GOL sees little chance of making progress towards a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia given the current climate. They have suspicions that the secretive negotiations concluded between Russia and Moldova [...] | 2007-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD KPAL LH RS MD |
07VILNIUS333 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS ESTONIA BUT MAY 9 PASSES [...] Summary: Lithuanians have been speaking up about Russian policies in many ways following the violence in Tallinn surrounding Estonia's decision to move the Bronze Soldier monument and demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow. The events have tapped a deep reserve of anti-Russian [...] | 2007-05-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZB RS LH |
07VILNIUS626 | LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON RUSSIA ISSUES AT GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania plans to focus on Russia for the September 7 GYMNICH meeting. FM Vaitiekunas will argue that problems of individual EU member states with Russia should be approached as collective EU problems. He will also seek to take the agenda focus off of a Partnership and Cooperat [...] | 2007-09-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN LH |
07VILNIUS629 | U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...] | 2007-09-07 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS |
07VILNIUS729 | LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...] | 2007-10-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR |
07VILNIUS742 | USPASKICH RETURNED FROM RUSSIA, RUNNING FOR [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Viktor Uspaskich -- businessman turned politician, former Economy Minister, and fugitive for his alleged fraudulent use of campaign funds -- returned from Moscow to Lithuania. He was immediately detained and is currently under pre-trial house arrest for six mont [...] | 2007-10-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LH RS |
07WARSAW1147 | POLAND'S NAIMSKI TELLS DAS BRYZA KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski told visiting DAS Bryza that the Krakow Summit had four important results: The governments reached a political decision that a Caspian-Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk (COBPG) oil pipeline should be constructed and that an Intergovernme [...] | 2007-05-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PO KZ UR LI AJ GG RS |
07WARSAW121 | POLES WILL PURSUE TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Polish oil pipeline operator PERN will make a last ditch effort to negotiate a deal with Yukos International to purchase its share of Transpetrol in Slovakia. The GOP fully supports PERN's efforts, as control of Transpetrol by a non-Russian entity is a major energy security go [...] | 2007-01-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL SO RS PREL |
07WARSAW1870 | POLAND: RUSSIAN RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL RETURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Econcoff met with Anna Mank, a director in the Polish Ministry of the State Treasury (MST) and Ivan Bolshinsky, a senior technical advisor with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),on August 27 to discuss the status [...] | 2007-08-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS |
07WARSAW1901 | POLISH BUSINESSMEN STAYING ABROAD WHILE KRAUZE [...] (C) Summary: David Ensor told us that the Polish investors in his company, Mercuria Energy, are staying out of Poland while the GOP investigates Polish businessman Richard Krauze. Ensor stated that the company is afraid that during the likely upcoming election campaign that PiS will use a [...] | 2007-09-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PO ES RS GM |
07WARSAW1930 | POLAND-NATO/GEORGIA: GOP AN ACTIVE PROPONENT OF [...] (C) On the margins of September 6-7 U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations, Pol External Chief shared reftel points on the NAC visit to Georgia (including points intended for "cool" and cold" posts) with MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, who fully agreed with the U.S. position tha [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG PL RS |
07WARSAW1975 | POLAND AND NORDSTREAM TALKING PAST EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Polish interlocutors continue to tell post that they oppose the construction of the proposed Nordstream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. They complain that the Nordstream company announces information to the press rather than discussing it with the Ministry of Economy. Oppo [...] | 2007-09-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL RS EN XH XG PREL |
07WARSAW231 | POLAND: MOE ATTEMPT TO STOP OIL TANKER LOADING [...] (C) Summary: J&S Executives report that Minister of Economy Wozniak requested that the company not load an oil tanker during the recent Druzba oil pipeline shutoff, a request the company denied. J&S currently supplies 50% of Poland's crude, but is diversifying in Europe, the U.S. and Canad [...] | 2007-02-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PL RS UR NO |
07WARSAW234 | POLAND: ENERGY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paras 5, 7, 8 2. (C) Summary. The GOP continues to pursue the purchase of Transpetrol assets from Yukos International. The GOP remains concerned that the government of Slovakia will not support a GOP purchase. The GOP started negotiating a contract fo [...] | 2007-02-05 07:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PO RS UP KZ AG GM |
07WARSAW2395 | POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...] | 2007-12-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS |
07WARSAW31 | Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...] | 2007-01-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07WARSAW33 | Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...] | 2007-01-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07WARSAW86 | POLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza and Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski discussed a deal for gas for Azerbaijan and Georgia that would relieve both countries of their dependence on Russian gas, and exchanged views on the political situation in Georgia. Naimski restated his opposition to t [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL RS GG AJ KZ LH LG EN LO PL |
07YEREVAN653 | ARMENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AM |
07ZAGREB364 | DAS BRYZA'S ZAGREB MEETINGS WITH GREEK AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Greek Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas and Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov on the margins of an April 3 energy conference in Zagreb. Both Sioufas and Ovcharov expressed concern over what they perceive as mixed signals co [...] | 2007-04-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL GR BU AJ RS TU TX |
07ZAGREB404 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CONFIRMS PUTIN CROATIA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Tomislav Jakic, Foreign Policy Advisor to Croatian President Mesic, confirmed in an April 23 meeting with DCM that Russian President Putin will visit Croatia June 23-24. The centerpiece of the visit will be a regional energy summit that the GOC has organized, inviting heads of st [...] | 2007-04-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG HR RS |
07ZAGREB481 | CROATIA UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION IN MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS HR |
07ZAGREB596 | CROATIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON PUTIN VISIT, [...] (C) DCM met with Tomislav Jakic, foreign policy advisor to Croatian President Mesic, on June 15 to discuss Russian President Putin's upcoming visit to Zagreb. Putin will visit Zagreb on June 24 to participate in a "Regional Energy Summit" organized by President Mesic's office. DCM inquired ab [...] | 2007-06-19 10:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL HR RS |
07ZAGREB832 | CROATIA SEEKS ADDITIONAL GAS IMPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Although Croatia has ample supplies of natural gas to meet current demand, increasing consumption, combined with dwindling domestic production and static imports, means the country could face shortfalls in the coming years without new sources of supply. Demand is forecast to ex [...] | 2007-09-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL HR RS |
08ABUJA1716 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RS GG RU NI |
08ALGIERS942 | ALGERIA UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW RUSSIA ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG AG |
08AMMAN2004 | JORDAN WELCOMED AS PARTNER TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and accompanying documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on July 7. Post was unable to coordinate delivery with the Russian Embassy before the due date, but will inform contacts there that we have [...] | 2008-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RS JO |
08ANKARA1472 | TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...] | 2008-08-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN |
08ANKARA1478 | PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...] | 2008-08-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ |
08ANKARA1690 | MFA WANTS TO MAINTAIN NRC PREPCOM AS CHANNEL FOR [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin on September 22. While she took our points on board, Ulutekin said Turkey views the PrepCom as a useful tool to maintain contact with Russia, particularly on issues in the long-term interest of the Alliance, i [...] | 2008-09-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS TU |
08ANKARA1724 | RUSSIANS ARE THE SOLE BIDDER ON TURKEY'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring delay requests from a majority of potential bidders, the GOT stuck to the September 24 bid submission deadline for the nuclear power tender and received only one bid, from AtomStroyExport of Russia. The bid will be subjected to an approval process, but GOT officials se [...] | 2008-09-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG RS TU |
08ANKARA2137 | TURKEY: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER BID PASSES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) announced December 19 that it accepted the technical merits of the bid by a Russian-led consortium to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The consortium consists of Russian companies Atomstroyexport and Inter RAO UES and Turkish fin [...] | 2008-12-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ENRG EPET RS TU |
08ANKARA2181 | TURKEY/GEORGIAN SEPARATIST REGIONS: ANKARA CANNOT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points to MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz December 29, underscoring the importance of collective support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Cevikoz promised to analyze the U.S. strategy on Georgia's separatist [...] | 2008-12-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS TU |
08ANKARA565 | CFE: TURKEY WANTS NO MENTION OF FLANKS IN NATO [...] (C) We queried MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun March 25 on MFA reactions to the proposed NATO statement on CFE (reftel). Gun said he had examined the statement and consulted with senior MFA officials, who agreed that Turkey strongly opposes any reference to "flank limits" o [...] | 2008-03-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD TU |
08ANKARA753 | ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Turkey shares our concerns about the new presidential instructions to the Russian government to create "mechanisms" to protect the rights of Russian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel),MFA Deputy DG for South Caucasus and Central Asia Umit Yardim and South Caucasus Department [...] | 2008-04-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS TU |
08ANKARA939 | TURKEY: CFE CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us May 14 that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak probed for weaknesses in the Alliance's position on CFE, griped about Alliance "failures" to respond to Russia's concerns, and pressed Turkey to give up the Flank [...] | 2008-05-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCFE OSCE RS TU |
08ANKARA942 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY OFFERS TO HOST MEETING BETWEEN [...] (C) During May 12 bilateral consultations with Turkey that focused on CFE issues (ref) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak made the following points regarding Iran, according to MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun: -- No one has full intelligence on Iranian intention [...] | 2008-05-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR RS TU |
08ASHGABAT1117 | RUSSIA'S POSSIBLE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RS GG TX |
08ASHGABAT1306 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS' PSA AWAITING OK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lukoil's country director for Turkmenistan is frustrated by the continued delay in signing the PSA that they and operations partner ConocoPhillips negotiated in July. Both companies now must wait for new State Agency Director Kakayev to approve the agreement, and then work out mo [...] | 2008-09-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1399 | EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...] | 2008-10-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1411 | TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A western businessman resident in Turkmenistan recently shared news and views of Turkmenistan's political and economic worlds, related to presidential ceremonies, airport Customs operations, government policy on advertisements, Turkmenbashy port refurbishment, and the business c [...] | 2008-10-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EIND EPET ETRD EWWT TX RS KS |
08ASHGABAT1422 | TURKMENISTAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS RUSSIA IS [...] (C) Georgian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Alexi Petriashvili (please protect) told econoff on October 29 that he is running for a position on the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),and that he is leaving for New York to campaign for the position on November [...] | 2008-10-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG UN AORC RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1432 | TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a longtime Turkmenistan expatriate resident recently observed, Turkey's arrangements with Turkmenistan let them get away with a lot, but Turkish companies -- particularly construction companies -- are also vulnerable to arrest, deportation, and other unpleasantries when thi [...] | 2008-11-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND KCOR TX TU RS |
08ASHGABAT1544 | AMBASSADOR MANN: A WELCOME FIGURE IN TURKMEN STATE MEDIA - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media widely reported on U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steven Mann's November 20 meeting with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The same day, media sources accurately carried [...] | 2008-11-28 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX |
08ASHGABAT155 | TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon, discussed with Defense Minister General Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev and State Border Service Chief General-Major Bayram Alovov Turkmenistan's security situation, ongoing military reforms, and regional issues during separate meetings o [...] | 2008-01-31 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS SNAR IR AF RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1616 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT IFES PRE-ELECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media and some international news agencies highlighted U.S. International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) early December visit to Turkmenistan. Although this was a visit that post did [...] | 2008-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX |
08ASHGABAT162 | TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT VISIT BY U.S. COORDINATOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media highlighted U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steven Mann's January 29 visit to Turkmenistan. Mann's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received wide state media coverage. Some international media sources char [...] | 2008-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX |
08ASHGABAT164 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS MANN, "WE [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov told Ambassador Mann on January 29 he -- wants a Trans-Caspian Pipeline with Azerbaijan but wants to "start small" and needs a legal basis for it to protect him from Russia and Iran; -- needs a legal structure to allow Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan jo [...] | 2008-02-04 05:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET TU RS IR KZ AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT211 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...] | 2008-02-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX |
08ASHGABAT214 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN EMBASSY "SOFT POWER" FALLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Russian Embassy opened an exhibit at the National Art Museum on February 11 -- photographs of Turkmenistan taken by Russian Embassy diplomats. In his opening speech, Russian Ambassador Igor Blatov noted the exhibit co [...] | 2008-02-12 05:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KPAO RS TX |
08ASHGABAT224 | TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...] | 2008-02-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX |
08ASHGABAT280 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PRIORITIZES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Moscow February 22 for the CIS Informal Summit, where Putin said goodbye, the Turkmen president defined neutrality, and they both watered and nourished the Russian-Turkmen economi [...] | 2008-02-27 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS TX |
08ASHGABAT295 | TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV LAYS DOWN MARKERS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a February 28 meeting in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann: -- He rejects the concept of Gazprom as monopolist; it's Turkmenistan's key economic partner; -- He is strongly irked at Azerb [...] | 2008-03-03 06:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EPET UP TU RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT317 | TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a World Bank-sponsored anti-money laundering workshop, international and regional experts focused on the need for innovation, information technology, annual reviews, and international contact networks in discu [...] | 2008-03-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SNAR RS TX |
08ASHGABAT363 | TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our new relationship with Turkmenistan is now over a year old, and it's time to take stock. After several score U.S. delegations, including a number of very high-level visits, we have a better view of the contour of the relationship and the personalities of the leaders. In gen [...] | 2008-03-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS TX |
08ASHGABAT375 | TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER VIEW INTO THE KALEIDOSCOPE [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a nearly two-decade Western observer and insider, -- Foreign Minister Meredov's role has become more complicated because he has made some powerful enemies in the past year, and because Berdimuhamedov allegedly relies on him now less for advice because he feels mor [...] | 2008-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR RS EU TX |
08ASHGABAT388 | TURKMENISTAN/TURKEY: ENERGY WAS THE KEY ISSUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge on March 28, -- the key issue discussed during President Berdimuhamedov's March 24-25 visit to Turkey was energy, both with President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan; -- Berdimuhamedov is prepared to sell to Turkey up to 20 bcm/y [...] | 2008-03-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TU TX |
08ASHGABAT389 | TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...] | 2008-03-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX |
08ASHGABAT417 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...] | 2008-04-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT454 | TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES U.S. [...] (C) During an April 10 reception hosted by the Baku-based Ambassador of Switzerland, Alain Guidetti, who had just presented his credentials to the Government of Turkmenistan, Charge found himself in a group conversation with the Ambassadors of Georgia, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, and Iran [...] | 2008-04-11 07:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET IR RS TX |
08ASHGABAT458 | TURKMENISTAN: OMV REP ASSERTS NABUCCO IS THE EC [...] (SBU) Charge met April 11 with Baku-based Austrian Energy firm OMV Caspian Region Country Manager Wolfgang Sporrer who also introduced himself as the Nabucco representative for Turkmenistan. He was in Ashgabat for the April 9-10 EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial, and for the next-day Turkm [...] | 2008-04-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EU AU RS IR TX |
08ASHGABAT482 | TURKMENISTAN/EU TROIKA-CENTRAL ASIA: BEHIND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Briefing on the April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial in Ashgabat, French Ambassador Christian Lechervy (strictly protect throughout) -- lamented the region's lack of cohesion and common interests, as well as Kazakhstan's "arrogance"; -- criticized EU Commissioner fo [...] | 2008-04-17 08:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINR EPET RS FR IR ZK TX |
08ASHGABAT49 | TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (U) See action request in para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Byrammurat Muradov, told the Charge that press reports that each of the three countries involved in const [...] | 2008-01-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET RS KZ TX |
08ASHGABAT503 | DISCOURAGING RUSSIA FROM UPGRADING RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GG RS TX |
08ASHGABAT506 | URGING TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. PROPOSAL FOR A REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GG RS TX |
08ASHGABAT527 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT BAKU, SEEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has asked the United States to play a watchful and helpful role as he negotiates with Azerbaijan's President Aliyev to establish a bilateral Caspian Sea commercial venture that would allow Turkmenistan's natural gas to flow Westward to Europe, bypassing [...] | 2008-04-28 08:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT604 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN-SPONSORED VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian embassy hosted the annual dinner/reception for the dwindling Red Army veteran community. While the event celebrated the end of the Great Patriotic War and the end of the Fascist threat, it was unde [...] | 2008-05-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI RS TX |
08ASHGABAT62 | TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...] | 2008-01-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX |
08ASHGABAT656 | SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...] | 2008-05-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT669 | TURKMENISTAN: DELL INC. TAKES ANOTHER LOOK; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dell Inc. Regional Manager for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (except Russia and Ukraine) from Dell Inc. visited Ashgabat to investigate reshaping their business in Turkmenistan. Dell has been active in Turkmenistan since 2006, mostly selling workstations to t [...] | 2008-05-27 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD TINT KZ RS UP TX |
08ASHGABAT734 | TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...] | 2008-06-09 07:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT748 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV FOLLOWS HIS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 6 CIS Summit in St. Petersburg, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's neutrality and held bilateral meetings. While expressing support for the relatively new goal of expanding economic ties among the CIS states, he again reminded attendees and observer [...] | 2008-06-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV KCIS RS UP TX |
08ASHGABAT801 | TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...] | 2008-06-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX |
08ASHGABAT817 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV ON AZERBAIJAN: [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a surprising display of pique and frustration, Berdimuhamedov let loose to the Charge against Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, implying that the brief standoff in April between Azeri border patrol boats and a Turkmen vessel in the mid-Caspian disputed Serdar/Kyapaz block (ref A [...] | 2008-07-01 07:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT819 | TURKMENISTAN: CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took office in February 2007, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia have been gradually expanding, especially the economic relationship. However, contrary to Russian press reports, the degree to which the Turkmen government has been ente [...] | 2008-07-02 05:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EPET MARR RS TX |
08ASHGABAT830 | TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM CEO LEAVES ASHGABAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a last-minute effort to reach at least a general agreement with the Government of Turkmenistan on 2009 gas prices and volumes before Russian President Medvedev's July 4 visit, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met with President Berdimuhamedov on July 1 -- but to no avail. Turkmenis [...] | 2008-07-07 11:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS TX |
08ASHGABAT850 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid a farewell call on Executive Director of the Hydrocarbon State Agnecy Bayrammurad Muradov on July 7. Muradov (almost) confirmed that Turkmenistan is seriously reconsidering its past hard-line policy of no Western energy majors working onshore other than in service-c [...] | 2008-07-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS KZ AJ TX |
08ASMARA426 | MFA HAS NO FORMAL OPINION ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GG RS ER |
08ASTANA1558 | TFGG01: KAZAKHSTAN CAUTIOUS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Kazakhstan will likely continue its cautious approach toward the Georgian-Russian conflict to preserve its equities with both countries. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstanis appear genuinely concerned about the long-term implications of Russia's actions for other CIS states. While Kazakhstan is [...] | 2008-08-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1608 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered ref A demarche on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to DFM Kairat Sarybay on August 27. The DCM also raised the Kazakhstan-specific points from ref B, and noted that Kazakhstan was in a unique position of influence because of its good [...] | 2008-08-27 07:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG KZ |
08ASTANA1647 | KAZAKHSTAN - NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: In a September 2 speech to Parliament, President Nazarbayev called for negotiations on the Georgia conflict based on Sarkozy's six points and fundamental principals of international law. He publicly discussed Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments for just the second time, promising th [...] | 2008-09-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1807 | KAZAKHSTAN - POLL INDICATES PUBLIC SYMPATHIES ARE WITH [...] (U) Summary: The results of an opinion poll indicate that the Kazakhstani public has largely adopted the South Ossetian and Russian viewpoint with respect to the conflict in Georgia. Overall, 40.2 percent of poll respondents sympathized most with the South Ossetians, compared to just 2.7 perc [...] | 2008-09-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR SOCI KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1944 | KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION NOT TO BUILD POTI GRAIN [...] (U) In contradiction to earlier Kazakhstani government claims, it now appears that Kazakhstan's decision not to build a grain terminal at Georgia's Poti port was actually a commercial one that had no connection to the recent Georgia conflict, according to several sources. 2. (C) Prime Minis [...] | 2008-10-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EINV RS GG KZ |
08ASTANA1974 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for the exploration and development of th [...] | 2008-10-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX KZ |
08ASTANA1976 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN PRESSURE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Georgian media have alleged that a Kazakhstani grain shipment to Georgia was delayed because of Russian pressure. We spoke to several sources in Kazakhstan and could find no clear evidence that this was the ca [...] | 2008-10-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA1977 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several international oil companies active in Kazakhstan briefed the Ambassador on their current operations and future plans in separate meetings during September 30 to October 2. They reported that negotiations on [...] | 2008-10-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ELAB TX GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA2042 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping on October 14 and joined Russian Ambassador Mikhail Nikolayevich Bocharnikov for lunch at his Embassy on October 15. Although both were rather formal on first meeting, Ambassador Cheng seemed the somewhat less guarded. Both [...] | 2008-10-16 06:01:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS CH KZ |
08ASTANA2081 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV DISCUSSES OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the oil and gas industry association KazEnergy and billionaire son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador and visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 7 to discuss oil transportation issues, the [...] | 2008-10-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV GG AJ RS KZ |
08ASTANA2101 | KAZAKHSTAN: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 KAZAKHSTAN [...] SUMMARY: The 16th annual Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) was held during October 7-10 in Almaty. The exhibition featured more than 550 companies from 30 countries and was visited by more than 15,000 oil and gas industry professionals. The conference in [...] | 2008-10-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS GG KZ |
08ASTANA2163 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR ON ECONOMIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean Ambassador in Astana said Seoul -- is considering an economic summit for South Asia as a way to raise its profile in the region; -- would be willing to play a greater "quiet diplomacy" role in promoting democracy; -- considered creating a South and Centra [...] | 2008-11-03 05:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM RS KS KZ |
08ASTANA2249 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...] | 2008-11-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
08ASTANA2291 | KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...] | 2008-11-21 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ |
08ASTANA2353 | KAZAKHSTAN: TWO FRONTS IN "THE WAR OF IDEAS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is facing a "War of Ideas" on two separate fronts. As a Muslim-majority country, Kazakhstan is susceptible to religious extremism from its neighbors to the south. As a former Soviet and largely Ru [...] | 2008-11-26 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KPAO ZK RS KZ |
08ASTANA2364 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA'S WIDE-RANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Guoping Cheng called on the Ambassador to brief him on Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Kazakhstan for the October 29 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting in Astana, and Cheng's views on the role [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH RS TX UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2445 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR IDRISOV ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met Kazakhstan's Ambassador Erlan Idrisov for lunch at the Georgetown Club in Washington on December 5. They discussed -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law and how he is an irritant in the U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship; -- presid [...] | 2008-12-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
08ASTANA2449 | KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...] | 2008-12-11 03:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ |
08ASTANA2481 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...] | 2008-12-19 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ |
08ASTANA2545 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...] | 2008-12-24 02:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
08ASTANA2570 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator told the Ambassador on December 24 Kazakhstan is ready to accelerate WTO accession negotiations with the United States. However, the international financial crisis is making some Kazah [...] | 2008-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN RS KZ |
08ASTANA2576 | KAZAKHSTAN: DINNER WITH STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's self-described Number Two and President Nazarbayev's confidante, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev, told the Ambassador on December 29: -- Kazakhstan would give TRANSCOM a positive reply to the U.S. request to include Kazakhstan as an essential link in the Northern [...] | 2008-12-31 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON MARR RS KZ |
08ASTANA798 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on discouraging Russia from upgrading relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev promised to relay the substance to his MFA superiors. He reminded Pol-Econ Chief that Kazakhstan ha [...] | 2008-04-25 06:32:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS KZ |
08ATHENS1070 | GREECE/SYRIA: GREEK VIEWS ON DEALING WITH THE SARG [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor delivered ref A points on the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) on 7/24 to George Ayfandis, acting Director of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfandis said that Greece shared U.S. concerns about the SARG, highlighting, in particular, S [...] | 2008-07-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE EU RS TU NO SW |
08ATHENS1216 | TFGG01: GREECE'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong statements at NATO and the EU by FM Bakoyannis supporting Georgian territorial integrity and condemning Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, the GOG at the same time is moving ahead with several "business-as-usual" events with Ru [...] | 2008-08-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG GR RS |
08ATHENS1287 | GREEK VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A and C points on the September 15-16 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC) to MFA European Correspondent Ant/nia Katzourou and took the oppo2tunity 4o ask for a readout of the September 5-6 G9mnich meeting. On the latter, Katzourou said 3he had ngt gotten a de [...] | 2008-09-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR RS SU ZI YI EUN |
08ATHENS1304 | ADDITIONAL GAERC GEORGIA POINTS PASSED TO GREEKS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed additional GAERC Georgia points (ref A) to Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou provided no new feedback beyond her earlier remarks on the September GAERC (ref D). SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN GR RS GG |
08ATHENS1336 | APPROACHING GREECE ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) DCM discussed ref A points on rebutting Russia's claims against Georgia with the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios. She noted the speciousness of the Russian claims of genocide, the lack of supporting evidence from international NGOs, and our request for Greece to u [...] | 2008-09-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR GG RS |
08ATHENS1348 | GREECE/NATO: POINTS DELIVERED ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) On 22 September, Poloff delivered ref points on "no business as usual" in NATO-Russia relations to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his superiors and to the Gr [...] | 2008-09-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL GR GG RS |
08ATHENS1517 | GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR |
08ATHENS1534 | GREEKS GET RUSSIA MESSAGE IN TIME FOR GAERC [...] (SBU) On November 8, DepPolCouns discussed reftel GAERC points on dealing with Russia with Haris Lalacos, head of the MFA A11 Directorate for the EU CFSP. Lalacos was grateful to receive the information over the weekend because he was departing along with the rest of FM Bakoyannis' party on S [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL RS GR |
08ATHENS1539 | GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...] | 2008-11-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG |
08ATHENS1589 | GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...] | 2008-11-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG |
08ATHENS1605 | GREECE/OSCE: GREEK VIEWS ON HELSINKI MINISTERIAL [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/28 with Deputy Head of the MFA OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, Louis-Alkiviadis Abadis, to deliver reftel points on the U.S. priorities for the Helsinki OSCE Ministerial. Abadis had the following comments on our points: -- Ministerial Declaration: He noted t [...] | 2008-11-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE GR RS GG AM AJ |
08ATHENS458 | GOG RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON MARCH GYMNICH AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 25 to Ms. Antonia Katzourou in the MFA's A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. While Katzourou appreciated the opportunity to review U.S. positions, she emphasized that the March 28-29 Foreign Ministers' Gymnich meeting will be [...] | 2008-03-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IS SY GR EUN ZL LE RS CH |
08ATHENS563 | GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...] | 2008-04-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS GR |
08ATHENS996 | GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...] | 2008-07-14 05:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET |
08BAGHDAD2770 | ELECTRICITY MINISTER OBTAINS RUSSIAN SUPPORT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI) Ambassador Charles Ries and incoming CETI Ambassador Marc Wall met with Electricity Minister Karim Wahid al-Hasan on August 24. Karim, who had just returned from Moscow, reported that the Russians would be sending a te [...] | 2008-08-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV PREL RS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3825 | RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROTEST OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (S) Summary: The Russian MFA has filed protests in Washington and Moscow regarding a November 19 traffic accident on the Baghdad airport highway in which the GoR alleges a U.S. military vehicle forced a Russian diplomatic vehicle off the road, resulting in injuries to the passengers. After a [...] | 2008-12-07 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ RS |
08BAKU382 | AZERBAIJAN HALTS RUSSIAN SHIPMENT TO BUSHEHR AT [...] (S) Summary: Azerbaijani officials, including Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, confirmed press reports that the GOAJ had detained at the southern Astara border crossing a Russian shipment destined for Iran's Bushehr reactor. Mammadyarov said that the Russian Government still had not provided an [...] | 2008-04-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ |
08BAKU389 | AZERBAIJAN'S HEAD OF CUSTOMS CLARIFIES STATUS OF [...] (C) In an April 23rd conversation with the Ambassador, Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan's Customs Service, provided further details on the Russian shipment halted at the Astara border crossing (reftel). Aliyev said that per usual GoAJ procedures, Customs has the right to allow goods to en [...] | 2008-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ |
08BAKU390 | AZERBAIJAN OPPOSES RUSSIAN MOVES TO UPGRADE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov during an April 22 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III (other topics septel). Mammadyarov responded that Azerbaijan supports Georgia's territorial in [...] | 2008-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS GG RS AJ |
08BAKU51 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS SENATOR LUGAR HE WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Aliyev said that the Turkmen President is moving too slowly on trans-Caspian gas discussions while at the same time continuing to sign deals with Russia. Aliyev said that he needs a political signal in the next six months to [...] | 2008-01-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR AJ RS IR |
08BAKU812 | FOREIGN MINISTER: RUSSIAN INVANSION SENDS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador August 26 that the Russian invasion of Georgia was primarily intended to send a message to the U.S. that Russian power in the region "is back." He warned that Russian insistence on buffer zones in Georgia around the conflict areas will af [...] | 2008-08-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG GG PREL RS |
08BAKU856 | MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES SIGN JOINT BOYCOTT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 5 the heads of the five largest opposition parties signed a public statement boycotting the October 15 presidential election. This represents a step forward in organization for the normally fractured opposition. Discussions with opposition party leadership reveal, [...] | 2008-09-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RS AJ |
08BAKU891 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR U.S. TO FILL VOID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, International Relations Advisor to President Aliyev Novruz Mammadov said he did not think that withdrawal of Azerbaijani forces from Iraq by the end of 2008 "would be a problem." (reftel) Mammadov also shared his views on a number [...] | 2008-09-18 11:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IR TU RS |
08BAKU923 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S SEPTEMBER 18 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Safar Abiyev told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza that Russia's invasion of Georgia altered regional security dynamics, and he was open to expanding U.S.-Azerbaijani security cooperation. Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev subsequently said that Az [...] | 2008-09-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG AJ |
08BAKU934 | AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY MAJLIS SPEAKER SHOWS IRE WITH [...] (C) During a discussion with DAS Bryza, Deputy Parliament Speaker and Head of the Parliament's Energy Committee Valeh Aleskerov complained about alleged European cultural arrogance and lack of strategic vision, citing recent developments in Azerbaijan-European Euro-Integration negotiations an [...] | 2008-10-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS TN AJ |
08BAKU937 | AZERBAIJANI CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS HOST [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijan National Committee for European Integration (ANCEI) hosted a conference entitled "The Russia - Georgia Conflict and Its Security, Economic, and Humanitarian Implications" in Baku on September 29. During the first panel on international security in the aftermath of [...] | 2008-10-06 05:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG AJ |
08BAKU945 | AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner October 1 with the Deputy Secretary, key Azerbaijani foreign policy thinkers discussed the role of Russia and Iran in the Caucasus, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to intensify the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Participants highlighted Azerbaijan's diffic [...] | 2008-10-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM ENRG GG PGOV PREL RS |
08BAKU980 | AZERBAIJAN: ELECTION UPATE, OCTOBER 10-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Monitoring Center (EMC) and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety released pre-election, interim reports October 10 and 11, respectively, noting certain improvements in the election process, while raising concerns about the slow handling of complaints b [...] | 2008-10-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV RS GG AJ PHUM PREL |
08BANGKOK1425 | U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...] | 2008-05-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB |
08BEIJING1142 | AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET, [...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...] | 2008-03-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK |
08BEIJING1143 | SCO: MFA COY, SECRETARIAT POSITIVE ON IRAN'S BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact at the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether China would support Iran's bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),but said there are "ample reasons" for Iran's admission to the organization, including the potential for energy cooperation [...] | 2008-03-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS IR |
08BEIJING1550 | APRIL 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HARASSMENT OF CHINESE STUDENT, [...] Key points at the April 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Domestic and Overseas Chinese demonstrations are "spontaneous" expressions of patriotism that are "encouraging and touching." -- A "U.S. State Department official" ignored Chinese opposition, violated "basic norms of international relat [...] | 2008-04-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH FR KS KN JA RS HK XG |
08BEIJING178 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...] | 2008-01-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS |
08BEIJING1955 | MAY 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the May 20 MFA press briefing were: -- China is grateful for foreign assistance and condolences. -- The Six-Party Talks have maintained momentum and China hopes recent meetings will produce results. -- Taiwan is "ineligible" for observer status at the World Health Assembly [...] | 2008-05-20 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY KS GM RS IR TW |
08BEIJING2281 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS |
08BEIJING2303 | PRC/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT CAST AS REAFFIRMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23-24 visit of Russian President Medvedev to Beijing aimed to reaffirm the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," to emphasize the two countries' shared desire for a more multi-polar world, and to demonstrate their common approach to international hot-spot issues, said MFA [...] | 2008-06-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG MASS KOLY RS CH |
08BEIJING2304 | JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Iran, Arms Sales to Taiwan, [...] Key points at the June 12 MFA press briefing are: -- AFM Liu Jieyi will join EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and representatives from Russia, France, Germany and the UK on June 14 in delivering a "talk resumption plan" to Iran. -- China requests that the United States honor the commi [...] | 2008-06-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY ENVR PHUM KS KN JP FR UN RS XU XV |
08BEIJING2389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on June 20-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cel [...] | 2008-06-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS |
08BEIJING2529 | JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ENGINEERS TO [...] Key points at the June 26 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The DPRK has not yet released a declaration of its nuclear programs, said the MFA spokesman. -- The "remaining portion of Chinese military engineers" will deploy in mid-July to assist in infrastructure projects. -- In spite [...] | 2008-06-26 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP ZI RS TH CY SU |
08BEIJING259 | PRC/RUSSIA: OBSERVERS SAY WARMING TREND IS REAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese and Russian leaders are celebrating a relationship they call "the best in history." Chinese scholars say the warming trend is rooted in a new alignment of PRC and Russian interests. This convergence of interests stems from expanding trade, shared perceptions of external [...] | 2008-01-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG MASS RS CH |
08BEIJING2753 | JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL [...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...] | 2008-07-15 22:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU |
08BEIJING2876 | JULY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Nepal, Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the July 24 MFA Press Briefing: -- China rejects the accusation that it pressured the Government of Nepal to arrest Tibetan protestors. -- Much progress has been made towards the denuclearization of North Korea. All parties involved laud China's positive efforts in the Six-P [...] | 2008-07-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP |
08BEIJING2928 | JULY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECURITY, INTERNET CENSORSHIP, [...] Key points at the July 29 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The Kunming bus bombings were not connected to the Olympics, and China is focused on ensuring the safety of those who attend the games. -- You can "get all the information you need" from the Internet in China, but some foreig [...] | 2008-07-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KOLY ENRG PHUM RS FR |
08BEIJING2964 | JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with [...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...] | 2008-07-31 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA |
08BEIJING2987 | IRANIAN SCO MEMBERSHIP LOOKS UNLIKELY, SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat, Chinese MFA and Russian Embassy told PolOff separately that it is unlikely Iran will join the SCO in the near future. Rather than adding new members, the SCO intends to have "dialogue partners" to promote cooper [...] | 2008-08-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN IR MG PK RS |
08BEIJING2988 | PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...] | 2008-08-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH |
08BEIJING3080 | CHINESE POSITION ON THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS GG CH UNSC |
08BEIJING3107 | CHINA WILLING TO ENGAGE IN UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG |
08BEIJING3109 | AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER [...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...] | 2008-08-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK |
08BEIJING3122 | TFGG01: GEORGIA DISAPPOINTED WITH CHINA'S RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG |
08BEIJING317 | JANUARY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, KIM [...] Key points at the January 29 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China considers progress made so far on the Six-Party Talks to be "hard-won" and "worth treasuring," and parties should show patience and implement Six-Party agreements. -- The spokesperson had no information or comments on Kim Jong I [...] | 2008-01-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY CH TW JA ID KS KN RS |
08BEIJING3208 | AUGUST 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, GEORGIA CEASE FIRE, [...] Key points at the August 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All protestors require approval of the Public Security Bureau, however, pro-Tibet independence activities will not be welcomed by the Chinese people. -- China welcomes the cease fire between Russia and Georgia and hopes it [...] | 2008-08-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KOLY PHUM CH JA GG RS PK KS |
08BEIJING3220 | CHINA HOPES FOR "UTMOST CONSENSUS" IN UN DEBATE ON [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on the Georgia-Russia conflict, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Yang Zhiyu told PolOff August 21 that China is pushing for "utmost consensus" in the UN Security Council (UNSC) debate on the Russia-Georgia co [...] | 2008-08-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG |
08BEIJING3244 | AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE SUPPORT ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) In an August 22 telephone call to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, the Ambassador urged China to express in international and multilateral fora unequivocal support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity withi [...] | 2008-08-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG |
08BEIJING3305 | AUGUST 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics, Russia-Georgia [...] Key points at the August 26 MFA Press Briefing: -- On Russia-Georgia, China "hopes that relevant countries can work through dialogue to find solution to the issue." -- China rejects the Dalai Lama's recent claims that Chinese security forces fired on ethnic Tibetans in Western Sichuan. - [...] | 2008-08-26 22:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP |
08BEIJING3335 | RUSSIAN EMBOFFS EXPRESS SATISFACTION WITH CHINA'S [...] (C) In separate meetings August 27 and August 28 with PolOff, two Russian Embassy Officers said they are "quite satisfied" with China's response to the Russia-Georgia conflict. Russian Embassy Officers Andrey Chernyshov and Denis Agafonov both expressed satisfaction with China's unwillingness [...] | 2008-08-28 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNGA RS CH GG |
08BEIJING3361 | GEORGIAN EMBASSY SEEKS DEMINING EQUIPMENT FROM [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with PolOff, Georgian EmbOff Ioseb Abashidze said "we are pleased" with the Chinese position on the Russia-Georgia conflict as reflected in the final declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, particularly the statement in support of "territo [...] | 2008-08-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS UNGA RS CH GG |
08BEIJING3427 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...] | 2008-09-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS |
08BEIJING3636 | SCO: PRC VIEWS DUSHANBE SUMMIT AS TURNING POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO's) August 28 Dushanbe summit marked a transition to a more "mature" organization that has developed a strong foundation for increasing trust and strategic consultation among members, according to an MFA contact. Security [...] | 2008-09-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
08BEIJING3712 | ACTING EAP DAS JOHN NORRIS DISCUSSES POST-OLYMPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China in the post-Olympics period will focus on domestic issues and maintain a low-key foreign policy, according to three Chinese scholars who met with visiting Acting EAP DAS John Norris September 20. Although they regard the Olympics as a success, the scholars pointed out that [...] | 2008-09-25 02:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH RS GG |
08BEIJING3750 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG CH RS |
08BEIJING3968 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS |
08BEIJING3980 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS |
08BEIJING4023 | MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...] | 2008-10-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF |
08BEIJING4252 | NOVEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TIBET, [...] Key points at the November 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States should lift recently announced restrictions on Chinese imports "sooner rather than later." -- China hopes the United States will "retain" the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in the next administration. [...] | 2008-11-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IN TW CH RS CU PE CO SO |
08BEIJING4280 | NOVEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TAIWAN, [...] Key points at the November 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has "already established" a "full export inspection system," and products found to be below standard will not be exported. -- China hopes that the two sides will continue to "show mutual respect, accommodate each oth [...] | 2008-11-20 23:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM TW CH RS PE |
08BEIJING4329 | NOVEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the November 25 MFA press briefing: -- China will host the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) December 4-5 and hopes the meeting will lay the "building blocks for enduring cooperation." -- China has proposed to host the next round of Six-Party Talks on December 8 an [...] | 2008-11-25 23:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TW CH RS PE |
08BEIJING522 | February 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPACE WEAPONS BAN, SPY [...] Key points at the February 14, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China believes its joint proposal for a space weapons ban is in the interests of the international community. -- U.S. allegations of spying are "groundless" and China is "tired" of such "fabrications." -- China regrets Steve [...] | 2008-02-14 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA IN RS SU SR |
08BEIJING581 | FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] Key points at the February 19, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China does not support the declaration of independence made by Kosovo. -- China hopes enhanced cooperation on the DPRK nuclear issue will produce results. -- The Burma issue will be solved by the people of Burma and their g [...] | 2008-02-20 00:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM |
08BEIJING634 | FEBRUARY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. SATELLITE, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the February 21, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China continues to watch closely the destruction of an errant U.S. satellite. -- China acknowledges "difficulties" in the Six-Party Talks, but believes all parties have the political will to honor their commitments. -- Chin [...] | 2008-02-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM |
08BEIJING686 | FEBRUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY RICE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 26, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The spokesman reported that both Secretary Rice and FM Yang stressed the importance of the consensus President Bush and President Hu had reached on the bilateral relationship. -- Yang stressed to Secretary Rice that Taiwan is C [...] | 2008-02-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM |
08BEIJING718 | FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Sinopec's role in the Yadavaran oil field in Iran is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their com [...] | 2008-02-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM |
08BEIJING745 | CORRECTED COPY (PARA 1 and 3)FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS [...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- CNOOC's role in developing an Iranian gas field is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their commi [...] | 2008-02-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM |
08BEIJING791 | MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC [...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...] | 2008-03-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN |
08BEIJING892 | March 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG TERRORISM, SAFETY AND [...] Key points at the March 11, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing were: -- China continues to investigate the suspicious liquid found on a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing and rejects attempts to link terrorism to a single religion or ethnic group. -- China is working to ensure safe air quality [...] | 2008-03-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR |
08BEIRUT1489 | LEBANON: HARIRI CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging October 15 discussion with the Ambassador, majority leader Saad Hariri said he anticipated meeting Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah "soon," explaining that such a meeting would fulfill his own political agenda by giving other Shia a green light to enter into d [...] | 2008-10-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR RS LE |
08BEIRUT1748 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS AN AOUN VICTORY [...] (C) In a December 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr assessed that President Michel Sleiman, annoyed at the royal treatment Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun received during his trip to Syria, feels threatened by the prospect of a decisive Aoun victory in the [...] | 2008-12-11 19:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1780 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR EXPLAINS RUSSIANS' "SURPRISE" [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr struggled to explain that the Russians "surprised" him with a grant aid offer of 77 free T-72 or T-90 tanks and 130 mm mortars, among other equipment, to which he reportedly declined and made the "completely unrealis [...] | 2008-12-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY |
08BELGRADE382 | RUSSIAN ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN SERBIA - NOTHING TO SEE HERE? [...] (U) On April 14 the Serbian state power company EPS signed an agreement with Russian electricity firm Inter RAO that gives Inter RAO the opportunity to partner with EPS in building new power generation capacity in Serbia. The agreement is seen as a politically-driven opening for additional Ru [...] | 2008-04-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG SR RS |
08BELMOPAN423 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED CARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 27 to Mr. Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of National Security. Mr. del Cid stated that IMMARBE, the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, was concerned about the welfare of t [...] | 2008-09-27 21:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
08BELMOPAN424 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
08BERLIN1006 | MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...] | 2008-07-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1130 | TFGG01: MERKEL "WILL TALK TOUGH" IN SOCHI; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS |
08BERLIN1155 | GERMANY TO DOUBLE GEORGIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The German Foreign Office announced August 19 that Germany would increase its humanitarian assistance to Georgia from 1 million to 2 million euros. POLOFF spoke on August 20 with Georgia Desk Officer Gosse at the MFA for more detail on the additional one million euros. Gosse confirmed tha [...] | 2008-08-21 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM |
08BERLIN1173 | GERMANY: HUMANITARIAN AID LIMITED BY RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met August 21 with Deputy Head of the Task Force for Humanitarian Aid and Mine Action Oliver Owcza and Desk Officer Miriam Lenz to discuss the findings of the delegation to Georgia August 20 and 21 (Ref A). Owcza and Lenz charged that the Russians had interfered with the d [...] | 2008-08-22 13:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM |
08BERLIN1176 | GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...] | 2008-08-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1181 | TFGG01: CHANCELLOR MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Merkel said in an interview August 24 that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and called Russia's credibility into question. A Chancellery spokesman criticized the Russian legislature's recommendation of recognition of South [...] | 2008-08-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM GG RS |
08BERLIN1187 | GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...] | 2008-08-26 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1261 | GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...] | 2008-09-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1273 | GERMANY: NO PLANS FOR FORMAL REJECTION OF RUSSIAN [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel September 14. 2. (C) While agreeing that the Russian claim was unfounded, Reichel said the GOG viewed it as unnecessary to issue a formal statement. At this time, Germany also has no intention of pu [...] | 2008-09-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM GG RS GM XG XH |
08BERLIN1286 | GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...] | 2008-09-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN |
08BERLIN1295 | GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...] | 2008-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1355 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: ON THE EVE OF THE OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials were surprised to hear that attacks against civilians in the Russian-controlled areas of Georgia remain a problem and asked for more information about the source of these reports. Germany plans to use the October 2 bilateral government consultations in St. Peter [...] | 2008-10-01 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GM RS GG |
08BERLIN1356 | U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...] | 2008-10-02 08:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1365 | GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...] | 2008-10-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR |
08BERLIN1377 | GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...] | 2008-10-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1386 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...] | 2008-10-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD |
08BERLIN1407 | GERMANY: UNCERTAIN ABOUT AID PACKAGE AND MIXED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse on October 14, who stressed that Germany plans on delivering an aid package for Georgia and the region, but is unlikely to provide direct budget support. Gosse also shared [...] | 2008-10-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM |
08BERLIN1484 | GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...] | 2008-10-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR |
08BERLIN1517 | DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...] | 2008-11-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1526 | GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...] | 2008-11-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GG RS |
08BERLIN1542 | GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...] | 2008-11-14 18:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM |
08BERLIN1543 | MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...] | 2008-11-14 18:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF |
08BERLIN1544 | MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...] | 2008-11-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF |
08BERLIN1554 | GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA [...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...] | 2008-11-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN |
08BERLIN1567 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...] | 2008-11-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN |
08BERLIN1628 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany says it is "completely in line" with the U.S. on the way forward in Bosnia, while acknowledging a few "nuances" regarding the conditions for the transition to a EU Special Representative. The discussion of EU enlargement at the December 8-9 GAERC will focus on the Wester [...] | 2008-12-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL RS IS TU GM |
08BERLIN1629 | GERMANY SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RETURN OF HEU TO [...] (SBU) In the interest of enlisting German MFA support to expedite preparations for the return of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from the Rossendorf Research Reactor in Saxony, Germany to Russia by the end of 2010, Berlin EMIN delivered the reftel DOE letter with cover letter to MFA Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-12-05 17:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM |
08BERLIN1669 | GERMANY: POST-MORTEM ON KEY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials are generally satisfied with the hard-fought compromises on MAP and NATO-Russian relations in the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers communique. On MAP, there is hope that this contentious issue can finally be put to the side for the medium term. While conceding [...] | 2008-12-15 11:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS AF GM |
08BERLIN1692 | GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...] | 2008-12-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS |
08BERLIN303 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: MEREL GOES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel traveledto Moscow March 8, becoming the first foreign leder to meet with Russian President-elect Medvede since his election a week ago. During her one-day visit, she also met and held a joint press confrence with President Putin. At a March 10 de-briefing for t [...] | 2008-03-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MAR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN492 | GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials at both the MFA and the Chancellery share U.S. concerns regarding recent Russian presidential instructions issued in regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are open to delivering a joint demarche with the U.S. and others to Moscow on the matter. Meanwhile, the [...] | 2008-04-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS GM |
08BERLIN541 | GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...] | 2008-04-25 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL |
08BERLIN744 | GETTING GERMANY ON BOARD FOR MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. We will have to engage regularly with the German government at very senior levels over the next several months to have any hope of getting the Germans on board with extending MAP to Georgia and Ukraine at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in December. The German "nein" at Bucha [...] | 2008-06-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM RS UP GG |
08BERLIN749 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: CHANCELLERY VIEWS ON MAP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russian political developments and Ukrainian/Georgian MAP with Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and Chancellery Director for East European and Central Asian Affairs Norman Walter June 4. Because of DAS Merkel's lon [...] | 2008-06-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GM RS GG UP |
08BERLIN754 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS SALES DEMARCHE [...] (S) On 4 June 2008, visiting DAS David Merkel delivered reftel demarche to Rolf Nikel, Chancellery Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor. Nikel acknowledged the importance of addressing the issue with Russia and agreed to discuss it with Merkel prior to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Be [...] | 2008-06-06 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM |
08BERLIN755 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...] | 2008-06-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN795 | CODEL ROHRABACHER AND ROSCOSMOS DIRECTOR PERMINOV [...] (SBU) On May 28, 2008 CODEL Rohrabacher met with Roscosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to discuss a variety of U.S./Russia space cooperation issues focusing on how to strengthen bi-lateral civil space cooperation policy and exploring new areas of future research c [...] | 2008-06-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL TSPA RS IR GM |
08BERLIN811 | JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...] | 2008-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG |
08BERLIN840 | GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S JUNE 25 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held a 90-minute lunch meeting June 25 in Berlin. According to the Chancellery, the atmosphere of the meeting was constructive. The majority of the discussion was taken up by Saakashvili's description of G [...] | 2008-06-26 17:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN853 | GERMANY INFORMED OF NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL KNNP JO IN RS GM |
08BERLIN906 | JUNE 30 GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING: AD REF AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 30 meeting in Berlin, the Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia agreed ad ref to a three-phase approach for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The resulting document is far less detailed and prescriptive than the original German draft, proposed on Jun [...] | 2008-07-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG |
08BRASILIA1590 | THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...] | 2008-12-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS |
08BRASILIA1652 | UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...] | 2008-12-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR |
08BRATISLAVA132 | SLOVAKIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PROPOSED NATO [...] (U) DCM and German DCM Klaus-Jochen Richard Guhlke delivered the letter and proposed statement as per reftel to Karol Mistrik, Director of the Disarmament, OSCE and Counter Terrorism Department at the Slovak MFA on March 26. Mistrik had already received the letter and draft statement through N [...] | 2008-03-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD |
08BRATISLAVA175 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 16:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | GG LO PREL RS |
08BRATISLAVA183 | SLOVAKS FORMALLY EXPRESS CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 19:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | GG LO PREL RS |
08BRATISLAVA310 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S JULY 1 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Matt Bryza, accompanied by Ambassador Obsitnik and Pol-Econoff, met with Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 1 for a wide-ranging dicussion on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Georgia-Abkhazia, Turkmenistan and the Nabucco gas pipeline, Transpetrol, increased transparency in Ukr [...] | 2008-07-03 18:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL AM AJ GG TX UP RS PL |
08BRATISLAVA35 | SLOVAKS TO NEGOTIATE FOR TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary - In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said that the GOS has resumed its efforts to buy back the 49 percent Transpetrol stake from Dutch-based Yukos Finance (YF). Jahnatek stated that he had concurrence from the Russian side to go ahead wit [...] | 2008-01-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS |
08BRATISLAVA382 | TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL URGE RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO |
08BRATISLAVA384 | TFGG01: FM KUBIS: SLOVAK GOVERNMENT NOW UNITED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO |
08BRATISLAVA390 | GASPAROVIC'S REASSURANCES ON GEORGIA CONTRAST WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with Slovak President Gasparovic August 19 to underscore the U.S. position on Georgia (reftel and previous); to urge continued constructive Slovak engagement within NATO, the EU, and the OSCE; and to note that the U.S. disagreed with Prime Minister Fico,s unhelpful public st [...] | 2008-08-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID RS GG LO |
08BRATISLAVA423 | SLOVAK REACTION TO "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 22 with Juraj Podhorsky, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, to deliver reftel points. Podhorsky said that the GOS would give serious consideration to U.S. views as outlined reftel, but that it had not yet taken a position regarding the advisabilit [...] | 2008-09-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS LO |
08BRATISLAVA467 | SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...] | 2008-10-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO |
08BRATISLAVA522 | SLOVAKIA: RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PGOV PREL GG RS LO |
08BRUSSELS1348 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL ON [...] (SBU) In an August 28 meeting with members of a U.S. economic delegation returning from an assessment trip to Georgia, European Commission (EC) officials expressed skepticism about some aspects of the Georgian request for assistance, especially the GOGQs plea for budget support. According to [...] | 2008-09-02 05:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL GG RS |
08BRUSSELS1354 | DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...] | 2008-09-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE |
08BRUSSELS1419 | FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...] | 2008-09-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL |
08BRUSSELS1464 | BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium takes a more "moderate line" than the U.S. on NATO-Russia meetings and sees value in dialogue. Poloff argued that Russia's re [...] | 2008-09-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS BE |
08BRUSSELS1679 | NEW EUPOL HOM WOULD LIKE TO DEPLOY THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 the new EUPOL Head of Mission, Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup, met with USEU Ambassador to discuss his mission, now that the PSC has approved the doubling of personnel and reassessed the mandate. Vittrup said that EUPOL would like to deploy to the Czech PRT in [...] | 2008-10-30 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF BO EUN GG MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PREL RS |
08BRUSSELS1824 | U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...] | 2008-12-02 18:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY |
08BRUSSELS1930 | BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Kerchove, deputy director of the Department of Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Kerchove said that the news of the Fried-Antonov meeting [...] | 2008-12-18 17:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE |
08BRUSSELS1945 | JANUARY 1 - "GROUNDHOG DAY" IN UKRAINE? [...] (SBU) Ambassador Silverberg spoke with Ukraine Ambassador to the EU Andri Veselovsky on December 22 to discuss the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the terms of the gas supply contract. Veselovsky said the Russians claim $2 billion is due on the contract and will not enter into a new a [...] | 2008-12-22 16:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EUN RS UP |
08BRUSSELS314 | OMV ARGUES FOR ACCESS TO IRANIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Econ Officer, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer argued that the Nabucco project is at a critical stage, with his most important concern being gas supplies. Ruttenstorfer la [...] | 2008-02-29 10:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU RS IR |
08BRUSSELS467 | BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affairs told PolCouns on March 27 that: (1) CFE must survive; Belgium (GOB) welcomed Acting U/S Fried's continued openness in dealing with Russia on its concerns [...] | 2008-03-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE |
08BRUSSELS700 | U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...] | 2008-05-09 14:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN |
08BUCHAREST687 | BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...] | 2008-08-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO |
08BUDAPEST1207 | HUNGARIAN HCOC REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath requested a meeting with PolOff December 16 to discuss the current status of U.S.-Russian discussions related to the Joint Data Exchange Center. Commenting that the current [...] | 2008-12-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL RS HU |
08BUDAPEST1227 | HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...] | 2008-12-23 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU |
08BUDAPEST412 | HUNGARY LOOKS TO EU TO PRESS RUSSIA ON CREEPING [...] (C) MFA Deputy Russian and Balkans Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto discussed reftel with PolOff on April 21. Ijgyarto commented that the recent Russian "mechanism" initiative was a "two-track" message. First, for the U.S., NATO, and the EU, Kosovo's declaration of independence has consequence [...] | 2008-04-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS HU |
08BUDAPEST821 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...] | 2008-08-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU |
08BUDAPEST837 | TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...] | 2008-08-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU |
08BUDAPEST844 | HUNGARY'S QUIET DIPLOMACY ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Hungarian Government will continue to work through their NATO and EU fora rather than directly confront the "difficult partner" Russia on the Georgia conflict. Prime Minister Gyurcsany will attend the EU's September 1 special meeting on Georgia, looking to draw a red-line ba [...] | 2008-08-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08BUDAPEST858 | HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...] | 2008-08-29 16:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU |
08BUDAPEST902 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 12, and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe - We are awaiting a clearer picture of the apparent agreement reached this w [...] | 2008-09-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HU GG RS |
08BUDAPEST916 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON REBUTTING RUSSIA'S CLAIMS [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Hamikus commented that Hungary would most likely work within the EU framework rather than making an individual statement on Russia's genocide claim. He noted that the September [...] | 2008-09-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU RS GG |
08BUDAPEST935 | HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRS EAID GG RS HU |
08BUDAPEST936 | HUNGARY ON NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE NRC [...] (C) MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on September 23. Sztaray agreeing that the NRC meetings should not be held, initially commented that the Prepcom meetings would provide an avenue for discussion on areas of mutual NATO/Russia concern. Acknowledging the re [...] | 2008-09-23 16:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS HU |
08BUDAPEST940 | DAS MERKEL'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary. During his September 9-11 visit to Budapest, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russia David Merkel focused on energy and the Russia/Georgia conflict with a broad range of senior Hungarian officials. Encouraging greater visible support for Nabucco and a slow down/suspension of Sou [...] | 2008-09-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS GG UP HU |
08CANBERRA1039 | AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 00:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS |
08CANBERRA921 | AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...] | 2008-09-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS GG AS |
08CARACAS1160 | BRV BLAMES U.S. FOR GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) The BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an August 14 press release asserting that the United States "planned, prepared, and ordered" the Georgian military offensive against the break-away region of South Ossetia. The statement continued, "The international community was once again w [...] | 2008-08-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS GG VE |
08CARACAS422 | RUSSIAN ARMS ARRIVE IN VENEZUELA, AIR DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nineteen shipping containers carrying Russian made ammunition for AK-103 assault rifles were transferred from Puerto Cabello to Maracay under heavy security on March 25 according to local media. General Alejandro Tineo of the 41st Armored Division added that the shipment incl [...] | 2008-03-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MCAP PTER BO RS VE |
08CHENNAI263 | TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCES POWER SHORTAGES, INEVITABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decades of under-investment in power generation have finally caught up with the South India state of Tamil Nadu, which is currently experiencing unprecedented disruptions of electricity supply. This under-investment, combined with strong economic growth and accompanying demand [...] | 2008-08-07 08:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN RS |
08CHISINAU1008 | PRESIDENT VORONIN WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE "INCIDENT" PROVOKED [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting President Voronin told DAS David Merkel that he was more concerned about Transnistria now than at any point in his presidency. Voronin believed that Russia wanted to take over the negotiating process to the exclusion of the other 5-plus-2 members. Russia [...] | 2008-10-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR RS MD |
08CHISINAU1017 | ECONOMY MINISTER DESCRIBES PROGESS AND [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's October 6 courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the GOM had privatized over 90 percent of land and 80 percent of enterprises following independence. Since then Moldova had succeeded in [...] | 2008-10-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU1034 | SPEAKER LUPU DEFENDS ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary: In his first official meeting with the Ambassador on October 6, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu said he expected that the upcoming (and last) session of the Parliament would review economic legislation and monitor implementation of judicial reform, but would leave the January [...] | 2008-10-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Chisinau | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PBTS RS MD |
08CHISINAU1079 | HUNGARY PLAYS ROLE ASSISTING MOLDOVA'S [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 courtesy call, Hungarian Ambassador Gyorgy Varga discussed Hungary's active role in assisting Moldova's European integration. The Hungarian Ambassador favored a firm EU decision to bring Moldova into the EU club, and suggested giving Moldova associate member st [...] | 2008-10-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID RS EU HU MD |
08CHISINAU1144 | ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's November 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the global financial crisis had not affected Moldova initially. Moldova might face the return of some citizens working abroad in the EU a [...] | 2008-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU434 | MD WILL DISCUSS RUSSIAN "MECHANISMS" IN ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS MD |
08CHISINAU602 | MINISTER OF REINTEGRATION ON 3 PLUS 2 MEETING, OSTROVSKY [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kirby met with Minister of Reintegration Vasile Sova on May 29 to review progress on confidence-building measures. Sova shared details about his meeting with Russian Duma deputy Aleksei Ostrovsky. Sova stressed that the 5 plus 2 format was the only way to resolve the [...] | 2008-06-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL RS MD |
08CHISINAU825 | GOM TO IGNORE TRANSNISTRIAN ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Transnistrian "Foreign Ministry" issued a declaration August 12 announcing that it would sever links with the Moldovan government until Chisinau issued a decisive statement condemning Georgian "aggression" against South Ossetia. Minister Sova told Embassy that the GOM plans [...] | 2008-08-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS MD |
08CHISINAU846 | RUSSIAN ENERGY GIANT COMPLETES TAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, Russian energy giant Inter RAO EES announced that it had completed acquisition of 100 per cent of shares in the Moldovan State Power Plant located in Kuchurgan, Transnistria, landing yet another major Transnistrian industrial site in Russian hands. This transaction [...] | 2008-08-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RS MD |
08CHISINAU871 | GEORGIA DEMARCHES HEARD BY INTERESTED EARS [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarches on the Georgian crisis to Foreign Minister Stratan on August 28. The Foreign Minister promised to inform President Voronin of the USG position. Stratan said that Moldova found itself in a delicate situation, needing Russian assistance to resolve [...] | 2008-08-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS MD |
08CHISINAU951 | AN UNEXPECTEDLY WELCOMING TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) We don't expect broad smiles from Transnistrian (TN) "deputy foreign minister" Sergey Simonenko, who some Chisinau officials claim reports back-channel to Transnistrian Minister for State Security (and all-around bad guy) Vladimir Antiufeyev. But that's what USAID Assistant Administrator [...] | 2008-09-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV EAID RS MD |
08CHISINAU979 | MOLDOVA VIGILANT FOR RUSSIAN TRAPS, SAYS REINTEGATION [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova, Ambassador Chaudhry found broad agreement on the basic issues: removing foreign troops from Moldovan territory, reforming the peacekeeping force, continuing confidence-building measures (CBMs),increasing EU partici [...] | 2008-10-01 13:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EAID PINR MD RS |
08CHISINAU983 | KALMAN MISZEI BELIEVES MOLDOVA NEEDS 5- [...] (C) Summary: In a September 29 meeting EU Special Envoy Kalman Mizsei told Ambassador that he did not believe the Russians were committed to a 5-plus-2 meeting. Mizsei opined that Moldova needed the transparency of the 5-plus-2 process to protect it from walking into a Russian trap. The U.S [...] | 2008-10-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR RS MD |
08COPENHAGEN171 | DENMARK ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT U.S.-GERMAN CFE [...] (C) Denmark warmly welcomes the joint U.S.-German draft CFE statement (reftel),Danish MFA officials told us and the German defense attache March 26, hailing the initiative as a significant step forward in uniting the Alliance on this issue. Jakob Nielsen of the Danish MFA's Security Policy D [...] | 2008-03-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS DA |
08COPENHAGEN230 | DENMARK CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN APPROACH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS DA |
08COPENHAGEN436 | TFGG01: DENMARK FIRM ON RUSSIA, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (U) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller warned publicly August 13 that Denmark will have to "reconsider" its relationship with Russia if Russian forces are in violation of the agreed cease-fire. Moeller, speaking after the GAERC EU foreign ministers meeting that day, acknowledged that Ge [...] | 2008-08-14 14:14:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PHUM OSCE UN GG RS DA |
08COPENHAGEN458 | GEORGIA: DANES WELCOME RECOGNITION WARNING, [...] (C) Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen allowed that his government did not have the sense that the Russians would recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia soon, but agreed that firm warnings to Moscow are prudent and necessary in any event. Madsen welcomed our ref B appr [...] | 2008-08-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS GG DA |
08DOHA602 | QATAR PRIVATELY CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN [...] (C) MFA Director of American and European Affairs Ambassador Adel Al-Khal told DCM August 24 that Qatar had not taken an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict but found Russia's military offensive troublesome. Al-Khal noted the Russian Ambassador had recently called on him "to expla [...] | 2008-08-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RS GG QA |
08DUBLIN158 | IRISH VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 27, 2008 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Irish troops are participating in the UNMIK in Kosovo and nine Irish police officers are part of the EU civilian force in Kosovo. Overall, Ireland is " [...] | 2008-03-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH EI |
08DUBLIN208 | IRISH VIEWS ON NEW RUSSIAN POLICY IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS EI |
08DUBLIN583 | IRISH AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS EI |
08DUSHANBE1121 | TAJIKISTAN - CSTO MEETING AND POSSIBLE RECOGNITION [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on September 1. Nosiri said he would pass the demarche to his superiors, and commented that Tajikistan would likely maintain its current policy of non-r [...] | 2008-09-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS TI RS GG |
08DUSHANBE1122 | TAJIKISTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Charge and Acting DCM met on September 4 with Erkin Rahmatulloev, Presidential Adviser on Foreign Policy, to discuss a number of issues. Charge passed Rahmatulloev a copy of reftel demarche, and asked whether Tajikistan had received a letter from Russia officially informing the GOTI of Ru [...] | 2008-09-04 08:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS GG TITI |
08GENEVA1000 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-025. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 21, 2008. [...] | 2008-11-21 13:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1001 | JCIC-XXXIII: U.S. PRESS STATEMENT ON START [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-023. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Press Statement on discussions in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that are required by Article XVII concerning whether the START Treaty should be extended. The statement was delivered on November 21, 2008. [...] | 2008-11-21 13:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1002 | JCIC-XXXIII: STATUS OF HEAVY BOMBERS AT THE [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-024. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Unclassified Annex to the U.S. Closing Plenary Statement for JCIC-XXXIII on Status of Heavy Bombers at the Conversion or Elimination Facility at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. The Statement was delivered at the Closing Ple [...] | 2008-11-21 13:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1003 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...] | 2008-11-21 15:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1004 | JCIC-XXXIII: WG MEETING ON MM III RVOSI, NOVEMBER [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 15:30 P.M. - 16:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 2008, to [...] | 2008-11-21 16:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1005 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, [...] | 2008-11-21 16:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1006 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S.-UKRAINE HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-021. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 3:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At Ukrainian request, U.S. and Ukrainian Heads of Delegation (HOD) met to discuss and clarify th [...] | 2008-11-21 16:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1007 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...] | 2008-11-22 12:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1009 | JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1010 | JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1011 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1012 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-028. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Russian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on N [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1013 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-027. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Kazakhstani Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1014 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-026. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Belarusian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission o [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1015 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) TAYLOR/KOSHELEV DISCUSSIONS AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 21, 2008 Time: 11:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Given the preparation requested for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1016 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-52 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, to address [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1017 | JCIC-XXXIII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-020. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 20, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 20, 2008, to discus [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1018 | JCIC-XXXIII: LAWYERS, MEETING ON ARTICLE XVII AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian lawyers met to discuss Russian legal requirements if the decision were mad [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1019 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...] | 2008-11-22 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1025 | JCIC-XXXIII: RUSSIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON START [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a coordinated press statement on discussions that took place in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission as required by Article XVII of the Treaty on whether to extend the START Treaty. The U.S [...] | 2008-11-22 12:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1026 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-032. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIII reporting activity during the period November 13-21, 2008. JCIC-XXXIII-001 (GENEVA 0956) JCIC-XXXIII: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSIO [...] | 2008-11-22 12:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1027 | JCIC-XXXIII: CLOSE OUT OF JCIC-XXXIII [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...] | 2008-11-22 12:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA1128 | DECEMBER 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the parties in the Security Working Group failed to reach agreement on a draft paper that would have established an "Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism." The Mechanism would have consisted of weekly consultative meetings [...] | 2008-12-29 15:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08GENEVA561 | BIC-IX: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, [...] (U) This is BIC-IX-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 16, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC) met [...] | 2008-07-21 14:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS |
08GENEVA562 | JCIC-XXXII: TAYLOR/KOSHELEV LUNCH, JULY 15, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 15, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 2:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Koshelev 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representative T [...] | 2008-07-22 09:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA564 | JCIC-XXXII: (U) OTHER PARTIES' STATEMENTS, JULY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva 3. (C) The texts contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 below are the official translations of the Belarusian and Ukrainian opening s [...] | 2008-07-22 13:25:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA565 | JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. All [...] | 2008-07-22 14:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA572 | JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...] | 2008-07-23 07:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA583 | JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON PROCEDURES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-010. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A bilateral Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008, between the delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States, to discuss the closure of the Votkinsk Portal Monitoring Facility and Po [...] | 2008-07-23 15:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA585 | JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON DROVYANAYA [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 18, 2008, to discuss Russian-propos [...] | 2008-07-24 07:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA587 | JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...] | 2008-07-24 15:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA588 | JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENT INITIALLED AT JCIC-XXXII [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-018. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC S-Series Joint Statement Number 29 "On Changes to the Boundary of Drovyanaya ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs." The Joint Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting for JCIC-XXXII, held at the Russian M [...] | 2008-07-25 06:25:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA589 | JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON B-1 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to di [...] | 2008-07-25 08:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA590 | JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON B-1 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008, to discuss Russian [...] | 2008-07-25 09:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA591 | JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP ON TELEMETRY, JULY 22, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Telemetry Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008. The Unit [...] | 2008-07-25 09:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA592 | JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 4:20 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 17, 2008. Representat [...] | 2008-07-25 11:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA599 | JCIC-XXXII: OTHER PARTIES' DELEGATION LISTS [...] This is JCIC-XXXII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3-5 below contain the texts of the official translations of the delegation lists of the Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to JCIC-XXXII. The Kazakhstani Delegation did not arrive until July 18, 2008 and no delegation list was provided. [...] | 2008-07-25 13:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA600 | JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...] | 2008-07-25 13:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP |
08GENEVA601 | JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 23, 2008 to discuss the [...] | 2008-07-25 14:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA602 | JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING QUESTIONS ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-017. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a paper containing "Russian Questions on the Completion of Continuous Monitoring at Votkinsk and Closure of Points of Entry in Connection with Expiration of the START Treaty." The questions in [...] | 2008-07-25 15:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA603 | JCIC-XXXII: U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, JULY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-020. . (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the U.S. statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on July 24, 2008. [...] | 2008-07-25 15:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA604 | JCIC-XXXII: BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-021. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...] | 2008-07-25 15:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA605 | JCIC-XXXII: KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-022. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...] | 2008-07-25 15:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA608 | JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-024. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...] | 2008-07-25 16:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA609 | JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...] | 2008-07-26 12:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA611 | JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...] | 2008-07-26 12:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA612 | JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN NON PAPER ON B-1 CONVERSION, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of a Russian Non-Paper, dated July 24, 2008, on the "U.S. Conversion of B-1 Heavy Bombers to a Non-Nuclear Variant." The non-paper refers to photographs that were taken during an inspection [...] | 2008-07-26 12:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA613 | JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN SOP-24 MOTOR CASES [...] This is JCIC-XXXII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement of Policy expressing its Government's commitment not to export eliminated solid rocket motor cases beyond its national territory. The Statement was made in conjunction with JC [...] | 2008-07-26 12:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA614 | JCIC-XXXII: CLOSE-OUT OF JCIC-XXXII [...] This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addressees are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables conce [...] | 2008-07-26 12:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA615 | JCIC-XXXII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-027. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXII reporting activity during the period July 17-24, 2008. JCIC-XXXII-001 (GENEVA 0544) JCIC-XXXII: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION JCIC-X [...] | 2008-07-26 12:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA837 | EU ENVOY MOREL BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON LATEST [...] (C) On October 9. EU Special Representative for the Crisis in Georgia Pierre Morel briefed Ambassador Tichenor on the preparations for the Georgia talks to be held in Geneva October 15. He confirmed the plans for a plenary with two working groups, one on security and stability, the other on I [...] | 2008-10-09 16:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG |
08GENEVA958 | BIC-X: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, [...] (U) This is BIC-X-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:10 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission [...] | 2008-11-13 17:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS |
08GENEVA960 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) U.S OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was deliverd at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on November 13, 2008. [...] | 2008-11-14 12:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA961 | JCIC-XXXIII:(U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...] | 2008-11-14 12:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA962 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-006. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...] | 2008-11-14 12:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA963 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...] | 2008-11-14 12:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA964 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U. [...] | 2008-11-14 12:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA967 | JCIC-XXXIII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): Offic [...] | 2008-11-14 14:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA968 | TAYLOR/ANTONOV MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 2008 [...] (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 3:15 P.M. - 4:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva, Switzerland ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) At the request of the Russian Federation, Taylor and Kuehne met with Antonov, Buzhinskiy, and Koshelev at the Rus [...] | 2008-11-14 15:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA976 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 20 [...] | 2008-11-18 14:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA983 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation Meeting (HOD) was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 2008 [...] | 2008-11-19 08:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA987 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 13, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Following the introduction of the issue at a Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting, a Working G [...] | 2008-11-20 07:47:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA988 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-022. 2. (S) The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a Russian paper containing an additional question on the Trident II flight tests that were conducted on November 4, 2004, and May 9, 2006. The paper was provided in Moscow and emailed to Wash [...] | 2008-11-20 09:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA991 | JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...] | 2008-11-20 12:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA997 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...] | 2008-11-21 07:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08GENEVA998 | JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...] | 2008-11-21 07:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ |
08HANOI1002 | VIETNAM REFUSES TO CONDEMN RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) On August 28, the Ambassador spoke with Vice FM Pham Binh Minh to urge that Vietnam's PermRep publicly and forcefully condemn Russia's August 26 decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Per reftel, the Ambassador stressed that the Security Council, if it meets in special sessio [...] | 2008-08-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL CG RS VM |
08HANOI1096 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 06:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL CG RS VM |
08HANOI1163 | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN VIETNAM'S RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Russia occupy an important, but by no means central place in Vietnam's foreign policy. An influential generation of policymakers continues to hold surprisingly warm feelings toward Russia, and ties have improved steadily since the Yeltsin years. But long gone are [...] | 2008-10-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD RS VM |
08HANOI987 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC RS VM |
08HARARE459 | RICH PLATINUM CLAIMS CHANGE HANDS IN HUSH-HUSH [...] (C) Mining giant Anglo American ceded to the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) close to 30 percent of its platinum claims on the Great Dyke in an agreement signed on March 23, 2008. In return, it will receive a special mining lease that allows it to hold offshore foreign exchange earnings from its [...] | 2008-05-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC MASS ZI CH RS |
08HARARE865 | ZIMBABWE STILL SEEKING PAPER SUPPLIER, AS CASH [...] (C) Banker James Mushore told econoff on September 19 that the Argentine company bidding to provide banknote paper to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) (reftel) was Ciccone Calcografica S.A. He said the bid had come in especially high because it included a large cut for Reserve Bank Governor [...] | 2008-09-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC AR RS ZI |
08HELSINKI184 | FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Europe and Central Asia April 28. The GoF generally agreed with the points. Pihlajamaki noted that Foreign Minister Stubb used the opportunity of his April 25 [...] | 2008-04-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI34 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANERVA [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva briefed Ambassador Ware on various OSCE-related issues on January 24. He focused mainly on Russia, having just held consultations with visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko earlier in the week. 2. (C) FINLAND'S FIRST MONTH A [...] | 2008-01-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FI RS |
08HELSINKI380 | FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-16 11:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI456 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...] | 2008-10-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI463 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI469 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SECOND GEORGIA DEMARCHE [...] Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to Jaakko Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA is currently formulating the amount and direction of aid it will provide for Georgia's recovery efforts. 2. The MFA received the Joint Needs As [...] | 2008-10-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS FI |
08HELSINKI500 | FINNISH COMMENTS ON NOV 3 GYMNICH AND NOV 10-11 [...] (U) PolChief met on October 31 with Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Director of the MFA Unit for European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy, to discuss the upcoming Gymnich and GAERC meetings. 2. (C) Mikkola said the subject of the November 3 Gymnich would be Transatlantic Relations, i.e., as a [...] | 2008-10-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BK CG EUN FI PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08HELSINKI561 | U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...] | 2008-12-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN |
08HELSINKI64 | OSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS CHAIRMAN KANERVA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: US OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley separately met with Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Ilkka Kanerva and MFA State Secretary Teija Tiilikainen in Helsinki January 30. Kanerva expressed gratitude for the US response to Finland's OSCE agenda presented in Vi [...] | 2008-02-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FI |
08ISLAMABAD2329 | NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS |
08ISTANBUL539 | EXPANDED IRAQI ENERGY WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Expanded Energy Working Group (WG) meeting on October 11 to assist with Iraq's reconstruction brought pledges and suggestions on how to best help the country become energy self-sufficient along with developing its energy export sector. The first half of the meeting followed [...] | 2008-10-22 12:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IR IZ JO PGOV PREL RS SY TU |
08JAKARTA1532 | TFGG01: URGING INDONESIA... [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1590 | TFGG01 GEORGIA: CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring key points from Ref A, Mission continues to engage Indonesian officials on the situation in Georgia. Officials agree the situation is serious and have voiced support for a peaceful solution and Georgia's sovereignty. That said, Indonesia does not seem inclined to [...] | 2008-08-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1600 | GEORGIA -- REVIEWING POINTS RE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Mission has reviewed Ref B points with the GOI regarding Abkhazia/South Ossetia. Pol/C underscored that Russian recognition of the two entities as separate countries would be a serious mistake, setting a dangerous precedent that would lead to further instability. Department of [...] | 2008-08-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1625 | GEORGIA--UNDERSCORING USG POINTS REJECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission underscored to GOI contacts the USG's rejection of Russia's August 26 recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Pol/C emphasized that this move undercuts efforts to mediate a lasting, peaceful resolution of the disputes in these two regions of Geo [...] | 2008-08-27 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1633 | GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm Georgia [...] | 2008-08-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1806 | UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took the points on board. One contact in the President's Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about separati [...] | 2008-09-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JEDDAH465 | RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 06:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS SA |
08JEDDAH466 | RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 06:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA |
08KATHMANDU1068 | NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...] | 2008-09-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG |
08KATHMANDU793 | NEPAL: GLOBAL INITIATIVE UPDATES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 3, Emboff and Igor Gavrichev, Minister Counsellor from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, informed Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for the UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that India and Jordan had become partner nations of the Global Initi [...] | 2008-07-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS NP |
08KUALALUMPUR769 | GOM CONSIDERING POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Drawing on points from demarche reftels, in an August 28 meeting with MFA Undersecretary for Europe Mahinder Singh, DCM Rapson stressed that Russia,s clearly disproportionate response to events in Georgia went against the grain of international practice and convention, and underlined U.S. [...] | 2008-08-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS MY |
08KUWAIT1061 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OCTOBER 22 DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KRCS KU |
08KUWAIT457 | OVERVIEW OF RECENT NATO-KUWAIT ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 9, the Polish Embassy delivered a briefing to NATO member-country COMs on recent NATO-Kuwait engagement. On January 14-15, a team of NATO experts visited Kuwait to identify GOK security priorities and investigate areas for increased cooperation. On March 27, Kuwait hoste [...] | 2008-04-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR NATO KCIP KISL KU RS XG |
08KUWAIT922 | KUWAIT PREPARED TO JOIN ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) POLCOUNS on August 25 discussed with Muteb Almutoteh, First Secretary of MFA's Europe Department, USG points raised reftels regarding Russian intransigence in Georgia and, in particular, concerns that Russia may be poised to recognize the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. P [...] | 2008-08-26 07:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG KU |
08KYIV1085 | UKRAINE: LOW-KEY REACTION TO DUMA STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 4 Russian Duma statement calling for termination of the 1997 Ukraine-Russia Friendship Treaty in response to Ukrainian NATO membership has elicited relatively restrained responses in Kyiv. President Yushchenko, on the eve of his departure for the CIS Summit in St. Pete [...] | 2008-06-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL RS UP WTO |
08KYIV1330 | UKRAINE CONSIDERING ITS ROLE IN RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy told us on July 4 that Ukraine did not intend to block Russia's WTO accession, and was not planning to request any tariff concessions from Russia, but would likely make some requests of Russia given the importance of their bilater [...] | 2008-07-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO PGOV RS UP |
08KYIV1557 | UKRAINE: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CRISIS ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Events in Georgia have triggered front page charges/countercharges between Moscow and Kyiv -- including dueling MFA statements on Russian deployment of its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) off the Georgian coast and Russian attacks on Ukrainian arms sales to Tbilisi. While DFM [...] | 2008-08-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS UP |
08KYIV1624 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S BSF DECREES HEIGHTEN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The issuance on August 13 by President Yushchenko of two decrees regulating Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and other military units' entry into Ukraine and deployments from Ukrainian territory has triggered another sharp exchange between Kyiv and Moscow (ref. A). The [...] | 2008-08-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS UP MARR |
08KYIV1706 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...] | 2008-08-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP |
08KYIV1707 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...] | 2008-08-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP |
08KYIV1891 | HIJACKING OF CARGO SHIP FAINA: INITIAL UKRAINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
08KYIV2172 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CRIMEA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with a small American business delegation, traveled to Crimea October 19-20 for an annual investment forum. The Ambassador also met with Crimea's political leadership while there. Local leaders characterized the September 19 vote by the Crimean Rada (parlia [...] | 2008-10-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV RS UP |
08KYIV2259 | UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...] | 2008-11-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP |
08KYIV2297 | UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...] | 2008-11-24 08:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV RS UP |
08KYIV2354 | UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...] | 2008-12-02 05:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP |
08KYIV2530 | WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladymir Khandogiy on December 29. Khandogiy thanked the Ambassador for the consultation. He noted that Ukraine's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetian "independence" has been clear: Ukraine categorically opposes reco [...] | 2008-12-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG UP |
08KYIV299 | UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...] | 2008-02-07 05:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP |
08KYIV314 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES TO PAY GAS DEBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia (ref A) public on February 11. She acknowledged that NaftoHaz owed gas intermediaries RosUkrEnergo (RUE) and UkrHazEnergo (UHE) $1.07 billion for gas deliveries in October-December 2007, and said Ukraine w [...] | 2008-02-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
08KYIV336 | UKRAINE CLAIMS VICTORY IN GAS DEAL THAT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are both calling the gas deal struck on February 12 in Moscow a victory for Ukraine. Yushchenko and President Putin announced the deal moments before the deadline set by Gazprom to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine expired. Ukrai [...] | 2008-02-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
08KYIV450 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
08KYIV451 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
08KYIV722 | WILL UKRAINE JOIN RUSSIA'S WTO WORKING PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: A GOU official recently told the press that Ukraine did not plan to join Russia's WTO Working Party, even though Ukraine looks set to join the WTO within a matter of months, well ahead of Russia. (Note: Ukraine's parliament April 10 ratified the protocol of accession, details sep [...] | 2008-04-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO PGOV UP RS |
08LAGOS368 | NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Shell's Vice President for Africa, Ann Pickard (strictly protect),said a September 13 attack on a Shell natural gas node in Rivers State may impact the supply of gas to Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, but she downplayed the impact of recent attacks on Shell's current o [...] | 2008-09-19 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PGOV RS NI |
08LAGOS382 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DELTA UNREST WORSE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 20 meeting, Levi Ajuonuma (strictly protect),Group General Manager for Public Affairs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said unrest in the Niger Delta is hurting oil revenues far more than senior NNPC officials are publicly admitting. Because [...] | 2008-09-26 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS CH NI |
08LAGOS77 | NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...] | 2008-02-27 10:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS |
08LAPAZ2019 | DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...] | 2008-09-18 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL |
08LISBON2035 | TFGG01: AS USUAL, PORTUGAL MILDLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C/NF) Charge conveyed points to Diplomatic Advisors to the Foreign Minister and President. (On some controversial issues, the Presidency stakes out a position that differs from the MFA's.) 2. (C/NF) MFA: Diplomatic Advisor stated, "We totally share your concerns about the current state [...] | 2008-08-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS PT |
08LISBON2301 | LISBON SEEKS LOW PROFILE ON RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Post delivered ref demarches on Russia/Georgia and Kosovo/ICJ. Portugal does not want a public role in condemning Russia over the conflict in Georgia. The Portuguese are hoping for a lessening of current rhetoric in order to put greater emphasis on the Six Point Plan. Separ [...] | 2008-08-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KV RS PO |
08LISBON2379 | PORTUGAL BRIEFS SENATOR GREGG ON RUSSIA, CAUCASUS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MOD State Secretary Joao Mira Gomes told Senator Judd Gregg (R, NH) that Russia's illegal actions in Georgia required a diplomatic solution in which the West needed to stand firm on principle (including Georgia's territorial integrity) and suspend military cooperati [...] | 2008-09-04 16:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP PREL GG AF RS IR UP PO KV EUN |
08LISBON2514 | PORTUGAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AT SEPTEMBER 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal has no plans to present or direct discussion at the September 15-16 GAERC meeting. MFA officials expressed cautious optimism about political developments in Zimbabwe and Belarus. They told us that the GOP fully supports EU efforts to stabilize the Somali coast and Geo [...] | 2008-09-12 17:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI TU GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN |
08LISBON2591 | PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RS GG PO EUN |
08LISBON2602 | NO PORTUGUESE RESPONSE YET ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | GG RS PREL PO |
08LISBON2603 | NO PORTUGUESE BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | GG RS KCRS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL PO |
08LISBON2641 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS TOUGHER LINE ON BELARUS AT [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA officials Isabel Ferreira and Florbela Cardy stressed that Portugal and the EU agree with the main points of reftel demarche on Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus. While Portugal plans to follow the EU consensus on most votes, Cardy did mention that Portugal and the Ne [...] | 2008-10-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | BO GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN |
08LISBON2689 | (C) WHY PORTUGAL IS SOFT ON RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Portugal has shown itself to be notably reluctant to criticize Russian misbehavior in recent months. There is no single reason for this, but rather a combination of Portugal's new economic diplomacy, a desire to find a "balance" on tough issues, and some preconceptions on the [...] | 2008-11-03 16:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON RS PO |
08LISBON2699 | PORTUGAL REITERATES OUTSTANDING BOSNIA COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Florbela Cardy and Isabel Ferreira of the Portuguese MFA expressed general Portugal and EU agreement with reftel points. Cardy stressed EU resolve for Bosnia to meet its 5 2 Agenda commitments and downplayed concerns about the EU/Russia summit. Cardy said the EU is encouraged b [...] | 2008-11-07 17:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN BK RS IZ AF BM PO PHUM |
08LISBON2702 | PORTUGAL ON GAERC SUPPLEMENT DEALING WITH RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV RS PO |
08LISBON492 | POSSIBLE PORTUGUESE-IRANIAN GAS AGREEMENT ON THE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Luis Amado confirmed during a January 23 press conference that Portugal's largest energy company, Galp Energia, and Iran's National Oil Company, NIOC, are in negotiations over a natural gas exploration and production project in Iran. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2008-02-26 17:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TRGY PO IR RS AG |
08LISBON777 | PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON BUCHAREST NATO SUMMIT [...] Summary. The Government of Portugal expects the NATO Summit to be dominated by three topics: Russia, operations, and enlargement. On Russia, the Portuguese stress engagement and believe that true progress is available regarding CFE and missile defense. The Portuguese avoided discussions re [...] | 2008-03-28 16:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL RS PO |
08LJUBLJANA136 | SLOVENIA: DERMACHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT ON CFE [...] (C) On March 25, Emboff delivered reftel points, cover letter, and draft proposed CFE statement to MFA Security Policy Division official Darija Goroz, who stated that the GOS will review the proposed statement and provide a response as soon as possible. COLEMAN [...] | 2008-03-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KCFE MARR GG MD SI NATO |
08LJUBLJANA141 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 26, A/DCM delivered reftel's points on the March 28-29 Gymnich to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih noted that, in keeping with Slovenia's focus on the Balkans during its Presidency, FM Rupel had decided to devote the second day of the informal FMs' meeting to the Western Ba [...] | 2008-03-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL PHUM IS SY LE RS CH SI |
08LJUBLJANA348 | SLOVENIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS WITH SARG, BUT NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW SI |
08LJUBLJANA371 | TFGG01: GORI DEMARCHE: SLOVENIANS STRESS EU UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNGA GG RS SI |
08LJUBLJANA386 | TFGG01: SLOVENIA OPPOSES RECOGNITION OF BREAKAWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia strongly opposes Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, saying that it would be a setback to diplomatic efforts leading up to the September 1 European Council meeting. The Council is expected to endorse Chancellor Merkel's call for a "neighborhood conference [...] | 2008-08-26 06:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG EUN SI |
08LJUBLJANA413 | SLOVENIA PREDICTS "BORING" SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Emboff delivered our points in advance of the September 15-16 GAERC meeting (reftel) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih, who commented that this would be a "pretty boring GAERC." Arih said there would be Council Conclusions on Somalia, which would be the GAERC's mos [...] | 2008-09-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZI SOCI YI TU GG RS |
08LJUBLJANA433 | SLOVENIA LIKELY TO REMAIN A FOLLOWER RATHER THAN A [...] (C) On September 22, Emboff met with Jure Zerovec, Deputy Director of the Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to urge a strong and public response to Russia's claims against Georgia (reftel). Zerovec took our message on board, but was noncommittal. He admitted that Slovenia was "not [...] | 2008-09-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GG RS SI |
08LJUBLJANA454 | SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON RUSSIA'S NEIGHBOURS AT OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) On October 9 Emboff delivered our points in advance of the October 13 GAERC meeting (ref A) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih indicated that the FMs' discussions of Georgia at the GAERC would be linked t [...] | 2008-10-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SI EUN PHUM |
08LJUBLJANA470 | SLOVENIA WILL NOT MAKE ANY BILATERAL PLEDGE AT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 11:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUN KMCA KCRS SI |
08LJUBLJANA488 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...] | 2008-10-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK |
08LJUBLJANA566 | SLOVENIA WANTS EU-U.S. UNITED FRONT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS SI |
08LJUBLJANA69 | EU - RUSSIA TROIKA: CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT NO CHANGE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: All parties involved described the EU - Russia Troika, held in Brdo, Slovenia on February 13, as a "constructive" dialogue. However, as expected, discussions on Kosovo were merely a reiteration of the standard positions, neither side gave any ground. While the lunch discussion w [...] | 2008-02-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN ECON CVIS RS SI |
08LONDON1837 | FOREIGN OFFICE SEES BROWN-MEDVEDEV TALKS LEADING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev used their first one-on-one meeting at the G8 summit to build a friendly rapport rather than "score points" on smaller contentious issues, said the Foreign Office (FCO) to members of the diplomatic community. According t [...] | 2008-07-10 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG PREL UK RS |
08LONDON2112 | TFGG01: HMG AGREES ON NEED TO PRESSURE RUSSIA TO [...] (S/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and Head of International Organizations Department) Nick Hopton expressed appreciation for points reftel and noted HMG concurrence with U.S. view that Russia needs to comply with its agreement to remove its forces from Georgia, and to allow OSCE and other obs [...] | 2008-08-14 13:54:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNAUS GG RS UK |
08LONDON2785 | BOSNIA, EU-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, AND DRC ARE ON THE UK'S AGENDA AT NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Miliband intends to impress on his EU counterparts that worsening trends in Bosnia require a unified EU message, and to highlight the need for political action in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),during the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. The UK Governm [...] | 2008-11-03 17:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV EUN GA IR IZ CG RS UK |
08LUXEMBOURG106 | PM JUNCKER WILL RAISE SITUATION IN GEORGIA WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS LU |
08MADRID1010 | SPAIN: NRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS |
08MADRID1142 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...] | 2008-11-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE |
08MADRID450 | SPAIN AGREES ON "CREEPING ANNEXATION" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS GG RS SP |
08MADRID897 | SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP |
08MANAMA724 | BAHRAIN: WAIT AND SEE ON GEORGIAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG RS BA |
08MANAMA765 | KING HAMAD ON IRAN, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RUSSIA, [...] (S) Summary: King Hamad confirmed that Iran expressed concern to Bahrain about U.S. naval "weapons systems." Bahrain plans to continue pushing its proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. The King was suspicious of China, apologetic about his upcoming visit to Russia, and warm [...] | 2008-11-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR IR RS CH IN BA |
08MANAMA795 | (U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773 [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...] | 2008-12-02 10:35:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA |
08MONROVIA677 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that to his knowledge there had been no internal GOL discussions as of yet on formulating a position with respect to Russia [...] | 2008-09-03 08:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID RS GG LI |
08MONTEVIDEO488 | URUGUAY: NO RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff passed Ref A & B points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca on August 22 and 26, respectively. Malmierca noted that Uruguay had issued a public statement August 14 deploring the use of violence in Georgia and calling for a peaceful solution that respects the principles [...] | 2008-08-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG UY |
08MOSCOW1001 | MFA COOL TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT GAZPROM INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) On April 10, per ref A, we raised USG concerns about potential Gazprom investment in Iran's petroleum sector to MFA Iran Desk Director Maxim Baranov. We noted that such investment runs counter to the international effort to bring Iran into compliance with UNSC resolutions and that it cou [...] | 2008-04-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC IR RS |
08MOSCOW1002 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-0087908 TO BE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW1005 | GOR AT A LOSS AT GEORGIA'S REACTION TO THE JUSTICE [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us April 11 that the GOR was surprised at the GOG's "hysterical reaction" to the Russian Justice Ministry's letter to the GOG regarding the 35 Russian citizens detained in Abkhazia. According to Pavlovskiy, faced with a concrete case [...] | 2008-04-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW102 | RUSSIAN DUMA TAKES ON AGGRESSIVE AGENDA [...] (U) The Duma has planned an aggressive legislative agenda for its spring session. The lower body of parliament has decided that more than 600 bills will be considered by its committees during the session that runs through July. Of these bills, a much smaller number are considered to be high [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW1028 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO NORTH [...] (C) We delivered April 14 reftel demarche to Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and GOR representative to the Six-Party Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group. Davydov reaffirmed Russia's continued commitment to the Six - Party Process and provided the following official res [...] | 2008-04-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW103 | BRITISH COUNCIL CONFLICT CONTINUES TO WORSEN [...] (C) Summary: The British Embassy told us January 16 that its efforts to call a "time out" in the spiraling conflict between HMG and the GOR over the status and presence of the offices of the British Council in Russia have seemingly been rejected. In January 15 - 16 meetings British Ambassador [...] | 2008-01-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1030 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APRIL 16 THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1033 | RUSSIAN DFM DENISOV ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov, the Ambassador expressed strong concern over Russian actions towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including reports of the opening of "offices" in the two territories. Denisov said Russia did not seek a re [...] | 2008-04-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW104 | ATOMSTROYEXPORT TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN BULGARIA [...] (SBU) Summary: AtomStroyExport will sign a six billion dollar contract to construct two third-generation nuclear reactors in Bulgaria. The signing will take place on January 18 during President Putin's visit to Bulgaria. As part of a joint venture with Areva and Siemens, AtomStroyExport wi [...] | 2008-01-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ENRG BU RS |
08MOSCOW1043 | ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...] | 2008-04-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1052 | RUSSIANS EXPLAIN VIEWS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Together with UK and French colleagues, we delivered reftel demarche April 16 to Aleksandr Deyneko, Senior Counselor in the MFA Department of Disarmament and Security Issues, responsible for UNSCR 1540 issues. Deyneko stressed that, as a co-sponsor of UNSCR 1540, Russia was very [...] | 2008-04-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC UK FR RS |
08MOSCOW1054 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to White House Fellows Delegation to Russia from May 18-23, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Joseph Moone, tel. (7-495) 728-5165; (7-499) 243-9604 (hm); (7-926) 456-5383 (cell); E-mail is MooneJE@state.Gov. Control Officer in St. Petersbu [...] | 2008-04-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1055 | PUTIN'S "INSTRUCTIONS" ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Russia's new move on Abkhazia and South Ossetia was announced on April 16, not as a presidential decree but as instructions by Putin to the Russian government to protect the rights of residents of the two republics (including Russian passport holders) and to establish economic a [...] | 2008-04-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1061 | MFA CALLS DISAPPOINTING ITS MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) In an April 16 meeting, MFA Section Chief for Strategic Stability Head Vladimir Yermakov characterized the April 8 MD talks between Russian DFM Kislyak and Polish DFM Vashikovski as "worrying and disappointing." Yermakov explained that Russia "simply could not understand" Poland's refusa [...] | 2008-04-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD NATO RS |
08MOSCOW1073 | RUSSIA UNMOVED BY CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In April 18 conversations with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko, the Ambassador conveyed reftel concerns and urged Russia to repeal its Presidential Instructions and engage directly with Georgia to reduce tensions. Denisov p [...] | 2008-04-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1077 | CLOSELY WATCHED BIRDS: RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has been effective in stamping out nearly 150 outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) among poultry over the last three years through a combination of strict quarantines and mass cullings in outbreak areas, and large-scale vaccinations of commercial and backy [...] | 2008-04-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR TBIO PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1079 | GICNT: RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT INFORMATION PORTAL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) On April 14, we passed reftel information on the June 2-4 meeting in Tallinn of the Information Portal Advisory Committee of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR). On Ap [...] | 2008-04-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1086 | UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S MOSCOW COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban's April 9-11 Moscow visit was high on atmospherics and included meetings with a cross-section of Russia's political and business elite, contributing to speculation that the trip was intended to soothe Russian concerns that the SYG was too close to the U.S [...] | 2008-04-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC RS |
08MOSCOW1087 | RUSSIA-JAPAN: FUKUDA TO MOSCOW AND MEDVEDEV TO [...] (C) Summary. According to Russian officials, PM Fukuda's April 25 visit to Moscow is designed to continue the positive bilateral dialogue and prepare for the G8 Summit. The Japanese Embassy described it as an all-out effort to maintain the momentum, however small, for the talks on the terri [...] | 2008-04-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RS |
08MOSCOW1090 | RUSSIA "LOSES" BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary. There is broad agreement in the Russian expert community that Russia suffered a foreign policy blow at Bucharest due to the future promise of membership for Ukraine and Georgia and Alliance solidarity on missile defense, with several arguing for a necessary change in tone with t [...] | 2008-04-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1118 | RUSSIA PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PNA LEADER ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 22 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Ozerov positively assessed the April 16-18 visit of PNA Leader Abbas to Moscow. Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian and Fatah-Hamas talks, stressing that there was room for cau [...] | 2008-04-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1122 | GOR REACTION TO DOWNED GEORGIAN DRONE OVER ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. On April 22, the Ambassador raised the shootdown of a Georgian UAV over Abkhazia with DFM Denisov. Denisov offered no explanation but reiterated Russia's willingness to engage directly with the Georgians. Official Russian statements predictably put the best face possible on the [...] | 2008-04-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1124 | MOSCOW TABLOID SHUT DOWN BY OWNER AFTER BREAKING [...] (C) Summary. The Moscow-based tabloid Moskovskiy Korrespondent suspended its operations on April 18 at the request of its owner after being the first Russian newspaper to report the rumor on April 11 that Putin had divorced in February and planned to marry 24-year old rhythmic gymnast and Duma memb [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1133 | MFA DOWNPLAYS RESULTS OF PUTIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Putin's April 16-17 visit to Tripoli signified improved Russia-Libya relations while producing fewer concrete results than reported by the press. Russia and Libya signed memoranda of understanding for closer economic, energy and military cooperation, includi [...] | 2008-04-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG LY RS |
08MOSCOW1135 | RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES TOBACCO CONTROL CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a significant step forward for anti-smoking regulation, on April 11, the Russian Duma overwhelmingly voted to ratify the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Observers expect the FCTC will be quickly approved by the Federation Counc [...] | 2008-04-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW114 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Official Russian reaction to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was swift but limited, with Putin publicly condemning the attack and the MFA calling for Pakistani parliamentary elections to be held as planned on January 8. MFA officials understood, however, that Musharraf's dec [...] | 2008-01-17 08:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK RS |
08MOSCOW116 | SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS SOUTH STREAM ROUTE KEY TO [...] (C) In a January 16th meeting with Emboffs, Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic said the Serbian government is ready to accept a Gazprom offer to buy state-owned oil and gas monopoly NIS (ref B) if Russia guarantees that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline transits Serbia. Sekulic high [...] | 2008-01-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1160 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMIMPEX, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Comimpex, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license appli [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1161 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: A [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, A Level Aerosystems, Izhevsk, Russia. The company is liste [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1162 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Dalsvyaz, OJSC Far East Telecommunication company, Petropa [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1169 | RUSSIA CONSIDERING U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR NPT PREPCOM [...] (SBU) On April 24, we shared reftel U.S. proposed papers for the April 28-May 9 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT Prepcom) meeting in Geneva with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR) Senior Counselor Aleksey Karpov and Second Secretary Aleksandr T [...] | 2008-04-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA RS |
08MOSCOW1171 | RUSSIA'S ROSATOM TO PREPARE ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In separate meetings April 23, we discussed the nuclear fuel fabrication transaction between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia with Senior Counselor Aleksey Karpov and Second Secretary Aleksandr Trofimov from the MFA's Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, and with Konstant [...] | 2008-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1173 | GOR UNMOVED BY UPROAR ON UAV INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: According to a debrief by the UK Embassy, UK Under Secretary Rickett used his April 24 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov to express concern over the UAV shoot-down and presidential "instructions," drawing from the four Friends' statement issued at the April 23 UN [...] | 2008-04-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1180 | PUTIN PAYS HOMAGE TO YELTSIN [...] (U) Summary: In what may be the continuation of a reconsideration of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin's legacy that began with Yeltsin's death last year, President Putin and president-elect Medvedev joined family members, several government ministers, Patriarch Aleksiy II and hundreds o [...] | 2008-04-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1187 | MOSCOW'S RUMORMILL ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) Putin's actions since the March elections have heightened political uncertainty about the shape of the Medvedev-Putin tandem. Lacking hard information, everything from Putin's decision to head United Russia to administrative changes at the White House is seen by the chattering class through the [...] | 2008-04-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1192 | JUST RUSSIA FLOUNDERS [...] (C) Summary: On April 25 the pro-Kremlin Just Russia (SR) party held its third party convention at the State Kremlin Palace amid speculation that its days as even a limited a political force were numbered. Just Russia Chairman Mironov offered assembled delegates at the listless convention lit [...] | 2008-04-29 07:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1195 | GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR SATISFIED WITH PROGRESS [...] (C) In an April 28 meeting, Russian Special Negotiator for Transnistria Nesterushkin reviewed the results of his "positive" April 21-22 consultations in Chisinau and Tiraspol, stressing that talks between Moldova and Transnistria appeared to be moving in the right direction. Nesterushkin's me [...] | 2008-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1197 | CONFUSING PICTURE FOR NGOS [...] (C) Summary: Three recent developments suggest that both the Federal Registration Service (FRS),which is charged with enforcing much of the amended NGO law, and the NGOs themselves continue to struggle with the law and the sometimes confusing requirements it has imposed. On the one hand, [...] | 2008-04-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1211 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "FRIENDS" DEMARCHE; MORE TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Russia responded to the April 29 joint demarche on Abkhazia by the four Friends with the well-rehearsed recitation of its policy and announcement of a plan to increase the number of CIS peacekeepers in Abkhazia to 3000. MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin expressed displea [...] | 2008-04-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1213 | PROGRESS, PROBLEMS FOR RELIGIONS IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with representatives of Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations show that the rapid growth in membership that accompanied the turbulent '90s has come to an end. Most representatives ascribe the current stagnation to the unprecedented prosperity which, th [...] | 2008-04-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1214 | MEDVEDEV ON THE MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Medvedev's April 29 public endorsement of Russian television as among "the best in the world" coupled with his advocacy of the unregulated internet are consistent with his more extended, but as-yet unpublished, interviews. His comments leave the impression that [...] | 2008-04-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1215 | MORE FROM THE RUMOR MILL: READING PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Among some Kremlin-critics and establishment figures, speculation has grown over the past month that Putin and his entourage may be laying the groundwork for a return to the Kremlin, rather than safe-guarding the transition of President-elect Medvedev. While our contacts speculate that [...] | 2008-04-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1216 | GREEK PM SIGNS SOUTH STREAM AGREEMENT, POLITICAL [...] (C) Greek Embassy Political Counselor Dimitrios Ioannou told us the South Stream (reftels) gas pipeline deal signed during Prime Minister Karamanlis's April 29-30 visit to Moscow contains "almost no specifics." He said the agreement calls for 50-50 ownership on Greek territory and for a decis [...] | 2008-04-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1217 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - RUSSIA [...] 1. (SBU) In Russia, basic commodity prices for products have spiraled in recent months, with price increases registered of up to 70 percent nationwide for vegetable oils, and 50 to 100 percent for potatoes in some regions in Russia. The poorest in Russia, who spend nearly two-thirds of their [...] | 2008-04-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW1221 | MFA ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE AND ICI [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia was disappointed over the failure of Arab states to expand their engagement with Iraq at the April 22 Iraq Neighbors' Conference, but understands their reluctance considering the Iraqi government's inability to stabilize the country. Russia remains sk [...] | 2008-05-02 03:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1233 | RUSSIA PUSHES TO COMMERCIALIZE SPACE [...] (SBU) Despite delays in the development of Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system as an alternative to U.S. GPS, the GOR is pressing forward to make GLONASS global by 2010 and to develop Russia's commercial space industry. To achieve these goals, the GOR has granted Russia's Federal Spac [...] | 2008-05-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS |
08MOSCOW1238 | A BRIBE TOO FAR? THE SACKING OF CVO NEPOKLONOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's agricultural rumor mill buzzed this winter and spring with word that MinAg's notoriously corrupt Chief Veterinary Officer, Yevgeniy Nepoklonov, was variously in hiding, suffering from gunshot wounds, or under indictment. Nepoklonov eventually resurfaced in Moscow, but on [...] | 2008-05-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1239 | RUSSIA OPPOSES USE OF BONN POWERS FOR SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly opposes use of the Bonn Powers by the High Representative to redress potential Serbian control of the Srebrenica municipal administration following elections in October. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, the MFA believes use of the Bonn Powers woul [...] | 2008-05-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK RS |
08MOSCOW1242 | BLUE SKIES, BALLOONS AND BLATHER - MAY DAY IN [...] (U) Under clear blue skies over most of the country, Russia celebrated the beginning of the spring season amid a cacophony of traditional labor-oriented messages coming from all political perspectives. The holiday, solely dedicated to labor during Soviet times, has become a celebration of spr [...] | 2008-05-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB RS |
08MOSCOW1243 | COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...] | 2008-05-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW1255 | RUSSIA STANDS BEHIND ABKHAZ CLAIM OF MAY 4 [...] (C) The Russian MFA released a statement on May 4 criticizing Georgia for sending two more UAVs over the security zone in Abkhazia and supporting Abkhazia for destroying them. The statement read that "according to information from Sukhumi, Abkhaz air defense forces on May 4 destroyed two Geo [...] | 2008-05-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1263 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ENERGO-REMONT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Energo-Remont LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...] | 2008-05-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1264 | ECONOMIC MINISTRIES TAKE ON MEDVEDEV'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Minister Counselor met separately with Deputy Minister for Regional Development (MRD) Vitaliy Shipov and Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) Andrei Klepach in late April to discuss their respective Ministry's roles in the first year of President Medve [...] | 2008-05-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1270 | RUSSIA: NOT SEEKING CONFLICT WITH GEORGIA, BUT [...] (C) In a May 6 farewell call with the Ambassador, Chief of General Staff General Yuri Baluyevskiy said that Russia was concerned by the danger of a military conflict in the Caucasus. Citing Russian intelligence, Baluyevskiy warned that Georgia could "go to the extreme," which could lead to [...] | 2008-05-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1277 | DISSENTERS' MARCH CANCELLED BUT PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, Other Russia attempted to organize a Dissenters' March to put the opposition's mark on the inauguration of Russia's new President, Dmitriy Medvedev. When Moscow City authorities refused to issue permits for the march or a static demonstration, Other Russia decided to ca [...] | 2008-05-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1278 | MEDVEDEV TAKES PRESIDENTIAL OATH [...] (SBU) Presidential power passed from Putin to Medvedev at the stroke of noon today. The simple but majestic ceremony of oath-taking took place in the Kremlin's ornate Andreyevskiy Hall before two thousand of the political elite. Putin gave his farewell address, using the occasion for a final [...] | 2008-05-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1280 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW RS |
08MOSCOW1282 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS G8 INITIATIVE AGAINST ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1283 | OPIC FINANCING FOR CREDIT MOSCOW BANK [...] Embassy has no objection to the proposed USD 5 million OPIC loan guaranty to expand Credit Moscow Bank's SME lending program. 2. Embassy has no adverse information regarding Credit Moscow Bank or its shareholders. Embassy has no information that could adversely affect the long-term prosp [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1285 | RUSSIA CONTINUES TO OVERPLAY HAND WITH GEORGIA: [...] (C) Summary: In the May 6 wake of FM Lavrov's "extreme concern" over Georgian military intentions, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin warned the Ambassador that Saakashvili was unstable; while Russia did not seek conflict, if Georgia was intent on provoking hostilities, Russia would respond. R [...] | 2008-05-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1294 | TNK-BP PRESIDENT OUTLINES CONTINUING INTERNAL [...] (C) TNK-BP President Bob Dudley (strictly protect) informed the Ambassador May 6 of recent legal actions taken against the company that he believes are part of the on-going internal struggle (reftel) for control of TNK-BP. Dudley and BP are concerned that the story, which has been kept quiet s [...] | 2008-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1295 | RUSSIAN OIL PRODUCTION: STAGNATING UNDER HEAVY TAX [...] (SBU) The rate of growth in Russian oil production has dropped significantly in recent years and output may actually decline in 2008. Production growth has slowed as declines in output from existing fields have not been adequately replaced by production from new fields. Investment in these " [...] | 2008-05-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1296 | UK INFORMALLY PROPOSES G8/RUSSIA FOOD INITIATIVE [...] (C) During a recent Quad lunch, the British informally floated the idea of a G8 initiative advocating increased production amongst major agricultural economies. The UK Ambassador said his government specifically believes that Russia, historically a grain exporter, could ramp up agricultural p [...] | 2008-05-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EINV RS |
08MOSCOW1297 | RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1298 | RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] (C) Summary: Abkhaz saber rattling, Tbilisi's war rhetoric, and the reinforcement of Georgia's lingering separatist problems - these are the hallmarks of Russia's policy of keeping Saakashvili's government off-balance and undermining European confidence that Georgia can be a reliable partner [...] | 2008-05-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1303 | NO SURPRISES - PUTIN CONFIRMED AS PREMIER [...] (SBU) Putin's castling move from Kremlin to White House concluded today with his two-hour confirmation hearing as Premier. Hours after yesterday's inauguration, President Medvedev and Putin made their opening moves, with the former taking steps to tackle his goals of economic reform and innov [...] | 2008-05-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1304 | RUSSIA TO GEORGIA: SABER RATTLING STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that measures by Georgia to deploy more forces in the zone of conflict could lead to an additional deployment of 500 Russian peacekeepers -- up to the 3000 limit in the 1994 Moscow Agreement. MFA Director Kelin told us there w [...] | 2008-05-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1318 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Senior Counselor for International Organizations Petr Ilichev on May 12. Ilichev said that owing to the long Russian holiday weekend, the MFA was unaware of the French draft resolution on Burma. After reading a copy of the draft we provided, Ilichev th [...] | 2008-05-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS |
08MOSCOW1321 | Medvedev Names New Government [...] (SBU) In a government marked by experience and continuity, President Medvedev nominated a new cabinet today that leaves the "Zubkov" cabinet largely intact and our main interlocutors Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry and Finance Minister Kudrin at their posts. Some of the more notable cha [...] | 2008-05-13 03:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1329 | RUSSIA WANTS STREAMLINED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia is interested in expanding its ties with the European Union, including within the context of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),as well as on trade and security issues. However, MFA officials stress that there are "huge differences" between Russia and the EU [...] | 2008-05-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1330 | MAYOR NON GRATA: MOSCOW REACTS [...] (U) Amid ample press reports on "Mayor Non Grata," the MFA issued a statement on May 12, expressing puzzlement over Ukraine's decision to bar Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov from entering Ukraine, following his speech during the May 12 celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Russian Black Sea [...] | 2008-05-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
08MOSCOW1335 | RUSSIA REACTS TO DAS BRYZA'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Russian officials continue to respond sharply to public statements by DAS Bryza in Tbilisi and Sukhumi on responsibility for the increased tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia. On May 13, MFA Fourth CIS Department Deputy Director Dmitriy Tarabrin told us that the GOR was "surprised" th [...] | 2008-05-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1336 | COMMENTATORS UNDERSCORE CONTINUITY IN ASSESSING [...] (C) Summary: On the day after the unveiling of Prime Minister Putin's new cabinet (reftel),commentators almost unanimously underscored the continuity it represented and pointed to the effort made to provide a bridge between the Kremlin and the White House in the form of the likes of Presiden [...] | 2008-05-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1340 | LEBANON: RUSSIA SENDS SIGNAL TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) On May 15, MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Sergey Vershinin said that in the wake of FM Lavrov's May 13 conversations with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit, Russia had sent a "signal" to Damascus and Tehran that it was necessary to create the "most positive [...] | 2008-05-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1342 | RUSSIA MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, we discussed Russia's progress in implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR) with Deputy Director Oleg Chestnov of the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and with Aleksandr Kucherenko, head of the International Department at [...] | 2008-05-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL WHO RS |
08MOSCOW1344 | KADYROV DECLARES VICTORY OVER YAMADAYEV CLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: What started on April 14 as a simple case of Chechen "road rage" and escalated into a conflict between the two remaining factions led by Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and the "Vostok" (East) battalion led by the powerful Yamadayev clan has resulted in Kadyrov neutralizing the [...] | 2008-05-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1345 | LAWYERS' REVOLT - RUSSIAN PUBLIC CHAMBER CONDEMNS [...] (C) Opposition to changes in Russia's media law that would allow the authorities to close media outlets accused of libel without a court hearing highlights fractures within the elite. Yesterday, a Public Chamber working group held hearings and issued a finding that condemned the draft law and [...] | 2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1356 | BORIS JORDAN: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PUTIN/MEDVEDEV [...] (C) American businessman Boris Jordan, a long-term fixture in Moscow, told ECON MC May 6 that he was beginning to worry about the ability of the arrangement between President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to preserve political stability. He was skeptical that Putin was prepared to share p [...] | 2008-05-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1357 | BORIS JORDAN: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PUTIN/MEDVEDEV [...] (C) American businessman Boris Jordan, a long-term fixture in Moscow, told ECON MC May 6 that he was beginning to worry about the ability of the arrangement between President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to preserve political stability. He was skeptical that Putin was prepared to share p [...] | 2008-05-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1361 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1374 | SIX PARTY: HFO TO DPRK AND RAKHMANIN TO BRUSSELS [...] (C) Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and one of the GOR representatives to the Six-Party Talks, told us May 16 that Russia would complete the current tranche of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) shipments to North Korea by the end of May. According to Davydov, the GOR has purchased a little [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW1375 | MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...] | 2008-05-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1384 | PUTIN PUSHES OIL TAX RELIEF [...] (SBU) In his first few days as Prime Minister, Putin has publicly called for tax relief for the oil sector twice. In his introductory speech as Prime Minister and again in Primorsk on May 14th, Putin recommended a reduction in the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET),along with other proposals to su [...] | 2008-05-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1385 | LOW-KEY RUSSIAN REACTION TO SERBIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia has maintained a low-key reaction to Serbian Parliamentary elections May 11, in which the pro-Western party of President Boris Tadic won a plurality of votes, insisting that Russia does not get involved in the internal affairs of other countries. Several members of Russia [...] | 2008-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR RS |
08MOSCOW1396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PEVZNER'S TRIP TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Pevzner's visit to Russia from May 24-26, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Margaret Hawthorne, tel. (7-495) 728-5347; (7-495) 234-2395 (hm); (7-495) 410-3088 (cell); E-mail is HawthorneMD@state.gov. 3. Control Officer will [...] | 2008-05-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM LG RS |
08MOSCOW1403 | GOVERNMENT/PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION RE-SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: With most major appointments to the Kremlin administration completed as of May 16, continuity remains the watchword, with observers arguing that the same old faces mean a new "nomenklatura" has been formed. Medvedev's Kremlin has been largely purged of the "siloviki," who stalked [...] | 2008-05-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1404 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1406 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1407 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1408 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW141 | RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND INVESTMENT RULES, PART I [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov signed a government resolution that sets the investment parameters for part of the country's sovereign wealth fund. On February 1, the GOR will divide the current Oil Stabilization Fund into two parts: the Reserve Fund and the National Prosperity [...] | 2008-01-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW142 | SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...] | 2008-01-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS |
08MOSCOW1420 | HHS DELEGATION HEARS RUSSIAN VIEWS ON JOINT SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness Gerald Parker visited Moscow and St. Petersburg May 4-7 to meet with senior GOR health officials to discuss the current state of smallpox research and avian an [...] | 2008-05-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL PGOV WHO RS |
08MOSCOW1424 | MARKET BOMBERS RECEIVE SEVERE SENTENCES [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, the ultra-nationalist perpetrators of a 2006 Moscow bombing, in which 14 people were killed, were given severe sentences up to life imprisonment, by a Moscow court. Cherkizovskiy market, where the bombing took place, is known to be frequented by Chinese, Vietnamese, a [...] | 2008-05-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1430 | MEDVEDEV'S FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: EASTWARD TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Russian analysts argue that Medvedev's May 22-24 visit to Kazakhstan and China -- the first foreign trip as the new Russian President -- carries both symbolic and substantive significance. Specialists welcomed the choice, saying that Medvedev's decision to go eastward would remi [...] | 2008-05-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP CH RS |
08MOSCOW1432 | P&G TAKES ON THE TAXMAN AND WINS VAT CASE [...] (C) On April 28, Russian tax authorities cancelled a $28 million back taxes claim lodged against Procter & Gamble Russia in late 2006. The case involved royalty payments to P&G's headquarters for trademarked brands sold in Russia, which the GOR'S tax authorities disputed as a legitimate dedu [...] | 2008-05-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1440 | RUSSIA BAITS GEORGIA ON N. OSSETIA; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, MFA officials reiterated Russian respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and said there was no plan to recognize South Ossetia's independence, or annex the republic, despite the May 20 appeal by North Ossetian President Mamsurov for unification. The appeal, issue [...] | 2008-05-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1443 | DESPITE STRONG TELECOM AND IT SECTORS, MINISTER REIMAN [...] (SBU) The May 12 GOR cabinet reshuffle replaced IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman with longtime Presidential Protocol Chief Igor Shchyogolev. The move surprised observers, who thought Reiman's long personal relationship with Putin and successful development of Russia's communication [...] | 2008-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PGOV EINT TINT ECPS RS |
08MOSCOW1444 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1445 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1447 | MOSCOW CONSENSUS - MEDVEDEV ASCENDANT [...] (C) Summary: The political class is still digesting the changes in government, the first steps of the Medvedev-Putin tandem, and the reactions of the elite and media over the past few weeks, but five of Russia's top political analysts see power accruing to Medvedev -- with Putin's blessing. Th [...] | 2008-05-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1448 | GERMAN FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES RUSSIAN-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's week-long visit to Russia May 12-16, which will be followed by Medvedev's first trip to Europe as President, to Berlin on June 5-6, reinforced Germany as Russia's principal European partner. Steinmeier led a large German busines [...] | 2008-05-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ENRG GG GM IR RS |
08MOSCOW1450 | UNLOCKING RUSSIA'S HOUSING MARKET POTENTIAL: VIEWS [...] (SBU) Improving Russia's housing sector is often mentioned as one of the new government's highest economic priorities. To better understand the issues at play, we met with a series of experts in April and May. Sergey Riabokobylko, Senior Executive Director, and Denis Sokolov, Head of Research [...] | 2008-05-23 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW146 | BUSHEHR TIMELINE: ATOMSTROYEXPORT PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Bushehr reactor could be ready for initial start-up by the end of 2008 if there are no major supply or technical problems, Atomstroyexport representatives told the Embassy. Initial start-up would be followed by about four to five months of tests before the reactor (assuming [...] | 2008-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL RS IR |
08MOSCOW1460 | NEUTRON GENERATOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS |
08MOSCOW147 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION TO UKRAINIAN NATO MAP UNCHANGED [...] (C) Russia's reaction to Ukraine's announcement that it would seek a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO Summit in Bucharest (reftel) has been negative, but relatively low-key, reflecting the GOR's assessment that MAP is unlikely. MFA Counselor for NATO issues Gregoriy Sumkin told us Ja [...] | 2008-01-18 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE UP RS |
08MOSCOW1473 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Elcus Electronic Company, St. Petersburg, Russia. The co [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1474 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Monitoring Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1475 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Infraspek LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is li [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1478 | RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE [...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...] | 2008-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1486 | POLICE BRUTALITY IN RUSSIA DOES NOT YET ENGENDER [...] (C) Summary: Recent high profile instances of alleged police brutality have sparked isolated public demonstrations that expert believe are not likely to lead to broader grass-roots political activism among Russians. Our interlocutors point out that many victims fear further harassment or ret [...] | 2008-05-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1487 | AFGHAN FM VISITS MOSCOW, DIPNOTE REGARDING TRANSPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan FM Spanta's May 26 visit to Moscow focused on expanding cooperation on economic and counter narcotics issues, without making progress on the Russian proposal to provide military assistance to Afghanistan. On May 21 Moscow DAO received a diplomatic note from the MOD regard [...] | 2008-05-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL ELTN AF RS |
08MOSCOW1489 | RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW: PCA AND EFFORTS TO FIND [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials believe the long haggling within the EU over the mandate for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) has eroded the credibility of the process, and hold out the option of reverting to a framework closer to the U.S.-EU agenda if negotiations fail. EU o [...] | 2008-05-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EUN RS |
08MOSCOW149 | RUSSIA PREPARES FOR A KOSOVO COLLISION [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Russia has dug a deeper line in the sand on Kosovo. Putin recently reaffirmed Russia's "extremely clear" position that Kosovo's status must be negotiated and will serve as a "precedent" for other conflicts. Russia's differences with us remain largely principled [...] | 2008-01-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from May 29-31. 2. Control Of [...] | 2008-05-28 06:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS |
08MOSCOW1493 | ROSATOM GIVES ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER [...] (SBU) On 28 May we received the requested (Ref A and B) official response from State Corporation Rosatom Deputy Director Kamenskikh providing assurances for the transfer of nuclear fuel fabrication technology between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia. Embassy will email a scanned copy of [...] | 2008-05-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1496 | JUDGING DIMA - MEDVEDEV STEPS OUT AGAINST LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Two seemingly unrelated events -- Medvedev's launch of two commissions to tackle corruption and judicial reform and the unprecedented public exposure of Kremlin pressure on the courts -- have re-kindled optimism about tackling "legal nihilism" under the new president's leadership [...] | 2008-05-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDEM |
08MOSCOW1499 | GEORGIA: RUSSIAN REACTION TO UNOMIG REPORT; GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of meetings in Moscow, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told the Charge that the Russians seemed to be trying to send a more positive, forward-leaning message in an effort to begin a process that would lead to an agreement on non-u [...] | 2008-05-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1501 | MOSCOW BANK'S VIEWS ON MORTGAGE MARKET [...] (SBU) As part of our series of cables on Russia's real estate sector, Econoffs met with representatives from Moscow Credit Bank to better understand Russia's developing mortgage market. Moscow Credit Bank is a mid-size lender that is increasingly active in the mortgage market. According to it [...] | 2008-05-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1502 | DEMARCHE ON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY |
08MOSCOW1503 | INSIDE THE FEDERAL SERVICE FOR MILITARY-TECHNICAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) explained how their organization coordinates Russian military-technical cooperation with over 20 GOR entities and works with 84 countries. The FSVTS manages RosOboronExport (ROE),issues expor [...] | 2008-05-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL RS MASS |
08MOSCOW1508 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KHRUNICHEV [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, Russi [...] | 2008-05-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1512 | WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...] | 2008-05-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1513 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1514 | WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1515 | PROGRESS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA BODES WELL FOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Oleg Ozerov told us on May 28 that positive developments in Lebanon and Syria justified revisiting dates for the GOR's planned Moscow Middle East conference. The GOR believed that settlement of the Lebanese political crisis with the [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1516 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1517 | RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS MONOPOLIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: The consensus here is that Yushchenko's "clearly anti-Russia" agenda and his "blind pursuit" of NATO membership have hijacked Russian-Ukrainian relations. MFA officials confirmed that Russia's top issue in bilateral contacts with Ukraine, including Lavrov's meeting with Ukrainia [...] | 2008-05-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1519 | TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW153 | A KREMLIN "SPARE:" PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOGDANOV [...] (SBU) Summary: Freemason Grand Master and leader of the Democratic Party of Russia, Andrey Bogdanov expects to make the presidential ballot despite the party's infinitesimal showing in the December Duma elections and lack of any public appeal or party machinery that would suggest how he coll [...] | 2008-01-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1532 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN - SEEK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1536 | RUSSIAN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR NGO EXPLAINS HIGH [...] (SBU) Numerous reasons have been cited for Russia's lack of affordable housing, an issue of increasing importance for the country's new government. Continuing our series of cables on the topic, Econoffs met with Vladimir Ponomarev, Vice President and Head of Housing and Mortgage Finance at th [...] | 2008-05-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW156 | SENATOR HAGEL'S JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH FORMER RUSSIAN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a January 16 meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and the Ambassador, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) Yegor [...] | 2008-01-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1564 | RUSSIA ON KOSOVO/EULEX; BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko noted "immediate and serious" concerns with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's proposal to Belgrade regarding EULEX, with an MFA statement highlighting FM Lavrov's June 2 telephone conversation with Ban underscoring the n [...] | 2008-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1569 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1570 | RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE-MEMOIRE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW1576 | FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE RUSSIAN MORTGAGE MARKET [...] (SBU) Continuing our series of cables on Russia's real estate sector, Econoffs met with Dmitri Galkin, Director of Mortgage Lending at BINBank, a leading retail lender. According to Galkin, although most Russians cannot yet afford mortgages, even those who can shy away from them out of fear of [...] | 2008-06-04 06:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW158 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS TUMBLE AMID GLOBAL CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russian investors prolonged the downward slide of the benchmark RTS Index that began last week. Although the market reported minor gains today, the RTS Index had fallen 15 [...] | 2008-01-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1587 | DFM BORODAVKIN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Borodavkin was pleased Congressman Rohrabacher valued Russian cooperation in Afghanistan, but explained that Russia was disappointed in the response received so far to its offers of assistance. Borodavkin and Rohrabacher agreed on t [...] | 2008-06-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP CH PK TX RS AF |
08MOSCOW159 | RUSSIA: XENOPHOBIA REMAINS SERIOUS PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Xenophobia continues to be a problem in the Russian Federation. In the last year, the number of violent incidents against those who are not Russian or who do not look Russian did not increase as dramatically as it has in the past, but the small but steady increase reveals an intractable [...] | 2008-01-23 03:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS |
08MOSCOW1594 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Arsenal Hunting Equipment representatives confirmed their company wanted to import reftel firearms under license 050104476. The company was established in 1994 under the name V.V.V. Ltd., and the three original owners still serve as the company President and Vice Presidents. Ar [...] | 2008-06-05 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW1595 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PTK [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, PTK Electrosteel LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...] | 2008-06-05 06:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1597 | FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KRAD PREL PTER RO RS TBIO |
08MOSCOW1604 | CODEL ROHRABACHER EXPLORES FUTURE PATHS OF U.S.-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher discussed potential areas of U.S.-Russian space cooperation with Russian officials in Moscow May 30 to June 2. The Russians were receptive to the Congressman's proposals for a joint mission to the Moon. Energiya Space Corporation President Vitaliy Lop [...] | 2008-06-05 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PREL OREP RS |
08MOSCOW1605 | GICNT MADRID MEETING: RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR INVITATIONS TO [...] (SBU) On June 4 we reviewed with Olga Kuznetsova, MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, actions (ref) to invite countries to make presentations at the June 16 - 18 GICNT Madrid conference. Kuznetsova noted she had already discussed the approaches with Washington, and that Russ [...] | 2008-06-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC RS |
08MOSCOW1606 | NONPAPER ON PROPOSED JDEC EXPERTS MEETING PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1607 | DUMA RESOLUTION CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM BIG [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the State Duma adopted a nonbinding resolution calling for the GOR to withdraw from the "Big Treaty" with Ukraine, should a NATO MAP be extended to the GOU. Prior to the vote, FM Lavrov said Ukraine's NATO accession would represent a "colossal geopolitical shift" that [...] | 2008-06-05 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1608 | POLLING IN RUSSIA: UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia has three home-grown stalwarts in the field of public opinion polling with another trying hard to break into the exclusive club. These three all share a history leading back to the godfather of public opinion surveys in Russia, Yuriy Levada. They, along with new-entry [...] | 2008-06-06 03:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1610 | UNITED RUSSIA'S CONFERENCE RAISES MORE QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sound bites from top Kremlin and government leaders over the past week about United Russia gave mixed signals to an already confused elite about the party's significance in the emerging "tandem" system. At the May 29 United Russia conference, PA Head Sergey Naryshkin and his De [...] | 2008-06-06 05:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1616 | RUSSIA'S INFLATION AND THE STAGES OF GRIEF: [...] (C) The World Bank and the IMF, echoing much of Russia's business community and economic elite, cite Russia's spiraling inflation, which reached an annual rate of 15 percent in May, as the Achilles heel of the country's economy. However, senior Russian officials dismiss these concerns and ap [...] | 2008-06-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1623 | RUSSIA CLOSE TO U.S. POSITION ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) MFA First Secretary for International Organizations Sergey Zhdanov told us on June 6 that Russia agreed that UNMEE cannot play an effective role in the region and should either be terminated or its mandate not renewed when it ends on July 31. He explained that before the UNSC took action o [...] | 2008-06-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER RS |
08MOSCOW1624 | ANNUAL OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The annual OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multilateral Nuclear Environment Program in Russia (MNEPR) Committee Meeting took place May 13 in Moscow. Russian officials reviewed the status of the new Rosatom State Corporation. Participants also reviewed the Strategic Master Plan for Nort [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH FR RS |
08MOSCOW1625 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1626 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE RS UNRWA |
08MOSCOW1631 | Transformation of the International Science and Technology [...] (SBU) On June 6, we discussed the need to begin bilateral discussions about the transformation of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) with Senior Counselor Sergey Shestakov and Counselor Galina Kramarenko from the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. We note [...] | 2008-06-08 09:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP TBIO TSPL RS |
08MOSCOW1634 | THE MOSCOW TO ST. PETERSBURG ROAD: CHALLENGE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nowhere is the dilapidated state of Russia's roads more evident than with the highway connecting the country's two largest cities: Moscow and St. Petersburg. The crumbling, pot-holed, congested, two-lane M10 is called the "highway of death" by Russia's Head of Traffic Police. The [...] | 2008-06-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RS |
08MOSCOW1643 | ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to President MedvedevQs rhetoric about the rule of law and anti-corruption, the EmbassyQs Law Enforcement Section (LES) and Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) conducted two programs last week focused on strengthening RussiaQs capacity to combat corruption. The first, a rou [...] | 2008-06-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW1645 | JCIC-DIP-08-003 PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW1647 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1648 | MFA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: At the working-level, the MFA remains hopeful the latest P5 1 proposals will lead to progress on the Iranian nuclear issue, but believes Tehran is likely to use elements of the package Solana will deliver to delay negotiations. The MFA dismissed the IAEA DG's latest report, which [...] | 2008-06-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1649 | HR OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON HR DIALOGUE, POWER TANDEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with EUR DAS Merkel, Russia's HR Ombudsman Lukin expressed satisfaction with the informal human rights dialogue with Carnegie, with the next meeting scheduled for September 23, but conceded that the dialogue should raise its profile. Lukin argued strongly for [...] | 2008-06-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW165 | DEMOCRACY OR STABILITY, RUSSIA'S FAUSTIAN BARGAIN [...] (C) Recent polling results from the Levada Center have highlighted Russians' satisfaction with the country's economic and political stability and a desire for a continuation of the status quo. The polls have also demonstrated over several years a preference for a strong government hand in th [...] | 2008-01-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1653 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 05:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | DA ETTC RS KOMC UK |
08MOSCOW166 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Radio-Navigator Co., Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company i [...] | 2008-01-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1669 | RUSSIAN EXPERT EXPRESSES "RESERVED OPTIMISM" ON [...] (SBU) Continuing our series of cables on Russia's housing sector, Econoffs met with Alexander Puzanov, General Director of the Institute for Urban Economics. Puzanov told us that the obvious solution was to increase the supply of housing. He was optimistic that this would occur eventually thro [...] | 2008-06-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW167 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Radio-Navigator Co., Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company i [...] | 2008-01-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1673 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1676 | Challenges of Doing Business in Russia: Visa Regime Changes [...] (SBU) Summary: Late last year Russia implemented a new visa regime which limits foreigners with business or humanitarian (i.e., students, missionaries, and individuals traveling for scientific, cultural, or sporting activities) visas to a 90-day stay in any 180-day period. Standard work perm [...] | 2008-06-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1680 | MEDVEDEV'S MESSAGE LADEN TRIP TO BERLIN [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA assessed Medvedev's June 5 trip to Berlin - his first European trip as President - as having successfully demonstrated the importance of Russia-German and Russia-EU relations. Although the short, eight-hour visit yielded little on substance, it provided Medvedev an oppo [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM RS |
08MOSCOW1681 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary. In a June 5 meeting, DAS Bryza and Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov reviewed the latest developments in Abkhazia and discussed a possible joint effort to improve relations with Georgia. Both agreed that a military solution was not an option. DAS Bryza briefed Zu [...] | 2008-06-13 05:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1683 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NORTH-WESTERN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, North- Western Industrial Safety Expert Center, St Petersburg, Russi [...] | 2008-06-13 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1688 | REP. ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH ROSATOM'S KIRIYENKO [...] (SBU) Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko welcomed Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's strong support for the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement during a June 3 meeting at Rosatom. Congressman Rohrabacher highlighted the potential for bilateral collaboration in the development of a high temperature g [...] | 2008-06-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP OREP PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1689 | INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTIONS OF CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent studies of Russian public opinion demonstrate the extent to which corruption is a part of every Russian's daily life. Due to red-tape, weak government oversight and poorly thought-out reforms, corruption has expanded in various fields, such as health care educa [...] | 2008-06-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1691 | RUSSIA-SAUDI TIES REMAIN FIRM BUT PUZZLING [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Russia-Saudi relations remain "firm" despite the tough stance the Saudis took during bilateral negotiations on Russia's WTO accession. Agreement was reached only after a personal phone call from Putin to King Abdullah. The MFA said that Russian Railways' fai [...] | 2008-06-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SA RS |
08MOSCOW1699 | MEDVEDEV ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND THE RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev has publicly spoken out twice in recent weeks about supporting press freedom in Russia and the rule of law. While maintaining that the government would be responsible for upholding the rule of law with respect to the mass media, he also stressed that publisher [...] | 2008-06-16 08:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1705 | EXPERTS ON MEDVEDEV'S PRESIDENCY, ONE MONTH ON [...] (C) One month into the job, Medvedev has fulfilled all of the essential functions as president: he has initiated legislation, signed laws, engaged with foreign leaders, and traveled to regional stops to promote his policies. Although most analysts here see Putin as still "large, and in charge, [...] | 2008-06-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1708 | TERRORISM WORK PLAN POINTS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1713 | TNK-BP UPDATE: NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT AS DEADLINE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1714 | MEDVEDEV'S NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY? [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak confirmed to Charge that Medvedev's call for a new European security treaty, made during his June 5 Berlin visit and repeated subsequently, was an amorphous concept, with the GOR still studying next steps in Russia-European security relations. Wh [...] | 2008-06-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1723 | Third Annual Embassy IPR Roundtable Highlights Progress in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge on May 23 hosted a roundtable for over 90 participants to discuss IPR protection and innovation in the Russian software industry. Participants indicated that the software piracy situation in Russia has dramatically improved thanks to a combination of government and [...] | 2008-06-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WTO RS |
08MOSCOW1725 | MOLINK PROPOSAL PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1729 | A FIRST LOOK AT MEDVEDEV'S REGIONAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Regional policy and center-periphery relations have not enjoyed primacy of place for President Medvedev thus far, as the new president focuses on judicial reform; his anti-corruption campaign; and building a team of supporters in Moscow. Events on the ground, however, could fo [...] | 2008-06-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1732 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPERIAL DEBTS [...] The MFA's response to the dipnote delivered per Ref A argues that the Russian Federation is not responsible for satisfying claims on obligations dating back to the Russian Empire. An unofficial translation of the dipnote's entire text follows. Begin Text: "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of [...] | 2008-06-18 07:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1739 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1740 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1742 | OSCE: INPUT FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Post proposes the following areas of concern for the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw: conduct of elections, xenophobia, migrant labor, and the treatment of refugees. Framing the discussion in forward-leaning terms, by taking Medvedev's call for stren [...] | 2008-06-18 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1743 | RUSSIA - GEORGIA: NO PEACE ON PEACEKEEPING FORCES [...] (C) The GOR reacted angrily to the June 17 incident in Abkhazia involving Russian peacekeepers, calling it another senseless "provocation" by the GOG. In a short and curt exchange, MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Tarabrin told us that the Russian peacekeepers were engaged in a "rou [...] | 2008-06-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1748 | Russian Labor Market: Good Talent is Hard to Find (and [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with U.S. companies operating in Russia, executives highlighted the increasing difficulty they face in attracting talented Russian employees. Competition has been largely among foreign companies operating in Russia. Recently, however, Russian companies have [...] | 2008-06-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CASC RS |
08MOSCOW1756 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1757 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1758 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1765 | AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT RUSSIA'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) We have reported extensively on the residential real estate sector. Last week Econoffs returned to Cushman & Wakefield to gain a better understanding of the flip side of the coin: commercial real estate. Denis Sokolov, Head of Research, said the commercial real estate market is "hot," e [...] | 2008-06-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1768 | VOLGOGRAD FOCUSES ON LOCAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A June 16 - 17 visit found Volgograd contacts consumed with local politics, and with little to say about the transition from Putin to Medvedev or on-going friction with Georgia. Provisions in the 2003 Law on Local Self-Administration, now coming into force, had created the expec [...] | 2008-06-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1769 | MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...] | 2008-06-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP |
08MOSCOW177 | ICRC HOPES ITS PRESIDENT'S MOSCOW VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow January 14-16, the International Committee of the Red Cross President sought to "upgrade" relations between the Geneva- based organization and the Russian Federation as well as encourage a more systematic, concerted Russian approach to solving the cases of the countr [...] | 2008-01-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
08MOSCOW1770 | DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH DUMA CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting, DAS Merkel and Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev discussed missile defense, NATO enlargement, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the EU, and Russia's foreign policy structure. DAS Merkel briefed Kosachev on the status of missile de [...] | 2008-06-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UP GG MD RS |
08MOSCOW1771 | DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) In a short June 19 meeting, GOR Special Negotiator for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin briefed EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Merkel on recent developments. Nesterushkin said that the conflict was entering an "exciting" period, and highlighted Security Council Deputy Secre [...] | 2008-06-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS |
08MOSCOW1772 | U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Prior to the CTWG Core Group consultations, on June 19, U/S Burns met with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and covered Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin described to U/S Burns Russia's reaction to the increasing distance between Russia and Ukraine [...] | 2008-06-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GG UP MD RS |
08MOSCOW1774 | SECURITY COUNCIL'S NAZAROV HOLDS FIRM ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, EUR/DAS David Merkel and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly, Russian Federation Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov repeated the now well worn list of grievances against U.S. policy on Iran and [...] | 2008-06-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW1775 | INSIDER VIEWS OF TNK-BP DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1776 | PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT TAKES TOUGH LINE ON TNK-BP [...] (C) In a June 18 meeting Presidential Assistant and G8 Sherpa Arkady Dvorkovich told NSC Senior Russia Director Warlick, EUR/DAS Merkel and EUR/RUS Director Kelly that both sides in the TNK-BP dispute were at fault and that the GOR would not intervene. He agreed that a negotiated outcome that [...] | 2008-06-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL RS EINV |
08MOSCOW1777 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Technological Institute of Applied Microelectronics, Novoi [...] | 2008-06-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1789 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Electrony Components, St Petersburg, Russia. The company [...] | 2008-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW179 | MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) Russians have few doubts that Dmitriy Medvedev will be the next president, but there is considerable uncertainty within the political class about the structure of power after his inauguration - particularly since this transition is complicated by questions about the role for a young, heal [...] | 2008-01-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1790 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Electrony Components, St Petersburg, Russia. The company [...] | 2008-06-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1793 | G-8 HEALTH INITIATIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 23, Acting DCM shared the USG's health-related priorities for the 2008 G-8 Summit with MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. Post also shared the USG health priorities with Deputy Minister of Finance Dmitriy Pankin (Russia's G-8 Sous-Sherpa),and with GOR officials [...] | 2008-06-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV PREL WHO RS |
08MOSCOW180 | FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...] | 2008-01-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW181 | FRAGILE STABILITY IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) Summary: At the end of 2007, a mixed picture emerged in Chechnya with relative stability in the form of fewer abductions and terrorist acts offset by near absolute control by President Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov has achieved a greater deal of autonomy for Chechnya from Moscow than one might [...] | 2008-01-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI KISL RS |
08MOSCOW1810 | BIC MEETING PROPOSAL PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | JCIC KACT PARM RS US START |
08MOSCOW1811 | RUSSIAN ANALYST WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Dmitriy Trenin of the Moscow Carnegie Center told NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly on June 19 that there was nothing the U.S. could do to convince Russia to accept Ukrainian membership in NATO. He thought that the GOR could abide by [...] | 2008-06-24 20:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR GG UP RS |
08MOSCOW1816 | RUSSIA STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MERCURY [...] (SBU) On June 24, we discussed the October 2008 UNEP-hosted Mercury Working Group Meeting with Oleg Shamanov, Head of the Global Environment and Health Section of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Shamanov said that the GOR had not yet formulated a definitive position on the be [...] | 2008-06-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1817 | RUSSIA CONCERNED WITH UNSCR 1267 DELISTING OF [...] (C) MFA Department of International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov told IO DAS Brian Hook on June 19 that Russia was concerned with the process of reconciling Taliban with the Afghan government and would continue to approach 1267 delisting cautiously. He explained that the GOR did not [...] | 2008-06-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KTFN UNSC AF RS |
08MOSCOW1818 | YABLOKO TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: The fallout from founding father Grigoriy Yavlinskiy's decision at the 15th Yabloko Party Congress to resign as its head in favor of Sergey Mitrokhin is still being examined. Yavlinskiy hoped that his resignation (while staying engaged as a member of a new 12-person Political [...] | 2008-06-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW182 | LAVROV'S UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's annual public review of the impact of Russia's foreign policy reprised familiar themes, but was surprisingly less confrontational in tone. In his January 22 article, Lavrov characterized Putin's February 2007 Munich speech as a pivotal moment in interna [...] | 2008-01-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1822 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS STRONG MEASURES AGAINST PAKISTANI [...] (C) MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov told us on June 25 that Russia continued to advocate the use of strong measures against terrorists in Pakistan, and was concerned by the new government's "weak" approach to securing the tribal regions on the border with Afghanistan. Starkov did not b [...] | 2008-06-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS |
08MOSCOW1823 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POLIO ERADICATION IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) On June 25, we passed reftel information on polio eradication and vaccination in Nigeria to Alexander Zakharov, Counselor and Director of the Bilateral Relations Section of the MFA's North America Department, and to Vasiliy Pospelov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department for External Po [...] | 2008-06-26 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV KOCI KISL NI RS |
08MOSCOW1828 | LINKS TO MOSCOW BOOST NIZHNIY NOVGOROD [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with members of the regional government, journalists, NGO representatives, party members, and academics during a June 23 - 24 visit to Nizhniy Novgorod suggested that the city's economic fortunes were generally improving under Governor Valeriy Shantsev. Most observer [...] | 2008-06-26 23:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1832 | FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1835 | DEMARCHE ON NTI PROPOSAL FOR A NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] On June 27, we delivered reftel demarche requesting GOR support for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank proposal to Aleksandr Trofimov, Nuclear Affairs Officer in Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, MFA. Trofimov asked if this was an effort to coordinate joint USG [...] | 2008-06-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1836 | SIBERIA SHOWS SUCESS, FAILURE OF APPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fate of two regions, Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Kray, encapsulates the success and failure of Putin's system of appointing governors. In Irkutsk, Putin appointee Aleksandr Tishanin failed to consolidate the regional elite and resigned in disgrace for "personal reasons" [...] | 2008-06-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1837 | NON-PAPER ON NASA - CNSA CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 27 we delivered reftel non-paper regarding the June 30 - July 1 initial meeting on Earth and space science between NASA and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to Georgiy Barsegov, Space Affairs Officer, Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, MFA. Barsegov sa [...] | 2008-06-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL CH RS |
08MOSCOW184 | RUSSIA INTERESTED IN LIBYA'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's recent visit to Libya is part of a concerted GOR effort to improve relations with Tripoli and win contracts as Libya develops economically. The GOR is particularly interested in Libyan hydrocarbon resources, infrastructure projects, and possible constru [...] | 2008-01-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON LY RS |
08MOSCOW1859 | PUBLIC CHAMBERS CARVE NEW ROLE IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's regional elite are taking cues from the center and establishing "Public Chamber" bodies to provide a forum for societal organizations -- human rights, ecological, social advocacy -- to make their voices heard by regional administration and legislatures. Given the incre [...] | 2008-07-01 07:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1861 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA HOPES TO CONVENE, BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on June 30 that Russia was satisfied with the June 24 meeting of the Quartet, which agreed that its September session would include discussion of the timing and agenda of the GOR's proposed Moscow Middle East conference. Simakov [...] | 2008-07-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1862 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1864 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. Both the MFA and the Georgian Embassy rejected as "nonsense" Kommersant Daily's June 27 report that Georgia had proposed dividing Abkhazia into two separate zones, one controlled by Russia and the other by Georgia. The MFA termed Georgian DFM Vashadze's June 23 visit to Moscow a [...] | 2008-07-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1865 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1867 | CFE: MORE ON BALUYEVSKIY'S EXPANDED FLANK REGIME [...] (C) Sergey Federyakov, Counselor in the MFA's Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs, provided some details to us on the proposal to expand Russia's flank area under the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) floated by former Chief of the General Staff Baluyevskiy after the May 15 Nat [...] | 2008-07-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1868 | AFGHANISTAN: GOR PROPOSES MEETING IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov conveyed to us on July 1 a GOR proposal to send four officials to Washington in August to discuss an expanded Russian role in stabilizing Afghanistan. Their agenda would include the GOR plan to provide military assistance to the Afghan National Army (AN [...] | 2008-07-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR PGOV PREL AF RS |
08MOSCOW1871 | COZY PARTY POLITICS IN KURSK AND BELGOROD [...] (C) Summary: United Russia dominates local politics in Belgorod and Kursk regions. Politicians first and foremost push for continued economic growth, and United Russia, the Communists, LDPR and Just Russia work together with no major disputes among them. Businessmen enter politics to preserv [...] | 2008-07-03 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM RS SMIG SOCI |
08MOSCOW1875 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...] | 2008-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW189 | ELECTION COMMISSION SEEMS UNLIKELY TO GREENLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ex-Prime Minister Kasyanov's uphill battle to be registered as a contender in the March 2 presidential elections, seemed unlikely to succeed January 25 with the Central Election Commission (CEC) contending that 13 percent of the required two million signatures submitted were in [...] | 2008-01-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1894 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ IN ST. PETERESBURG, [...] (U) On June 6 and 7 in St. Petersburg, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez delivered remarks at the opening plenary session of the annual International Economic Forum as well as a U.S.-Russia CEO roundtable, held talks with Russia's leading economic officials, and led a President's Export [...] | 2008-07-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1899 | G8: MEDVEDEV'S COMING OUT PARTY [...] (C) MFA First Secretary Mikhail Kokorev told us on July 3 that the G8 summit in Japan would be an important opportunity for Medvedev to establish himself among world leaders, many of whom would have bilateral meetings with the new Russian President. In addition to sessions with the G8 leaders, [...] | 2008-07-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID OVIP RS |