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07MEXICO3124	MEXICO SEE FDI SURGE FROM TAX HAVEN COUNTRIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the first quarter of 2007, Mexico has experienced a surge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from "tax haven" countries such as the Virgin Islands and Bermuda. FDI inflows from these countries have been second only to inflows from the United States. Officials from the Se [...]	2007-06-14 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN MX

07MEXICO3176	MEXICO COMMEMORATES WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: In commemoration of the UN/ILO,s World Day Against Child Labor, the Lower House of the Mexican Congress and the CROC labor union (the country,s third largest labor federation) organized a highly publicized press event to highlight the gravity of the problem of child labor in Mexico. [...]	2007-06-18 20:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM EAGR KWMN SOCI PINR KCRM MX
07MEXICO3246	MEXICO'S CALDERON UNVEILS TAX REFORM PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On June 20, President Felipe Calderon submitted to the Congress Permanent Standing Commission a fiscal reform proposal that focuses on boosting government revenues and combating tax evasion. The initiative aims to increase federal tax collection by 1.9 percent of GDP and state collectio [...]	2007-06-21 20:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO3266	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 2 - JUNE 22 [...] (SBU) Reaction to the Calderon Administration's release of its fiscal reform proposal was mixed. Consumer price inflation fell 0.49% in May, resulting in a reduced annual inflation rate of 3.95%. Opening of corn, bean, milk and sugar markets under NAFTA scheduled for January 2008 may not h [...]	2007-06-22 16:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR MX
07MEXICO3297	JUNE 2007 PRE-CANCUN IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) President Calderon's National Development Plan included a paragraph on the importance of IPR protection. Calderon had IPR talking points for his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-8, but told the press he didn't have time to raise the issue. The Chairman of the lower hous [...]	2007-06-22 21:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PINS ECON ETRD MX CH
07MEXICO3300	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Summary. The United States Government is aware of eighteen (18) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Mexico (GOM). Eight (8) cases are NAFTA Chapter 11 cases. In addition, one (1) case was resolved in 2006. End Summary. 2. a. Claimants A [...]	2007-06-22 21:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3302	VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (C) Summary: Widespread narco-violence in Mexico continues unabated since the Embassy reported on soaring Cartel-related bloodshed in mid-May. While there have been no spectacular, multi-fatality shootouts matching the spate that characterized the early spring, 37 federal, state and local of [...]	2007-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MEXICO3304	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3305	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3306	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3307	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3308	MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3442	STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]	2007-07-02 15:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO3443	STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]	2007-07-02 15:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO3444	STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA [...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]	2007-07-02 15:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO346	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...]	2007-01-23 23:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO347	MEXICO TOURISM SECRETARY: NO WORRIES ON WHTI [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Secretary of Tourism has said that the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on international tourism to Mexico will be minor. According to estimates by the Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur),Mexico's revenue losses from WHTI will be less than 3 percen [...]	2007-01-24 13:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR CASC CPAS EIND KHLS MX
07MEXICO3499	POST CONCURRENCE WITH FY07 SECTION 1206 FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 18:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS AG AL CD CE CN DJ EG ER ET EZ HR ID
07MEXICO351	MEXICAN FINANCE SECRETARY DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA, [...] (C) Ambassador Garza met with Mexican Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens on January 22, 2007. The Ambassador began the meeting by congratulating Carstens for the Calderon administration's strong start -- highlighting their counterdrug and anticrime efforts. Carstens told the Ambassador that [...]	2007-01-24 14:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PGOV PTER PINR MX
07MEXICO3511	MEXICO'S INVESTORS DISCUSS EFFECTS OF NARCO CRIME [...] (U) Summary: Narcotics-related violence in parts of Mexico continues to raise concerns about its potential effect on Mexico's investment climate. On June 28, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) addressed this issue, by holding the International Forum on Investment and Security, where b [...]	2007-07-03 21:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECIN ELAB PGOV MX
07MEXICO352	SUGAR WORKERS APPARENTLY ACCEPT A DEAL THAT IS NOT [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s largest sugar workers union and sugar mill operators appear to have reached a deal that for now has averted a strike scheduled to begin on January 21. Although the two parties negotiated several topics, the main issue was a disagreement over retirement benefits. The union w [...]	2007-01-24 15:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ECON PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO3653	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 20:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX
07MEXICO3703	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 22 - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) The Calderon Administration is working with the Mexican Legislature to promote a fiscal reform initiative, possibly a prelude to a series of other reforms (energy, labor, education, etc.). Over the past two weeks, we have spoken with officials outside and inside the Congress to get a s [...]	2007-07-13 16:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PTER
07MEXICO3724	UPDATE ON PHARMACEUTICAL IPR ISSUES IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Embassy officials met with the head of Mexico's Federal Commission of Health Risk Protection (COFEPRIS - rough equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to discuss issues of concern to U.S. drugmakers, including data protection, patent linkage, and Mexico's proposed elimination [...]	2007-07-16 20:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD MX
07MEXICO379	BRIDGES THAT DIVIDE US: FACILITATING US-MEXICO [...] (SBU) The overall message conveyed to Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Bohigian during his three-day, SIPDIS three-state tour of the U.S.-Mexican border was that there is much that the two federal governments can do to help improve cross-border commerce, to the benefit of consumers, b [...]	2007-01-25 16:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ELTN ETRD MX
07MEXICO380	GOM BACKING OFF PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN FIGHTER [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns about a possible Mexican Navy purchase of Russian fighter aircraft with (in separate conversations) Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan, Presidential Counselor Juan Camilo Mourino, Foreign Minister Patricia E [...]	2007-01-25 19:25:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ENRG MX RS
07MEXICO381	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TODD ANDERSON AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Todd Anderson and Cheryl Goodman, of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for travel to Mexico City, Tijuana and Cancun February 5-11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to review the efforts of US agencies and multilateral organiza [...]	2007-01-25 20:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO OTRA PREL MX
07MEXICO3839	ZAPATERO VISIT BOOSTS CALDERON [...] (SBU) Summary: During his four-day visit to Mexico, Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and President Calderon agreed to cooperate on apprehending ETA members and other extremists, develop infrastructure and the tourism sector, increase people-to-people contacts through a "Dialogue Forum," [...]	2007-07-20 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON MX
07MEXICO3859	U.S. FIRMS REACT TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN [...] (SBU) While American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmCham) member firms object to many portions of the Calderon Administration's fiscal reform plan, they have given their qualified support to the proposal. The draft law would set up a minimum business tax in an attempt to plug the numerous [...]	2007-07-20 20:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO389	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 22:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC MX
07MEXICO3899	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 15:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG
07MEXICO390	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24, [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens discussed technical assistance, and Economy Secretary Sojo raised border facilitation in meetings with the Embassy. The Embassy's Energy Reform Project held its first public meeting. Questions remain even within Pemex about the cause of a six percent [...]	2007-01-25 23:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO391	TORTILLA PRICE SURGE AND CALDERON RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable incorporates information and analysis from a Global Agricultural Information Report (no. MX7003, dated January 19, 2007) produced by Post's Foreign Agricultural Service office. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The first real economic test for the new administration has been a rap [...]	2007-01-26 13:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD MX
07MEXICO3926	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 22:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MX
07MEXICO3931	SPECULATION ON MEXICO'S MEDIA SECTOR [...] (SBU) Ernesto Piedras (strictly protect throughout),President of the Competitive Intelligence Unit and Angel Lopez Hoher (strictly protect throughout),Head of the Unit for Planning, Liaison and International Affairs at the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Cofeco) agreed that a new Me [...]	2007-07-25 14:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX
07MEXICO3937	MEXICO'S NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN [...] (U) Summary. President Calderon presented the National Infrastructure Program (NIP) on July 18. The NIP is the infrastructure component of Mexico's National Development Plan (ref A) and seeks to improve Mexico's competitiveness. The plan presents ambitious goals for infrastructure investment [...]	2007-07-25 16:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN ENRG MX
07MEXICO3993	PETROLEOS MEXICANOS: A VERY, VERY GOOD PLACE TO [...] SUMMARY: On July 17, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009. The current Pemex/STPRM contract was set to expire on August 31, 2007. This was report [...]	2007-07-27 21:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO4017	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JULY 14 - JULY 27 [...] (SBU) Senior Mexican officials told Commerce Assistant Secretary Bohigian they wanted more participation from U.S. SIPDIS Cabinet level officials to push the prosperity agenda at the upcoming North America SPP Summit. While the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) publicly announced its [...]	2007-07-30 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO4062	DEMARCHE REGARDING NTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 19:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MX
07MEXICO4114	AMCONSUL MATAMOROS HOSTS UNION, PRIVATE SECTOR AND [...] SUMMARY: On July 20, AmConsul Matamoros hosted a meeting aimed at opening a discussion on ways to prevent drug abuse in general and abuse in the workplace in particular. The meeting was attended by representatives of Mexico,s largest labor federations (CTM),the local president of a national [...]	2007-08-02 21:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ELAB PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO413	PARTY POLITICS DIVIDE LABOR MOVEMENT "UNITY" OVER [...] SUMMARY: The successful organization of Mexican labor movement participation in a January 31 st, mega-march to protest price increases in basic food items now appears very much in doubt. The unified image labor had hoped to project in demonstrating against price increases was shattered when i [...]	2007-01-26 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SOCI PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO414	MEXICAN REACTION TO EXTRADITIONS MUTED; [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican reaction to the recent, unprecedented extradition of 15 wanted criminals to the U.S. has been muted. Although such massive extraditions predictably triggered isolated complaints from the opposition that the move violated Mexico's "national sovereignty," such complaint [...]	2007-01-29 13:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO4144	IPR TRAINING FOR MEXICAN CUSTOMS AT VERACRUZ [...] (U) The Embassy, together with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, held a five-day training seminar on detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcement officials at the Port of Veracruz. The seminar was [...]	2007-08-03 21:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR SNAR MX
07MEXICO4151	FURTHER REACTION TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN [...] (SBU) Six weeks after the introduction of the Calderon Administration's proposal for fiscal reform (ref A),companies and business organizations continue their objections to the most controversial aspects of the plan, a flat minimum tax on revenues (CETU) and a tax on cash deposits (ICI). Som [...]	2007-08-03 22:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4191	AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (U) Summary: In ref A, Post sent Treasury's Office of International Affairs the Spanish-language presentation from the American Chamber of Commerce about its concerns regarding the fiscal reform proposal that President Calderon submitted to Mexico's Congress (ref B). Below is an English-langu [...]	2007-08-07 19:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV MX
07MEXICO4236	MEXICO: U.S. INVESTORS ASK FOR INTERVENTION ON TAX [...] Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 2. (SBU) This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 3. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Representatives of U.S. real estate firms in Mexico contacted the Embassy August 6 to express their concern over the Calderon administrations tax reform [...]	2007-08-09 14:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MX
07MEXICO4246	THE LABOR SITUATION OF THE MEXICAN TEXTILE AND [...] SUMMARY: Beginning on July 31, the Mexico office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation, a German non-profit organization, and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) held a two day seminar on the &Future of the Textile Industry in Mexico.8 The se [...]	2007-08-09 18:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR CH MX
07MEXICO4265	PARTIES ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE AFTER MIXED STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations are raining this week across Mexico's political landscape in the wake of August 5 state and local elections in Baja California, Aguascalientes and Oaxaca. All three parties are smarting in one locale or another. In Baja California, PRI's Jorge Hank Rhon broke [...]	2007-08-09 21:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO4280	FISCAL REFORM: CURRENT STATUS [...] (U) Summary: Mexico's opposition parties continue to deliberate on whether to allow a Special Session so that Congress could rule on Calderon's fiscal reform proposal before the FY 2008 budget must be submitted on September 8. Despite criticism of the CETU minimum alternative tax by business, [...]	2007-08-10 17:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX
07MEXICO4282	MEXICO'S MAQUILAS CLAIM NEW TAX COULD KILL [...] (U) Summary: Econoff spoke with representatives from the National Council for the Maquiladora Export Industry (CNIME) August 7 regarding the effects the new Single Rate Business Tax (CETU) will have on the industry. The President, Jose Jesus de Calleros, said that CNIME supports the concept of [...]	2007-08-10 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ELAB MX
07MEXICO4286	POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...]	2007-08-13 13:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX
07MEXICO4291	POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...]	2007-08-13 13:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX
07MEXICO4293	FUTURE OF THE SPP AND NAFTA - MEXICAN VIEWS LEADING INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, Econoffs met with officials from Mexico's Ministry of Economy to discuss GOM positions for the North American Leaders Meeting in Montebello August 20-21, and the NAFTA Free Trade Commission meetings in Vancouver August 13-14. Expressing concern over the downplaying [...]	2007-08-13 13:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD SPP MX
07MEXICO4331	CALDERON MAINTAINS HIGH APPROVAL RATING [...] President Calderon's public approval rating stands at 64%, according to a reliable Mexican poll that registered his approval at 68% in April. The four point decline falls within the poll's margin of error, and reflects the continued strong standing of the president as he prepares to give his [...]	2007-08-14 14:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO4334	MEXICAN TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY TARGETS TELMEX [...] (SBU) On August 3, as part of the Ninth Meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC) on Telecommunications, Rafael del Villar, Under Secretary for Communications at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT),briefed a small group of Department of State (DOS),Feder [...]	2007-08-14 15:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ENIV PGOV MX
07MEXICO4340	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 20:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07MEXICO4341	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 20:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA MX
07MEXICO4390	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BLUNT'S AUGUST 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) My staff and and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implemen [...]	2007-08-16 18:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON PGOV PREL MX OVIP BLUNT ROY
07MEXICO4399	SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPETITION IN MEXICO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is an analysis and English-language summary of the 900-page final decision by Mexico's Supreme Court (SCJN) that some provisions of the April 2006 Radio and Television Law are unconstitutional. The Court threw out the most blatant anti-competition measures that led the 2006 [...]	2007-08-16 22:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV PGOV MX
07MEXICO4451	A LOOK AT MEXICO'S NASCENT PRIVATE EQUITY INDUSTRY [...] (U) A strong private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) industry has long been seen as an important vehicle for economic growth, the development of small- and medium-sized businesses, and job creation. Recent reforms measures and relative political and macroeconomic stability have made Mexi [...]	2007-08-21 15:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4460	MEXICO BORDER WORKING GROUP TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexico Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) toured points of entry (POEs) in Laredo, Nogales, and San Diego to witness first hand the bottlenecks that limit cross border trade and gain insight on possible low cost/high impact changes that could rectify the problems. [...]	2007-08-21 17:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD ELTN PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO4512	ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary. Thirty-six hours after Hurricane Dean struck land along the southern edge of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as a category 5 hurricane preliminary assessments show that damage is less than predicted. The tourism industry was minimally affected as the famed Riviera Maya received less [...]	2007-08-22 22:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX
07MEXICO455	MEXICAN ELECTRICITY U/S ON LIBERALIZATION, [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Reuben Flores, Mexico's new Undersecretary for Electricity in the Energy Secretariat (SENER) supports further trans-border electrical interconnections between the U.S. and Mexico as long as they make economic sense. On reform [...]	2007-01-30 19:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG MX
07MEXICO4552	MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROCESS [...] (SBU) The Calderon administration is required to submit its 2008 budget proposal to Congress by September 8. The Chamber of Deputies has until October 20 to approve the budget,s revenue section and send it to the Senate, which has until October 31 to ratify it. The Chamber must pass the expe [...]	2007-08-24 22:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4554	UPDATE ON ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN [...] (U) Pemex has reported that it should complete the inspection of its installations today, August 24. After having examined most of its offshore facilities yesterday, Pemex had not found major damage. Oil and gas production in the Campeche Sound restarted on August 23, and as of 19:00 that da [...]	2007-08-27 12:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX
07MEXICO4598	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implementing [...]	2007-08-27 20:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ENRG PREL MX OVIP DANIEL SULLIVAN
07MEXICO4614	UNION PACIFIC MEXICO TALKS COLOMBIA RAILROAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELTN ETRD EINV MX
07MEXICO4696	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PRE-BRIEF MEXICO ON UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 19:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO MX
07MEXICO4702	HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 21:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	POL CASC MX
07MEXICO4726	FDI IN MEXICO EXPECTED TO REACH 23 BILLION USD [...] (U) Summary. The Mexican government revised its foreign direct investment (FDI) forecast for 2007 upward to 23 billion USD after a stronger than expected first half of the year. The manufacturing sector is the number one recipient of FDI, while the United States continues to be the number on [...]	2007-08-31 19:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO4815	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES FISCAL AND PEMEX REFORM [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, Under Secretary of Finance Alejandro Werner expressed confidence SIPDIS that changes to the proposed Mexican Single Rate Income Tax for businesses (CETU) would allow the tax to be [...]	2007-09-06 22:04:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4816	REALISTIC VIEW OF CHALLENGES IN STATE OF UNION [...] (U) On September 2, President Calderon presented his 2007 State of the Union Address (Informe) at the Palacio National. The Informe covered rule of law and security, competitive economy and job creation, equal opportunity, sustainable development, effective democracy and responsible foreign p [...]	2007-09-06 22:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB EFIN PINR MX
07MEXICO483	CALDERON, ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE, STAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week, President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a six day official visit to Europe, his first since taking office. The visit took him to Berlin, Madrid and London and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Calderon's team successfully used the tour to mount a major i [...]	2007-01-31 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO4856	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] (SBU) A/S Dan Sullivan met with a range of senior GOM officials to encourage high-level Mexican participation from the full range of relevant ministries in the September Major Economies Meeting on Climate Change (MEM) proposed by President Bush. Upon being assured that the MEM is aimed at con [...]	2007-09-07 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG MX
07MEXICO4867	MEXICAN FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY OPTIMITIC ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting with Congressman Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) Mexican Finance Undersecretary Alejandro Werner (strictly protect throughout) predicted that if fiscal reform goes well, the Calderon Administration would next turn to reform in the energy sector. He explained that Pemex ne [...]	2007-09-10 19:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO4871	CALDERON SENDS MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROPOSAL TO [...] (U) President Calderon presented his 2008 federal budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on September 8, 2007. The $220-billion spending plan is based on assumptions of 3.5% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of USD 46.60 a barrel, and an average nominal exchange r [...]	2007-09-10 19:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4881	JUSTICE REFORM SEASON OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed constitutional changes that briefly became the focus of criticism by human rights lawyers last week are the first step in a protracted effort by the GOM to modernize the administration of justice in Mexico by granting police and prosecutors greater authority and a wide [...]	2007-09-10 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO4906	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: IRAN AT THE SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarches on September 10 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez noted U.S. views and reiterated Mexico's policy with regard to the Iran issue: The GOM respects each co [...]	2007-09-11 21:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC MX
07MEXICO4907	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR BILATERAL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 21:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA UNGA
07MEXICO4916	READ-OUT OF BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 16-17, Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) senior technical and policy representatives participated in a bilateral technical exchange in Mexico City, Mexico. This meeting was in response to a specific request by the Mexican Government seeking a [...]	2007-09-11 21:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PTER MX
07MEXICO4917	TOURISM UNDER SECRETARY TALKS OPEN SKIES, [...] (SBU) On September 10, EconCouns and EconOff met with Mexican Undersecretary for Tourism Operation, Francisco Madrid Flores, and Director General of Regional Programs, Juan Carlos Arnau Avila. When Econoffs noted the benefits of a U.S.-Mexico open skies deal Flores said pre-clearance for passe [...]	2007-09-11 21:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EAIR ELAB PGOV MX
07MEXICO4970	MEXICO'S TAX REFORM BILL NEARING ADOPTION [...] (SBU) President Calderon's economic team and political parties, mainly the National Action Party (PAN) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),have reached a consensus on almost all issues included in the tax reform bill. Legislators in the finance committee of the Chamber of Deputie [...]	2007-09-14 12:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4980	PEMEX PIPELINE ATTACK CAUSES ECONOMIC DAMAGE [...] (U) A series of attacks on Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) gas lines in eastern Mexico have caused large disruptions to production countrywide. The militant group Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) claimed responsibility and vows continued attacks until their demands are met. Business groups estim [...]	2007-09-14 15:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EIND PGOV MX
07MEXICO5044	MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES LONG-SOUGHT TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's Senate approved an overhaul of the country's tax laws on September 14 -- a move that will strengthen public finances and give President Calderon another legislative victory. The Chamber of Deputies has already approved the bill, so most of the reforms only require the [...]	2007-09-18 20:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO508	CALDERON CRITICS MARCH ON THE ZOCALO [...] (SBU) On January 31, demonstrators thronged Mexico's central square or "Zocalo" to protest the rising cost of staple foods, and call for wage increases. Participating organizations, mainly labor and peasant groups, issued a statement called the "Zocalo Declaration," demanding food and energy [...]	2007-02-02 13:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5101	MX #2007-217, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, 10/05/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]	2007-09-21 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5102	MX #2007-216, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, 10/05/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]	2007-09-21 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5106	MX #2007-218, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Homicide Investigation Course, on October 5, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-09-21 22:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5116	MX #2007-219, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI-LEGAT, on Agro Terrorism Field Exercise, October 9, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]	2007-09-24 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5117	MX #2007-220, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course, October 9, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2007-09-24 18:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5120	MX #2007-222, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, November 15, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]	2007-09-24 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5121	MX #2007-223, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Law Enforcement Training, October 11, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]	2007-09-24 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5122	MX #2007-ODC, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, October 10, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]	2007-09-24 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5145	MX #2007- 225, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CHDS, October 12, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the dep [...]	2007-09-25 20:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5146	MX #2007-226, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on VIP Protection, October 12, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]	2007-09-25 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5147	MX #2007-227, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on VIP Protection, 12 October 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]	2007-09-25 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5161	FORMATION OF A SECOND MINERS UNION UNDERSCORES [...] SUMMARY: The ongoing saga of Mexico's national miners union (SNTMMSRM) took a significant but little noticed step in late 2006 when a dissident group of approximately 100 people within that labor organization formed a break-away union. Because of the lead up to and the protracted challenge [...]	2007-09-25 21:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5168	MEXICO CITY,S GOVERNMENT PROPOSES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY: Mexico City,s Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, recently proposed the creation of an unemployment insurance program for the residents of the Mexican capital. Eligible residents are limited to those that lost a job in the formal economy with eligibility retroactive to December 2006. As proposed [...]	2007-09-26 17:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO5190	MX #2007-228, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition Course, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]	2007-09-26 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX

07MEXICO5191	MX #2007- 229, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Defense Strategy and Policy, 10/10/2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/10/2007 but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cr [...]	2007-09-26 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5217	MX #2007- 231, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course, October 16, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]	2007-09-27 21:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5219	MX #2007-230, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Shadowing Stage with the United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Services, Forensic Services and the Home Office, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evi [...]	2007-09-28 13:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5220	MX #2007-233, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, 10/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-09-28 13:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5221	MX #2007-232, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, March 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2007-09-28 13:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5240	INFO ON MEXICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 22:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX MX
07MEXICO5242	CALDERON'S EFFORTS TO COOL INFLATION DRAW MIXED [...] (SBU) President Calderon on September 26 announced several measures aimed at stemming inflation, including postponing the enactment of a new gasoline tax and freezing prices of gasoline, liquid petroleum gas, and electricity until yearend. Mexico's annual inflation rate has remained above the [...]	2007-10-01 12:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5243	MEXICAN SENATORS PLANNING U.S. VISIT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior-level Mexican Senators are considering traveling to Washington for the purpose of meeting with their counterparts from the U.S. Congress. We understand President Calderon and PAN Party stalwarts in the Mexican Congress seek to use these trips to lay the groundwork for a [...]	2007-10-01 12:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM MX PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO5258	MX #2007-235, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Visit Civil Emergency Command Centers, 11/01/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]	2007-10-02 12:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5259	MX #2007-234, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Department of the Treasury Office of Techinal Assistance Training Related to Casino and Gaming Regulation, 10/12/2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/12/2007, but no l [...]	2007-10-02 12:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO529	KEY MEXICAN LEADERS AND ACADEMICS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Two GOM ministers, Bank of Mexico (BOM) Governor Guillermo Ortiz, and leading experts discussed the future of economic policy in Mexico and key economic challenges at seminar hosted by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) on January 11, 2007. Finance Secretary Agustin [...]	2007-02-02 18:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5290	MX #2007-236, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, 10/19/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-10-03 17:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5292	MX #2007- 224, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Advance Polygraph Exercise, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]	2007-10-03 18:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5323	MEXICO REVIEWING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON CHINA, [...] (SBU) Mexican trade officials have begun to review many of the anti-dumping (AD) duties currently in place versus Chinese imports, with an eye to starting reviews of the rest before the December 11 expiration of Mexico's immunity from Chinese WTO litigation. Mexico believes it will be able to [...]	2007-10-04 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX WTO ELAB MX CH
07MEXICO5345	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 20:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI UN
07MEXICO5351	MX #2007-237 NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPEDITED REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, October 19, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/19/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post posses [...]	2007-10-09 12:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5352	MX #2007-237 NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPEDITED REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, October 19, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/19/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post posses [...]	2007-10-09 13:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5362	JOINT BORDER GOVERNORS CONFERENCE CALLS ON FEDS TO [...] (SBU) Sonora Governor Eduardo Boars sponsored the 25th Annual Border Governor's Conference in Puerto Penasco, Sonora. Eight of the ten U.S. and Mexican border-state governors attended. Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for cross-border labor mobility and cooperation in combating the [...]	2007-10-09 18:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD MX
07MEXICO5367	MISSION MEXCIO POSTS HOLD FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH [...] SUMMARY: In September, AmConsul Matamoros and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor held separate follow-up meetings aimed at coordinating actions to combat abuse in the workplace. These follow-ups were the promised next steps to a discussion began on July 20 when AmConsul Matamoros hosted [...]	2007-10-09 20:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SNAR PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO5395	U.S. AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK COMMON GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CODEL Reyes met with representatives from Mexico's leading political parties October 8 to exchange views on enhanced USG/GOM security cooperation. Reyes understood the security package under consideration could come before the U.S. Congress within weeks but was ambivalent ab [...]	2007-10-10 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM MASS MX
07MEXICO5406	AUTO INDUSTRY LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED DESPITE, NOT [...] SUMMARY: A month,s long auto industry labor dispute was recently settled when the company, Fujikura Automotive Mexico, reached an agreement with disgruntled workers in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The dispute began this past June when Fujikura announced plans to layoff its entire [...]	2007-10-11 16:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5418	FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMC DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...]	2007-10-11 19:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5419	CORRECTED COPY - FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...]	2007-10-11 19:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5428	MEXICO,S RULING PARTY PROPOSES FREEDOM OF [...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s Federal Labor Law is amazingly detailed with regards to the obligations that employers have towards employees but surprisingly silent when it comes to the obligations the unions have towards their members. Mexican unions are under no obligation to their membership on such th [...]	2007-10-12 14:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO544	THE BRADLEY WILL CASE, AND OAXACA ITSELF, STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the streets of Oaxaca have been quiet recently, the crisis lingers on, with many underlying issues remaining unresolved. Despite consistent post pressure on both the state and federal government, the Bradley Will case remains an open investigation, with no one yet charg [...]	2007-02-03 00:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5462	LEADER OF SUGAR WORKERS UNION ENJOYS THE [...] SUMMARY: Observers of Mexico,s organized labor sector and media commentators have both reviled and hailed, Enrique Ramos Rodriguez, the leader of the country,s largest sugar workers union. In many ways Ramos typifies everything average Mexicans most sharply criticize about their country,s la [...]	2007-10-15 22:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ECON ENRG PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5463	MEXICO: BIOFUELS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Agriculture Committee in the lower house of the Mexican Congress is preparing to issue a second draft of a biofuels bill to replace an earlier version vetoed by President Calderon September 1. The newer version should provide a legal framework for ethanol production from palm, sorg [...]	2007-10-15 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MX
07MEXICO5466	MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...]	2007-10-16 17:08:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV
07MEXICO548	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez discussed criminalization of commercial disputes, the current tortilla crisis, conformity assessment, competitiveness, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP),and border cooperation with Secretary Sojo of Economy. Gutierriez learned of a GOM inter [...]	2007-02-06 16:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5485	MEXICO AND SPAIN ANNOUNCE PILOT GUEST WORKER [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary: On October 15, the governments of Mexico and Spain announced the establishment of a pilot program that would allow businesses in either country to contract an unlimited number of guest workers. According to the GOM,s Secretary of Labor, the pilo [...]	2007-10-17 19:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON CVIS SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5497	MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Curso de Forense Digital, October 26, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response on or before October 25, 2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]	2007-10-17 21:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5523	AMENDED MX05497 -- MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This cable amends list in paragraph 3 of MX05497. Please delete DIEGO GUADALUPE RUIZ ROBLES, DOB 12 Dec 1970 and MARTIN GUTIERREZ OLVERA, DOB: 25 Jul 1963 from the list. The amended list is reflected in paragraph 3 of this cable to include: 1) JOSE LUIS CHINO HUITZIL, DOB 22 OCT 1969; AND [...]	2007-10-19 19:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5529	CNDH DISCUSSES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEDENA [...] On October 18, Poloff met with Dr. Javier Moctezuma Barragan, Executive Secretary in The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to discuss the organization's recommendations to Mexico's National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) and what steps SEDENA is taking to prevent human rights abuses from m [...]	2007-10-19 21:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07MEXICO5535	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S TRIP TO MEXICO [...] (C) Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and our appreciation for Calderon's demonstrated leadership. His administration is prioritizing security and economic [...]	2007-10-20 18:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER PINR ECON ELAB ENRG PHUM
07MEXICO5536	USAID Leahy Vetting Request, 2 November 2007, MX2007-240 [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Interview Techniques, 11/2/2007 . Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 11/2/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credibl [...]	2007-10-20 18:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5564	MX #2007-241, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Trafficking in Persons, November 23, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]	2007-10-23 22:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5567	FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN THE PIPELINE IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat (Hacienda) sent a reform initiative to Congress that would allow banks to apply for bank licenses based on the operations they intend to pursue. Banks would only be required to comply with the regulations for the specific activities they perform, and mi [...]	2007-10-23 22:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5598	MX #2007-241, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, 11/14/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-10-25 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5607	MX #2007-243, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS, on Polygraph Course, November 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]	2007-10-26 17:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5613	MX #2007-244, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics course, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-10-26 20:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5614	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, OCTOBER 19-26, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies on October 23 approved the 2008 Revenue Bill for a total of 2.57 trillion pesos (USD 236 billion). A PRD proposal to include in the Revenue Bill a provision to establish a government body to control imports and exports of sensitive agricultural products [...]	2007-10-26 20:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5620	MIGRATION, POVERTY AND OTHER DYNAMICS IN CHIAPAS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Econoff explored current political, social, and economic dynamics in Chiapas during recent visits to the state, among Mexico's most culturally and geographically distinct. Although the Zaptista movement of the mid-1990s raised the profile of Chiapas and resulted in inc [...]	2007-10-26 21:38:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5632	SUBJ: SUGAR WORKER EARN FAR LESS THAN THEIR UNION [...] SUMMARY: Mexican sugar is one of the most expensive to produce in the world; costing on average almost 2 1/2 times more to produce than its most efficient competitors. A number of reasons exist for this cost difference but one of the most frequently cited causes is Mexico,s largest sugar wo [...]	2007-10-29 17:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ECON ENGR PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5637	MX #2007-NAS, (AGENCY) LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]	2007-10-29 20:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5639	COMPETING TEXTILE UNIONS DRAW NAFTA COUNTRIES, [...] SUMMARY: A dispute among three labor unions for control of a collective bargaining contract in the southern Mexican state of Puebla has drawn the attention of US and Canadian NGO,s and labor unions as well as the concern of American clothing manufacturers. The dispute began this past May when [...]	2007-10-29 20:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5651	MEXICO: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 20:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA MX
07MEXICO5652	MEXICO: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 20:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU MX
07MEXICO5653	MX #2007-246, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course and Tracing Process, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]	2007-10-30 20:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5673	MX #2007-247, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Polygraph course, November 15, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]	2007-10-31 21:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5680	MX #2007-249, ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandria, Va., 11/21/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]	2007-11-01 12:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5681	MX #2007-248, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Law Enforcement Training, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]	2007-11-01 12:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO57	A CHAT WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ZEDILLO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 visit to the embassy to renew his visa, former President Ernesto Zedillo cheerfully shared his views on Mexico's post-electoral crisis, Felipe Calderon's debut as President, and the future of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He seemed unworried [...]	2007-01-05 17:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5707	MX #2007-250, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on November 20, 2007, Criminal Scene Investigation. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]	2007-11-05 13:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO571	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES TRIP [...] Summary: Welcome to Mexico. Your visit comes at an important time, with the Calderon administration in only its third month in office. Notwithstanding the polarized political climate in Mexico, President Felipe Calderon is off to a strong start, demonstrating leadership at home and abroad [...]	2007-02-07 21:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS MX
07MEXICO5719	MX #2007-251, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion De Conflictos En El Ambito Laboral, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]	2007-11-05 19:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5726	MX #2007-252, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Defense Resource Management Course, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-11-05 22:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5733	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MEACHAM, MEXICO [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Carl Meacham for travel to Mexico City from 6-8 November 2007. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Deputy Political Counselor Jim Merz, telephone 52 (55) 5080-2265 or 4425; fax 52 (55) 5080-2247; cell 044 (55) 5080-2247; e- [...]	2007-11-06 16:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX
07MEXICO5735	MX #2007-253, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on STOP Team Training, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]	2007-11-06 20:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5736	MX #2007-FBI, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Public Corruption, November 27, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]	2007-11-06 20:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5769	MX #2007-256, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]	2007-11-08 14:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5770	MX #2007-255, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]	2007-11-08 14:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5773	SECURITY, MIGRATION, AND ELECTIONS IN MICHOACAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 18:05:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5793	TERRORIST FINANCE: MEXICO CITY'S RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A. -- Status of laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling, and key elements of those laws 2. (SBU) The Government of Mexico continues efforts to implement an anti-money laundering program according to international standards such [...]	2007-11-09 18:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO5803	MX #2007-257, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CCMR Conference, November 28, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...]	2007-11-09 19:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5804	MX #2007-258, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]	2007-11-09 20:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5834	MX #2007-259, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interview Techniques, November 23, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 23, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]	2007-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5835	MX #2007-260, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]	2007-11-14 14:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5836	MX #2007-261, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on English Comprehension Introductory Level course, December 3, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]	2007-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5846	FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...]	2007-11-14 22:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX
07MEXICO5849	MX #2007-262, STATE/ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on Workshop: Integrated Cooperation on IPR Enforcement, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]	2007-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5850	AMENDED MX05736 (MX #2007-254),FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This cable is to amend MX05736 (MX2007-254),to add the following names: Cortes, Esquivel, Ignacio, 10/20/58, Tehuacan, MX Mendez, Garcia, Melesio, 12/4/64, Tochtecpec, MX Romero, Trejo, German, 8/12/60, Mexico City 2. The list on paragraph 5 of this cable is amended to reflect this ad [...]	2007-11-15 16:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5858	CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) On October 29, 2007, the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) held its 18th annual convention, which centered on the need to "democratize" the stock market and to increase medium-sized companies, access to capital markets. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens and Bank of Mexico Governor SIPDIS [...]	2007-11-15 22:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5870	MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Mexico's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on November 12 approved a USD 236 billion spending bill, the largest in the country's history. The income part of the budget package was passed by both the Chamber and the Senate last month, but the spending bill only requires lower house passage. [...]	2007-11-16 20:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5876	MX #2007-263, DHS/CBP LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/CBP, on Search Trauma and Rescue Training, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]	2007-11-20 17:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5879	MX #2007-264, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]	2007-11-20 20:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5880	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REID TO MEXICO, [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...]	2007-11-20 20:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP REID HARRY
07MEXICO589	MEXICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS DISCUSS ENERGY REFORM [...] (SBU) The Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute (ITAM) January 22 hosted an energy conference on January 22. The event drew over 100 people, including representatives from all three political parties in Congress, the Mexican Council on International Affairs (Comexi),academia and policy i [...]	2007-02-07 22:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO5891	MEXICO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mexico (GOM) has shown significant and substantive progress in addressing its deficiencies in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of the June 2007 TIP Report, in particular by enacting comprehensive federal anti-TIP legislation to criminal [...]	2007-11-20 22:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREL
07MEXICO5892	MX #2007-265, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on F-5 MTT course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]	2007-11-21 13:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5896	MX #2007-266, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Criminal Investigative Techniques, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-11-21 16:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO59	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 28, 2006 - JANUARY [...] (SBU) The Embassy held its second meeting with new Under Secretary for Communications Rafael del Villar who again SIPDIS asked to exchange views with USG officials on key telecom issues (Refs A and B) National Action Party (PAN) Secretary General Jose Espinosa called for a third television [...]	2007-01-05 19:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5902	MX #2007-267, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Formador de Instructores, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]	2007-11-21 19:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5903	MX #2007-268, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Investigacion de Homicidios, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]	2007-11-21 19:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5914	MX #2007-269, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-11-23 20:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5915	MX #2007-270, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-11-23 20:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5930	OFFICIAL FIGURES SPIN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES AND THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 15 INEGI, the GOM,s National Statistics Institute, issued a report stating that during the twelve-month period ending September 2007 Mexico,s official unemployment rate dropped from 4 percent to 3.9 percent. The INEGI report also indicated that during the same twelve-mont [...]	2007-11-26 22:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5934	SONORA BRANCH OF FARM WORKERS UNION IS PLEASED [...] SUMMARY: The Hermosillo office of the CNC (National Peasants Confederation) in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora is a farm workers union that is making a positive difference in the lives of persons employed in the various sectors of Mexico,s agricultural industry. The CNC,s Hermosillo [...]	2007-11-27 15:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR SOCI PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5935	SO FAR UNION DISPUTE HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON FORD [...] SUMMARY: A leadership dispute within what had been the sole union representing all of the workers at Ford Motor Co.,s three production plants in Mexico has, for the most part, had little impact on the car maker,s Mexico operations. The leadership dispute has lead to the formation of a new un [...]	2007-11-27 15:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV EIND EINV PINR MX
07MEXICO5936	UNIONS AND JALISCO STATE GOVERNMENT SIGN AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: In late October the local offices of several national labor confederations and the government of the western Mexican state of Jalisco signed an agreement aimed at improving the state,s overall labor environment. The agreement called for the unions and the state government to work to [...]	2007-11-27 15:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR PHUM MX
07MEXICO5948	MX #2007-271, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Maintenance and Instruments F-5, December 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]	2007-11-27 20:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5964	SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...]	2007-11-29 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
07MEXICO5975	VIEWS ON 15 NOVEMBER 2007 IAEA DG'S REPORT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 16:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC MX
07MEXICO5979	AUTO PARTS SUPPLIER AND SUB-CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF [...] SUMMARY: Johnson Controls Inc., a US based auto parts supplier and One-Digit, its Mexican based sub-contractor have been accused of a series of ongoing labor rights abuses. The Johnson Controls and the One-Digit plants where the abuses are said to be occurring are located in the central Mexic [...]	2007-11-30 17:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND EINV PINR MX
07MEXICO5981	MEXICO ON VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor met with Landy Esquivel, from SRE's Latin American Office, November 28, to convey U.S. concerns as relate to the anti-democratic changes Chavez seeks to make with its constitutional reform package coming up for a vote on December 2 and urge Mexico to join us in [...]	2007-11-30 18:45:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA VE MX
07MEXICO5982	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) The Deputy Political Counselor met with Julian Juarez, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of its United Nations office, November 28 to urge Mexico reconsider its long-standing support for a long list of UN resolutions on the Middle East that undermine UN credibility and do little t [...]	2007-11-30 18:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS MX
07MEXICO5984	CALDERON EYING EXPANDED CONTROL OVER PAN [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon is poised to take control of the PAN--a party shaken by his rivalry with PAN President Manuel Espino--with the uncontested election of former cabinet member German Martinez for party president on December 8-9. Tensions between Calderon and Espino reflect a broa [...]	2007-11-30 21:00:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO6005	MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Government of Mexico (GOM) is optimistic that a debt settlement with Cuba will be reached in the near future. There are small exchange programs between the two countries. Mexico continues to promot [...]	2007-12-03 20:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU MX
07MEXICO6009	RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Below please find Post's responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The resonses are keyed to the questions per reftel. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "w [...]	2007-12-03 22:05:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07MEXICO6024	STAFFDEL QUILTER: OPTIMISTIC, BUT ASSERTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, headed by Professional Staff Member Peter Quilter spent two days in Mexico City (November 26-28) meeting with GOM representatives, legislators, NGO representatives and Embassy officials to discuss the recently proposed Me [...]	2007-12-04 22:14:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6027	STAFFDEL QUILTER VISIT TO MICHOACAN: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, the House Foreign Affairs staff delegation headed by Peter Quilter spent a day and a half in Morelia, Michoacan to discuss the impact of the GOM's counter-narcotics operations in the state and the Merida Initiative with state officials and NGO representat [...]	2007-12-05 17:59:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MX

07MEXICO6033	UNION DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION INITIATIVE EXPANDS TO [...] SUMMARY: In early November AmConsul Hermosillo and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor met with officials from the CTM, Mexico,s largest labor federation, and with various levels of GOM and NGO officials to discuss the problem of drug abuse in the workplace. This initiative, which is the o [...]	2007-12-05 19:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SNAR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO6042	DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGAGES MEXICAN LEGISLATORS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 29 dinner with senior members of Mexico,s congress, Deputy Secretary had the opportunity to address some of the issues raised both in the U.S. and Mexico regarding the announced Merida Initiative. While members of the three principal parties in both chambers ind [...]	2007-12-05 21:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6043	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS [...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...]	2007-12-05 21:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6044	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican human rights groups to address the concerns raised in recent weeks regarding both President Calderon,s approach to law enforcement and the Merida Initiative. He conveyed the U.S. commitment to promoting greater resp [...]	2007-12-05 21:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6045	PUBLIC OUTREACH REINFORCES MISSION PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: The Deputy Secretary built a robust public diplomacy element into his October 29-30 visit to Mexico City. Two TV interviews and a round table with senior print and broadcast leaders (reported septel) substantially buttressed ongoing mission efforts to build public support for t [...]	2007-12-05 21:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6046	DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO MEXICO DEMONSTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of five cables reporting on the October 29-31 visit to Mexico City by Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for SIPDIS Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon. In meetings with government leaders, opinion makers and members of civil [...]	2007-12-05 21:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6049	CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON [...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...]	2007-12-06 13:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO6085	MEXICO ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 19:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL PVOV KWBG IS MX
07MEXICO6090	MEXICO ON UNCITRAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNCITRAL UNAUS MX
07MEXICO6094	MEXICO ON NIE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 20:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR PARM MX
07MEXICO6097	MX #2007-272, USMS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Services (USMS),on Meeting in USMS Headquarters, January 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]	2007-12-10 22:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6099	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) As per reftel's request, the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) at Embassy Mexico City is Manuel Larragoity, Deputy Attache for DHS/ICE. He may be reached at (52-55) 5080-2384 or via e-mail at manuel.larragoity@dhs.gov. 2. (SBU) Post TFCO Deputy is Laura M. Lausier, Economi [...]	2007-12-11 14:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO6112	MX #2007-273, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, January 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]	2007-12-11 19:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6122	MX #2007-274, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Port Security, January 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-12-12 14:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6128	MEXICAN AND U.S. SENATORS DISCUSS MIGRATION, [...] Summary. Mexican Senate President Santiago Creel extended a bipartisan U.S. delegation headed by Senator Harry Reid an official welcome on the floor of the Mexican Senate November 29. Afterwards, over a lunch hosted by Creel, the leaders of six of Mexico's seven political parties represente [...]	2007-12-12 15:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON ETRD KCRM MX OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
07MEXICO6143	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 21:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	MX PGOV PHUM UNGA
07MEXICO6184	PRESIDENT CALDERON SPEAKS TO ACHIEVEMENTS, [...] Summary. In a series of interviews commemorating his first year in office, President Calderon touted the creation of 800,000 jobs and singled out narco-trafficking as one of Mexico's biggest challenges. The U.S. was assuming greater responsibility on drugs but needed to do more to reduce de [...]	2007-12-14 22:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR
07MEXICO6185	MEXICO: ITQ,S DIFFERENT ON THE BORDER [...] Summary. Deputy PolCouns recently traveled to several destinations on the Mexican border with the U.S. as part of an orientation trip. The visit reaffirmed the perception that life in the north of Mexico and, in particular on the border with the U.S., is different from any other place in Me [...]	2007-12-14 22:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR
07MEXICO6186	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...]	2007-12-14 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE
07MEXICO6187	PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Mexico has made great strides in strengthening its securities regime over the past several years, but additional work is needed to develop these markets. Conversations with local experts show that the following issues hold back growth: restrictions on institutional investors; an ineffi [...]	2007-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO6195	MEXICO RECASTING PLAN PUEBLA [...] Bosco Marti Acencio, the Foreign Ministry's point person on Plan Puebla, discussed with poloff December 6 GOM efforts to reinvigorate this initiative created originally with a view to fostering greater cooperation and integration among Mexico and its Central American Neighbors. At the outset [...]	2007-12-17 20:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECIN XK EC CO PE MX
07MEXICO6196	CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER JUSTICE REFORM MOVING [...] Summary. The Mexican Senate passed judicial reform legislation that would facilitate transition to an oral trial system, give law enforcement officials broader search and seizure authority, allow consensual monitoring of telephone calls, and give police more responsibility for conducting inv [...]	2007-12-17 20:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6211	MX #2007-275, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques Maritime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]	2007-12-18 19:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6214	MX #2007-277, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques MQitime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2007-12-18 20:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6215	MX #2007-278, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combating Terrorism, January 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]	2007-12-18 20:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6217	MX #2007-276, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Counter Terrorism, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]	2007-12-18 21:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6218	MEXICO SUPPORTS UPDATING AGREEMENT ON NATURAL [...] The Government of Mexico welcomes the opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to respond to natural or man-made disasters and to update the 1980 agreement entitled "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on Cooperat [...]	2007-12-18 22:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AMEX ECON CA MX SENV
07MEXICO6219	CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] Summary: Concerns about human rights abuses and threats to security posed by drug trafficking collide in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero where Poloff met with a wide range of Mexican congressional representatives, government officials, human rights activists, NGOs and other members of c [...]	2007-12-19 12:23:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ECON PINR MX
07MEXICO6228	SUBJECT: NARCO-KILLINGS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Although estimates of the total number of organized crime-related killings in the first 11 months of 2007 vary between GOM sources and newspaper tallies -- ranging between approximately 2,200 to 3,200 -- Mexico has witnessed more of these types of killings this year, compared to an estima [...]	2007-12-19 20:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX
07MEXICO6229	MEXICO IPR: 301 UPDATE; INTERNATIONAL POSTURE; USG [...] (SBU) There has been some progress on a number of concerns included in the Mexico Special 301 Initiative demarche (e.g., increased enforcement activity, improved cooperation with local governments, no new patent linkage problems),but other concerns remain unaddressed (e.g., ex officio authorit [...]	2007-12-19 20:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PINS MX
07MEXICO6233	MX #2007-279, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Disaster Response Seminar, January 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]	2007-12-19 20:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6238	MX #2007-280, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air War College, February 19, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]	2007-12-20 15:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6245	MX #2007-282, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Fellowship International Colleagues, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]	2007-12-20 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6246	MX #2007-283, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Command and General Staff College, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]	2007-12-20 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6247	MX #2007-281, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Qualification, February 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]	2007-12-20 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6249	TOUGH YEAR'S END FOR PRO-COMPETITION FORCES IN [...] (U) See action request para 7. Summary ------- 2. (U) The year closed on a somewhat disappointing note for advocates of greater competition in Mexico. A bill to beef up the penalties the Federal Competition Commission (COFECO) can impose for anti-competitive conduct was allowed to lang [...]	2007-12-20 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV MX
07MEXICO6255	SONORA MAQUILA UNION BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD [...] SUMMARY: In the north western Mexican state of Sonora a union affiliated with the country,s largest labor federation, the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers) finds itself in a very precarious spot. The newly elected leadership of this CTM union is struggling to balance the expectations of [...]	2007-12-21 17:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SOCI PINS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6256	NEW FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN MEXICO: A SMALL, [...] (SBU) Mexico's Congress this month approved a series of financial sector reforms, which include creating specialized, "niche" banks and transferring some responsibilities from the Finance Secretariat to the Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). The reforms have been generally well received [...]	2007-12-21 18:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO6259	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Director of South American Affairs Lic. Raphael Bernal Cuevas. Bernal underlined that the GOM has no position on this issue, but would follow the case closely. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site [...]	2007-12-26 14:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PREL CJAN ASEC
07MEXICO6260	MX #2007-284, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on EMB-145 Init Plt, January 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]	2007-12-26 16:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6274	MX #2007-285, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Criminal Investigations, January 11, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]	2007-12-27 15:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6276	MX #2007-286, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Mobile Training Team - Port Security course, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]	2007-12-27 17:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6281	RECOMMENDATION TO UPGRADE CONSULATES NUEVO LAREDO, [...] Summary and action request: Mission Mexico has undertaken a thorough review of interests, missions, workloads, and staffing structures at all of its consulates. As a result we recommend that three posts -- Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Hermosillo -- be formally redesignated as Consulates Gener [...]	2007-12-28 13:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OPDC PREL MX
07MEXICO6285	PEMEX TECHNICAL STAFF OBJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL WORK [...] SUMMARY: This past July, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009 (REFTEL). One of the most significant elements of this contract was an agreement betw [...]	2007-12-28 19:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO6291	MX #2007-287, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team-Digital Forensic course, January 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]	2007-12-31 16:42:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO640	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 2 - FEBRUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Although the new Mexican Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons told the Embassy he would continue working on the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative, he has not yet assigned staff to the task. Finance Secretariat Undersecretary Werner explained how Mexico could use its oil stabilization fund to [...]	2007-02-09 21:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO656	MEXICO EAGER TO REVISE NAFTA ORIGIN RULES; STILL [...] (C) According to Mexico's top trade official, many of the NAFTA's provisions need to be updated, and she wants North American political leaders to consider re-opening the chapters dealing with market access, rules of origin, and customs treatment, despite the political challenges such an initi [...]	2007-02-12 16:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON MX
07MEXICO694	LABOR UNIONS LOBBY FOR EMERGENCY INCREASE IN THE [...] SUMMARY: On December 20, 2006, Mexico,s National Commission on Minimum Wages (CNSM),an agency within the GOM,s Labor Secretariat, announced a wage increase of 3.9 percent for 2007. This wage increase was hailed by Mexico,s private sector but only reluctantly accepted by the country,s organi [...]	2007-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO695	MEXICO'S PRI PONDERS A PERILOUS FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: A divided and debilitated Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) will conduct internal elections on February 18 to select a new party President and Secretary-General. While five slates of candidates are SIPDIS contending for the party leadership, only two have any real chanc [...]	2007-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO719	OAXACA CRISIS FADES THOUGH TENSIONS REMAIN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Oaxaca is slowly returning to normal after more than eight months of political, social, and economic crisis, although underlying tensions--particularly in Oaxaca City--remain significant and could reignite conflict if one of the sides makes a serious miscalculation. Visible [...]	2007-02-14 17:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO777	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Missouri Governor Matt Blunt promoted the Kansas City Smart Port on a visit to Mexico City February 12. The Embassy worked successfully to ensure Mexico included petroleum products when it approved a third track of NAFTA rule changes this week, thereby facilitating trade worth roughly US [...]	2007-02-16 16:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO804	MISSOURI GOVERNOR PROMOTES SMART PORT [...] (SBU) The Governor of Missouri visited Mexico City with a delegation to discuss the Kansas City Smart Port, a proposed Mexican government customs house in Kansas City. The group met with Ambassador Garza, Embassy representatives, the Secretary of Finance accompanied by representatives from [...]	2007-02-16 20:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD EINV MX
07MEXICO824	UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR MX
07MEXICO837	EMBASSY'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MEXICO [...] Summary: Embassy recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Mexico's federal government has made greater efforts to combat piracy and counterfeiting over the past year, but serious obstacles to effective enforcement remain. The new Calderon administration has decla [...]	2007-02-20 20:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON MX
07MEXICO847	PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]	2007-02-21 13:33:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO859	DISSIDENTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION RENEW [...] SUMMARY: In October 2006, the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) held a national convention to elect new union leadership. Despite obvious voting irregularities and ultimately violence, the election results were nevertheless confirmed by the administration of Mexico,s then ou [...]	2007-02-21 17:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO860	PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]	2007-02-21 17:16:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO863	STATE GOVERNOR ACCUSES FORMER PRESIDENT OF [...] SUMMARY: During a recent radio interview the state Governor of Coahuila accused the former president of Mexico of pressuring him in 2006 to falsely accuse the then head of the national miners union of culpability in a mine explosion which left 65 workers dead. The Governor claims the former p [...]	2007-02-21 19:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PINR MEX
07MEXICO869	PRI ELECTS BEATRIZ PAREDES AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the pundits and polls predicted, Beatriz Paredes, a former PRI Secretary General, Senator, Deputy and Tlaxcala state Governor, easily defeated her rivals in the race for the PRI party presidency, with a margin of better than two-to-one over her nearest rival, former Senate P [...]	2007-02-21 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO871	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP OUTREACH MEETING TO MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: During outreach meetings with GOM officials, representatives of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) were told that Mexico would like to join the NSG. This visit followed an NSG "Troika" (current, past, and future NSG chairs) outreach visit to Mexico in January 2006. The Chairman [...]	2007-02-21 21:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG KNNP PARP TRGY MX
07MEXICO921	FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS UNION REELECTS LEADER AND [...] SUMMARY: On February 16, Mexico,s federal civil service union federation, (the Federation of Unions of State Workers ) FSTSE),held a national convention to elect, or more specifically, unanimously reelect its Secretary General, Joel Ayala Almeida. This will be Ayala,s third term as the natio [...]	2007-02-23 17:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO936	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 23 [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that provides for up to 40 years in prison for those convicted of financing terrorist activities. President Calderon tried to address criticism of the January 2008 final opening of the agricultural market under NAFTA by extending and expanding far [...]	2007-02-23 22:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO939	KEY ECONOMIC THEMES FOR THE MARCH VISIT OF [...] (C) The President,s visit comes at critical time as the new Mexican government seeks to set and implement its priorities across many fields. Our common border with Mexico gives us strong common interests, including security and North American economic success. The United States has a great [...]	2007-02-23 23:05:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON MX
07MEXICO961	TERRORIST FINANCE: EMBASSY RAISED PROBLEM OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 21:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO963	MEXICO'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-TERROR BILL [...] (SBU) Mexico,s lower house of Congress approved a bill on February 20, 2007 that provides up to 40 years imprisonment for people convicted of financing terrorist groups. The bill, approved 413-12 with six abstentions, establishes terrorism financing and international terrorism as serious crim [...]	2007-02-26 22:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO965	DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF IN MEXICO, FEBRUARY 15-16: [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Chertoff's February 15 meetings with GOM Interior (Gobernacion) officials occasioned broad-ranging discussions of ongoing bilateral cooperation and yielded several specific proposals to broaden it, including: --A commitment to work together closely in shaping and [...]	2007-02-26 22:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR
07MEXICO966	DHS SECRETARY FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING WITH MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 15 with Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens. Both secretaries reaffirmed long-standing cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican customs officials. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-02-26 22:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MX
07MEXICO983	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 16 with Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna. Secretary Chertoff and senior Department of Homeland Security SIPDIS (DHS) staff heard Medina Mora outline plans to impr [...]	2007-02-27 16:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTE SNAR MX
07MILAN273	SAVING MALPENSA - THE AIRPORT AFTER ALITALIA [...] (SBU) Alitalia's cost-cutting rescue plan includes deep cuts in service to and from Milan's Malpensa airport, primarily decreasing intercontinental flights. The Lombardy Region (home to Malpensa airport) fears these cuts will change Malpensa from a European hub to regional airport, dooming a [...]	2007-09-24 12:41:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ELAB ETRD IT KPRV
07MILAN329	ITALIAN INVESTORS READY TO FINANCE ITALO-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region, told the CG that Italian investors are on board to finance a new airline as a joint venture with an American carrier. He promised the Italians will put up the cash if the Americans put up the expertise. Formigoni is keen to replace Alita [...]	2007-11-16 12:32:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD IT KPRV
07MILAN95	MUSLIM OUTREACH STRATEGY - THE NEXT LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy represents an opportunity for U.S. interests in promoting the integration of moderate Muslims in a Western European democracy. The level of immigration, particularly Muslim immigration, has risen steeply in recent years, and both Italy and resident Muslims are still evol [...]	2007-04-11 07:45:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KISL PHUM SMIG IT
07MINSK10	ELECTION SITREP 2: GOB OBSTRUCTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) This is a second situation report covering the Belarusian local council elections scheduled for January 14. With ten days left until Election Day, authorities are preventing opposition candidates from printing campaign materials and meeting with voters and restricting radio airtime. Opp [...]	2007-01-05 10:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK1003	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 07, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Expelled From University (para. 2) - Lebedko Questions Prisoner Klimov's Health (para. 3) - Police Arrest Human Trafficker in Minsk (para. 4) - Loc [...]	2007-12-07 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
07MINSK1004	KOZULIN CONTEMPLATES NEW HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) Aleksandr Kozulin plans to begin another hunger strike in March 2008, his wife Irina told the Charge in a meeting December 7. Upset with the legitimacy that he felt Lukashenko had gained through appeals for dialogue with the regime by some opposition figures and European officials, Kozul [...]	2007-12-07 16:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR BO
07MINSK1006	OPPOSITION BPF ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Opposition Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) Chair Vintsuk Vyachorka was unexpectedly replaced by former Acting BPF Chair Levon Barshchevskiy after Vyachorka twice fell short of the absolute majority needed for re-election at the December 8-9 BPF party conference. BPF members remain evenly [...]	2007-12-10 17:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK1009	BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY NOT UNDER THREAT FROM PUTIN [...] (C) With the December 13-14 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk imminent, official Minsk has moved to tamp down wild rumors in the local and international media about the end of Belarusian sovereignty through the signing of a Union State Constitution. According to a report from [...]	2007-12-11 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
07MINSK101	CLINTON BENCH AT KURAPATY MASSACRE SITE VANDALIZED AGAIN [...] (U) During a January 27 trip to the Kurapaty Stalin-era massacre site, DCM and visiting EUR/UMB Office Director Robert Boehme discovered that the bench presented in 1994 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton on behalf of the United States to the people of Belarus had been vandalized again. Th [...]	2007-02-02 07:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1011	MULTIPLE ARRESTS AFTER HUNDREDS PROTEST ON OCTOBER [...] (C) Nine activists have been sentenced to up to ten days in jail and opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko received minor injuries when security services cracked down after the conclusion of a successful protest against restrictions on small businesses December 10. The demonstration itself [...]	2007-12-11 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BO
07MINSK1012	POLL REFLECTS GROWING CONCERN OVER ECONOMY [...] (SBU) According to the latest data from the independent pollster NOVAK, the percentage of the Belarusian public with a positive rating of President Lukashenko has held steady at 41.7 percent. This is the first pause in a yearlong downward trend. Support for opposition politicians, however, re [...]	2007-12-11 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BO
07MINSK1018	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK BEATEN, NOW SAID [...] (C) On December 12, authorities violently dispersed a pro-sovereignty demonstration by opposition forces on the eve of Russian President Putin's December 13-14 visit to Belarus. During the crackdown, police severely beat opposition youth leader Dmitriy Fedaruk just days after he returned from [...]	2007-12-13 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1020	EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...]	2007-12-13 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO
07MINSK1024	AMBASSADOR VISITS HOSPITALIZED YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK [...] (U) On December 13, Ambassador and DCM, accompanied by the Slovak Head of Mission Lubomir Rehak (representing the local EU presidency),visited with opposition youth organization Malady Front Acting Chairman Dmitriy Fedaruk at a local hospital, where Fedaruk has remained since GOB police seve [...]	2007-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1025	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Registers Pro-Regime NGO Belaya Rus (para. 2) - GOB Adopts 2008-2010 Anti-TIP Program (para. 3) - Opposition Party Receives Warning (para. 4) - Signature Campaign [...]	2007-12-14 16:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
07MINSK1026	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 16:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN BO
07MINSK1030	TO ROCK OR NOT TO ROCK? [...] Following a banned rock concert November 14, several blacklisted rock musicians met with Chief State Ideology Officer and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Oleg Proleskovskiy November 21. Proleskovskiy acknowledged the alleged ban, committed to lifting it, and encouraged the music [...]	2007-12-17 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO BO
07MINSK1032	PUTIN IN MINSK: MORE OR LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE? [...] (C) After Putin's December 13-14 visit to Minsk, Belarus appears to have secured attractive loan terms and a lower than expected gas price increase beginning in January 2008. Lukashenko did not appear particularly pleased, however, suggesting that Putin presented unattractive conditions to the [...]	2007-12-17 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL EFIN BO RS
07MINSK1035	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION INVIGORATED BY U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Following a Belarusian opposition delegation's December 3-8 visit to the United States, party leaders from the United Democratic Forces (UDF) met with the Ambassador December 13. All expressed gratitude for the meetings with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and said that the private co [...]	2007-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK104	BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES [...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...]	2007-02-02 10:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD BO IR
07MINSK1044	BELARUSIAN BANKING'S MIXED BALANCE SHEET [...] (C) The Belarusian banking sector continues to grow and generate considerable interest from potential foreign investors. Nonetheless, the ability of banks to drive the Belarusian economy remains limited due to the slowing pace of foreign investment into the sector and the reduced quality of i [...]	2007-12-21 10:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN BO
07MINSK1045	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Market Vendors Conduct Nationwide Strike (para. 2) - Opposition Groups Protest Social Benefit Cuts (para. 3) - BGKB Resumes Malady Front Criminal Case (para. 4) - Smal [...]	2007-12-21 10:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK1047	AMBASSADOR'S RECEPTION IN HONOR OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador hosted her second annual holiday reception for former political prisoners and the family and friends of currently jailed opposition activists. In the wake of the December 3-8 visit to Washington of a senior Belarusian opposition group, attendees expressed their appreciation of [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO
07MINSK1048	INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER LOSES LIBEL SUIT; DAMAGES [...] (SBU) On December 20, a Minsk court ordered independent newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich to pay USD 22,223 and USD 465, respectively, to top Belarusian MP Nikolay Cherginets for libel (reftel). Despite defense arguments during the proceedings, which were observed by P [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1049	22-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER TO BE HELD 18 [...] (SBU) Following a nine-hour trial, political prisoner and Malady Front youth activist Artur Finkevich was sentenced December 21 to eighteen months of detention in a penal colony for violations of the terms of his May 2006 hard labor ("khimya") sentence for graffiti. Finkevich, who was nearing [...]	2007-12-21 17:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK1051	IRAN END USE WATCH LIST PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
07MINSK1052	Terrorism Finance - Syria/Lebanon Designation Information [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER LE SY BO
07MINSK1053	Terrorism Finance - Domestic Designation of Former Regime [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER KTFN IZ BO
07MINSK1059	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. The next weekly will come out January 11. Happy New Year! TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities to Approve Undergraduate Matriculation (para. 2) - Polish Catholic Priest Expelled from Belarus ( [...]	2007-12-28 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK106	BELARUS, PROTESTANTS CONSOLIDATE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador, several Belarusian Pentecostal pastors laid out their plans to encourage Christian churches' participation in political and social activities to promote change in Belarus. These pastors, who represented several small, yet committed and energetic re [...]	2007-02-05 06:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF BO
07MINSK1060	IOM BULLISH ON GOB TIP COOPERATION [...] (SBU) DCM, USAID, and poloffs met with Dejan Keserovic, Minsk Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),to discuss GOB cooperation with the organization's anti-trafficking efforts. Keserovic expressed a generally favorable attitude towards the GOB and government [...]	2007-12-28 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK1061	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE [...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...]	2007-12-28 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR BO RS

07MINSK1062	Minsk - JCIC-DIP-07-010 Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START JCIC BO
07MINSK1064	LUKASHENKO THREATENS TO EXPEL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) While addressing the press following a holiday visit to an orphanage December 30, Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko threatened to expel the Ambassador should the USG impose additional economic sanctions on Belarus. GOB contacts have been reached by the Embassy but have not pr [...]	2007-12-31 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OFDP APER BO
07MINSK110	LUKASHENKO'S "REACHING OUT" TO THE WEST: POSTURING [...] (U) In his latest public appearances on January 25-30, the Belarusian President slammed Russia's energy prices and indicated that his country was ready for a dialogue with the West. In usual form, Lukashenko deflected blame for poor relations with Belarus' neighbors. He admitted that Belarus' [...]	2007-02-06 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK113	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-06 14:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK123	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB, Ukrainian Vice Premiers Hold Energy Talks (para. 2) - Ukraine Appoints New Ambassador to Belarus (para. 3) - Venezuela to Open Embassy in Belar [...]	2007-02-09 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK125	THE "GOOD FELLAS" IN LUKASHENKO'S CIRCLE [...] (C) A Russian-based internet newspaper has been publishing a series of reports on alleged criminal rackets organized and/or headed by Lukashenko's former Minister of Interior Sivakov and commander of the President's personal special forces unit Pavlichenko. Reliable Embassy contacts asserted that t [...]	2007-02-09 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK13	LUKASHENKO GIVES RUSSIA BLACK EYE OVER BLACK GOLD [...] (C) On January 3, Belarusian PM Sergey Sidorskiy announced duties of USD 45/ton on Russian crude oil shipped via pipeline through Belarus effective from January 1. If crude shipments were to continue at their 2006 volume, Transneft would pay the GOB USD 3.1 billion in duties. Lukashenko expl [...]	2007-01-05 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK142	BELARUS' NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Post has the honor to nominate Irina Kozulina for the Secretary of State's first International Women of Courage Award for SIPDIS her work on behalf of political prisoners and her promotion of breast cancer awareness in Belarus. She stands as a vital national figure representing both hu [...]	2007-02-14 15:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BO
07MINSK150	MILINKEVICH AND PARTISAN LEADERS SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Since the January 14 municipal elections, the United Democratic Forces (UDF) have focused almost exclusively on organizing another democratic opposition congress, tentatively set for March 17-18. However, the coalition seems ill-prepared to hold a forum by that date. The UDF has yet to [...]	2007-02-16 17:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK152	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. Citizens Deported from Belarus (para. 2) - Lukashenko Wants to Cooperate with Europe (para. 3) - GOB Delegation Me [...]	2007-02-20 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK154	EMBASSY IN BELARUSIAN STATE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: COVERAGE [...] (SBU) The Belarusian state media landscape remains challenging, with a clear anti-USG and anti-Western agenda. State-owned media outlets, both broadcast and print, have continued their negative and inaccurate reporting about U.S. Embassy activities; post management and Embassy officers -- par [...]	2007-02-20 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK156	BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2007. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref A). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]	2007-02-21 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
07MINSK158	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONVICTED FOR ALLEGED POLICE [...] (C) A Minsk court recently convicted the half-brother of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Vyacheslav Sivchik for allegedly assaulting a police officer last year. Highlighting a previous assault against Sivchik by attackers who impersonated Embassy personnel during March 2006 pro-demo [...]	2007-02-22 15:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK159	ILO SUPPORTS POSTPONING GSP SUSPENSION FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Independent trade union leaders have warned Poloffs in recent meetings that the GOB's "progress" in implementing the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations on improving labor rights is purely cosmetic. However, the ILO has noted some willingness from the GOB to reform [...]	2007-02-22 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK160	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - French Ambassador Seeks Belarus-EU dialogue (para. 2) - Foreign Minister Martynov Visits India (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - I [...]	2007-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK161	AMERICAN BUSINESSES WARY OF COZYING UP TO DICTATOR [...] (C) Executives from two American businesses, Microsoft and American Express Bank, asked post about the advisability of expanding their presence in Belarus. Microsoft asked for advice on which GOB officials were off-limits, and on whether to move forward with talks on upgrading the regime's co [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK162	PARTY LEADERS ANGRY WITH MILINKEVICH, FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) Political party leaders tried to assure Ambassador that the opposition coalition remained united, despite de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's refusal to participate in the upcoming congress of democratic forces tentatively scheduled for March 17-18. Calling his decision a big mistake, [...]	2007-02-23 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK163	SCENESETTER FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS' [...] (C) The delegation of leading Belarusian political and civil society activists to the U.S. will provide USG policy makers an insightful and balanced view of the current state of affairs in the democratic opposition camp. The Lukashenko regime's desperate struggle to adapt to significantly hig [...]	2007-02-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK177	MILINKEVICH PROVES HE IS A DIVIDER, NOT UNITER [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on February 27 told Ambassador that coalition was fragmented but denied he was at fault for the divisions and accused left-wing coalition parties of hijacking the agenda of the upcoming congress of democratic forces. The coalition leader also noted [...]	2007-02-28 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK178	GOB ALLOWS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (C) Ambassador's participation in a press conference on humanitarian assistance to a regional children's hospital gave the USG unusually good coverage in Belarusian state media. Child Health International also continues to successfully provide humanitarian assistance by training local medical [...]	2007-02-28 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK179	RESOLUTION OF NEW LIFE CHURCH POSTPONED AGAIN [...] (U) On February 26, members of the Protestant-based New Life Church (NLC) began a week-long hunger strike following another postponement of its appeal to overturn a lower court's decision to strip the church of its property (ref A). (Note: In October 2006, more than 100 NLC members went on h [...]	2007-03-01 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
07MINSK18	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 5, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Prosecutor Not to Investigate Election Fraud (para. 2) DOMESTIC ECONOMY ---------------- - Finance Ministry to Adjust 2007 Budget (para. 3) - Belarus Worst Country for Ta [...]	2007-01-09 03:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK182	INDEPENDENT SURVEYS HAVING EFFECT ON VOTERS [...] (SBU) Independent pollsters Manaev and Vardomatskiy gave Ambassador the results of their latest polling conducted in January. Both pollsters' results indicate that public support for a union with Russia dropped by 10-15 percent to 35 percent. However, support for a closer relationship with th [...]	2007-03-02 13:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
07MINSK183	FRUSTATED MILINKEVICH SUPPORTERS SAY, &JUST LEAD, [...] (C) De facto opposition coalition leader Milinkevich's supporters say that the former presidential candidate has tremendous potential as the head of a broad opposition movement. However, his support base, which is made up of civil society groups and sympathetic opposition party activists in [...]	2007-03-02 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK184	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - CEI Executive Secretary DG Visits Minsk (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - State Control Committee Creates Anti-Corrupt Hotline (para. 3) [...]	2007-03-02 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK187	KOZULIN'S LAWYER TALKS POLITICS, SHOWS IMPRESSIVE [...] (C) On March 1, Ambassador met with former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin's attorney, Igor Rynkevich, as an act of moral support following politically motivated threats against Rynkevich's law license and person. Rynkevich, himself a member of Kozulin's party, confirmed [...]	2007-03-05 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK188	GOB SEARCHES FOR EASY MONEY AS OIL EXPORTS VANISH [...] (C) Two months after the loss of Belarus' privileged status as a de facto offshore for Russia oil companies, the GOB has yet to find a way to sustain the economy. The duty on refined oil product exports from Belarus, established at Russia's behest, currently makes refining oil profitable only [...]	2007-03-05 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK19	ELECTION SITREP 3: DESPITE REPRESSION, REGIONAL [...] (C) Despite omnipresent surveillance by GOB agents and state media, the opposition political party leaders and independent media candidly discussed the politically repressive conditions in which they are conducting their local election campaigns in the run up to local elections on January 14. [...]	2007-01-09 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK198	UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...]	2007-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07MINSK199	LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...]	2007-03-06 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS
07MINSK2	ELECTION SITREP 1: CANDIDATE REGISTRATION A LOSS [...] (C) The Belarusian Central Election Committee announced December 23 that 23,791 people were registered as candidates for the January 14 local council elections. The CEC results showed signs of manipulation, such as a candidate per seat coefficients identical to past local council elections and [...]	2007-01-03 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK200	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-001: U.S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK202	GOB INFORMED OF U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 15:37:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR BO
07MINSK204	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 9, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB Security Council Denies Iran, Syria Arms Sales (para. 2) - GOB Calls ODIHR Monitoring Practices "Biased" (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------ [...]	2007-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK206	LEADING SCIENTISTS DEBATE NECESSITY OF A NUCLEAR [...] (C) As GOB plans to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) gain steam, Pol/Econ Chief hosted a first-ever roundtable discussion with prominent scientists opposed to and supportive of an NPP in Belarus. Deputy Chair of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Timoshpolskiy promoted NPP co [...]	2007-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO
07MINSK209	LEFTIST OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITED, BUT BARELY [...] (C) Three opposition political parties have formed a Union of Leftist Parties as a means of combining their resources and advancing their social-democratic economic agenda at the next democratic congress. Recently, however, high-level members of Aleksandr Kozulin's Social Democratic Party an [...]	2007-03-12 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK216	ENTREPRENEURS HOLD SMALL ANTI-GOB RALLY [...] (C) On March 12, 300 small entrepreneurs, mostly market vendors, gathered peacefully to protest new regulations. Executive order number 760, in particular, would force all but the smallest business to re-register and potentially put many out of business. Despite the unanimous opposition to th [...]	2007-03-13 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK217	AMBASSADOR VISITS IMPRISONED OPPOSITION ACTIVIST [...] (C) On March 9, Ambassador met with Belarusian political prisoner and Social Democratic party leader Nikolay Statkevich at his place of internal exile. Though isolated, Statkevich remains politically engaged and offered Ambassador a sharp critique of de facto coalition leader Aleksandr Milin [...]	2007-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK218	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK ARRESTED, STILL MISSING [...] (C) Belarusian security forces on March 13 arrested Belarusian National Front leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and kept them overnight at an undisclosed location. Relatives, colleagues, and DCM and Poloff waited hours at the Sovetskiy courthouse to learn mor [...]	2007-03-14 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK219	BELARUS' INDEPENDENT MEDIA: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Several independent websites and newspapers each reach thousands of Belarusians despite the GOB's continued use of time-tested harassment methods to disrupt the flow of objective information. The regime has also employed new tactics, such as requiring newspapers to assist the state tax [...]	2007-03-15 09:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK221	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK RELEASED; TRIAL MARCH 23 [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik were unexpectedly released on March 14 at 18:00 from the Okryestina detention facility. However, they are scheduled to appear in court on March 23 on "petty hooliganism" charges. Human rig [...]	2007-03-15 12:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK222	RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE NEW BELARUS POLICY - IS IT [...] (C) Last December, Russia delivered a body blow to the Lukashenko regime by ending years of cheap energy and easy profits. Observers here generally agree that several objectives prompted Russia to significantly raise energy prices for Belarus. First, Russia is forcing Belarus through the ne [...]	2007-03-15 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG RS BO
07MINSK223	Embassy Minsk FY-07 Proposal for Television Co-Op on [...] Per reftel, Embassy Minsk submits the following nomination for consideration in the Department's TV Co-Op program for fiscal year 2007. 2. Post would like to produce a documentary on the topic of Electronic Fraud, and has located a local television broadcaster that is interested and eage [...]	2007-03-15 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL BO
07MINSK227	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK228	BELARUSIAN KGB ATTACKS MALADY FRONT [...] (SBU) Belarusian security services in the last few days have interrogated dozens of activists from the youth organization Malady Front (MF) and threatened many with criminal charges. Human rights lawyers and journalists fear that many MF activists could face extended jail time. All who have [...]	2007-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK229	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-19 05:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK239	KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA'S NEW CHIEF EDITOR SEEMS [...] (C) Yelena Mironova, the new Editor-in-Chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Belarus' largest independent newspaper, admitted to Pol/Econ Chief that upon accepting the position she signed an agreement acknowledging that she would accept "certain editorial guidelines." However, Mironova convincingly [...]	2007-03-20 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK247	BELARUSIAN TRADE STATISTICS FOR 2006: SOLID GROWTH BUT [...] (SBU) Clearly, higher energy prices this year will likely have an adverse and significant impact, but Belarus enjoyed solid growth in foreign trade in 2006. The key driving factors were high world prices on oil and oil products and cheap energy supplies from Russia. Commodity exports and impo [...]	2007-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
07MINSK249	MARCH 25 OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION TO OCCUR WITHOUT [...] (SBU) On March 25, the opposition will hold its annual "Day of Freedom" demonstration on October Square commemorating the creation of the short-lived Belarusian National Republic. As in previous years, the Minsk city authorities denied permission to hold the event on October Square and promis [...]	2007-03-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK250	GOB LIKELY TO SEEK LOANS BEFORE FDI [...] (C) While higher energy prices have not immediately impacted all firms significantly, Belarusian manufacturers have become less competitive. As a result, the GOB will seek to reduce imports. Bureaucratic and philosophical barriers will prevent drawing foreign investment into Belarus via ser [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK255	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK256	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK257	OPPOSITION PARTY YOUTHS REPRESSED AND DIVIDED, YET [...] (C) Though divided by ideology and ambivalent about their national leaders, Belarus' opposition political party youth organizations uniformly plan to participate in the March 25 demonstration and will attend the tentatively scheduled April 21-22 democratic congress. The groups remain hopeful t [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK258	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK259	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK261	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - German MP Zapf Seeks Dialogue with Regime (para. 2) - GOB Delegation Arrives in Venezuela (para. 3) - New Ukrainian Ambassador Meets Foreign Ministe [...]	2007-03-26 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK262	MARCH 25 DEMONSTRATION SUCCESSFUL DESPITE LARGE [...] (C) Approximately 3,000-5,000 demonstrators gathered on March 25 at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) to mark the opposition's annual "Day of Freedom". Originally the demonstration was to occur at the site of the March 2006 presidential election demonstrations, but security fo [...]	2007-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK266	BELARUSIAN DIESEL SPILL CAUSES LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE [...] (U) Independent and state media on March 25 reported that on March 23, a Belarusian pipeline carrying diesel to the Latvian seaport Ventspils leaked 100 tons of fuel into the Ulla and Western Dvina rivers in Beshankovichiy (Vitebsk oblast) which was moving downstream to Latvia. By March 26, t [...]	2007-03-27 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL BO
07MINSK267	HIGHER EDUCATION: NOTHING IS TRULY FREE IN BELARUS [...] (SBU) Public universities dominate higher education in Belarus and follow a largely Soviet model. Despite a constitutional right to a free education, most students pay tuition. The GOB offers an ever-decreasing number of "budget", or tuition-free places, and may eventually offer none. Stude [...]	2007-03-28 09:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV BO
07MINSK270	DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...]	2007-03-29 12:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Bodies from GOB Plane Attacked in Somalia to Return (para. 2) - Venezuela Considers Buying Missiles from Belarus (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -------- [...]	2007-03-30 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK273	LUKASHENKO RESURFACES AFTER SUSPICIOUS 17-DAY [...] (C) President Lukashenko made a point to quell rumors about his health after a suspicious 17-day absence from the media spotlight. On March 28, a pale and balding Lukashenko appeared at a state-owned greenhouse and livestock farm and admitted to journalists that he was a bit tired, but comple [...]	2007-03-30 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK275	ACTIVIST ALLEGES BKGB ABDUCTION ON EVE OF MARCH 25 [...] (U) At a March 28 press conference organized by human rights NGO Vyasna, opposition activist Kristina Shatsikava described how unknown assailants abducted and interrogated her about ties with Malady Front (MF) leaders. Shatsikava claimed that on March 23, just hours after the BKGB had summon [...]	2007-03-30 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK28	KOZULIN RECOVERING, CALLS FOR ELECTION BOYCOTTS [...] (C) On January 8, Irina Kozulina, wife of imprisoned opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) Chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, visited with Charge at his request to discuss the condition of her husband after ending his 53-day hunger strike on De [...]	2007-01-11 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK285	GOB'S FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO TACKLING HIV/AIDS [...] (C) Belarus has been fairly successful in fighting HIV/AIDS. Our contacts expect the rate of new infections to continue to decline; TB co-infection continues to be a key problem. The GOB also seems committed to treating those living with HIV/AIDS, and seems to appreciate the role of NGOs in [...]	2007-04-04 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV BO
07MINSK286	OPPOSITION PARTY DEPUTIES COMMITTED TO UNITY AND [...] (C) Following the March 25 opposition demonstration, party deputies and regional party representatives are trying to rebound with a call for unity for all. In recent discussions, they admitted to us that unanswered questions remain -- particularly regarding coalition leadership -- but they ha [...]	2007-04-04 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK289	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK CONVICTED WITHOUT JAIL TIME [...] (C) Summary: Joined by several EU Heads of Mission, Ambassador observed the April 4 politically-motivated trials of Belarusian opposition party leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and human rights activist Vyacheslav Sivchik. The court convicted but released them following highly contradictory prosecu [...]	2007-04-05 15:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK29	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS SEEK SUPPORT, MAY [...] (C) Charge met with two recently released Belarusian political prisoners who remained politically engaged despite their isolation and substandard conditions. While downplaying the significance of Belarus' upcoming local elections and opposition congress, both emphasized the need for more pre [...]	2007-01-11 12:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Minsk Oil Extraction Deals Outside Russia-"Propaganda" (para. 2) - Latvia to Demand Compensation for Fuel Spill (para. 3) - Parliament Approves Visa [...]	2007-04-05 15:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK294	COALITION STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME IMPASSE ON [...] (C) We are seeing gathering indications of disagreement in Belarus' democratic opposition. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin warned of a potential split in the coalition in the next week if the parties fail to reach a compromise with coalition leader Milinkevich's camp on procedure [...]	2007-04-06 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK295	RECENTLY FREED OPPOSITION ACTIVIST BACK IN JAIL [...] (U) On April 3, authorities arrested opposition activist Andrey Klimov on criminal charges for allegedly using the mass media to urge citizens to overthrow the constitutional government. If convicted, Klimov could face up to five years in prison. In December 2006, Klimov finished an 18-month [...]	2007-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK296	GOB MOVING SLOWLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT [...] (C) The government of Belarus announced its hopes to attract greater investment and to expand the share of foreign investment in the economy. However, the GOB has not undertaken any new initiatives to make the business climate more favorable for foreign investors. Systemic barriers and overa [...]	2007-04-06 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK297	BELARUS POPULATION IN SIGNIFICANT DECLINE [...] (SBU) According to Belarusian and U.N. statistics the population of Belarus continues to decline at a rate of roughly 0.4 percent annually. If this trend continues, Belarus' population will be reduced by a third, to 6.6 million, by 2050. The low birthrate, 1.21 percent in 2006, remains the s [...]	2007-04-06 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK298	URBAN HOUSING IN BELARUS: MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN [...] (U) Housing prices in Belarus have risen higher than in any other sector of the country's economy. In addition to higher energy and raw material costs affecting many sectors, independent experts blame the government's tighter control over residential housing and land. They also believe the [...]	2007-04-06 15:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK3	GAS FLOWS TO BELARUS, BUT ECONOMY STILL AT RISK [...] (C) Negotiations in Moscow over gas prices and a Russian stake in Beltransgaz (refs A and B) resulted in a last minute deal, averting a potential gas cutoff. Belarus managed to knock an additional USD 5 of the price per thousand cubic meters for 2007. In return, Belarus agreed to sell Gazprom [...]	2007-01-03 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK304	LUKASHENKO SEEKS TO ASSUAGE CONCERNS OVER PERSONAL [...] (SBU) During his latest speeches on April 4-9, Lukashenko emphasized that he remains in firm control of the country. Lukashenko stated that while the recent oil and gas conflict had caused problems for the economy, these problems would soon be overcome and forgotten. He declared that recent e [...]	2007-04-12 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
07MINSK306	COALITION REACHES A COMPROMISE ON DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In a surprising move, the leaders of the opposition coalition reached an agreement on the purpose and format of the democratic congress. During a recent conference co-sponsored by U.S. NGO IRI, coalition leaders agreed to let the regional coalitions decide on the issues currently paralyzi [...]	2007-04-13 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK307	LUKASHENKO RECONFIRMS HIS PLAN TO REMAIN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a press conference with independent and state media on April 12, Lukashenko denied rumors that he was grooming one of his two legitimate sons for the presidency, stressing that he plans to remain in power for the "foreseeable future." During his most recent statements to the pres [...]	2007-04-13 15:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK31	ELECTION SITREP 4: FAMILIAR THEMES CHARACTERIZE [...] (C) Despite claims from authorities in Brest that the local election process is proceeding smoothly, opposition political party leaders confirmed that the GOB unabashedly continues to employ the full arsenal of administrative resources at its disposal to influence the electoral process. Par [...]	2007-01-12 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK310	OPPOSITION BEGIS PREPARATIONS FOR CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) The oppositio has begun preparations for the annual ChernobylPath demonstration on April 26. The organizing ommittee already approved a resolution on the objecive of the march, submitted an application to the city authorities for permission to hold the demonstration in downtown Minsk, a [...]	2007-04-16 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK311	DELIVERED JCIC-07-001, 002, 003 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK312	BELARUSIAN WOMEN UNITE TO NETWORK, NOT PROTEST [...] (C) Belarusian women's groups are working together to establish a women's network and a large women's coalition that would eventually focus on democracy promotion and increasing women's activism in Belarus. However, many obstacles, including fear, economic instability, and social attitudes, p [...]	2007-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK314	MINSK OSCE OFFICE EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN EAID OSCE PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK319	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES REMAIN IMMOBILIZED [...] (SBU) GOB tactics force some churches to break the law in order to practice their religion. Hare Krishna members face ongoing harassment for fulfilling religious duties. Even "traditional" religions face restrictions. In addition, limitations on religious activity severely hamper the growth [...]	2007-04-19 15:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK32	ON THE EVE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS MILINKEVICH COMMENTS [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on January 11 expressed to Ambassador his concern for Belarus' sovereignty in the wake of the Russian-Belarusian gas and oil crisis. Milinkevich opined Russia had given up on Lukashenko and would achieve its goals in Belarus using strong economic pre [...]	2007-01-12 14:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK324	BELARUS EXTENDS SYMPATHIES OVER VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BO
07MINSK327	NEW OPPOSITION PARTY SEEKS TO UNITE CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Belarus Christian Democracy (BCD),a newly emerged opposition party, seeks to create a democratic Belarus based on Christian principles and Belarusian patriotism. Pursuant to those goals, the unregistered BCD is cooperating with Christian leaders and religious NGOs to launch a signature c [...]	2007-04-23 10:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK331	AUTHORITIES REDIRECT THE CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Minsk authorities denied permission to Chernobyl Path organizers to hold their April 26 demonstration at Yakub Kolas Square in downtown Minsk and march to the new national library, but "suggested" that demonstrators gather at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) and march to [...]	2007-04-24 09:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK336	GOB STILL FINDS ENERGY SOLUTION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Press speculation that the government will institute measures to make refining oil in Belarus for export profitable despite export duties masks the fact that the country cannot support its two refineries in the long-term. Moreover, recent official GOB visits to oil exporting countries will [...]	2007-04-25 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK337	BELARUSIAN ECONOMY WEAK BUT STABLE, VISITING DAS [...] (C) Belarusian economists and business leaders told visiting EUR DAS Kramer the Belarusian economy, while weak, would remain stable. The slightly dampened economy might cause Lukashenko finally to consider one or two multibillion-dollar privatizations this year to raise revenues. Corruption, [...]	2007-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK341	APOLITICAL PRO-BUSINESS NGO STUNTED BY GOB [...] (SBU) At its annual congress on April 20, members of the Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, the most influential business association in the country, discussed factors diminishing the ability of the NGO to effectively promote the interests of its 162 member companies. The plight [...]	2007-04-26 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK342	DAS KRAMER ASSUAGES CONCERNS OF CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) On April 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with representatives of Belarusian civil society NGOs during his visit to Minsk. The NGO leaders concurred that the Lukashenko regime appears anxious following the conflict with Russia over energy prices earlier in the year and seeks to better relati [...]	2007-04-26 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK343	OPPOSITION REMAINS UNITED AHEAD OF CONGRESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Kramer, opposition leaders emphasized the importance of intense cooperation and successful strategy implementation going into and following the upcoming congress of democratic forces. After the congress, the coalition plans to increase its [...]	2007-04-26 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK347	POLICE KEEP HANDS TO THEMSELVES AT CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Although smaller than in 2006, this year's April 26 "Chernobyl Path" demonstration in Minsk enjoyed a turnout of approximately 3,000 people and was not marred by the authorities' typical violence and mass arrests. Using loudspeakers and a heavy police presence, authorities made sure dem [...]	2007-04-27 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK349	LUKASHENKO'S ANNUAL SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) In his annual address to the Belarusian parliament, President Lukashenko announced plans to prevent future energy crises, which include diversifying Belarus' energy supplies, building a nuclear power plant, and encouraging Belarusians to be thriftier. Naming China as Belarus' number one i [...]	2007-04-27 18:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK352	VISITING DAS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO CLOSE [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer and Ambassador were invited to an informal meeting with Presidential Administration Deputy Head and close Lukashenko advisor Natalya Petkevich. Following a disappointing meeting with Foreign Minister Martynov and an unequivocal endorsement from the oppositio [...]	2007-04-30 09:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK353	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leaders Warned for March 25 Demonstration (para. 2) - Parliament Adopts Changes to Political Party/NGO Law (para. 3) - Pro-Democratic Historians to Establish [...]	2007-04-30 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK354	POLLING RESULTS: LUKASHENKO SUPPORT REMAINS HIGH IN WAKE OF [...] According to latest polling results of independent pollster Andrey Vardomatskiy, Lukashenko's public support remains at 51.3% while de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's support rating dwindles to 4.0%. A large portion of respondents approve of Lukashenko's handling of the gas-oil conflict a [...]	2007-04-30 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
07MINSK357	GOB SHOWED RESTRAINT AT LABOR DAY DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Despite inclement weather and heavy police presence, approximately 500 opposition activists gathered at Bangalore Square for a peaceful Labor Day rally and concert on May 1. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin condemned the GOB efforts to suppress labor activists, including the use [...]	2007-05-02 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK358	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Former Political Prisoner Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 2) - Over 4,500 Signatures Collected to Challenge the Religion Law (para. 3) - GOB to Review Former Monas [...]	2007-05-04 08:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO

07MINSK36	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALL WELL BELOW DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) As expected, Belarus January 14 municipal elections failed to meet any international democratic standard. The U.S. Embassy and EU released statements January 15 criticizing the GOB for failing to observe democratic principles. The election authorities have not released preliminary vote t [...]	2007-01-16 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK362	LEADERSHIP OF OPPOSITION EMERGES AS KEY ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) The opposition coalition held its first two regional conferences in the Gomel and Minsk oblasts on April 29 to decide on the agenda for the national congress of democratic forces scheduled for May 26-27. Congress organizer Bukhvostov explained to Pol/Econ Chief that the main issue at th [...]	2007-05-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK363	LAWYERS WILL ENCOURAGE POLITICAL PRISONERS TO SEEK [...] (C) Prominent human rights lawyers and the family members of political prisoners expressed cautious optimism after hearing the outcome of the April 25 meeting between EUR DAS Kramer and Presidential Administration Deputy Head Natalya Petkevich in Minsk. Pol/Econ Chief relayed to the group of [...]	2007-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK37	BELARUS BACKS OUT OF ITS OIL JAM, FOR NOW [...] (C) On January 12, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement on oil, giving both sides some of what they wanted. While Russia will finally see budget revenues from its oil exports to Belarusian refineries, Lukashenko has preserved, albeit in a weakened form, his country's status as an offshore d [...]	2007-01-16 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK373	EMBASSY VISITS POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) DCM and Poloff met with opposition youth leader Artur Finkevich on April 26 in the eastern city of Mogilyov, where Finkevich is serving two years of internal exile on trumped up charges of malicious hooliganism and large-scale property damage (ref A). Upon our arrival at his detention fac [...]	2007-05-08 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK382	LUKASHENKO, PALE AND BOMBASTIC, SLAMS U.S. AT [...] (SBU) President Lukashenko on May 9 delivered a war-like Victory Day speech to WWII veterans and the diplomatic corps at Victory Square in Minsk. After leading a short march of WWII veterans and laying a wreath at the eternal flame, Lukashenko praised the heroism and sacrifice of the Belarusi [...]	2007-05-10 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK385	DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL [...] Post on May 11 delivered reftel talking points to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The points were received with no response. MOORE [...]	2007-05-11 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO IO AIAG ISN BO
07MINSK387	BELARUSIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY [...] (SBU) Observations from the recent arrest and trial of an AmCit accused of financial crimes confirmed that the Belarusian criminal justice system remains a weak parody of a system based upon rule of law. This glimpse at the court system outside the public eye and highly politicized cases expo [...]	2007-05-11 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC EFIN KFRD BO
07MINSK391	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 11, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - EC Office in Minsk Not Sign of Softness on GOB (para. 2) - Lukashenko Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Supreme [...]	2007-05-14 08:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK395	YOUTH ACTIVISM DECLINING ABSENT UNIFYING NATIONAL [...] (C) At a recent meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, youth leaders listed fear, GOB propaganda, and general complacency with the quality of life in Belarus as the main reasons for the decline in youth activism. Indifferent to contrived political maneuvers such as the opposition,s upcoming congress, t [...]	2007-05-14 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK399	DELEGATE CONFERENCE RESULTS IN MILINKEVICH LOSS [...] (SBU) The coalition of United Democratic Forces held seven regional delegate conferences April 29 - May 13 in which 620 regional delegates voted on agenda items for the May 26-27 opposition congress. Delegates voted against de facto leader Milinkevich's campaign for a single chairperson of the [...]	2007-05-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK400	CHARGE MEETS WITH INDICTED PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH [...] (C) Charge met May 15 with three Belarusian opposition youth leaders facing two years in prison for their pro-democracy activities. The activists expressed their gratitude for EUR DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk and encouraged the Embassy to continue USG efforts to highlight the plight of [...]	2007-05-16 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK401	MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 15, Vladimir Tararov, Minister Counselor from the Russian Embassy, and Dep Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points, agenda and timetable to Vladimir Serpikov, Director of the MFA's European Cooperation Department. 2. (SBU) Serpikov said Oleg Anatolyevich Chernyshev, head [...]	2007-05-16 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER AFIN RS SP BO
07MINSK412	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 18, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Protest Children's Benefits Cut (para. 2) - Opposition Calls for Solidarity with Indicted Youth (para. 3) - Opposition Seeks Legal Action against P [...]	2007-05-18 08:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK414	MILINKEVICH LOOKING AT LONG-TERM ROLE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) One week away from the May 26-27 congress of democratic forces, it appears that current coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich will participate -- if half-heartedly -- in the event. Opposition coalition leaders and activists had been wondering whether Milinkevich would withdraw from the [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK415	BELARUSIAN NATIONAL FRONT LEADER FACES INTERNAL [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) activists in recent days have noted that BNF leader Vyachorka's support rating within his party is wavering. All agree that Vyachorka's inactivity contributes to the decrease in support, but those still backing the leader also blame the situation on party f [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK416	MR. AHMADINEJAD COMES TO MINSK MAY 21 [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit Minsk starting May 21. Post understands Tehran will seek to equip its military -- through purchases of weapons and dual-use technologies, expanding the presence of Belarusian companies producing dual use manufactures, and training Ira [...]	2007-05-18 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET BO IR
07MINSK422	BELARUS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided in 2007, the GOB continues to hope to build economic ties with Cuba, strongly supports the Cuban government, and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free market reform. End summary. [...]	2007-05-22 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
07MINSK424	MILINKEVICH CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESS [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with de facto opposition coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, who pledged his active participation in the May 26-27 democratic congress. Milinkevich described the coalition as occupied with organizational issues and divided on questions of international support. N [...]	2007-05-22 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK425	AHMADINEJAD IN MINSK: PARIAHS SEEK ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) During President Ahmadinejad's May 21-22 visit to Minsk, Belarus and Iran signed a wide range of economic agreements. The deal with the most potential significance grants Belarus access to the Jofeir oilfield. Any arms sales were not made public. Only significant military exports from [...]	2007-05-23 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET BO IR
07MINSK430	ACTIVISM LIVES ON IN THE SOUTHERN MINSK REGION [...] (C) A trip to Belarus' most prominent mining town, Soligorsk, and neighboring areas revealed significant opposition activism despite the usual repression by local authorities. The independent union at the potash mining giant Belaruskaliy boasted that over 20 percent of the company's employees [...]	2007-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON BO
07MINSK431	CHARGE MEETS 16-YEAR-OLD FACING PRISON FOR [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with 16-year-old Anastasiya Palazhanka, one of seven Malady Front (MF) members who face up to two years in prison for "running an unregistered organization" (ref A). Like her four MF compatriots with whom Charge had visited earlier (refs B and C),Palazhanka express [...]	2007-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK437	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MESSAGE RESOUNDS [...] (SBU) Local media coverage of DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk reflected primarily straightforward and opinion-free reporting. A bit of vituperation was thrown in by Belarusian State TV, which commented in a manner consistent with its usual anti-American sentiment. A lively element of pu [...]	2007-05-24 10:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK438	OPPOSITION COMMUNIST LEADER ENJOYS STRONG INTERNAL [...] (C) With his recent uncontested re-election as head of the Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC),Sergey Kalyakin clearly enjoys strong support from within his party going into the May 26-27 opposition congress. According to BPC deputy Skrigana, Kalyakin and the 185 BPC delegates will defend v [...]	2007-05-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK439	UNITED CIVIC PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP NOT CHANGING HANDS [...] (C) No one within the United Civic Party appears capable of challenging current Chair Anatoliy Lebedko for the party's leadership. Lebedko saw his already formidable position within the party strengthened by the battles within the opposition in the run up to the May 26-27 congress. Influentia [...]	2007-05-24 14:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK440	TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS FREE, KOZULIN TO REMAIN IN [...] (C) On May 22, authorities granted parole to opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets and opposition politician Nikolay Statkevich whom a Minsk court had sentenced in May 2005 to internal exile for leading unauthorized demonstrations against the official results of [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK442	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 25, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Fines Third Organizer of Chernobyl March (para. 2) - Opposition Campaign to Commemorate Vitebsk Purges (para. 3) International Relations ----------------------- [...]	2007-05-25 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK452	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-004 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK453	OPPOSITION HOLDS CONGRESS, MILINKEVICH STEPS DOWN [...] (C) The opposition's May 26-27 democratic congress was filled with debate and accusations, but the nearly 600 attending delegates from all around the country reaffirmed their commitment to work together in their struggle for freedom. The highlight of the event was former coalition leader Ale [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK454	KOZULINA NOT HUNGERSTRIKING [...] (C) Summary: During a May 25 meeting with Ambassador, the wife of imprisoned opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin denied rumors that she will go on political hunger strike. Irina Kozulina described her husband as politically engaged and his health as slowly improving following his two-month h [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK457	MALADY FRONT LEADERS FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (U) On May 29, a Minsk courtconvicted five opposition youth organization Maldy Front (MF) leaders on politically motivated carges of running and/or acting in behalf of an uregistered organization (refs A, B, and C). Despit the prosecutor's request for "corrective labor"for Anastasiya Palazha [...]	2007-05-30 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK458	CUTS TO SOCIAL BENEFITS ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) Cuts to in-kind benefits scheduled to take effect in 2008 would reduce subsidies to two-thirds of Belarusians. The government likely undertook the measure in light of its budgetary savings, however modest. While affected groups have mounted small protests, the overall reaction to the cuts [...]	2007-05-30 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK463	BELARUSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: MORE HYPE THAN [...] (C) Lukashenko has referred to China as its most important strategic partner with increasing regularity. Not only do GOB officials routinely claim that trade between the countries is developing rapidly, they note that Beijing's ability to spur economic growth while maintaining "political sta [...]	2007-06-01 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK464	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Protest Abolition of Social Benefits (para. 2) - Protestant Pastors Face Intensified Harassment (para. 3) - Youth Activists Protest Old Town Demolition in Gro [...]	2007-06-01 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK465	MINISTER-LEVEL PETROCHEMICAL BOSS JAILED BY BKGB [...] (C) On May 29, the Belarusian State Security Committee arrested Aleksandr Borovskiy, Director of Belarusian government-owned petrochemical holding company, Belneftekhim. Authorities will likely file corruption charges against Borovskiy, although any corruption he engaged in apparently came wi [...]	2007-06-01 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK466	LIDA AUTHORITIES ALLOW NON-PARTY AFFILIATED [...] (C) Opposition and civil society activists in Lida are permitted to conduct most activities without hindrance and sometimes in cooperation with the local authorities so long as they refrain from organizing such events in their capacity as political party activists. The local Belarusian Nationa [...]	2007-06-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK476	FORMER IMPRISONED OPPOSITION LEADERS BACK [...] (C) On June 4, Ambassador met with two recently-released political prisoners. Opposition youth leader Pavel Severinets and Belarusian Social Democratic Party chair Nikolay Statkevich expressed their gratitude to the USG for pressuring the GOB to free them. They also noted their dissatisfact [...]	2007-06-05 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK477	POLITICAL PRISONERS APPLY FOR CLEMENCY AFTER GOB [...] (C) The GOB in recent weeks has shown some signs of progress by dropping charges against youth activists and giving Malady Front members on trial a fine rather than a jail sentence. In light of these events, human rights lawyer Labkovich informed Pol/Econ Chief that lawyers for several politi [...]	2007-06-05 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK478	NEW LAW TAKES AIM AT INDEPENDENT INTERNET SITES [...] (C) The GOB lower house recently passed legislation that appears to empower the regime to further repress independent and opposition Belarusian media. Despite its laissez-faire language, independent journalists fear that the bill could permit the regime to investigate the growing number of p [...]	2007-06-06 13:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK481	IMF: ENERGY COST INCREASES DEMAND STRUCTURAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The annual IMF mission to Belarus terms 2007 a new economic era for the country with higher energy costs possibly knocking 5.5 percent off of GDP growth. Although the IMF notes some GOB short-term policies softened the blow, only more thorough tightening will head off the danger of the [...]	2007-06-07 12:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK484	GOB RATCHETS UP HARASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS [...] (C) The GOB recently increased its harassment of Protestants. On June 3, Protestant Pastor Bokun, who had been arrested two times in eight days, was sentenced to three days in jail for organizing an unauthorized religious service in his home. Bokun's co-pastor, Polish citizen Yaroslav Lukasi [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK486	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Benefits Cuts for Children (para. 2) - Holocaust Memorial Unveiled at Former Ghetto Site (para. 3) - Youth Activists Receive Short Jail Sentences (p [...]	2007-06-08 12:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK489	MFA WARNS EMBASSY NOT TO INTERFERE IN BELARUS' [...] (C) On June 7, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Viktor Gaisyonok called Ambassador to the MFA to complain that Embassy officials' regional travel was one-sided and interfered in the internal affairs of Belarus. He warned that if such activities continue, the GOB could "take appropriate measures [...]	2007-06-08 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK490	NEW COALITION CO-CHAIRS ON OPPOSITION, POLITICAL [...] (C) The new co-chairs of the opposition coalition outlined for Ambassador their plans through the fall. The co-chairs will each take responsibility for a segment of the coalition's work but leave the door open for former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich to become a fifth co-chair [...]	2007-06-08 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK497	OSCE ACTIVELY WORKS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) According to Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Vahram Abidjan, the mission's democracy promotion efforts in Belarus focus primarily on monitoring the GOB's actions to fulfill its OSCE commitments. In order to evaluate the GOB's progress, Minsk OSCE Office representatives attend tria [...]	2007-06-11 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK502	60-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) On June 8, Ambassador met with Yekaterina Sadovskaya, whom authorities recently released from prison after cutting short her two-year sentence for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko (reftel). Sadovskaya expressed her deepest gratitude to the USG for leading the international effort [...]	2007-06-12 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK508	THE SURVEY SAYS SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO STILL HIGH [...] (C) Independent pollster Oleg Manayev presented post the results of the latest IISEPS survey conducted May 5-15. Aleksandr Lukashenko's rating fell slightly, although support for opposition leaders remained low. Manayev's findings suggest public openness to an opposition and support for negot [...]	2007-06-14 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK51	ELECTION AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE LOCAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Central Election Commission (CEC) on January 18 announced the final results of the January 14 municipal elections. Allegedly 79 percent of the electorate voted, but only 16 out of 166 pro-democracy candidates won council seats. The CEC rejected all complaints from election particip [...]	2007-01-19 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK510	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 15, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Arrested and Fined in Vitebsk (para. 2) - Youth Activist Fined in Mogilev (para. 3) - Women Support Activist Shatsikova's Parental Rights (para. 4) [...]	2007-06-15 10:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK52	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This report covers events from January 8 to January 19. TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT ---------- - Lukashenko Appoints Son to Belarus' Security Council (para. 2) - Parliamentary Session on Election Commission (para. 3 [...]	2007-01-19 14:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK521	MFA REQUESTS A RESPONSE TO ITS LETTER TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) On June 12, MFA Americas Desk Counselor Andrei Rzheusskiy reminded A/DCM that the GOB is awaiting an answer from the USG on its request that the FBI participate in the investigation of the deaths of Belarusian citizens Al [...]	2007-06-18 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS OEXC PREL BO
07MINSK522	MILINKEVICH OPTS FOR FREEDOM OF ACTION [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Aleksandr Milinkevich pointed to the release of political prisoners as a sign Lukashenko's opponents could successfully put pressure on the regime. He outlined ideas for his new "For Freedom" movement, insisting it would complement rather than compete [...]	2007-06-18 12:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK53	BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes hosting a professional wine tasting to build the image of American wines in Belarus. Second, post proposes funding travel for the Embassy's Pol/Econ (formerly FCS) FSN to [...]	2007-01-22 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
07MINSK539	AUTHORITIES FIRE OPPOSITION LEADER'S MOTHER [...] (U) On June 18, a judge in the northern city of Vitebsk rejected a civil suit filed by Tatyana Severinets against the local school district for terminating her employment on April 3 after she had gone to Poland for a teacher training conference during her school's official spring break. Sever [...]	2007-06-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK541	USG Defends Belarus TIP Ranking Despite GOB Disappointment [...] (SBU) Following the release of the Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Ambassador hosted a digital video conference with G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon for those involved in combating TIP in Belarus. The participants discussed Belarus' Tier 2 Watch List (T2WL) placement, steps the [...]	2007-06-22 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK542	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - South African Delegation Visits Belarus (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Minsk Authorities Want to Remove Small Retail Kiosks (para. 3) [...]	2007-06-22 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK546	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK550	WOMEN LEADERS DIVIDED ON POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN'S [...] (C) In a recent lunch with Ambassador, several prominent women leaders praised the creation of a newly formed U.S. NGO-sponsored women's network that seeks to promote both women and democracy in Belarus. However, a number of prominent women leaders were quite discouraged about the network's a [...]	2007-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK551	BELARUS HOPES TO REVERSE GSP SUSPENSION [...] (U) The GOB has responded relatively tamely to the June 21 suspension of the EU's General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus. Although a loss to the country's budget, independent analysts doubt the annual impact will amount to more than USD 67 million. However, Belarus' image will suffe [...]	2007-06-28 09:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK561	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...]	2007-06-29 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK562	POLITICAL PRISONERS GET NO AMNESTY [...] (SBU) On June 29, the conclusion of the Belarusian parliament's 2006-2007 session dashed hopes of a general amnesty that might release several Belarusian political prisoners. On June 25, GOB Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov announced that the GOB's Presidential Administration (PA) had been [...]	2007-06-29 14:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK566	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your decision to meet with leaders from the Belarusian opposition underlines continued USG support for democratic transformation in the country Secretary Rice aptly labeled Europe's last dictatorship. Belarus's increasing international isolation puts the opposition in a unique position [...]	2007-07-05 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK57	PACE PRESIDENT MANIPULATED BY REGIME DURING VISIT [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders and civil society activists continue to communicate disappointment regarding the recent visit to Minsk by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rene van der Linden. In contrast, top GOB officials and state media seem pleased with the vis [...]	2007-01-23 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK575	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GOMEL STRESSFUL, REWARDING [...] (SBU) Ambassador on June 20-21 made an introductory visit to Gomel and Rechitsa to deliver a shipment of western medicines to an oncology center and meet with authorities and civil society activists. Hospitable authorities praised local economic growth and sought greater U.S. investment. Poli [...]	2007-07-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK576	CHAVEZ IN MINSK, THE NEW CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE [...] (C) Belarusian coverage of Hugo Chavez's visit to Minsk focused on the Venezuelan's "anti-imperialist" rhetoric. The militaristic tone of the trip lends credence to suggestions Venezuela will acquire Belarusian dual-use technologies with applications for anti-aircraft systems. As for non-mili [...]	2007-07-06 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK577	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 06, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Iranian Military Delegation Comes to Belarus (para. 2) - South Korean Trade Delegation in Minsk (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Opposi [...]	2007-07-06 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK595	DELIVERED NON-PAPER ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING AS US [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG
07MINSK601	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 13, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Top Election Official Rules Out Dialogue with Opposition (para. 2) - Civil Society Activist Loses Lawsuit, Remains Expelled (para. 3) - Youth Opposition Activist Faces J [...]	2007-07-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK609	KOZULIN'S PARTY SPLINTERING ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (C) One year after the politically motivated imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's party appears to be splintering over rivalries among his party's deputies and disagreements regarding Belarusian relations with Russia and the West. These differe [...]	2007-07-16 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK620	LUKASHENKO REMOVES BELARUSIAN KGB CHIEF [...] (C) As predicted, President Lukashenko replaced Belarusian KGB (BKGB) Chief Sukharenko with Major General Zhadobin, the former head of the presidential security service. Lukashenko also removed Sukharenko's deputy Dementei, but no replacement has been made. Official statements claim the dismissal [...]	2007-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK635	Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Adopts Parliamentary Elections Guidelines (para. 2) - Daughters Visit Kozulin (para. 3) - Polish Journalist Banned Entry to Belarus (para. 4) - Union of Left- [...]	2007-07-20 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK642	ISA DEMARCHE DELIVERED, IRANIAN FM VISITS MINSK [...] (SBU) On July 20, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division. Anisimov promised to pass the information along to the Asia-Africa Department and the International Organizations Department. He also offered to attempt to facilitate a m [...]	2007-07-25 10:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO
07MINSK643	AUTHORITIES DENY OPPOSITION PERMISSION FOR JULY 27 [...] (U) Minsk authorities denied the opposition coalition permission to stage a concert on July 27 in celebration of Belarus' 1990 independence from the Soviet Union. Organizers will appeal the decision and continue with plans to hold a meeting at Independence Square and a poetry reading at Yanka [...]	2007-07-25 10:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK65	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 2617, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Gomel Opposition Files Suit against Election (para. 2) - GOB Detains and Drafts Youth Activists (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ---------------------------------- [...]	2007-01-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK650	GOB EXPLORES TARGETS FOR THREATS TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Belarusian authorities have begun preliminary investigation into options for carry through on threats made by Lukashenko to retaliate against U.S. businesses if the USG strengthens its sanction regime. Officials claiming to represent the tax authorities asked Coca-Cola and McDonald's to d [...]	2007-07-26 07:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK652	LESSON FROM MOLODECHNO: DO NOT BUY BRICKS [...] (SBU) During a July 19 visit to Molodechno, city officials informed Acting Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff about their city's booming economy, cultural richness, and attractiveness to foreigners. Local political party representatives painted a different picture and lambasted the same city officials [...]	2007-07-27 07:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK654	Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Solidarity Road Tour Participants Detained (para. 2) - Opposition Movement Denied Registration (para. 3) - GOB to Establish Nuclear Regulatory Agency (para. 4) - Forensi [...]	2007-07-27 09:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK656	PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...]	2007-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK66	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-01-26 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK661	AUTHORITIES DISPERSE JULY 27 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) A large GOB security force aggressively, though non-violently, dispersed opposition demonstrations commemorating the 17th anniversary of Belarus' independence from the Soviet Union. Nine activists, including United Civic Party leader Lebedko and Belarusian National Front (BNF) Deputy Iv [...]	2007-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK662	BELARUS: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of seven (7) unresolved claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Belarus (GOB). Under the second heading are provided, as last year, six (6) other incidents in which property owned by the US Government was sei [...]	2007-07-30 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
07MINSK673	TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED - GOB RESPONDS [...] On July 31, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division, and Andrei Taranda, Counselor in the Human Rights Division. Taranda promised to pass the information along to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review, and offered a written commentary on [...]	2007-08-01 13:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK674	TWO DAYS FOR LUKASHENKO TO FIND A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Gazprom's surprise announcement that it will reduce gas transfers to Belarus by 45 percent effective August 3 follows the company's longstanding policy of publicly stating it wants to move its dealings with Minsk to a market basis. Unlike negotiations over gas and oil pricing for 2007, def [...]	2007-08-01 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK676	LUKASHENKO ORDERS GOB TO PAY UP [...] (C) Lukashenko publicly announced he ordered his government to withdraw money from its foreign reserves to pay off its debt to Gazprom. GOB officials and independent commentators alike predicted that Minsk would seek to avoid escalating the gas crisis with Moscow. Belarusian state media outl [...]	2007-08-02 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK678	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazi Activist Jailed (para. 2) - Disabled Children Seek Greater State Support (para. 3) - Two Protestants Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Human Rights NGO Seeking Re- [...]	2007-08-03 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
07MINSK681	GASTRIC REFLUX: NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) On August 3, Belarus made initial payment on its debt to Gazprom as ordered by Lukashenko. GOB foreign reserves remain sufficient to preserve economic stability in the short term, although Belarus likely will seek foreign credits in advance of further increases in gas prices in 2008. Poli [...]	2007-08-06 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK685	ISA DEMARCHE: MFA FURTHER DETAILS GOB POSITION [...] (C) MFA officials presented DCM further points in response to the demarche on the Iran Sanctions Act August 7. They claimed Belarusneft's oil exploration in Iran would not violate international norms, and noted that Western investors, including oil companies, are already engaged in Iran. The [...]	2007-08-09 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO
07MINSK687	GRODNO OPPOSITION UNIFIED, LOCAL GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' western Grodno region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were predictably optimistic about Belarus' economic development and foreign investment. Meanwhile, local pro-democracy forces rem [...]	2007-08-09 13:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK689	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 10, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Appeals Registration Denial (para. 2) - Human Rights Group to Assist Political Victims (para. 3) - Minsk Authorities Deny Application for Demonstration (pa [...]	2007-08-10 12:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK692	GOB THREATENS UNSPECIFIED RECIPROCAL MEASURES IN REACTION [...] (SBU) In an August 9 meeting, the MFA protested to Ambassador the expansion of categories of persons considered subject to travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The Ambassador reviewed the policy behind the expansion and reminded the GOB that it could hardly be described a [...]	2007-08-10 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS BO
07MINSK696	PINT-SIZED PRIVATIZATIONS UNDER WAY WHILE [...] (C) August could become a relatively significant month for privatizations. An Austrian company apparently fronting for Belarusians will purchase a controlling packet in an ailing bicycle factory. More significantly, potential investors submitted bids for one of the country's largest breweries [...]	2007-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK710	REPLACING PM SIDORSKIY EASIER SAID THAN DONE [...] (C) Once again, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorksiy has survived rumors of his imminent political demise. Dismissing Sidorskiy with economic indicators still holding up, and with further gas negotiations with Russia just around the corner, would seem ill-timed. Instead, Lukashenko may [...]	2007-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK711	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Demographic Trends (para. 2) - Entrepreneurs Resolve to Strike and Defend Rights (para. 3) - Independent Editor Faces Criminal Charges (para. 4) - Polish Officials Den [...]	2007-08-17 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK717	UNITED CIVIC PARTY SET TO REMOVE FOR FREEDOM [...] (C) The United Civic Party (UCP) will require anyone holding a leadership position both within the party and in former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's "For Freedom" movement (FF) to choose one spot of the other. While this decision attempts to focus the energies of UCP leaders, [...]	2007-08-21 11:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK72	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-01-30 09:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK724	JUDICIAL ASSAULT ON BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS [...] (C) On August 23, a GOB court sentenced opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets to his second 15-day jail sentence since his recent release from internal exile. Severinets' deputies believe the Lukashenko regime is attempting to prevent the youth leader from organ [...]	2007-08-24 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK727	TRUSTBANK REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION BY TREASURY [...] (C) Trustbank requested a meeting with post to seek a means to remove the bank from the Department of Treasury's list of money laundering concerns. Bank officials conceded its continued profitability remained highly doubtful without rehabilitation, and they offered to consider any recommendat [...]	2007-08-24 12:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL BO
07MINSK728	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 24, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazis Threaten Vitebsk Activist (para. 2) - Police Prevent Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Vendors Hold Spontaneous Protest at Minsk Market (para. 4) - Opposi [...]	2007-08-24 13:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK729	BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...]	2007-08-27 05:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO

07MINSK730	BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...]	2007-08-27 06:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
07MINSK733	VITEBSK OFFICIALS' OPTIMISM SHROUDS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Vitebsk region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were generally optimistic about the region's economic performance and potential for foreign investment, particularly in its Free Economic Zo [...]	2007-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK738	GOB DISPUTES U/S BURNS' STATEMENTS ON BELARUSIAN [...] (C) On August 28, Director of the MFA's North America office Sergey Sergeyev, accompanied by Counselor Andrey Rzheuskiy, presented to Charge and Acting Pol/Econ Chief the GOB's official reaction to Under Secretary Burns' characterization during a August21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interv [...]	2007-08-28 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC BO IR
07MINSK739	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK SPECULATES ON [...] (U) In an Interfax interview that has circulated widely through the international media beginning on August 27, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Aleksandr Surikov was asked whether Russia might station new military assets on Belarusian territory in response to USG moves to enhance European anti- [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MNUC BO RS
07MINSK740	SOSNY TRUST AND COOPERATION HIGH, SECURITY LOW [...] (C) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team continued its project with Belarus' Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR)--Sosny on the design of an upgraded Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) system for the facility's nuclear material. The team also began explori [...]	2007-08-28 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC PGOV BO
07MINSK743	SOSNY TRUST AND COOPERATION HIGH, SECURITY LOW [...] (C) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team continued its project with Belarus' Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR)--Sosny on the design of an upgraded Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) system for the facility's nuclear material. The team also began explori [...]	2007-08-29 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV TRGY BO
07MINSK745	MILINKEVICH UPBEAT, FOCUSING ON EUROPEAN FUTURE [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich complained to post that GOB authorities' repression of freedom of association reached new heights. Despite the harassment, he will continue to try to meet supporters and civic activists throughout Belarus. Milinkevich remains clearly foc [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK746	BELARUS'"FREE THEATER" DEFIES REPRESSION [...] (C) On August 29, Charge met with representatives of the Belarus' independent Free Theater (FT) to express the Embassy's moral support after authorities raided a private residence where they were performing the play "Eleven Vests." Police detained and later released over 40 Belarusian actors [...]	2007-08-31 11:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK747	YOUTH MOVEMENT CHAIR DEFIANT AHEAD OF SHOW TRIALS [...] (C) On August 31, Charge and Poloff met with opposition youth organization Malady Front (MF) Chair Dmitriy (Zmitser) Fedaruk on the eve of the trials of three MF regional leaders (ref A). When Charge pledged the Embassy's presence at the trials, Fedaruk expressed his deepest gratitude to the [...]	2007-08-31 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK754	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ON TRIAL: REGIME LIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk sent poloffs to separate trials of two Malady Front (MF) activists September 4 (refs A and B). In Nesvizh, the judge found Anastasiya Azarka guilty of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization (Article 193),and sentenced her to a USD 572 fine. The Slovak DCM, repr [...]	2007-09-04 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK758	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 31, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Several Demonstrations for Kozulin Release Banned (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Fined for Leaflets (para. 3) - Police Detain Youths for Pro-Opposition Graffiti (para. 4) [...]	2007-09-05 11:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK767	IAEA/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC BO IR
07MINSK768	PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO ERODING [...] (SBU) The latest independent public opinion poll confirms a trend of slowly declining support for Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko. Most respondents termed the economy as fair, but showed slightly less optimism about economic developments. Cuts in social benefits to take effect in De [...]	2007-09-07 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK770	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...]	2007-09-07 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK771	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...]	2007-09-07 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK780	LOVING FOR LUKA IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: A GLIMPSE [...] (C) Recent travel to Lukashenko's birthplace revealed Shklov and environs to be a veritable Potemkin village. Thanks to the dictator's largesse, the town of less than 15,000 sported brightly painted houses -- at least on the main streets -- and a number of new public institutions. The vaunte [...]	2007-09-12 08:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK783	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 07:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE BO
07MINSK786	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Three Activists Receive Jail Sentences (para. 3) - GOB Introduces Residential Registration (para. 4) - Soligorsk Miners [...]	2007-09-13 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK787	DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HIRING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 10, several hundred small entrepreneurs gathered peacefully to protest an executive order which will limit entrepreneurs to employing only family members. The Perspektiva small business association and retail vendors' councils from several cities throughout the country organ [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK788	17-YEAR OLD YOUTH LEADER FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (C) After hearing possibly coerced testimony, a Belarusian court recently fined 17-year-old opposition youth leader Yaroslav Grishchenya USD 435 for running an unregistered organization. Outside the trial, police forcibly detained 24 protesters, including a prominent opposition youth leader [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK796	CHANGE COMING TO BELARUS WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (SBU) The fledging Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) held its inaugural conference September 10-12 in Kyiv. The conference represents the first attempt to gather the full spectrum of independent political and social analysts of Belarus, without GOB or political participants, t [...]	2007-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK797	OPPOSITION'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN PLANS MOVE [...] (C) The opposition coalition made substantial progress in August in agreeing to a formula for choosing a single democratic candidate per district for the 2008 parliamentary elections. Parties signing the agreement identified nearly 300 potential nominees for the 110 electoral districts, with [...]	2007-09-17 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK799	MOGILYOV OFFICIALS PLAY NICE, REQUEST ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Mogilyov region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities emphasized stability and were generally optimistic about the region's development, at the same time taking every opportunity to solicit mone [...]	2007-09-19 07:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK8	A STIFF LUKASHENKO SENDS A MELANCHOLIC NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) An exhausted-looking Lukashenko on December 31 delivered his yearly New Year's address to Belarusians before the stroke of midnight. Standing stiffly next to a fireplace mantle and eyes noticeably shifting to the teleprompter behind the camera, Lukashenko slowly, without his infamous "ch [...]	2007-01-05 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK805	BELAYA RUS-IFICATION OF PARTY POLITICS? [...] (C) Belaya Rus, a group created two years ago to support Aleksandr Lukashenko, may soon formalize its status as a national social organization. Most likely, Belaya Rus will provide pro-presidential local election commission members and monitors for the 2008 parliamentary vote. Members of Bel [...]	2007-09-19 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK808	GEORGIA ON LUKASHENKO'S MIND [...] (C) During a visit by Georgia's Minister of Defense to Minsk, Lukashenko said he wanted to make relations between the two countries "better than during the Soviet Union." While Georgian officials mostly focused on trade in public statements, the GOB most likely sought to signal independence fr [...]	2007-09-21 11:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GG
07MINSK809	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Syria to Open Embassy in Minsk, Expand Ties (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested, Fined, and Expelled (para. 3) - [...]	2007-09-21 11:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK81	BELARUS' MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, below please find the name, title, institution and contact information for post's recommendations for the five most influential women in Belarus. A. Karach, Olga Head Sedmaya Gran +375-29-662-7120 (cell) B. Kozulina, Irina Wife of i [...]	2007-01-31 09:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK810	WORLD BANK: BELARUS ECONOMY NOT IN DANGER -- YET [...] (SBU) In a World Bank Country Assistance Team meeting with the diplomatic corps, World Bank Country Director Paul Bermingham stated that the macroeconomic situation in Belarus is "serious, but not life-threatening", that economic growth is real, but foreign reserve levels are not ideal. Bermin [...]	2007-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK811	LUKASHENKO'S ARMS DEALER BACK FROM MALTA? [...] (C) A Minsk businessman claims suspected Belarusian arms dealer Vladimir Peftiyev just returned to Minsk permanently after several years residing in Malta. The move, if true, suggests Lukashenko may have transferred ill-gotten assets elsewhere. End summary. Major Weapons Trader Returns to [...]	2007-09-21 11:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PINR BO MT
07MINSK812	BREAST CANCER ADVOCACY SUMMIT IN BELARUS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs attended the Third Biannual Eastern Europe and Central Asia Breast Cancer Advocacy Summit in Minsk on September 15. The summit, which received Democracy Commission funding, gathered the full spectrum of breast cancer specialists from the region and the United Stat [...]	2007-09-21 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI BO
07MINSK817	BANK MARKAZI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR BO
07MINSK818	LEBANON DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC LE PTER BO
07MINSK819	UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BO
07MINSK820	IAEA/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM BO IR
07MINSK825	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Leaflets against Edicts Seized at Market (para. 2) - Corruption Case Sent to Supreme Court (para. 3) - Activist Hospitalized After Arrest (para. 4) - Participants of F [...]	2007-09-27 16:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK831	IPR PROTECTION FOR SOFTWARE: AROUND THE BEND? [...] (C) A Minsk conference highlighted the need for improved IPR protection for software in Belarus. Despite reasonable legislation, piracy rates for software remain above 80 percent. Previously the small size of the Belarusian market meant little pressure to improve enforcement, but the industr [...]	2007-10-01 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR EINT PGOV SCUL BO
07MINSK833	HUMAN-RIGHTS NGO DODGES LIQUIDATION FOR NOW [...] (C) On September 26, authorities ended, at least temporarily, their effort to liquidate Supolnost, one of Belarus' few remaining registered independent human rights NGOs. However, civil society and opposition leaders believe the reprieve may be only temporary given Supolnost's plans to observ [...]	2007-10-01 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK84	CLINTON BENCH AT KURAPATY MASSACRE SITE VANDALIZED AGAIN [...] (U) During a January 27 trip to the Kurapaty Stalin-era massacre site, DCM and visiting EUR/UMB Office Director Robert Boehme discovered that the bench presented in 1994 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton on behalf of the United States to the people of Belarus had been vandalized again. Th [...]	2007-01-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK846	POLLS SHOW DIP IN LUKASHENKO'S SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data, public support for Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to slip (ref A),while support for the opposition holds steady. Public opinion on the economy shows little change over the course of 2007. While opposition to government cuts in social b [...]	2007-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK849	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Social Benefits Cuts (para. 2) - Jailed Opposition Leader's Daughter Fired (para. 3) - Parliament's Lower House Elects New Speaker (para. 4) - Loca [...]	2007-10-05 15:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK850	VENEZUELA ARMS SHIPMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (S) On October 2, Ambassador delivered points from reftel to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Lukashenko. Rybakov noted the points, and responded only by asking if the U.S. Government expresses such concerns to other governments as well, mentioning Russia in particular, o [...]	2007-10-05 16:31:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS VE BO
07MINSK851	DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI BO
07MINSK853	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: SEVERAL PATHS, ONE GOAL [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders expressed confidence for a large turnout at the October 14 demonstration in favor of European values and asked for international support. Differences of opinion over a second demonstration planned for November suggest it may not fare as well. The four main co [...]	2007-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
07MINSK857	OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS JAILED AHEAD OF EUROPEAN [...] (U) Ahead of the democratic opposition's October 14 European March (reftel),GOB security services have detained several opposition leaders and activists. On October 8, Minsk police arrested march organizer Yevgeniy Afnagel soon after he met with authorities to discuss the European March and [...]	2007-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK858	GSP SUSPENSION NOT PRODDING GOB TO IMPROVE WORKER [...] (C) The EU's suspension of the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus over the government's unwillingness to follow recommendations from the International Labor Organization (ILO) has not triggered any improvement in worker rights. To the contrary, the Presidential Administration ann [...]	2007-10-11 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK863	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 12, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities Permit March with Route Modification (para. 2) - UCP Office Raided after OSCE Speech (para. 3) - European March Organizer Sentenced to Jail (para. 4) - Dem [...]	2007-10-11 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK865	LEFTIST LIQUIDATION: WOMEN'S PARTY NADZEYA [...] (U) The Belarusian Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of the Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzeya." Following the suspension of the opposition Communist Party in August, Nadzeya is now the second of the three members of the Union on Leftist parties to have its activities curtailed. End summar [...]	2007-10-12 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK875	HEALTHY TURNOUT FOR MINSK'S EUROPEAN MARCH [...] (C) The Belarusian opposition gathered a diverse crowd of up to 6,000 for the October 14 European March, the largest mass demonstration since March 2006. While there were arrests before the march (refs B, C) the large security presence policing the protest demonstrated restraint. In a statem [...]	2007-10-16 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK882	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES PUTIN, BACKS [...] (U) At an October 12 press conference with Russian journalists, President Lukashenko criticized the Putin government for limiting the GOB's access to Russian mass media and stalling Belarusian-Russian integration. Lukashenko advocated a "multi-directional" GOB foreign policy emphasizing close [...]	2007-10-17 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO RS
07MINSK883	AMBASSADOR FINDS OUT WHAT'S NEW IN STARIYE DOROGI [...] (C) Ambassador presided over a ceremony presenting humanitarian assistance to a hospital in Stariye Dorogi on October 16. The well-tended small town benefited recently from regime's largesse, but still faces demographic concerns. The existence of a private museum glorifying Belarusian nation [...]	2007-10-18 12:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK884	BELARUS TIP STRATEGY PROPOSAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL KCRM UN AU BO
07MINSK885	EMBASSY MINSK'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Enira Bronitskaya, former political prisoner, human rights advocate, civil society activist, and International Coordinator for the Belarusian NGO Committee for Defense of the Repressed "Salidarnasts." Nominee is wil [...]	2007-10-19 08:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN CG BO
07MINSK886	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Minority Leaders Arrested in Grodno (para. 2) - Supreme Court Denies Leftist Union Registration (para. 3) - Milinkevich Founds European Integration Council (para [...]	2007-10-19 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK889	MFA REPLIES TO IRAN DEMARCHES (ILSA) [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Head of the MFA's North America Department Sergey Sergeyev met with the DCM to discuss a host of topics, chief among them issues related to Belarusian relations with Iran. While little new information was offered, Sergeyev's approach enabled the DCM to deliver [...]	2007-10-22 16:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG EFIN MNUC IR BO
07MINSK892	WALKER CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 15:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA BO
07MINSK893	NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC COLLAPSE UNLIKELY - ANALYSTS [...] (C) Belarusian economic experts do not foresee the imminent collapse of the Belarusian economy, in spite of price hikes for imported Russian natural gas. During an October 18 meeting with the Ambassador, economic analysts predicted that the Belarusian economy could sustain expected gas price [...]	2007-10-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN PINR BO
07MINSK894	OPPOSITION CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT BUILDS NEW PARTY [...] (C) On October 19, DCM met with opposition party leader Pavel Severinets, who described an inter-generational rift within the opposition movement before, during, and following the October 14 European March. Severinets articulated his goal of transforming his newly-created Christian Democracy [...]	2007-10-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK898	AMNESTY LEAVES FATE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS UNKNOWN [...] (U) On October 24, the lower house of parliament passed both readings of a bill granting amnesty to over 3,000 common criminals. To enter into force the bill must still pass the upper house and be signed by Lukashenko. At this point the amnesty does not cover political prisoners. Prison aut [...]	2007-10-24 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK901	COALITION LEADERS UNITED ON MESSAGE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The four leaders of the opposition coalition asked Ambassador to signal to the GOB that the international community would watch closely the planned November 4 Social March. They expressed relief that the recent visit by a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe official apparently [...]	2007-10-25 15:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK904	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Party Establishes Youth Wing (para. 2) - Activists Protest Expulsions (para. 3) - Activist Re-Arrested Immediately Following Release (para. 4) - Commemorati [...]	2007-10-26 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK905	SUPREME COURT DENIES VYASNA REGISTRATION APPEAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court denied the registration appeal of Human Rights NGO Vyasna October 26. The NGO had been appealing an earlier decision by the Justice Ministry to deny its registration due to supposed errors in its application. The group is a successor to an organization that the Supreme C [...]	2007-10-26 15:07:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK915	FORMER PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON LUKASHENKO AND CRONIES [...] (C) Former Presidential Administration Press Advisor Aleksandr XXXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ Chief on October 23 that Lukashenko has not decided whether to run again in 2011. The dictator's inner circle does not fear a managed transition, but still wants to avoid significant steps toward democratiza [...]	2007-11-01 15:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK916	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-007, 008 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 15:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT KREL START JCIC US BO
07MINSK917	MCC INDICATOR SCORES DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC BO
07MINSK918	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 02, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Mark Remembrance Day (para. 2) - Police Seize Materials Ahead of Social March (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Examined by Psychiatrists (para. 4) - Authorities [...]	2007-11-02 16:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK920	PROTESTS OVER SOCIAL BENEFITS CUT SMALL BUT NOVEL [...] (C) November 4 witnessed two demonstrations in Minsk against upcoming cuts in social benefits. A total of up to 600 participants took part. The smaller demonstration was the first one held in the center of October Square since March of 2006. Government-organized skinheads marred the larger [...]	2007-11-05 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK922	AMBASSADOR HONORS STALIN VICTIMS AT KURAPATY [...] On November 2, Ambassador, several EU Heads of Mission, and the Israeli Ambassador visited Kurapaty, a wooded area outside Minsk where Stalin's secret police murdered thousands of victims and buried them in mass graves during the 1930s and 1940s. The Heads of Mission held the ceremony in obse [...]	2007-11-05 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK926	JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUANCE IN DASHKEVICH CASE [...] (SBU) Political prisoner and "Malady Front" leader Dmitriy Dashkevich's current trial on charges of failure to give evidence in a criminal case (ref A) began November 6, but was quickly adjourned, with a continuance ordered until November 9. In a closed court at Penal Colony 17 in Shklov, Mogi [...]	2007-11-06 16:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK929	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 09, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition to Hold 1,500 Rallies in Mid-December (para. 2) - Gomel District Court Upholds University Expulsion (para. 3) - Christian Democracy Conference Held in Minsk [...]	2007-11-08 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK93	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-02-01 18:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK934	DASHKEVICH TRIAL ENDS IN CONVICTION, FINE [...] (SBU) Political prisoner and "Malady Front" leader Dmitriy Dashkevich's trial on charges of failure to give evidence in a criminal investigation ended November 9 with a conviction and a fine of 1.86 million BYR (865 USD). While the trial was closed to the public again, Ministry of Interior and [...]	2007-11-13 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK935	MODEST GAS PRICE HIKE LIKELY FOR BELARUS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Gazprom is likely to raise natural gas prices for Belarus by roughly 25 percent for 2008. Such a modest hike would rule out Russia granting Belarus a stabilization loan. Still, analysts term the predicted 2008 price less than called for by the New Year's agreement between Minsk and Mosc [...]	2007-11-13 16:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK944	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR BELARUS [...] This interim assessment (reftel) covers Belarus' continuing efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) since April, 2007. GOB action on TIP has seen marked, if uneven, improvement in this period. The GOB has provided increased in-kind resources to TIP-related NGOs, and has improved relatio [...]	2007-11-15 15:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK946	BELARUS PROTESTS EXPANDED USG SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Deputy FM Viktor Gaysyonok summoned Ambassador November 15 to protest the recent listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim by Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Gaysyonok read the text of a diplomatic note (see text para 5) stating in part that the OFAC measu [...]	2007-11-15 16:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ETTC BO
07MINSK949	REGIME FAILING TO DEAL WITH POPULATION DECLINE [...] (C) A recent conference demonstrated that official Minsk recognizes that economic migration to Belarus could help counterbalance the country's significant natural population decline. Weak policies and modest goals for attracting workers from abroad suggest the GOB will continue to focus on we [...]	2007-11-16 13:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB BO
07MINSK95	GOB RENEWS LEASE OF LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (C) On January 31, the GOB reversed a December 2006 decision and announced that it would renew the lease contract for the offices of the prominent human rights organization the Belarus Helsinki Committee (BHC) for one more year. The GOB denied any political motivation in its original cancell [...]	2007-02-01 19:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK950	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 16, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - BPF Convention to Be Held in Minsk (para. 2) - Apparent Neo-Nazis Disrupt Polish Embassy Reception (para. 3) - GOB Bans Subscription to Major Russian Periodicals (para. [...]	2007-11-16 17:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK956	AMNESTY BILL PASSES UPPER HOUSE, NO RELIEF FOR POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK96	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK960	ENTREPRENEURS RALLY AGAINST HIRING LAWS [...] (SBU) About 800 members of the Perspektiva entrepreneurs' association protested November 19 in Minsk's Bangalore Square Park against the Lukashenko regime's plans to limit hiring by individual entrepreneurs. Under banners that read, "Getting married, employment assured," "No family members -- [...]	2007-11-20 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK967	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 23, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Priest Faces Deportation (para. 2) - Activists Authorized to Mark Slutsk Uprising (para. 3) - Activist Wins Appeal in Supreme Court (para. 4) - Pro-Regime "Bela [...]	2007-11-23 15:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK968	MESSAGE FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITY, ACTION, [...] (C) An opposition visit to Washington just weeks after the OFAC listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim offers an ideal opportunity both to reconfirm USG support for the opposition and to express USG expectations for 2008. The opposition will no doubt take heart from a restatem [...]	2007-11-23 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
07MINSK97	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK973	REQUEST DELIVERED TO BELARUS TO OPPOSE RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to the MFA November 23. No substantive comment has been received to date. 2. (SBU) On November 26, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the upcoming votes with Andrey Rzheusskiy, Counselor in the MFA's USA and Canada Department, and noted that abstentions by [...]	2007-11-27 06:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BO IS
07MINSK976	UDF FALLING BEHIND ON JOINT CANDIDATE LIST [...] (C) Belarus' United Democratic Forces (UDF) have fallen significantly behind their self-imposed timetable for formation of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections. While UDF co-chairs had hoped a candidate list would be complete by mid-November (refs B, D),USAID-funded [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID BO
07MINSK978	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NOMINATION OF PROSPER TO UN CERD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 16:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA BO
07MINSK983	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 30, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Blacklisted Musicians Meet Chief Ideology Officer (para. 2) - Three Poles Expelled from Belarus (para. 3) - Business Activists Jailed (para. 4) - Family Describes Kozu [...]	2007-11-30 14:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK984	BELARUS - LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided since 2006, the GOB continues to build economic relations with Cuba (ref B). It has consistently offered the Cuban regime strong support and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free m [...]	2007-11-30 14:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD PREL BO CU
07MINSK99	MFA WARNS EUR/UMB DIRECTOR AGAINST FURTHER USG [...] (C) Visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme and DCM met with the MFA U.S. and Canada Desk Director Sergey Sergeyev on January 26. Sergeyev expressed the GOB's concern about the potential impact of the recently passed U.S. legislation, the Belarusian Democracy Reauthorization Act, stressing that new [...]	2007-02-02 07:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK992	VITAL VOICES PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SEMINAR WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with participants of a summit held recently by Vital Voices in Ukraine. The conference, "Vital Voices of Eurasia: A Leadership Summit for Women and Girls," took place in Kyiv October 14-18 and highlighted successful practices that women leaders have undertaken to advance the [...]	2007-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BO
07MINSK993	NATIONAL BANK CHAIR MAY SUCCEED SIDORSKIY AS PM [...] (C) While talk of the imminent sacking of Belarusian Premier Sergey Sidorskiy has circulated for some time, rumors are increasing regarding one likely successor, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Pyotr Prokopovich. A civil engineer by training, Prokopovich is a long-time [...]	2007-12-05 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR BO
07MINSK994	IRAN NIE POINTS DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
07MINSK995	UNCITRAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNCITRAL UN
07MINSK997	INDEPENDENT PAPER FACES DEBILITATING LIBEL SUIT [...] (SBU) On December 5, Minsk Judge Alena Anannich agreed to hear a libel suit filed by vitriolic Belarusian parliamentarian Nikolay Cherginets against the independent weekly newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich. Cherginets' suit demands the paper withdraw Tamkovich's Septem [...]	2007-12-06 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK998	JCIC-DIP-07-009: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT JCIC START NRRC INF BO
07MONROVIA1012	LIBERIA: REPORTS OF ARMS CACHES - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (U) Recently there have been a slew of headlines in Liberian papers and in some international dailies on "arms caches" being discovered in Liberia and weapons being delivered through the airport. The press accounts have also linked the discoveries of the alleged arms and weapons deliveries to [...]	2007-08-15 17:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV MCAP LI
07MONROVIA1033	LIBERIA: REQUEST FOR AIRPORT SURVEY AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since signing an Open Skies agreement with the United States in February 2007, the Government of Liberia (GOL) is eager to initiate direct air service between the United States and Liberia. However, the security, safety, systems, and immigration shortfalls at the Robertsfiel [...]	2007-08-22 17:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI
07MONROVIA1070	LIBERIA: FISHERIES SECTOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Liberia's fisheries sector is seeking to improve regulatory oversight and enhance monitoring and surveillance capacity following years of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities that have damaged the fishing industry and raided Liberia's abundant marine resources. Des [...]	2007-09-04 17:06:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ECON ETRD ASEC EAID PGOV LI
07MONROVIA1071	LIBERIA: LEGISLATURE DELAYS RECESS TO ADDRESS CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian National Legislature has delayed its annual "agricultural break" by one month, to September 30, at the request of the President in order to deliberate several bills introduced at the end of the regular session. Bills before the Senate include acts to create a Legislative [...]	2007-09-05 09:43:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON LI

07MONROVIA1085	LIBERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MATTHEWS AND TWO OTHER [...] Veteran Liberian politician and former Foreign Minister Gabriel Bacchus Matthews died September 7, 2007 at a hospital in Monrovia. Regarded as "the father of multi-party democracy" in Liberia, he fell in and out of favor with successive Liberian leaders. The GOL is expected to announce a state [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1090	LIBERIA: FORESTRY / TIMBER SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has missed key deadlines in the chain of deliverables necessary for the resumption of commercial logging in Liberia. Much of the legal framework for the forestry sector is in place and the FDA has made substantial strides towar [...]	2007-09-13 14:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI
07MONROVIA1109	LIBERIA - ICGL MEETING OF AUGUST 31 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 15:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KPKO LI
07MONROVIA1135	LIBERIA: RESULTS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KIMBERLEY [...] SUMMARY: UN Sanctions on the Liberian diamond sector were lifted in April of this year following the Kimberley Process 3rd Expert Review Mission findings that Liberia met the minimum requirements of the KPCS. The mission report detailed further preparations necessary to ensure that internal con [...]	2007-09-27 16:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON PGOV EAID LI
07MONROVIA1139	LIBERIA: RELATIONS WITH SIERRA LEONE INCREASINGLY WARM [...] (SBU) Summary: Sierra Leonean President Ernest Koroma used the opportunity of his first official visit to Liberia to strengthen ties between the neighboring democracies. End Summary. 2. (U) On his first foreign trip since taking office, Sierra Leone's newly-elected President Ernest Bai Ko [...]	2007-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SL LI
07MONROVIA1181	DEMARCHE: POSSIBLE AFRICOM SITE [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, Ambassador contacted President Sirleaf on October 5 to confirm whether or not Liberia is still interested in being considered as a possible host country for AFRICOM. President Sirleaf confirmed without any hesitation that Liberia remains enthusiastically intereste [...]	2007-10-05 16:53:00	Embassy Monrovia	SECRET	MARR PREL LI
07MONROVIA1190	LIBERIA: GRAPPLING WITH THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Easing the dire shortage and addressing the cost of electricity is a top priority of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government but balancing speed with a prudent strategy is a challenge. The GOL believes the best solution is developing Liberia's abundant hydroelectric pot [...]	2007-10-10 10:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EAID LI
07MONROVIA1201	LIBERIA: AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS 2008 [...] Following is the text of Embassy Monrovia's AGOA recommendations. The text has also been e-mailed to AF/EPS and USTR. Country: LIBERIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/N [...]	2007-10-12 07:06:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD LI
07MONROVIA1210	LIBERIA: IN TEST OF SEPARATION OF POWERS, AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Auditor General John S. Morlu, III took the Liberian Senate to the Supreme Court over a LD$4,999.99 (less than US$100) fine the Senate imposed on him for refusing to obey an order to reinstate 78 employees dismissed by the General Auditing Commission (GAC). In response, the Supr [...]	2007-10-12 13:34:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB LI
07MONROVIA1293	LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...]	2007-10-29 10:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
07MONROVIA1297	LIBERIA PLANS TO INCREASE MANO RIVER UNION COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Liberia has assumed the chairmanship of the Mano River Union (MRU) and will promote economic integration in addition to the traditional focus on security. The GOL plans to encourage Cote d'Ivoire to become a full member of the union, and will propose a free trade zone along the MRU bo [...]	2007-10-29 16:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI
07MONROVIA1302	LIBERIA WILL NOT ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR LI
07MONROVIA1319	LIBERIA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 07:48:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LI
07MONROVIA1321	LIBERIA: MOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION [...] SUMMARY: After the mass prison break in 2006 and the riot at Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) on October 20 (reftel) the Ministry of Justice is taking a hard look at reducing the prison population to improve security. This will be done through increasing resources, having a well-trained staff and [...]	2007-11-06 15:24:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS PREL PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1322	LIBERIA: FIRST ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS SHOW POSITIVE [...] (U) GOL efforts to stem leakage of government revenue are showing results. In the first full-year fiscal accounting for President Sirleaf's administration, revenues increased 75 percent over the previous year to USD 148.34 million. In a significant step toward transparency, the government pub [...]	2007-11-06 16:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN LI
07MONROVIA1348	LIBERIA: MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED; GOL EAGER FOR THRESHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered Liberia's MCC scorecard and reftel points to Minister of Commerce and Industry Frances Johnson Morris during an introductory call. There has been press reporting here on President Sirleaf's appeal, during her recent meetings with the President and others in W [...]	2007-11-16 16:22:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD KMCA MCC PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1354	COM NSDD-38 RESPONSE TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) The Chief of Mission does not at this time approve the establishment of the GG-10 Intelligence Technician position requested in reftel. The COM does not disagree with DIA,s assessment of DAO Monrovia,s staffing growth needs nor with the value this new position would provide. However, Emba [...]	2007-11-20 15:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	AODE KMRS AMGT LI
07MONROVIA1359	LIBERIA: GOL AND UNMIL RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Executive Mansion has called the murder of Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) General Manager Michael Bruno "unacceptable" and vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible in order to protect Liberia's investment climate. The Mansion also expressed concer [...]	2007-11-21 15:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC AMGT EAGR PTER LI
07MONROVIA1368	EMBASSY DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS WITH GOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Conoffs discussed problem areas in international adoptions and made recommendations to strengthen adoption procedures in Liberia during a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador for senior GOL officials and the UNICEF Officer-In-Charge. After an animated and frie [...]	2007-11-27 16:21:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOCI CASC CVIS LI
07MONROVIA1375	FORMER REBEL LEADER DENIES HARBORING FIGHTERS [...] (C) Summary: Former MODEL rebel group leader and NTGL foreign minister Thomas Nimely Yaya rejected accusations that he was training 150 Burkinabes at his family plantation in Grand Gedeh County. He told Ambassador that he has no political designs whatsoever, and supports the Sirleaf governme [...]	2007-11-30 16:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1393	LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS KEEN ON LIBERIA HOSTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador briefed Senators and Representatives serving on key legislative committees on the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM),and responded to their questions. The legislators expressed overwhelming support for the initiative and reiterated President Sirleaf's request tha [...]	2007-12-06 07:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AMGT ASEC PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1411	FORDER CHILDREN REPATRIATION CASE: [...] (SBU) Robert Forder, the adoptive father of the seven children repatriated from Liberia 7 December, has told conoff that he intends to remain in Liberia for, at least, several more months. 2. (SBU) Forder, who had been up country for several weeks, finally came to the embassy 11 December at [...]	2007-12-13 13:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KOCI LI
07MONROVIA1417	LIBERIA: IN WELL-RUN ELECTION, UNITY PARTY AND [...] SUMMARY. Unity Party candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo and independent candidate Armour Kanie Wesso will advance to round two of the Gbarpolu County by-election to replace the late Senator Samuel Tormetie on December 18. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed round one D [...]	2007-12-17 07:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL EAID LI
07MONROVIA1423	LIBERIA'S POSTAL SYSTEM GETTING BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberia's Postal system is struggling to reconstitute itself after being totally destroyed during the 14-year civil war. There is strong commitment by the Director General of Posts to improve service and the just-announced replacement of the Minister of Post and Telecommunicat [...]	2007-12-20 13:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL OTRA LI
07MONROVIA1424	LIBERIA: GOL CONSULTS CITIZENS ON POVERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Liberians want roads, healthcare, and education, and they still don't feel secure. The GOL held two-day consultations with stakeholders in each of Liberia's 15 counties as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. For the first time, Liberians nationwide had a chanc [...]	2007-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PRGOV PREL EAID EFIN ECON LI
07MONROVIA1431	LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY GAINS SENATE SEAT IN GBARPOLU [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Unity Party has gained a Senate seat following candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo's win in the December 18 Gbarpolu County by-election, President Sirleaf's party now has six seats in the 30 member Senate. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed the second r [...]	2007-12-26 10:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID LI
07MONROVIA1438	VICE ADMIRAL MOELLER'S DECEMBER 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful visit December 18-19, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations (DCMO) Vice Admiral Michael T. Moeller attended the activation of the first companies of the new Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) formed since the AFL was disbanded and restructured two [...]	2007-12-28 10:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PGOV LI
07MONROVIA1439	LIBERIA - SUPREME COURT RULING ENDS FIRESTONE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Firestone employees ended their occasionally violent two-week strike and returned to work December 22 following a Supreme Court ruling that settled an internal union leadership dispute. The Court upheld the July 7 election of new leadership for the Firestone Allied Agricultural [...]	2007-12-28 11:48:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV LI
07MONROVIA221	LIBERIAN LEGISLATIVE CRISIS: SPEAKER SNOWE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Edwin Snowe resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives February 15, but retained his position as a member of the House. At a press conference announcing his resignation, Snowe urged the international community and the Council of Churches to investigate allegations of bri [...]	2007-02-16 17:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV LI
07MONROVIA238	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff also gave Fahnbulleh a copy of Embassy Conakry's press statement (See Reftel B). Fahnbulleh said he would advise the Minister of Foreig [...]	2007-02-21 15:44:00	Embassy Monrovia	SECRET	PGOV PREL LI GV
07MONROVIA252	LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY CANDIDATE WINS NIMBA COUNTY [...] (U) The candidate of the governing Unity Party (UP),Evans V. Koah, won the February 20 by-election runoff for the House of Representatives seat representing Nimba County's District 6. The first round of the by-election was held February 6 (See Reftel A). Koah garnered 71.4 percent of the vot [...]	2007-02-23 12:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM LI
07MONROVIA279	LIBERIA: 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCR 1737 [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff provided Fahnbulleh with a copy of the U.S. 60-day report. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...]	2007-03-01 09:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY LI
07MONROVIA280	LIBERIA: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...]	2007-03-01 09:14:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR LI
07MONROVIA282	LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 1 VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Liberia for a one-day visit February 1. According to Chinese Embassy Political Counselor Gou Hao Dong, it was the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Liberia since the two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1977. Gou to [...]	2007-03-01 10:37:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LI CH
07MONROVIA289	LIBERIA: US/CHINA DIALOGUE ON AFRICA [...] (C) In general, Chinese assistance to Liberia tends to be well-publicized one-off contributions of goods, technical assistance, infrastructure, and exchanges, rather than sustained donor engagement in strengthening specific institutions or sectors. Since 2003, China has provided peacekeepers [...]	2007-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL CH LI
07MONROVIA469	LIBERIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM: SUPPORT BY RADIO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: John Langlois, Senior Media Advisor for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Liberia from February 28 - March 21, 2007. The purpose of his visit was to follow up on OTI media-related activities and to assess OTI's media strategy in light of new Chinese involvem [...]	2007-04-20 17:19:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SCUL PINR LI PREL CH
07MONROVIA491	LIBERIA: UPDATE ON HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION [...] (U) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 24 on a motion filed by attorneys for former National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Guyde Bryant arguing that Bryant cannot be tried for "economic sabotage" (See Reftel A) because he enjoys immunity under Article 61 of the C [...]	2007-04-26 14:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KJUS LI
07MONROVIA496	LIBERIA STUMBLES IN EFFORT TO PASS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are indications that comprehensive but flawed legislation to regulate Liberia's telecommunications market is close to a final vote. The late inclusion of a few, but significant, anti-competitive measures raises concern that the Act may have an immediate impact on current GS [...]	2007-04-27 13:34:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON PGOV ETRD EINV LI
07MONROVIA559	LIBERIA: SPAIN TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH AND [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires and Poloff (notetaker) met May 14 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Assistant Director for Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez-Gil was accompanied by Spain's Honorary Consul in Liberia Manuel Cuenca, Carolina [...]	2007-05-15 08:18:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SP LI
07MONROVIA571	LIBERIA ISSUES PRESS STATEMENT ON KEY U.S. [...] Acting Minister of Health S. Mohammed Sheriff called Poloff May 15 to alert Embassy to the Ministry of Health's issuance of a press release along the lines of the U.S. objectives at the annual World Health Assembly. The press release appeared in the May 15 "Inquirer" newspaper. 2. Text of p [...]	2007-05-15 17:29:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO LI
07MONROVIA579	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. 2. (SBU) Fofana requested the full text of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC [...]	2007-05-17 10:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE LI
07MONROVIA580	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Emboff promised to send Fofana the texts of UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1735. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. Mazel [...]	2007-05-17 10:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI
07MONROVIA590	LIBERIA DEMARCHE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana had no substantive response. Mazel [...]	2007-05-18 15:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LI
07MONROVIA591	LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR HDAC CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the May 31-June 2 visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) congressional delegation. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a democratically elected government that has been in office a year and a half. [...]	2007-05-18 15:53:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI
07MONROVIA599	LIBERIA'S CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY ACT [...] (SBU) The Senate introduced a bill entitled "An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Legislative Law to Provide Financial Autonomy to the Legislature," which it passed on April 23, 2007. The House of Representatives passed the bill on April 24, 2007. (See text of Act in paragraph 5). The j [...]	2007-05-21 18:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON LI
07MONROVIA610	SHIP "STOLEN" FROM LIBERIAN WATERS NOT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, unknown assailants "stole" the Saint Vincent-flagged M/V "Tahoma Reefer" from its anchorage in Liberian waters and proceeded to tow the vessel towards the Ivory Coast. United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrested two individuals (one o [...]	2007-05-23 09:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT LI PGOV PHSA
07MONROVIA617	LIBERIA: SIGNS OF HOPE IN LOFA COUNTY [...] SUMMARY. On a three-day trip through Lofa County, May 16-18 Poloff and UK representative visited International Rescue Committee (IRC) projects funded by the USG and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). After visiting numerous communities, villages, and towns, it became clea [...]	2007-05-24 08:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PHUM KWMN KDEM SOCI LI
07MONROVIA620	GOL PRESENTS DRAFT BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 16, 2007, President Johnson Sirleaf presented the draft Fiscal Year 2007/08 National Budget to the National Legislature. The draft budget amounts to US$183 million and reflects a 40 percent increase in revenues compared to the 2006/07 budget. The increase in the budget refle [...]	2007-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LI
07MONROVIA623	LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MOVES [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been working with the international community to put policies and practices in place that will instill donor confidence and permit resumption of funding of the TRC's activities. Many strides have [...]	2007-05-24 17:11:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID LI
07MONROVIA638	LIBERIA: UPDATE ON LABOR LAW REFORM [...] Summary. A revised version of section 1508.3 of the Liberian labor code, which regulates dismissal without cause, will go back to the Liberian legislature for debate. Passage of the amended code was stalled in October 2006 after the Ministry of Labor decided to make further revisions. The new [...]	2007-05-31 08:21:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB LI
07MONROVIA665	LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE AND RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee KAMARA, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, has died in Liberia. JFK Hospital Medical [...]	2007-06-06 08:19:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LI
07MONROVIA666	CODEL PRICE VISIT TO LIBERIA [...] Summary. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price (D-NC),Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),Jeff Fortenberry (R-NEB),and Gwen Moore (D-WIS),visited Liberia May 31-June 2. Their visit followed up on a July 2006 visit to the Liberian Congress by U. [...]	2007-06-06 09:30:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OREP KDEM EAID LI
07MONROVIA736	USG-FUNDED PROGRAMS RAISE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (USG)-FUNDED PROGRAMS IN LIBERIA HAVE STRENGTHENED COORDINATION, RAISED AWARENESS, AND PROVIDED STANDARDIZED INVESTIGATIVE AND REPORTING TOOLS TO THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE (SEA) IN LIBERIA. 2. USAID' [...]	2007-06-21 11:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KWMN UNMIL LI
07MONROVIA745	LIBERIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES ACT RESTRICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia's House of Representatives passed the National Technical Committee (NTC) Act on June 19, and has sent it to the Senate for concurrence. According to the Act, the NTC would have the exclusive administrative authority to supervise the award of all government related constr [...]	2007-06-22 13:07:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAID LI
07MONROVIA863	LIBERIA: CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WEAH AND CDC [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, George Weah, leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change and unsuccessful Presidential Candidate in 2005, met with the Ambassador to discuss his views of the current government led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He spoke at length about problems the CDC has with the Sirle [...]	2007-07-18 14:31:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI LI
07MONROVIA864	LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 16:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID LI
07MONROVIA887	LIBERIA: NEW UNION LEADERSHIP AT FIRESTONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 15:31:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR PGOV KDEM PHUM LI
07MONROVIA889	LIBERIA LEGISLATURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSING [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18 the House of Representatives passed the draft 2007/2008 National Budget and forwarded the document to the Senate for concurrence. Senate President Pro Tempore Isaac Nyanabo suggested the budget debate could continue at least another week. The budget passed by the House [...]	2007-07-23 16:40:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV LI
07MONROVIA896	LIBERIA: INDEPENDENCE DAY TO MARK THE ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In advance of celebrations marking the 160th anniversary of Liberian Independence on July 26, Emboffs traveled to Grand Bassa county on July 6-7, visiting the capital of Buchanan, Liberia's second largest port, and the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC),the second largest rubber pl [...]	2007-07-24 16:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	AID ECON LI PGOV
07MONROVIA902	VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...]	2007-07-25 18:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP
07MONROVIA910	LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the August 16, 2007 visit of the Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a d [...]	2007-07-27 15:17:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI
07MONROVIA960	LIBERIA ECONOMIC BRIEFS -- August 2007 [...] (U) Following is a summary of recent economic and commercial developments in Liberia. ---------------------- PRESIDENT SIGNS BUDGET ---------------------- 2. (U) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the FY2007-08 national budget on July 31. The US$199.3 million budget is ov [...]	2007-08-02 16:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN ASEC EAID LI
07MONROVIA961	LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT REVOKES DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 10:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CVIS PREL PTER LI
07MONTERREY122	COMMERCIALIZING MONTERREY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With an influx of new airlines, Monterrey's International Airport has built new passenger and cargo terminals in a bid to become a regional and international aviation hub. However, this expansion may be limited by Monterrey's high aviation fees and limited number of runways. [...]	2007-02-16 00:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINT BTIO MX
07MONTERREY130	DRUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MEXICO DESPITE MILITARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drug-related violence in Northern Mexico has continued despite an increased military presence. The new wave of violence left a state investigator and two former police officers dead and, for the second time in less than a month, drug cartels assassinated two men only hours afte [...]	2007-02-22 17:23:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MONTERREY334	UNPRESCEDENTED ESCALATION OF NARCO-VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Monterrey has experienced an unprecedented escalation of narco-related violence with the assassination of six police officers in five separate incidents over the course of one week. On March 20 and 21, the dead bodies of two unidentified men were found with notes attached to t [...]	2007-03-23 21:14:00	Consulate Monterrey	SECRET	SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC MX
07MONTERREY367	CANACAR SAYS MEMBERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) On March 27, EconOff met with Magdalena Diaz, Director of the Nuevo Leon Chapter of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (CANACAR),and Raul Trevino of Transportes Aguila de Oro (TAO),a CANACAR-member trucking company headquartered in Monterrey. In anticipation of the CANACAR Na [...]	2007-03-28 22:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELTN ECIN ETRD ECON PGOV MX
07MONTERREY377	MONTERREY SEES BLOODIEST DAY EVER WITH NINE ASSASSINATIONS [...] (SBU) During Monterrey's most violent 24 hours to date, nine people were killed in four separate incidents in Monterrey on March 28 and 29. The first incident took place on March 28 when an off-duty Nuevo Leon State Police Commander was shot and killed near his home in Monterrey. The second i [...]	2007-03-30 22:44:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SN KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINS MX
07MONTERREY472	DRUG CARTEL PRODUCED VIDEOTAPE ALLEGES CORRUPTION AT HIGHEST [...] (SBU) During a private meeting on April 27, the Consul General asked Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez Paras about recent public statements made by the State Assistant Attorney General, Aldo Fasci Zuazua. Without being solicited, Fasci told reporters on April 24 that photographic or vide [...]	2007-04-27 21:07:00	Consulate Monterrey	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV ASEC MX
07MONTERREY527	MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...]	2007-05-18 21:43:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX
07MONTERREY67	ELEVEN IRAQIS WITH FALSE PASSPORTS DETAINED IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) On January 20, eleven Iraqi nationals attempted to gain entry into Mexico at Monterrey International Airport. They arrived in Monterrey on AeroMexico flight 22, a direct flight from Madrid. The group consisted of nine Iraqi men, one Iraqi woman, and one minor Iraqi child. From their h [...]	2007-01-25 19:08:00	Consulate Monterrey	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR INTERPOL MX IZ CY TU PL SP
07MONTERREY76	NEW MONTERREY-BASED LOW-COST AIRLINE VIVAAEROBUS BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vivaaerobus, a new low-cost carrier headquartered in Monterrey, began operations on November 30, 2006 as the latest in a series of six new airlines to begin flying from Monterrey's international airport this past year. With the support of the Nuevo Leon state government and wi [...]	2007-01-29 19:14:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BTIO MX
07MONTERREY775	NUEVO LEON PRD REJECTS PRESIDENT CALDERON AND SUPPORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Representing the hard-line faction of the PRD, Nuevo Leon party leaders continue to reject President Calderon as illegitimate, refuse to work with President Calderon, plan to denounce Calderon at his September 1 State of the Union address, and focus their efforts on recruiting l [...]	2007-08-14 21:07:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON SOCI MX
07MONTERREY800	TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...]	2007-08-23 15:24:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX
07MONTERREY801	NUEVO LEON AT THE HEART OF MEXICO'S MEDICAL TOURISM [...] SUMMARY. Nuevo Leon is actively working to become the medical tourism destination-of-choice in Mexico for Mexican and American citizens seeking quality, affordable health care. The Nuevo Leon State Government has formed a Specialized Medical Services Cluster of ten public and private hospita [...]	2007-08-23 21:33:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ECON SOCI TBIO MX
07MONTERREY818	MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]	2007-09-05 20:32:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828	NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]	2007-09-07 15:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY934	REPORT FROM ZACATECAS: GOVERNOR SEEKS A NEW ROAD [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 17-19, Consul General and Econoff met with various political, economic, and media leaders in Zacatecas, including moderate PRD Governor Amalia Garcia Medina, Zacatecas City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Calderon, prominent businessmen, and Representatives from the Zacatecas State [...]	2007-11-09 22:59:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON EMIN SMIG SNAR SOCI MX
07MONTERREY945	TAMAULIPAS: BEST PRACTICES FOR FIGHTING DENGUE FEVER IN [...] On November 8, Consulate Matamoros and Consulate Monterrey Econoffs met with Tamaulipas Secretary of Health, Dr. Rodolfo Torre Cantu, to discuss the state's success in battling dengue fever. Despite record rainfalls throughout northeastern Mexico, Tamaulipas represents a significantly lower p [...]	2007-11-17 00:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO SENV SMIG SOCI MX
07MONTERREY947	NEW MEDIA IN MEXICO: A RISING FORCE [...] SUMMARY: Since the introduction of the internet in Mexico in 1992, internet usage has grown exponentially among government, business and private individuals. While poverty, lack of education and regional insufficiencies in telecommunications infrastructure inhibit internet use, more and more M [...]	2007-11-21 19:07:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TINT SOCI ECON MX
07MONTERREY95	MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: JANUARY 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate continued its outreach efforts with state and local authorities as the level of violence and drug-related killings increased. In the month of January, five police officers were killed and three others wounded, prompting the resignation of over 300 local police off [...]	2007-02-07 23:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY963	OUTREACH TO THE MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) To expand our ties to the Monterrey business community, the Consulate has initiated an informal Business Roundtable, i.e., a bimonthly breakfast with selected private sector and industry leaders. At the first session of this roundtable on November 26, we hosted representatives from key [...]	2007-11-30 17:08:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EPET PGOV PREL SNAR MX
07MONTEVIDEO1001	CHAVEZ UNDER FIRE IN URUGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been a favorite subject of the media and political columnists in Uruguay, who more often than not highlight his faults. This was exemplified by a flurry of recent articles and editorials that have cast Chavez in a negative light. Several ar [...]	2007-11-27 18:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO1017	URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, SOUTHCOM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission in Montevideo welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a turbulent region. Your arrival [...]	2007-12-04 16:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR MASS UY
07MONTEVIDEO1020	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, Director General of the Secretariat and the third most senior offical at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 3. Cancela took the NIE seriously and over the course of a detailed discussion commented that the GO [...]	2007-12-05 19:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM UY IR
07MONTEVIDEO1026	URUGUAY: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Per reftel, post submits the following report on worst forms of child labor in Uruguay, formatted as requested. ------------ Begin Report ------------ A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor The law sets the minimum age for employment at 15 years. Adolescent [...]	2007-12-07 19:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID UY
07MONTEVIDEO1027	UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 19:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA UY
07MONTEVIDEO1050	SECRETARY CHAO HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao highlighted the critical need to create the right climate for growth in light of global competition for talent. She spoke about ways to manage emigration and provide retraining for employees affected by the opening economies. During a two-day v [...]	2007-12-19 18:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO ELAB ETRD UY
07MONTEVIDEO1052	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS [...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...]	2007-12-19 21:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO1053	MERCOSUR SUMMIT: POLITICAL ATMOSPHERICS IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents from the four Mercosur countries plus Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela met in Montevideo on December 18 at Mercosur%s 34th Common Market Council. Unlike in previous meetings, and contrary to pre-Summit expectations, the gathering was diplomatic and pleasant. Uruguayan Pre [...]	2007-12-19 21:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD AR BOL BR CH PY VZ XR UY
07MONTEVIDEO1061	FRENTE AMPLIO: UNABLE TO ELECT A LEADER, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) failed to elect a new leader to head the coalition's political apparatus during its semi-annual congress December 13-16. Coalition leaders worked late into the night before and during the meetings, seeking consensus as to who would lead the FA, an importa [...]	2007-12-27 15:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD UY
07MONTEVIDEO1071	GOU SHUTTERED [...] (U) The Presidency and the cabinet will be closed for business during the entire month of January except for a government-wide strategic planning meeting on January 14. President Vazquez has called for key Frente Amplio (FA) officials to gather that day to discuss issues related to state refor [...]	2007-12-31 14:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UY
07MONTEVIDEO1072	POROUS BORDERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN URUGUAY [...] (SBU) This telegram supplements information provided in reftel B. AmEmbassy Montevideo remains concerned over the future implications of Uruguay's porous borders, unprecedented levels of drug-trafficking, and potential money laundering. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) does not have adequat [...]	2007-12-31 14:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO121	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY SUPPORTIVE OF ONE-YEAR [...] (C) On February 8, DCM met with the MFA's Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo regarding reftel demarche aimed at impressing on China the need to support a one-year renewal for MINUSTAH at current authorized force levels, with the intention of further renewals. The demarche w [...]	2007-02-08 16:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC MASS UN HA UY
07MONTEVIDEO175	GOU OKAYS STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Per instructions reftel, Embassy delivered subject diplomatic note No. 029 dated February 13, 2007 to the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On February 23, Embassy received the GOU's reply note from the office of the Presidency dated February 23, 2007 agreeing to the conditions set [...]	2007-02-23 19:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS KTIA PREL UY
07MONTEVIDEO189	URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome your participation in President Bush's historic visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a tu [...]	2007-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON UY
07MONTEVIDEO216	LULA ATTEMPTS TO REKINDLE RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Lula, accompanied by a high-level delegation, came to Uruguay on February 26 for a 6-hour visit to repair a strained relationship with President Vazquez. The two presidents met in a cordial atmosphere at the presidential retreat in Anchorena, the same venue whe [...]	2007-03-05 21:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD UY
07MONTEVIDEO253	POTUS VISIT TO URUGUAY A RESOUNDING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bush's March 9-11 visit to Uruguay was overwhelmingly positive for our bilateral relations and we believe very successful in spreading the message that the U.S. favors good relations with governments in the region that respect democracy, the rule of law and human right [...]	2007-03-14 13:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP BUSH GEORGE PREL PGOV ECON UY
07MONTEVIDEO287	EX-GUERRILLA'S INVOLVEMENT IN US BUSINESS DEAL [...] (C) This telegram contains an action request for the Department in paragraphs 1 and 6. 2. (S) Summary: It has recently come to our attention that a promising counter-trade deal between the GOU and U.S. firm General Electric (GE) includes the key participation of a nefarious former Tupamaro guerri [...]	2007-03-20 19:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PTER PREL ETRD ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO345	URUGUAY ON THE PEACEKEEPING CHALLENGE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: This telegram provides local context on the challenge of finding enough troops, military observers and police to staff new UN peacekeeping missions in Africa (ref A). Uruguay is likely to maintain its unmatched per capita contributions to PKO, and it appears well disposed to join [...]	2007-04-04 17:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MARR UY

07MONTEVIDEO376	THREATS HIGHLIGHT STAKES IN PULP MILL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Threats against Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill were largely discounted this week, but they highlight the regional tension which surrounds upcoming mediation between Uruguay and Argentina in Madrid beginning April 17. One international bridge remains blocked since November 20 and ano [...]	2007-04-13 20:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI ETRD AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO414	URUGUAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy privately discussed reftel issue with senior GOU civilian and military officials. Officials said that Uruguay is generally very much interested in UN peacekeeping operations, but will not consider military or other contributions to the Iraq Coalition because of domestic and regiona [...]	2007-04-30 19:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER
07MONTEVIDEO440	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On May 8, Charge raised reftel demarche with the MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, stressing the SIPDIS need to keep human rights violators such as Belarus off the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Cancela who appeared keenly interested in the subject said that Uruguay " [...]	2007-05-08 17:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UY
07MONTEVIDEO445	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (S) On May 8, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Acting Director General for Political Affairs Gerardo Prato. Prato was keenly attentive to all of the general, political, military, economic and social points presented. He lamented that a paper copy of the demarche could not be left [...]	2007-05-09 14:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER PINS VE IR UY
07MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) We have taken ref B demarche very seriously. Embassy Montevideo has adequately covered allof the bases with the exception of Foreign Minister Reinaldo Gargano. He is very anti-US and I fear it would be counterproductive for me to directly approach him on this topic. Gargano is the only one [...]	2007-05-10 16:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UY
07MONTEVIDEO483	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]	2007-05-16 20:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
07MONTEVIDEO529	(S/NF) VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID TO URUGUAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: This telegram responds to reftel request for information. Venezuelan assistance to Uruguay is growing, but is not yet great. It is also difficult to calculate, in part because Chavez's aid comes without the sort of invasive conditions that burden the programs of the World Bank [...]	2007-06-04 17:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO569	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON CUBA, BELARUS AND PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Per instructions, PolCouns orally presented reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Fernando Lugris at the first available opportunity. Lugris said that Human Rights Office Director Alejandra De Bellis was in Geneva attending the Human Rights Council's Fifth Session along [...]	2007-06-14 19:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UY
07MONTEVIDEO611	SCENESETTER FOR U/S NICHOLAS R. BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 10-11 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the eve of Secret [...]	2007-06-27 14:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PHUM ECON OVIP OTRA UY
07MONTEVIDEO625	URUGUAY ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TROOPS FOR THE [...] (SBU) On July 29, DCM separately delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for the Secretariat, Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela and to the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jorge Washington Rosales. Per instructions reftel, he urged the GOU to contribute troops, military obs [...]	2007-07-02 15:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU UY
07MONTEVIDEO629	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY HENRY M. [...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 12-13 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the heels of U/S Burns' and A/S Shannon's po [...]	2007-07-02 19:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN OVIP ECON OTRA ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO699	CONSTRUCTIVE GOOD WILL: U/S BURNS' JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, densely-packed visit to Uruguay substantially advanced our bilateral relations and key U.S. foreign policy objectives. Trade, the fight against poverty, UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),MERCOSUR, Venezuela, WTO, e [...]	2007-07-27 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO707	SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...]	2007-07-31 18:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO714	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO URUGUAY JULY [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Paulson's July 11-12 visit to Uruguay was viewed as a positive follow-up to the President's March visit and to Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon's visits the same week. The Secretary's SIPDIS initiatives on small businesses and infrastructure finan [...]	2007-08-03 14:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV UY
07MONTEVIDEO735	AMMUNITION TRANSFER FROM VENEZUELA RAISES [...] (S) Summary: The Uruguayan media has raised questions about the purpose and origin of a shipment of Venezuelan ammunition to Uruguay. The issue centers around an attempt by the Uruguayan Ambassador to Venezuela to have a UY naval vessel pick up two hundred kilograms of "materials" from Venezu [...]	2007-08-09 17:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM PINS PTER KCRM UY
07MONTEVIDEO818	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY LIKELY TO SUPPORT UN [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Mulitlateral Affairs Elsa Borges on September 7. Borges said that "in principle" the MFA supported the UN Secretary General's recommendations for a one-year MINUSTAH SIPDIS mandate renewal, maintaining current force levels with [...]	2007-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR HA UY
07MONTEVIDEO836	CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) Issues contained in reftel demarche request were raised with Third Secretary Gabriela Sibila, Department of Multilateral Affairs, on September 19, 2007. The GOU had no comment. 2. (C) Concurrently, Acting DCM contacted the Dutch Ambassador to Uruguay, who indicated that the Dutch had [...]	2007-09-21 12:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PTER LE UY
07MONTEVIDEO841	UNGA COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Objectives and background regarding upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) meeting on the sidelines of UNGA and upcoming CD ministerial in Mali were delivered to Dr. Elsa Borges, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Multilateral Affairs for the Government of Uruguay. The information was received [...]	2007-09-23 19:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV UY
07MONTEVIDEO846	DEAL OR NO DEAL? PULP MILL END GAME APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. A deal may be in the offing that would finally resolve the long-running bilateral dispute between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of a giant pulp mill on a shared river. Over the past weeks, GOU leaders have publicly and privately hinted that such an agreement was ten [...]	2007-09-25 20:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO89	THE MERCOSUR RIO SUMMIT: USELESS FOR URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: The following was gathered from press reports and from our close contacts within the GOU. It represents the view from Uruguay, where dissatisfaction with Mercosur has been steadily growing. President Vazquez's expectations for the Rio Mercosur Summit were reportedly "very low" [...]	2007-01-24 20:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO890	URUGUAY "LIKELY" WILL URGE BEIJING'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On October 9, A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the MFA's Acting Director General for the Secretariat Daniel Castillo. Castillo was familiar with outcome of the Haiti Key Players Group meeting on September 26, 2007, in New York, but was unaware of the October 4 meeting of UN Security exp [...]	2007-10-09 19:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV UN HA UY
07MONTEVIDEO90	HAGUE RULING DISAPPOINTS URUGUAY [...] (U) On January 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected Uruguay's petitions for provisional measures which would have obliged Argentina to remove roadblocks obstructing international bridges linking the two counties. The early morning newscasts here implied that the Court had deci [...]	2007-01-25 11:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO917	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE HALFWAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) government of President Vazquez passed its halfway mark last month. This cable provides our assessment of the first half of the Vazquez administration as it relates to foreign relations, economic policy and domestic issues. Our overall assessment is posit [...]	2007-10-23 19:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
07MONTEVIDEO947	URUGUAY ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION [...] (C) Introduction: This telegram responds to reftel action request for information. Methodology and sources used to compile this report included an in-depth interview by regional LEGATT (Buenos Aires) with Dra. Carmen Conte, Director, Direccion Nacional de Migracion and with Comisario Jorge Sce [...]	2007-11-01 16:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PBTS
07MONTEVIDEO956	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Following (in reftel requested format) is Uruguay's 2007-08 INCSR Part I. 2. (SBU) URUGUAY I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing country. However, current areas of concern include increased trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and increasing local consumpt [...]	2007-11-06 17:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM KCOR UY
07MONTEVIDEO964	PULP MILL DISPUTE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - VAZQUEZ [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, President Vazquez gave the order to allow the Botnia pulp mill plant to commence operations. The order came during the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile. During the summit, on November 7, Vazquez met with the Spanish facilitator Juan Antonio Yanez Barnuev [...]	2007-11-09 19:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO965	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO URUGUAY: DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) On November 9, 2007, A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros. He listened attentively and said that "officially" the GoU registered U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the BRV's constitutional reform package and [...]	2007-11-09 20:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU UY
07MONTEVIDEO98	DUSTR VERONEAU SIGNS TIFA WITH URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: DUSTR John Veroneau came to Uruguay on January 25-26 to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Presidential Chief of Staff Gonzalo Fernandez. Accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat, Director Sue Cronin and Ambassador Frank Baxter, Veroneau met with Economy [...]	2007-01-30 13:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN UY
07MONTEVIDEO992	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]	2007-11-26 15:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
07MONTREAL132	Mosaic under pressure: Quebec's identity and religious [...] (SBU) An undercurrent of social conflict has emerged between Quebec's identity as a "secular" province and the more overt expressions of faith, particularly by immigrants whom Quebec has received in recent years. While "reasonable accommodation" originated in jurisprudence of labor relations b [...]	2007-03-19 18:43:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS KDEM KWMN SOCI CA
07MONTREAL137	Mosaic under pressure (part 2 of 2): Politicians Enter the [...] (SBU) This is the second part of our examination of the debate over "reasonable accommodation," the political catch-all term for the building tension between Quebec's identity as a "secular" society and the perceived need to shape its rules and values to "accommodate" religious or cultural cons [...]	2007-03-23 19:26:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS KDEM SOCI CA
07MONTREAL150	McGill Conference Offers Perspectives on New Media and [...] (SBU) A conference on music and copyright issues entitled "Musical Myopia, Digital Dystopia: New Media and Copyright Reform," hosted by McGill University on March 23, brought together a number of experts in the field of digital rights management and musical technology to discuss the current cha [...]	2007-03-31 13:49:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CA
07MONTREAL302	Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License Check on Application [...] (SBU) Conoff contacted Rheinmetall Canada headquarters in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. All officials contacted were helpful and forthcoming, and though they had not been contacted by the Mission in the past, understood the purpose of our questions. 2. Natalie Nantel, Transport Coordinator [...]	2007-07-25 14:28:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NL CA TU GM NO
07MONTREAL58	CANADIAN FILM INDUSTRY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOVIE [...] (SBU) Representatives from Cineplex Entertainment, which operates Canada's largest chain of movie theaters, expressed their frustration with the lack of an anti-camcording provision in the Canadian criminal code to Econ MinCouns and other Mission Canada representatives in Ottawa, Montreal, and [...]	2007-02-13 13:24:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CA
07MOSCOW10	DEFENSE REFORM: IVANOV ANNOUNCES TWO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Spurred by public concern over the widespread abuse of conscripts, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov outlined two initiatives to improve the quality of life in the military when he met November 16 with senior commanders of the Armed Forces. Ivanov called for the creation of Parents' Com [...]	2007-01-08 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1001	U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. On January 29 in Moscow, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak co-chaired a meeting on the Strategic Security Dialogue. They discussed a range of issues, including: -- Joint Ini [...]	2007-03-09 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START
07MOSCOW1002	U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON [...] (SBU) DFM Kislyak asked whether U/S Joseph had anything new on the issue of the denial of Russia's membership in the Australia Group. U/S Joseph said he did not. 2. (SBU) DFM Kislyak used this occasion to complain that the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) was requiring that cont [...]	2007-03-09 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START
07MOSCOW1005	RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL'S EFFORTS TO BROKER SALE OF [...] (S) On March 9, we discussed reftel information with Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Arms Technology and Transfer Policy Section in the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. Petlyakov said he was unaware of any arms broker named Arkadiy Vinogradov or efforts t [...]	2007-03-09 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA RS SY
07MOSCOW1007	SECOND KREMLIN PARTY, "FOR A JUST RUSSIA," DEBUTS [...] (SBU) The campaign for elections, which will take place in fourteen regions March 11, has been marked by much the same behavior that has marred previous contests; refusal to register parties in some contests, the liberal use of "administrative resources" to support Kremlin favorites and discou [...]	2007-03-09 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW1008	TOMSK ELECTIONS: ALL PARTIES IN PLAY, ELECTION [...] (SBU) With a well-educated population fed by six universities and at a safe distance from Moscow, the Siberian region of Tomsk seems tailor-made for liberal-leaning parties like Yabloko or SPS. Disarray within those parties, a popular governor allied with the Kremlin-backed party United Russi [...]	2007-03-09 18:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW1023	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS THIRTEEN; [...] (SBU) Summary: Preliminary, unconfirmed results from regional elections held March 11 in fourteen Russian regions show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party in first place in thirteen of the fourteen contests. United Russia did not win more than forty percent of the votes in all contests, a [...]	2007-03-12 12:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
07MOSCOW1026	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA ON ARMS COOPERATION [...] (S) Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Arms Technology and Transfer Policy Section in the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us March 9 that he would raise Ref B information within the GOR's interagency community and get back to us on Russian arms cooperati [...]	2007-03-12 13:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC RS SY SU IR
07MOSCOW1028	GOR AGENCIES VISIT PWC MOSCOW OFFICE MARCH 9 [...] (SBU) Some 50 Officials from the Interior Ministry's (MVD) Department of Economic Security and the Procuracy General spent the better part of Friday, March 9, in the Moscow office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in connection with the two cases pending against the firm (reftels). The MVD was [...]	2007-03-12 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW103	RUSSIAN SUSPECT BEHIND CENTRAL BANKER'S MURDER [...] (SBU) Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika announced on January 11 the arrest of a Russian citizen believed to be the mastermind behind Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrey Kozlov's murder in September 2006. Chaika's statement did not mention Aleksey Frenkel by name, but Frenkel's atto [...]	2007-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1037	MESSAGE DELIVERD ON GLOBAL SUMMIT ON AGING [...] (SBU) We shared REFTEL information regarding the upcoming Global Summit on Aging with officials from the MFA's International Organizations Department and the Human Rights Department, the Ministry of Health and Social Development's International Relations Department (MOHSD),and the WHO's Moscow [...]	2007-03-12 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO RS
07MOSCOW104	NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS APPROACH UNHCR [...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us January 12 that XXXXXXXXXXXX was aware of seven North Korean asylum seekers in Moscow. XXXXXXXXXXXX said XXXXXXXXXXXX had passed this information during a January 10 meeting with XXXXXXXXXXXX. The seven are laborers who had been working in a timber camp in the Russian [...]	2007-01-12 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREF PHUM PREL RS KN
07MOSCOW105	RUSSIA REACTS TO IRAQ STRATEGY, IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOR publicly reacted to the President's policy address by repeating the need for "broad and real" dialogue among Iraqi groups and neighboring countries, including Iran and Syria, and indicating concern over the perceived reliance on a military solution. The MFA told us it r [...]	2007-01-12 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR IZ IR
07MOSCOW1067	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: COMMUNISTS BENEFIT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although final results are not yet in, the big news of the elections which took place in fourteen regions March 11 appears to be the strong showing by the Communist Party, which overcame an attempt to steal its thunder by the Kremlin-fostered For A Just Russia party to win more [...]	2007-03-13 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1079	RUSSIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ECHR JUDGMENTS ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. In early March, Russia notified the Salvation Army that it accepts the ECHR judgment and will pay the monetary damages awarded. The GOR remains within the 90-day appeal period of the ECHR ruling in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and will likely adhere to its practice of accept [...]	2007-03-14 07:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KIRF PGOV RS
07MOSCOW109	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ITRC "MIR", [...] 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, ITRC "MIR", Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license app [...]	2007-01-16 09:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1098	RUSSIA ENERGY: MORE ON LUKOIL AND IRAN AND THE ISA [...] (C) In response to reftel A, we have raised our concerns about Lukoil's investment in the Anaran field with Acting Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov and Lukoil President Alekperov. In a March 12 meeting with Deputy Energy Secretary Sell (septel),Alekperov reiterated his clear SIPDIS underst [...]	2007-03-14 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR NO RS
07MOSCOW110	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, Supreme Commercial Court, Moscow, Russia. The company was [...]	2007-01-16 09:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1100	SIX-PARTY TALKS: GOR VIEWS ON THE FIFTH WORKING [...] (C) On March 14, Aleksandr Ignatov, MFA Deputy Director of the ASEAN Department and a participant in the Fifth WG on the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism, shared with us GOR expectations for the upcoming talks. Ignatov, who has served in South Korea, will be deputy to Ambassador V [...]	2007-03-14 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1104	RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...]	2007-03-14 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GG RS
07MOSCOW1105	CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...]	2007-03-14 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS
07MOSCOW1106	RUSSIAN STOCKS DOWN AFTER U.S., ASIAN MARKETS SLIP [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) U.S. economic reports that sent the NYSE and NASDAQ tumbling on March 13 had a similar effect on the March 14 trading session in Russia. The opening of the March 14 trading session saw the benchmar [...]	2007-03-14 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW111	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 [...]	2007-01-16 09:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW112	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 [...]	2007-01-16 09:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1120	OTHER SHOE DROPS: VESHNYAKOV OUT OF CEC [...] (C) Summary: Many commentators attribute President Putin's failure to re-appoint Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov to his public criticism of election law changes that were initiated by the Kremlin-backed party United Russia. Although many will miss Veshnyakov' [...]	2007-03-15 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
07MOSCOW1128	RUSSIAN REACTION TO THE 2006 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA spokesman and leading Duma members criticized the 2006 Human Rights Report as biased, hypocritical, and needlessly confrontational. However, Ella Pamfilova, Chairwoman of the President's Human Rights Council, surprised observers by telling the media she agreed with the [...]	2007-03-15 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1129	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON JOINT INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 26, a team led by A/S John Rood met with a team led by Oleg Rozhkov, MFA Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),to discuss the joint initiative to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation outlined in a January 10 letter from U/S Joseph [...]	2007-03-15 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PARM RS
07MOSCOW1143	KOSOVO: HARDLINE RUSSIAN DFM TITOV URGES PHASED [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated to the Ambassador that the Russian bottomline remained unchanged: the Ahtisaari plan was unacceptable absent Serbian endorsement, and Serbs remained united in their opposition to the proposal. Titov expressed ange [...]	2007-03-16 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
07MOSCOW1144	SERGEY IVANOV'S MIXED LEGACY AS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov leaves behind a mixed legacy as Defense Minister. He can claim credit for increased defense funding and launching a multi-year modernization program for the armed forces. He also sparked some reform initiatives, like the Ministry's revi [...]	2007-03-16 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1145	AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL - "FROZEN" NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite reports that Aeroflot will sign a deal for 22 A350's with Airbus in the next few weeks, the Boeing deal with Aeroflot is not off the table. If anything, this week's visit by Boeing CEO for Civil Aircraft Scott Carson appears to have improved the chances for a Boeing 787 [...]	2007-03-16 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW1148	DUBNA: HIGH HOPES FOR SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EST and ECON officers March 1 visited the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dubna, home of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). According to SEZ and JINR representatives, government sources will spend $300 million over five years creating the infrastructure for the SEZ, [...]	2007-03-16 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD RS
07MOSCOW1149	ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell visited Moscow March 11 - 14 to participate in the bilateral Energy Working Group (EWG) and to meet with U.S. energy companies as well as Lukoil and Gazprom. At the EWG, there was a good exchange of views on information exchanges, energy effi [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1198	RUSSIA: PRIVATIZATION OF POWER SECTOR ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. Privatization of Russia's electricity power sector, the fourth largest in the world, is set to accelerate this year. Electricity monopoly RAO UES is currently preparing final reform measures needed to sell off its power companies to the private sector, and hopes to close its door [...]	2007-03-20 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW1209	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP ADVISOR BALBINA HWANG AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP Senior Advisor Balbina Hwang and PRM/ANE Program Officer Melissa Pitotti to visit Vladivostok April 6 through April 9, 2007. The primary purpose of this trip is to further USG efforts to implement North Korean refugee-related aspects of the [...]	2007-03-21 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM OTRA ASEC RS
07MOSCOW1210	RUSSIA: PWC FINED IN YUKOS TAX AUDIT CASE [...] (SBU) On March 20, the Moscow District Federal Arbitration Court (FAC) ruled against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),agreeing with the Federal Tax Service that PWC had falsified its 2002-2004 audits of former oil giant Yukos. The panel rendered its decision after only four hours of testimony an [...]	2007-03-21 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1236	RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...]	2007-03-22 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS
07MOSCOW1239	BILATERAL BIOTERRORISM LETTER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On March 21 we delivered Ref A letter regarding the proposed bilateral bioterrorism working group meeting to Sergey Belousko, Attache, and Mikhail Shurgalin, the Director of the Information Section of the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats. Shurgalin said he would share the [...]	2007-03-22 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO RS
07MOSCOW124	RUSSIAN ENERGY: LUKOIL, ISA, AND IRAN [...] (C) In response to reftels, Post has approached Lukoil three times over the past two months about the firm's possible investment in the Azadegan oil project in Iran. In Mid-November, econoff drew on reftel A points to express USG concern about press reports suggesting a possible Lukoil invest [...]	2007-01-16 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1240	"OTHER RUSSIA" STAND-OFF WITH NIZHNIY NOVOGOROD [...] (SBU) "Other Russia's" plans to stage the third in its series of marches, this time in Nizhniy Novgorod on March 24, appeared March 22 to be bumping up against much the same kind of problems it had encountered in earlier efforts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This time around, local law enforce [...]	2007-03-22 16:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1241	RUSSIAN NANO COMPANIES LEAVE ACADEMY BEHIND [...] (SBU) Summary: EST recently visited two nanotech ventures based in Moscow-region "science cities." The scientists who head these entities reinvented themselves after the fall of the Soviet Union. In the process, they have provided a new model for Russia science, one centered on an extremely [...]	2007-03-23 03:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR TNGD RS
07MOSCOW1248	BURMA: RUSSIAN MFA SEES BURMA HEADING IN RIGHT [...] (C) In a recent discussion with Anatoliy Borovik, Chief of the MFA's Burma, Cambodia and Laos Section, we underlined the U.S. commitment to continue actively promoting national reconciliation, respect for human rights and a transition to democracy in Burma. Borovik told us that Russia did not [...]	2007-03-23 05:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM RS
07MOSCOW1257	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN MFA NEGOTIATOR ON INCIDENTS [...] (C) On March 23 we raised with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-large Nesterushkin the March 16 refusal of Transnistrian authorities to allow diplomats from Amembassy Chisinau into the separatist region. We handed Nesterushkin a copy of Ambassador Finley's March 21 intervention at the OSCE Permanent [...]	2007-03-23 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW126	RUSSIA: LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Africa Department Director Igor Labuzov. He said that a Russian delegation would likely attend the Liberian Partners' Forum in Washington [...]	2007-01-17 07:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL RS LI XY
07MOSCOW1285	AEROFLOT "BUYS" A350 AS UAC AND EADS CUDDLE UP [...] (C) Summary. In a March 22 meeting with Airbus, Aeroflot signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 22 Airbus 350XWBs for delivery between 2014 and 2017. In a separate March 22 ceremony EADS promised the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) five percent of the airframe work of the [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAIR RS
07MOSCOW1287	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-23 19:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1288	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-23 19:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1291	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1292	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1305	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]	2007-03-26 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1310	OVERWHELMING POLICE PRESENCE STOPS MARCH IN NIZHNIY NOVGOROD [...] (C) Nizhniy Novogorod authorities used an overwhelming law enforcement presence to thwart the efforts of several hundred "Other Russia" activists to stage a "March of Dissenters" down a central pedestrian avenue on March 24. Eyewitnesses report that a number of would-be marchers were beaten. A [...]	2007-03-26 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1316	RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS
07MOSCOW1318	RUSSIAN DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A request, Russia has not yet publicly released a comprehensive Avian Influenza (AI) and Pandemic Preparedness Plan. A draft national preparedness plan has been submitted to the WHO for review, but needs further refinement. In 2006, Russia did approve an act [...]	2007-03-26 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH RS
07MOSCOW1319	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) We previewed reftel U.S. initiatives to be tabled at the Helsinki ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting with Dmitriy Lukiyantsev, a Counselor in the MFA's Department of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Regional Affairs. Lukiyantsev said the GOR was interested in encouraging the ARF to be more respons [...]	2007-03-26 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ARF RS
07MOSCOW1326	RUSSIA: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES START TO STAND UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON RS
07MOSCOW1336	GOR REACTS TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) While press reports had indicated that Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov, the chief Russian negotiator in the Six Party Talks, had attributed the breakdown in negotiations to the U.S.'s failure to deliver, the GOR officially termed the latest round as "useful." The MFA statement noted the [...]	2007-03-27 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1339	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to religious freedom advocates, human rights experts, and religious leaders, overall religious freedom in Russia continues to improve, despite continued individual violations documented in our annual Report on Religious Freedom. More than 22,000 religious organizations [...]	2007-03-27 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1354	AMBASSADOR'S 3/27 MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Finance Minister Kudrin, the Ambassador pushed for Russian progress on remaining problem areas in WTO talks and raised our concern over pending legal action against PricewaterhouseCoopers. There are no plans to revoke the audit license of PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]	2007-03-28 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
07MOSCOW1355	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A US-Russia working-level meeting at the MFA March 27 discussed the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),and considered recruitment efforts with both the EU and the OSCE to broaden participation in the Global Initiative. [...]	2007-03-28 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PTER PINR KGIT RS
07MOSCOW1367	NEW CEC CHAIR CHUROV [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, the Central Election Commission (CEC) elected Vladimir Churov as its new chairman. A physicist and St. Petersburg native, with long-standing ties to Putin, Churov announced that he would implement electoral law, not debate it. Duma members and civil society repr [...]	2007-03-29 06:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1374	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: CALM BEFORE THE STORM? [...] (C) Russian non-official commentators have shown little interest in reacting to the Georgian suit against Russia in the European Court for Human Rights. Even Sergey Markov -- usually the shrillest parrot of any line the Kremlin takes -- called for handling the matter between the foreign minist [...]	2007-03-29 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EU GG RS
07MOSCOW1377	YOUR VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On behalf of the Ambassador, we look forward to your arrival, and offer the following overview of our commercial relationship with Russia. You may want to read also the Ambassador's scenesetter for Foreign Minister Lavrov's last visit to Washington (referenced above),which provides insig [...]	2007-03-29 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV OVIP
07MOSCOW1382	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, Infopulse-Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed [...]	2007-03-29 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1383	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, Elvatech Ltd, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on a [...]	2007-03-29 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1392	MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON NUG, IRAQ, LEBANON, WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA STRESSED IN A RECENT MEETING THAT THE FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN HAMAS' SLOW EVOLUTION AND SUGGESTED THE QUARTET SHOULD REVISIT ITS POLICIES ON CONTACTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR T [...]	2007-03-29 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ LE MO WI SU RS
07MOSCOW1394	DAGESTAN: "IT IS ENOUGH THAT THE PEOPLE KNOW [...] (C) Dagestan went to the polls March 11, as did many localities in Russia, but the elections bore little relation -- both in process and in meaning -- to what happened elsewhere in the country. The elections were a way for the four main power groupings to test their strength for the first tim [...]	2007-03-29 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1396	KPRF: PEOPLE POLITICS THE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Russia's (KPRF) broad-based and somewhat unexpected success in the March 11 regional elections (reftel),despite a minuscule campaign budget, is attributable to the survival of its party machine and a socialist message that resonates with voters. Althoug [...]	2007-03-30 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS

07MOSCOW1413	RUSSIA TO REVIEW TALIBAN LIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AF RS EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
07MOSCOW1414	RUSSIA NOTIFIED ABOUT BANK SEPAH, STILL NO DECREE [...] (C) Econoff delivered a copy of Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt's statement (provided in Reftel A) on UNSCR 1747's designation of Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International to Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Counsel for the MFA's Department of New Threast and Challenges. Delivery of [...]	2007-03-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR RS PARM EFIN KTFN
07MOSCOW1431	MARCH 11 REGIONAL ELECTIONS: FINAL SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of the March 11 regional elections suggest that the success of the Kremlin's experiment in managed democracy has come at the (minor) expense of the United Russia (YR) party. For A Just Russia (SR) (the other Kremlin-backed party) and the Communist Party (KPRF) emer [...]	2007-03-30 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
07MOSCOW1434	RUSSIA: THE HARSH IMPACT OF DEMON VODKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Leading European and Russian addiction and demographics experts met recently in Moscow to discuss alcohol consumption and policy in Russia. Binge drinking causes an estimated three percent drag on GDP and leads to about half a million premature deaths every year. The lack of a [...]	2007-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ETRD SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1442	RUSSIAN CORPORATE STATISM: WATCH THIS SPACE [...] (C) Summary: The rise of corporate statism in Russia has been significant. Since 2004, the government has taken over the world's largest titanium business, consolidated its position in Gazprom, merged 10 aviation businesses into a state-owned conglomerate, and taken controlling positions in ot [...]	2007-04-02 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1478	UKRAINIAN CRISIS: INITIAL REACTIONS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) In the wake of President Yushchenko's decision to disband the Rada, the GOR issued a statement early April 3 urging Ukrainian political forces to demonstrate wisdom and responsibility, and to act within the law. State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev termed Yus [...]	2007-04-03 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1479	OTHER RUSSIA'S MOSCOW MARCH PLANS SIDELINED; KASYANOV NOT FLUSTERED BY PRO-KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP HARASSMENT; MIRONOV'S STUMPING FOR PUTIN DISMISSED [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and "Other Russia (OR)" participant Mikhail Kasyanov's Press Secretary, Yelena Dikun, described April 3 the Moscow city government's decision to sideline a planned April 14 "March of Dissenters" as the by-product of the authorities' uneasiness in the wake of problems [...]	2007-04-03 16:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1495	RUSSIA: MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER MATHEMATICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The dean of the mathematics and computer science department of Moscow State University recently provided EST an overview of his domain. Although the level of funding for science education remains low as a percentage of the overall budget, he reported that government revenues hav [...]	2007-04-04 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD RS
07MOSCOW1499	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH NATURAL [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, accompanied by the Ambassador, met April 2 with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuriy Trutnev. Responding to Gutierrez, Trutnev said that Ministry of Natural Resources' (MNR) inspection of the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin-1 project was " [...]	2007-04-04 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1501	MFA ON RESETTLEMENT OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) Chief of the MFA's Migration Section Aleksandr Chuplygin told us April 4 that in principle MFA had no objection to resettlement to the U.S. of the six North Koreans that UNHCR has referred (reftels). Chuplygin underscored that the resettlement should be done discreetly and that any publi [...]	2007-04-04 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREF PHUM PREL RS KN
07MOSCOW1502	POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Per reftel request, Post's points of contact for avian and pandemic influenza are: State: Aaron Fishman Health Affairs Officer Environment, Science and Technology Section Ph: 7-495-728-5189 Fax: 7-495-728-5033 Email: FishmanAD@state.gov DOD: Through July 2007: LTC Joseph Varuolo C [...]	2007-04-05 02:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON MARR MASS CASC EAGR RS
07MOSCOW1515	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 4 meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Minister of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) German Gref expressed support for conclusion of a WTO-consistent bilateral uranium suspension agreement that does not discriminate against Russian suppliers. While skirting [...]	2007-04-05 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO KIPR KNNP RS
07MOSCOW1520	RUSSIAN DUMA: SPLIT HEALTH MINISTRY IN TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Duma April 4 unanimously approved a proposal to divide the Ministry of Health and Social Development into separate Ministries of Health Care and the Medical Industry and that of Labor and Social Development. Duma Deputies stopped short of calling on Minister Zurabov to resign [...]	2007-04-05 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1521	RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...]	2007-04-05 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL
07MOSCOW1523	RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...]	2007-04-06 02:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL
07MOSCOW1528	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK [...] Summary. (SBU) In his April 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Central Bank Governor Sergey Ignatiev reiterated the importance placed by the GOR on WTO succession, downplayed the likelihood of the Central Bank losing its supervisory authority over the banking system, and was optimistic about Russi [...]	2007-04-06 09:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW1535	IRAN: SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION DECREE STUCK IN [...] (C) We raised implementation of UNSCR 1747 Sanctions against Iran with Petr Illichev, Senior Counselor of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Illichev reconfirmed that Russia intended to move ahead to comply with the provisions of UNSCR 1747 using existing legal authorities, b [...]	2007-04-06 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN ETTC IR RS
07MOSCOW1537	NEW RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER STILL AN ENIGMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month and a half after his appointment as Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov continues to take a low-key approach to his new job. He has not circulated widely among Defense Ministry officials or military personnel, nor has he publicly articulated a strategic vision for th [...]	2007-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1551	RUSSIA INTERESTED IN G8 BIOTERRORISM DECONTAMINATION [...] (SBU) On April 2 we delivered reftel information about the June 2007 G8 Bioterrorism Decontamination Workshop and the related EPA Decontamination Workshop to the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats. In a follow-up conversation April 6, Sergey Belousko, an attache within that departm [...]	2007-04-06 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER PINS RS
07MOSCOW1552	UKRAINIAN CRISIS: "NO SHARP MOVEMENT" FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) The GOR continues to keep a cautious but close watch over the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. In private, Russian leaders urge that the US and Russia advocate quietly for a constitutional resolution. DFM Karasin told the Ambassador and DAS Kramer to expect "no sharp movement" from the Russi [...]	2007-04-06 16:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1579	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MOSCOW TALKS ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) EUR DAS David Kramer held talks on Transnistria/Moldova in Moscow April 6 at the MFA with DFM Grigoriy Karasin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Kenyaikin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Nesterushkin; at the Security Council with Andrey Kuzin; and at the Duma with Andrey Kokoshin. Kramer stressed [...]	2007-04-09 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1606	RUSSIAN ENERGY: GAS OPEC -- NOT QUITE [...] (U) Very few in Moscow believed that the April 9 Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha would result in a decision to set up an OPEC-like cartel. In the run-up to the meeting, Russia's representative Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko said, "the fact that a cartel agreement on price formation f [...]	2007-04-10 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1608	IRAN: DFM KISLYAK ON VISIT BY IRANIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with DFM Kislyak, the Ambassador expressed disappointment with the April 4-8 Moscow visit by Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, who was designated in UNSCR 1747 Annex I as a key person in the IRGC. The Ambassador pressed for an explana [...]	2007-04-10 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW1631	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CIRCUMSPECT WHILE DUMA [...] (C) GOR officials assured the Ambassador April 10 that the Russian government would continue to be an attentive observer of the Ukrainian political crisis while avoiding direct public involvement. Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko told the Ambassador that Russia w [...]	2007-04-11 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1634	IRAN: PUTIN FRUSTRATED WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) During an April 10 conversation with Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko, the Ambassador again expressed disappointment with Russia's receiving Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, a individual designated on the UNSCR 1747 list of key [...]	2007-04-11 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW1635	DPRK: AMBASSADOR INFORMS GOR ABOUT RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) On April 10, the Ambassador alerted DFM Losyukov to the resolution of the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) dispute and urged the GOR to publicly welcome the breakthrough and to push North Korea to fulfill its February 13 obligations. Losyukov said he understood the significance of the message, welc [...]	2007-04-11 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1637	RUSSIA: GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE FORUM CONTRASTS COSMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 9-10 International Global Navigation Satellite Forum in Moscow showcased advances in global positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems. Led by the U.S. GPS system and followed closely by the Russian GLONASS, many new technologies are opening in agriculture, weath [...]	2007-04-12 03:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL ECON RS
07MOSCOW1653	RUSSIA-HUNGARY: WARMING TREND [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's late-March visit to Moscow continued the warming trend in relations between Russia and Hungary. Strong economic interests have been sufficient to overcome the historical legacy that dominates Russia's relations with some of its former s [...]	2007-04-12 08:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG HU RS
07MOSCOW1673	DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR RS
07MOSCOW1674	OFFICIAL RUSSIA BRISTLES AT SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (C) In its April 11 reaction to the release of the 2006 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs further stoked a fire that was set by an April 7 front-page article in the national daily Kommersant and fed with criticism by State Duma Foreign Affairs Commit [...]	2007-04-12 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1676	RUSSIA: CAN OLD SCIENTISTS LEARN NEW TRICKS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: To assess the changing science climate in Russia and funding implications (especially for institutes employing former weapons experts),ISN/CTR's Jefferson Science Fellow recently visited several scientific institutes in the Moscow area and met with government officials and repres [...]	2007-04-12 16:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL TBIO PINR PGOV ECON RS
07MOSCOW1677	RUSSIAN OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN COUNTRY AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, Russia has not yet adopted a communications strategy for avian and pandemic influenza that complies with WHO best practices for outbreak communication to the public. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Russia has yet to adopt a comprehensive Avian Influenza (AI) and Pa [...]	2007-04-13 03:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW1684	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 3, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman discussed a broad range of topics, including the Russian cell phone market, Motorola, cooperation on information technology, IPR, and biometrics. The Secretary asked [...]	2007-04-13 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR KNNP RS WTO
07MOSCOW1696	U.S.-RUSSIA WILDLIFE DISEASE CONFERENCE - BIRD FLU [...] SUMMARY: A full-day session on avian influenza drew a large and lively audience during the recent 2nd U.S.-Russia Conference on Wildlife Diseases, held in Moscow. The conference featured a 17-member USG delegation, whose presenters underscored the vital interactions between human health, wi [...]	2007-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TBIO KFLU RS
07MOSCOW1703	MOSCOW GEARS UP FOR WEEKEND OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Saturday, April 14, promises to be a banner day for Moscow, with three major groups --the anti-government Other Russia, the anti-immigrant Movement Against Illegal Immigration, and the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Guard scheduled to stage separate demonstrations around the city. Other Rus [...]	2007-04-13 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1704	RUSSIAN SCIEN... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a luncheon meeting with EST April 10, Kurchatov Institute Director Mikhail Koval'chuk weighed in on issues ranging from Russia's proposed floating nuclear power stations to the power struggles between the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Ministry of Education and Science (M [...]	2007-04-14 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KNNP KPAO TBIO PREL RS
07MOSCOW1710	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH UAC DG [...] (C) Summary. In a April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Aleksey Federov said that he had joined the industry effort to lobby GOR officials, particularly Presidential Aide Igor Shuvalov, for a "balanced" aviation policy to build good re [...]	2007-04-16 05:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PARM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1717	"OTHER RUSSIA'S" MOSCOW DEMONSTRATION STOPPED BY POLICE [...] (C) As expected, the April 14 anti-government "Other Russia" demonstration, estimated to number several hundred, at the center city Pushkin Square was stopped in its tracks by as many as nine thousand uniformed law enforcement officials. Member of the Other Russia leadership Garry Kasparov an [...]	2007-04-16 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1718	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, Tactica Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on B [...]	2007-04-16 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1719	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, Tactica Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on B [...]	2007-04-16 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1720	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, Tactica Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on B [...]	2007-04-16 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1721	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NOVIKOVA [...] 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, Novikova Irina PBOUL firm, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2007-04-16 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1722	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FSUE [...] 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, FSUE Germanium, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS li [...]	2007-04-16 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1723	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: VITALIY [...] 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, Vitaliy Shevchenko, Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The company is listed on BI [...]	2007-04-16 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1724	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC [...] 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 Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter Plant, Sverdlovsk Region, Revda, Ru [...]	2007-04-16 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1734	ELECTIONS: KRASNOYARSK AS BELLWETHER? [...] (SBU) If Krasnoyarsk is an electoral bellwether, as observers here claim, the five political parties which made it into the regional assembly in voting April 15 may be the ones to make it into the State Duma in December. The ruling pro-Putin United Russia party, led in Krasnoyarsk by popular [...]	2007-04-16 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW177	RUSSIA ENERGY: PWC TAX CASE TRAIL DATE SET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On January 17, the judge hearing the Federal Tax Service (FTS) case against PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) for allegedly falsifying audits of former oil giant Yukos has granted PWC's request for a del [...]	2007-01-18 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW1770	RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with XXXXXXXXXXXX. He described the new embezzlement and money laundering charges -- that Khodorkovskiy engaged in transfer pricing that harmed unwitting minority shareholders in Yukos' three production subsidiaries -- as a re-packaging of the charges in the first case. H [...]	2007-04-18 07:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW178	RUSSIAN TAX, CBR OFFICIALS CAUGHT IN FSB STING [...] (SBU) Summary. Court proceedings began this week in a bribery case brought against two mid-level officials (one from the Federal Tax Service and one from the Central Bank) in connection with what is fairly routine business in Russia -- an attempt by the tax service to extort money from a taxp [...]	2007-01-18 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1780	CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Church of Scientology is growing in Russia, and has established a nationwide network even though it lacks status as a registered religion. The Moscow branch recently won a landmark decision against the GOR at the European Court of Human Rights. The decision should help the M [...]	2007-04-18 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW180	RUSSIA: POWER SHORTAGE OPENING DOORS FOR FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Above average temperatures this winter have given electricity monopoly RAO UES some breathing room as anticipated power shortages this winter have not materialized, but a booming economy and underinvestment in power infrastructure still threaten to slow economic growth, if not add [...]	2007-01-18 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW1809	UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...]	2007-04-19 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1810	POLICE RAID INTERNEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police raided the Moscow offices of Internews April 18, confiscating financial documents and computers, and effectively paralyzing the organization's work with media outlets. While officials attribute the raid to an investigation of Internews' staff failure to declare currency [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM RS
07MOSCOW1811	RUSSIA: MIXED REVIEWS ON NATIONAL HEALTH PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With thepQ`j6th three main components: improving primary care by raising health sector salaries and purchasing new equipment and ambulances; strengthening prevention and treatment for infectious diseases; and making high-tech health care more widely available. A separate prog [...]	2007-04-20 04:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SCUL SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1834	RUSSIA: DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographics picture brightened in 2006, at least compared to 2005. Leading politicians argue the improvements show the National Priority Health Project is working. Demographics experts are skeptical, however, and believe the recent uptick might only be a temporary bli [...]	2007-04-20 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SCUL SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1835	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2" [...] (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned article [...]	2007-04-20 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1838	OTHER RUSSIA DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO REVERBERATE [...] (C) The April 14 and 15 "Other Russia" demonstrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg (reftels) have been the subject of much commentary by Russian officials and the media. Some in official Russia have admitted that the law enforcement authorities went too far, and in doing so propelled to center [...]	2007-04-20 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW185	IRAQ: MFA INFORMED OF U.S. RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER IZ RS
07MOSCOW1866	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, Sevmorneftegeofizika, Murmansk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2007-04-23 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1867	RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW1877	US-RUSSIA STRATEGIC SECURITY TALKS, APRIL 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Missile Defense (MD) dominated the all-day Strategic Security talks in Moscow April 17. The Russian side, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, contended that the proposed placement of MD interceptors and a radar in Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, occurred along [...]	2007-04-23 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MARR PINS PREL PTER RS
07MOSCOW1895	KREMLIN REACTION TO YELTSIN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin publicly praised Boris Yeltsin as a leader of courage and conviction, instrumental in bringing democracy to Russia. Official media echoed these themes, focusing on the positives of Yeltsin's leadership and making little mention of economic woes and instability o [...]	2007-04-24 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1896	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOR ON INTERNEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador emphasized strong USG concerns about Internews/the Educated Media Foundation (EMF) with several senior GOR officials, urging a quick resolution of the case. In separate conversations with First DFM Denisov, DFM Yakovenko, DFM Kislyak, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RS
07MOSCOW1904	RUSSIA: INVITATION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPO [...] On April 24 Yekaterina Slizkova, Deputy Chief of the Section for International Cooperation of the Ministry for Information Technologies and Communications (MinInformSvyazi),extended an invitation from Minister Leonid Reyman to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to attend the October 25-27 InfoCom t [...]	2007-04-25 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINT ETRD RS
07MOSCOW1919	Russia: Environmental NGOs Focus on Sochi [...] SUMMARY: Large scale development plans for Sochi, a major resort in the south of Russia and one of three finalists to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, continue to prompt concerns among environmental NGOs in Russia. Despite intense government pressure and Rosprirodnadzor approval of an environm [...]	2007-04-26 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1931	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tver Governor Dmitriy Zelenin is a businessman turned politician who integrates a Western business outlook in his style of government. During the Ambassador's visit to Tver Oblast on April 20, Zelenin outlined his priorities and described the future for economic development an [...]	2007-04-26 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW1932	PUTIN'S STATE OF THE FEDERATION ADDRESS: TOUTING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Putin's hour-plus address to the Federal Assembly on April 26 was - he emphasized - his last. To loud applause, he declared support for a "moratorium" on Russia's compliance with the CFE Treaty. He again condemned U.S. plans to deploy BMD systems in Europe. The bul [...]	2007-04-26 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV PARM RS
07MOSCOW1960	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 26 MEETING WITH AUDIT [...] SUMMARY (C) In an April 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Audit Chamber Chairman Stepashin remarked that the presence of former Presidents Bush and Clinton at the Yeltsin funeral will help improve U.S.-Russian relations. He also said that problems with Iranian payments for Bushehr continue to ho [...]	2007-04-27 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW1967	RUSSIA'S BANKING SECTOR REPORT FOR 2007 [...] (U) Macroeconomic conditions of relatively low inflation and double-digit income growth have fueled another year of strong growth in Russia's banking sector. Consumer appetites boosted aggregate assets, and increasing confidence in the sector's stability raised retail deposits. Moreover, for [...]	2007-04-30 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1974	RUSSIAN SCIENCE: PUTI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 26 address, President Putin announced an unprecedented GOR investment in a single scientific field -- 180 billion rubles (approximately seven billion USD) for nanotechnology to be disbursed over a four-year period. Putin had stressed his personal interest in the growin [...]	2007-04-30 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07MOSCOW1976	UNSC MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL: RUSSIA ON BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI RS
07MOSCOW1977	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL [...] (SBU) We shared reftel message with MFA Middle East Peace Process Section Chief Sergey Kozlov, who has coordinated participation by Russian civil society in the Forum for the Future. Efforts to contact the civil society leaders who attended the Forum were not successful in advance of reftel [...]	2007-04-30 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS
07MOSCOW1981	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 27 MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov emphasized the GOR's strong interest in WTO accession, mentioning he hoped to have an opportunity to discuss the issue with USG officials participating in a May 21 conference on corporate governance in New [...]	2007-04-30 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW1997	RUSSIA: UPDATE ON PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers is still awaiting a response from the Supreme Arbitration Court on whether it will hear the company's appeal on the expatriate salary issue, PWC's Senior Managing Partner for Russia Peter Gerendasi told us April 26th. PWC continues to cooperate with the Interior Min [...]	2007-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW2040	RUSSIA EDGES FORWARD ON FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Moscow and ConGen St. Petersburg. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirty years after the United States decommissioned the Sturgis, the first and only U.S.-built floating nuclear power plant (FNPP),Russia has officially embarked on construction of its first FNPP. O [...]	2007-05-04 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2043	TOUGHER ENVIRONMENT FOR PARTIES AS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the 2003 State Duma elections, the legislative environment for the December 2007 State Duma elections has changed significantly: -- registration of political parties and their inclusion in the ballots for elections have become more complicated; -- the deposit t [...]	2007-05-04 09:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW2045	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, Bochvar All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for In [...]	2007-05-04 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2046	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, TASC-T, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2007-05-04 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2062	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. FUNDING OF NGOS WITH DFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. assistance is intended to help Russia develop its governing institutions and not to interfere in Russian partisan politics, the Ambassador told DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko during a May 4 meeting. Yakovenko said that the State Department's Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-05-04 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2063	GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S. assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for various UN boards be discussed at the next international organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said that the [...]	2007-05-04 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KTIA RS
07MOSCOW2065	ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS QUIT ESTONIAN EMBASSY AS [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kremlin youth groups gave up their disruptive protest outside the Estonian Embassy early May 4 as the Estonian Ambassador to Russia returned to Tallinn. However, pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) began a new demonstration against the European Commission on the afternoon of [...]	2007-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS
07MOSCOW2074	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PERM MOTOR [...] 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, Perm Motor Factory, Perm, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licen [...]	2007-05-07 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2086	ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS SHIFT FOCUS TO EC AS OIL [...] (C) Summary: The Estonian Embassy was quiet over the weekend, and Embassy officials expect their Ambassador to return to Moscow in two weeks. At the 90-minute May 4 demonstration at the European Commission offices, militia outnumbered protesters. Russian Railways has capped shipments of oil [...]	2007-05-07 11:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS
07MOSCOW2093	RUSSIA: NO ANSWER YET ON SMALLPOX RESEARCH [...] (C) On May 7 we met with Oleg Chestnov, Deputy Director of the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and delivered Ref A letter from HHS Special Assistant Steiger to Deputy Health and Social Development Minister Starodubov. NOTE: Chestnov was a last-minute substi [...]	2007-05-07 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PARM TSPL CTR CBW RS
07MOSCOW2125	RUSSIA WILL NOT BID ON IRANIAN REACTOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On May 8 we took advantage of a lunch with Aleksandr Shilin, the MFA's point person for Iran issues in the Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),to discuss Russian intentions regarding Iran's tender to construct two new 1,000-1,600 MW nuclear power plants (REF A). Deliv [...]	2007-05-08 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG RS
07MOSCOW2126	RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ITWG ANNUAL MEETING AND [...] (U) We delivered non-papers to Russian officials and entities encouraging participation in the annual meeting of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) that will be held in Sweden, June 27-28, and an upcoming (date TBD) ITWG-sponsored round-robin exercise in the fiel [...]	2007-05-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2127	RUSSIA: NO MORE FUNDS FOR MALARIA [...] (SBU) On May 4 we shared reftel message on continued G8 support for global malaria control programs with Russian Government officials at the MFA's International Organizations Department, the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and the International Department of t [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW2129	MEDIA AGENCIES MERGE AHEAD OF ELECTIONS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Against the background of an increasingly controlled media climate, the GOR has merged the agencies Rosokhrankultur and Rossvyaznadzor into one "super" agency in an effort to consolidate regulatory control of the media and information technology. It will not be known for at l [...]	2007-05-08 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW2159	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref confirmed plans to travel to the U.S. later this year, expressed hope that high-level representatives from USTR, Commerce and/or Treasury would attend the June 2007 St. Petersburg Economic F [...]	2007-05-10 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO KIPR RS
07MOSCOW2166	PUTIN'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY: MAY 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. President Putin appears determined to come back home from his May 9-12 visit to Astana and Ashgabat with a signed document that will guarantee 25 years of Turkmen gas to Russia -- something that the history of Russian-Turkmen gas relations suggests may be a difficult task. Some [...]	2007-05-11 06:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KZ TX RS
07MOSCOW217	COMPROMISE ON CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S MOVE TO ST. [...] (SBU) After much unexpected wrangling, on January 19 the decision was taken to transfer the RF Constitutional Court (CC) to St. Petersburg, as initially proposed by President Putin. CC judges, publicly opposed to the move, succeeded in retaining the right to hold sessions in Moscow. In a rare [...]	2007-01-19 16:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW2187	RUSSIA: PUTIN SIGNS NUCLEAR SECTOR DECREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 27 President Putin signed a decree that splits the Russian nuclear industry into three parts: a) civilian, for-profit; b) military; and c) waste management. The decree is the first practical step in effecting massive changes in the structure, management, and forms of [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2189	SCENESETTER FOR RUSSIA CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. This cable lays out some key U.S.-Russian bilateral aviation issues in preparation for the bilateral Civilian-Aviation Negotiations May 16-17 in Moscow. The Russians have told us they are preparing draft updates to the six annexes to our agreement, which they propose to use as t [...]	2007-05-11 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2191	UPDATE ON RUSSIA-ESTONIA STANDOFF [...] (C) Summary. President Putin kept rhetorical pressure on Estonia in a May 9 Victory Day speech, but Russian Railways (RZD) denies that oil product and coal shipments to Estonia have stopped. An RZD spokesperson said that, during its nationwide "annual renovation program," companies would need [...]	2007-05-11 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ET PREL RS
07MOSCOW2195	MANAGING POLAR BEARS: IT TAKES A VILLAGE [...] SUMMARY: A project aimed at alleviating the pressure of growing human-polar bear interaction has produced promising results in the village of Vankarem, in Siberia's far northeastern district of Chukotka. Concerted local leadership action, with support from World Wildlife Fund (WWF),has led [...]	2007-05-11 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2197	SLAIN BELARUSIAN JOURNALIST'S SON FLEES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Anton Filimonov, the 17-year-old son of slain Belarusian journalist Veronika Cherkasova, has fled to Moscow accompanied by Cherkasova's stepfather Vladimir Meleshko. Meleshko told REFCOORD that they believed Filimonov was in [...]	2007-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW2198	DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN FOREIGN [...] We delivered reftel diplomatic note to Aleksandr Zakharov in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department May 11. We restated the US position and requested a formal response from the GOR to our December 2006 diplomatic note. We will also raise the issue separately with the Presidential Co [...]	2007-05-11 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT KTIA PARM RS
07MOSCOW2199	RUSSIA: USG WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY OBJECTIVES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared Ref A World Health Assembly message on pandemic influenza preparedness with Russian Government officials at the MFA's International Organizations Department, the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department (MOHSD),and the International Department of the Fe [...]	2007-05-11 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO RS
07MOSCOW220	PHILANTHROPY GROWS IDIOSYNCRATICALLY IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. GOR efforts to exert greater control over Russia's NGO sector and a lack of tax incentives have not reversed a dramatic growth in philanthropy, particularly by large domestic corporations. Philanthropic activity has generally matched the expansion of the Russian economy (about [...]	2007-01-22 06:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON RS

07MOSCOW2201	RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...]	2007-05-11 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS
07MOSCOW2202	AUTHORITIES DETERMINED TO PREVENT SAMARA [...] (C) Summary: GOR authorities have reacted forcefully to Other Russia organizers' determination to hold a demonstration in Samara on May 18, during the EU - Russia summit. Authorities have detained some of the organizers, imposed tough sentences on two organizers alleged to have violated the [...]	2007-05-11 16:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2205	DFM LOSYUKOV ON THE SCO, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Losyukov promised "no surprises" at the Bishkek Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit--no membership enlargement, nor any demand for U.S. base withdrawal from the region. He predicted an SCO proposal for engagement in Afghanistan, [...]	2007-05-14 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN IR AF RS
07MOSCOW2206	RUSSIA: COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The information and communications technology sector is the most vibrant in the Russian economy, demonstrating double digit growth year to year since 2000 and contributing more than five percent to total GDP in 2006. Despite the prospect of surging expansion of the IT sector base [...]	2007-05-14 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EFIN EINT ETTC PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW2214	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA "ALARMED" [...] (C) Russian MFA Ambassador at Large for the South Ossetia conflict Yuriy Popov on May 14 assessed the situation on the ground as "alarming." Neither side is willing to blink first, he said. The Russian PKF conducted a monitoring mission after the violence late May 13, and concluded that the [...]	2007-05-14 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW2226	RUSSIAN ENERGY: CPC EXPANSION IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 press conference in Astana, President Putin told the press that he considered the expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) "possible," while President Nazarbayev said that additional oil shipments through CPC (the capacity of which would rise by 17 million t [...]	2007-05-14 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW2250	GIMME SHELTER: STRAYS FIND NEW HOME IN MOSCOW [...] SUMMARY: Strays roaming Moscow now have an upscale alternative. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) recently opened a new Stray Dog and Cat clinic in northern Moscow that is intended to work in tandem with an existing mobile vet clinic. This represents the first such combination [...]	2007-05-15 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2253	RUSSIA ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to the MFA's Department of International Organizations and the Department of New Threats and Challenges. Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Advisor in the Department of New Threats and Challenges, responded that [...]	2007-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL ECON RS
07MOSCOW2267	GREAT RUSSIA PARTY: SURVIVAL UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Great Russia (GR) party, launched with some fanfare on May 5 by Duma Deputies Aleksey Savelyev and Dmitriy Rogozin, may not be on the December Duma ballot. While interlocutors concur that GR's nationalistic message should make it relatively easy to find the requisite number [...]	2007-05-16 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2316	RUSSIA: MFA CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Rosatom's May 15 announcement of an agreement to build a research nuclear reactor in Burma caught the Russian MFA by surprise. Rosatom, however, claimed no one should have been surprised by the signing of an agreement that had simply been waiting for a Burmese response for two y [...]	2007-05-18 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP PREL RS
07MOSCOW2317	RUSSIANS ALREADY DEMARCHING OSCE CAPITALS ON [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered reftel demarche to Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director for the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats, regarding the proposal to conduct joint demarches to OSCE member states to solicit high-level participation in the May 31-June 1 Conference for Public-Pri [...]	2007-05-18 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OSCE ABUD AFIN RS
07MOSCOW2331	CRACKDOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA SAMARA DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Russian airport authorities confiscated the passports and tickets of some Other Russia leaders and two Western journalists, effectively preventing them from attending the sanctioned "March of Dissent" in Samara (reftel). Although authorities agreed to the march, which [...]	2007-05-18 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2332	RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-CENTRAL ASIA GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: During the course of DAS Paul Simons's May 16-17 Moscow visit we spoke with several people about the gas agreements reached between Turkmenistan and Russia during President Putin's recent trip to Russia's southern neighbor. Most of those we spoke to said that they were not surprise [...]	2007-05-18 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2333	RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered REFTEL points on the U.S. proposal to expand and extend the G-8 Global Partnership (GP) to Valeriy Biryukov, Head of the GP Section in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs, and his assistant Tatyana Balykina. Biryukov and Balykina had just retu [...]	2007-05-18 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2334	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...]	2007-05-18 18:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS
07MOSCOW2356	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT: SHARPER RHETORIC, FEWER RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin met with EU representatives near Samara May 17-18 to discuss the future of the Russia-EU relationship, Kosovo and Estonia, and trade and investment flows. Russian and EU participants had low expectations for a positive outcome; the Summit was marked by few deli [...]	2007-05-21 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EU RS
07MOSCOW237	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO "MODERN [...] 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, OOO "Modern Optical Technologies", Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...]	2007-01-22 07:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW238	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC KASHIRSKY [...] 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 Kashirsky Electrical Network, Kashira, Moscow, Russia. The compa [...]	2007-01-22 07:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2383	OUTLOOK FOR RUSSIA'S NEW FINANCIAL MARKETS CHIEF [...] (SBU) On May 9, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov appointed one of his economic advisors, Vladimir Milovidov, as the new Director of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM). Milovidov's appointment came in the immediate aftermath of outgoing FSFM chief Oleg Vyugin's announcement that he [...]	2007-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW2393	THE 2ND ASIAN ENERGY OFFICERS CONFERENCE -- [...] (C) Summary. On April 19-20, Embassy Moscow hosted energy officers from regional Embassies and Washington DC-based USG officials at the 2nd Asia Energy Officers Conference. The conference focused on the still nascent oil and gas linkages between energy-rich Russia and energy-hungry Asia. Rus [...]	2007-05-23 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2419	OSCE: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER [...] (C) We met May 23 with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to discuss the Russian draft OSCE "Charter." Drawing from reftel points, we stressed that while the U.S. favored a Convention on the OSCE's Legal Personality, the negotiating mandate for the Convention was limited and did not exten [...]	2007-05-24 10:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2421	RUSSIA: REORGANIZATION STALLS REVIEW OF ART [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Culture Deputy Director for the Preservation of Cultural Artifacts Yuri Godovanets told us on May 17 that review of art restitution cases are at a standstill until Presidential Decree number 320, which transfers responsibility over restitution to MinCulture's Depart [...]	2007-05-24 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL RS SCUL
07MOSCOW2429	RUSSIAN REACTION TO LITVINENKO MURDER CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR is highly unlikely to extradite former FSB officer Andrey Lugovoy to Britain, citing constitutional and other legal prohibitions against the extradition of Russian citizens. Official and unofficial Russian reaction to the May 22 British announcement that Lugovoy would be charge [...]	2007-05-24 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW2434	LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) The GOR has begun the process of ratifying the border treaty with Latvia, which was signed March 27 by the two countries' prime ministers and ratified May 17 by the Latvian Parliament. We understand from the MFA that although there are a number of required bureaucratic steps that will [...]	2007-05-24 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW2437	IRAN AND DPRK: IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS [...] (C) We discussed Russia's implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 on May 24 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the MFA's UN Political Affairs Section. Drawing from ref A, we urged that Russia take a broad definition of OP 5 of UNSCR 1747 regarding "arms and related materiel." Safronkov noted [...]	2007-05-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR KN RS
07MOSCOW2438	APEC: INVITATION TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TBIO EAGR APEC RS
07MOSCOW2452	RUSSIA: BANK OF NEW YORK OFFICIALS ON NEW LAWSUIT [...] (C) Bank of New York (BONY) officials confirmed in a meeting with the Embassy on May 24 their understanding that the Moscow Arbitration Court has accepted a case against the company, reportedly filed by the Russian Customs Service. On May 16, A U.S.-based lawyer claiming to act on behalf of th [...]	2007-05-25 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN RS
07MOSCOW2462	RUSSIA BILATERAL CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS: FRUITFUL [...] (C) The U.S. and Russian civil aviation delegations had productive discussions May 16-17 on updates to the Annexes of our 1994 Bilateral Air Transport Agreement, but no deal was reached. On overflights, the GOR continues to bar any use of the Trans-Siberian routes without a commercial agreemen [...]	2007-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2463	VOLGOGRAD MAYORAL ELECTION: JUST RUSSIA BOUNCED, [...] (SBU) Summary: In what was portrayed as an electoral upset by the national media, Communist Party (KPRF) candidate Roman Grebennikov won the May 20 Volgograd mayoral election, with United Russia State Duma Deputy Vasiliy Galushkin coming in a distant third. "For A Just Russia's" (SR) candida [...]	2007-05-25 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2469	MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) The Kremlin or its well-wishers have been making erratic attempts to fine tune the press in an effort to ensure that the looming Duma and presidential elections go according to script. Ownership of key media by the government or by those friendly to it has been consolidated, a code of beh [...]	2007-05-25 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2471	FOR A JUST RUSSIA: KREMLIN BACKPEDALS ON SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since "For A Just Russia's" (SR) more or less successful debut in the March 11 regional elections (reftels),the Kremlin appears to have reconsidered its options and backed away from providing the administrative resources including access to national TV airtime that SR members [...]	2007-05-25 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2472	CODEL NELSON/LOTT: SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a vital juncture in Russian-American relations. As Russia moves closer to succession in March 2008, the more complicated this relationship will be to manage. There is a lot at stake: deepening cooperation in reversing North Korea's nuclear status and preventing the [...]	2007-05-25 17:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PARM ENRG RS
07MOSCOW250	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO "MODERN [...] 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, OOO "Modern Optical Technologies", Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...]	2007-01-22 12:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2527	RUSSIA: REYMAN'S RIO-CENTER LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Six months before the Duma elections and nine months before the Presidential contest, several economic think-tankers are laying out strategies for the post-Putin period. Most of these plans are descriptive, not prescriptive: they are critical of the government's record on modern [...]	2007-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW2533	RUSSIA BANS EXPORTS OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Customs Service has temporarily banned all exports of human biological specimens from Russia, including hair, tissue, urine, and blood samples. According to press reports, the ban was imposed after an intelligence report to the Kremlin alleged that Western researchers [...]	2007-05-30 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ETRD RS
07MOSCOW2553	BOEING RUSSIA: CHILLING THE BUBBLY FOR THE "BIG" [...] (C) Boeing Russia and Economics Minister Gref confirmed to us that preparations are underway for three contracts to be signed on June 9 on the margins of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. The contracts include the $4 billion sale of 22 787 Dreamliners to Aeroflot, an "enhanced role" for Boein [...]	2007-05-31 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW256	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, Russian Federal Research and Technological Institute of [...]	2007-01-23 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2562	TAX INSPECTORS UNBLOCK INTERNEWS/EMF BANK ACCOUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, Moscow tax inspectors acknowledged that an earlier decision to freeze the bank accounts of Internews/Educated Media Foundation (EMF) had been a "misunderstanding" and allowed the accounts to be re-opened. The inspectors' decision in the wake of multiple interventions [...]	2007-06-01 03:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV EAID RS
07MOSCOW2563	RUSSIA ENERGY: THE BATTLE OF KOVYKTA -- MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Rumors are rife that TNK-BP will lose its license any day now for the development of the Kovytka gas field, but a more complicated story may be playing out instead. Senior TNK-BP management says the company has offered Gazprom good terms to get the gas monopoly into the project a [...]	2007-06-01 03:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW259	DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]	2007-01-23 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
07MOSCOW2590	CODEL NELSON-LOTT MEETS WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Trent Lott, accompanied by Senators Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg, and Richard Burr, met May 29 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and [...]	2007-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KNDP ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW2595	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW2601	RUSSIAN ENERGY: KOVYKTA UPDATE [...] (C) June 1 has come and gone in Russia without the withdrawal of Rusia Petroleum's license to develop the giant Kovykta gas field. Interfax reports that Rosnedra, the GOR agency charged with license compliance oversight, has prepared a draft protocol confirming that Rusia Petroleum -- the hol [...]	2007-06-04 03:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW261	RUSSIAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW: STAVROPOL KRAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Regional duma elections in Stavropol Kray on March 11 will likely be dominated by the United Russia party, with the Communists and the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" fighting for second place. The Liberal Democratic party and the Union of Right Forces will struggle to pas [...]	2007-01-23 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW2631	P-1 REFERRAL FOR BELARUSIAN MINOR ANTON FILIMONOV [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Embassy recommends Anton Filimonov, the 17-year-old son of murdered Belarusian journalist Veronika Cherkasova, for inclusion in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Filimonov fled Belarus on May 9 in fear of renewed police p [...]	2007-06-04 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW2632	RUSSIA TO REVIEW ITU RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS PROPOSALS [...] (U) On May 31 we delivered REFTEL Agenda Proposals for the 2007 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) to Victor Strelets, deputy head of the Department for State Programs, Infrastructure and Limited Resources of the Ministry for Information Technologies and Communications. Strelets is als [...]	2007-06-04 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS TSPA RS
07MOSCOW2633	RUSSIAN POSITION ON EU AS OBSERVER IN GLOBAL [...] (U) On June 4 we contacted Amelia Siderova, in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),and asked her to clarify (REFTEL) Russia's position on the potential participation of the European Union in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Siderova resp [...]	2007-06-04 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL RU
07MOSCOW2649	KOSOVO: MFA ON VETO, AND UN PERMREP CHURKIN'S LEASH [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting, prior to his June 6 departure for the G8 summit, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko warned that the international community was "close to gridlock" on Kosovo. He expressed concern over a potential effort to push for a quick vote within the S [...]	2007-06-05 11:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI RS
07MOSCOW2651	KASPAROV REVIEWS OTHER RUSSIA MARCHES; KASYANOV [...] (C) In a brief June 1 meeting United Civic Front leader Garry Kasparov reviewed recent Other Russia demonstrations and discussed the efforts of the fragmented, Western-leaning organizations and personalities to agree (to disagree) on a presidential nominee. Whatever the decision of his collea [...]	2007-06-05 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2658	SOFT POWER IN ACTION: MOSCOW PROMOTES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow has ramped up its efforts to promote the Russian language in both the former Soviet Union and throughout the world. Observers say the program is aimed at using "soft power" to maintain Russia's dominance in its neighborhood and underline that Russia remains a great powe [...]	2007-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2659	LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...]	2007-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2682	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is planning "no surprises" at the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bishkek summit, according to the MFA's SCO Coordinator. Russia's goal in Bishkek is to enhance the SCO's activity in the economic sphere. Moscow judges that the SCO is not ready for enlarg [...]	2007-06-06 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07MOSCOW2685	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RASSIAN ACADEMY OF [...] 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, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Institute of Solid State [...]	2007-06-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2686	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC NORTH WESTCOM, ST. [...] 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 North Westcom, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...]	2007-06-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW2693	RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...]	2007-06-06 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS
07MOSCOW2695	IRAN SANCTIONS: RUSSIA HAS FILED INTERIM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KNNP UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW2733	IRAN: INFORMATION ON MISSING AMCIT PASSED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KISL KJUS PTER RS
07MOSCOW2739	MOSCOW GAY RIGHTS MARCH: POLICE LOOK ON AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 27 gay rights demonstration and its aftermath highlight two disheartening trends in Russia: the increasing collusion between security forces and nationalist groups, and the reluctance of the human rights community to engage on an issue that has little resonance with Russi [...]	2007-06-08 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2741	RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...]	2007-06-08 11:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM RS
07MOSCOW2755	IRAN: IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC RS
07MOSCOW276	RUSSIAN-CHECHEN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY ORDERED [...] (SBU) Russia's Supreme Court on January 23 upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) liquidated based on its executive director's earlier conviction for "extremist" activity. The court deliberated for about 30 minutes before announcing its decision. T [...]	2007-01-23 16:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW2768	MISSILE DEFENSE: POSITIVE REACTION TO PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Putin's offer to collaborate with the U.S. in Missile Defense at the Qabala radar site in Azerbaijan has been hailed by Russian officials and most commentators. Most argue that Moscow's offer of cooperation should be taken at face value and seriously. By proffering Russian coo [...]	2007-06-08 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW2775	BURNS-KARASIN LETTER ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) On June 8 we sent Ref A Burns-Karasin letter to the MFA under cover of a diplomatic note. We also met with Ambassador at Large Nesterushkin to deliver a courtesy copy. 2. (C) Nesterushkin's first reaction was to criticize the U.S. for "leaking" the document; he said the EU had praised [...]	2007-06-11 09:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW2856	JDEC INVITATION DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel invitation to attend Washington discussions on the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC) and Pre-Launch Notification Systems to the Foreign Ministry's North America Department on June 13. 2. (SBU) Aleksey Ivanov expressed appreciation for the invitation but noted tha [...]	2007-06-14 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS
07MOSCOW2857	KADYROV: SHARP DROP IN KIDNAPPINGS IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kidnappings in Chechnya have dropped substantially this year with Ramzan Kadyrov's ascent to the presidency. The human rights NGO Memorial has recorded 17 abductions during the first five months of 2007, with none in April. This compares with 187 kidnappings in 2006. Human ri [...]	2007-06-14 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR PREF RS
07MOSCOW2860	SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...]	2007-06-15 06:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS
07MOSCOW2871	A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S TACTICS OTHER RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The conduct of the June 9 St. Petersburg and the June 11 Moscow Other Russia (OR) demonstrations suggests that the authorities have decided to experiment with a somewhat more tolerant approaqch to a movement they have attempted to repress with a heavy hand on the assumption that, if left [...]	2007-06-15 10:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2872	A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S TACTICS TOWARD OTHER [...] (SBU) The conduct of the June 9 St. Petersburg and the June 11 Moscow Other Russia (OR) demonstrations suggests that the authorities have decided to experiment with a somewhat more tolerant approaqch to a movement they have attempted to repress with a heavy hand on the assumption that, if left [...]	2007-06-15 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2879	RUSSIA: PENDING CHANGES CAST ROSATOM AS CORPORATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Over the past year and a half, Russia has been working to restructure its nuclear industry. In a June 8 meeting with EST, Natalya Klishina, head of the Bilateral Relations Division in Rosatom's Department of International Relations, clarified what these changes mean and what other [...]	2007-06-15 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2924	CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT IN ST.PETERSBURG: TO BE [...] (C) The 45-minute CIS informal summit on June 10 produced no results, but provided a forum for Putin's sidebar meetings with the Moldovan, Ukrainian and Georgian leaders. The MFA touted the summit's full roster of attendees and the Putin-Vornin meeting as noteworthy, but experts see few pros [...]	2007-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW2927	ZHELEZNOGORSK: CLOSED CITY OPENS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian and American delegations met in the closed city of Zheleznogorsk June 6-8 to discuss simulated and experimental search-and-rescue (SAR) results from the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and the U.S. GPS system as part of their efforts to ensure interop [...]	2007-06-18 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL ECPS KTIA RS
07MOSCOW2928	TRANSMITTAL OF USG ASSURANCES REGARDING BANCO [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy delivered via diplomatic note, under cover of a letter from the Ambassador, USG assurances regarding Banco Delta Asia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 18. In respons [...]	2007-06-18 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN RS KN KS
07MOSCOW2932	RUSSIA: INVESTMENT BOOMING AT RECORD LEVELS [...] (C) Summary: This year's annual update on Russia's investment trends includes a number of impressive headlines: record foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Russia; record domestic investment; record sums raised by Russian companies through IPOs; and record outward investment by Russian c [...]	2007-06-19 05:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON RS
07MOSCOW296	DPRK: MFA ON ENFORCING UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) We discussed ref A request that Russia take steps under UNSCR 1718 to inspect flights and cargo of proliferation concern from the DPRK on January 23 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We also highlighte [...]	2007-01-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC KN RS
07MOSCOW2966	GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA: POPOV PLEADS FOR ROY REEVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuriy Popov pled with us to ensure that Roy Reeve is extended as OSCE Head of Mission in Georgia until December. He said Reeve is a key brake against armed conflict. The emergence of Sanakoyev has made Kokoity hard to control and pro [...]	2007-06-19 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW2970	CODEL NELSON-LOTT: INTERPARLIAMENTARY TALKS FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 27-28 sessions in Moscow of the U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group, co-chairs Senators Ben Nelson and Trent Lott and Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov underlined the importance of encouragin [...]	2007-06-19 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW2975	KOVYKTA UPDATE: ENDGAME NEAR BUT DEAL LESS [...] (C) TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (please protect) tells us that the deal being negotiated between TNK-BP partners and Gazprom regarding the Kovykta gas field (reftels) could be announced as early as June 20. The final details are not yet worked out, but acco [...]	2007-06-20 03:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2981	SMALL BUSINESSES REPORT SOME EASING IN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Su... C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002981 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2017 TAGS: ECON PREL RS Â [...]	2007-06-20 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2983	PUTIN ASKS SERBS FOR AHTISAARI ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the June visits of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica and FM Jeremic, Putin apparently pushed them to come up with a counterproposal on Kosovo that he can carry to Kennebunkport. The GOR, however, remains committed to a solution based on a "compromise" between the parties, [...]	2007-06-20 10:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR RS
07MOSCOW2985	USE OF RUSSIAN HELOS IN DARFUR RAISED WITH MFA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The DCM and other Embassy officers have raised new evidence of the reported use of Russian helicopters in Darfur with mutliple MFA officials June 13-19. MFA officials questioned the veracity of our information, but they agreed to look into US concerns, including end-use checks [...]	2007-06-20 11:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR ETTC PREL PARM RS SU
07MOSCOW2997	"FOR A JUST RUSSIA" STRUGGLES TO FIND ITS PLACE [...] (C) Recent conversations with members of the For a Just Russia (SR) party suggest that the process of forming party lists has set off a struggle that may leave on the sidelines deputies who have less money to spend or less influence with the Kremlin. Some interlocutors worried that SR was in [...]	2007-06-20 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM RS
07MOSCOW3011	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH METROPOLITAN KIRILL [...] (C) At a June 18 private lunch, Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Kirill related to the Ambassador his concerns about social issues, in particular the large gap between rich and poor and Russia's lagging regions. He described reaction, both in the West and in Russia, to the recent merger of the R [...]	2007-06-21 07:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3012	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) A very self-confident Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov sketched for the Ambassador at their inaugural meeting June 19 an electoral process fully controlled by a CEC responsive to complaints of voters and working constructively with all active political parties. The pre [...]	2007-06-21 08:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3023	DFM KISLYAK ON PRE-KENNEBUNKPORT PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting on June 20, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed preparations for the Kennebunkport meeting between the presidents. Kislyak said he was ready during his late-June Washington visit to work through outstanding issues on documents an [...]	2007-06-21 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM RS
07MOSCOW3024	OSCE SYG DE BRICHAMBAUT'S VISIT: "REFORM" [...] (C) We met with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to review OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's June 14-15 visit. De Brichambaut was in Moscow on a working visit and met with FM Lavrov, as well as with the Russian Security Council, Defense Ministry and the Central Electio [...]	2007-06-21 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW3025	RUSSIA INFORMED OF US POLICY ON LETHAL MILITARY [...] (S) We briefed Sergey Vershinen, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, on reftel policy on exports of lethal military equipment to Libya, and we followed up June 19 with Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Arms Technology and Transfer Policy office in the MF [...]	2007-06-21 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC RS LY
07MOSCOW3030	CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...]	2007-06-22 02:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO
07MOSCOW3034	KREMLIN NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE COMMUNIST [...] (C) Communist Party (KPRF) contacts suggest that the Kremlin has agreed not to interfere in the party's election campaign efforts, in exchange for the KPRF's agreement to eschew direct criticism of Putin. While some view this as an effort by Kremlin Presidential Administration Deputy Vladisla [...]	2007-06-22 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW305	KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
07MOSCOW3054	GAZPROM TO BUY OUT TNK-BP IN KOVYKTA; COMPANIES TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP and Gazprom announced a deal today on the disposition of the Kovykta gas field in eastern Siberia. Under the agreement, TNK-BP will sell the entirety of its 62.9 percent share to Gazprom for between $700 and $900 million, with the understanding that it may reenter the field as a m [...]	2007-06-23 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
07MOSCOW306	RUSSIA JUSTICE INITIATIVE REFUSED, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Federal Registration Service again refused re-registration (reftel) of the NGO Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) on January 19. There is some evidence that the refusal may be due to greater attention to distinctions among NGO categories that exist in Russian law. Several othe [...]	2007-01-25 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS
07MOSCOW3063	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC [...] 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 Pribor.ru, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2007-06-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW3064	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: VYACHESLAV [...] 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, Vyacheslav Filinov, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2007-06-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW3074	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: A) D368267 [...] 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 Mikron, Zelenograd, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2007-06-25 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW3075	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DMITROVSKY [...] 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, Dmitrovsky Electricity network, Dmitrov, Russia. The company is list [...]	2007-06-25 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW3087	DRAFT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL US RS
07MOSCOW3088	CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...]	2007-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE
07MOSCOW3099	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S JUNE 21 [...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt, Russian Central Bank (CBR) SIPDIS Chairman Sergey Ignatiev provided a generally positive overview of the Russian economy. On the subject of investing Russia's oil and gas tax revenue, Ignatiev observed that [...]	2007-06-26 10:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW3114	SIX PARTY TALKS: GOR URGES MEASURED PACE ON NEXT [...] (U) The GOR publicly claimed credit for facilitating Monday's transfer of frozen DPRK funds to the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank's account in a Russian bank. Calling it a positive step toward the resumption of the Six-Party process, a short MFA statement said that Russia decided to accommod [...]	2007-06-27 07:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW3137	RUSSIA PREPARED TO DISCUSS IRAQI DEBT DURING [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ RS

07MOSCOW3138	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GARRY KASPAROV: KOSOVO [...] (C) Garry Kasparov on June 26 talked with the Ambassador about the future of his Other Russia movement, the state of other political parties, the Russian presidential succession, the December Duma elections, and Russian foreign policy. He ascribed President Putin's recent hard line with the We [...]	2007-06-27 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS

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