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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09MEXICO680MEXICO PASSES LEGISLATION TO CONTROL CHEMICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's Lower House passed a bill February 24 to control chemical substances that could be used in chemical weapons, paving the way for signature by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and publication in the Diario Oficial. The law, which will be administered by Mexico's High-Lev [...]
2009-03-09 17:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR PARM ECON KCRM
09MEXICO685CODEL ENGEL DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES WITH MEDINA
[...] (U) Summary. On February 16, Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora received U.S. Representative Eliot Engel and members of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Sub-committee. The AG was accompanied by Attorney General's Office (PGR) Special Advisor Oscar Rocha, Deputy Attorney G [...]
2009-03-10 13:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO69MX #2009-004, 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 MTT CCMR, in Mexico City, January, 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2009-01-12 20:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO701CHINESE VP TRIP TO MEXICO - JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Last month,s three-day visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Mexico was the first stop of a six-nation tour in the region. In his meetings with President Calderon, senior government officials, congressional leadership, and businessmen, Vice President Xi called for the rapid adv [...]
2009-03-10 16:43:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD CH MX
09MEXICO715MX #2009 - 097, 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 Search and Rescue Maritime, in Yorktown, VA, March 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...]
2009-03-10 20:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO718MX #2009 - 102, Cons/ACS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Cons/ACS, on English Language training, in Mexico City, March March 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-03-10 23:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO719MX #2009 - 101, 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 NCO OJT Fort Hood, in Fort Hood, March 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2009-03-10 23:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO720MX #2009 - 100, 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 Logistics Course, in Athens, GA, March 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-03-10 23:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO721MX #2009 - 098, 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 Aircraft Power Train, in Fort Eustis, March 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2009-03-10 23:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO723UNTIED FARM WORKERS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT H-2 VISA
[...] SUMMARY: In 2008 a large group of laborers were recruited from the Mexican pacific coastal state of Colima to do farm work in California and Iowa. According to the United Farm Workers (UFW) union, the Colima laborers entered the US with the hope of working there legally after complying with al [...]
2009-03-10 23:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON CVIS EAGR PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO724MEXICO'S VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (U) Deputy PolCouns met with Julian Juarez Cardenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Ministry, to solicit Mexico's views on the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Juarez remarked that this was the first time in his experience that a USG of [...]
2009-03-10 23:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MEXICO725MEXICO AND THE G-20 MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon has announced three sets of economic stimulus packages to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. The Mexican banking sector remains solid with an adequate capitalization rate. However, the deepening of t [...]
2009-03-11 17:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX
09MEXICO736MX 2009 -103, 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 Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense, in CHDS, April 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2009-03-12 20:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO737MX 2009 - 099, 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 Aircraft Power Train, in Fort Eustis, April 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-03-12 20:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO740COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY DELAURENTIS TO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Minister Counselor, to travel to Mexico (March 12-14, 2009). The purpose of the visit is for consultations with Mexican Government officials on United Nations Security Council isues. 2. Your point of contact for this visi [...]
2009-03-12 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA UNSC MX
09MEXICO741MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACIES TO
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note dated February 20, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, has advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the following subsidiary organs of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the elections schedu [...]
2009-03-12 22:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL USUN UNESCO MX
09MEXICO748CIUDAD JUAREZ AT A TIPPING POINT
[...] (C) Summary. The federal government has dramatically expanded the size and scope of Joint Operation Chihuahua by ordering the deployment of an additional 5,000 troops and some 2,000 federal police officers to Ciudad Juarez in an attempt to combat high rates of violence in the area. The chain [...]
2009-03-13 13:36:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO75DRAFT COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 13:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO754MX 2009 - 105, 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 Strategy & Defense Policy, in CHDS, March 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2009-03-13 17:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO755MX 2009 - 104, 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 Air Weapons Director Training, in Tyndall AFB, FL, March 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-03-13 17:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO763MX 2009 -106, 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, in Colorado, March 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2009-03-13 19:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO771Mexico Economic Weekly - March 13
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-03-13 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO780GOM MAKES PUBLIC ITS PROPOSAL FOR LABOR LAW REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: On February 9, the GOM finally made public its long awaited proposal for reforming Mexico's Federal Labor Law (FLL). In addition to presenting the proposal to the Mexican Congress the GOM,s Secretary of Labor also placed it on his ministry,s website thereby making it available to any [...]
2009-03-17 18:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO80MX #2009-011, 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 Anti-Maras Prevention/Rehabilitation/Prison Management Workshop, in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gr [...]
2009-01-13 18:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO802MEXICO ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 23:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SO MX
09MEXICO803SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...]
2009-03-19 13:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO808RETALIATORY TARIFFS - MEXICO PULLS TRIGGER BUT AIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 19:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO81MX #2009-012, 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 Jungle Commando Course, in Pijaos, Colombia, January 28, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-01-13 18:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO810MX 2009-107 UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE LEAHY VETTING
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from United States Marshal Service, on Fugitive Investigation Course, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2009-03-19 22:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO811EVERY CRISIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY; MEXICO SEES POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the deepening global crisis has worsened Mexico's economic outlook for 2009, the Mexican government feels it has a cushion to weather the crisis and shield its public finances in 2009 and 2010. The Finance Secretariat's chief economist pointed to the successful oil hedgin [...]
2009-03-19 22:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO812MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 1070 dated March 3, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico advised us that Mexico has presented Carlos Ruiz Massieu as a candidate to the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for the period 2011-2013 for el [...]
2009-03-19 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO813MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 1137 dated March 6, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the Commission on Sustainable Development for the period 2011-2014 in the elections scheduled to take place during the 2010 session of the [...]
2009-03-19 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO814MEXICO PLEASED WITH IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexico is pleased with Cuban cooperation in keeping with the Migration MOU signed last November that so far has reportedly contributed to the repatriation of over 100 Cubans. On the commercial front, Mexican exports rose by approximately 80 percent in 2008. Given lingering c [...]
2009-03-20 13:23:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM PREF SMIG ETRD CU MX
09MEXICO815SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REYES, SKELTON,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]
2009-03-20 15:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO819MX 2009-108 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 Strategy and Defense Policy, Washington, DC, New Mexico, April 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-03-20 16:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO822U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO826MEXICO VIEWS TIMING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to the announcement of President Barack Obama's first official visit to Mexico scheduled for April 16-17 has been generally positive. Media commentators expect Obama's meeting with President Felipe Calderon to focus on shared efforts to confront organized crime, econom [...]
2009-03-20 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON MX
09MEXICO827U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO828NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT -
[...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizati [...]
2009-03-20 22:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09MEXICO838SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION CONTEMPLATES
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) is contemplating changing its labor affiliation and has already moved to chance its political party connections. The SNTSS is a member of the National Workers Union (UNT),Mexico,s second largest labor federation. The [...]
2009-03-23 18:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO852MX 2009-111, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA VIP Protection for PGR, Mexico City, April 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-03-23 23:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO853MX #2009-127, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Training, in Mexico, April 6, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before April 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-03-23 23:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO855MX 2009-110, 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 Narcotics Investigation, San Luis Potosi, April 07, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-03-23 23:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO857MX 2009-109, 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 Interviewing Techniques, Puebla, Mexico, April 07, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-03-23 23:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO861MX 2009-112, 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 Meth and Clandestine Labs., Guanajuato, Mexico, April 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-03-24 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO868OHCHR'S OFFICE IN MEXICO EARNING ITS KEEP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) opened a field office in Mexico in 2002 with a mandate to work with the Government of Mexico and a wide cross section of civil society with a view to developing a "diagnostic survey" that would identify the steps Mexico need [...]
2009-03-24 21:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN MX
09MEXICO869MEXICO ON THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico believes future prospects for the Summit of the Americas (SOA) very much rely on the success of U.S. President Obama in injecting a new sense of purpose for the gathering. To Mexico's view, it is imperative the summit tackle the ongoing financial crisis. Interestingly, [...]
2009-03-24 21:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV OAS PHUM VZ CU MX
09MEXICO870MEXICO ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 22:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MX
09MEXICO873MEXICO'S FEDERAL POLICE MERGER MAY BE DEAD
[...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has reportedly dropped plans to reorganize the country's federal police forces by merging the some 4,700 members of the PGR's Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) with the Secretariat for Public Security's (SSP) Federal Preventative Police (PFP). President Caldero [...]
2009-03-25 13:29:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO880SCENESETTER FOR THE FIREARMS-TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the U.S. Mission I would like to welcome you to Mexico. The April 1-2 Firearms Trafficking and Enforcement Strategy Conference in Cuernavaca is taking place at a time when bilateral cooperation on law enforcement, has never been stronger. DHS/ICE and DOJ/ATF teams a [...]
2009-03-25 17:51:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO892MX 2009-129, DOJ LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ, on Assistance to victims of Human Trafficking, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2009-03-25 22:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO896SOUTHWEST BORDER POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT DRAWS PRAISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. plan announced March 24 to reinforce security at its southwest border was largely praised by officials in Mexico. The Foreign Secretary said the move hailed a new period of cooperation between the two countries, and the leader of the Senate indicated that it sends a v [...]
2009-03-26 15:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON MX
09MEXICO898MX 2009-116, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on Driving course, Summit Point, West Virginia, April 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...]
2009-03-26 18:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO899MX 2009-114, Legat LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Crisis Negotiation/Anti kidnapping training, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-03-26 18:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO9MX #2009-002, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Basic Course, in Quantico, VA, January 12, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before January 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-01-05 17:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO900MX 2009-123, 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 Narcotics Investigation Course, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, April 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-03-26 18:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO907MX 2009-115, 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 Basic training course for police investigators in the new criminal justice system, in Baja California, Mexico, April 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credi [...]
2009-03-26 22:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO909CONSULATES NOGALES AND HERMOSILLO'S CONSULATES
[...] (SBU) On February 24 and 25, Hermosillo and Nogales conoffs toured a common staging area in northern Sonora, following the well-worn route that &polleros,8 or migrant smugglers, use to move people from southern Mexico through the desert into the United States. Conoffs spoke with those who prov [...]
2009-03-26 23:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO912MX 2009-119, 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 Basic Drug ID, Mexico City, April 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-03-27 17:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO916MX 2009-120, 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 Antiterrorism I & II and Special Reaction Teams, IAAFA, TX, May 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-03-27 17:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO917MX 2009-125, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Advance Consultation, Mexico City, April 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2009-03-27 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO918MX 2009-124, 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 Interviewing Techniques, Tijuana, Mexico, April 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-03-27 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO919MX 2009-122, 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 Airport Interdiction, Cancun, Mexico, April 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2009-03-27 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO924MX 2009-117, 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 Course, Villahermosa, Mexico, April 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-03-27 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO925MX 2009-118, 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 Hermosillo, Mexico, April 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...]
2009-03-27 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO926MEXICO TOURISM VISITORS UP BUT RECEIPTS TUMBLE IN
[...] While the number of visitors was actually up 6% in January 2009, the government recorded MexicoQs sharpest monthly fall in international tourism revenue in 15 years. Banxico data indicates a 7.5% decrease against January 2008. The drop is more severe than the decline registered after either [...]
2009-03-27 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD EAIR MX
09MEXICO927SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL HOYER TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]
2009-03-27 22:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON MX
09MEXICO935MEXICO'S PRI LOSES SUPPORT AS PAN STEPS UP ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. Recent polling has showed a sharp drop in support of the PRI in the July electoral contests. The PRI's apparent slump comes in the midst of what has been an increasingly heated negative campaign by the PAN leadership to tie the party to narcotrafficking and damage its credentials [...]
2009-03-31 19:12:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO937MX 2009-128, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on Child Sex Tourism Investigations, Mexico City, April 17,2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-03-31 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO944FRAUD SUMMARY - EMBASSY MEXICO CITY
[...] SUMMARY: During the six months from September 2008 to February 2009, Embassy Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on the detection of fraudulent documents, the identification of prominent purveyors of fraudulent materials, and training in fraud detection and interviewing techniqu [...]
2009-04-01 13:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09MEXICO950MX 2009-113, 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, April 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2009-04-01 19:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO958MEXICO ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 20:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PBTS GG RS MX
09MEXICO969MX 2009-134, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Crisis Negotiation, Mexico, April 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2009-04-03 15:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO970MX 2009-132, 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 Language Instructor Basic/Advance, DLI, Lackland AFB, April 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...]
2009-04-03 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO971MX 2009-131, 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 MI-17 Night Vision Goggle, Fort Bliss, TX, April 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-04-03 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO973Mexico Economic Weekly - April 3
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Jonathan Austin (austinjt@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2009-04-03 16:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO981DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...]
2009-04-03 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09MEXICO982MEXICAN SENATE AGREES ON ASSET FORFEITURE LAW
[...] (C) Summary. The Senate plenary unanimously approved on Thursday the asset forfeiture law, known in Mexico as "extincion de dominio," which has been languishing in Congress since it was proposed early last session. The bill is intended to enhance the government's ability to target the financ [...]
2009-04-03 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO985MX 2009-135, 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 Resolution Six Office, El Salvador, April 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2009-04-03 22:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO990MEXICO'S PRD PLAGUED AGAIN BY INTERNAL DISPUTES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) plunged into internal discord once again, this time over the selection of candidates over the past two weeks for upcoming midterm elections. Both internal elections in select areas of the country and selections by the National Executive [...]
2009-04-06 12:48:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO992MX 2009-133, 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 Drug and Criminal Investigation, Veracruz, Mexico, April 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-04-06 18:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO994BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff met March 10 with President Ronald Dorney of Syspro International, S.A. de C.V. about the post-shipment end-use check on license 050135227 (reftel). Dorney confirmed the order for 600 ballistic plates from U.S. company High Com Technology, LLC and said they were sold to Syspro's [...]
2009-04-06 21:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SNAR MX
09MEXICO995MX 2009-137, USMS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USMS, on Toronto Fugitive Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2009-04-06 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO999MEXICO'S PRI APPROVES PLURINOMINAL CANDIDATE LIST
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico's political parties are completing selection processes for candidates in the July legislative contest, with the PRI the first to release its candidate list for the proportional representational slots. The PRI has stacked its plurinominal list with party luminaries or their [...]
2009-04-06 21:44:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MILAN153BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Econ Officer and an Economic Specialist from Consulate General Milan visited the headquarters of Aermeccanica S.R.L., via Monte Grappa N.2, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo Varese, on June 29, 2009 to obtain the following information. 2. (U) Aermeccanica is a family-owned air [...]
2009-07-21 09:51:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
09MILAN1722G,S - NORTHERN ITALIAN MUSLIMS WITHOUT A COUNTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 10:23:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG PGOV SCUL IT
09MILAN173ITALY'S LEGA NORD EYES BIG REGIONAL PRIZES
[...] (C) Summary: With the Northern League's (LN) successful showing in recent local elections, attention is now turning to bigger prizes: regional governorships coming vacant in March 2010. With Veneto apparently in the bag, party leaders are now looking for at least one other scalp -- either Lom [...]
2009-08-13 09:04:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IT
09MILAN176WHO WILL RIDE THE NEXT WAVE OF LEGA NORD
[...] (C) As mentioned in reftel, the 67 year-old founder of the Northern League (LN) political party, Umberto Bossi, remains in poor health due to a stroke he suffered in 2004. Though Bossi continues an active and provocative political life, constantly in the media and public eye, judging by appea [...]
2009-08-19 09:18:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN20PADUA: DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORT FADING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Party (PD) in Northern Italy hopes to offset likely losses in the June EU parliamentary elections with some significant wins in the accompanying local elections where the individual popularity of candidates matters more. Key to this strategy would be the reelec [...]
2009-01-28 15:26:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IT
09MILAN204NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER BOSSI: "WE WILL NEVER
[...] (C/NF) In an introductory meeting with the Consul General, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi confirmed his party's commitment to continued parliamentary support for Italy's deployment to Afghanistan. Bossi told us he promised Prime Minister Berlusconi that he would never endanger government [...]
2009-10-05 09:17:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PROG
09MILAN209LEGA'S BIG NIGHT OUT: FILM PREMIERE OF ""BARBAROSSA""
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Hundreds of local and national politicians, including PM Berlusconi, attended the Milan premiere of the colossal Braveheart-like epic film ""Barbarossa."" The movie tells the story of the birth of northern Italy,s Lombard League and its defeat of the Holy Roman army at the 12th c [...]
2009-10-20 08:34:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
09MILAN214DAL MOLIN UPDATE: VICENZA COMMUNITY MOSTLY
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with local Vicenza politicians across the political spectrum, the general consensus was that the ugliest period of contentious and politically charged opposition to the U.S. army's Dal Molin base construction has passed. Their assessment is that most community residents [...]
2009-11-10 13:25:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINS PREL IT
09MILAN220NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" HANGING ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The clusters of small same-sector firms known as "distretti" are the backbone of the Italian -- and particularly northern Italian -- economy. To varying degrees these "distretti" have been suffering from the global economic crisis that has hit their traditional export markets. [...]
2009-11-20 13:13:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV IT
09MILAN221NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" HANGING ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The clusters of small same-sector firms known as "distretti" are the backbone of the Italian -- and particularly northern Italian -- economy. To varying degrees these "distretti" have been suffering from the global economic crisis that has hit their traditional export markets. [...]
2009-11-20 13:13:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV IT
09MILAN237MUSLIM 2GS SEEK INROADS TOWARD INTEGRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:29:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG PGOV SCUL IT
09MILAN272008 VOTING IN MILAN AND LESSONS LEARNED
[...] SUMMARY: Voting interest in Milan's consular district reached unprecedented levels and reflected not only widespread U.S. citizen anticipation but intense Italian public interest as well. Post engaged in a variety of voter assistance activities to reach over 19,000 registered Americans, compr [...]
2009-02-03 10:02:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KPAO IT
09MILAN31IS THERE A FUTURE FOR MALPENSA?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doomsday scenarios abound in Milan following the decision by Alitalia to partner with Air France and decisively choose Rome as its sole hub. Predictions of immediate economic pain to the region are overstated, but certainly possible is an atrophying of the area's attractiveness [...]
2009-02-10 10:32:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV IT
09MILAN56PDL STALWARTS TALK POLITICS ALLA MILANESE
[...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Milan/Embassy Rome cable. 2. (C) Summary: Blunt assessments of local, national, and foreign policy issues emerged from a lunch the Consul General hosted for senior Milan-based national and EU political figures. In Milan, the imbroglio over the EXPO is e [...]
2009-03-09 10:17:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN78NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" FACE THE GROWING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Across Italy's industrial northern heartland, we've heard the same message with respect to the economic crisis in recent weeks: we're holding on, but won't last forever. Northern Italy's economy is dependent on clusters of "distretti," each with dozens of small firms that produ [...]
2009-03-23 16:18:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAGR PGOV IT
09MILAN80NORTHERN LEAGUE PUSHES TO LEGALIZE ITS VOLUNTEER
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Rome and Consulate General Milan cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In an environment of pervasive media coverage of violent crime perpetrated by immigrants (despite a significant statistical decrease in crime from 2007 to 2008),the Northern League (LN [...]
2009-03-26 10:02:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI IT
09MILAN95KEEPING BERLUSCONI CLOSE: NORTHERN LEAGUE STRATEGY
[...] (C) Northern League (LN) insiders Roberto Calderoli, Minister for Legislative Simplification, and Giancarlo Giorgetti, President of the Finance Committee in the Chamber of Deputies described their strategy to make LN the hegemonic political party in Northern Italy over the next few years. Key [...]
2009-04-28 15:41:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IT
09MILAN96PRIVATE EQUITY IN ITALY: GROWING, BUT IN THE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even in the midst of economic crisis, Italy's small private equity (PE) marketplace is expanding. Larger multinational PE firms and those in search of "mega-deals" are playing a smaller role, but local PE outfits see a potential for smaller, less-leveraged, longer-horizon, "buy [...]
2009-04-28 16:16:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON IT
09MINSK100BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 27, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - March 25 Protest Passes Without Violence (para. 2) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Leader Fined (para. 4) - Convicte [...]
2009-03-26 18:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK101BELARUS INFORMED OF U.S. INTENTION TO PURSUE BILATERAL START
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 15:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US BO
09MINSK106BELARUS: INTERIOR MINISTER OUT, AT LONG LAST
[...] (SBU) Civil society has reacted positively to the news that Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau (Vladimir Naumov) left office April 6; he ostensibly submitted his resignation based on health concerns, but is believed to have been dismissed. Navumau, who has been in charge of the Ministry of In [...]
2009-04-07 09:21:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK109BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prosecutors Extend Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. 2) - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined (para. 3) - Polish Activists Fined in Absentia (para. 4) - [...]
2009-04-09 08:12:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK114BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]
2009-04-10 14:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK115BELARUS: LIKELY MISINTERPRETATION OF USG SANCTIONS: ACTION
[...] (U) Please see action request para 6. 2. (SBU) Charge met April 10 with MFA Americas Department Director Sergey Rachkov at the latter's request. Rachkov provided a copy of a letter to the Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) in Zhlobin from the American Petroleum Institute (API; see partial text [...]
2009-04-10 17:03:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD BO
09MINSK127BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE
[...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...]
2009-04-22 16:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK131BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Lukashenka Delivers Annual Address to Nation and Parliament (para. 2) - An Opposition Youth Activist Wanted (para. 3) - Malady Front Member Jailed (para. 4) - Human R [...]
2009-04-24 15:09:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK132BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]
2009-04-24 15:12:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK133BELARUS: DEMONSTRATORS, POLICE CALM AT APRIL 26 PROTEST
[...] (U) About 700-800 protestors gathered peacefully met in front of the Academy of Sciences Sunday April 26 for the annual Chernobyl March, marking the 23rd anniversary of the nuclear disaster. A variety of groups were represented, including the Young Belarus and European Belarus movements, the [...]
2009-04-26 12:12:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK134BELARUS: MFA OFFERS NEW TEXT FOR CHERNOBYL RESPITE
[...] (U) Please see action request para 5. 2. (U) Following up on reftel discussion, MFA U.S. and Canada Director Sergey Rachkov met with Charge April 25 to provide a new draft text for USG review on the subject of the Chernobyl respite U.S. travel program for Belarusian children. Rachkov no [...]
2009-04-27 11:56:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC CVIS CMGT BO
09MINSK136BELARUS: SERIOUS DISCORD WITHIN UNITED DEMOCRATIC FORCES
[...] (SBU) The leader of a major opposition party has ignited controversy through an April 17 interview with Belarus' state-owned newspaper. In the interview, Belarusian Social-Democratic Party Gramada (BSDP-G) chair Levkovich generously complimented President Lukashenka and condemned fellow demo [...]
2009-04-29 12:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK137BELARUS: REGIME VIEWS ON POSITIVE POLITICAL CHANGES, OTHER
[...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov met with Charge April 29 at the request of Presidential Administration head Vladimir Makey (Rybakov confirmed that rumors that Makey was still recovering from an illness). Charge inquired about statements made by Lukashenka in his an [...]
2009-04-29 17:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CASC ETRD BO
09MINSK138BELARUS: DENIAL OVER DEPTH OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
[...] (SBU) The GOB is realizing more and more that the global financial economic crisis will take a bigger toll on Belarus than originally expected. Senior government officials led by Lukashenka try to look optimistic (and so do the official statistics). The reality, however, is not bright and th [...]
2009-04-29 17:34:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK14BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY
[...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...]
2009-01-09 13:07:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EFIN BO
09MINSK146BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 8, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "Chernobyl March" Marked by Detentions, Raid (para. 2) - "Solidarity" Demonstrations Dispersed (para. 3) - BKGB Harasses Families of Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Oppos [...]
2009-05-07 14:27:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK150BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF
[...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]
2009-05-12 11:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK160BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 15, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Young Social Democrats Denied Registration (para. 2) - Police Curb Opposition Demonstration (para. 3) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 4) - [...]
2009-05-15 12:28:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK164BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]
2009-05-22 18:58:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK171BELARUS: NEW INTERIOR MINISTER APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) Belarusian President Lukashenka formally appointed a new Minister of Internal Affairs June 2. Anatol Kulyashou, who has been acting Minister, is a career policeman -- in contrast to his predecessor. He has largely remained behind the scenes and is generally well regarded. The Ministry [...]
2009-06-03 15:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK172BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]
2009-06-08 09:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK173BELARUS: REGIME CRYING OVER SPILT MILK AS SPAT WITH MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) While there is no break between the countries, a Russian block on Belarusian dairy exports is just the latest manifestation of a vitriolic conflict between Minsk and Moscow as traditional Kremlin disdain for President Lukashenka (and the formerly-vaunted "Belarusian economic miracle") re [...]
2009-06-08 12:51:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR BO RS
09MINSK183BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "European Belarus" Activists Fined (para. 2) - Prisoner of Conscience Fined (para. 3) - United Civic Party Activists Fined (para. 4) Domestic Economy ------------ [...]
2009-06-12 14:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]
2009-06-22 15:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK217BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES
[...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]
2009-07-03 22:46:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK22BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Independent Newspaper Denied Print, Distribution, then Fined (para. 2) - Grodno Activists Detained and Searched (para. 3) - Brest Activists Detained (para. 4) - Local [...]
2009-01-16 17:21:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK228BELARUS POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 10, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Investigation Against Volkovysk Activists Extended (para. 2) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist's Associate and Employer Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Fined (para. [...]
2009-07-10 15:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK244BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 17, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Community Fined (para. 2) - Belarusian Popular Front Youth Member Expelled (para. 3) - Independent Journalists Warned (para. 4) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist [...]
2009-07-17 14:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK248BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 24, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Another Opposition Activist From the 14 Is Amnestied (para. 2) - The Only Jailed Member of the 14 Stops His Hunger Strike (para. 3) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist Charge [...]
2009-07-24 14:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK255BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 31, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Police Disperse Independence Proclamation Rallies (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Warned (para. 3) - Independent Magazine Denied Distribution (para. 4) - Party of Wo [...]
2009-07-31 13:38:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK27BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------------ - Opposition Youth's Draft Order Suspended (para. 2) - Opposition Denied Venues (para. 3) - Demonstration Dispersed, Opposition Youth Leader Detained (para. 4) - Pr [...]
2009-01-23 13:39:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK274BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]
2009-08-17 14:34:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK275BELARUS DENIES NASHA VYASNA HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REGISTRATION
[...] (U) On August 12, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn the denial of state registration to the Nasha Vyasna (Belarusian for "Our Spring") human rights organization. The denial, the third since the organization was stripped of state registration in 2003, was an appeal of the Belarus Mi [...]
2009-08-18 10:19:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK287BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 21, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Yuri Leonov Attributes His Release to High Attention of Media and Foreign Embassies (para. 2) - "For Freedom" Activist in Gomel Fined For White-Red-White, EU Flags and [...]
2009-08-21 16:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]
2009-09-04 18:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK30GOB'S STEPS TOWARD MARKET REFORMS WELCOME WHILE INCOMPLETE
[...] Summary: President Lukashenka signed his first decree in 2009 simplifying the process for registration and liquidation of businesses. The GOB further enumerated an ambitious, 52-point plan envisioning an overhaul of the country's business code in 2009 toward liberalizing the economy. While t [...]
2009-01-26 16:42:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK307BELARUS DENIES PARTY FOR FREEDOM AND PROGRESS REGISTRATION
[...] (U) On August 26, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn an earlier denial of registration of the Party for Freedom and Progress (PFP). This was the party's fourth registration attempt since 2003. 2. (U) During the appeal hearing, the Belarus Ministry of Justice representative claime [...]
2009-09-10 16:00:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK317BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]
2009-09-16 15:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK322BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB, Lithuania Defer Agreement on Simplified Border Crossing (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Harass and Fine Opposition Activists (para. 3) - Riot Police Disperse an Oppo [...]
2009-09-18 16:44:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK332BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - New Life Church Still Facing Eviction, Receives Support from Visiting DRL Officer (para. 2) - "European Belarus" Activists Detained, Fined (para. 3) - GOB Continues to [...]
2009-09-25 12:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK345BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 9, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - IISEPS Survey: Despite Growing Pro-European Sentiments, Lukashenka Favored In Elections (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Try to Block Registered Parties from Getting Out [...]
2009-10-13 15:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK357IN BELARUS THE JUDICIARY IS JUST ONE MORE TOOL OF CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee's (BHC) most prominent human rights leaders, Harry Pogonyailo and Oleg Gulak, told Post that the Belarusian judicial system remains under the control of the Presidential Administration (PA) and the Justice Ministry (MOJ). According to t [...]
2009-10-21 08:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK359MID SIZE CITY IN BELARUS: ACTIVIST MORE CONFIDENT BUT
[...] (U) Summary: On August 5, 2009 Chargi Scanlan visited Borisov, the second largest industrial center (pop 150,000) in the Minsk Oblast, where he met with the local authorities, state and private businesses, opposition political parties and civil society. While the authorities praised improveme [...]
2009-10-23 16:00:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]
2009-10-26 18:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 18:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK385BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 17:39:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK390BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Summary. Belarus remains a transit route for illicit drugs and drug precursors. Reports of drug use and drug-related crime in Belarus increased in 2009, although there is no evidence of large-scale drug production in the country. In October 2008 the government adopted a National Action Plan [...]
2009-12-03 14:00:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM SNAR BO
09MINSK394BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]
2009-12-04 20:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]
2009-12-18 17:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE
[...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]
2009-12-23 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BO
09MINSK426BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]
2009-12-31 13:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK69BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...]
2009-02-27 14:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV BO
09MINSK72BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL
[...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]
2009-03-02 16:43:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK73BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL
[...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]
2009-03-03 08:23:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK78BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH
[...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...]
2009-03-05 18:00:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO
09MINSK86BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...]
2009-03-16 14:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO
09MINSK87BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...]
2009-03-17 09:35:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV BO
09MINSK92BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Demonstrate on Solidarity Day (para. 2) - Unregistered Union of Poles Member Fined (para. 3) - Gomel Belarusian Christian Democrats Fined (para. 4) - [...]
2009-03-19 15:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MONROVIA102LIBERIA: GENERAL AUDITING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS
[...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Auditor General (AG) John Morlu II praised President Sirleaf's commitment to anti-corruption and reaffirmed his support for her efforts to improve transparency and accountability in government in the face of frequent resistance. Morl [...]
2009-02-02 17:02:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PINR LI
09MONROVIA103LIBERIA: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONROVIA (FOR
[...] (SBU) The American International School of Monrovia (AISM) was established in 2007 with the strong encouragement and support of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The GOL provided the land and building, and sees AISM as an essential element in creating a climate that will facilitate foreign inve [...]
2009-02-02 17:06:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI
09MONROVIA118LIBERIA: SENATOR ACQUITTED IN MURDER TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Margibi County Junior Senator Roland Kaine was acquitted of murder by Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia on February 5. Senator Kaine was accused along with 15 others of murdering 21 youths in Grand Bassa County on June 7, 2008 in a land dispute. Six of the a [...]
2009-02-06 13:23:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KRCM ASEC CASC PREL PHUM LI
09MONROVIA119LIBERIA: GOL ANNOUNCES PRICE CUTS AND TAX CUTS
[...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ministry of Commerce lowered price ceilings on rice, petroleum and cement on January 29. The cuts come three days after the President announced a decrease in business and personal tax rates during her annual "State of the Nation" address January 26 (ref A). The President [...]
2009-02-06 17:00:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV ECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA125LIBERIA: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TESTIFIES AT TRC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After postponing several times, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf testified behind closed doors to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on February 12. Her testimony was subsequently broadcast on local radio stations. Sirleaf admitted being an early sympathizer of Charle [...]
2009-02-13 12:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL LI
09MONROVIA13QADHAFI VISITS LIBERIA
[...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi met with President Sirleaf January 3 in what the Executive Mansion termed a "transit stopover" at Roberts International Airport. According to press accounts, the two discussed "a wide range of issues, including bilateral relations between the two countries, th [...]
2009-01-05 17:46:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV LY LI
09MONROVIA134LIBERIA: MONROVIA'S NEW MAYOR CLEANING UP CITY FAST
[...] (SBU) President Sirleaf appointed her friend and trusted confidante, Mary Broh, as Mayor of the City of Monrovia on February 6. As Mayor, Broh replaces the political placeholder Ophelia Hoff-Saytumah, wife of Minister of State for Economic and Legal Affairs, Morris Saytumah. The appointment [...]
2009-02-17 18:43:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ABLG SOCI LI
09MONROVIA142LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with former First Lady and current Senior Senator from Bong County Jewel Howard Taylor February 10, at the Senator's request. Taylor remarked that she has not been invited to the Embassy since 2000 or 2001 because of her inclusion on the UN Travel Ban List, and said she [...]
2009-02-18 16:54:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID LI
09MONROVIA147LIBERIA: VOLUME I OF TRC REPORT PUBLISHED, ICGL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted Volume I of its Final Report to the GOL December 19 (reftel) and just recently made it public on its website (www.trcofliberia.org). The report included a list of the "most significant" warring factions (see paragraph 5) and [...]
2009-02-20 16:28:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA160WHO WILL SUCCEED ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF?
[...] (C) Summary: The next presidential elections in Liberia are almost three years away, and we sense that in many ways Liberian politicians are already gearing up for them. Potential candidates are building constituencies, keeping themselves in the press, and otherwise talking themselves up. Ho [...]
2009-02-26 14:03:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LI
09MONROVIA161DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA162DEMARCHE DELIVERED (2ND REQUEST/FOLLOWUP): UN APPEALS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA168CONTROVERSIAL POLICE APPOINTMENT OVERSHADOWS
[...] (C) Summary: The recent appointment of former Police Director Paul Mulbah as "Advisor" to the Liberia National Police (LNP) has overshadowed several positive steps by the GOL to reform LNP operations. Human rights organizations have accused Mulbah of ordering torture and other human rights a [...]
2009-03-03 17:26:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC LI
09MONROVIA169LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY SETBACK IN BY-ELECTION FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a severe setback for President Sirleaf's Unity Party, its candidate, Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Conmany Wesseh, lost a senatorial by-election run-off in River Gee County to Nathaniel Williams (Liberia Destiny Party),a River Gee Senator during the [...]
2009-03-03 18:56:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID CASC LI
09MONROVIA170RECRUITERS FOR GUARD FORCE IN IRAQ CAUSE STIR IN
[...] (C) The Project Manager of Sabre International called on EmbOffs March 3 with two local sub-contractors to brief us on their efforts in Monrovia to recruit Liberians for armed static guard positions in Iraq. They said the recruitment was under the Theatre-Wide Internal Security Services progra [...]
2009-03-04 07:51:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL ASEC IZ LI
09MONROVIA186LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]
2009-03-10 11:59:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA188PRO-TAYLOR ELEMENTS STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED
[...] (C) Summary: The recent remarks by Special Court for Sierra Leone prosecutor Stephen Rapp suggesting Charles Taylor may go free because of budgetary reasons caused alarm within the GOL and has emboldened Taylor supporters. Communication inside the Taylor camp remains intact, and those in leadership [...]
2009-03-10 12:51:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KCRM LI
09MONROVIA19LIBERIA: WEAK LEADERSHIP UNDERMINES COMMERCIAL FORESTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Weak leadership at the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has delayed resumption of commercial logging, placed millions of dollars of potential revenue at risk and jeopardized the success of the forestry reform program. The companies bidding on logging concessions consistent [...]
2009-01-07 13:29:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV ECON EAID SENV LI
09MONROVIA209LIBERIA: NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION REVOKES LICENSES OF
[...] (U) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) has revoked the licenses of ten political parties for violating the constitution and election laws of Liberia. The revocation came after persistent warnings that the parties were not in compliance with the law. Twenty registered parties rem [...]
2009-03-20 11:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA218LIBERIA: 1200 DELEGATES ATTEND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sirleaf and President of Finland Tarja Halonen convened the successful "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security" March 7-8 at the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The resulting "Monrovia Declaration" cal [...]
2009-03-24 15:08:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO LI
09MONROVIA219 LIBERIA: IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WORSENS
[...] SUMMARY: Both the GOL and International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia may be more serious than previously expected (reftels). The IMF has revised Liberia's growth projections downward from 10.3% to 6% for 2009, and from 14.8% to 8% in 201 [...]
2009-03-24 17:35:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA22LIBERIA TO WORK WITH ECOWAS ON GUINEA ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Boima Fahnbulleh told Ambassador and Deputy UN SRSG Jordan Ryan January 8 that Liberia fully backs the ECOWAS initiative to press the junta in Guinea to hold elections as soon as practical (he mentioned November 2009 as a likely date) as a "middle way" b [...]
2009-01-08 15:39:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GV LI
09MONROVIA227 FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, SEPTEMBER - FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Liberia continues its gradual recovery from fourteen years of civil war. Limited parts of the capital city, Monrovia, have electricity and the city still lacks a functioning water/sewer system and telephone network; health care is substandard. Government institution [...]
2009-03-30 16:09:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI
09MONROVIA241LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...]
2009-04-03 08:32:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA242 LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR DEDICATES USPS-DONATED POST OFFICE
[...] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield formally dedicated over 2,000 post office boxes and other postal equipment at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) on March 27. The post office boxes and postal equipment were donated by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and delivered March 2008 as [...]
2009-04-03 10:05:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EAID ECON LI
09MONROVIA258LIBERIA: AIRPORT SECURITY DEFICIENCIES MAY DELAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: It remains unlikely that Roberts International Airport (RIA) will meet minimum standards for certification by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in time for Delta Airlines' scheduled inauguration of direct flights between the United States and Liberia June 8, despit [...]
2009-04-10 14:08:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR ECON ETRD LI PGOV
09MONROVIA26LIBERIA: PRS GOVERNANCE AND RULE OF LAW PILLAR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs Amara Konneh is frustrated with how the Governance and Rule of Law (GRL) Pillar of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is functioning and has asked the President to assign it to another Minister. According to Konneh, the agreement made at [...]
2009-01-08 17:53:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA262LIBERIA: POWER PROJECT AND MINING CONCESSION RECEIVE
[...] (U) The Liberian Legislature ratified two major concessions April 1: the $150 million Buchanan Renewable Power (BRP) plant to produce electricity by burning chipped rubber wood (Ref A),and the $2.6 billion China Union Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) to mine iron ore (Ref B). The two conce [...]
2009-04-14 13:18:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA289LIBERIA: RUBBER SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's rubber sector provides 5.5% of its economic output, 85% of its exports and work for an estimated 50,000 Liberians. Roughly 40% of Liberia's rubber comes from small, Liberian-owned farms, with the remainder produced on large foreign-owned concessions. There has been l [...]
2009-04-28 08:01:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PGOV LI
09MONROVIA310LIBERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SHIP RECYCLING AND PIRACY
[...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref B demarche regarding the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly on May 1 and Ref A updated information and talking points on May 5. Commissioner Kesselly welcomed the me [...]
2009-05-06 14:43:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA MARR PREL SENV LI
09MONROVIA311LIBERIA: FISHERIES UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY: The fisheries sector has great potential for increased production and employment, but Liberia continues to import roughly twice the amount of fish it produces. According to the 2008 Annual Report from the Bureau of National Fisheries (BNF),profit margins for fish production are rela [...]
2009-05-06 17:27:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ECON ETRD PGOV LI
09MONROVIA318SCENESETTER ON UN ISSUES FOR LIBERIA VISIT OF UN
[...] (U) America has always had a special place in the hearts of Liberians and that esteem has grown since the end of the civil war. Thousands of Liberians found refuge in the United States during the war, and around 400,000 Liberians, from a population of fewer than four million, now call America [...]
2009-05-08 13:11:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV ECON OVIP LI
09MONROVIA33LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of Post
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Minister of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) Jeremiah Sulunteh reviewed progress since the visit by former USPS Chief Inspector Lazaroff in 2007, which he termed "very significant for Liberia Post," and expressed appreciation for U [...]
2009-01-12 12:57:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EAID ECON LI
09MONROVIA352LIBERIA VOTES FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 13:35:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL KV LI
09MONROVIA365 LIBERIA: Census confirms population estimates; ignores
[...] The final Census, released May 21, confirms a population of 3,476,608 Liberians. It notes a growth rate of 2.1% since the last census in 1984, and projects a doubling time of 33 years. There is no mention of the deaths (estimated at 250,000) or the massive emigration during the years of confl [...]
2009-05-27 14:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON PGOV LI
09MONROVIA373 LIBERIA: REFORMS BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Liberia continues to work at improving the business climate and moving up the IFC's "Doing Business" index. Eighteen new reforms, following up on 21 last year, simplify requirements for Starting a Business, Trading Across Borders, Registering Property, and Construction Permits. (See para. 5. [...]
2009-05-29 11:05:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BEXP ETRD EAID ECON KMCA LI
09MONROVIA374LIBERIA:MAY 29TH MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] (U) The May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) will be attended by Liberia. The following individuals plan to attend: * Margaret Ansumana, Deputy Commissioner and Delegation Leader, BMA *David Friesen, Head of Maritime Security, LISCR *Victor Do [...]
2009-05-29 11:51:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA LI
09MONROVIA375 LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET IS BIGGER AND MORE DETAILED
[...] (U) The GOL submitted its 2009-10 draft budget for legislative consideration on May 19. Despite the global financial crunch, the budget, at $347 million, shows a 16% increase over last year's and over 400% growth from the $80 million budget when the Sirleaf administration took office. It incl [...]
2009-05-29 11:51:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV LI
09MONROVIA390 UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]
2009-06-02 16:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONROVIA401LIBERIA: MEDIA REACTION: A NEW BEGINNING SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On June 4, 2009, the Public Diplomacy Section delivered copies of President Obama's speech to Mosques and media houses throughout Monrovia. Liberians watched the speech live on CNN and BBC in cafes and restaurants. Radio stations replayed the speech several times that day. Newspapers p [...]
2009-06-05 15:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO LI
09MONROVIA402PROGRESS REPORT: THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR)
[...] SUMMARY: USAID/Liberia is pleased to respond to reftel with this brief progress report on the $10 million Supplemental funds received to enhance Liberia's food security. The funds have been programmed to build on the success of the existing USAID Liberia's agricultural programs and to launch a [...]
2009-06-08 09:19:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID LI ECON
09MONROVIA41PRESIDENT SIRLEAF'S POSITION AT ECOWAS SUMMIT
[...] (C) President Sirleaf confirmed to Ambassador January 12 that she was "instrumental" in removing a provision in the draft ECOWAS communique on Guinea calling for sanctions (leaving in a condemnation of the coup, suspension of Guinea from ECOWAS, and a demand that the CNDD take immediate steps [...]
2009-01-13 17:05:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC GV LI
09MONROVIA415 LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...]
2009-06-10 17:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA430 LIBERIA: GOL RECEIVES TSA REPORT ON AIRPORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) A/DCM and Econoff delivered TSA's report to Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) Director General Rich Williams on June 8, just after the announcement that TSA had not approved Delta's planned service to Monrovia that had been scheduled to start June 9. Williams said he had advised b [...]
2009-06-16 18:12:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON LI
09MONROVIA431LIBERIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...]
2009-06-16 18:23:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LI
09MONROVIA432LIBERIA: DELEGATION WILL ATTEND AU SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 18:25:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL ECON AU LI
09MONROVIA443LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES RAISES SUNKEN WRECK
[...] On May 23, Buchanan Renewables (BR) removed the wreck of the Torm Alexandra, which sank at Monrovia Freeport pier while unloading in July 2001. After initial unsuccessful attempts to raise the ship, the owners had relinquished title to the Liberia National Port Authority. Two subsequent effo [...]
2009-06-22 07:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EWWT LI
09MONROVIA46LIBERIA: NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ON OPIC PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of National Housing Authority has assured Post that the title granting 100 acres of land to the National Housing Authority for an OPIC-funded housing project is clear, and that title to the remaining 200 acres should be confirmed shortly. Post has asked the Ministr [...]
2009-01-15 08:07:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON OPIC LI
09MONROVIA462MONROVIA APPROVAL: DIPLOMATIC POUCH SHIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 12:38:00Embassy MonroviaSECRETASEC PTER
09MONROVIA469 WITHDRAWAL OF SAUDI LOAN IMPERILS LIBERIA'S PORT REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Saudi Development Fund may be unable to fulfill its promise to provide a $50 million soft loan to renovate the Freeport of Monrovia, after Saudi Arabia and Liberia were unable to reschedule outstanding debt on terms comparable to the Paris Club. Without the Saudi loan, the [...]
2009-06-30 13:05:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PREL LI
09MONROVIA479LIBERIA INKS MORE TRANSPARENT DEAL FOR SHIP REGISTRY
[...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) signed a new 10-year deal with the GOL June 30 to manage the country's lucrative "flags of convenience" business. Weary from years of haggling with the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) over control of revenues, and spurned by specious [...]
2009-07-06 15:10:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EINV LI
09MONROVIA483 NEW MAYOR CLEANS UP CITY HALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Mayor Mary Broh has begun working as Monrovia's mayor without confirmation by the Senate. She has taken on efforts to rationalize city operations with the same vigor she has shown to clean up Monrovia's streets, clear some of the corruption from the port and reorganize t [...]
2009-07-08 08:09:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID LI
09MONROVIA487LIBERIAN PRESIDENT NAMED IN TRC REPORT FOR HER ASSOCIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction to the of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report of the Liberian civil crisis is mixed but steadily growing several days after its June 30 release. The GOL did not publically respond to the report's recommendation that President Sirleaf be banned from pu [...]
2009-07-08 15:58:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA50LIBERIA: FOURTH SESSION OF 52ND LEGISLATURE OPENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Liberian House and Senate held separate opening ceremonies January 12 to mark the beginning of the Fourth Session of the 52nd Legislature. About two-thirds of the Legislators were present, with some members still abroad after four months of recess. Vice President Boakai, a [...]
2009-01-15 17:29:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID LI
09MONROVIA52LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons),resumption of timber exports is [...]
2009-01-20 16:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI
09MONROVIA524LIBERIA'S FINAL BUDGET A STUDY IN WISHFUL THINKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the midst of anemic commodity prices, flagging interest from would-be concessionaires and reduced growth forecasts, Liberia's National Legislature has approved an amended budget for 2009-2010, adding almost $25 million in expenditures to the Ministry of Finance's proposed $34 [...]
2009-07-20 11:03:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA532REACTION TO THE TRC REPORT -- A CALMER TONE
[...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the TRC report was released public opinion still does not appear to be fully informed of the content of the report. Debate centers around the most publicized aspects of the report, the banning of President Sirleaf from future public office and discussion of who was [...]
2009-07-21 14:58:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA533GOL VOWS THAT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT AND DEFUNCT SAUDI LOAN WILL
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has chosen to move forward with its search for a port management company to rehabilitate and oversee the Freeport of Monrovia. Saudi Arabia's withdrawal of a highly-concessional loan for port renovations (Ref A),and the recent revelation of an outstand [...]
2009-07-21 17:34:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EWWT LI
09MONROVIA540UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE
[...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...]
2009-07-24 10:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
09MONROVIA547LIBERIA: SECURITY SITUATION STABLE; NO TARGETING OF
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit this information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The security situation in Liberia continues to improve and post has received no reports that individuals are being attacked or harmed f [...]
2009-07-29 15:27:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA549PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO TAYLOR,S ACCUSATIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Appeals for reconciliation in the wake of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's release were amplified during events commemorating 162 years of independence. International visitors, including Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang and Economic Commu [...]
2009-07-30 09:58:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR EG LI
09MONROVIA550ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT ON TRUTH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas shared his concerns with Ambassador that if the GOL does not respond appropriately to the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendations, the situation could degrade. [...]
2009-07-30 16:36:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR GV LI
09MONROVIA565LIBERIA: CAN LEDFC SALVAGE ITS FLOUNDERING BUSINESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Short on cash and wracked by non-performing loans, the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company (LEDFC) will exhaust its operating capital and be forced to close by February 2010 if it cannot raise $1 million in additional funds. Questioning LEDFC's long-term viability, t [...]
2009-08-04 17:11:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV LI
09MONROVIA567LIBERIA: RULING PARTY EXECUTIVES HOLD EXTRAORDINARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 100 executive members of the ruling Unity Party (U.P.),including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, attended a one-day extraordinary party conference on July 11. Party executives agreed to hold a national convention in October 2009 where all leadership positions will be con [...]
2009-08-05 16:57:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA569LIBERIA: NO TARGETING OF CHUCKIE TAYLOR SUPPORTERS
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit the following information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There have been no reports of threats or intimidation against former President Charles Taylor, his son "Chuckie" Taylor, thei [...]
2009-08-05 17:28:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA570LIBERIA: SUDDEN DEATH OF MONROVIA-AREA SENATOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Montserrado County Senator Hanna Brent of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) died in Monrovia on August 3. The cause of death has not been made public. Senator Brent is the sixth legislator to die since January 2006. The race to succeed her is expected to be i [...]
2009-08-06 08:03:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA589LIBERIA: PROTESTERS CALL FOR OUSTER OF PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY. A group of about 50 people demonstrated peacefully at the Embassy on August 7, calling for the creation of a war crimes tribunal and the resignation of President Sirleaf. They also asked the USG to stop the GOL from harassing Mulbah Morlu. A second demonstration may occur on Augus [...]
2009-08-11 15:46:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA602TRANSITION FROM TRC TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has kicked off the establishment of Liberia's Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) by handing the Senate a list of commissioner nominees for approval. This newest human rights commission iteration is the latest attempt by successive [...]
2009-08-20 14:10:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM LI
09MONROVIA609 ARREST OF PAKISTANI MALAFIDE PASSENGERS LAYS BARE WEAKNESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The removal of two malafide Pakistanis from a Brussels Airlines August 12 flight to Brussels by airline officials, and the GOL's subsequent investigation, has brought to light a well developed smuggling operation using the Roberts International Airport (RIA) VIP Lounge as a way [...]
2009-08-24 17:59:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR ECON KFRD CPAS PREL PGOV KCRM EAID LI
09MONROVIA612LOCKHEED MARTIN INKS MANAGEMENT DEAL FOR LIBERIA'S AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lockheed Martin has signed a limited-liability six-month contract with the Ministry of Transport to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA),enhance safety and security procedures, and develop ancillary revenue streams. While the existing agreement promises limited profits fo [...]
2009-08-25 13:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR LI
09MONROVIA618CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
[...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...]
2009-08-27 17:34:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT
09MONROVIA619MONROVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES
[...] (SBU) Charge raised Ref A demarche points with Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador William Bull in an August 27 meeting. Bull told Charge that he will discuss the Viktor Bout situation with relevant Liberian authorities. He noted the GOL's neutral position regarding the prosecution of former [...]
2009-08-27 18:15:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PTER CO RS TH LI
09MONROVIA626DESPITE SECURITY BREACH, BRUSSELS AIRLINES TO CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considering suspending operations of its Monrovia-Brussels flight following the discovery of a passport fraud ring and threats to its staff, Brussels Airlines has determined that it can shore up existing gaps in security, customs and immigration procedures and continue ope [...]
2009-08-28 13:07:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR AMGT KFRD LI
09MONROVIA628LIBERIA PASSES LONG-AWAITED PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 13:46:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA646LIBERIA: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF DISSOLVES MAYORAL TASK FORCE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dissolved a task force headed by Acting Monrovia City Mayor, Mary Broh, and apologized to members of the National Muslim Council after Broh and members of her task force were involved in a scuffle with Muslims at a mosque in Monrovia on August [...]
2009-09-03 11:35:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA661FLAWED THRESHOLD BILL LIKELY TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Liberian House of Representatives approved a Threshold Bill on September 3 that is the same as the one passed earlier by the Senate. The final bill will double the maximum population in a constituency to 40,000 with a proviso that no county shall have fewer than two seats in [...]
2009-09-11 12:40:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA662 LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...]
2009-09-11 13:02:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENGR LI
09MONROVIA673LIBERIAN DOLLAR'S DOWNWARD SLIDE PRESENTS FRESH HARDSHIPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past three years, the Liberian Dollar (LD) maintained relative exchange rate stability, weathering double-digit inflation, ever-increasing import prices, and delayed revenue from lucrative mining and timber contracts, thanks to cautious monetary and fiscal policy. Yet, [...]
2009-09-16 17:30:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON LI
09MONROVIA674LIBERIA SHOWS MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN WORLD BANK'S DOING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia moved up the scale of the World Bank's "Doing Business Indicators" for the third year in a row, jumping eight spots to 149th out of 183 countries. While Liberia implemented quick-win procedural improvements that garnered it a place among the top ten reformers of 2009, f [...]
2009-09-17 16:47:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON LI
09MONROVIA69LIBERIA: CDC CONVENTION FAILS TO HEAL RIFT IN PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC),the largest opposition party in Liberia, has been fractured into two since April 2008 (reftel),with one faction supporting 2005 presidential candidate George Weah and the other against, arguing that the uneducated soccer star left Liberia [...]
2009-01-21 08:32:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA691FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...]
2009-09-28 08:33:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI
09MONROVIA695SIRLEAF VETO PUSHES THRESHOLD BILL BACK TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf exercised her line-item veto authority to reject the Threshold Bill segment guaranteeing each county a minimum of two seats in the House of Representatives. This followed a determination by the Solicitor General confirming the t [...]
2009-09-29 10:17:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA698LIBERIA's OIL PROSPECTS INCREASE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil discovery September 16 at a deepwater exploration site in Sierra Leone along the Liberian border increases the prospects of unearthing oil along Liberia's geologically similar coast. The highly-publicized find coincides with the National Oil Company of Liberia's (NOCAL [...]
2009-09-30 07:50:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENGR LI
09MONROVIA70LIBERIA: A NEW, ASSERTIVE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recently appointed Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Commissioner Binyah Kesselly is seeking to assert tighter control over the country's outsourced shipping registry and has embarked on an ambitious program to transform Liberia into a "maritime nation" by expanding BMA [...]
2009-01-21 10:03:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA720PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ON HER VISIT TO CONAKRY
[...] (C) Ambassador met with President Sirleaf on September 28 to raise, among other issues, the situation in Guinea and her September 2 trip there with Senegal President Wade to meet with Moussa Dadis Camara. Sirleaf acknowledged that she had suggested to Wade that they make a trip to Guinea to pr [...]
2009-10-02 09:56:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC GV LI
09MONROVIA722 PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TO CONTINUE TO PRESS DADIS; CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: President Sirleaf does not believe anohTer visit to Conakry would be useful, but will continue to work with Wade, Gbagbo and Ibn Chambas on pressing Dadis to step down. She suggested a "demonstration of force" would help limit the bloodshed. Liberian security services are picking [...]
2009-10-02 14:33:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ASEC SG GV LI
09MONROVIA724EMBASSY MONROVIA CONVENES EAC TO DISCUSS UNREST IN GUINEA
[...] (U) On October 2, 2009, Embassy Monrovia convened the EAC to discuss the ongoing unrest in Guinea and its implications for security and stability in Liberia. 2. (S//NF) Ambassador recounted her conversation with the President of Liberia on September 28 (Ref B) and the president's Chief of [...]
2009-10-05 08:57:00Embassy MonroviaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PREL PHUM GV LI
09MONROVIA725LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES DEAL STALLS OVER PRICE DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia may back out of a power purchase agreement with Buchanan Renewables (BR),after a consortium of donors warned the President that unduly high tariffs could threaten the financial solvency of the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) and deter small busi [...]
2009-10-05 09:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EAGR LI
09MONROVIA73LIBERIA: CHINESE FIRM WINS BID TO DEVELOP BONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The China Union Investment Company has won the bid to redevelop Liberia's Bong iron ore mining range. The $2.6 billion concession agreement is the most lucrative investment contract signed by the Sirleaf government and is expected to create over 10,000 direct jobs and rehabilitate [...]
2009-01-21 17:03:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN PGOV LI
09MONROVIA731LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff met with Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly October 6 to deliver reftel demarche informing GOL of USG intention to seek re-election to category "A" membership on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 2. (SBU) GOL thanked USG for th [...]
2009-10-06 17:36:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONROVIA751LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 10,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia [...]
2009-10-13 16:45:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON LI ETRD
09MONROVIA753DESPITE PORT AUTHORITY ROADBLOCKS, PORT REFORM CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal disputes within the GOL and second thoughts about the merits of private management at the Freeport of Monrovia present fresh challenges for the Port Sector Reform Program (PSRP),but are unlikely to derail a two-year process that enjoys Presidential and unified donor sup [...]
2009-10-14 17:10:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EAID LI
09MONROVIA76LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...]
2009-01-22 10:18:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
09MONROVIA760 FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 13:07:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI
09MONROVIA763LEGISLATURE SENDS ELECTORAL REFORM AMENDMENTS TO EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Legislature has passed a constitutional amendment law that sets in motion reforms needed before the 2011 elections. The "Electoral Reform Law" was drafted with input from the law reform commission and civil society. It seeks to amend sections of the Liberian consti [...]
2009-10-16 13:24:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA773 PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ON GUINEA AND NIGER
[...] (SBU) Ambassador called on President Sirleaf on October 19 upon the president's return from the October 17 ECOWAS summit in Abuja and her October 18 visit to Niamey as part of a high level mission. GUINEA ------ 2. (C) Sirleaf said that she has decided to take a stronger, more active sta [...]
2009-10-20 11:41:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECOWAS NG GV LI
09MONROVIA775LIBERIA: PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION QUELLS TURF WARFARE AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Less than a month after Lockheed Martin inked a deal to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA) (Reftel) the President was forced to intervene to clarify the respective roles of the Liberian Civil Aviation Authority and Lockheed Martin. As de facto airport manager, Lockheed M [...]
2009-10-20 16:48:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA776 MONTSERRADO SENATE BY-ELECTION A PRECURSOR TO 2011 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Elections Commission (NEC) will conduct a by-election on November 10 to elect a replacement for Montserrado Senator Hannah Brent who died on August 3. The official campaign period is October 14-18. Ten candidates have been approved and one disqualified. The by-el [...]
2009-10-21 08:53:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA785ETHIOPIAN AIRWAYS TO FLY TO MONROVIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Airways (EA) will begin flights to Roberts International Airport (RIA) October 25, expanding its service in West Africa by linking Monrovia to Addis Ababa through Accra. EA's entrance will meet the need for more avenues from Liberia into Africa, Europe and the United S [...]
2009-10-26 08:24:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA786FLAWED TIMBER CONCESSIONS PASS LEGISLATURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Legislature ratified four new Forest Management Contracts (FMCs) in a closed-door session September 23, despite civil society objections and a ruling from the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) overturning the concessions on technical grounds. Polit [...]
2009-10-26 08:28:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA799LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE
[...] Following is the text of a dipnote dated October 5 and received at U.S. Embassy Monrovia on October 27, 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to our note of October 5 on the U.S. candidacy for the IMO. The note repeats Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Chairman Kessely's respons [...]
2009-10-28 15:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONROVIA801FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 15:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA802 52ND LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The 52nd National Legislature has concluded its fourth session, recessing until the fifth session begins in January 2010. Despite the fact that several key laws were passed and concession agreements ratified, the Legislature failed to pass crucial measures related to meeting Lib [...]
2009-10-30 09:55:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA804IMF THINKING ON LIBERIA'S HIPC COMPLETION POINT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resisting political pressures to hasten Completion Point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative before the end of 2009, an International Monetary Fund team led by Africa Director Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia's former Finance Minister, estimated that Liberia may achieve [...]
2009-11-02 08:38:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ECOM LI
09MONROVIA809HEAD OF CONCESSIONS COMMISSION MURDERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Keith Jubah, chairman of the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission and President of the Rubber Planters Association, was shot to death November 1 outside his home at the Morris Farm near Kakata. Although police have identified three suspects, reports against them remain [...]
2009-11-03 16:09:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR CASC ASEC KCRM PREL PGOV LI
09MONROVIA81LIBERIA: DISASTER ADVISORY ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR
[...] SUMMARY: This is a DISASTER ALERT cable to report widespread infestation of crops by caterpillar moths (presumed by some to be 'army worms') in central and northern Liberia. The Liberian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced January 20 a state of emergency in 50 villages of central Liberia [...]
2009-01-23 15:44:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF WFP IZ LI PHUM
09MONROVIA82LIBERIA: GOL SIGNS CONTRACT POWER PLANT FUELED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian firm Buchanan Renewables (Monrovia) Power, Inc. (BRP) signed January 21 a concession agreement with the Government of Liberia (GOL) and a power purchase agreement with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the construction of a 35-megawatt power plant to provide [...]
2009-01-23 15:45:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV ETRD OPIC LI
09MONROVIA822 GOL AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ACCEPTING DEPORTEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a productive meeting on October 27, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice confirmed that the GOL is prepared to receive 28 deportees in January 2010, and agreed to the drafting a Memorandum of Understanding with the USG outlining procedures for the return of deporte [...]
2009-11-12 07:25:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM LI
09MONROVIA83LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs (MPEA) Amarah Konneh, who has been in office five months (ref B),thanked the USG for the "quick win" of the MCC threshold program and described his plans to take on the challenges of a historica [...]
2009-01-23 18:08:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PINR LI
09MONROVIA833LIBERIA - SENATE BY-ELECTION RESULTS IN RUN-OFF
[...] SUMMARY. Voter turnout was low in the November 10 Montserrado Senate by-election, with just 20 percent of voters participating. None of the ten candidates took an absolute majority of votes, so the two leading candidates, Geraldine Doe-Sheriff of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and [...]
2009-11-17 16:15:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA838FISCAL SQUEEZE SPARKS CALLS FOR BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the global downturn could be expected to impose some constraints on Liberia's 2009-2010 budget, the Ministry of Finance's admission that revenue collection fell a full 25 percent short of planned expenditures in the first quarter alone has raised questions about the efficac [...]
2009-11-18 17:28:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN LI
09MONROVIA841LIBERIA - LARGEST PARTIES PREPARE FOR RUN-OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Montserrado County Senate run-off candidates in separate November 18 meetings where she encouraged the Congress for Democratic Change's (CDC) Geraldine Doe Sheriff and Unity Party's (UP) to prevent the inciting of voters in the final November 24 round of the [...]
2009-11-20 12:42:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA844CHINESE SOLICIT PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. FOLLOWING SHARM EL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and the attendant promises of new Chinese investment in Liberia, the Chinese Embassy approached the USG to explore future possibilities for greater U.S.-Chinese cooperation in foreign assistance. The Chinese Embassy is particularl [...]
2009-11-23 08:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA863LIBERIA: JOHN MORLU'S CANDIDACY FOR HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Inspector General John Morlu is passionately committed to public financial management, and has transformed a moribund General Auditing Commission (GAC) into an independent and vocal mechanism for fighting corruption in Liberia. While Morlu's reputation for integrity is unimpeachab [...]
2009-12-01 17:47:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALAORC UN PREL AMGT LI
09MONROVIA87LIBERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY ORDERS BEATING OF FORMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former lawmaker in the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) Prince Toe has accused Speaker of the House Alex Tyler of ordering his bodyguards to beat him after Toe's pickup nearly collided with a vehicle in Tyler's convoy January 18. The Monrovia Magisterial Court i [...]
2009-01-28 09:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LI
09MONROVIA877LIBERIA: OPPOSITION WINS SENATE BY-ELECTION RUN-OFF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) convincingly won the Montserrado County senatorial by-election in a second crucial test for the National Elections Commission (NEC). The ruling Unity Party (UP) lost the election despite heavy financial backing and support from f [...]
2009-12-03 19:26:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI KPAO LI
09MONROVIA894FATE OF BUCHANAN RENEWABLES REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS GOL WAVERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While President Sirleaf feels tremendous political pressure to expand electric services in Monrovia, fulfilling public promises to secure 10 megawatts of power in the capital by the end of 2010, her energy advisors have been unable to proffer the definitive guidance that would e [...]
2009-12-11 11:25:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EGAR ENRG LI
09MONROVIA90LIBERIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED REFORM IN THIRD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In her third State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the National Legislature January 26, President Sirleaf summarized the achievements of her government in 2008 and called for Liberia to "sustain this progress" in 2009. She vowed to continue the fight against corru [...]
2009-01-28 18:04:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EINV KCRM CACS LI
09MONROVIA906LIBERIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES DISCUSSES TRC PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY. The members of the Liberian Council of Churches (LCC) told Ambassador that healing and reconciliation are more important than a harsh application of justice in dealing with perpetrators from the civil war. They fear that calls for prosecution will lead to renewed strife. Election [...]
2009-12-11 13:02:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA93LIBERIA: DISASTER DECLARATION ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR
[...] This is an action request. Please See para 14. 2. Summary: This is a disaster declaration cable to request assistance from OFDA for immediate humanitarian relief related to the impact on water supply, sanitation, health and livelihoods related to widespread infestation of crops by caterpi [...]
2009-01-29 19:10:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL WFP PHUM LI
09MONROVIA936LETTER FROM PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TO SECRETARY CLINTON ON COP
[...] Following is the text of a letter from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Secretary Clinton on the Liberian President's views on climate change and gender, and on U.S. leadership on addressing climate change. The letter came under cover of a dipnote dated December 15 and received at U.S. Emba [...]
2009-12-16 17:34:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EENV LI
09MONROVIA937LIBERIA: FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT RELEASED AFTER MUCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After many delays, the final, edited version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report was released on December 8. It contained few changes, mostly the addition of 17 names to lists of perpetrators and more statistical analysis. Implementing the recommendations is [...]
2009-12-17 08:40:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI EAID LI
09MONROVIA949 PUBLISHER ARRESTED FOR SEDITION
[...] (U) The Government of Liberia has brought charges of sedition and "criminal libel against the President" against the publisher and printer of the Liberian newspaper "The Plain Truth" after printing an article on December 9, from supposedly Guinean intelligence sources, that the Liberian governm [...]
2009-12-22 17:44:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PREL KJUS GV LI
09MONROVIA952LIBYA INVESTS $30 MILLION IN LIBERIAN RICE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOL and the Foundation for African Development Aid's (ADA) $30 million concession for large-scale commercial rice production, funded through Libyan African Investment Portfolio, is the first large scale domestic rice program in a country that imports over 55% of all its rice -- [...]
2009-12-22 18:04:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAGR ASEC LI
09MONROVIA98LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES DRIVER'S LICENSE DURING
[...] (SBU) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Jackson Doe clarified that in addition to land, sea and air transport, MOT has jurisdiction over the National Port Authority, meteorology and hydrology functions, and over all insurance firms. The GOL is working on plan [...]
2009-01-30 13:15:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN LI
09MONTERREY100MEXICO: TRACKING NARCO-GRENADES
[...] (SBU) During recent months Mexican narco-traffickers have directed a series of grenade attacks directed against, inter alia, Mexican law enforcement and military facilities, civilian crowds, and U.S. consular installations. The escalation in the strength and power of the weapons used by the [...]
2009-03-03 17:19:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNETTC MASS SNAR PGOV KCRM CASC MX KS
09MONTERREY101MONTERREY BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS ECONOMY IS SLOW, BUT NOT
[...] At the suggestion of the Consulate, the Monterrey chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce surveyed its members on the economy during a late January speech by Amcham economist Deborah Riner. Although the member companies expected some decline in sales and delayed investment, they gener [...]
2009-03-04 16:01:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD MX
09MONTERREY102NUEVO LEON?S EFFORTS TO REFORM STATE AND LOCAL POLICE HAVE
[...] (C) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon has instituted many changes to clean up its state and municipal police forces, including annual lie detector tests, the creation of an integrated municipal police force called Metropol, and the construction of a high technology C-4 CCTV monitoring center. T [...]
2009-03-04 21:56:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNSNAR KCRM ASEC CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY109SLOW PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. There have been a number of allegations of public corruption in Nuevo Leon - including bribes for transit police and building inspectors and misuse of funds - but these cases have resulted in few negatives consequences for those named. The only exception occurred when pr [...]
2009-03-17 15:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY110PAN AND PRI RESORT TO OLD TACTICS IN NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR'S
[...] (U) Summary. Despite earlier promises to hold primaries, the Nuevo Leon PAN and PRI parties both chose their candidates by direct designation, reflecting the parties' desire to control the process. The PAN selected Fernando Elizondo Barragan to be their candidate for governor and the PRI chos [...]
2009-03-17 15:25:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX
09MONTERREY132IPR TRAINING IMPROVES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES IN MONTERREY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Based upon recent meetings between post and Mexican Customs officials at the Monterrey airport, we believe the latter are using USG-funded IPR training to substantially improve their procedures. Indeed, the customs officials showed off several intercepted packages seize [...]
2009-04-06 14:38:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD MX
09MONTERREY137MONTERREY: MONEY LAUNDERING MOVES FROM BANKS TO CASH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey is a major destination for illegal bulk money transfers and money laundering from the United States. Although Mexico only intermittently prosecutes money launderers, our industry contacts believe that due to corporate self regulation and Mexican laws, money launderin [...]
2009-04-08 19:05:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX
09MONTERREY14ATTACK ON TELEVISA TV STATION INCREASES PRESS INTIMIDATION
[...] (C ) Summary. On January 6 the Televisa TV station in Monterrey was attacked by unknown assailants, who shot eight .40 caliber rounds into the station wall and threw a grenade over a fence into the parking lot, which exploded but did not injure anyone. The attack occurred while Televisa was br [...]
2009-01-12 19:54:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV KCRM PHUM MX
09MONTERREY141HUMAN RIGHTS IN NUEVO LEON: POLICE IMPUNITY BUT FEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. The militarization of the drug war in northern Mexico has not resulted in a significant increase in alleged human rights violations against the Mexican military in Nuevo Leon. Numerous human rights violations do occur in the state, but the alleged culprits usually are state a [...]
2009-04-15 19:26:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR KCRM PGOV ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY150MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ON SWINE FLU: MGSF01
[...] On April 27 Consul General convened the Monterrey Emergency Action Committee to discuss post's response to the outbreak of swine flu. Representatives from MGT, PAS, CONS, POL/ECON, RSO, ACS, FCS, DEA, DHS/ICE, ATO, CLO and OPAD attended. 2. Currently there are currently ele [...]
2009-04-28 16:39:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MONTERREY158BUSINESS LEADERS SUPPORT MEXICAN MILITARY AND MERIDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. ON April 23 Post convened a group of respected business leaders for an in-depth discussion of Mexico's progress on security, the role of the military and their perspective on the Merida Initiative. The business leaders thought that Mexico could be at a tipping point in [...]
2009-05-07 19:10:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SOCI PGOV KCOR ECON MX
09MONTERREY175BORDER STATES CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP AND MEXICO'S CLIMATE
[...] Summary. The Mexican state and federal governments reaffirmed their commitment to combating climate change at the Border States Climate Change Workshop held April 22-23 in Monterrey, Mexico. The conference, sponsored by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC),was the first ever [...]
2009-05-14 15:52:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY176SOME HOPEFUL ECONOMIC SIGNS AS NUEVO LEON EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
[...] Summary. Although Nuevo Leon has been heavily affected by the U.S. economic recession, the pace of job losses has slowed and exports in most sectors have begun to rebound. The manufacturing sector has suffered the most job losses, and construction has also been hard hit; services and tra [...]
2009-05-14 19:47:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ECIN ELAB MX
09MONTERREY178NUEVO LEON'S HEALTH SECRETARY BRIEFS ON H1N1 FLU
[...] Summary. On May 14, 2009 Monterrey Consul General, Econoff and ACS Deputy met with Nuevo Leon Secretary of Health Gilberto Montiel Amoroso to discuss the state's response to the H1N1 outbreak and its capacity to handle future pandemics. The capital of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, is the third larg [...]
2009-05-18 14:29:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MONTERREY18BATISTA KIDNAPPING CASE: LITTLE REAL PROGRESS SO FAR
[...] (C) Summary. Despite widespread publicity and continued USG efforts, there has been little progress in resolving the December 10 kidnapping of Felix Batista, an Amcit anti-kidnapping expert. Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira Valdes personally assured the Consul General that he would p [...]
2009-01-14 22:24:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR PGOV KCRM ECON MX
09MONTERREY183NARCO-VIOLENCE STRIKES CLOSE TO WORK AND HOME
[...] (C) Summary. Several local law enforcement sources think that Monterrey will become increasingly violent in coming months as lower level drug cartel members compete among themselves to rise on the `corporate ladder.' On May 14 there were two narco attacks, one on the street leading to the [...]
2009-05-19 19:20:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR CASC KCRM MX
09MONTERREY190DRUG CARTELS INFILTRATE THE QUIET STATE OF ZACATECAS
[...] (C) Summary. Although the state of Zacatecas appears relatively free from narcotics violence, two recent events demonstrate the extent to which the drug cartels have infiltrated the state government. On May 16 a convey of armed men freed 53 prisoners from a state prison in five minutes, w [...]
2009-05-20 20:53:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY191MAY 20 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (U) On May 20, 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC)was convened to discuss the U.S. position concerning unreleased detainee photographs (See reftel A) and also recent narco-related violence in the Monterrey Area. EAC participants included the CG, CONS, POL/ECON, RSO, DEA, ICE, MGT, F [...]
2009-05-21 16:31:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PTER PINS MX
09MONTERREY198NUEVO LEON PLANNING AHEAD TO AVOID WATER SHORTAGES.
[...] Summary. The northern border state of Nuevo Leon is currently only able to guarantee unrestricted access to water through 2015. Experts predict water shortages in border states will be brought on by booming population growth and climate change induced droughts. These shortages will lead to [...]
2009-05-26 16:37:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON EINV EAGR MX
09MONTERREY201MISREPRESENTATIONS BY STAFFING AGENCIES UNDER THE H-2B
[...] Summary/Action Request. Post has identified a growing trend in which staffing agencies are petitioning increasing numbers of H-2B temporary worker visas for needs that are neither temporary nor seasonal, but year-round. Such action a) introduces multiple opportunities for fraud and abuse, b) [...]
2009-05-28 17:02:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY202MEXICAN ECONOMIC RECESSION DEEPENS; BUSINESS COMPLAINS
[...] (U) Summary. Mexico's growth rate showed a sharp 8.2% annualized decline in the first quarter of 2009, indicating a deeper recession than expected. Several local economists now project that Mexico's economy will decline 6-7% in 2009. Credit remains tight and confidence is still low, [...]
2009-05-29 16:23:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX
09MONTERREY203H-2B FRAUD IN CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES
[...] This cable is the second in a two-part series examining fraud trends in the H-2B temporary workers program. The first cable looked at misrepresentation among staffing agencies; this piece focuses on fraud in construction and related trades. This cable has been coordinated with other H-2B issu [...]
2009-05-29 20:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY206MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY U.S. RECESSION BUT EXPECTS
[...] (U) Summary. The deep U.S. recession has dramatically reduced demand in the Mexican auto industry, a key source of industrial production and exports. Mexican auto producers are in an ornery mood, strongly criticizing the importation of used U.S. cars and their government's lack of su [...]
2009-06-02 15:47:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MX
09MONTERREY210NUEVO LEON STATE PUBLIC SECURITY SECRETARY SEES A MIXED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 17:37:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY213MEXICAN MILITARY ARRESTS STATE AND LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In ongoing operations, 74 police officers, including some high ranking officials, have been detained by the Mexican military for ties to organized crime. The arrests highlight the level of infiltration of local security forces. While President Calderon has vowed to keep up t [...]
2009-06-05 20:31:00Consulate MonterreySECRETASEC SNAR CASC KCRM MX
09MONTERREY218NUEVO LEON AND COAHUILA LEADERS SEEK TO "OUTSOURCE" PUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 21:53:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY219MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE THE
[...] Summary: The state of Nuevo Leon is home to a number of private and public sector sources of microfinance which have helped borrowers to start informal family businesses. However, the unforeseen devaluation of the peso versus the dollar has put significant pressure on microfinance institutio [...]
2009-06-12 22:30:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SOCI PGOV MX
09MONTERREY223CARTELS WRESTLE FOR CONTROL OF DURANGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Drug trafficking organizations have transformed the state of Durango into one of the most violent battlegrounds in Mexico. Key institutions such as the church and the press have been terrorized as local civil society finds itself under siege. The number of violent deaths in [...]
2009-06-16 21:36:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR CASC ASEC KCRM PGOV EAID MX
09MONTERREY23(CORRECTED COPY) BATISTA KIDNAPPING CASE: LITTLE REAL
[...] (C) Summary. Despite widespread publicity and continued USG efforts, there has been little progress in resolving the December 10 kidnapping of Felix Batista, an Amcit anti-kidnapping expert. Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira Valdes personally assured the Consul General that he would provide a [...]
2009-01-21 21:14:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY250MEXICAN MILITARY CONTINUING TO ARREST LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the last four weeks the Mexican military has stepped up their operations in Nuevo Leon resulting in high profile arrests of corrupt police officers and large seizures. While the military operations coincide with stronger rhetoric from President Calderon and there are allegati [...]
2009-06-25 21:55:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SNAR CASC KCRM PHUM KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY251COAHUILA STATE GOVERNOR SPONSORS SECURITY OUTREACH: FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary. On June 23 Consulate Monterrey officials traveled to Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila state, to meet with Governor Humberto Moreira and his new law enforcement team. Per reftel, the latter now consists of Mexican Army flag officers seconded to various posts within the state a [...]
2009-06-26 17:52:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM CASC PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY259CASINO TIES TO PAN CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary. During this year?s midterm elections, President Calderon has accused opposition party governors of skimping in the war against the cartels and PAN party president German Martinez has directly blamed Nuevo Leon Governor Gonzalez Paras (PRI) for the increased violence in that state [...]
2009-07-02 20:19:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY261PAN FAILS TO RETAKE GOVERNORSHIP OF NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. The PRI retained the governorship of Nuevo Leon and took majorities in the state legislative and congressional delegations in an election that focused heavily on economic and security issues. The PAN managed to retain control of the state capital, Monterrey, and other import [...]
2009-07-07 17:01:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCRM KCOG MX
09MONTERREY274CARTELS CONFRONTING MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Drug cartel members staged an open shootout with federal police officers in the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe on July 14 resulting in six deaths. The Mexican military's round-up of 20 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) [...]
2009-07-20 14:28:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM CASC PINS SNAR ASEC PTER PGOV MX
09MONTERREY277POST-ELECTION FALLOUT IN MONTERREY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Now that the PRI gubernatorial candidate, Rodrigo Medina, has won in Nuevo Leon, and local PRI candidates, in general, did better than expected, the political class is slowly adjusting to new realities. While the 36-year old Medina has yet to reveal the members of his gover [...]
2009-07-23 21:11:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM MX
09MONTERREY278MAQUILA ASSOCIATION WARNS OF LOSING COMPETITIVENESS
[...] Summary. With the economic crisis and falling oil revenue impacting Mexico's federal budget, maquila owners are concerned that federal lawmakers will raise taxes on their industry to increase government revenue. John Castany, President of the Nuevo Leon Maquila Association, told EconOff on [...]
2009-07-23 21:18:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX
09MONTERREY284MILITARY PRESENCE NO PANACEA FOR NUEVO LEON
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers are continuing their campaign of intimidation against the publishers and staff of Northern Mexico's leading dealing newspaper - El Norte. El Norte leadership has reached out to local army commanders as the threats come in, but as the military is not set up to p [...]
2009-07-27 13:55:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM CASC PHUM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY289MONTERREY'S GROWING PROSTITUTION PROBLEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: A researcher at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon states that there is a growing prostitution industry in Monterrey, which has transformed the city into a major sex tourism destination in Mexico. Traffickers lure women by promising legitimate employment and then violentl [...]
2009-07-29 19:58:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI MX
09MONTERREY29ENERGY COUNCIL VISIT PROMOTES COOPERATION ON ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (U) The U.S. Energy Council came to Monterrey on January 21 to meet private sector contacts and Nuevo Leon state officials to promote information sharing on energy issues ranging from alternative energy, ways to increase energy production and global warming. The Energy Council is a non- [...]
2009-01-23 22:04:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY292NUEVO LEON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMPROVING SLIGHTLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Nuevo Leon's Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDEC) estimates that the 2009 GDP decline for the state will be less than the national average and that employment will increase during the remaining months of the year. SEDEC expects monthly exports to stabilize [...]
2009-07-31 14:13:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY297MONTERREY TO HOST 2009 BORDER GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. The 17th annual Border Governor's Conference, slated for September 2 - 4 in Monterrey, is billed as the largest bi-national venue of its kind. The governors of all ten border states, joined by Foreign Minister Espinosa and Mexican Ambassador Sarukhan, are expected to attend this me [...]
2009-08-04 18:26:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SNAR ETRD SENV SCUL SMIG EIND EINV ECON
09MONTERREY30DURANGO LOCALS BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO RAMPANT DRUG CARTEL
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past few months, Conoffs have met with state security officials and private sector contacts to assess rising drug violence in Durango. The local police forces are stretched thin and drug gangs have substantial control of the Durango prison. Our interlocutors warned Co [...]
2009-01-23 23:10:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR CASC ASEC KCRM PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY302REPORT FROM ZACATECAS: PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 27 meeting with Consulate officers, Zacatecas Governor Amalia Garcia Medina (PRD) discussed the development and security challenges facing her state. She proudly related her success in constructing highways to link isolated Zacatecas city (the capital) to urban center [...]
2009-08-06 15:42:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PINS SNAR CASC ASEC ELTN SOCI MX
09MONTERREY304MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...]
2009-08-06 19:11:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY307LOCAL LEADERS STRUGGLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; CULTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: A joint military/Nuevo Leon state operation to detain 21 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) on corruption charges has shocked many in the affluent Monterrey suburb and further contributed to eroding public confidence in loca [...]
2009-08-07 14:35:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM SNAR SOCI MX
09MONTERREY31MONTERREY CIVIL SOCIETY SEEKS TO RESPOND TO NARCO-VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Unnerved by the upsurge in kidnappings and overall violence, Monterrey civil society institutions - government officials, citizens groups, and the press - have set to work in attempt to find solutions. Some analysts worry, however, that the situation will get worse befor [...]
2009-01-29 01:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY314MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]
2009-08-19 17:16:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY318INTENSIFYING VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SHAKE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cartel violence in Monterrey has continued to shake public confidence in local authorities and burnish the military's image as a viable counter to the criminals. On August 17, the military dealt a major blow to Gulf Cartel operations in the Monterrey area with the take-down [...]
2009-08-21 14:00:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PINS CASC SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY32NUEVO LEON'S COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR BUILDING ITS BIOTECH
[...] Summary. The State of Nuevo Leon has identified the biotechnology industry as one of five key sectors for potential growth, building on its comparative advantages of strong universities, a business friendly climate and a tradition of public/private partnerships. The state and its private sec [...]
2009-01-29 01:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO ECON EINV KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY33NUEVO LEON'S COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR BUILDING ITS BIOTECH
[...] Summary. The State of Nuevo Leon has identified the biotechnology industry as one of five key sectors for potential growth, building on its comparative advantages of strong universities, a business friendly climate and a tradition of public/private partnerships. The state and its private sec [...]
2009-01-29 01:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO ECON EINV KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY34NUEVO LEON BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS WORSENING SECURITY
[...] (U) On January 14 the Monterrey Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) conducted a survey of 56 employees working in the security and human resources divisions of area companies. Survey participants represented 22 American companies, 24 Mexican firms and 8 other foreign [...]
2009-01-30 11:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EINV ECON ASEC SNAR CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY344SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT PLANS HARDHITTING CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary. In a September meeting with the Mayor-elect of San Pedro, Nuevo Leon (the city with the highest per-capita income in Mexico),this incoming municipal chief executive provided us with a pessimistic assessment of the degree of narco infiltration into the Monterrey area's politica [...]
2009-09-17 22:10:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY345SEPTEMBER 17 CONSULATE MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (C) On September 17 Post Emergency Action Committee met to review DEA-generated threat information (septel). Consul General, RSO, ATF, DEA, Legatt, MGT, CONS, Econ/Pol, IPO, DHS-ICE, OPAD, and DHS-CIS were present at the meeting. Consul General requested that all Agency/Section heads imp [...]
2009-09-18 18:29:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR MX
09MONTERREY349SAN LUIS POTOSI GOVERNOR-ELECT OUTLINES PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Lusi Potosi Governor-elect Fernando Toranzo Fernandez, a member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI),outlined his plans to improve economic, healthcare and security conditions in his state. He predicted that h [...]
2009-09-22 20:01:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY350SAN LUIS POTOSI ECONOMY FORECAST TO IMPROVE; SECURITY STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Luis Potosi State Secretary for Economic Development Carlos Barcena Pous predicted his state would post an economic upturn by year end, driven by increased industrial production. He readily criticized a tax-holiday pla [...]
2009-09-22 21:11:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY351NUEVO LEON BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador's September 2 - 4 trip to Monterrey offered him opportunities to receive varied perspectives on the state of the economy in Nuevo Leon, during sessions with the Group of Ten (leaders representing some of Mexico's largest industrial and financial conglomerates),th [...]
2009-09-23 19:58:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY352NUEVO LEON LEADERS DISCUSS PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The annual Border Governors Conference which took place in Monterrey from September 2 - 4 offered the Ambassador and Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Gil Kerlikowske multiple fora to examine the state of public security in Nuevo Leon. While the state gove [...]
2009-09-24 00:27:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PREL PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY354NUEVO LEON MOVES AHEAD WITH ORAL TRIAL PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 4 briefing, Nuevo Leon state and university officials told the Ambassador that around 50 percent of all trials in the state are now conducted at an oral hearing, the result of 2004 legislation mandating the change. Officials said they had intentionally intro [...]
2009-09-24 18:50:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI PHUM MX
09MONTERREY359BORDER GOVERNORS SEEK TO INCREASE REGIONAL INTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 2-4, the annual Border Governors Conference took place in Monterrey. The event, hosted by Nuevo Leon Governor Gonzalez Paras, featured participation from New Mexico Governor Richardson, California Governor Schwarzenegger (via DVC),Ambassador Pascual, DHS Borde [...]
2009-09-28 21:42:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDECIN PGOV ECON SNAR MX
09MONTERREY371NUEVO LEON'S NEW CABINET HAS FEW SURPRISES
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina released the names of his cabinet members on October 3. With the exception of his choice for the Secretary of Public Security, Medina's choices overwhelmingly reflect continuity from the prior administration, which is not surprising give [...]
2009-10-06 22:31:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PINR MX
09MONTERREY373INCOMING NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR FACES SERIOUS SECURITY
[...] (U) This is the first in a two part series covering the challenges Nuevo Leon's new Governor faces upon assuming office. This first cable will focus on the security and political situation in Nuevo Leon. The second will overview the economic conditions in the state. 2. (C) Summary: Nuev [...]
2009-10-09 15:47:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY376CONSULATE GENERAL MONTERREY ORGANIZES THE FIRST EVER
[...] The city of Monterrey, Mexico's economic powerhouse, is home to Mexico's most proactive fitness culture. Relatively high disposable incomes, the abundance of recreational activities such as rock-climbing and mountain biking, and an appreciation for the health benefits of physical exercise yiel [...]
2009-10-13 16:04:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SCUL OIIP OEXC MX
09MONTERREY378FORMIDABLE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACE NEW NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR
[...] (U) This is the second in a two part series covering the challenges Nuevo Leon's new administration is facing upon assuming office. This first cable focused on the security and political situation in Nuevo Leon. This cable overviews the fiscal and economic environment in the state government [...]
2009-10-13 17:00:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY379NARCO THREATS TO SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT
[...] (C) Summary. On the evening of October 9, CG and RSO relayed to San Pedro Mayor-elect Mauricio Fernandez credible DEA information indicating a potential drug cartel attempt to assassinate him. During the session, and the day after as well, RSO briefed Fernandez on measures he might conside [...]
2009-10-15 13:48:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR PHUM ASEC MX
09MONTERREY385MONTERREY HOSTS SUCCESSFUL HAGUE SEMINAR
[...] SUMMARY: On September 28-29, 2009, the U.S. Consulate General of Monterrey, the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of Nuevo Leon (State Supreme Court),and Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF),co-sponsored the Sixth International Seminar `Mexico-U.S. Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inte [...]
2009-10-16 14:33:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KOCI MX
09MONTERREY386VIOLENCE SPIKES AS NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKES THE REINS
[...] (SBU) Within two weeks of taking office, Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina and his security team face a dramatic increase in violence. While such violence is hardly new to the state, its capital Monterrey has in the last week experienced three dramatic gun battles in public spaces, two of t [...]
2009-10-16 20:17:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR KCRM PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY397MONTERREY TEC ANNOUNCES POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four days before POTUS' October 23 declaration of a national emergency in the face of the growing influenza pandemic, researchers at Monterrey TEC's FEMSA Biotechnology Center announced the development of a new type of A/H1N1 influenza vaccine with the potential to solve curren [...]
2009-10-27 23:58:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO TSPL MCAP MX
09MONTERREY411OUTGOING MAYORS SPEAK ON THREATS FROM ORGANIZED CRIME;
[...] (C) Summary: During separate conversations with Consul General, two outgoing Mayors briefed us on threats they had received from narcotraffickers during their tenure. The worst instance involved armed sicarios who stormed into one mayor's city hall office and demanded that he stop resisting [...]
2009-10-30 18:29:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR ASEC SNAR PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY412SAN PEDRO'S NEW MAYOR: BOTH FRIEND AND FOE OF ORGANIZED
[...] (C) Summary. In his October 31 inauguration address, San Pedro Mayor (and former PAN federal Senator) Mauricio Fernandez lauded the execution of four suspected narco-traffickers -- four hours prior to the discovery of their bodies in the Mexico's Federal District. Fernandez's revelation, [...]
2009-11-03 19:38:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY415KILLING OF POLICE CHIEF LATEST IN CARTEL VIOLENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4, gunmen ambushed and killed the police chief of the Monterrey suburb of Garcia. Unconfirmed DEA sources identified at least one of the attackers as a member of Los Zetas. This is the latest in the drug cartels' endemic intimidation and violence campaign against [...]
2009-11-06 22:20:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER SOCI MX
09MONTERREY434NUEVO LEON PROJECTS INCREASE IN H1N1 CASES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nuevo Leon Health officials are preparing for a sharp increase in H1N1 cases over the winter months that could be as high as 300%. However, state government stocks of antiviral medication remain low and, in some private pharmacies, unavailable. The state has yet to receive a [...]
2009-11-18 18:33:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY435EMBATTLED SAN PEDRO MAYOR REFUSED ENTRY TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Brownsville, Texas CBP officials denied entry to San Pedro's polemic mayor, Mauricio Fernandez and a female companion. Fernandez told media sources that he had forgotten his visa, but CBP sources indicated that they found a small quantity of marijuana in a pipe i [...]
2009-11-18 23:09:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER SOCI CVIS MX
09MONTERREY438NUEVO LEON BUSINESS COMMUNITY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NEW FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the passage of the modified 2009 Fiscal Law in Nuevo Leon ranges from stoic to pessimistic. Local business leaders and economists cite decreasing competitiveness, growing uncertainty, uncontrolled spending, and a failure to broaden the tax base among their stronges [...]
2009-11-23 22:46:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY441MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE
[...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]
2009-12-01 16:27:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY442MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE
[...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]
2009-12-01 18:40:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDEIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY445NUEVO LEON AND ZACATECAS GOVERNORS SEEK INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Mexico Business Summit, held in Monterrey November 8-10 (reftel),the Ambassador met (separately) with the Governors of Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas. During a November 10 meeting, the Ambassador and Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina (PRI) discussed innovati [...]
2009-12-07 20:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY453MONTERREY SHOOTOUTS LEAVE 17 DEAD, EXPOSE SHORTCOMINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: A wave of gang violence rocked Monterrey on December 4 as well-armed criminals faced down the Mexican marines in the Monterrey suburb of Juarez during an attempt to arrest a Los Zetas drug gang leader implicated in the assassination of a suburban police chief. The day culminated [...]
2009-12-14 15:23:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR ASEC SNAR PHUM SOCI MX
09MONTERREY456NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...]
2009-12-14 20:24:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX
09MONTERREY459MEXICAN ARMY PR OFFENSIVE IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (C) Summary. During recent days, local Mexican army commanders have sought to raise their public profile in Monterrey, in particular making the point that the military supports citizen involvement in the public security process (i.e., channeling tips on organized crime activity to army uni [...]
2009-12-17 18:48:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM SNAR PHUM ASEC MX
09MONTERREY46SAN LUIS POTOSI TRAVELOGUE; SECURITY GOOD; ECONOMY IN
[...] (U) Summary. We expect the 2009 governor's race in San Luis Potosi to focus on economic issues, since the state's security situation is relatively safe. San Luis Potosi has had success in developing manufacturing industries, but export demand is down due to the U.S. recession. The P [...]
2009-02-04 14:29:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SNAR CASC MX
09MONTERREY622009 MONTERREY OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 22:35:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY64PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]
2009-02-12 18:25:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY65PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]
2009-02-12 18:25:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY66PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]
2009-02-12 18:25:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY67PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]
2009-02-12 18:25:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY73PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]
2009-02-12 22:35:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY74PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 and February 12. Our contacts report that the n [...]
2009-02-13 14:35:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY79CONTINUING NARCO-DEMONSTRATIONS CHALLENGE NUEVO LEON
[...] (C) Summary. Nuevo Leon residents are demanding that the state government do more to stop narco-funded demonstrations. Although the Nuevo Leon Governor and Secretary of Public Security have publicly said that organized crime is behind the protests - specifically naming the Gulf Cartel and th [...]
2009-02-18 19:43:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY80FEBRUARY 17 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary. The Consulate General Monterrey EAC convened on February 17 to discuss ongoing demonstrations sponsored by the drug cartels against the military, a recent incident during which an unknown person tailed a Post official while departing the Consulate Building, and the reliability of [...]
2009-02-18 19:56:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR KCRM PINS CASC MX
09MONTERREY89MEXICAN ECONOMISTS EXPECT DISMAL ECONOMY THROUGH 2010
[...] (U) Summary. Macroeconomics has become a hot topic among Monterrey businessmen as they try to determine the length and depth of the U.S. recession and its impact on Mexico. The Mexican economy is closely linked to the United States, and the U.S. recession has been transmitted to Mexico [...]
2009-02-23 19:45:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD MX
09MONTEVIDEO104URUGUAY PROPOSES NEXT STEPS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY. Emboffs discussed the current state of Uruguay's energy sector and potential next steps within the framework of the U.S.-Uruguay alternative energy MOU in a meeting with the Uruguayan National Directorate of Energy and Nuclear Technology (DNENT) February 18. Uruguay seeks to reduce [...]
2009-02-20 15:56:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PREL SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO105CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOU'S ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank President Mario Bergara told the Charge d'Affaires that Uruguay remains relatively well-positioned to confront the worldwide economic slowdown -- its banking sector remains healthy, consumer spending is solid, and its fiscal house is in order. While some in the bu [...]
2009-02-20 16:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO106ARGENTINE DEPOSITS IN URUGUAY ON THE RISE
[...] Deposits by non-residents -- mainly Argentine nationals -- in Uruguayan banks rose by a significant 41 percent in 2008 to USD 2.5 billion (equivalent to 18 percent of total deposits). The increase is largely attributed to a perception by depositors of an increase in instability in neighboring [...]
2009-02-20 16:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO107CHRONIC DISEASES INCREASING IN URUGUAY
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post prepared the following report to examine the impact of chronic diseases (or Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs) in Uruguay and to inform the Department about policy related developments and the capacity of the local health sector to address those diseases. Uru [...]
2009-02-20 16:56:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO KPAO WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO119URUGUAY: POST'S RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT
[...] (U) Post shared Croplife America's comment on Uruguay (as part of Special 301 consultations) with appropriate GOU officials, and informed them of the procedures for responding to the association's comment(reftel). Uruguay's competent authorities on this issue are the Ministry of Agriculture, C [...]
2009-03-02 19:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO121URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA
[...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]
2009-03-03 16:23:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO122NOMINATION FOR ILEA/FBI CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT
[...] The following personnel have been nominated for the ILEA/FBI Crime Scene Management Course, to be held in Lima March 23-27, 2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy Amendment vetting process to ensure this training can proceed as planned. All agencies at post have condu [...]
2009-03-03 18:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MCAP MOPS PARM PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO127DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY PLEASED AT U.S.
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche February 27 to the MFA's Human Rights Director, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points but did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. (C) On March 2, Dupuy offered a more detailed response. She noted that the GOU is p [...]
2009-03-05 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO128URUGUAY REVISITS ITS AMNESTY LAW
[...] (C) The Uruguayan political establishment has returned forcefully to a debate dating from Uruguay's emergence from dictatorship 23 years ago. Uruguay's Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of requesting on February 6, 2009, that its separate but equal co-branches of government opine on t [...]
2009-03-05 13:02:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO138URUGUAY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (S) Consultations with relevant Embassy sections led to the determination that Uruguay possesses no/no critical infrastructure so vital to the U.S. that its incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on U.S. security, national economic security, national public health or sa [...]
2009-03-10 15:06:00Embassy MontevideoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP UY
09MONTEVIDEO139URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT
[...] On March 6, Post received the GOU's official reply to the comment that Croplife America made about Uruguay in the context of Special 301 consultations. The GOU apologized for missing the March 2 deadline to respond, but requested that Post convey its response to USTR. 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLA [...]
2009-03-10 16:41:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO140URUGUAY CONSIDERS EXTENDING VOTE TO DIASPORA
[...] The incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) coalition appears set to put a proposal of suffrage for Uruguayan expatriates to a public referendum. As the votes of thousands of returning expatriates played a key role in the FA's 2004 victory, the move is generally perceived to have been posited in order to [...]
2009-03-10 16:53:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO141URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ RALLIES THE FA BASE
[...] (U) In a downtown Montevideo rally attended by several thousand supporters, President Vazquez delivered an optimistic two-hour-long state of the union address that emphasized Uruguay's progress under his administration. His focus was on the success of ruling coalition Frente Amplio's social r [...]
2009-03-10 16:53:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO142SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)-
[...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...]
2009-03-11 13:07:00Embassy MontevideoSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO145URUGUAY 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Summary: Post provides herein Embassy Montevideo's CY-2008 End Use Monitoring Report in response to reftel. No new equipment was purchased with INL funds in CY-2008. All previously INL-provided material was used appropriately by the GOU to effectively enhance counter-narcotics and law enfor [...]
2009-03-13 16:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO166URUGUAY: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH
[...] (C) Emboff made Ref A points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca March 25. Malmierca stressed that Uruguay's position has not changed since the issue arose. Uruguay does not plan on recognizing the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, in defense o [...]
2009-03-26 19:04:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO167URUGUAY TO CHANGE ABSTENTION TO "NO" VOTE ON UNHRC
[...] (U) On March 26, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points and agrees with the U.S. position on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Dupuy said that the GOU hoped to offer a text change that wou [...]
2009-03-26 19:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF UY
09MONTEVIDEO171URUGUAY PROGRESS ON TIP: FIRST PROSECUTIONS BEGIN
[...] On March 25, two members of a four-member criminal network were criminally charged with trafficking women to Spain. The investigation had previously focused on money laundering and involvement with drug trafficking, but investigators believe they uncovered enough evidence to augment those ac [...]
2009-03-30 14:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO172URUGUAY PROGRESS ON TIP: FIRST PROSECUTIONS BEGIN
[...] On March 25, two members of a four-member criminal network were criminally charged with trafficking women to Spain. The investigation had previously focused on money laundering and involvement with drug trafficking, but investigators believe they uncovered enough evidence to augment those ac [...]
2009-03-30 14:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO175DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URUGUAY COMPLIES WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 20:22:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO178URUGUAY: HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] President Vazquez made his first Presidential visit to China March 21-26, leading a delegation of ministers, government representatives and over fifty entrepreneurs. Vazquez's trip was the fifth presidential visit to China since both countries established diplomatic relations in 1988. During [...]
2009-04-01 14:05:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CH UY
09MONTEVIDEO181 URUGUAY ADVANCES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] An environmental current is gathering momentum in Uruguay, with a notable increase in the number of public and press events related to climate change. On March 17, President Vazquez announced the launching of a National Agenda on Climate Change that creates a $6 million emergency fund to help [...]
2009-04-02 11:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO182 URUGUAY: NEW RULES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE
[...] SUMMARY. On the 2nd March, Uruguay's Senate passed draft legislation detailing the rules for financing campaigns during Uruguay's 2009 election cycle. Although, as in past years, the proposal only covers this year's election cycle, if made into law, it would mark the first time in Uruguay's h [...]
2009-04-02 12:54:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON
09MONTEVIDEO187URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]
2009-04-06 16:18:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO189 URUGUAY'S SUCCESS WITH THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Uruguay has taken a leading role in realizing the aims of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative and, under the auspices of its "Project Ceibal," as the project is known locally, is close to its goal of delivering a laptop to every child in the country. A recent poll has linked th [...]
2009-04-06 19:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO193URUGUAY: FM GONZALO FERNANDEZ ON RECENT TRAVELS,
[...] (C) FM Fernandez told the Charge April 2 that President Tabare Vazquez had an excellent meeting with VP Biden March 27 in Chile; that Uruguay is strengthening commercial ties with China; that he hopes to use an April 6 meeting with the Secretary to invite her to Uruguay; that Uruguay is not in [...]
2009-04-07 16:47:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO198DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR RSO MAXWELL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 19:24:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ASEC OTRA UY
09MONTEVIDEO205URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
[...] Econoff spoke on April 15 with Leonardo de Leon, President of ALUR (a state-owned sugar producer),regarding reftel request to obtain information on how much sugar Uruguay plans to export to the U.S. under the WTO sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ). 2. De Leon indicated that Uruguay currently h [...]
2009-04-15 19:58:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO210URUGUAY IS ENERGIZED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ENERGY
[...] Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Industry and Energy Officials welcomed reftel points previewing President Obama,s invitation to join an Economic and Climate Partnership of the Americas. Econoff met with the Director General for International Economic Affairs at the MFA, Ambassador Ricardo Na [...]
2009-04-16 16:09:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KSUM SENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO212URUGUAY: KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING
[...] While Uruguay has completed the epidemiological transition from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases, it nevertheless faces an increasing incidence of diseases, such as parasitic diseases, traditionally linked to poverty and deteriorating social and environmental conditions. The G [...]
2009-04-16 16:38:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO EAGR WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO214URUGUAY: UNASUR MULTILAT ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) GOU Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to embassy staff on April 16 that it had received the invitation to the UNASUR multilateral meeting to be held in the context of the SOA, and that they have already communicated the GOU's intent to attend the meeting through UNASUR channels. 2 [...]
2009-04-16 17:57:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KSUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO216URUGUAY WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Minister Nury Bauzan de Senes told charge April 17 that Uruguay will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. Bauzan de Senes noted that Uruguay finds itself in a s [...]
2009-04-17 17:25:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO217URUGUAY TO VOTE "ABSTAIN" ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND
[...] Central Bank President Mario Bergara and MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira told charge in separate conversations April 14 and 17 that Uruguay would vote "abstain" on Kosovo's applications for IMF and WB membership. Uruguay has yet to recognize Kosovar independ [...]
2009-04-17 17:57:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV UY
09MONTEVIDEO218URUGUAY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Montevideo submits the following contact information for TFCO and Deputy TFCO: 2. TFCO Name: Jack DOUTRICH Title: Economic Officer, Economic and Commercial Section Chief Phone Number: 598 2 1770-2329 Unclassified Email: doutrichjt@state.gov Classified Email: doutrichj [...]
2009-04-17 20:10:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO23URUGUAY ESTABLISHES NEW COURTS TO TACKLE COMPLEX
[...] SUMMARY. In an effort to ensure that complicated cases are properly understood and adjudicated, and to address the public's growing concern about organized crime and narcotics abuse and trafficking, the GOU has established two new courts to focus specifically on those areas. The Juzgados co [...]
2009-01-15 19:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM KJUS UY
09MONTEVIDEO236URUGUAY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DINAH SHELTON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 11:08:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO239EAC - URUGUAY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of H1N1 influenza in Uruguay, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers with flu-like symptoms. On 4/28/09, U.S. Embassy Uruguay held an EAC meeting to review post's prepa [...]
2009-04-29 16:23:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF PINR PREL TBIO
09MONTEVIDEO245TFFLU01: H1N1 UPDATE #2- GOU GEARING UP; NO
[...] Summary: As of May 5, Uruguay has no confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza. The GOU expects test kits to diagnose H1N1 influenza to arrive shortly. Surveillance of incoming visitors at Carrasco International Airport has been extended to flights from the U.S., with special emphasis on indiv [...]
2009-05-05 19:09:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09MONTEVIDEO249Uruguay Elections - Majority of Cabinet Likely to Seek
[...] As the election season moves into higher gear, President Vazquez informed the members of his cabinet that any individuals who wish to campaign in October's general election will need to resign their positions after the June 28 primaries. It seems likely that the majority of the cabinet will do [...]
2009-05-06 17:07:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO250URUGUAY: UN REPORT PUTS PRISON REFORM ON FRONT BURNER
[...] A March report by UN Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Manfred Nowak provoked a swift remedial action from the GOU. The prison system had been a long standing concern in Uruguay and Nowak, a highly experienced Human Rights expert invi [...]
2009-05-06 18:25:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO253DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY UNDECIDED ON IAEA GS
[...] (C) On May 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Director Candidacy to the MFA,s Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, informing her that the USG supports the Japanese candidate, Yukiya Amano, and urges Uruguayan support as well. 2. (C) Bauzan replied that the GOU had st [...]
2009-05-08 20:27:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAES PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO265GOU LOOKS TO PRIVATIZE AIRPORTS IN THE INTERIOR
[...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOU will introduce two bills in Parliament in the coming weeks to make possible the privatization of the Colonia, Salto, and Rivera airports in the Uruguayan interior. The planned procedure is to auction the administration and development of the airpo [...]
2009-05-12 16:59:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO267NEW MEDIA AND THE URUGUAYAN ELECTION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the primary to decide presidential candidates set for June, and national elections for October, the campaigns of Uruguay's presidential hopefuls have ramped up. However, Urugu [...]
2009-05-13 19:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO270URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM FERNANDEZ
[...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with Charge, Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez formally requested that President Obama visit Uruguay in August 2009, in conjunction with a possible trip to Brazil. Charge and Fernandez also discussed preparations and possible dates for an upcoming U.S.-Uruguay Trade and Inv [...]
2009-05-14 19:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO290SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY
[...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the Vazquez government renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba. The GOU opened an Embassy in Havana on June 30, 2005, and Cuba's ambassador to Uruguay was sworn in on November 7, 2005. 2. (C) President Vazquez in June 2008 made his only official visit [...]
2009-05-28 15:29:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
09MONTEVIDEO292DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR ARSO CHRISTOPHER VEGA
[...] (U) ARSO Christopher Vega will be on AL from May 30 through June 30, 2009. A. TRAVELER: Christopher Vega B. TITLE: ARSO C. CONTACT INFO: (830) 796-9684 - Bandera, TX (281) 578-5235 - Houston, TX (956) 546-2068 - Brownsville, TX (979) 345-4504 - Sweeny, TX Cell: N/A E-mail: CV515@ [...]
2009-05-29 12:20:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ASEC OTRA UY
09MONTEVIDEO2972009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 16:15:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO298DICTATORSHIP ERA ABUSES CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Uruguay emerged from dictatorship rule 23 years ago, the legacy of that period and the fate of the disappeared continue to resonate in the political spectrum. A citizens' group in late April presented signatures to place a referendum on the October ballot to annul Uruguay's [...]
2009-06-01 17:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO306AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN: URUGUAY HAS NO MI 17
[...] On June 3 Defense Attache confirmed that Uruguay has no MI 17 helicopters, hence will be unable to support Pakistan's efforts as described in reftel. Matthewman [...]
2009-06-04 13:40:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PARM PK UY
09MONTEVIDEO308FOLLOW UP ON URUGUAY'S ABSTENTION VOTE ON KOSOVO'S
[...] (C) Charge met on May 27 with Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia, Uruguay's World bank Governor, to follow up on the GOU's stated intention (ref B) to submit an abstaining vote on Kosovo's inclusion in the World bank. Minister Garcia agreed to verify with the MFA and indicated he w [...]
2009-06-04 13:40:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV UY
09MONTEVIDEO312Staffdel Meacham visit to Uruguay
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel Meacham visited Uruguay May 26-28 to explore ways to expand trade and political ties with Uruguay. GOU officials expressed their interested in continuing and strengthening ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions. GOU officials emphasized [...]
2009-06-05 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO313DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE
[...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...]
2009-06-08 12:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO314 SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE COLORADO PARTY?
[...] After a historical drubbing in the 2004 elections, the once dominant Colorado party remains in the political wilderness. While a victory in this yearQs presidential election is practically impossible, the partyQs long-term hopes for recovery lie with the dynamic figure of Pedro Bordaberry, w [...]
2009-06-08 13:10:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO316ENCE Sells Forestry Holdings, New Owners Announce an
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish forestry firm ENCE announced on May 22 the sale of most of its forestry plantations to a consortium formed by Finnish-Swedish Stora Enso and Chilean Arauco, and that it will not continue with plans to build a $1.2 billion cellulose plant. Stora Enso/Arauco announced they [...]
2009-06-08 13:28:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO318PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN
[...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...]
2009-06-08 21:52:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO319URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ REPLACES INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO32MONTEVIDEO PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON
[...] Summary: Post has prepared a proposal for the organization of a biofuels speaker program in Uruguay in FY2009. Given Uruguay's interest in energy diversification and our recent bilateral alternative energy MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur development of Uruguay's biofu [...]
2009-01-21 10:22:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR
09MONTEVIDEO320NOMINATION FOR THE DOJ/OAS SPONSORED CYBERCRIME
[...] The following personnel have been nominated for the DOJ/OAS Cybercrime Conference, to be held in Santiago from July 21-23, 2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy Amendment vetting process to ensure this training can proceed as planned. All agencies at post have cond [...]
2009-06-10 13:30:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MCAP MOPS PARM UY JUS OAS
09MONTEVIDEO322MONTEVIDEO B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Montevideo conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances to Uruguayan nationals using information from DHS's Advanced Targeting System (ATS),Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS),and follow-up telephone calls, Post identified an overstay rate of less than one per [...]
2009-06-10 18:47:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT
09MONTEVIDEO325URUGUAY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF SUDAN MANDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 11, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Nury Bauzan, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Ms. Bauzan reported that Uruguay strongly supports a one year extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to Sudan, and is deeply concerned about the poor human rights situation [...]
2009-06-11 18:47:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC UY
09MONTEVIDEO328URUGUAY'S TEXTILE SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOU officials and private sector representatives told Staffdel Meacham that Uruguay was interested in getting preferential access on textiles and apparel. This cable provides background information on the situation of the sector, beset by challenges such as China's trade and the [...]
2009-06-12 11:03:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EINV ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO331NATIONAL PARTY FACES CONTESTED PRIMARY
[...] (SBU) As Uruguay approaches the June 28 primary elections, the opposition N... [...]
2009-06-12 20:30:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO334GOU TO ATTEND IRENA - POLICY NOT YET DEFINED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 13:53:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO353URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: WHY "PEPE" MUJICA?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 16:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO359NATIONAL PARTY STRENGTHENING IN SWING STATE
[...] (U) Summary: Leading up to the June primaries, Emboffs met with four of the five congressmen from Maldonado, the third-most populous Uruguayan department and the home of Punta del Este, considered by many to be the face of Uruguay, to discuss the department's primary issues and the likely res [...]
2009-06-24 13:55:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO360URUGUAY: IRANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JULY 4TH EVENT
[...] (C) Per reftel guidance, Embassy Montevideo invited Morteza Tafrishi, Iran's ambassador to Uruguay, to attend the Embassy's July 4th reception. Post has since learned that Tafrishi will not attend. Matthewman [...]
2009-06-24 14:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL IR UY
09MONTEVIDEO365COMPLETION OF JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 18:04:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM PINR SNAR KJUS UY OAS
09MONTEVIDEO377URUGUAY: NO SURPRISES IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
[...] (C) There were few surprises in the June 28 elections to select presidential candidates from Uruguay,s three major political parties, as the front runners translated their respective poll advantages into solid victories. The big winners were ex-President Luis Alberto Lacalle of the Blanco par [...]
2009-06-29 15:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO378POINTS AND NON-PAPERS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874
[...] (SBU) Emboff delivered points and left ref A and B non-papers with the Director of the International Affairs Office at the MFA Minister Nury Bauzan, Head of the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit Daniel Espinoza and Head of Sectariat for Anti-Money Laundering in the President's Office. [...]
2009-06-30 18:24:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE KN UY
09MONTEVIDEO381URUGUAYAN NATIONAL HERO JOSE ARTIGAS RETURNS TO THE POLITICAL SCENE
[...] (SBU) Each year on June 19, Uruguayans of all political stripes celebrate the birthday of national hero Jose Artigas. Over the past three years, President Tabare Vazquez and his Frente Amplio (FA) coalition have changed this traditionally apolitical holiday into a joint celebration of Uruguayan in [...]
2009-07-01 12:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO388Uruguay: Macroeconomic Roundup
[...] Uruguay's economy grew 2.3 percent in QI/09 over QI/2008. Despite the year-over-year increase, the economy is now shrinking, and seasonally-adjusted GDP dropped 2.9 percent in QI/2009 from QIV/08. Analysts expect GDP to continue falling in the second quarter and zero to slightly negative grow [...]
2009-07-02 13:18:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO391DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 13:54:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO393URUGUAY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LACALLE ON HIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 16:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO4URUGUAY: GOU AND URUGUAYAN PRESS KEEP BALANCE ON
[...] (U) Both the Government of Uruguay and most Uruguayan media have taken a balanced view of the situation in Gaza. The GOU's public comments have been limited to a single press release by the MFA December 29 that stressed the GOU's concern regarding the escalation of violence and urged all parti [...]
2009-01-08 15:39:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UR
09MONTEVIDEO401URUGUAY'S POTENTIAL AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER IN THE
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay has the potential to become an alternative energy-based economy if it continues its current effort and improves the policy environment and needed infrastructure. I [...]
2009-07-13 12:45:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGY EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO402URUGUAY ADVANCES IN COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS
[...] (U) Summary. On June 24, Uruguay's Anti-Drug Commission released a National Plan Against Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering, which aims to better coordinate the counternarcotics efforts of the varied agencies involved in fighting organized crime. Uruguay has recently created special tribu [...]
2009-07-13 14:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO403URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...]
2009-07-13 15:46:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO404URUGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: This report covers January through June 2009. The Government of Uruguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (JND) continued to work diligently on drug enforcement activities during this period, and DEA support increased, opening six investigations during the period. Halfway through 200 [...]
2009-07-13 16:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO409 Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco Party
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not... [...]
2009-07-15 11:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO41URUGUAY SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO
[...] Embassy Montevideo has received a diplomatic note from the GOU indicating Uruguay's intention to present its candidacy as a member of the UNESCO Executive Council for the period 2010-2013 in election to be held during the XXXV General Conference of the organization 6-23 October 2009 in Paris, [...]
2009-01-22 18:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO410 Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]
2009-07-15 11:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO411 Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]
2009-07-15 11:28:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO418H1N1 FLU: DEATH TOLL HITS 15
[...] As of July 15, Uruguay has 15 confirmed deaths from H1N1 influenza, with more than 1,500 cases suspected throughout the country. Despite an increase in numbers, public health officials continue to emphasize preventative measures, and only a few public activities have been suspended throughout [...]
2009-07-16 16:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU
09MONTEVIDEO42URUGUAY SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF DR.
[...] Embassy Montevideo received diplomatic note 990/08 informing that Uruguay has nominated Dr. Ernesto Rubio for a new term as Sub-Director General of the WIPO in selections set to take place in Geneva beginning this month. 2. Unofficial translation of diplomatic note text from GOU Ministry of [...]
2009-01-22 18:30:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO422EVO MORALES SEEKS INCREASED TRADE AND POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales came to Uruguay on July 13. During a seven-hour visit, he met separately with President Tabare Vazquez, Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and Governor of Montevideo Ricardo Ehrlich, and then gave a midnight press conference before his departure. The most [...]
2009-07-17 19:16:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR EPET UY
09MONTEVIDEO434URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: PARTIES STRATEGIZE AS
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the internal elections behind them, both the incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) and the opposition National Party (Blancos) have begun to devise the strategies that they hope will [...]
2009-07-24 13:40:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO437URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA SAYS
[...] (C) Governing Frente Amplio coalition presidential candidate Senator Jose Mujica told the charge July 23 that the U.S. should count on him as a friend. He noted that he has relationships with and access to leaders within the hemisphere that have difficult relations with the USG, and said that [...]
2009-07-27 17:15:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO438 URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LUIS ALBERTO LACALLE
[...] (U) This telegram is... [...]
2009-07-27 17:30:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO440URUGUAY: LUNCH WITH COLORADO PARTY PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) On July 20, Charge met with Colorado Presidential candidate Pedro Bordaberry and four of his closest aides. Bordaberry, who currently polls around 10-12 percent, was realistic about his chances for victory this year, but believes he is setting the foundation for a victory as early as 201 [...]
2009-07-28 11:50:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO444URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ SEEKS MEETING WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) On July 16, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez passed along to Charge a second request for President Vazquez to meet with President Obama in September (the first request was made in March 2009 and reiterated in Fernandez, meeting [...]
2009-07-30 17:46:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO445URUGUAY: GOU INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1
[...] (U) Through contacts with local health practitioners and the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, Post developed the following timeline of interventions pertaining to the H1N1 pendemic, as requested in reftel: -- First case: The first case of H1N1 in Uruguay was detected on May 23, 2009. Th [...]
2009-07-30 18:14:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO454URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ NONCOMMITTAL AS
[...] (U) Summary. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe took his whirlwind tour of South America to Uruguay August 6, meeting with President Tabare Vazquez to solicit the Uruguayan leader's support for an agreement granting U.S. forces access to seven Colombian military bases. Vazquez expressed Urug [...]
2009-08-07 14:23:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDCO PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO455Uruguayan Priorities as Mercosur President
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Uruguay assumes the pro tempore presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc, President Vazquez signaled a measured approach to dealing with commercial barriers the GOU claims its two dominant neighbors have imposed. Uruguay's priorities include pressing Argentina to allow Mercosur [...]
2009-08-07 15:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO461MONTEVIDEO NOMINEES FOR ILEA LATIN AMERICA (LETTS)
[...] The following individuals have been nominated for the ILEA LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND SAFETY SURVIVAL course to be held in Lima, Peru from 8/24 - 8/29/2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy vetting process to ensure this training can proceed as planned. All agencie [...]
2009-08-10 18:58:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN ASEC MCAP MOPS PARM PHUM PTER SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO468 URUGUAY: MUJICA 2.0 UNVEILED IN BRAZIL?
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The FA may have regained some lost ground in the ongoing presidential race with the party's ticket, Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori, making a high-profile three-day visit to Brazil [...]
2009-08-13 19:21:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO47CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] The following are answers posed in ref B concerning Uruguay's efforts to combat child labor. The Uruguayan Child and Adolescent Institute (INAU) currently employs five labor inspectors. Legislation passed in December 2008 provides for six to twelve days of mandatory leave for students to prepa [...]
2009-01-26 10:19:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO473MONTEVIDEO-REVISED NOMINEE LIST FOR ILEA LATIN
[...] This cable precedes Montevideo 461 dated 8/10/09. Post revised the nominee list for the ILEA Latin America (LETTS) Law Enforcement training and safety survival to be held in Lima, Peru from 8/24 - 8/29/2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy Vetting Process to ensure t [...]
2009-08-14 15:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN ASEC MCAP MOPS PARM PHUM PTER SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO483URUGUAY: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON PROMOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Uruguay August 13-15 to honor an invitation he received last year when President Tabare Vazquez was in Mexico and for the purpose of broadening commercial and political ties between the two countries. President Calderon also demonstrate [...]
2009-08-19 13:31:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EAGR MX UY
09MONTEVIDEO486URUGUAY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 13:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO488URUGUAY: FRENTE AMPLIO CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA ON
[...] (U) Summary. On August 13, Jose ""Pepe"" Mujica and Danilo Astori, the Frente Amplio (FA) candidates for President and Vice President of Uruguay, held a campaign rally in the town of Paysandu. The event provided a case study into the differing campaigning styles and messages of the tw [...]
2009-08-20 14:17:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO489URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE
[...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]
2009-08-21 14:48:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO491COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 17:10:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR PINR PHUM SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO498URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA
[...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]
2009-08-27 19:14:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO50PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER
[...] Summary: Uruguayan media of all political denominations and types (radio, print media, and television) gave positive coverage to President Obama's order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. End Summary. 2. All Uruguayan dailies gave prominent coverage and positive editorial comme [...]
2009-01-26 19:33:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO508URUGUAY: ALLEGATION OF VENEZUELAN FINANCING
[...] (U) An Uruguayan judge has initiated an investigation into the sale of books at enormously inflated prices to Venezuela by a company with possible ties to ruling Frente Amplio (FA) presidential candidate Jose Mujica, leading to accusations by opposition politicians that the money may have been [...]
2009-09-03 16:04:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALUY VE PREL
09MONTEVIDEO509URUGUAYAN PARLIAMENT PASSES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
[...] (U) On September 2, the Uruguayan Congress passed a law establishing government regulation of collective bargaining. Despite criticism from business leaders, the bill passed with support from both the leftist Frente Amplio coalition and the more conservative National Party, largely due to the [...]
2009-09-04 11:46:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUY PGOV ELAB
09MONTEVIDEO513URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]
2009-09-08 14:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO514URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]
2009-09-08 14:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO519URUGUAY: GOVT LAUNCHES INDEPENDENT SAVINGS PROTECTION
[...] The GOU launched the Corporation of Bank Savings Protection (COPAB) on September 1. The COPAB succeeds the Superintendence of Bank Savings Protection, which was created as a Central Bank division soon after Uruguay's 2002 banking crisis. Like its predecessor, the COPAB will be in charge of p [...]
2009-09-10 17:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID UY
09MONTEVIDEO525URUGUAY: INTERESTED IN MORE INPUT ON HAITI
[...] (U) Charge passed reftel invitation to the planned Haiti Key Players meeting September 15 to MFA Acting Director of Political Affairs Patricio Silva. Silva was unable to say whether Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz or another member of the Uruguayan delegation to UNGA would be able to attend, as Va [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA UY
09MONTEVIDEO526URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN
[...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO528URUGUAY NOT ABLE TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] Charge Matthewman met September 10 with Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz, and during that meeting delivered reftel invitation and draft statement. Vaz noted with regret that the Uruguayan delegation would be departing the U.S. on September 25, and would therefore not be able to attend the Secretary [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO529URUGUAY: GOU REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR 2016-2017 UNSC
[...] Embassy Montevideo has received a diplomatic note from the GOU indicating Uruguay's intention to present its candidacy as a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2016-2017, with elections to be held during the 70th Session of the United Nations General Asse [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDUSUN PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO536 FIFTY NGOS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS COME
[...] Embassy Montevideo held its first ever Civil Society Summit on August 28. The event was a huge success, bringing together more than 80 community activists and government officials from 50 organizations. Post used the event to explain to eager but inexperienced local NGOs how best to pursue [...]
2009-09-17 16:53:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO553URUGUAY: FERTILE GROUND FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Montevideo considers Uruguay fertile ground for potential OPIC-supported Renewable Energy Fund investments. Uruguay has a tremendous amount of potential in the field of alternative energy and is already a regional leader in some aspects. Several projects in both the private an [...]
2009-09-25 11:01:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO554INITIAL REVIEW OF MICROFIN URUGUAY FOR PROPOSED OPIC
[...] In response to reftel, emboffs spoke with Microfin Uruguay's General Manager, Antonio Martinez (CPA). Micofin Uruguay Shareholders include: -- ACP Peru (Mi Banco) http://www.grupoacp.com.pe/ -- Corporacion Andina de Fomento since February 2009 -- FOMIN/IDB (not official yet, to be signed in [...]
2009-09-25 11:02:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV UY
09MONTEVIDEO556URUGUAY WILL SEEK A MODERATE OUTCOME ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA Director Human Rights Silvia Izquierdo on October 23. Ms. Izquierdo appreciated the constructive nature of this demarche and its early communication. She said the GOU will seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report, but could not [...]
2009-09-25 14:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO558URUGUAY AVOIDS ECONOMIC RECESSION, GOU THRILLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's GDP grew by a mild 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, thus avoiding an economic recession. Growth was widespread among sectors, with only agriculture and electrical generation declining. The rise was led by rising public expenditure and public investment, whi [...]
2009-09-25 19:31:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO560URUGUAY: CONTROVERSIAL MUJICA INTERVIEWS PROMPT
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) A number of controversial statements by Frente Amplio (FA) coalition presidential candidate Jose Mujica have led to a press firestorm and criticism of the candidate both from th [...]
2009-09-28 13:33:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO562COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR
[...] Embassy Montevideo is pleased to inform that Uruguayan nominee for attendance to the FBI National Academy, 240th session has been successfully vetted at post. In accordance to Leahy vetting, Uruguay is part of the Fast Track approved countries, State 87762, therefore; this cable completes the [...]
2009-09-28 18:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MARR PHUM SMIG SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO565COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR
[...] Embassy Montevideo is pleased to inform that Uruguayan nominee for attendance to the "Major Financial Crimes Conference" to be held in Rio de Janeiro has been successfully vetted at post. In accordance to Leahy vetting, Uruguay is part of the Fast Track approved countries, State 87762, theref [...]
2009-09-30 14:20:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MARR PHUM SMIG SMAR
09MONTEVIDEO572 Uruguay Presidential Campaign Programs Released
[...] After months of campaigning, in September, leading Uruguayan presidential candidates Jose Mujica and Luis Alberto Lacalle released their respective proposals for government. As both documents make clear, the fight for votes continues to be concentrated on the political middle ground. Conseque [...]
2009-10-06 17:47:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO577GOLDSTONE - URUGUAY WILL ABSTAIN IF HRC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel points to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz on October 1, following up on an earlier demarche delivered to the Director Human Rights on October 23. The Foreign Minister reiterated the GOU's intention to seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report. He ex [...]
2009-10-09 12:12:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO578URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM VAZ
[...] (SBU) Charge Matthewman called on Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz October 1 to discuss the trip to the U.S. that President Vazquez, FM Vaz, and Economy Minister Alvaro Garcia made from September 13-25. Vaz said all members of the Uruguayan delegation was very satisfied with their reception and with [...]
2009-10-09 12:12:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPLEC PREL UN EAGR HA KPKO UY
09MONTEVIDEO579URUGUAY: UNDECIDEDS GROW AS ELECTION APPROACHES
[...] (U) Summary. With ==Qn [...]
2009-10-09 12:12:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO580URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]
2009-10-09 12:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO584URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]
2009-10-13 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO59URUGUAY: STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ANTARCTIC
[...] Summary: Starting with the signing of the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (April 29 2008) and the ensuing U/S Dobrianksy visit, the U.S. and Uruguay have deepened relations in the field of Antarctic cooperation. U.S. Antarctic institutions are showing interest in pursuing joint rese [...]
2009-02-02 10:22:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY MESUR UY
09MONTEVIDEO592 URUGUAY: BORDABERRY: LOOKING FAR BEYOND OCTOBER 25
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (U) With the electoral coverage mostly focused on frontrunners Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jose Mujica, the presidential electionQs third place contender, Colorado Party candidate Pedro B [...]
2009-10-21 09:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO595 Uruguayan Elections: Counting Down to October 25
[...] (U) With Uruguayans voting October 25, local polling indicates that the two leading presidential candidates are running in place or even losing ground. A second round seems likely, as neither ruling Frente Amplio coalition candidate Jose Mujica nor National Party candidate Luis Lacalle appears [...]
2009-10-21 18:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO6EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Per Reftel, On January 5, 2008, in response to a demonstration against the Israeli Embassy in Uruguay, AmEmbassy Montevideo, Uruguay convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, ARSO, PAO, POL, ODC, DAO, RAO, MSG, FMO, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason t [...]
2009-01-08 16:22:00Embassy MontevideoSECRETASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO60URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: STRUGGLE FOR RULING COALITION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) For the first time in at least three election cycles, Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition faces an internal struggle for the coalition's nomination for preside [...]
2009-02-02 10:23:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR UY
09MONTEVIDEO606URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
[...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...]
2009-10-26 15:35:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO607URUGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES
[...] (U) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's UN specialist, Gabriela Ortigosa. Ms. Ortigosa accepted all of the points and agreed to share them with the MFA's Human Rights office, as well as with the UN representative from Uruguay. Although s [...]
2009-10-26 17:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UY
09MONTEVIDEO608URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: MUJICA ON TOP WITH TOUGH RUNOFF
[...] (U) Jose Mujica of the ruling Frente Amplio coalition (FA) and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party (Blancos) will face off for the presidency in a November 29 runoff, after neither candidate was able to capture 50 percent of the vote in national elections October 25. With 98.5 percent o [...]
2009-10-26 18:03:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO609URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: FRENTE AMPLIO WINS PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) The ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition will retain its majority in the Senate and Congress of Deputies following elections October 25, defying early projections that they would narrowly fall short of a majority. Updated vote totals increased the FAQs share to 48.16% of the vote, just enou [...]
2009-10-28 14:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO614Uruguay 2009-02010 INSCR Part I (draft)
[...] (U) Following is Embassy Montevideo's draft text for the INCSR Part I which was also submitted by email per reftel instructions. BEGIN URUGUAY INSCSR DRAFT TEXT: Uruguay 2010 I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing or transit nation. Foreign [...]
2009-11-03 16:06:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09MONTEVIDEO615700 Illegal Weapons Found in Uruguay
[...] (S) Uruguayan police confiscated over 700 firearms October 30- November 1, including handguns, shotguns, military style rifles, grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition from what appears to have been an arms trafficking operation. At least five of the confiscated weapons are rep [...]
2009-11-05 19:28:00Embassy MontevideoSECRETSNAR ASEC MASS PGOV UY BR
09MONTEVIDEO616Biofuels Visit Trip Report - Richard Simmons
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 16:10:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO617Uruguay: Review For Suspension of Title III of the Libertad
[...] (SBU) Post provides the following information in response to Ref A request for information on Uruguay's policies related to Cuba. Ref B is Post's reporting for the preceding six-month period. 2. (C) President Vazquez led an official visit to Cuba in June 2009, fulfilling a campaign pr [...]
2009-11-12 18:36:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU UY
09MONTEVIDEO619Largest Drug Seizure in Uruguayan History
[...] (C) On October 15, Uruguayan officials seized 2.174 kilos of cocaine valued at over 108 million USD on a yacht just west of Montevideo. This seizure is the largest narcotic bust of its type in the history of Uruguay and the region. The seizure is the result of a successful internationa [...]
2009-11-12 19:37:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO621Uruguay: A Race to the Runoff
[...] (U) Uruguay's presidential runoff campaign is in full swing. Although both contenders are struggling to build on the October 25 elections, polls give ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica a significant lead (48 percent to 40 percent) for the November 29 run-off. As the Octo [...]
2009-11-12 19:40:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO625GOU LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR THE ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) The GOU has not finalized its position on the Russian proposal to establish a nuclear fuel bank at Angarsk, but is leaning toward supporting the Angarsk reserve. In response to reftel points, the MFA Acting Director of International Affairs Gustavo Somma told emboff on November 20 that [...]
2009-11-20 16:06:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO627Uruguay: Low-Level Representation at Next UNASUR Defense
[...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion on defense issues November 23, Uruguayan Defense Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told Charge Matthewman that ALBA countries are pushing for another UNASUR Defense Council ministerial, which is to be held in Quito. The principal agenda item would again be t [...]
2009-11-23 19:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UY
09MONTEVIDEO641Uruguay: A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 Visit
[...] (C) During A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 visit to Uruguay, he met with Uruguayan President-elect Jose "Pepe" Mujica, Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz along with five other ranking Uruguayan career diplomats, and with Minister of Defense (and former foreign minister) Gonzalo Fernandez. Mujica t [...]
2009-12-31 13:16:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO648URUGUAY: ELECTION RESULTS SHOW INTERNAL PARTY SHIFTS
[...] (U) Summary. Uruguay's October 2009 presidential and legislative elections represented a historic change for all three major national political parties in regards to their internal dynamics. Within the incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, the elections reinforced the predominance of leadin [...]
2009-11-12 18:32:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO656Uruguay: MFA offers End-Use, Retransfer, and Security
[...] Reftels instructed post to encourage the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to enter into a new agreement to establish end-use, retransfer, and security obligations that satisfy statutory requirements, and that may be applied to articles and services provided pursuant to the Global [...]
2009-11-16 12:25:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR KPKO MASS UY
09MONTEVIDEO660Uruguay TIP Training: Standing Room Only
[...] Summary: Post cohosted a two-day training on trafficking in persons on November 9- 10 with Partners for the Americas. The event was standing room only, and received excellent feedback from participants and positive press coverage. Due to interest and space limitations, post will plan t [...]
2009-11-18 19:41:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIP UY
09MONTEVIDEO666Uruguay: Mujica Strong Favorite in November 29 Presidential
[...] (U) With the November 29 runoff election less than a week away, ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica appears in position to be elected the next President of Uruguay, with 48 percent of likely voters intending to support him, according to recent polls. Challenger Luis Alber [...]
2009-11-24 18:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO668Uruguay: Disaster Alert Cable for DCHA/OFDA
[...] (U) A number of departments in the interior of Uruguay have experienced widespread flooding following heavy rains throughout the country beginning mid-November. The flooding has primarily affected the northwest of the country, with the heaviest damage in Artigas and Salto departments, which a [...]
2009-11-25 16:17:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAID UY
09MONTEVIDEO670OTA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES OPERATIONS IN URUGUAY
[...] SUMMARY: Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently launched a program in Uruguay, with the visit to date of five missions from its Banking, Debt Management and the Financial Crimes Teams. There are several additional missions planned by the Banking and Financial Crimes teams us [...]
2009-11-25 17:42:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO672Uruguay's Position Paper on Climate Change and Delegation
[...] The GOU has shared with us a copy of its position paper on climate change, to be presented at the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GOU delegation, which will be led by Minister of Environment Carlos Collac [...]
2009-11-27 11:04:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO680Jose Mujica Wins Uruguayan Presidency
[...] (U) Summary. As predicted by all major polling companies, Frente Amplio candidate and former Tupamaro guerrilla Jose "Pepe" Mujica will be the next President of Uruguay, after winning 53 percent of the vote in a runoff election against Luis Alberto Lacalle November 29. Both Mujica and Lacalle [...]
2009-11-30 18:51:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO7URUGUAY: DROUGHT CONTINUES, BUT GOVERNMENT NOT YET
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary: - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay continues to suffer from a serious drought, but Deputy Chief of Staff Jorge Vazquez told Ambassador Baxter January 8 that the GOU does not yet consider it necessary to requ [...]
2009-01-09 14:51:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO700UPCOMING MERCOSUR SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO SCORE MUCH PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, Montevideo will host Mercosur's 38th Presidential Summit. The GOU's main targets at the beginning of its pro-tempore presidency were on the commercial, external relations and institutional fronts. Achievements seem to have fallen short on every front and no majo [...]
2009-12-04 15:20:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD BR AR PA UY
09MONTEVIDEO714Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]
2009-12-09 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO718Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Debut at Mercosur Summit
[...] (U) The December 8-9 38th summit meeting of MERCOSUR, provided an appropriate platform for Jose Mujica's regional debut as president elect. Mujica was warmly received by the delegates and, thanks in particular to high profile meetings with Christina Kirchner and Hugo Chavez, managed to attract [...]
2009-12-10 19:41:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO726MERCOSUR SUMMIT PREDICTABLY SHORT ON ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, heads of state of Mercosur's four full members and aspiring member Venezuela gathered in Montevideo for the bloc's 38th Presidential Summit. As expected, (ref A) dialogue at the summit focused more on regional politics and less on tangible progress of the economi [...]
2009-12-11 19:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO730BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] (SBU) Emboffs conducted ref A Blue Lantern re-license check at the main office of Glock America S.A. (Plaza Independencia 831, Montevideo) on November 30. Emboffs were received by Glock America Vice President Luiz Horta. Responses to reftel questions follow: 2. (SBU) Glock America was [...]
2009-12-15 16:08:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC ES UY
09MONTEVIDEO734INCSR II -- URUGUAY
[...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...]
2009-12-17 16:57:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO74CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, GOU TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay has steadily taken steps to moderate the impact of the global economic slowdown in recent months, including measures to keep consumer confidence and spending steady. However, concerns about rising inflationary pressures caused a shift in emphasis in late January. Whil [...]
2009-02-09 11:00:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO744Charg?? d'Affaires Departed Post, December 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 13:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KCOM OTRA AFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO758Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Cabinet Taking Shape
[...] (U) President elect Jose Mujica has buckled down to the business of appointing his cabinet. Mujica's selection process was complicated slightly by internal unrest within factions of the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, but those problems were resolved quickly. Although the announcement of [...]
2009-12-21 14:18:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO760URUGUAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This is a CORRECTED COPY of 09 Montevideo 760. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol/Econ officer Eric Theus. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Uruguay is a willing partner of the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts. It supports the fight agains [...]
2009-12-22 15:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO78URUGUAY: FM LAUDS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP,
[...] (C) Getting to know officials in the new U.S. administration and helping them understand Uruguay's excellent relationship with the U.S. is a priority for President Vazquez during his last year in office, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told the Charge February 6. Complicating that challenge [...]
2009-02-10 15:13:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO89URUGUAY 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: There is a relatively low incidence of trafficking in persons in Uruguay but the government is nonetheless undertaking robust efforts to improve public consciousness, detection, prosecution and protection of victims, to the extent possible with existing resources. These efforts to ta [...]
2009-02-13 16:55:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UY
09MONTEVIDEO9URUGUAYAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS NOT DEFINITIVE
[...] Uruguay is increasingly interested in diversifying its energy sector, potentially including the use of nuclear power. Currently, the implementation of such a program is prohibited by law, but President Tabare Vazquez authorized feasibility research of a civil nuclear program and its implication [...]
2009-01-12 19:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO90URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: THIRD CANDIDATE EMERGES FOR RULING COALITION NOMINATION
[...] (U) A third candidate has emerged for the presidential nomination of Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition. Marcos Carambula is Mayor of Canelones, Uruguay's second-largest province, and he is hoping to draw support from the middle ground between longtime front-running senators Jose Mujica [...]
2009-02-17 14:10:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR UY
09MONTREAL115RESULTS OF ICAO'S TWENTIETH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING
[...] Summary. Transportation Security Administration officials led the U.S. delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Twentieth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting and presented two U.S. working paper proposals and an information paper on the supply chain [...]
2009-04-07 18:47:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PREL PTER ICAO XX
09MONTREAL184ABDELRAZIK MAKES ROUTINE COURT APPEARANCE, SAYS SEEKS
[...] (U) Newly repatriated Abousfian Abdelrazik appeared briefly before a federal court judge in Montreal yesterday, officially affirming that Ottawa had complied with the court's June 4 order to bring Abdelrazik home after six years in exile in Sudan. Judge Russel Zinn, the same judge who had issue [...]
2009-07-08 19:38:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER SU CA UN
09MONTREAL299AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO MONTREAL, DEC 14-15
[...] (U/NF) Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's second visit to Montreal December 14-15 introduced him to several influential personalities related to Quebec's politics, business and culture. The Ambassador also found a willing ally on intellectual property rights with the Bloc Quebecois party and press [...]
2009-12-31 18:34:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CA
09MONTREAL80ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...]
2009-03-09 23:55:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KS KN IC ICAO
09MOSCOW1000EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KLIOINVEST, INC.,
[...] 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, Klioinvest Inc., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]
2009-04-20 12:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1001EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KLIOINVEST, INC.,
[...] 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, Klioinvest Inc., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]
2009-04-20 12:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1003RUSSIA BLAMED FOR BLEAK SOUTH OSSETIA CIRCUMSTANCES
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent spate of reports on the situation in South Ossetia, the Russian print and internet media painted a bleak picture of post-conflict living conditions and allowed discontent with Russia to shine through. The press noted the lack of aid and ineffectiveness of reconstruct [...]
2009-04-20 13:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RS GG
09MOSCOW1004GOR PROTESTS KUZNETSOV DETENTION BY GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) The Russian MFA has sharply protested the detention of Nashi activist Aleksandr Kuznetsov by Georgian authorities on April 16, claiming the Georgian administration was "trying to accuse its external enemy, Russia, of everything" in claiming Kuznetsov had traveled to Georgia to plan prov [...]
2009-04-20 13:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1005GOR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA WITH A FM
[...] (C) In the wake of North Korea's announced withdrawal from the Six Party Talks and the expulsion of inspectors in response to the UN Security Council's censure of its April 5 missile launch, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang April 23-24 with a stop over in Seoul aft [...]
2009-04-20 13:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW101INCREASED HARVESTERS DUTIES WILL HURT JOHN DEERE
[...] (C) Increased duties on imported harvesters and financing problems will cause foreign agricultural equipment sales in Russia to plummet in 2009, affecting major U.S. and EU producers such as John Deere. GOR suggestions that foreign producers could avoid the duty problems by setting up domesti [...]
2009-01-16 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1016 RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Analysts told visiting Senators Carl Levin and Bill Nelson that Russia did not consider Iran a threat, and warned the U.S. against isolating Tehran or countenancing a military option to halt the Iranian nuclear program, which would lead to instability in the Middle East. Russia [...]
2009-04-21 10:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP IR RS
09MOSCOW1020RUSSIA CONDEMNS NATO-GEORGIA PFP EXERCISES
[...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev, Foreign Minster Lavrov, and Russian NATO PermRep Rogozin have sharply condemned the upcoming NATO-Georgia Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise, charging it would be "dangerous" to conduct it in an area where "tensions were running high," and threatening conse [...]
2009-04-21 11:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO RS GG
09MOSCOW1021 CODEL LEVIN MEETS MARGELOV -- MD, Iran, Afghanistan, DPRK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with CODEL Levin, Russian Federation Council International Relations Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov said momentum on missile defense had been lost when the U.S. did not take up Russia on its offer on using the Gabala and Armavir radar stations, but state [...]
2009-04-21 11:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW1034KIRILL CRONIES BENEFIT FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 31, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill presided over the first meeting of Church leaders since his enthronement, introducing significant personnel and structural changes to the ROC. Kirill appointed faithful supporter Bishop Ilarion as the new Chairman of [...]
2009-04-22 08:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1039EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 1)INSYS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-users, Insys Corporation, Moscow and Tores, Moscow, Russia. 3. I [...]
2009-04-22 12:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1047 CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES IRAN AND MISSILE DEFENSE WITH
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In an April 14 roundtable at his foundation, former President Mikhail Gorbachev expressed to Codel Levin cautious optimism on improving bilateral relations and called attention [...]
2009-04-23 06:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW105GOR MOTIVATIONS IN THE GAS CRISIS LIKELY PRECLUDE EARLY RESOLUTION REF: MOSCOW 36 Classified By: CDA Eric S. Rubin for Reasons 1.4 (b/d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 15:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW1051SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S TRIP TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service heads provides an opportunity to help re-build US-Russian relations, following the positive trajectory set by Presidents Obama and Medvedev at their April 1 meeting in London. The Russian leadershi [...]
2009-04-23 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALFBI PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1052(SBU) GOR AGREES TO ACCEPT DELIVERY OF SEIZED HEU
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Moscow has taken the following actions: 2. (SBU) On April 21, U.S. Embassy Moscow FBI Legal Attache sent a letter to General A.F. Kuzyura, Chief of the FSB's International Relations Department, informing him of the planned delivery of the sample and proposing log [...]
2009-04-23 14:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC
09MOSCOW1053MEDVEDEV MEETS ALIYEV: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: During President Aliyev's April 17-18 visit to Moscow, Medvedev touted Russia's "mandate" in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict via presidential-level meetings, while Aliyev stuck to support for the Minsk Group process. Russia supported Aliyev's proposal for determining th [...]
2009-04-23 15:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW106GOOD MONEY ON METROPOLITAN KIRILL AS THE NEXT
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-stage process beginning January 25 and concluding January 29, a new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) will be elected, with the winner determining whether the ROC remains on a conservative course or embarks on a liberal path. Contacts posit six leading co [...]
2009-01-16 15:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09MOSCOW1060DEBTS AND LEADERSHIP WOES FORCE YABLOKO TO THINK
[...] (C) Summary: Suffering from dwindling membership, fraying internal discipline, and onerous debt, the Yabloko liberal opposition party has failed to resurrect its national prospects since overhauling its leadership structures in June 2008. After failing to register in all nine October regional [...]
2009-04-24 07:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1072TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON 3 MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities have been temporarily restricted from exporting to Russia due to concerns that products from these facilities were involved in an illegal [...]
2009-04-24 10:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1073GOR EDUCATION PLANS MISS LONG-TERM MARK
[...] (C) The GOR is responding to reports that 14 percent of 700,000 university graduates in 2009 will not find work by instituting a series of measures intended to reduce labor market stress. Current plans will increase access to publicly funded slots in universities, lower the cost of student lo [...]
2009-04-24 10:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1074NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 13:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1075RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CONCERNS ABOUT UNLICENSED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 13:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09MOSCOW1076MFA ON NATO PFP EXERCISES IN GEORGIA, CHOD MEETING
[...] (C) In an April 23 meeting, MFA General European Cooperation Director Vladimir Voronkov said the upcoming NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Cooperative Longbow/Cooperative Lancer 2009 exercises were a "sensitive issue" for Russia. He pointed out that the U.S. and Georgia conducted military mane [...]
2009-04-24 13:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR RS NATO
09MOSCOW1077RUSSIAN MFA ON UKRAINE, MOLDOVA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin rejected Ukrainian President Yushchenko's call for a "reset" in relations as gimmickry, noting a continued negative trajectory. While Putin and Tymoshenko will discuss USD 5 billion in Russian credits during their A [...]
2009-04-24 13:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP MD
09MOSCOW1080CHECHNYA COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION ENDS: CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary: Consensus across the spectrum of Chechnya observers is that the Kremlin's decision to end its counterterrorism operation in Chechnya has the potential to bolster the republic's economy, but will otherwise effect little change. The opening of the Groznyy airport to international tr [...]
2009-04-24 14:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1082RUSSIA UPBEAT ON INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM;
[...] (C) Russia gave upbeat assessments of the April 23 Incident Prevention Mechanism talks, while showing no flexibility on reaching a compromise over the OSCE mission in Georgia. Tatiana Mazanova from the 4th CIS Georgia Desk told us Russia was "very pleased" with the "successful" outcome of th [...]
2009-04-24 14:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1087EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GOLD GLOBE
[...] 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, Gold Globe Complete, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]
2009-04-27 05:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1091UNITED RUSSIA WINS SOCHI MAYORAL RACE AMID FRAUD
[...] (C) Summary: Amid allegations of ballot-rigging and electoral fraud, United Russia's Anatoliy Pakhomov won Sochi's April 26 mayoral election with 77 percent of the "official vote." Opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov took 13.5 percent in the official count, and Communist Party (KPRF) candidate [...]
2009-04-27 12:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1098BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Andrew Kuznetsov confirmed to us that he ordered the reloading bullets listed on this license. He said that he would personally use all these reloading bullets to train for and participate in a varmint hunting tournament in July. Kuznetsov told us he regularly use [...]
2009-04-28 08:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW11ARMENIA: STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFY GAPS IN REFUGEE PROTECTION,
[...] (U) Summary: A draft UNHCR Armenia conference report on November 2008 stakeholders' consultations identifies significant legal, economic, and social challenges to refugees' integration in the impoverished former Soviet republic. While it makes dozens of recommendations for strengthening prote [...]
2009-01-07 14:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL SMIG AM
09MOSCOW110EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NEXEL ENTERPRISES
[...] 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, Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business IN cooperation with Ul [...]
2009-01-20 12:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1107RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII
[...] (U) Summary. On April 20, EST officer and senior FSN visited the Class VII pier in Region 4 of the St. Petersburg port. Beginning May 1, all HEU - LEU contract shipments to the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) will commence from this location in Region 4. EST officer was assured by Isotope, [...]
2009-04-29 10:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM EWWT RS
09MOSCOW1108WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS David Shear and ConGen staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' flows, [...]
2009-04-29 13:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RU UNSC KNNP KN
09MOSCOW111EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NEXEL ENTERPRISES
[...] 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, Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business with in cooperation wi [...]
2009-01-20 12:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1110MFA ON OSCE AND UNOMIG MISSIONS, INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin showed no signs of flexibility on the OSCE mandate renewal. He downplayed prospects that a UN mandate for Abkhazia could be extended to South Ossetia, but predicted Russia's proposal for the UN mandate would "surprise" the W [...]
2009-04-29 13:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG AZ
09MOSCOW1111FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...]
2009-04-29 13:49:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS
09MOSCOW1112RUSSIAN JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS AS ECONOMY CONTRACTS
[...] (C) According to GOR statistics released this week, actual unemployment surged to 7.5 million workers, or approximately 10% of the workforce, in March 2009. 3.5 million Russians have lost their jobs since last August. Meanwhile, the number of workers on administrative leave and partly employe [...]
2009-04-29 14:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1113MFA ON THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND SUDAN
[...] (Summary): MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin told us on April 28 that the GOR envisioned the proposed May 11 UNSC ministerial on the Middle East as a general discussion of the situation in the region and a chance to reiterate the Security Council's support f [...]
2009-04-29 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC IS IR SU RS
09MOSCOW1115 CODEL Levin with Duma Foreign Relations Chairman Kosachev
[...] (SBU) On April 15, State Duma International Relations Chairman Kosachev told Senators Levin, Collins, and Nelson that President Medvedev had issued instructions to finalize a post-START agreement by the end of the year. Although he stated that negotiators must re-link arms control and defensi [...]
2009-04-30 06:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS
09MOSCOW1116PATRUSHEV TELLS CODEL LEVIN RUSSIA WANTS CLOSER
[...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor Patrushev told visiting CODEL Levin on April 15 that Russia wanted closer intelligence cooperation on Iran, and said that the GOR would pass to the USG via intelligence channels a list of Western companies assisting Iran in its nuclear ambitions. Medvede [...]
2009-04-30 06:50:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PINR PINS MARR MCAP MASS MNUC
09MOSCOW1119MEDVEDEV'S LIBERAL GESTURES AND PUTIN DYNAMICS
[...] (C) Summary: A series of liberal political gestures by Medvedev have excited speculation about dynamics within the political tandem, with a couple of analysts going so far as to predict Putin's imminent demise. However, well-connected political observers argue against over-interpreting these [...]
2009-04-30 13:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW1122009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 13:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV OPIC KTDB USTR RS
09MOSCOW1120RUSSIAN ENERGY CHARTER PROPOSAL: NO RESPONSE
[...] (C) President Medvedev issued on April 21 a "Conceptual Approach to the New Legal Framework for Energy Cooperation," putting down on paper the GOR's ideas for, in effect, a new global Energy Charter Treaty, replacing the existing European Energy Charter Treaty (ECT),which Russia has signed, bu [...]
2009-04-30 13:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1122DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN THE ISLAMABAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 13:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW1123THE KHODORKOVSKIY SHOW, UP CLOSE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 28, we attended the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial in Moscow's Khamovnikchesky Court, which began on March 31. Although on previous visits we had been restricted to a viewing room for journalists, on this occasion we gained entrance to the courtroom. The prisoners' approxi [...]
2009-04-30 13:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1124COMMUNISTS IN OREL EMPOWERED AMIDST TWIN
[...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party (KPRF) in Orel is gaining support at the expense of United Russia due to the overwhelming level of government corruption there, and the economic crisis in general. Locals [...]
2009-04-30 14:31:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCOR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1125RUSSIAN MFA SAYS RASUL KUDAEV'S HEALTH IS
[...] (SBU) On April 23 Post received the following response from the Russian MFA pursuant to our January 23, 2009 demarche concerning the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Rasul Kudaev, currently in pre-trial detention in Nalchik, the capital of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (reftels). [...]
2009-04-30 14:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW113RUSSIAN MFA ON GAZA, LEBANON AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin welcomed the U.S.-Israeli Anti-Smuggling MOU, which he thought would help produce the Egyptian brokered cease-fire, and urged early consultations by the Obama Administration on next steps. Vershini [...]
2009-01-20 14:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR LE IQ IR IS RS
09MOSCOW1136RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...]
2009-05-04 13:21:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW1137MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 13:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW113830,000 DEMONSTRATORS DESCEND ON MOSCOW FOR MAY DAY
[...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May Day, some 33 opposition groups, trade unions, and pro-government groups, numbering an estimated 30,000 individuals, took to the streets of Moscow. Protests were generally labor-related an [...]
2009-05-04 14:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1139MOSCOW ON ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials look forward to working with Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman, who they believe may be more pragmatic on the peace process than his typically harsh rhetoric suggests. They remain unsure, however, just how large a role he will have in formulating key policy decisio [...]
2009-05-05 04:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OFDP IS RS
09MOSCOW1140EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISTC-INTERNATIONAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, ISTC - International Science and Technology Center, Moscow, [...]
2009-05-05 05:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1143MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]
2009-05-05 07:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1144MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]
2009-05-05 07:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1145RUSSIAN MFA SAYS GEORGIAN COUP ATTEMPT A SURPRISE
[...] (C) In a 1300 May 5 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed "surprise" at reports of a coup attempt in Georgia, reiterating that the event was unexpected. Karasin dismissed Georgian MinInt Merabishvili's accusations of Russian special services involvement [...]
2009-05-05 09:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU GG
09MOSCOW1146RUSSIA AND BULGARIA INITIAL SOUTH STREAM
[...] (SBU) Gazprom and Bulgarian Energy Holding initialed an agreement on South Stream during the April 29 visit of PM Stanishev to Moscow, but the two sides are reportedly still working on the details of the agreement. PMs Stanishev and Putin publicly hinted at some of the tensions over South Str [...]
2009-05-05 10:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BU
09MOSCOW1147U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1148RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]
2009-05-05 13:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW1149RUSSIA SURPRISED BY URGENT MEETING OF CONTACT
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on May 5 to MFA Department of New Threats and Challenges Attache Azamat Nurgushiyev, who expressed the MFA's surprise at the U.S. proposal to hold a Contact Group meeting on May 29 in New York. The GOR had expected the meeting to be held in July, following th [...]
2009-05-05 13:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR RS
09MOSCOW1150RUSSIA BLOCKS IMPORTS OF U.S. MEAT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that several U.S. states have been restricted from exporting meat and poultry to Russia resulting from human cases of influenza A H1N1. California, New York, Texas and Sout [...]
2009-05-05 13:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1153RUSSIA DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN FAILED GEORGIAN COUP
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA, MOD, and Duma members all rejected Georgia's claims of Russian special service involvement in the failed Georgian coup attempt May 5, saying the accusations were meant to distract from internal instability that was the true cause of the uprising. The MFA stated Moscow [...]
2009-05-06 03:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1156RUSSIA: THE SITUATION IN KALMYKIA IS ANYTHING BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The predominantly Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia in Russia's Southern Federal District, headed by a chess-obsessed autocrat, has not been spared the corruption endemic to the rest of the country or the ethnic strife found in the nearby North Caucasus republics. Both the mayor o [...]
2009-05-06 07:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KIRF PINR RS
09MOSCOW1161RUSSIA EASES RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MEAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on all pork and pork products from 10 U.S. states, using influenza A H1N1 as justification, have been lifted effective immediately (REF A). As of to [...]
2009-05-06 13:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1164MEDVEDEV-SARGSIAN: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ECONOMICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a press conference after his April 23 meeting with Armenian President Sargsian, President Medvedev stressed the November 2 Moscow Declaration he personally had brokered as the basis for progress on Nagorno-Karabakh, while the MFA stated its hope the Turkey-Armenia rapprochemen [...]
2009-05-06 13:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS AM AZ
09MOSCOW1174TUVA: LONELY REPUBLIC SEEKS STABLE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the remote Siberian republic of Tuva revealed overwhelming support for the ruling United Russia party, but social and economic isolation from the rest of the country. The capital of Tuva trumpeted no major businesses and relied on government allocations, small [...]
2009-05-07 14:14:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1177MORE JOURNALISTS BEATEN AS FREEDOM HOUSE PANS
[...] (C) Summary: On May 3, the U.S.-based NGO Freedom House released its report on freedom of speech worldwide in 2008, ranking Russia 174th out of 195 countries and designating Russia's media environment as "Not Free." The report pointed to government pressure on journalists, a large proportion o [...]
2009-05-08 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1181RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a welcome development, Russian health officials are expressing much more interest in cooperating with the United States on a wide range of health issues, including infectious and chronic disease control and preventi [...]
2009-05-08 12:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL KCRM PTER KFLU
09MOSCOW1182RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR'S SECOND CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. Russia's banking sector is preparing for a second wave of the financial crisis. Banks have been setting aside a higher-than-required share of in-house resources as provisions against an anticipated rise in non-peforming loans (NPLs). Some observers, including Sberbank President [...]
2009-05-08 12:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1184CFE: A WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary. Although Russian Foreign Ministry officials would like to overcome the impasse over the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE),other Russian interagency voices argue for its annulment. As noted in the non-paper provided to A/S Gottemoeller April 24, the MFA is prepared to c [...]
2009-05-08 13:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KCFE PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1185NEW KHAKASSIA GOVERNOR PUSHES ECONOMIC REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the small southern Siberian republic of Khakassia revealed strong local government clearly support for the United Russia party, despite difficult economic challenges in the near future. Newly-appointed Governor Zimin has established his reputation as a Medvede [...]
2009-05-08 13:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1186RUSSIA'S COMMENTS ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 15:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA PREL RS
09MOSCOW1187RUSSIA MAINTAINS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 8 U.S. states are in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Delaware and (most recently [...]
2009-05-12 03:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1192EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RADIOCOMP, MOSCOW,
[...] 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, Radiocomp, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licen [...]
2009-05-12 05:48:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1193EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DELTA COMPONENT AND 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-users, Delta Component and FSUE RNII KP, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]
2009-05-12 06:13:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1199Russian Experts Give Congressman Rogers a Snapshot of
[...] (SBU) On April 10, Russian scholars told Congressman Rogers that there was little popular opposition to the GOR and that any challenges to the government would come from elites, rather than the general populace. However, the leadership could use the threat of popular dissent to scare factions [...]
2009-05-13 04:49:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW12RUSSIA AND POLAND HOLD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS
[...] (C) On December 19 a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Lieutenant-General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy hosted a Polish delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Ambassador to the United States) Przemyslaw Grudzinski to discuss Polish missile defense (MD) t [...]
2009-01-08 14:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MCAP RS PL
09MOSCOW1205HEAT TURNED UP AGAINST JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent written appeals by Russian Federation Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia are facing enhanced scrutiny as local police pursue charges of "extremism" directed at JW religious literature. JW Amcit [...]
2009-05-13 11:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1206MEAT AND POULTRY RESTRICTIONS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letters that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 11 U.S. states are currently in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin are res [...]
2009-05-13 12:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW121DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECOSOC COMMITTEE ON NGOS:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 14:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI UNAUS NGO RU
09MOSCOW1223RUSSIA - "TO THE BARRIER" NO MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The decision in late April to pull Vladimir Solovyev's program, "To the Barrier," from the airwaves stirred controversy among Moscow's commentariat, reflecting the often conflicted attitude toward the host and his contradictory role as both regime advocate and critic. The reaso [...]
2009-05-14 13:18:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1224PUTIN'S ASIAN MEDIA LEITMOTIF: I'M IN CHARGE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Putin's interview with Japanese media and his briefer exchanges with reporters while in Japan and Mongolia have given pundits a wealth of information to analyze for signs of splits within the ruling "tandemocracy," as well as for indications of Putin's predilections [...]
2009-05-14 14:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1225RUSSIA'S HARDENING VIEWS ON SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
[...] (C) As the Kremlin's new national security strategy (septel) reasserts the priority of strengthening Russian influence in the CIS, well-connected Russian analysts and government-supported institutniki increasingly call for "positive neutrality" or the "Finlandization" of Russia's neighbors. [...]
2009-05-14 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1226RUSSIAN PUBLIC TUNES OUT KHODORKOVSKIY
[...] (C) Summary: The Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial resumed on May 12 after a two-week hiatus. A Levada Center poll released on the same day showed that only a third of the Russians polled were aware that the trial was taking place. Of those paying attention, most believed that the GOR will pressure [...]
2009-05-14 14:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1238RUSSIA: UPDATES ON COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND
[...] (C) Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that the working relationship between the USG and the Russian Federation is difficult and there is little information sharing outside of specific cases. Much of the information that follows is anecdotal, based on the Embassy's ex [...]
2009-05-15 14:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS RS
09MOSCOW1240MFA ON POSSIBILITY OF REGIME CHANGE IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Georgia section head Dmitriy Shtodin told us that the GOR would use the prospect of renewed diplomatic relations as a means of encouraging the Georgian people to replace Georgian President Saakashvili, but denied that Russia supported the Georgian opposition's protests or th [...]
2009-05-18 07:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW1249KADYROV FEELING THE PRESSURE AFTER TERRORIST
[...] (C) Summary: Less than one month after Moscow lifted the counter-terrorism regime in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov is beginning to show even less patience with opposing views. He has declared an end to the amnesty procedure by which former fighters came down from the mountains and out of the fore [...]
2009-05-18 14:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RS
09MOSCOW1250GAY RIGHTS ISSUE RAINS ON EUROVISION PARADE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 16, police arrested more than 50 gay rights activists (80, by some accounts) at Sparrow Hills Park, where they were attempting to gather for an unsanctioned protest march. Organizer Nikolay Alekseyev announced that the march would take place downtown near Pushkin Square, d [...]
2009-05-18 16:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1259EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATIONS A & B: FSUE FEA
[...] 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 foreign purchaser, FSUE FEA Radioexport, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]
2009-05-19 07:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1260EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AMOTEC TECHNOLOGY,
[...] 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 foreign purchaser, Amotec Technology, Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...]
2009-05-19 07:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1268RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us May 18 that DFM Karasin was planning to visit Chisinau and Tiraspol May 26-27 to pressure Smirnov to revoke the travel ban on Ambassador Chaudhry and EU negotiator Miszei, in order to make possible the next "3 plu [...]
2009-05-19 12:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS FI MD
09MOSCOW1271AGENDA FOR PROPOSED MANPADS EXPERTS MEETING PASSED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 15:15:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PERM PREL PETR RS
09MOSCOW1273ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS (C-RE8-02675)
[...] (S/NF) Economic ties, especially long-term gas contracts, are a pillar of Russia-Italy relations and affect Italy's policies toward Russia. Italian gas company ENI and Russian Gazprom have supply commitments in place until 2035, as well as a joint-construction agreement for the South Stream pipelin [...]
2009-05-20 05:30:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG EPET IT RS
09MOSCOW1276 RUSSIAN EXPERTS OFFER VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Russian experts on the DPRK see Pyongyang's April 5 missile test and subsequent announcement of withdrawal from the Six-Party Talks as a ploy to obtain further concessions from [...]
2009-05-20 11:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW1280RUSSIAN VIEWS ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Summary: Russia favors some form of an international tribunal as the best means to ensure that suspected pirates are tried by uniform legal standards and to allow for thorough investigations to help build evidence against the criminal bosses directing piracy operations. Among the options [...]
2009-05-20 12:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA RS
09MOSCOW1281RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...]
2009-05-20 13:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS
09MOSCOW1282DELIVERY OF MD, JDEC VISIT DOCUMENTS: MFA PROMISES
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered draft documents (reftel) and Russian language translations May 19 to Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov. (DCM had earlier also passed copies to MFA North Americas Department Director Neverov, and a copy was also delivered to MOD General Lieutenant Buzhinskiy.) Ryabkov th [...]
2009-05-20 13:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1283GAZPROM SIGNS SLEW OF DEALS ON SOUTH STREAM;
[...] (C) On May 15, Gazprom signed separate agreements on South Stream with Italy's ENI, Bulgarian Energy Holding, Greece's DESFA, and Serbia's Srbijagas. The most significant of the agreements was an "addendum" to an existing MOU between Gazprom and ENI, calling for capacity expansion from 31 bil [...]
2009-05-20 13:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW13A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]
2009-01-08 14:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW132TURNING RUSSIA INTO A MORE HELPFUL SIX PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Six Party negotiator Grigoriy Logvinov is pressing for closer coordination with the new Administration. Early consultations, in Washington or Moscow (on the margins of the February 19-20 NEAPSM Working Group meeting),could potentially turn the GOR into a more helpful [...]
2009-01-21 15:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN KS CH RS
09MOSCOW1331START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, OPENING SESSION,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During the first meeting between the United States and Russian Delegations to conclude a START Follow-on Treaty, the Russian Delegation reiterated that Russia's approach was provided to the United States in its Aide Memoire, dated December 15, 2008. The Russian Delegation also m [...]
2009-05-22 11:28:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1332NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG'S MEETINGS WITH MEDVEDEV
[...] (C) On May 19, Norwegian PM Stoltenberg met separately with Putin and Medvedev for "friendly talks." The discussions focused on cooperation on the Far North and energy, but were not detailed. To the Norwegian delegation's surprise, neither Putin nor Medvedev raised contentious issues like N [...]
2009-05-22 12:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EINV NO RS
09MOSCOW1333DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 12:29:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC BM RS
09MOSCOW1336RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 21 to Alexander Pankin, Deputy Director, Multilateral Organizations Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pankin noted that a number of countries, including Russia, had difficulties with the text presented by General Assembly [...]
2009-05-22 13:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN UNGA
09MOSCOW1337START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION,
[...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]
2009-05-22 14:51:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1340EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INFINET WIRELESS
[...] 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, InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]
2009-05-26 06:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1341EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OPTICAL ELECTRONIC
[...] 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, Optical Electronic Technologies, Moscow, Russia. The company [...]
2009-05-26 07:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1345A RUSSIAN MARSHALL PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN?
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference on Russian-Afghan relations organized by a Russian NGO provided Moscow an opportunity to demonstrate its concern over the situation in Afghanistan without committing to provide additional assistance to the country. The event brought together Russian official [...]
2009-05-26 11:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF RS
09MOSCOW1346RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES
[...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]
2009-05-26 11:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1347CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS,
[...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]
2009-05-26 11:43:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1348MFA CONTEMPLATES RETURN TO CFE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DVBR Counselor Federyakov told us May 21 that recent press reports that Russian intended to propose a "revised version" of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty were referring to the proposals in the aide memoire passed to A/S Gottemoeller on April 24, not a new Russi [...]
2009-05-26 12:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1349RUSSIA: BURY HITLER, NOT STALIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Kremlin announced that it had formed a "Commission to Oppose Historical Falsification," to address any attempts to "cast doubt on our people's victory in World War II." This decision followed a May 7 proposal in the State Duma to introduce amendments criminalizin [...]
2009-05-26 12:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1350UNITED RUSSIA: SPRING TRAINING FOR FALL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In the past week President Medvedev has stepped forward to chastise United Russia, Prime Minister Putin's political creation and vehicle for his political interests, for its reluctance to engage political opponents in public debate. This salvo at United Russia has triggered predic [...]
2009-05-26 13:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1354GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...]
2009-05-26 14:11:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW1355MFA ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA;
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 26 meeting, MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin denied any Russian interference in Georgia's internal situation, and rejected reports of recent troop increases due to the ongoing demonstrations in Georgia. MFA I/O Head of Divis [...]
2009-05-26 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW136EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TON LTD, MOSCOW,
[...] 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, Ton Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]
2009-01-22 07:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1361RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow in January 2009. The visit produced no major political agreements and only modest strengthening of the limited economic ties between the countrie [...]
2009-05-27 12:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON PREL CU RS
09MOSCOW1362READING THE TEA LEAVES ON MEDVEDEV'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's May 16 proposal to change the way the head, deputy head and secretary of Russia's Constitutional Court are selected passed all three readings by the State Duma on May 20 and 22, received the approval of the Federation Council on May 27, and now appears hea [...]
2009-05-27 13:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1363RUSSIAN MFA ON OSCE IN GEORGIA AND GENEVA TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin in a May 26 meeting reiterated that a continued OSCE presence in Georgia was contingent on approval of Russia's OSCE proposal for separate monitoring missions in South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Dviny [...]
2009-05-27 14:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1364 DEMARCHE FOR RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 27, EST Off delivered reftel demarche on strengthening the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Russia's MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova said she was aware of some of the proposed enhance [...]
2009-05-27 15:21:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC PARM PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1373IZHORA STEEL WORKS NEEDS INVESTMENT TO REALIZE RUSSIA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Izhora Steel Works currently is Russia's only producer of nuclear power plant equipment sets for Russia's 1000 megawatt pressurized light water reactors (VVER). Although Izhora claims it can meet current plans for domestic and international nuclear construction, it needs a [...]
2009-05-28 09:57:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL ENRG PGOV SENV RS
09MOSCOW1386MEDVEDEV AND THE "GOLDEN MEAN"
[...] (C) In a May 25 speech on budget priorities, the first-ever to the Cabinet, President Medvedev acknowledged that the economic downturn was far from over. Medvedev also appeared to side with economic conservatives, who favor sharp reductions in government spending, in the televised May 25 spe [...]
2009-05-28 12:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW1388WITH BP'S ACQUIESCENCE, RUSSIAN PARTNER TAKES OVER
[...] (C) TNK-BP announced on May 27 that its board had appointed Mikhail Fridman, the senior partner in the AAR consortium that owns 50 percent of TNK-BP, as the company's new interim CEO. The company also announced the board had appointed Russian executives Pavel Skitovich and Maxim Barsky to sen [...]
2009-05-28 14:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1389MOSCOW RULES CONSTRAIN NIKITA BELYKH'S "LIBERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Our May 20-21 visit to Kirov, one week after President Medvedev's own visit, revealed tight Moscow limits on the ambitions of Governor Nikita Belykh, a former opposition leader who assumed office in January 2009. Unable to implement political or mass media reforms, Belykh has tur [...]
2009-05-28 17:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1397RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS
[...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...]
2009-05-29 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW1401MEDVEDEV CAPITALIZES ON MOSCOW POLICE FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An April 27 police shooting spree that was captured on video and placed on the internet rocked Moscow and gave President Medvedev an opportunity to burnish his anti-corruption credentials. In sacking Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin and four other high-level police officia [...]
2009-05-29 12:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW1402DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH
[...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...]
2009-05-29 12:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1403 Russia following South Ossetia elections
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press has been closely following the South Ossetian election campaign over the past several months. Reports cover the election mechanics and Russian assistance, which includes polling stations on Russian soil, election observers, and "methodological" aid. Pressure b [...]
2009-05-29 13:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW1404CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL NAMED HEAD OF RUSSIAN AIRBORNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Strongly criticized for war crimes committed in Chechnya by troops under his command, Lt. General Vladimir Shamanov's appointment to command Russian airborne troops is considered by some experts to be a message from the Russian leadership in support of not only military reform bu [...]
2009-05-29 14:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MCAP PREL PINS RS
09MOSCOW1423 GLONASS DEPLOYMENT HAS FULL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) At the third International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow from May 12-13, Russian officials took pains to demonstrate high-level government support for the previously behind-schedule Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). They assured the thousand plus government a [...]
2009-06-01 10:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL PREL ECON KPAO ECIN TNGD PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1424LATEST RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT, LIKE ITS IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) The May 21-22 Russia-EU Summit, held in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East (RFE),resulted in no breakthroughs on major energy, political and trade issues. Press reports focused on continuing "tensions" over energy, a topic dominated by Russia's push for the EU to finance Ukraine's gas ne [...]
2009-06-01 11:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS EU
09MOSCOW1431DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...]
2009-06-01 12:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1436THE MAN WHO WRITES PUTIN'S FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING
[...] (C) Summary: Putin has assembled for himself a small foreign policy team after moving from the Kremlin to the Russian White House, according to Yuri Kholkhov, a former MFA official who now prepares briefing papers for the Prime Minister. Russian prime ministers did not previously have a fore [...]
2009-06-02 06:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1439IPR: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN A NORTHEAST
[...] Summary. A delegation of Russian law enforcement officials participated in the 5th annual USPTO Northeast Baltic Regional Conference on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment held in Helsinki, Finland on April 28-29, 2009. Their participation signals [...]
2009-06-02 12:18:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1440FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]
2009-06-02 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1447EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RADIS LTD.,
[...] 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, Radis Ltd., Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]
2009-06-03 06:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1449 RUSSIA'S ROSATOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL/NUCLEAR WATCHDOG GROUPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Forum-Dialogue on "Nuclear Power, Society and Safety" held April 21 and 22 hosted by Rosatom State Corporation in Saint Petersburg featured Rosatom Director General Kiriyenko's affirmation the current Federal Targeted Plan (FTP) will continue as planned, but [...]
2009-06-03 08:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL MNUC ENRG KRAD SENV PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1450COOPERATION ON RUSSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS:
[...] (C) Despite the economic crisis, in recent months President Medvedev has kept up a steady flow of initiatives to combat corruption, his signature issue in the presidential campaign last year. Medvedev has largely focused these initiatives on corruption by officials, including declarations of [...]
2009-06-03 08:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1451WEATHERFORD TO BUY TNK-BP SERVICES UNIT FOR $450
[...] (C) American (but Swiss-registered) oil field services company Weatherford agreed on May 29 to buy TNK-BP's oil field services (OFS) enterprises in a deal worth approximately $450 million. It is one of the largest foreign investments in Russia in recent years and certainly the largest since R [...]
2009-06-03 09:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1452PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO
[...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...]
2009-06-03 09:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1456DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 13:21:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1457DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 13:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS RS
09MOSCOW1459FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]
2009-06-03 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1461RUSSIAN MFA ON ASSISTANCE TO STRENGTHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 05:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KCRM MNUC ASEC PARM PINR
09MOSCOW1462BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to a lack of funding, we were not able to travel to Surgut, Russia to conduct a site visit of Surgutneftegas's business operations and on-site security. A company representative, however, flew to Moscow to meet us and provided us with corporate reports. He also described t [...]
2009-06-04 07:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW1464U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE MEMOIRE ON B-1 HEAVY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:47:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1469CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE BECOMING A REALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will gather in Moscow on June 14 to create a Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). MFA officials and experts agree that Russia's principal motivation for creating KSOR is to counter a possible northern influx [...]
2009-06-04 13:40:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS PINR MCAP MARR RS
09MOSCOW1470RUSSIA AND BELARUS: A CLOSE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL
[...] (C) PM Putin's May 29 visit to Minsk began a sharp exchange on Belarus's financial situation, with the Russian Finance Minister predicting the collapse of the Belarusian economy by the end of the year. According to analysts this latest spat was reflective of a "close but dysfunctional" relat [...]
2009-06-04 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BO RS
09MOSCOW1473RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]
2009-06-05 03:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNPUOS UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1474RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]
2009-06-05 03:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1475RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 06:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1478DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to MFA Department for Human Rights section chief Andrey Lancjikov, who said that Russia's position on extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan was "still under consideration." He explained that on June 4, the MFA had discussed this [...]
2009-06-05 08:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW1479CLINTON-KOUCHNER LETTER AND UNOMIG DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Ambassador delivered Ref B talking points on UNOMIG to DFM Karasin, while post delivered ref A and B demarche and letter to MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin the same day, jointly with French Embassy DCM Philippe Lefort. Karasin said Russia would engage and negotiate on [...]
2009-06-05 08:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW148RUSSIA TO SANCTION ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA?
[...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev signed a decree January 19 prohibiting the supply of military and dual-use items to Georgia, and threatening economic sanctions and the termination of military-economic and military-technical cooperation for foreign countries and entities engaged in such arms [...]
2009-01-22 15:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS GG RS
09MOSCOW1487RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL
[...] (C) Summary: Russian officials expressed genuine interest in overcoming obstacles to conclude an agreement with the U.S. on lethal transit to Afghanistan during May 27 talks, and passed a draft agreement to the U.S. delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that there might be [...]
2009-06-05 12:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1488ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Lieberman's June 2-3 visit to Russia appears not to have broken new ground diplomatically, but cemented Moscow's impression that the Russian-speaking Lieberman is one of their own. The trip included meetings with Medvedev and Putin, as well as a lengthy discussion with [...]
2009-06-05 13:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IS SY GG RS
09MOSCOW149RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 15:47:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1490ALEKSANDR EBRALIDZE--RUSSIA'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. While press reports describe St. Petersburg businessman Aleksandr Ebralidze as "the Kremlin's favorite" to become the next President in Georgia, South Caucasus watchers had not heard of Ebralidze before he announced his aspirations at a Georgian diaspora conference in Sochi in M [...]
2009-06-05 13:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1491MISSILE DEFENSE, JDEC, NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) Summary. During interagency delegation discussions in Moscow May 28 on prospects for developing joint cooperation on ballistic missile defense (MD),outstanding issues regarding establishment of the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC),and non-proliferation deliverables for the July summit, [...]
2009-06-05 14:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW1492RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Russia's two representatives to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) told Post that Russia fully supports U.S. positions for the upcoming IWC meeting in Madeira. Specifically, the government of Russia (GOR) favors continuing the "Future of the IWC" process to reach a [...]
2009-06-08 06:30:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC RS
09MOSCOW1496RUMORS OF DEFENSE MINISTER OUSTER DISCOUNTED
[...] (C) Summary: Local press reported that Defense Minister Serdyukov would be dismissed from his post and made Head of the Federal Customs Service (FTS),to be replaced by someone from within the Defense Ministry. A working group of Duma Deputies and military experts submitted a report to Medved [...]
2009-06-08 10:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1497NEMTSOV, MILOV: OBAMA MUST SHOW SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov and former Deputy Energy Minister Vladimir Milov -- co-leaders of the Solidarity opposition movement -- outlined for the Ambassador how President Obama should approach his July visit to Moscow. First, they argued, Ob [...]
2009-06-08 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM OVIP RS
09MOSCOW1498EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T-PLATFORMS,
[...] 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, T-Platforms, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]
2009-06-08 14:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW150RUSSIA TAKING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian Federation is taking the February 2009 review of the human rights situation here under the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) special mechanism seriously. The Senior Human Rights Adviser at the UN's mission in Moscow told us that last summer he [...]
2009-01-22 16:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UNHRC RS
09MOSCOW1500RUSSIA GRANTS EXTENSION ON NEGOTIATING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late January 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) expressed its concerns in both a DVC and in a letter that the veterinary certificate for the export of US pork to Russia does not adequately reflect Russian requirements. VPSS [...]
2009-06-08 14:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1501MURDER OF TOP COP SHOWS THAT DAGESTAN IS STILL
[...] (SBU) The June 5 shooting of Dagestan's Interior Minister Adilgirei Magomedtagirov by a sniper while he stood outside a banquet hall where he was attending the wedding of a lower-ranking ministry official shows just how uncontrolled the security situation is in this North Caucasus republic. P [...]
2009-06-08 15:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1503 EXBS: SUPPORTING RUSSIAN CUSTOMS' EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1505CRISIS FAINTLY BOOSTS PRESS FREEDOM; PUBLIC SNOOZES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of GOR policy in some print and internet media has sharpened as the financial crisis has taken hold. This has raised hopes among some liberal observers that the financial crisis will improve press freedom in Russia, by forcing GOR officials to be more open to criticis [...]
2009-06-09 11:09:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1506INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - RUSSIA STILL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 13:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA RS
09MOSCOW1507KALUGA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the ruling United Russia-dominated Kaluga Region, local government officials took great pains to portray it as one of the most attractive regions in Russia for foreign investment and, despite the current economic crisis, one that is thriving with virtu [...]
2009-06-09 14:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM KCOR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1508RUSSIA SUPPORTS DRPK UNSCR TEXT, SEEKS CLARITY ON
[...] (C) Russian DFM Aleksandr Borodavkin called in Ambassador Beyrle late June 8 (Moscow time) to discuss the current draft UNSCR under consideration in New York condemning North Korea for its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. Borodavkin opened by noting that, in principle, Russia is read [...]
2009-06-09 14:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV NK RS
09MOSCOW1509DFM GRUSHKO ON NATO-RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador June 8 that the GOR could not prepare in time for a formal NRC ministerial June 27, but would support an informal meeting, which would provide the political signal to allow reengagement on military to military cooperation. He was unwill [...]
2009-06-09 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO UP RS
09MOSCOW1512 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Kaliningrad May 5-6 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Contr [...]
2009-06-10 08:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1520ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: STILL ON HOLD
[...] (C) The strains of the economic crisis are increasing pressure on the GOR to slow down electricity sector reform. Consumers are concerned about the speed of price reform and generating companies (gencos) are reluctant to modernize generating capacity. The GOR's signals about its intentions ar [...]
2009-06-11 07:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EIND ENRG RS
09MOSCOW1521EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC,
[...] 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, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]
2009-06-11 09:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1525INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY MAKERS
[...] (C) In response to ref A request for information on Russian leaders with influence on GOR Afghan policy, we have provided profiles of MFA officials involved in Russian policy toward Afghanistan. Of the MFA officials listed below, we classify the following as experts on Afghanistan: Aleksandr [...]
2009-06-11 11:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW153GAS CRISIS RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Confirming press reports, Gazprom told us January 21 that supplies to Europe and Ukraine had been restored "in full." An EU representative told us January 22 that monitors have confirmed flows are "on track" and have reported no problems. As has been widely reported, the gas fl [...]
2009-01-23 12:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW1530NORD STREAM CEO SAYS PIPELINE WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2011 -- IF IT STARTS ON TIME Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 13:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS GM
09MOSCOW1535UNITED RUSSIA MANIPULATES PENZA REGION'S MASSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the Penza Region it was apparent that United Russia dominates the region to an extreme degree. Opposition forces, like the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF),the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR),and Just Russia have very little [...]
2009-06-11 13:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1536RUSSIAN VET SERVICE THREATENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5th the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that the VPSS would grant an extension on the negotiation of a frozen pork meat and by-products certificate to August 1, 2009. (Ref A) Howeve [...]
2009-06-11 14:00:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1537GOR WITHDRAWS FROM SCHNEERSOHN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS,
[...] (C) On personal instructions from Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director for the North America Department Khudrin summoned us on June 11 and presented a note (scanned and emailed to EUR/RUS) that announced the GOR's withdrawal from United States court pro [...]
2009-06-11 14:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1538RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]
2009-06-11 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1539NONPAPER DELIVERED: JDEC/PLNS NON-PAPER: "RARE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 14:34:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09MOSCOW154RUSSIAN MFA ON TREATMENT OF FORMER GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) We met with Artem Kudoyarov, Deputy Director in the MFA's North America Department, to convey reftel concerns about reports that the GOR has denied critical medical care to Rasul Kudaev, a former detainee at the Guantanamo detention center currently in Russian custody. In addition to ref [...]
2009-01-23 13:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDGR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1540Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations Seeks to Expand
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 14:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AORC EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KG TI
09MOSCOW1541RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE
[...] (C/NF) MFA Deputy Director Gorlach welcomed reftel demarche as an important signal and expressed interest in the idea of a joint U.S.-Russian statement for the Corfu ministerial. He said that Russia would not oppose efforts to discuss the human and economic agenda, but asked for specifics an [...]
2009-06-11 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EU NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1542FM STEINMEIER URGES RUSSIA TO SEIZE THIS HISTORIC
[...] (C) On a June 10 visit to Moscow, German FM Steinmeier met separately with President Medvedev, PM Putin, and FM Lavrov. According to the German embassy, the visit bolstered the strategic partnership, with Steinmeier using the opportunity to press Russia on nuclear disarmament negotiations wit [...]
2009-06-11 14:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG GM RS
09MOSCOW1544DELIVERY OF U.S.NON-PAPERS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 11:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PARM KACT START JCIC KTIA US RS
09MOSCOW155MOSCOW GOVERNMENT COPES WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: According to Moscow city officials, the global economic crisis has not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree that it is impacting the capital's more affluent residents. In order to mitigate its effects and maintain a stable political climate in Moscow, the city gover [...]
2009-01-23 13:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1556WORLD GRAIN FORUM IN ST.PETERSBURG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6-7 the Government of the Russian Federation hosted its first World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg. With approximately 1,500 representatives from over 40 countries ranging from Agriculture Ministers to grain industry experts the forum focused on the role of grain produc [...]
2009-06-15 06:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1557 MOSCOW CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SIGNIFICANT,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 07:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS RS XF
09MOSCOW1561SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia, which provides an opportunity for us to engage with the highest levels of the Russian government on energy issues, an opportunity that has until recently been largely absent in the relationship. The "reset" of relations and in particular [...]
2009-06-15 10:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1562PUTIN, PIKALEVO, AND THE FAILURE OF THE POWER
[...] (C) Summary. The events two weeks ago in the northwestern town of Pikalevo, in which frustrated workers in three small, idled plants blocked a federal highway to draw attention to their plight, demonstrated the failures of Russia's "vertical of power" and gave insight into the balance of power [...]
2009-06-15 11:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW15652009 REPORT FOR RUSSIA ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) Per reftel request, attached is post's draft 2009 Report for Russia on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. We have also e-mailed to EUR/RUS and EEB/OIA the draft report as a Word document marked to show changes from the 2008 Report for Russia. Begin text of draft report: 2. ( [...]
2009-06-15 13:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1572EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SWEMEL INNOVATION
[...] 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, Swemel Innovation Enterprise, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]
2009-06-16 06:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1582 MOSCOW CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SIGNIFICANT,
[...] Summary: The President's June 4 Cairo speech received a generally positive response in the Moscow press. Russia's Muslim leaders were similarly upbeat, and they expressed hope for better relations between West and East and an inclusive global conversation. Many commentators questioned wheth [...]
2009-06-16 14:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS RS XF
09MOSCOW1591IMPLICATIONS OF REARMING GEORGIA FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: A decision to move towards a more robust military relationship with Georgia will imperil our efforts to re-start relations with Russia, if it is not carefully calibrated and deployed. While Medvedev understands the strategic and personal benefits of crafting a productive partnersh [...]
2009-06-17 14:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1597JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SCIENTOLOGISTS UNDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign against the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) in Russia, instigated by General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka in early 2009, continued in May and June. While a judge dismissed one case against the JW branch in Tolyatti on insufficient grounds, the situation in Samara Oblast, Sve [...]
2009-06-18 07:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1599RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NONPAPER ON AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, MFA Legal Department Section Chief Titushkin provided a response to reftel nonpaper laying out U.S. opposition to an international piracy court. He explained that the GOR considered an international tribunal an appropriate forum to prosecute suspected pirates, espe [...]
2009-06-18 08:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW160RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ENDS GRADUAL RUBLE DEVALUATION
[...] (C) In a post-trading day press conference on January 22, Central Bank (CBR) Chairman Sergei Ignatiyev announced the end of the CBR's policy of gradual ruble devaluation. The announcement came two months after the CBR embarked on a series of 1-percent devaluations against a currency "basket" [...]
2009-01-23 15:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1603"PIKALEVO SYNDROME:" NOT A PANDEMIC, BUT STILL
[...] (C) Government officials, business leaders, and economists have become fascinated over the past couple weeks with the potential spread of "Pikalevo syndrome" and the repetition in other single company towns of this month's highly publicized demonstration outside St. Petersburg. As expected, th [...]
2009-06-18 11:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1605MEDVEDEV, MOSCOW DEMONSTRATE RESOLVE BY STAMPING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow and across Russia, radical changes are afoot as gambling businesses scramble to comply with a new federal law restricting gambling facilities to four special gaming zones. Some gambling moguls are planning to move their businesses to other former Soviet republics and [...]
2009-06-18 14:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1606CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE LAUNCHED WITHOUT BELARUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 14 signed documents to create the Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). Though in attendance at the summit, Uzbekistan did not sign the KSOR agreement, possibly for fear that KSOR may be used to settl [...]
2009-06-18 15:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MCAP MARR RS ETRD BO
09MOSCOW1608RUSSIA UNDECIDED ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 15:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1609DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Poneman and DOE Moscow representatives met with Russian Federation Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss future cooperation in areas of mutual interest to include energy and climate change. During the ninety-minute meeting, Shmatk [...]
2009-06-19 05:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1611DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman met with Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss nonproliferation Presidential Summit deliverables, including the Joint Statement on Nuclear Security, the Protocol to amend the Plutonium Ma [...]
2009-06-19 05:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RS PARM ENRG
09MOSCOW1612DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Ambassador Beyrle met with Russian Federation Minister of Education and Science (MES) Andrey Fursenko on June 10, 2009, in Moscow to discuss future DOE-MES cooperation in energy efficiency, carbon capture and sequestration, and nanotech [...]
2009-06-19 06:23:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PREL PTER SENV TSPL TNGD KGHG EAID
09MOSCOW1616DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, Ambassador Beyrle, and Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Jim Timbie met with Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko and his Deputy Nikolai Spasskiy on June 9, 2009 in Moscow to develop a p [...]
2009-06-19 09:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KTIA IR RS ENRG
09MOSCOW1617GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...]
2009-06-19 10:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EFIN GM RS
09MOSCOW1619BUSINESS LEADER ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Yanna Yakovleva, the head of Business Solidarity, a NGO dedicated to protecting Russian businesses from government extortion. Yakovleva expressed appreciation for a recent joint project with the Embassy that had changed the law o [...]
2009-06-19 11:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KJUS SNAR RS
09MOSCOW1620MEDVEDEV SENDS DUMA WATERED-DOWN AMENDMENTS TO NGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17 President Medvedev sent to the Russian State Duma a packet of proposed changes to the NGO Law enacted in 2006 at the behest of then president Vladimir Putin. The proposed changes are minor -- permitting smaller NGOs to use shorter, less burdensome forms when registe [...]
2009-06-19 12:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1621MFA ON UNOMIG FAILURE, NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA IVth CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us UNOMIG renewal talks failed in part due to the West's rigid response to Russia's earlier OSCE proposals, which caused Moscow to "tighten" its position on UNOMIG. Dvinyanin described Russia's concurrence with UNSCR 1866, which refer [...]
2009-06-19 12:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW1625LOOKING FOR A "NO" FROM WTO ON CUSTOMS UNION
[...] (C) Summary. Following Putin's surprise announcement that Russia intends to accede to the WTO as part of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are still trying to figure out how best to proceed. Intensive consultations are underway, with Minister Nabiullina reported [...]
2009-06-19 13:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD RS WTO
09MOSCOW1626IMF'S MISSION TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary. IMF Senior Resident Representative for Russia Odd Per Brekk gave us an overview of the recent Article IV consultations with the GOR. He explained that non-vital spending comprised too much of the country's 2009 fiscal deficit. Right-sizing the deficit and directing more of the [...]
2009-06-19 13:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1642NO OFFICIAL GOR POSITION ON PATRIOT MISSILES IN
[...] (C) MFA North America Desk First Secretary Aleksey Ivanov told us the GOR had no official position on the possible rotating-basis deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems in Poland. He told us that many GOR officials, however privately oppose such a move because they interpret Polish statem [...]
2009-06-22 10:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MCAP MARR RS PL
09MOSCOW1645SUMMIT DELIVERABLES: RYABKOV NOTES SPEED AND
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov confirmed to Ambassador Steve Mull in a June 17 meeting in Moscow that the GOR is working hard to get responses to the "very creative hard work" delivered by Energy DepSec Poneman, A/S Gottemoeller and Ambassador Mull himself during r [...]
2009-06-23 04:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1646SAMARA - A CITY OF TWO TALES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has heightened the divide between the Samara oblast administration's relentless assertions of stability and the "non-official" story of growing discontent among the more politically active part of society and within elite circles. Samara officials assured us [...]
2009-06-23 04:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1647FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN, SURVIVAL TRUMPS RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite liberal laws and official Russian policy protecting women's rights, Russian women routinely suffer rights abuses in their daily lives, including violence and sexual harassment. Centuries-old patriarchal attitudes continue to hold sway. Soviet ideology temporarily and [...]
2009-06-23 07:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM EFIN SOCI KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1649MOSCOW SAYS IRANIAN ELECTION AN INTERNAL AFFAIR
[...] (U) Moscow has steered clear of the controversy over Iran's June 12 Presidential election, waiting until June 22 for the MFA to release a brief statement declaring the election a "purely internal affair." The statement did acknowledge that the election was being "challenged by other contender [...]
2009-06-23 09:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW1650RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS ON BLACK SEA FLEET "MOST
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA was at pains to stress the success and cooperative tone of the June 10 Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Fleet sub-commission talks. The sides agreed on a mechanism for rapid exchange of information on urgent issues and a scheme to inventory land parcels used by the BSF, plus di [...]
2009-06-23 12:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MCAP RS UP
09MOSCOW1652RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER DRAFT U.S.-RUSSIA POINTS OF
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA European Cooperation Section head Pavel Knyazev on June 23. Knyazev said all the points looked fine at first glance, although the point on Trafficking in Persons struck him as "on a different scale," and did not address all of the issues in this area, where [...]
2009-06-23 14:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO OSCE KCFE MARR RS
09MOSCOW1653WOMEN IN MOSCOW CITY LEADERSHIP: AN UPHILL BATTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As elsewhere in Russia, women in Moscow are underrepresented in high-level positions in politics. On the whole, women do not have equal opportunities as men to run for office because they lack the necessary financial and administrative means and have difficulty overcoming Russ [...]
2009-06-23 15:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1658VISIT OF SE MORNINGSTAR: RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) In June 17-18 meetings with visiting Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar, Russian interlocutors welcomed greater cooperation and dialogue with the U.S., including on two-way investment and global strategic issues such as the future of LNG, pipelines, and energy diplomacy. SE Mor [...]
2009-06-24 14:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1660RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement (reftel) to MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy and European Cooperation Deputy Director Yuri Gorlatch June 24. Set forth below are their initial questions and comments on the text. We also pa [...]
2009-06-24 15:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF US RS
09MOSCOW1661RUSSIAN MEDIA, OFTEN CRITICAL OF FOREIGN
[...] SUMMARY: A recent series of news items in the Russian press has cast an introspective spotlight on the perils that Russian children face in orphanages and domestic adoptive families. The media has increasingly drawn public attention to a spate of incidents in recent months in which Russian [...]
2009-06-25 06:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1664START FOLLOW-ON: A/S GOTTEMOELLER PRESENTS U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller led an inter-agency delegation that presented U.S. papers on SNDVs and ODSNWs, a draft Joint Understanding (Refs C and D),and the U.S. non-paper containing comments on the Russian "vision" paper to a Russian interagency delegation June 15-16. [...]
2009-06-25 08:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KACT START MARR KNNP RS
09MOSCOW1665RUSSIAN AG MINISTER SUPPORTS ACTION ON A/H1N1
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik met with Ambassador Beyrle on June 22, 2009. In a short and cordial exchange, Skrynnik instructed Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) leaders present to hold a DVC with USDA technical experts this week in an ef [...]
2009-06-25 09:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1666VLADIMIR REGION WEATHERS THE CRISIS
[...] (C) Labor, business, and government leaders in Vladimirskaya oblast remain optimistic about their region's future despite recent setbacks caused by the financial crisis. Regional administration officials anticipate the opening of sixteen new enterprises and production lines by the end of 2009 [...]
2009-06-25 09:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1667GOR SO FAR LOW KEY ON MANAS
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the Kyrgyz announcement that the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan had reached a new agreement on the continued use of the Manas airport in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan, official GOR reaction so far has maintained the consistent line that Manas is a matter of bilateral re [...]
2009-06-25 10:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1670VORKUTA: ARCTIC MINING TOWN WEATHERS CRISIS AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: A June 13-15 visit to Vorkuta, a former gulag mining town north of the Arctic Circle, revealed a company town (or so-called "monogorod") struggling to define itself amid "optimization" that has hemorrhaged jobs and residents over the past decade. A May 24 rally that attracted 1 [...]
2009-06-25 13:54:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1685SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ACQUITTAL OF POLITKOVSKAYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the February acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, citing serious procedural violations, and ordered a retrial. The defendants' lawyers called the decision "political," and sta [...]
2009-06-29 09:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1688SAMADUROV EXPECTS GUILTY VERDICT IN "FORBIDDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former Sakharov Center Director Yuriy Samodurov and former curator of the New Tretyakov Gallery Andrey Yerofeyev has entered its third month of hearings at the Taganskiy district court in the criminal case brought against them for a 2006 modern art exhibit entitle [...]
2009-06-29 11:18:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI KJUS RS
09MOSCOW169NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-001:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 13:36:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1696FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...]
2009-06-29 14:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS
09MOSCOW1704DEMARCHE ON RECENT U.S. NOMINATION OF THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 11:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN ETTC RU
09MOSCOW173EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTEX LTD.,
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested Post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Autex Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on two (2) [...]
2009-01-27 07:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1730CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 16:09:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1731RUSSIAN MFA GRANTS MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE WITH
[...] On June 29, 2009, via diplomatic note 3217/DSA, MFA authorized a fisheries research survey on pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) by the vessel Oscar Dyson in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Bering Sea during the period July 1 to August 3, 2009, without entering Russian ports. Post has e-m [...]
2009-07-02 04:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT RS
09MOSCOW1732CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 05:00:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1733ALCOA INVESTMENT LIFTS SAMARA'S SAGGING ECONOMY
[...] On June 23-24, the Ambassador visited Samara to officiate at the opening of the latest production line of the USD 750 million Alcoa investment in the Samara Metallurgical Plant, Russia's largest aluminum producing facility. The Ambassador met with Samara Governor Vladimir Vladimorovich Artyako [...]
2009-07-02 08:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON PGOV SOCI RU
09MOSCOW1738VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary. Russia said Moscow's agreement to meet with Moldovan President Voronin June 22 in Moscow was not election campaign assistance, but only support inasmuch as Moscow sought to maintain good relations with its neighbors and protect the interests of the Russian-speaking (voting) popu [...]
2009-07-02 11:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS MD
09MOSCOW1742YAVLINSKIY'S POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador Beyrle met with former Yabloko leader Grigoriy Yavlinskiy prior to the Obama-Medvedev summit to hear his views on U.S.-Russian relations, as well as his thoughts on how the U.S. should best approach bilateral relations. His top five recommendations pertain [...]
2009-07-03 10:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1743MOSCOW CITY DUMA AMENDMENTS FAVOR A UNITED RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City Duma amended Moscow's Election Code on June 17, strategically changing the rules for its own elections. These measures set up a voting structure that favors United Russia's continual dominance in the October 11, 2009 Moscow City Duma elections. Key legislativ [...]
2009-07-03 15:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW176KREMLIN DIRECTS UNITED RUSSIA TO "SPIN" CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: At the instruction of Kremlin officials, United Russia is taking a more active visible role in defending Russian government actions to the Russian public. Countering the anti-import duty protests and messages which have resonated in political and media circles for weeks, United Ru [...]
2009-01-27 10:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1763MEDVEDEV IN BAKU: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of President Medvedev's visit to Baku June 29, Russia is optimistic that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved in the near future. To effect that, Moscow plans no actions outside of the Minsk Group Process, which is organizing a meeting between the Armenian [...]
2009-07-08 12:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS AZ
09MOSCOW1764RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH KIRILL PROPOSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In advance of the July 6-8 visit to Moscow by President Obama, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill welcomed stronger ties between the U.S. and Russia and proposed a religious component to international peace negotiations. Kirill also presse [...]
2009-07-08 14:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1768 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Vladivostok June 9-10 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Con [...]
2009-07-09 09:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1772DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna Yevstegneyeva. Our Bri [...]
2009-07-09 13:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1780 CODEL BERMAN MEETS WITH CARNEGIE CENTER AND AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings June 30, Codel Berman met with Carnegie Center experts and AmCham members. Carnegie's Trenin told the Codel that missile defense was the "make-or-break" issue for Russia's post-START treaty posture. Russia benefited from U.S. tensions with Iran, although i [...]
2009-07-10 10:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1781U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...]
2009-07-10 10:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1787EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SIGM PLUS COMPANY, MOSCOW,
[...] 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, Sigm Plus Company, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]
2009-07-10 12:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1790TATARSTAN'S EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY AWAITS GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Beyrle's June 24-25 visit to Kazan, Tatarstan President Mintimir Shaymiyev and members of the central Russian republic's business community told him that the republic's export-oriented local economy (oil and heavy machinery) is suffering greatly from the current [...]
2009-07-10 14:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR KISL SCUL RS
09MOSCOW1791UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, WAGE ARREARS & REDUCED HOURS
[...] (C) According to GOR data released last week, actual unemployment in Russia fell to 8.5 percent, or 6.5 million workers, in May. Employment was also down 1.9 percent, or 2.1 million workers, from May 2008. Experts predicted that the employment decline would continue because workers leaving t [...]
2009-07-13 06:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1793ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES SUMMIT WITH ROUNDTABLE OF
[...] (C) Summary: A panel of experts told ASD Vershbow the July 6-8 POTUS visit had been a success, with both sides working hard to ensure a positive outcome. Experts praised Obama's rhetoric as defending U.S. values without meddling in Russia's internal affairs. Being Obama's primary interlocut [...]
2009-07-13 09:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EAID RS
09MOSCOW1794RUSSIAN MFA DOWNPLAYS DISCORD WITH UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed press speculation that Russia stood to benefit from the de-sovereignization of Ukraine, but said Russia would continue to protest against attempts to "ukrainize" Crimea. While several recent accords showed that Russia-Ukraine relations remained fruitful on the [...]
2009-07-13 13:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW1797"DA, WE CAN": OPTIMISM SWEEPS CIVIL SOCIETY SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Civil Society Summit of July 6-7 brought together approximately 100 NGO representatives from both the U.S. and Russia. Although participants were pleased with the detailed results of the Summit's various Working Groups, they saved their most effusive praise for President Ob [...]
2009-07-13 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW180MOSCOW MULLS SOCIAL UNREST AFTER VLADIVOSTOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The scope and spontaneity of protests last December against the regime's anti-crisis policies sparked speculation about the potential for unrest and political crisis in the coming year. Opponents of the regime and even some loyalists seized upon the protests as a sign of broader [...]
2009-01-27 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1804EXPERT TELLS ASD VERSHBOW GOR HAS CHANGED ATTITUDE
[...] (C) Summary: PIR Center Director Vladimir Orlov told ASD Vershbow on July 8 that the attempts to reset U.S.-Russia relations, culminating in the July 6-8 summit, had improved the GOR's attitude toward the United States. He expressed optimism that genuine U.S.-Russia cooperation would be poss [...]
2009-07-14 08:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW181UNHCR SECURITY ADVISOR IN NORTH CAUCASUS HOPEFUL
[...] (C) Summary: According to UN security officials based in Vladikavkaz, Ingushetia's new president has made a promising start as he tries to restore calm to the restive North Caucasus republic. Recent attacks on civilians in North Ossetia, meanwhile, do not appear to these observers to portend [...]
2009-01-27 15:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MARR UNHCR PINR PTER RS
09MOSCOW1811NEW BP RUSSIA CEO SAYS TNK-BP DOING "EXTREMELY
[...] (C) New BP Russia President Jeremy Huck told the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that his first priority is to maintain and protect BP's investment in TNK-BP. Huck said TNK-BP continues to perform "extremely well" and that despite some tensions, relations with AAR (its Russian partners in TNK [...]
2009-07-15 07:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW182INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]
2009-01-27 15:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS
09MOSCOW1824RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]
2009-07-15 11:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1825RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]
2009-07-15 11:29:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1827THE GOR'S "SECRET" VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7 Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin made a brief, unannounced visit to Kyrgyzstan to discuss Russia's interest in opening a second Russian military base in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. The base is expected to house [...]
2009-07-15 13:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MCAP EINV EMIN RS KG
09MOSCOW1828EXCHANGE OF AFGHAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT NOTES
[...] (SBU) On July 15 EmbOff delivered to Russian MFA North America Department Second Secretary Ruben Malayan the original and one copy of Embassy Note No. MFA/104/09, initialed on July 8, referring to the Afghan Transit Agreement signed on July 6. In exchange, Malayan delivered to EmbOff the origi [...]
2009-07-15 14:02:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW1835DFM RYABKOV TAKES STOCK FOLLOWING "VERY GOOD"
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador July 16 that the Russian government viewed the Obama-Medvedev summit as a "very good visit," and said the MFA was preparing next steps for post-START negotiations, the ballistic missile joint threat assessment, and the bilateral [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR MARR MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW1836 RUSSIA: COMPETING PRIORITIES, POOR FUNDING INHIBIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Refugee and IDP women in Russia face even greater hurdles to equality than their sisters in the native and local population (refs A and B). Frequently they come from cultures in which women are subordinate to men, and populations in exile appear inclined to cling to outmoded ge [...]
2009-07-17 10:54:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SOCI PHUM KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1847 RUSSIAN ANALYSTS: OBAMA'S VISIT FIRST STEP ON LONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to President Obama's July 6-8 trip to Moscow have been largely positive among Russia's analytic community and political activists, most of whom saw the summit as setting the stage for a further improvement in the bilateral relationship. The President's approach, parti [...]
2009-07-17 13:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RS US XH MARR MCAP PARM PHUM KMDR
09MOSCOW1858DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EFFORT BY RUSSIAN FIRM TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 12:22:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR
09MOSCOW1869INTERNET PIRACY: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSFULLY TAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Russian law enforcement, in collaboration with local industry, conducted a raid against an Internet piracy release group "Interfilm" and arrested the owners of their bit- torrent site, "Interfilm.ru." The criminal action against this site is not only the first in Russia since th [...]
2009-07-22 03:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW187U.S. POULTRY FACILITIES PUT ON NOTICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) demanded via official letter a list of U.S. poultry facilities that do not use chlorinated anti-microbial washes in poultry production by September 2009. According to the letter a resolution banning t [...]
2009-01-28 13:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1873U/S BURNS JULY 7 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN:
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with U/S Burns July 7, on the margins of the President's visit to Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin said he was optimistic about the chances of a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He urged the U.S. and Russia to be transparent on dealings in [...]
2009-07-22 09:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KG GG AZ AR RS
09MOSCOW1876ROC ADVOCATES CREATION OF AN INTER-RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) External Church Relations Chairman Archbishop Hilarion advocated to the Ambassador for interfaith dialogue through the creation of an Inter-Religious Council within UNESCO and the strengthening of inter-Orthodox and inter-Christian relationships. [...]
2009-07-22 11:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1889EMBASSY MOSCOW CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF H1N1 FLU, RUSSIA'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has confirmed two cases of H1N1 influenza within the Embassy community. Symptoms have been mild, and both patients are recovering well. Aside from these cases, Russian health authorities have publicly confirmed 12 cases of H1N1 throughout the country. However, this number [...]
2009-07-23 13:48:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PREL SOCI CASC EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1910MARKET CLOSURE COMBATS FRAUD BUT UNEMPLOYS
[...] (C) Moscow authorities closed the massive, open-air Cherkizovskiy market in the northeastern part of the city at the end of June after inspectors found multiple trade, sanitation, and fire code violations. Although technically closed temporarily pending resolution of the violations, city offi [...]
2009-07-24 10:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1912RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...]
2009-07-24 12:13:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS
09MOSCOW1917RUSSIAN ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES AND POST-CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 21 meeting characterized by wide-ranging and spirited interchange, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko provided the Ambassador with his vision of Russia's anti-crisis measures and post-crisis reform. Khristenko noted that the crisis hit Russia hard [...]
2009-07-27 05:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1918RUSSIA: MANDATE RENEWAL FOR THE UNITED NATIONS -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 08:58:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW1925RUSSIA: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 11:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS MARR
09MOSCOW1926DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DVBR Deputy Director Mashkov told us Russia wanted the upcoming UNSCR 1540 Comprehensive Review to address serious issues, and was concerned that allowing participation of international organizations such as the Australia Group, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [...]
2009-07-28 12:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RS RU CM
09MOSCOW1936DFM KARASIN WARNS AGAINST US PARTICIPATION IN EU
[...] (C) Summary. In a discussion July 28 that covered Georgia, Central Asia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and VP Biden's WSJ interview, DFM Grigoriy Karasin expressed strong opposition to the idea of U.S. forces participating in the renewed EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, calling the idea "surpri [...]
2009-07-29 11:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GG UK RS
09MOSCOW1939RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ON AGAIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with senior advisers to President Medvedev and PM Putin indicate that Russia is again prepared to pursue accession to WTO on its own, reversing the course seemingly set by Putin,s June 9 statement that Russia would accede only together with Belarus and Kazakhst [...]
2009-07-29 13:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1941EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MERCURY
[...] 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, Mercury Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]
2009-07-30 04:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1942EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TEHKOM, MOSCOW,
[...] 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, Tehkom, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]
2009-07-30 04:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1946EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AKNIIPO ANO,
[...] 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, AKNIIPO ANO, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]
2009-07-30 06:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1953NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-008: RUSSIAN
[...] (S) On July 29 Acting A/S Van Diepen delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA DVBR Director Anatoliy Antonov, who acknowledged the seriousness of the GOR's failure to properly notify the United States about its recent missile launch. He promised to convey our concerns to appropriate GOR authorities. [...]
2009-07-30 10:10:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS
09MOSCOW1954NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 10:21:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1956NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 10:24:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1958SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...]
2009-07-30 11:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW196RUSSIAN SOLDIER FLEES TO GEORGIA
[...] (U) On January 27 Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Colonel Aleksandr Drobyshevskiy announced that Georgian special services had captured Junior Sergeant Aleksandr Glukhov of the Russian army the previous night (reftel). Drobyshevskiy said that Glukhov's statements that he fled his post in th [...]
2009-01-28 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MOPS PBTS RU GG
09MOSCOW1960EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
[...] 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, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]
2009-07-30 12:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1961DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DELAY OF START OF WORK IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 14:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH FR PK RS UK
09MOSCOW1964SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS -- "NOBODY GETS HURT"
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers traveled to Sakhalin Island July 21-24 to gain a better understanding of the region's oil and gas operations. The two main hydrocarbon-producing projects in the region, Sakhalin 1 and 2, account for only a small fraction of Russian oil and gas production but are signifi [...]
2009-07-31 11:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW197KIRILL ELECTED 16TH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) gathered on January 27 at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to elect Acting Patriarch Metropolitan Kirill as the Church's 16th Patriarch. Seventy-two percent of delegates picked Kirill, who deftly used his position and the me [...]
2009-01-28 16:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW198GEORGIA: MFA'S HARDLINE VIEW ON OSCE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) The MFA told us January 28 that Russia had rejected the Greek proposal on "legal" grounds but stated that Russia would be ready to accept two equal-ranked mission offices (one in Georgia and one in South Ossetia) that reported to a "chapeau" organization in Vienna, but not one that reports [...]
2009-01-28 16:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE GG RS
09MOSCOW1981EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
[...] 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, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]
2009-08-03 08:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1982EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC,
[...] 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, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]
2009-08-03 08:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1989NONPAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA RS
09MOSCOW199TRANSNEFT HEAD TELLS AMBASSADOR COMPANY BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev told the Ambassador January 27 the company is moving forward on its various major pipeline projects as "they are needed to handle new oil supplies" and "because the government has directed them." Tokarev said the company is getting the funding it need [...]
2009-01-29 08:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1995TENSIONS WITH GEORGIA: NATO ALLIES PONDER
[...] (C) Summary. On August 4, NATO Quad Allies proposed a joint demarche to the GOR regarding the rising tensions with Georgia, accompanied by a similar approach to the GOG. On August 2 and 3, the MFA told us it had no information why Russian forces did not respond to Georgian attempts to contac [...]
2009-08-04 12:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR SW OSCE
09MOSCOW1999CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST
[...] (U) Post concurs with DOL's inclusion of pornographic products from the Russian Federation on the revised EO 13126 list, see reftel. Both official and non-government sources confirmed that the commercial, sexual exploitation of children in the Russian pornography industry continued to thrive [...]
2009-08-05 11:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS
09MOSCOW20A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]
2009-01-09 06:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW2000RUSSIA: WTO AND CUSTOMS UNION "IN PARALLEL"
[...] (C) Summary. Following President Medvedev's announcement that Russia will continue its individual WTO accession process "in parallel" with formation of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are now scrambling to find a way to move forward with the WTO without contradic [...]
2009-08-05 14:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2001GEORGIA/RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES DEMARCHE MFA
[...] (C) Summary. On August 5, in response to a NATO Quad Allies' demarche on Georgia, MFA IVth CIS director Kelin insisted that Russia had not been invited to the 31 July Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting, but conceded that the Russian-Georgian hotline was not functioning July 30 [...]
2009-08-05 16:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR
09MOSCOW2006MOSCOW'S CRISIS SITUATION DETERIORATES FURTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In January 2009, Moscow officials claimed that the global economic crisis had not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree as the capital's more affluent residents. Roughly six months later, the situation has deteriorated, but Moscow officials continue to maintain the [...]
2009-08-06 07:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL PINR RS
09MOSCOW2008DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: GOR WILL APPROACH CHINA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH FR PK RS UK
09MOSCOW201RIGHT CAUSE PARTY SUFFERS FROM INTERNAL RIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Right Cause, a new Kremlin-friendly party created in November, continues to suffer from internal rifts and an uncertain relationship with the Kremlin that has left the nominated head of its Moscow City branch -- Evgeniy Chichvarkin -- exiled in London. Party leaders told us that [...]
2009-01-29 13:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2013INVITATION DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-009 U.S.
[...] (S) We delivered reftel invitation on August 5 to DVBR Third Secretary Andrey Malyugin. He received the offer without substantive comment. RUBIN [...]
2009-08-06 14:29:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START RS
09MOSCOW2014RUSSIA AGREES TO NEXT PLENARY MEETING OF IPR
[...] (U) During a familiarization visit to Moscow on July 29-31, A/USTR for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson met with his counterpart on the U.S.- Russia IPR Working Group Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy. Voskresenskiy confirmed his commitment to the WG, e [...]
2009-08-07 06:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2015DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ANGARSK
[...] (C) On August 5, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov and Ambassador at Large and IAEA Governor Grigoriy Berdennikov, who expressed appreciation and stated that our demarche showed that the U.S. [...]
2009-08-07 07:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP RS TRGY IAEA
09MOSCOW2020 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS Russia staff contributed to President Obama's successful visit and related events in Moscow July 6-8. Advisor Joan Agerholm worked in the control room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (where the Obama family stayed). Assistant Konstantin Troyan and the EXBS Jeep were pressed into service as pa [...]
2009-08-07 12:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2021RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 13:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
09MOSCOW203KUDRIN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY KEY TO RUSSIA'S RECOVERY
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said the U.S. economy's recovery would be critical to a Russian economic recovery this year. He said that policy coordination with the U.S. in particular and among G-20 countries in general would produ [...]
2009-01-29 15:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2045DELIVERY TO RUSSIA OF UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW2046MOSCOW'S LEVELS - AND LEVERS - OF POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government is unique to Russia in that Moscow's Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov exercises near complete control over all aspects of official life, including directly instructing many of the 1000 officials under him, and, by the accounts of some observers, taking the law int [...]
2009-08-10 11:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2053AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Foreign Ministry and financial officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, assured Ambassador Philip Goldberg and his delegation that Russia fully supports United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 and was already taking measures regardin [...]
2009-08-11 11:44:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC RU KN
09MOSCOW2055RUSSIA GETS USED TO THE IDEA OF A NON-COMMUNIST MOLDOVA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow is coming to terms with the Moldova election outcome, and has reached out via its ambassador to liberal party leaders. Experts, who describe the elections as a "peaceful example of post-Soviet countries' forging new political identities," assume Russia will cooperate wit [...]
2009-08-11 13:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MD RS
09MOSCOW2057SELIGER-2009 IN RUSSIAN "YEAR OF YOUTH" STRESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seliger-2009, the highly visible Russian government-run summer camp for young adults, has come to a close. This is the first year that Seliger has not been operated directly by the nationalist youth group "Nashi." However, during the first week of August the official youth wing [...]
2009-08-11 14:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2061IPR: RUSSIA ACCREDITS ROYALTIES COLLECTING SOCIETY
[...] (C) Summary: On August 6, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Law Observance in Cultural Heritage Protection (ROK) granted All-Russia Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) accreditation as Russia's sole royalty collecting society in both the performer and phonogram producer [...]
2009-08-12 08:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR KCRM RS WTO
09MOSCOW2064GOR APPROVES 2010-12 BUDGET PARAMETERS: ARE THEY
[...] (C) The GOR has approved the macroeconomic parameters of the 2010-12 federal budget based on a moderately conservative assessment that the oil price will remain at $55-57/bbl for Urals. Revenues are expected to grow slightly in line with nominal GDP and expenditures are planned at near current [...]
2009-08-12 13:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2065DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) On August 12, CDA conveyed to Igor Neverov, Director North America Department and Acting Deputy Minister, reftel points urging GOR cooperation on a UN Security Council Presidential Statement. Neverov stated that the U.S. and Russian delegations would likely discuss the issue in New York. [...]
2009-08-12 14:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09MOSCOW2067DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. MARINES TO TRAIN GEORGIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 09:05:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV MARR RS GG AF
09MOSCOW2068PATRIARCH KIRILL'S UKRAINE TRIP: DOMESTIC AND
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the escalating diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, the objectives of Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill's July 27-August 5 visit to Ukraine are receiving renewed scrutiny, with an emphasis on his engagement with President Yushchenko and his amended [...]
2009-08-13 09:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW2070HARDLY WORTH THE TRIP: MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant result of President Medvedev's recent trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he attended an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),was the signing of an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the intention to establish another Russi [...]
2009-08-13 09:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TI KG RS
09MOSCOW2071MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]
2009-08-13 10:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW2073NONPAPER ON JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT RECEIVED
[...] (S) On August 12 MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostychenko passed us a nonpaper response to ref request for potential dates for further joint threat assessment consultations. 2. (SBU) Begin unofficial translation of nonpaper text: To be passed to the U.S. side Given the information [...]
2009-08-13 12:26:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MNUC RS
09MOSCOW2074LATEST MURDER OF CHECHEN CHARITY ACTIVISTS LEAVES
[...] (C) Summary: The August 10 abduction and murder in Grozniy of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, activists with the children's charity "Save the Generation," has left many wondering who carried out the attack and why it occurred. Commentators agree that the murders bring ad [...]
2009-08-13 12:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2084NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS REGARDING THE
[...] (S) On August 14 we delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA DVBR Director for Strategic Capabilities Policy Vladimir Yermakov, who reiterated to us the GOR's position that all USG facilities at Votkinsk should be removed December 5. This meant, according to Yermakov, that the U.S. should begin movin [...]
2009-08-14 11:01:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2085NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS REGARDING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 11:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2088RUSSIA SUPPORTS BMENA AND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (C) We conveyed reftel points to Third Secretary Yevgeniy Kudrov of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He stated that the GOR viewed as important the upcoming G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Forum for the Future and that Russia intended to participate. He indicated tha [...]
2009-08-14 12:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2102MOSCOW OBLAST GOVERNMENT: ON THE BRINK OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Moscow Oblast Government is on the verge of financial collapse. While the economic crisis is a contributing factor, corruption on a massive scale plays an equally significant role. Deputy Governor Aleksey Panteleyev, Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov's top ally, left his [...]
2009-08-17 14:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2106RUSSIA IN DENIAL OVER GEORGIA'S CIS EXIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow officials speculate that Georgia under a new leadership might choose to reapply for CIS membership, analysts take Georgia's departure from that organization as an indication that the CIS only has "symbolic" importance, as former Soviet Union countries increasingly d [...]
2009-08-18 12:09:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW2108RUSSIAN CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, NOT PRESSURE AT
[...] (C) Per reftel request, we delivered USG views on Russia's human rights and democracy performance to Tatyana Sulitskaya, Head of the European Division of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Sulitskaya called for a real dialogue on human rights at the upcoming OSCE H [...]
2009-08-18 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2115GOR ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) On August 18, we, along with a representative from the British Embassy, conveyed reftel points to Afghan Section Counselor Movladjon Makhkamov of the MFA's 2nd Asia division. Makhkamov stated that Russia was interested in stability in Afghanistan and hoped that the elections would be open [...]
2009-08-19 03:32:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPGOV PREL AF KPAO RS
09MOSCOW212OSCE CIO'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) During the January 29 visit of Greek FM and OSCE CiO Bakoyannis to Moscow, Lavrov suggested Mevedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST) be discussed at the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). He proposed that the ASRC be held at the minister-level, and in Athens, instead of V [...]
2009-01-30 07:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2121NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) POCS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 11:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW2122(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: RUSSIAN FIRM INVOLVED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 11:33:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR CH
09MOSCOW2125(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 13:57:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2127(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 14:03:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2138CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-VENEZUELA OIL
[...] (C) A senior ConocoPhillips executive (protect) told us on July 20 that the JV set up between a consortium of Russian companies (state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP, and Surgutneftegaz) and Venezuela's national oil company, PDVSA, is unlikely to yield the results Russian and Venezu [...]
2009-08-20 12:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS VE
09MOSCOW2141RUSSIA'S QUARTERLY GDP DROP WORST EVER: HAS IT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 13:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2151STAFFDEL BRANEGAN IN MOSCOW: INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 12:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2168DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 12:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO RS
09MOSCOW2179IRKUTSK: TOUGH TIMES FOR WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast, businesses and their owners/managers, in particular prominent oligarchs such as Oleg Deripaska, also constitute the region's political elite, and everyone is scrambling dealing with the crisis. The Russian economic downturn may influence how and who ne [...]
2009-08-24 13:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SENV SOCI
09MOSCOW2180DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 13:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID MARR RS
09MOSCOW2187RUSSIA ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA, MOD, and RosAtom are the GOR entities most heavily involved with nonproliferation issues, including the NPT. The MFA leads the interagency process, with the Prime Minister's office issuing the final orders (with little Kremlin involvement). Russia works most cl [...]
2009-08-25 10:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW2188DIPNOTE DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2189DELIVERED: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY TEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:03:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2199RUSSIA DECLINES USG REQUEST TO EXTEND JOINT SMALLPOX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, Russian federal authorities informed the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) that the government will not support resumption of three U.S.-funded smallpox projects at the Vector Center for Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk. In a curt letter [...]
2009-08-26 05:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI SCUL TSPL TNGD PREL PARM EAID OSCI RS
09MOSCOW22 OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN EAID IR RS
09MOSCOW220REDEFINING RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary. Current Russian policy toward Central Asia seeks to maintain Moscow's historical dominance while recognizing the need to cooperate with the U.S. and NATO on stabilizing Afghanistan and managing the transnational challenges confronting the region. A not-so-secret agenda to lock [...]
2009-01-30 13:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS ZK AF
09MOSCOW2202NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING THE U.S.-COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 13:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL CO RS
09MOSCOW2204THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT
[...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]
2009-08-27 05:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2205DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 05:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP RS
09MOSCOW2208EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE
[...] 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, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russi [...]
2009-08-27 10:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2209(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POTENTIAL HIZBALLAH-IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 12:33:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PGOV PREL PTER ECCT RS IR SY
09MOSCOW2210DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMENTS BY INGUSH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) On August 26, Ambassador delivered demarche (Ref A) to DFM Sergey Ryabkov regarding Ingush President Yevkurov's public claim that the United States supports instability in Russia. 2. (SBU) In response, Ryabkov stated that the Government of Russia (GOR) greatly appreciated President Ob [...]
2009-08-27 12:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2211RUSSIA'S ALTAI REPUBLIC FACES ECONOMIC PROMISE AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rising tourism presents an economic opportunity for the Altai Republic's mostly rural population, but also threatens its unspoiled wilderness. Threats include desecration of ancient cultural sites, poaching of endangered wildlife, and, to a lesser extent, illegal logging. Develop [...]
2009-08-27 14:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EAID SOCI PGOV KCRM KDEM PREL RU
09MOSCOW2229MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN CALLS ON MEDVEDEV
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed Moscow's role in Moldova's coalition talks, saying Moldovan President Voronin's August 21 meeting with President Medvedev in Sochi was motivated instead by the upcoming CIS summit. Liberal-Democratic leader Filat's positions on NATO and the CIS do not worry Mos [...]
2009-08-28 05:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2230EMPLOYEES OF FAILING BUSINESSES SEEK
[...] (C) On August 6, AvtoVaz workers rallied to demand the nationalization of their employer, which suspended production in August and planned to reduce the workweek in September. Demands for nationalization by workers and unions increased in frequency, particularly in industrial areas, owing to th [...]
2009-08-28 06:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2238GOR PLANS $10 MILLION DONATION TO PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel letter to Aleksandr Nikolayevich Rudakov, Palestine Desk Senior Counselor from the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Rudakov stated that, in March, Russia pledged a $10 million biannual donation to the Palestinian Authority (PA),but he also admitted that [...]
2009-08-28 13:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW224ANALYSTS QUESTION PAVEL FELGENHAUER'S CREDIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: While Russian analyst Pavel Felgenhauer's prediction of an August war with Georgia has been seized upon by Georgian decisionmakers as proof of Russian responsibility for the war (reftels),he is held in low regard by other respected Russian military analysts. Felgenhauer enjoys [...]
2009-01-30 14:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2240PUTIN TO VISIT GDANSK TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (C) PM Putin will attend the commemoration of the outbreak of World War II in Gdansk, Poland on September 1. During a meeting with PM Tusk, the sides are expected to sign agreements on cultural exchanges, transit of the Kaliningrad Bay, and the transfer of Polish HEU to Russia for reprocessin [...]
2009-08-28 13:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW2241SOLIDARITY LEADER MILOV DISCUSSES UPCOMING
[...] (U) Summary: Leading member of Solidarity and candidate for Moscow City Duma Vladimir Milov outlined for us his election platform and personal vision for the movement. Milov predicted overwhelming victory for ruling United Russia in city elections. He expects to lose election for his district [...]
2009-08-28 14:00:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2242DFM RYABKOV: GOR ENERGIZED ON SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP,
[...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy and substantive discussion August 26, Ambassador reviewed with DFM Ryabkov a wide range of bilateral issues, including senior USG visits to Moscow in the coming months, high-level engagement on critical summit follow-up issues such as START follow-on and cooperation on [...]
2009-08-28 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2248Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...]
2009-08-31 11:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS
09MOSCOW226PROVOCATIONS FROM RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES
[...] (S) Summary. With their usual light touch and unique sense of timing, the security services appear to be tightening the screws on what they see as Russia's internal and foreign enemies along three fronts. First was a confidential letter from the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanding that USA [...]
2009-01-30 15:25:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2262EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OJSC RPE KVANT,
[...] 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, OJSC RPE Kvant, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]
2009-09-02 05:49:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2265(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 06:40:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS SY IR RU
09MOSCOW2277GAZPROM SAYS PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO "AGREEMENT" JUST
[...] (SBU) According to press reports quoting unnamed sources, PM Putin and Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko reached an agreement in their meeting in Poland that Russia would allow Ukraine to buy less gas than it has contracted in exchange for lower transit fees and contracts for Russian nuclear energy comp [...]
2009-09-02 13:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2281DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 11:33:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2294SENATOR MARGELOV ON COOPERATING, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov said Russia is hesitant to work outside the P5 plus 1 format when discussing possible sanctions against Iran. Margelov invited Ambassador Beyrle to present U.S. [...]
2009-09-04 05:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IR MARR PARM PGOV PREL RS SU UP
09MOSCOW2295UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA
[...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]
2009-09-04 06:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2296REGARDLESS OF OPEL DECISION, GM PREPARING TO
[...] (C) Despite press histrionics about GM "refusing" to sell to Russians, indications are that -- in one corporate form or another -- GAZ' Nizhny Novgorod plant will start producing GM cars in the next 12-24 months. According to sources at GM CIS, regardless of the GM Board's decision about Opel, [...]
2009-09-04 07:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV RS EU GE
09MOSCOW2298SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON
[...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...]
2009-09-04 10:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW230MEDVEDEV CALLS BACK NEW LAW ON TREASON FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev ordered his administration to rework legislation submitted by the White House on December 12 containing amendments to the sections of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Codes before the State Duma and Federation Council could [...]
2009-01-30 15:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2305DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 4 to MFA DVBR Attache Roman Ustinov, who said that Russia considered the latest IAEA report to be "better than the previous two." Noting that Iran had accepted safeguard measures in both Natanz and at the conversion facility in Isfahan, Ustinov [...]
2009-09-04 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL RS
09MOSCOW2312RUSSIAN BAPTISTS SEEKING MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Russian Union of Gospel Christian Baptists (RUGCB) focuses on interfaith cooperation and targeted outreach to Russian elite to overcome mainstream biases toward non-traditional religions. The main venue for their outreach is an annual National Prayer Breakfast, modeled on W [...]
2009-09-08 13:13:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2319APPOINTMENT OF NEW U.S. OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIR
[...] (C) We met with MFA Minsk Group Counselor Yelena Kravchenko September 7 and 8 to discuss reftel announcement. Kravchenko told us Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov remains on leave through the end of the week, but looks forward to receiving Ambassador Bradtke's phone call at his dacha. Best ti [...]
2009-09-08 14:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW232WORKING WITH RUSSIA TO STABILIZE AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The February 10 interagency consultations led by SCA DAS Moon should launch a sustained effort to engage Russia on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia that reduces the zero-sum nature of U.S.-Russian relations in the region and increases the chances of our success in Afghanis [...]
2009-02-02 08:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW2321GEORGIA: RUSSIA HAS LOW HOPES FOR SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin told us September 8 that he had just finished all the papers for DFM Karasin to use at the Georgia-South Ossetia/Abkhazia talks in Geneva September 17. He reported that the Russian side expected no breakthroughs, no progress, but ho [...]
2009-09-09 09:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2324NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2329 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] On August 21st, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant had a very constructive, positive meeting with the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). MFA had contacted the Federal Customs Service, the Ministry of Defens [...]
2009-09-10 08:23:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2330VENEZUELA TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Venezuela's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during a meeting with Russian President Medvedev in Moscow September 10. The decision was possibly sweetened by the conclusion of a number of agreements to develop energy resources [...]
2009-09-10 14:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GG RS VZ
09MOSCOW2336MAGNA/SBERBANK: CLOSER TO ACQUIRING OPEL
[...] (C) The Magna/Sberbank bid has cleared the most recent hurdle in acquiring European Opel and received a green light from the GM Board. Approval from the Opel Trust does not appear to be an obstacle. The GOR, however, appears to have unrealistic expectations about the impact of this acquisitio [...]
2009-09-11 11:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV RS GE
09MOSCOW2339DELIVERY OF THE AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT -- GENERAL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel General Authorization Agreement to Nikolay V. Sofinskiy, Deputy Director, Alexey Lisenkov, Counselor, and Alexander Pashedko, Third Secretary, of the MFA's North America department. U.S. Air Force Colonel Ray Schultz, Air Attache, also attended. 2. (S) Sofinskiy wel [...]
2009-09-11 14:51:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PREL US RS AF
09MOSCOW2340MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTIONS: STILL EARLY, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: On October 11 candidates will compete in elections for all 35 seats in the Moscow City Duma. August 26 was the deadline for submitting signatures, and over the following week the electoral committee proceeded to deny registration to 23 candidates of the 141 candidates competing [...]
2009-09-11 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2345DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHILD LABOR LISTS & REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel, on September 9 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department on the release of the Department of Labor's list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to believe are produced by [...]
2009-09-14 07:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2347RUSSIA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INVITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 10:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KACT ENRG MNUC PARM RS
09MOSCOW2349MEDVEDEV'S DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON DEFENSE
[...] (U) On September 9, the Duma passed the first reading of President Medvedev's draft amendment the Law on Defense. Medvedev's proposed amendment addresses the operational use of Russia's armed forces outside Russia. Current legislation only allows the use of the armed forces outside Russia fo [...]
2009-09-14 11:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2350POVERTY GROWTH REPORT UNDERESTIMATES THE PROBLEM
[...] (C) The number of Russians living in poverty rose for the first time in seven years in the first quarter of 2009. Families with multiple children, single pensioners, and migrant laborers suffered most acutely. Experts and legislative officials accused the government of using an insufficient b [...]
2009-09-14 13:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2353TNK-BP COO SAYS COMPANY'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT; MODERNIZING RUSSIA'S OIL SECTOR WILL TAKE TIME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 13:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2354MEDVEDEV'S CALL FOR REFORM: ANYONE LISTENING?
[...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's article "Russia Forward," released on the Internet with little fanfare September 10, launched a vociferous debate among politicians and analysts about the feasibility and probability of the kinds of reforms needed to implement his vision for a more diverse eco [...]
2009-09-14 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2360DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin September 14 -- Quad partners had been instructed to deliver the points separately. Dvinyanin welcomed the U.S. engagement with Georgian authorities, and confirmed that the GOR had been weighing on th [...]
2009-09-15 07:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR RS GG GM FR UK
09MOSCOW2361DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 10:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM IAEA KNNP IS EG PREL RS
09MOSCOW2366RUSSIAN ILLEGAL LOGGING -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG has an opportunity to work with Russia to combat illegal logging, and increasing reasons to do so. Russia contains more of the world's forested area than any other country -- approximately 20 percent -- and between 10 and 30 percent of wood is harvested illegally. Illeg [...]
2009-09-15 11:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR KGHG EAID KCRM SOCI PREL RS
09MOSCOW2367MAYOR DALEY VISIT: MOSCOW AND CHICAGO PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley, accompanied by advisors and business leaders, visited Moscow September 2-6, 2009. The purpose of the visit included promoting commercial and cultural exchange between the cities, reaffirming the Moscow-Chicago Sister City relationship, and d [...]
2009-09-15 13:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2368EDF TO JOIN SOUTH STREAM?
[...] (C/NF) French Embassy Energy Attache Vincent Pringault (protect) confirmed to us on September 15 that Electricite de France (EDF) is negotiating to participate in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Pringault told us that the deal, reported the same morning by Russian daily Kommersant, had [...]
2009-09-15 13:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2369PUTIN ADVISOR USHAKOV: FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting cut shorter when Ushakov was called away, Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy advisor Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov kept his cards close to his vest on Putin's views about U.S.-Russian relations and issues having a direct impact on those ties, including cooperation [...]
2009-09-16 04:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2371RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TELL A/S GORDON ANTI-AMERICANISM
[...] (C) On September 10, prominent Russian analysts and commentators questioned whether Russia's leadership had changed its approach to the U.S. and removed anti-Americanism as a "pillar" of its foreign policy. One analyst expressed her concern that the "reset" in relations would end up like the [...]
2009-09-16 06:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP IR AJ AM RS
09MOSCOW2372ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov met with A/S Gordon and the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss bilateral economic cooperation in advance of his trip later this month to Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit. Shuvalov agreed that the July Summit and the Bilateral Presidentia [...]
2009-09-16 07:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2373DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RYABKOV TELLS A/S GORDON
[...] (C) In a September 10 meeting with A/S Gordon, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said he saw no political barriers in the way of the START Follow-on Treaty or the October meeting of Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov. He pressed for concluding the composition of the Bilateral Preside [...]
2009-09-16 10:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV RS
09MOSCOW2376HR ACTIVISTS: SURKOV, NORTH CAUCASUS NOT A PRETTY
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting at the Embassy, human rights activists told Assistant Secretary Gordon the GOR had poured cold water on hopes for a meaningful way forward by appointing Kremlin Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov to represent Russia on the planned bilateral commission on civi [...]
2009-09-16 13:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2378RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 13:52:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2381MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION
[...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]
2009-09-17 06:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2388DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL ANNEXES
[...] (S) We delivered draft new START Treaty Inspection Protocol Annexes and Telemetry Protocol (reftels),and the courtesy Russian translation of the Telemetry Protocol, on September 17 to MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko. Kostyuchenko had no substantive comment. 2. (S) We receiv [...]
2009-09-17 11:13:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2389YOU'VE GOT MAIL - MIND IF WE HAVE A LOOK?
[...] (C) Summary: The federal Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has issued a decree allowing eight law enforcement agencies access to citizens' mail and electronic correspondence, and to customer databases of postal and internet services. The decree found opposition inside and outside of t [...]
2009-09-17 11:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW239RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]
2009-02-02 09:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2391RUSSIA AND MD: AWAITING CONFIRMATION
[...] (C) Official Moscow took the news that the U.S. would "shelve" MD plans in the Czech Republic and Poland calmly, awaiting an official confirmation. Neither President Medvedev nor PM Putin have commented on the purported decision. Duma, defense, and commentators did not pass up the opportuni [...]
2009-09-17 12:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL RS
09MOSCOW2393DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Nikita Zhukov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, and First Secretary Galina Khvan of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Second Secretary Anna Evstigneeva of the International Organiz [...]
2009-09-17 13:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKPKO PHUM PREL CG IO RS KWMN
09MOSCOW2394ONDCP INVITATION TO FSKN DIRECTOR IVANOV
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 05:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR RS
09MOSCOW24 RUSSIAN DEPUTY PERMREP WILL ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 13:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN PTER RS
09MOSCOW240AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN JANUARY 30:
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told Ambassador January 30 that the GOR hoped for more flexibility and a move away from "unilateralism" by the new Administration. He said, while the international community could discuss the status and future of the region, Georgia neede [...]
2009-02-02 10:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GG AF KG UP RS
09MOSCOW2400DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED NEW START TREATY MEETING
[...] (S) We delivered on September 18 the U.S.-proposed new START Treaty meeting schedule (reftel A) to MFA North America director Igor Neverov and, separately, to DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko; neither made any substantive comment of the meting schedule 2. (S) We also delivered to [...]
2009-09-18 14:06:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2401RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] (S) We delivered reftel points to Maxim Baranov, Head of the Iranian Desk in the MFA's Second Asia division. He indicated that he would pass the message to the relevant offices within the MFA as well as those attending the upcoming UNGA meetings. Baranov informed us that he planned to attend [...]
2009-09-18 14:08:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2402RUSSIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON FAO BUDGET
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Valery I. Yudin, Administrative and Budgetary Expert in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Yudin stated that Russia fully supported the U.S. position advocating for zero nominal growth in the FAO budget cycle 2010-2011. He commente [...]
2009-09-18 14:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN RS
09MOSCOW2406BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]
2009-09-21 08:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2409BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]
2009-09-21 08:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2412INCORPORATING UKRAINE INTO U.S.-RUSSIA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is shaping up as a key challenge in U.S.-Russian relations. The risk of serious trouble remains as long as the two governments are at loggerheads, and as long as Russian leaders engage in periodic bouts of historical propaganda aimed at undermining Ukraine's claim to na [...]
2009-09-21 11:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PNAT PBTS ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2413"CULTURE" IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSES
[...] (SBU) Meeting with us to discuss a GOR attempt to water down UN Human Rights Council work by introducing a resolution on "respect for traditional values" (reftel),a member of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Cooperation acknowledged deep flaws in Russia's protection of rig [...]
2009-09-21 12:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2416"RUSSIA, FORWARD!" 10 DAYS LATER: TANDEM
[...] (C) Summary: Debate over President Medvedev's "Russia, Forward!" article continues unabated, though focus has turned from content and prospects for realizing his vision to consequences for the tandem. Medvedev's defense of his presidential authority in interviews with foreign correspondents - [...]
2009-09-22 09:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2417NIZHNIY NOVGOROD HEEDS THE CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On the sidelines of meetings of the U.S. - Russia Foundation in Nizhniy Novgorod September 15-16, Ambassador Beyrle emphasized the overall "reset" in U.S.- Russia relations to develop trust by promoting economic cooperation and face-to-face exchanges, a message that local author [...]
2009-09-22 09:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS ECON EFIN PINR
09MOSCOW2419DELIVERY OF NPT/FMCT POINTS AND AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 14:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09MOSCOW2420DELIVERY OF U.S. PROPOSALS FOR START FOLLOW-ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 14:18:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2437DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE AD-HOC
[...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to A.V. Efimov, Section Chief of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Division. There was no substantive response. Rubin [...]
2009-09-24 06:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS
09MOSCOW2442DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START FOLLOW-ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 09:13:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2443RUSSIA SEEKS TO BALANCE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on September 25. Lanchikov said that the GOR had not yet developed an agreed position on the Goldstone report, but commented that the U.S. and Russia shared common positions on the way f [...]
2009-09-25 10:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS RS
09MOSCOW2446GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VIEW OF SEPTEMBER 17 GENEVA TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us that the status question was the biggest obstacle for progress in the September 17 Geneva talks. Russia rejected the co-chairs' drafts in the security working group, as they did not proceed from the starting point of Russian troops a [...]
2009-09-25 11:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2448PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
[...] (C) Lack of GOR coordination with Gazprom reportedly preceded PM Putin's September 25 meeting in Yamal with executives from eleven global energy giants. Press reports, industry newsletters and postings on the PM's website provide only general information on the meeting's outcomes without stat [...]
2009-09-25 12:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2450UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO SWEEP ELECTIONS IN MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Russia has a great advantage and is poised to sweep the elections in the Moscow Oblast, where opposition groups have little support and laws are easily broken. The hot button political issues in the October 11 elections are taxes, land distribution, and corruption. End [...]
2009-09-26 13:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2458FIVE YEARS AFTER BESLAN, GOR STAYS TIGHT-LIPPED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after the Beslan terrorist attack, frustration continues about the GOR's handling of the crisis as it unfolded. While public focus on this issue has dissipated, a small but vocal minority of Russians has continued to agitate for the GOR to open an investigation of wh [...]
2009-09-28 11:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2471RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL ON NON-MEMBERS IN NPAFC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 14:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS RS
09MOSCOW2483AMBASSADOR BEFORE FED COUNCIL: "RESET" WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On September 21, Ambassador Beyrle addressed the Federation Council's International Relations Committee, highlighting President Obama's visit to Moscow and the importance of developing closer relations between the U.S. and Russia. Questions from committee members focused on how t [...]
2009-09-30 07:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2486REQUEST TO GOR FOR HELICOPTERS TO UNAMID DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 11:47:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR SU RU RS
09MOSCOW2490STAFFDEL BRUDER VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Staff Delegation Bruder visited Moscow August 31-September 4 to seek ways to sustain momentum in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the successful July 2009 Presidential meeting in Moscow. While Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Margelov suggested re [...]
2009-09-30 12:29:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SENV OREP RS
09MOSCOW2494RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING
[...] (S) On September 29, MFA DVBR Second Secretary Alexey Chumichev handed Poloff a non-paper response to Ref A. The non-paper said that Russian firm "Ctroymashintorg" did not and does not have any contacts with the DPRK's KOMID, and asked for any further information we could provide to the GOR [...]
2009-10-01 11:29:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW2496RUSSIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and non-paper to MFA Asia-Pacific Region Division Chief Anatoly Borovik on September 30. Borovik said that Russia appreciated the conclusions of the Burma policy review and that USG plans for engagement were a "positive step." Inquiring about the nature of [...]
2009-10-01 12:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM RS
09MOSCOW2497DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUGGESTED LIST OF EQUIPMENT
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered the reftel suggested equipment list to Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. Rugalyov said that he would disseminate the list to the appropriate offices in the MFA and the MOD. He indicated that, in order to give the list fair cons [...]
2009-10-01 12:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2498DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to MFA DVBR 1st Secretary Olga Kuznetsova and Attache Roman Ustinov. Kuznetsova said that Russia was awaiting information from the IAEA before determining if Iran had violated its international obligations. Noting that it was unclear when constructio [...]
2009-10-01 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW2499DOE PDAS ELKIND'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Jonathan Elkind, visited Moscow September 21-22 to meet with his counterparts at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Science and Education, Economic Development and Natural Resources. As Coordinator for [...]
2009-10-01 12:57:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2504BELARUSIAN EMBASSY: NO GOR PRESSURE TO RECOGNIZE
[...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow Olga Dolgopolova told Poloff that Russia was not pressuring Belarus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She insisted that a decision either way on the issue would not a [...]
2009-10-02 10:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO RS GG
09MOSCOW2509PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING OFFERS FEW DETAILS FOR IOCS,
[...] (C) According to representatives of international oil companies (IOCs) that attended a meeting with PM Putin to discuss potential development of the gas resources of the Yamal Peninsula (reftel),the event was little more than a "road show." Our contacts said neither Putin nor anyone else fro [...]
2009-10-02 12:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2510INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOR FOR OCTOBER 14 P-5
[...] (SBU) On October 1, we informed the MFA North America Department and DVBR section about reftel invitation to a luncheon hosted by Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Ambassador Susan Burk. The GOR had no official response at this time. Beyrle [...]
2009-10-02 12:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG PGOV PREL PARM ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09MOSCOW2512KIROV: STRONG LEADERSHIP V. TOO MANY PROBLEMS
[...] (C) The ailing, industrial economy of Kirov oblast shows little sign that the peak of the crisis has passed. With few exceptions, the region suffers from falling production, low levels of consumption, and inaccessible financing. Local SMEs continue to face heavy administrative burdens and hig [...]
2009-10-02 13:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2518Did Russia and Georgia both lose the war?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Official Russia hailed the EU's report on the August 2008 Georgia war, considering the core conclusion to be that Georgia started the armed hostilities. Duma and Federation Council officials reacted similarly, claiming the report called Russia's actions "legitimate." Analysts [...]
2009-10-02 15:20:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU GG RS
09MOSCOW252GOR SUPPORTS ISAF TRANSIT OF GOODS TO AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In response to ref A dipnote, the MFA has indicated that, provided all usual requirements for commercial shipments on Russia's rail network are met, there should be no difficulties with the proposed shipment of non-military goods to ISAF in Afghanistan using [...]
2009-02-02 15:31:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS MARR MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW2520U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER AT SOCHI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his trip to Sochi on September 16-18 Ambassador Beyrle attended the Eighth International Sochi Investment Forum (the Forum) where he led a delegation of U.S. executives at a meeting with the Krasnodar Region and Sochi officials. He also visited the main venues and for the [...]
2009-10-05 05:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW2522NEW OPEL RUSSIA: WORKING OUT THE DETAILS
[...] (C) It remains unclear how management, production, distribution, or sales will be handled by the Magna/Sberbank consortium, which was selected to purchase European Opel. GM CIS confirmed that both of its Russian production sites (the greenfield factory in St. Petersburg and the joint-venture [...]
2009-10-05 08:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV RS
09MOSCOW2524YAKUNIN CONSULTANT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN
[...] (C) We recently met with Consuelo de Haviland (aka Dussya Kostolevskaya),at the introduction of the French Embassy in Moscow. She presented herself as a consultant to Vladimir Yakunin, general director of Russian Railways (RZhD),and RZhD's representative in France. Her purpose in meeting wi [...]
2009-10-05 10:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV ENRG PINR RS
09MOSCOW2527RUSSIA SUPPORTIVE ON BOSNIA (C-RE9-01807)
[...] (C) The Ambassador on October 2 delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov, who said that he had already heard broad outlines of the proposal from EU representatives and supported the overall approach. Titov appreciated that the U.S. and Russia shared the same strategi [...]
2009-10-05 14:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL BK EU RS
09MOSCOW2528GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, PART ONE
[...] (U) This is the first of a two-part report on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- summary ------- 2. (SBU) Far from reaching its ambitions of becoming "the most valuable company in the world," Gazprom's fortunes have reversed dramatically in [...]
2009-10-06 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2529ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S SEPTEMBER 30 VISIT TO MOSCOW:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations with GOR officials on September 30, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed ways to implement bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised progress since t [...]
2009-10-06 14:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RS IR AF UP GG
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