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09MOSCOW253	RUSSIA CONSIDERING EXPENSIVE PATH TO FREE-FLOATING [...] (C) Summary. The ruble will almost certainly breach the level at which the Central Bank (CBR) has pledged to intervene to prevent further depreciation tomorrow. Experts are divided as to whether the Central Bank will implement its pledge to intervene. One school of thought holds that the r [...]	2009-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS

09MOSCOW2530	POLLSTERS EXPLAIN MEDVEDEV AND "TEFLON VLAD'S" [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Moscow polling firms told PolOff that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are almost certain to maintain high public opinion ratings--barring a calamity--due largely in part to Putin's almost mythical status, reinforcing the consensus that Putin remain [...]	2009-10-06 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2531	MEDVEDEV, PUTIN, AND RUSSIA'S IRAN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite Russian President Medvedev's September 24 remarks that sanctions against Iran might be necessary, other government officials and experts here caution that Russia will remain, for the time being, reluctant to pursue a tougher line against Tehran. The consensus among the R [...]	2009-10-06 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW2537	AmbassadorQs Meeting with Chief Justice Lebedev [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2538	RUSSIA'S CHUKOTKA REGION YEARNS FOR A BERINGIA PARK AND AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Russian government is advocating for stronger economic, scientific, and cultural ties between its easternmost province of Chukotka and Alaska (ref A). The poster child for these aspirations, a "shared heritage area" -- in effect, a bilateral national parks partnership -- spann [...]	2009-10-07 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV CVIS ECON TSPL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2539	WORKER SAFETY PROGRAM SHIFTS FROM REACTION TO [...] (SBU) Recent GOR statistics show modest progress in ensuring worker safety but also underscore the need for continued improvement. In 2008, over 50 percent of Russian workers labored in conditions that were dangerous to their health, according to a report on worker safety published by the Mi [...]	2009-10-07 13:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW254	DISSENTERS' DAY EVENTS IN MOSCOW RALLY CROWDS FOR, [...] (SBU) Summary: January 31 Dissenters' Day rallies in Moscow proved a failure for democratic and radical opposition groups, which focused more on attracting press coverage than domestic support. Not a single major leader of the liberal democratic opposition appeared at the amateurish "flash mob [...]	2009-02-02 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2541	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE PART TWO; COMEBACK UNLIKELY [...] (U) This is part two of a two-part cable on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Gazprom faces many external and internal constraints to renewed growth, following a dismal year in which all main indicators of its perform [...]	2009-10-07 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2542	BELYKH FACES ROUGH YEAR AHEAD IN KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Our September 23-25 visit to Kirov revealed a newly-settled government slowly expanding its influence within the region. Strict limitations placed on Governor Belykh and his staff by local security services six months ago appear to have eased significantly, and the new government remai [...]	2009-10-08 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2543	PUTIN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued Resolution #761, which calls for Russian restrictive, non-science-based sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) measures to be harmonized with international norms. However, the details of Resolution #716's implementation remain unclear as officials i [...]	2009-10-08 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW2548	GOR CLAIMS DIPLOMATIC COURIERS IN KABUL OBSTRUCTED [...] (C) On October 8, MFA North American Desk Second Secretary Sergey Kuznetsov passed us a nonpaper detailing GOR complaints that their diplomatic couriers in Kabul were stopped and searched by a private security firm at Kabul Arport on October 5. He added that FM Lavrov may raise this issue wit [...]	2009-10-08 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ADPM ASEC RS AF
09MOSCOW2550	MFA CONTENT WITH EU REPORT ON AUGUST 2008 CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that Russia was content with the EU's Report on the Conflict in Georgia. Major takeaways included that the August 7-8 aggression had been undertaken by Georgia, and that, in attacking peaceful South Ossetia [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EU GG
09MOSCOW2551	MFA ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that the Geneva talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia need to become more productive and produce recommendations that the UN or OSCE could approve. Georgia needs to sign non-use of force agreements with the b [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2555	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) delegation visited Russia September 11-23 to deliver a groundbreaking seminar and to hold meetings with Russian officials on a variety of strategic issues. This was the first time in many years that a senior-ranking member of CBP has led a group to Rus [...]	2009-10-09 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2559	TOMSK: ANN ARBOR ON THE STEPPE - BUT CYNICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: As a university town and a former SPS bastion, Tomsk has a small but stable liberal electorate, and shows greater press freedom and tolerance for foreigners than many other regions in Russia. This press freedom has had little influence on local politics; most articles exposing [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2560	RELIABLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN ABSENT [...] (SBU) An unpredictable legal system, specifically as it relates to resolving business disputes, has undermined foreign (and domestic) investor confidence in Russia. Some investors have focused on international arbitration and private dispute resolution to resolve commercial disputes involving [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2564	RUSSIA: NON-PAPER ON ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR DAS Dan Russell October 12, MFA North America Acting Director Oleg Burmistrov passed the U.S. a non-paper on the Israeli-Arab conflict resolution. A scan of the non-paper has been e-mailed to EUR/RUS. An unofficial translation follows below. 2. (C) Unofficial tr [...]	2009-10-12 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISR IS RS
09MOSCOW2567	DAS RUSSELL'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told visiting DAS Dan Russell September 28 that the U.S. decision on missile defense created trust in the U.S.' "reset" intentions with Russia, although U.S.-Russia cooperation in some areas of the post-Soviet space would not be easy. The Russian [...]	2009-10-13 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ BO
09MOSCOW2571	TULA REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA CUTS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With new, less democratic voting rules in place, Tula Oblast elections were held October 11. Discussions with opposition party groups revealed that United Russia has a firm grip on the region and United Russia-backed governor Viacheslav Dudka had already orchestrated a massive [...]	2009-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2579	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 12, 2009 Time: 10:05 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting of the two delegations to the START Follow-on (SFO) Treaty ne [...]	2009-10-14 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	JCIC KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2586	ACTIVISTS ON PODRABINEK AND WHERE THE FAULT LINES [...] (C) Summary: At a roundtable gathering at Spaso House, a group of leading activists told the Ambassador that they continued to face an uphill battle in their work to promote civic freedoms. They said that their relationship with conservatives inside and outside of the GOR remained adversarial [...]	2009-10-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2600	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 13, 2009 Time: 4:10 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The second meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Minis [...]	2009-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2602	DUMA THEATRICS: OPPOSITION STAGES WALK OUT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, deputies from all three "nominal" opposition parties of the State Duma, typically moderate in their criticism of the Russian government, walked out of the State Duma's plenary session in protest over vote rigging during October 11 local elections across Russia an [...]	2009-10-16 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2603	Ambassador and NASA Administrator Attend Launch and Docking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From September 28 through October 3, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden traveled to Russia and Kazakhstan for the first time as the NASA Administrator to participate in the launch and docking activities for the Soyuz 20S (TMA-16) flight to the International Space Station (ISS). [...]	2009-10-19 04:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KNNP ENGR TSPL SENV PREL KZ RS
09MOSCOW2605	FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIR MIRONOV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Federation Council Chairman and Just Russia political party head Sergey Mironov offered frank analysis of recent national elections, as well as focused criticism of the ruling United Russia party. Just Russia is not considered to repre [...]	2009-10-19 09:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2607	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 14, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: MFA Guest House (Osobnyak),Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Guest [...]	2009-10-19 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2608	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S ENERGY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Morningstar, representatives from TNK-BP, Rosneft, and the MFA independently indicated that the recent financial crisis has opened up opportunities for greater foreign participation in Russia's hydrocarbon sector. Each noted the impact of lower Europea [...]	2009-10-20 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2609	HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...]	2009-10-20 05:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2611	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]	2009-10-20 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW2614	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers the timeframe of March 1, 2009 to 31 August 2009. Consular officers referred 389 cases of suspected fraud to the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) at Embassy Moscow. Fraud was confirmed in approximately 12 percent of the referred cases, mostly for fraudulent emplo [...]	2009-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW2618	ANTI-JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CAMPAIGN ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (C) Summary: A recent Gorno-Altaysk court ruling that Jehovah's Witness publications are "extremist" adds a new layer of complication to persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the country. Harassment and court cases continue apace, and the fact that the only two recent court decisions [...]	2009-10-21 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2619	POPULAR PUTIN CAN'T HELP GOVERNOR AND UNITED [...] (C) Summary: A two-day visit to the upper Volga city of Saratov gave us the opportunity to hear about the "power vertical," by which federal government and United Russia political party authorities exercise control over oblast-level activities. The very top-down approach to decision-making ha [...]	2009-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2620	UNION COALITION TO REPORT WORKERS' RIGHTS [...] (C) An independent coalition of Russian unions plans to submit a complaint to the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding alleged freedom of association violations at various industrial, educational, and service enterprises, including Ford Motor Company and General Motors (GM). The I [...]	2009-10-21 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2623	LANDSLIDE FOR UNITED RUSSIA IN MOSCOW, TULA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling United Russia party dominated October 11 elections across Russia, thanks to the government's high ratings, its use of overwhelming administrative resources, and voting irregularities in the party's favor. Although official results for the Moscow City Duma elections [...]	2009-10-21 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2624	RUSSIA-CHINA GAS DEAL UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN [...] (C) A gas "deal" signed during PM Putin's recent trip to China is very unlikely to result in significant gas flows from Russia to China anytime soon. Obstacles to Russian gas deliveries include a lack of transportation infrastructure, a lack of agreement on the price of gas, and a lack of dev [...]	2009-10-21 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH
09MOSCOW2629	STAGE SET FOR RESOLVING TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOM [...] (C) On October 5, Norwegian government-owned Telenor and Russian-controlled Altimo announced the creation of a new mobile operator, potentially ending a half-decade feud over control of their current joint venture, Vimpelcom. Telenor's Corporate Affairs Director in Russia called this a positiv [...]	2009-10-22 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD RS EINV BEXP
09MOSCOW2641	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) PAPER [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09MOSCOW2643	SAKHAROV PRIZE "BITTERSWEET" FOR ORLOV, MEMORIAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, the European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize to the rights group Memorial, specifically activists Oleg Orlov, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, and Sergey Kovalev. This is the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union that the prize, which includes a cash award of 50, [...]	2009-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW265	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE STOPS SHIPMENTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has halted trade of U.S. pet food, animal feed and animal feed additives as of January 1, 2009. VPSS officials have advised that trade can resume only after USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se [...]	2009-02-03 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2651	VOLGOGRAD: STING OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SOFTENED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2652	RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE DROPS LAWSUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation announced on October 22 that it had dropped its USD 22.5 billion RICO lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon (BONY),filed in the Moscow City Arbitration Court, in exchange for BONY paying USD 14 million to Russia to cove [...]	2009-10-26 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2653	MURDERED INGUSHETIYA OPPOSITIONIST BURIED AS [...] (SBU) Former Ingushetiya oppositionist Maksharip Aushev was buried October 26 according to strict Muslim practice, one day after he died in a hail of gunfire October 25 while driving near Nalchik, the capital of the northern Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Ingushetiya president Yu [...]	2009-10-27 04:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2658	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-004. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: October 12 and 14, 2009 Times: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Osobnyak, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During two receptions - October 12 and October 14 [...]	2009-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW266	(C) EXXONMOBIL TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICS HOLDING [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia President Stephen Terni (protect) and ExxonMobil's Sakhalin 1 project manager Zeljko Runje (protect) told the Ambassador on January 31 that GOR refusal to approve project budgets has halted development of new Sakhalin 1 fields. Runje said Deputy Energy Minister Stanislav [...]	2009-02-03 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW267	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 9 MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 9 additional U.S. pork facilities will be delisted as of February 10 ostensibly due to clerical errors found on documentation that accompanied meat shipments to Russia. [...]	2009-02-03 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW268	WHY MEDVEDEV MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: While Prime Minister Putin remains the linchpin within the Russian leadership, it is President Medvedev whose success as a political leader can tip the balance of power towards the elite faction that supports Russia's political and economic modernization. A series of crises hav [...]	2009-02-04 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2686	IRF REACTIONS: MFA GETS NASTY, ROC NICE [...] (C) Reactions to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) varied among official entities, indicating that not all of Russian officialdom had compared talking points before hitting the airwaves. In a scathing communique, the MFA sneered that "it seems that the authors decided not [...]	2009-10-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2687	SUDAN STRATEGY ROLLOUT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW2688	IS STALINâ€™S GHOST A THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM? [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to sanitize Stalin's role in Soviet history may be potentially damaging to academic freedom and linked to GOR efforts to increase authoritarian rule. Although some recent incidents have caused concern among human rights monitors, thus far GOR efforts to enlist academics to help [...]	2009-10-30 11:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2690	U.S. EXPLORES ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two conferences organized the week of October 2 in Vladivostok and Moscow highlighted both the importance of and challenges to increasing U.S.-Russian cooperation on environmental crimes. A 2007 prosecution of an Amcit for illegal hunting in Kamchatka failed in part because of [...]	2009-10-30 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS
09MOSCOW2693	GOR RESPONSE TO CHILD LABOR LISTS [...] (U) Per reftel, on September 9 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov, Deputy Director 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 belie [...]	2009-10-30 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2696	U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Russia Binational Commission's Arms Control and International Security Working Group, held October 12 in Moscow, U/S Tauscher and Russian D/FM Ryabkov reviewed Missile Defense, nonproliferation issues, CFE, and START. Lt General O'Reilly of th [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE KNNP KTIA PARM PREL START RS US
09MOSCOW2697	U.S. EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TOURIST VISA VALIDATION STUDY: A [...] SUMMARY: This is the first installment of a quarterly rolling validation study of B1/B2 tourist visas issued by U.S. Embassy Moscow covering the period of March 2008 to May 2008. It is our intent to track adverse incident rates of travelers who were issued visas over a fairly tumultuous econ [...]	2009-11-02 04:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW2708	RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Summary: In response to our demarche per reftel A, MFA representative Natalia Zolotova told us that Russia planned to support the "defamation of religions" resolution sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the UN General Assembly. Zolotova said that absolute free speech [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2709	NONPAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA
09MOSCOW271	MORE AUDITS OF U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) requested via official letter that the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) organize another joint audit of U.S. pork, beef, and poultry facilities that are eligible to export to Russia begin [...]	2009-02-04 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2710	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH KOREA WILLING TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Koreas Division Director Alexander Minaev said that recent Chinese and Russian overtures and the political heat of UN sanctions have made North Korea more willing to return to multiparty talks, although the regime may require a face-saving measure to do so. Eager to [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW2711	RUSSIA PONDERING NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow discussed Russia's Afghanistan policy with Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. He indicated that Russia remained committed to building a stable Afghanistan, although much depended on the new government and the U.S. strategy that w [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2712	RUSSIAN STEPS TO EXPAND ODA PROGRAMS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In 2007, then-President Putin called for the expansion of the GOR's Official Development Assistance (ODA) system, including the development of bilateral assistance programming. Putin mandate [...]	2009-11-02 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EIND ELAB PGOV PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2714	RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us that the November 6 talks on Transnistria would be an important first contact between the conflict parties, but expressed concerns about the October 6 "3 plus 2" meeting in Vienna. He said U.S. suggestions at that meeting to [...]	2009-11-02 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2715	PUTIN'S SOUTH STREAM WISHES UNLIKELY TO COME TRUE [...] (C) PM Putin stated during a meeting with Italian PM Berlusconi that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline could be completed before the proposed Nord Stream gas pipeline. His statement followed agreement by Turkey to allow South Stream feasibility studies in its Black Sea waters, and agreeme [...]	2009-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2719	GOR GIVES, GETS LITTLE FROM ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the October 27-29 visit to Moscow of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, several bilateral cooperation and trade agreements were signed, but the meetings did not conclude with the GOR granting any substantive arms deals, nor did President Correa recognize the breakaway r [...]	2009-11-03 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EC
09MOSCOW2720	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on November 3. There was no substantive response. Beyrle [...]	2009-11-03 12:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER RS IS KPAL
09MOSCOW2721	UKRAINIAN FM URGES MOSCOW TO TALK TO YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko urged Russia to resume contact with Ukraine at the presidential level, although both sides agreed there was no need for a "reset" in relations. Economic cooperation dominated the brief meeting, while pundits dis [...]	2009-11-03 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2722	MOSCOW'S CHINESE DIASPORA A WIN-WIN FOR RUSSIA AND [...] 4 (b). Â [...]	2009-11-03 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KCOR SMIG TIP RS
09MOSCOW2723	INTEL'S CRYPTO IMPORTATION WAIVER: LESS THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Intel representatives recently briefed us on the waiver it received to import 1,000 encrypted platforms for the development of software. Intel was able to by-pass the cumbersome licensing process by engaging in high-level lobbying and capitalizing on Russia's desire to become a "know [...]	2009-11-03 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2724	PAPER DELIVERED: JCIC AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2728	BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO BUTMIR PACKAGE AND LAVROV'S [...] (C) The MFA's BiH desk officer Ivan Gorbunov told us on November 3 that Russia rejected the U.S.-EU Butmir Package and saw it as new conditionality to the Office of High Representative's (OHR's) transition and beyond the scope of international consensus. He challenged our assessment on the i [...]	2009-11-03 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK RS
09MOSCOW2729	PAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 05:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR RS
09MOSCOW2731	MEDVEDEV'S TEAM REMAINS SMALL, CONSIDERING RISKY [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's recent reorganization of the Presidential Administration (PA) was a tiny step toward strengthening his team, but the possible creation of a separate, presidentially-controlled "parallel vertical of power" risked damaging the established balance of power betw [...]	2009-11-05 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2732	GM'S DECISION TO RETAIN OPEL STUNS THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) The GM Board's decision to retain Opel and not sell to the Sberbank/Magna consortium has come as an unpleasant surprise to the Kremlin. Some GOR officials believe the USG, not GM, made the decision for political rather than economic reasons. Sberbank and Russian labor unions have not yet [...]	2009-11-05 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2734	RUSSIA: MOVING BEYOND BILATERAL ISSUES, MILIBAND [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary Miliband's November 1-2 visit, he put an end to the "period of standoff," but had little concrete to show for his visit. In pushing a new framework for cooperation, he set aside the most contentious issues and focused primarily on the international agenda during his mee [...]	2009-11-05 17:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SENV IR AF UK RS
09MOSCOW2735	GOR CONTINUES STOP-GAP BUSINESS MODEL [...] (C) Recent interventions in Pikalevo and Tolyatti demonstrated the GOR's commitment to preventing social unrest but also highlighted its failure to address the underlying problems facing Russian industry. After the enterprises of the Pikalevo production chain were unable to reach a new produc [...]	2009-11-06 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ELAB PGOV RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2737	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: FAILED BORDER CROSSING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Charge Shugarov said the Russia-Georgia talks on opening the Qazbegi-Larsi border post between Russia and Georgia failed because Russia insisted all legal documents governing Georgian border traffic had to be redone because Georgia had departed the CIS. Shugarov could [...]	2009-11-06 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AM
09MOSCOW2738	A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH ON SCHNEERSON COLLECTION [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Special Culture Representative Mikhail Shvydkoy told us that the GOR might be willing to consider a compromise solution to the bilateral impasse over the Schneerson Collection. According to the compromise, the Library of Congress would write a letter requesting Schnee [...]	2009-11-06 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2747	RUSSIA: POLISH PM SIKORSKI REOPENS OLD FIGHTS [...] (SBU) Russian media and officials are concerned with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski's November 4 comments to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. In particular, they noted Sikorski's request for U.S. forces on the ground in Poland to "protect against Russian aggression" a [...]	2009-11-06 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PL RS
09MOSCOW2748	ARRESTS IN MARKELOV MURDER BOOST GOR [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have arrested two suspects in the January 20 murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova. The suspects were allegedly members of an ultranationalist group known as Unified Brigade 88, who murdered Markelov as revenge [...]	2009-11-06 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2749	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER TO [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service officials is a tangible sign that U.S.-Russian relations are improving markedly after hitting bottom in the summer of 2008. Recent visits by President Obama and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated [...]	2009-11-09 05:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINS PREL PTER SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2751	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: EXBS has been approached by Russian Central Customs Administration (Moscow) to support an IVP to US ports of entry. EXBS is working with CBP and ICE on this visit. A new Russian federal agency, Rosgranitsa, has also asked [...]	2009-11-09 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2754	INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The USG and GOR have four existing, formal mechanisms for conducting security dialogues with the Russian Federation; all four are scheduled yearly. 1) Joint Staff Talks (JSTs): This event is hosted annually by U.S. Joint Staff J-5 or the GOR Chief of the Main OPS Directorate on a rotational [...]	2009-11-09 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR
09MOSCOW2755	RUSSIAN MFA ON MOLDOVA ELECTIONS, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA said that in late October, Moscow had urged Moldovan Communist Party leader Voronin and presidential hopeful Lupu to compromise in the November 10 Moldovan presidential election, without proposing specific details for any agreement. Still, Russian officials believed the [...]	2009-11-09 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN RS MD
09MOSCOW2756	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] 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, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2757	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: TRANSFORMING RUSSIA'S DETROIT [...] (C) Summary: This year's Nizhniy Novgorod Scientific and Industrial Forum focused on President Medvedev's "Five I's" (innovation, investment, intellect, infrastructure and institutions). Nizhniy Novgorod Governor Shantsev, perceived to be business friendly and well connected to the Kremlin, [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND RS
09MOSCOW2764	RUSSIA ON DONATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN: WE ALREADY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow met with Ali Mustafabeily, Deputy Director of the MFA's Second Asia Department, to discuss Russia's contributions to stabilizing Afghanistan. Mustafabeily stressed that the GOR was doing what it could financially and reiterated Moscow's preference for commercial t [...]	2009-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2765	DESPITE USD 6 BILLION 2Q09 PROFITS, GAZPROM FACES [...] (C) Gazprom announced a doubling of its profits in the second quarter of 2009 following anemic first quarter earnings. However, falling demand as well as rising operational costs and debt pose longer-term challenges to the company's competitiveness. Experts warn that more efficient companies [...]	2009-11-10 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2766	NONPAPER DELIVERED: NEXT ROUND OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM ETTC TSPA IR KN RS
09MOSCOW2767	PAPER DELIVERED: COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2768	U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2772	SMOOTH RUNNING VERTICAL OF POWER IN KRASNODAR [...] (C) Summary: Longtime Governor Aleksandr Tkachev's efficient, heavy-handed control of Krasnodar Krai has helped the conservative region achieve and preserve political and economic stability, partially by undermining competitors during his first few years in office and preventing potential ch [...]	2009-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PINR PHUM ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2778	CRIME(FIGHTING) DOESN'T PAY FOR BLOGGING POLICEMAN [...] (C) Summary: Novorossisk police Major Aleksey Dymovskiy's November 5 and 10 online video postings, where he accused local police chiefs of illegal and immoral actions, has touched a raw nerve in Russia, where trust in police is already low. Police officials, human rights activists, and journ [...]	2009-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOG KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW2779	UNITED RUSSIA'S NEXT STEPS AFTER TAINTED REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW278	RUSSIA 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 [...]	2009-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2780	LAVROV CALLS FOR OHR TRANSITION, LEAVES [...] (C) Russian FM Lavrov pressed for completion of outstanding "5 plus 2" conditions, and discussed trade and Soviet-era debt during his November 5 visit to Sarajevo. Lavrov was very critical of the Butmir package, and told the parties that it was outside of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC [...]	2009-11-12 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BK RS
09MOSCOW2781	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: POLITICAL FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's second annual address to a joint session of the State Duma and Federation Council today built upon the intellectual foundation he had already laid in his September article "Russia, Forward!" (Ref A). Repeatedly citing the article and specific proposals from the [...]	2009-11-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2782	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: ECONOMIC FOCUS SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to his 2008 address, in which he focused first and foremost on foreign policy, the war with Georgia and harsh criticism of the United States, the overwhelming focus of Medvedev's November 12 annual address was on domestic shortcomings and the need to take steps to addr [...]	2009-11-12 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2784	"NO TANGIBLE RESULTS" ON SOUTH STREAM DURING [...] (SBU) Following Prime Minister Putin's meeting with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, media reports cited Austrian "backing" of the proposed South Stream gas pipeline project. As is often the case, however, the reports appear to have been overblown. The visit did not produce any f [...]	2009-11-13 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS AU
09MOSCOW2787	IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING: MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Emboffs recently met with Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Deputy Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy to discuss the upcoming U.S. ) Russia IPR Working Group meeting, scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on November 16. Voskresenskiy emphasized that over the last year, Russia's re [...]	2009-11-13 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2788	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to gain buy-in on our Afghan strategy with a key partner with both close-in experience and wide-ranging interests in Afghanistan. The GOR is looking for genuine consultations on regional strategy and needs to be convinced [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF RS
09MOSCOW28	TALKS RESUME ON GAS IMPASSE; STILL NO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Gazprom's Aleksei Miller and Naftohaz's Oleh Dubyna met January 9 Sochi and will continue talks in Moscow January 10 (with participation of EC reps) on steps to resume Russian gas deliveries to Europe. The Russian and Ukrainian sides have agreed in principle to establishing a multilateral [...]	2009-01-12 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS

09MOSCOW280	RUSSIA'S CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Moscow has received a diplomatic note dated February 2 requesting U.S. support for Russia's reelection to the UN Human Rights Council UNHRC) for a second three-year term. The note pointed out that the five permanent members of the Security Council generally support each ot [...]	2009-02-05 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2800	RUSSIA SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL ON IRAN, [...] (C) Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Nazarov told NSC Russia Director Solomon November 5 the Russian leadership is committed to concluding the START follow-on negotiations before the treaty expires in December. On Iran, Nazarov believes the U.S. and Russia have a "common la [...]	2009-11-18 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IS RS IR
09MOSCOW2809	RUSSIAN REACTION TO NON-PAPER ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE SECURITY [...] (U) ESTH Counselor met with the representatives of the Security and Disarmament Division of the MFA on November 12 and delivered the non-paper and talking points conveyed reftel B. Our interlocutors were pleased by the interest of the USG in advancing the space security dialogue, requested mo [...]	2009-11-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA NASA TSPL PREL RS UNPUOS
09MOSCOW281	CSTO ESTABLISHES RAPID REACTION FORCE [...] (U) On February 4 the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) agreed at a summit in Moscow to establish the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF),to be based in Russia and under a single command. Medvedev proclaimed the CRRF would be "well-trained" and receive the most modern equipme [...]	2009-02-05 16:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER MARR MCAP ECON RS ZK XG
09MOSCOW282	MOSCOW CHABAD NOT INTERESTED IN SCHNEERSOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 2 visit to the Russian State Library to view the Schneersohn Collection of sacred religious texts of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Judaism, Director of the Library's Oriental Center Sergey Kukushkin told us that Moscow Chabad leaders had not visited the Collecti [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2821	RUSSIANS APPRECIATIVE OF USG SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2823	EXPERTS REMAIN SKEPTICAL OF GOR'S ABILITY TO [...] (C) In a nod to President Medvedev's 2008 anti-corruption legislation, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Russia at 146, up one spot from its 2008 147th ranking. This general lack of progress confirms what analysts have told us. Corruption in Russia remains a serious [...]	2009-11-19 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW2833	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: LASER SYSTEMS LTD, SAINT [...] 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, Laser Systems Ltd., Saint Petersburg, Russia. The organization is lis [...]	2009-11-20 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2838	MEETING OF DOE/ROSATOM CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERTS IN [...] (SBU) On November 17 and 18, 2009, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives met with technical experts from the Russian State Corporation for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) to discuss next steps in meeting the timelines for preparing a "60 Day Study" to identify specific areas for civil nuclear [...]	2009-11-20 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EU KNNP IAEA RU KU NO AE SW
09MOSCOW2839	DELIVERY OF MD AND NON-PRO NON-PAPERS TO DFM [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2840	INVITATION PASSED: PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR
09MOSCOW2841	GRYZLOV DRIVES INTO TREE WITH PROPOSED NEW AUTO TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, the Federation Council November 18 overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have doubled the basic vehicle registration tax rate and allocated the money for transportation infrastructure projects. On November 13 all United Russia's delegates to the State D [...]	2009-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2843	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Dvinyanin said there would be no more progress in the Geneva Talks on Georgia until Georgia agreed to sign non-use of force agreements with its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In variance with DFM Karasin's public characteriza [...]	2009-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW285	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT UNLICENSED KALASHNIKOVS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) On February 2 MFA DVBR Third Secretary Aleksey Chumichev passed us a nonpaper that alleged a Nevada-based subsidiary of the Bulgarian company Arsenal Inc. was manufacturing Kalashnikov automatic rifles without a valid Russian li [...]	2009-02-06 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09MOSCOW286	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS TWO MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 2 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and food-borne pathogen Listeria. In addition, VPSS info [...]	2009-02-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2865	SELECTION OF NEW TNK-BP CEO ALLOWS COMPANY TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP confirmed on November 19th the long-rumored selection of Maxim Barskiy as its next CEO. The 35-year old Barskiy will take the reins at the oil giant beginning in 2011. Barskiy, who was proposed by BP's Russian partners (AAR),beat out Pavel Skitovich, the candidate proposed by [...]	2009-11-23 15:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2874	PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT [...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...]	2009-11-24 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW2875	RUSSIA: APPRECIATIVE OF U.S. SUPPORT SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2876	GOR TO CONTINUE ABSTAINING ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's International Organizations Crisis Management Section Head Viktor Alexandrovich Leplinskiy on November 23. Leplinskiy noted that the GOR will continue to abstain in most votes for anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly, citing the fa [...]	2009-11-24 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL RS IS
09MOSCOW2878	GOR NOT INTERESTED IN "TAKING THE NRC FORWARD" [...] (C) Summary: The MFA European Cooperation Desk told us the GOR remains interested in improving the NATO-Russia Council, but believes strategic-level agreement should precede reform of NRC structures, hence Russia's decision to disengage from the "Taking the NATO-Russia Council Forward" paper. [...]	2009-11-24 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2882	UNITED RUSSIA UNVEILS "RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM," [...] (C) Summary: United Russia's national and regional leaders met in St. Petersburg November 20-21 for their annual review of party business. The highlights of the congress were the November 21 addresses by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Medvedev praised United Russia for acting q [...]	2009-11-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2885	INTEGRATING RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION KEY TO INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 8 panel during the Second International NanoForum, Russian policy makers, scientists, educators and entrepreneurs discussed how to develop Russia's high technology economy and its nanotechnology workforce. President Medvedev told Forum participants on October 6 t [...]	2009-11-27 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2886	BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...]	2009-11-27 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS
09MOSCOW2888	PUTIN'S OFFER TO HELP GEORGIA: LESS THAN MEETS THE [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to some media reports about a statement from Prime Minister Putin that Russia would be willing to help Georgia out of its "dead end," we consider the comments to be merely a gesture to try to turn Georgian elites away from Saakashvili and that they do not represent a [...]	2009-11-27 10:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW289	GOR CONCERNED AZERBAIJAN WILL RAISE [...] (C) Summary: Minsk Group Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov told us February 6 the GOR had learned Azerbaijan was planning to make Nagorno-Karabakh an agenda item for the March UNGA session on protracted conflicts in the GUAM area, which ran the risk of halting the conflict resolution process. If this [...]	2009-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW2890	RECIPROCAL REPULSION: MOSCOW MAYOR LUZHKOV VERSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov and Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov are both from the ruling United Russia party. Initially close allies, hostility developed between them as they rose to power and competed for influence, attention, and resources. The two leaders not only have [...]	2009-11-27 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCOR RS
09MOSCOW290	COMMUNIST PARTY SHOWS NEW LIFE, BROADENS [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has benefited from the economic crisis by attracting increased membership and strengthening its position as a populist alternative to the party of power, United Russia. The invigorated Communists demonstrated January 31 that they [...]	2009-02-06 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2900	GOR OPEN TO NRC STRUCTURAL REFORM, BUT NOT NOW [...] (C) DFM Grushko confirmed Russia sees no urgency in completing the NRC "Way Forward" document prior to the NATO ministerial. He claimed this move should not be interpreted as a lack of interest in the NRC, but reflective of Russia's desire to "put substance first" before taking decisions on s [...]	2009-11-27 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2902	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DETENTION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche, the MFA told us that Russia was pressing for the release of the four Georgian minors in South Ossetian custody. Russia expects them to be released within the next few days. The GOR supports a South Ossetian proposal to exchange all detainees, no [...]	2009-11-27 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS GG
09MOSCOW2903	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY ROBERT [...] (C) Your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to strengthen bilateral economic relations at a time when both our economies are beginning to show signs of recovery following an extremely difficult year. Because our economic relations with Russia were relatively stable even prior to the polit [...]	2009-11-27 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2904	FULL GAS PRICE LIBERALIZATION UNLIKELY ANYTIME [...] (C) In 2006, the GOR planned a series of tariff increases to raise domestic natural gas prices for industrial consumers to "market levels" -- that is, European prices minus taxes and transport -- by 2011. However, full liberalization by 2011 appears to be off the table, with the Ministry of E [...]	2009-11-30 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2905	FAR AS A MODEL FOR CIVIL EMPOWERMENT [...] (C) Summary: As the State Duma prepared to vote on legislation that would have doubled the base vehicle registration tax November 18, the Federation of Automobile Owners of Russia (FAR) had already collected 85,000 signatures for a presidential petition against the measure. After unanimous Un [...]	2009-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2906	AMB BEYRLE AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS EURO SECY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov November 30 at the MFA and discussed, inter alia, the European Security Treaty, the Afghanistan transit agreement, and the upcoming visit to Moscow of Under Secretary Tauscher. Ryabkov thanked the Ambassador f [...]	2009-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO RS AF
09MOSCOW291	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH DFM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin told Ambassador February 6 that Russia was prepared to cooperate with the U.S. to "assure American success" in Afghanistan, citing economic and humanitarian assistance, the NATO transit agreement, planned SCO conference in March, infrastructure pr [...]	2009-02-06 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG AF IR KS KN RS
09MOSCOW2912	Russia Adopts Law on Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RS EAID ECON ENRG KGHG OTRA PARM PGOV SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW2918	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA, N-K, MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE: [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, DFM Karasin sounded alarm bells about Saakashvili's "irresponsible" escalation of Russia-Georgia tensions, warning the situation could lead to renewed conflict, partly because the U.S. is sending signals of support -- and, he claimed, weapon [...]	2009-12-01 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2924	RUSSIAN EMPLOYERS FRET OVER WORKFORCE DECLINE [...] (SBU) By 2025, Russia will lose an estimated 14 million members of its working age population. Employers are struggling to cope with intensified competition for available workers and the divergence of labor supply and demand in various sectors and regions. While the GOR's 2025 Demographic Po [...]	2009-12-02 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2930	NON-PAPERS DELIVERED FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] We delivered reftel non-paper, draft letter and experts' input in English to MFA DVBR Department Third Secretary Leonid Kozlov on December 2. Kozlov informed us that the higher-ranked MFA officials responsible for this issue were currently in Vienna, but they would return next week and revie [...]	2009-12-02 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS
09MOSCOW2931	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO AFGHAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting at the MFA, Ambassador Beyrle previewed the President's West Point speech with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin and Zamir Kabulov, head of the Second Asia Department. Borodavkin noted that the U.S. and Russia both had a stake in stabilizing Afghan [...]	2009-12-02 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF PK
09MOSCOW2932	U.S. SCIENCE ADVISOR AND RUSSIAN SCIENCE MINISTER AGREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and Joan Rolf, Assistant Director for International Relations in OSTP, met Ru [...]	2009-12-03 04:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD SENV KNNP PGOV TBIO CVIS KRVC
09MOSCOW2935	RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX [...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...]	2009-12-03 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PREL RS KN
09MOSCOW2937	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: By mutual agreement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)and the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. will postpone until at least March 2010 an International Visitors Program (IVP)requested by a new Russian federal age [...]	2009-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2943	ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PINR PTER RS UP
09MOSCOW2944	KPRF DEPUTY HEAD MELNIKOV ON ELECTIONS, THE TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Head of the Communist Party in the State Duma Ivan Melnikov and Andrey Petrovich Fillipov, Head of the International Department of the party's Central Committee, met with us December 4. Discussion included the October 11 elections, views of Medvedev's modernization drive, [...]	2009-12-04 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2945	YUKOS DECISION COULD BE MAJOR IRRITANT FOR YEARS [...] (SBU) The November 30 decision by a tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague that Russia is bound by the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) was a major blow to the GOR. According to representatives of the plaintiffs in the case, led by former Yukos shareholders now known as GML Li [...]	2009-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2946	PUTIN EXUDES LEADERSHIP DURING FOUR HOUR Q AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin displayed thorough knowledge of the issues facing Russia during a live, televised question and answer session which highlighted his role as Russia's dominant political figure. Most of the questions were focused on the economic situation and socio-economi [...]	2009-12-04 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2947	PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...]	2009-12-04 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS
09MOSCOW295	RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER KIRILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 4 ecumenical lunch hosted by Ambassador and Appeal of Conscience Foundation Director Rabbi Arthur Schneier, high level officials in Russia's Orthodox (ROC),Muslim, Protestant, and Jewish communities gathered to discuss religious freedom in Russia and honor Patri [...]	2009-02-09 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2954	FEW LEADS ON NEVSKIY EXPRESS BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: Over one week after the reported November 27 bombing of the business class Nevskiy Express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in which 27 people died and almost 100 others were injured, Russian authorities are still searching leads in the case. The neo-Nazi group Combat 18 w [...]	2009-12-08 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2957	RUSSIAN VIEWS OF ELECTIONS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Experts do not see a strong Russian influence in the election campaign in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This is due to Russia's negative experience from getting too involved in the 2005 elections, the dominance of domestic issues in the campaign, and a virtual agreement among [...]	2009-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG
09MOSCOW2958	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TALKS TRAINS, PLANES, [...] (U) November 18-20, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood led the USG delegation to the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Officials from the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA),U.S. Centers for Disease Control a [...]	2009-12-08 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2974	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROTON LLC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] 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, Proton LLC, Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-12-09 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2975	DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN WARNS START [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2978	RUSSIAN HEALTH MINISTRY AND USG COUNTERPARTS REFINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Russia's Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova expressed strong interest in broadened cooperation with the United States through the Bilateral Presidential Commission and related health agreements in meetings with officials of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),the Cente [...]	2009-12-09 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL RS
09MOSCOW2983	DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN WARNS START [...] (C) In a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev claimed that an "unequal" START follow-on treaty would expose President Medvedev to criticism from deputies from the Communist Party (KPRF),many of whom have direct expertise in ar [...]	2009-12-10 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2984	CADRE RESERVE LISTS HAVE LITTLE RELEVANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ten months after its publication, the presidential cadre reserve list (reftel) and the ongoing compilation of a United Russia cadre reserve list remain more of a PR tactic than a systemic attempt to modernize the bureaucracy or strengthen President Medvedev's control over it. [...]	2009-12-10 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2993	MAKSHARIP AUSHEV'S FAMILY APPRECIATES POSTHUMOUS [...] (C) The family of Maksharip Aushev greatly appreciates the December 10 post-humous awarding of the State Department's 2009 Human Rights Defender award to the slain Ingush opposition figure. Unknown assailants murdered Aushev in the northern Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on October [...]	2009-12-10 17:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW300	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SKARD ELECTRONIC, KURSK, [...] 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, SKARD Electronic, Kursk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3002	RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT INQUIRY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we notified MFA Head of U.S.-Russia Bilateral Desk Alexander Zakharov of our inquiry regarding the ISA. Zakharov said he would pass on the information to his superiors but otherwise did not provide any substantive reaction. ------- GAZPROM ------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...]	2009-12-11 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC RS IR
09MOSCOW3003	NATO-RUSSIA DRAFT TREATY: MFA SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE [...] (C) Summary: MFA European Cooperation Department Deputy Yuriy Gorlach said FM Lavrov's proposal at the NATO-Russia Council ministerial December 4 was not a radical measure, but only made legally-binding the commitments already undertaken in the NRC Founding Act of 1997. The proposed agreement [...]	2009-12-11 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS NATO RS
09MOSCOW3007	SRAP HOLBROOKE - MOD DIR GORBUNOV NOV 16 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Ambassador Holbrooke met Russian MOD Director for International Cooperation Gorbunov to discuss the U.S. strategic approach in Afghanistan. Holbrooke said security was a precondition for the success of U.S. and international efforts at the reconstruction of Afghanistan and [...]	2009-12-14 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3008	AFGHANS WANT MORE THAN EMPTY PROMISES FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Embassy Moscow DAO representatives and Poloff met with General-Lieutenant Mohammad Sharif Akram, Military and Air Attache, and Colonel Abdullah Andar, Deputy Military and Air Attache, of the Embassy of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation to discuss the GOR's support for stabilizing Afgha [...]	2009-12-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW3009	CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...]	2009-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW3010	MOSCOW'S INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Official GOR reports and media have pronounced the Russian-Iranian relationship healthy and Minister of Energy's Shmatko's recent visit to Tehran as a success. Privately, GOR officials and Russian analysts agree that there are serious tensions in the bilateral relationship suc [...]	2009-12-14 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IAEA RS IR
09MOSCOW3012	U/S TAUSCHER-ROSATOM DEP DIR SPASSKIY DECEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 discussion, RosAtom Deputy Director Nikolay Spasskiy thanked Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher for her sustained support for the Angarsk fuel bank initiative, conveyed his thoughts for the way ahead on the Tehran Research Reactor impasse, stated his desire to re-ad [...]	2009-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW3013	RUSSIA SLOW TO MOBILIZE ON ENVIRONMENT WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian working-level coordinator of the Environment Working Group under the Bilateral Presidential Commission told us on December 11 that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) would likely be interested in working with the United States under the Working [...]	2009-12-15 08:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV EAID KCRM KGHG EFIS RS
09MOSCOW3018	MFA AIRS UNSCR 1540 CONCERNS AT EXBS MEETING [...] Begin summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant met with representatives of the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. During this meeting, MFA took the opportunity to raise concerns about issues rela [...]	2009-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ACQUISITION OF FINNISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	AFIN FI MARR MAS PARM PREL RS
09MOSCOW3022	GOR ON UKRAINE ELECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES [...] (C) On December 15, MFA 2nd CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin reiterated that the GOR did not favor any candidate in the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He stated that the current political crisis in Ukraine was the result of problems in the governmental system caused by President Yushc [...]	2009-12-16 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW303	MFA ON SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA official in charge of organizing the Russian-hosted March 25-27 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan told us on February 3 that the GOR would welcome U.S., G8, NATO, and EU participation. The conference will focus on combating narco-traffick [...]	2009-02-09 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3030	EXBS: RUSSIA FY08, FY09, FY10 PROGRAM PLAN FOR NADR-EXBS [...] Relevant Post officials approve of the Program Plan with no further comments. 2. MFA, FSTEK, and other Russian federal agencies have yet to weigh in. 3. EXBS Russia anticipates some minor adjustments following Program Review in February. 4. CONTACT INFORMATION. Joan Agerholm, th [...]	2009-12-17 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3032	RUSSIA ACCUSES GEORGIA OF MILITARY PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin expressed to Ambassador Beyrle concern over Georgian "military preparations" near Bazaleti, southeast of Akhalgori. Ambassador Beyrle responded that the U.S. did not see any reason for concern, as these were routine redeployments, which were observed and verified by [...]	2009-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW3033	ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE WANE IN RUSSIA REF: MOSCOW 2586 [...] (C) Summary: Russia has recently shown clear signs of throwing off its long and tragic history of anti-Semitism. In the past several years, official GOR policy has involved an aggressive campaign against anti-Semitism, coupled with positive official statements towards the Jewish community. Societal [...]	2009-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3034	SAKHAROV'S PRAGMATIC LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after his death, at a December 14-15 conference in Moscow, approximately 100 human rights leaders discussed the legacy of activist and Nobel Laureate Andrey Sakharov. Given the numerous blows dealt the Russian human rights community during the past several years, many [...]	2009-12-17 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3035	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN RUSSIA [...] (C) In meetings with Russia's Foreign Ministry and Security Council, SRAP Holbrooke stated that "history and destiny" have given the United States and Russia the common problem of Afghanistan and it is time to use the new relationship between Washington and Moscow to cooperate more closely in [...]	2009-12-18 05:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3037	OPPOSITION LEADER KASPAROV OPTIMISTICALLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, opposition leader Garry Kasparov gave an upbeat assessment of how his Solidarity political movement is positioned to exploit the "inevitable chaos" that will arise from the current government's course. He argued that authoritarian [...]	2009-12-18 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW3049	MFA SAYS RUSSIA-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS STRONG; GAS [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to emphasize Russia's stable political relations and growing economic and cultural ties with Turkmenistan, despite the recent impasse over gas shipments. Eager to maintain influence in the region despite Gazprom's gas glut, President Medvedev has agreed with T [...]	2009-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TX RS
09MOSCOW3050	U/S HORMATS MEETINGS ON RUSSIAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry offic [...]	2009-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3051	U/S HORMATS'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told U/S Hormats that he welcomes better relations with the U.S. and that Gazprom seeks to expand its presence in North America. He blamed last year's gas crisis on President Yushchenko and claimed Russia does not want to politicize the gas trade. He conf [...]	2009-12-18 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3052	ENERGY MINISTER WELCOMES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Minister of Energy Shmatko and Transneft President Tokarev met with Ambassador Beyrle on December 16 to discuss prospects for the Bilateral Presidential Commission's (BPC) Energy working group, particularly opportunities for information exchange and technology transfer on energy efficiency [...]	2009-12-18 15:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3053	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...]	2009-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3055	RUSSIA ON MILITARY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: In parallel with SRAP Holbrooke's visit to Moscow, a U.S.-Russia interagency working group composed of counternarcotics and military experts met to discuss potential areas of cooperation and assistance to Afghanistan. Although the GOR counternarcotics programs for Afghan police [...]	2009-12-21 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3056	MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...]	2009-12-21 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW307	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: STATE DESIGNING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, State Design Technological and Scientific Research Institut [...]	2009-02-09 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3072	Russia's Chief Medical Officer Wants to Expand Cooperation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, Ambassador Beyrle met with Dr. Gennadiy Onishchenko, Russia's Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Consumer Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor). The almost 90-minute meeting was cordial [...]	2009-12-21 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD EAGR ECON PARM
09MOSCOW3078	EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...]	2009-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD RS
09MOSCOW308	MFA'S SPECIAL REP ON BIH, KOSOVO, EULEX [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) The MFA Special Representative Botsan-Kharchenko told us February 5 that Russia would be satisfied with a technocratic replacement to Office of High Representative (OHR) Lacjak to oversee what it expects will be the [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BH KV UN RS
09MOSCOW3081	RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL RS
09MOSCOW3082	WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]	2009-12-23 04:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3090	KREMLIN-CREATED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY'S INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The triumvirate leadership of Right Cause has been in conflict since its establishment, with all three struggling to define the future of the party. Right Cause Co-Chair Boris Titov remains doubtful about the viability of his party in future elections, and confirmed that he is co [...]	2009-12-23 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3091	ENGAGING MUSLIM POPULATION ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, Post has produced a plan of action for engaging both the GOR and Russia's Muslim population with the goal of ending support for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s "defamation of religion" resolutions in the United Nations. During our October [...]	2009-12-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3093	NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. APPROACH TO 2010 NPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT RS
09MOSCOW3094	NONPAPER ON DISSUADING ABUSE OF NPT WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW3095	POINTS DELIVERED: PBLICIZING THE U.S. RECORD OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG KNNP
09MOSCOW3096	POINTS DELIVERED: SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW3103	MFA SUGGESTS AFGHANISTAN AS A BACK-DOOR MEANS OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to U/S Burns, Stephen Mull, met in Moscow with Zamir Kabulov, Director of the MFA's Second Asia Division, to discuss developments in Iran. Kabulov welcomed the change in American tactics to use both dialogue and pressure, but was downbeat on the prospects for succ [...]	2009-12-24 08:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF IR
09MOSCOW3104	CONSTITUTION'S 15TH BIRTHDAY MORE OF A FUNERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Constitution's fifteenth anniversary passed on December 12 with little fanfare. A VTsIOM poll showed that only 16 percent of respondents had read the Constitution and knew its contents. Many of the Constitution's authors feel disillusioned, noting that its provision [...]	2009-12-24 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS

09MOSCOW3105	LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES TRADE AND IRAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: In Moscow for the Russia-Israel Intergovernmental Commission's first session in three years, FM Lieberman had discussions with Russian counterparts on economic and trade issues. This meeting is further evidence that the bilateral relationship continues its upward trend. Most an [...]	2009-12-24 08:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IS
09MOSCOW3109	SYSTEMIC REFORMS UNLIKELY WITHIN MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary: President Dmitriy Medvedev's high-profile campaign to modernize Russia appears designed to give Russia modest, mostly long-term, economic benefits without altering the basic economic and political structures that Medvedev inherited from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. To the chagrin of [...]	2009-12-24 09:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3120	AFGHAN LETHAL TRANSIT TALKS STALL OVER ICAO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting that lasted longer than three hours, MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy noted that the transit of lethal goods over Russia to Afghanistan had the full support of POTUS and Medvedev. The GOR and USG now had to work out the modalities to mak [...]	2009-12-28 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF
09MOSCOW3122	U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...]	2009-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR
09MOSCOW3123	CHANGING ROLES IN THE TANDEM LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Recent changes in the public messages and actions of President Medvedev have led to increased uncertainty among regional authorities and bureaucrats. Medvedev's recent decisions to dismiss officials in response to public outcries over the Perm nightclub tragedy and remove prison officials [...]	2009-12-28 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3124	WAGERS ON WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The term of Dagestan's current president, Mukhu Aliyev, expires in February 2010. Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev has not shown any haste in either naming a successor or appointing Aliyev to a new term, although he should have made the decision by now. Most money is now on [...]	2009-12-28 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3125	MEDVEDEV'S 2009 YEAR-IN-REVIEW EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev assessed on December 24 the most important achievements of 2009 during an interview in which he cited Russia's social and financial stability as the nation's key successes. He used the nationally-televised, live interview to push his economic modernization [...]	2009-12-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW313	MFA REJECTS CLAIMS OF ARMS TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minsk Group co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov February 6 dismissed charges of recent Russian arms deliveries to Armenia, claiming the supporting documents were forged. Experts agree with that assessment, and join the MFA's January 21 statement that it would not be in Russia's int [...]	2009-02-10 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ AM MARR
09MOSCOW3138	A PREVIEW OF RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE [...] (C) Summary: Experts and media reports suggest Russia's new military doctrine, intended to project defense policy to 2020, will be issued in the near future. News headlines will focus on the fact that the new doctrine lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons if other countries infr [...]	2009-12-29 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW3139	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR TURNER DEC 16-18 MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner visited Moscow December 16-18 to discuss NATO-Russia relations, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the OSCE's Corfu Process, and Russia's proposed European Security and NATO-Russia Council (NRC) treaties. MFA officials played up th [...]	2009-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT KCFE PARM PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW314	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTOMATED CONTROL [...] 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, Automated Control Systems, Shosse Entuziatov 64, Moscow, Russ [...]	2009-02-10 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3143	MEDVEDEV USING MVD REFORM TO INCREASE STANDING? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev, capitalizing on several recent high-profile events surrounding the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),introduced on December 24 proposals intended to make the MVD more professional and centralized. Medvedev has frequently discussed the need to reform the MVD since [...]	2009-12-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3144	RULE OF LAW LIPSTICK ON A POLITICAL PIG: [...] (C) Summary: The prosecution in the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial has finished reading its 188 volumes of evidence, and has moved on to questioning witnesses. An observer for the International Bar Association stated his belief that the trial is being conducted fairly. Related events outside of R [...]	2009-12-30 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3147	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: Planning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeds on the reinstituted Program Review and Export Licensing Exchange scheduled for February 2010. EXBS has submitted data on training conducted through the program for th [...]	2009-12-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3151	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES WORKING [...] (SBU) Amid continued uncertainty over its future, the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) held Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings, and celebrated its fifteen-year anniversary December 7-10, 2009 in Moscow. The GB agreed to establish a working group, to [...]	2009-12-30 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
09MOSCOW3154	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MASHCOMPLECS FAKEL LTD., [...] 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, Mashcomplecs Fakel Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed o [...]	2009-12-31 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW317	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCIENTIFIC AND [...] 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, Scientific and Industrial Concern (SIIC) Nauka, Kiev, Ukraine [...]	2009-02-10 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW318	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Scientific-Production Firm VD MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine. The compan [...]	2009-02-10 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW319	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LEKIS, KIEV, [...] 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, Lekis, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2009-02-10 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW323	ICRC Maintains No Humanitarian Crisis in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow February 5, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Russian Delegation officials stated that there is no humanitarian emergency in South Ossetia, despite reports of potential food shortages. Although there are some needs that continue to demand attention, such [...]	2009-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS GG
09MOSCOW324	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LINK EXPRESS, [...] 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, Link Express, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW326	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FILUR 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, Filur Electronic Ltd., Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed o [...]	2009-02-11 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW328	OSCE FROZEN CONFLICTS ENVOY ON TALKS WITH GOR [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on his earlier meeting with DFM Karasin, OSCE Special Representative Christopoulos told Ambassador Beyrle February 10 that Russia supported the presence of OSCE military monitors inside South Ossetia, and was even considering adding language about such observers to the [...]	2009-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE
09MOSCOW330	RUSSIA FORUM 2009 UNCOVERS POLICY DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary. This year's Russia Forum, hosted by Troika Dialog, highlighted fundamental disagreements in the Russian government on the best policy mix to manage the economic crisis. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, voicing a "conservative" approach, declared the GOR would reduce bu [...]	2009-02-11 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW333	RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]	2009-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW334	CRISIS-RESPONSE MEASURES FOR THE RUSSIAN CAR [...] (SBU) Russia's car companies are heavily indebted and steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. The GOR continues to employ a range of state support measures to help Russia's major vehicle manufacturers cope with the global financial crisis, including direct financial support, subs [...]	2009-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD WTO RS
09MOSCOW337	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RPC OPTOLINK LTD, [...] 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, RPC Optolink Ltd, Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-02-12 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW355	DFM GRUSHKO ON GEORGIA, ENERGY SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador the GOR had concluded that the only way to guarantee security in Georgia was through the presence of Russian troops. He said a renewed OSCE mandate would have to take into account South Ossetian vi [...]	2009-02-13 08:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL ENRG EU GG RS
09MOSCOW36	RUSSIA-EU GAS UPDATE -- UKRAINE TO "DETACH" [...] (SBU) The EC Delegation in Moscow and Gazprom told us independently on January 12 that they expect a new trilateral agreement (refs A, B, C),without the supplemental "declaration" attached by Ukraine, to be signed as early as the end of the day. Once signed and once monitors are in place, Ru [...]	2009-01-12 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW361	RUSSIAN XENOPHOBIA HAS ROOTS DEEPER THAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The recent wave of high-profile xenophobic violence gripping Russia has raised concerns within Russia's migrant community, second in size only to that of the United States. While diaspora leaders lobbied to protect the interests of their citizens, labor migrants have endured in [...]	2009-02-13 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW364	KUDRIN URGES COORDINATED U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns, the Ambassador, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Michael McFaul, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave a general outline of the GOR's efforts to remedy the crisis domestically, including [...]	2009-02-13 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW365	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON EU-RUSSIA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) The European Commission delegation visit to Moscow February 5-6, headed by EC President Barroso and nine EC Commissioners, made little progress on trade issues with Russia. EC Trade Commissioner Ashton and Transportation Commissioner Tajani raised with Russian Economic Development Ministe [...]	2009-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO EU RS
09MOSCOW367	GAZPROM FACING TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Gazprom's financial outlook for 2009 is increasingly bleak. The company's revenues from exports to Europe are set to decline dramatically as gas prices to Europe, which lag oil prices by about six months, head to one-third their peak price. Unfortunately for Gazprom -- and the GOR, whic [...]	2009-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW369	RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PROPOSES FSB AS BETTER [...] (SBU) During a February 11 meeting with Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Nikolay Laverov, EST counselor and staff inquired about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the RAS on coo [...]	2009-02-13 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS
09MOSCOW38	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) [...] (U) The following is geared to reftel questions paras 6 through 11 Incidence and Nature of Child Labor 2. (U) Child labor in Russia encompasses not only Russian children, but often children from neighboring countries. Some children are brought to Russia for the purpose of exploitation [...]	2009-01-12 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RS
09MOSCOW389	IRC Chief Says Working in Chechnya Getting Easier [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s Russia Country Director spoke with Moscow diplomats February 11 about his work in the North Caucasus, some of it funded by State/PRM, and about the difficulty of functioning amid instability and corruption. Despite the obstacles, IRC's [...]	2009-02-18 06:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW396	AG MINISTER SENT TO PASTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Medvedev recently removed long-serving Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev from his post, nominating him to be governor of Voronezh Oblast as part of a larger shake-up of regional governors. While this action represents a significant demotion for Gordeye [...]	2009-02-18 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW397	CASTRO VISITS MOSCOW TO REJUVENATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow from January 28 to February 4 in an effort to boost trade ties and rejuvenate relations with Russia. Despite some exercises in Communist-era nostalgia, experts were quick to downplay any anti-U.S. angle to the trip. Medvedev and Castr [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
09MOSCOW403	CEO MILLER TELLS AMBASSADOR GAZPROM HAS NO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; ACCUSES UKRAINE OF "THEFT" WHILE DENYING ANY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GAZPROM [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller acknowledged the difficult economic environment but said his company thought the downturn would last no more than six months and had no intention of altering its long-term plans, including the building of the Nord Stream an [...]	2009-02-18 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW405	RUSSIA DELAYS DELIVERY OF S-300S TO IRAN? [...] (S) In response to media reports surrounding the visit of Iranian Defense Minister Najar to Moscow February 16-18 that Russia would move ahead with the delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, Ambassador expressed strong concern to DFM Ryabkov February 17 (ref A). Ryabkov repl [...]	2009-02-18 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER
09MOSCOW407	RUSSIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO RS
09MOSCOW413	DAS MOON'S FEBRUARY 11 MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. MFA 2nd Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov reiterated Russia's interest in strengthening cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan during a February 11 meeting with SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon. Maryasov said the situation in Afghanistan required "drastic changes," and prais [...]	2009-02-19 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR AF IR RS
09MOSCOW414	POLITICAL OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: PLAYERS AND [...] (C) Summary: Political opposition forces in Russia continue to hold little influence and do not pose any challenge to the ruling regime. In 2008, the number of nationally registered political parties in Russia decreased from 14 to 6, with only one liberal democratic party (Yabloko) among them [...]	2009-02-19 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW416	U.S.-RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia expressed strong support for U.S. and NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and offered practical steps to expand Russian assistance during the February 10-11 U.S.-Russia consultations on Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation, headed by SCA DAS Moon and accompanied by the Amba [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ETRD MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW419	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...]	2009-02-19 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09MOSCOW423	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...]	2009-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09MOSCOW424	EXXONMOBIL DESCRIBES CONTINUED IMPASSE ON SAKHALIN [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil Russia VP in charge of Sakhalin 1, told us on February 18 that the company has begun layoffs at the Sakhalin 1 project due to the absence of an approved budget for new field development (reftel). He stated the company had no role in recent press stories reporting [...]	2009-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW430	LITTLE HOPE FOR RUSSIA'S ATROPHIED INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) The GOR's stated commitments to modernizing and developing Russia's transportation infrastructure are unlikely to materialize soon. With a looming budget deficit, the government has cut infrastructure financing repeatedly. Some investment bankers argue that investing in infrastructure pro [...]	2009-02-20 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW435	RUSSIA'S MFA ON THE U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (S) Summary: On Friday, February 13, EST delivered ref A talking points on the satellite collision to the MFA, following up U/S Burns's and Ambassador's discussion of the issue with DFM Ryabkov (ref B). Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy indicated that Russia is satisfied [...]	2009-02-20 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL TSPA RS
09MOSCOW437	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW439	CATERPILLAR'S GIANT TRUCKS FALL VICTIM TO RUSSIAN [...] (C) The giant trucks that Caterpillar produces for the mining and construction industries have become an apparently unintended victim of Russia's recent duty increases on cars. The heavy duty vehicles, which cost about one million dollars each, currently enter Russia under a customs code reserv [...]	2009-02-20 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW454	RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY PROPOSES MEETING WITH NEW EPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Director of International Cooperation at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) praised past U.S.-Russian environmental cooperation and suggested an initial meeting between EPA Administrator Jackson and MNRE Minister Trutnev this spring. [...]	2009-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW456	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW457	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] (C) Summary. Russia has repeatedly signaled its openness to considering additional transit agreements to Afghanistan, with the implication these could include lethal equipment. As we begin shipments of non-lethal supplies through the Northern Dimension Network (NDN),and with the future of U [...]	2009-02-25 06:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW462	ACEQ - MOSCOW, YEKATERINGBURG, AND VLADIVOSTOK [...] Crime mobility - Response F Gangs and other criminal elements roam freely day or night, and target Embassy officials (Emboff) and affluent residential areas for burglary. Narrative: The increasing number of violent robberies against American and Locally Engaged (LES) employees reported t [...]	2009-02-25 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
09MOSCOW464	MFA ASKS HOW CAN WE AID GAZA WITHOUT INVOLVING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Aleksandr Rudokov, who said that Russia recognized the importance of the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh to address the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, but previous commitments could [...]	2009-02-25 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG RS
09MOSCOW465	MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS [...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...]	2009-02-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS
09MOSCOW467	UPDATE ON RUSSIA'S POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF IGLA-S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER
09MOSCOW470	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW471	RUSSIA RESPONSE ON EXTENSION OF RER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, representatives of the MFA, Rosatom, and Russia's Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) told Embassy EST and DOE representatives that Russia is willing to sign an extension of the Agreement on Cooperation in Research on Radiation Effects (RER). However, most of the am [...]	2009-02-26 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA KTIA OTRA PARM TRGY EAID RS
09MOSCOW472	BRYANSK: GOVERNOR BOASTS STABILITY AMID CRISIS, [...] (C) Summary: A February 18-19 visit to Bryansk revealed a regional government enjoying strong Moscow support yet focused on shifting attention away from the growing economic crisis. Isolated investment successes and a pan-Slavic economic forum in Bryansk, featuring an appearance by State Duma [...]	2009-02-26 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON RS BO UP
09MOSCOW473	EU TROIKA TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During the Russia-EU Troika dialogue on February 11, Lavrov charged that Georgian troops were massing on the boundaries with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The MFA later called the EU's reports dismissing these claims as a "snapshot" that did not measure "true" Georgian intentions. Lavrov j [...]	2009-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW474	EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO RUSSIA [...] (C) On February 6, EC President Barroso led a delegation of nine EC commissioners and vice presidents for meetings with counterparts in Russia. This visit was part of an intergovernmental framework delayed since 2005, due to a series of crises in the EU-Russia relationship. Human rights wa [...]	2009-02-26 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW488	RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...]	2009-02-27 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN
09MOSCOW489	REGIONAL ELECTION PREVIEW: UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite party infighting and some notable defections, United Russia is expected to win in all nine regions holding March 1 parliamentary elections. The Communist Party has campaigned vigorously to make the election a referendum on United Russia's handling of the economic crisis [...]	2009-02-27 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW496	RUSSIA SET ON A MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 15-19 visit to the Middle East reinforced Russia's intention to convene a Moscow Middle East conference (and ward off Sarkozy's entry into the race for MEPP summitry). The GOR now aims to hold an April or May meeting that Russian officials argu [...]	2009-02-27 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IR IS SY RS XF
09MOSCOW498	RUSSIAN RECEIPT OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER ON MARINE MAMMAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV RS
09MOSCOW500	LUZHKOV TALKS BIG ON U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Summary: During his introductory call on Moscow Mayor Luzkhov February 26, Ambassador was treated to a tour d'horizon of global challenges - from the Mayor's lofty perspective - confronting Russia: the rise of China and its aspirations for regional power, the potential for conflict arising [...]	2009-02-27 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS CH
09MOSCOW501	FOLLOW-UP TO UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26 we followed up ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Export Control Section Chief Aleksandr Deyneko, who told us the GOR's main priority for the 1540 Committee was to conduct a comprehensive review of the Committee's work. He said Russia was prepared to accept almost all of [...]	2009-03-02 04:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW502	SUBJECT: DVORKOVICH AND A CRISIS OF "PLANETRAY [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, said he predicts the downturn in Russia will be deeper and longer than the GOR had originally thought. He said the GOR would cover a large deficit this year out of the Reserve Fund b [...]	2009-03-02 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW504	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG DESPITE LETHARGIC TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite decreased voter turnout, United Russia unsurprisingly won all nine regional elections held March 1. Although framed by the Communists as a referendum on the regime's anti-crisis measures, KPRF made only modest gains in key regions where it had hoped to break United Russ [...]	2009-03-02 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW508	HIGH-LEVEL GOR PERSONNEL MOVES: SHELL GAME OR [...] (C) Summary: Blessed by the Kremlin, a list of 100 names of potential presidential appointees reflects compromises between elite groups loyal to Medvedev and Putin. While the list pleased some interested in greater transparency in personnel policy, the revised version that includes the son of [...]	2009-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW509	VIOLENCE PERSISTS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW511	RUSSIA AND NATO AFTER GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: As the Alliance debates the nature and future of the NATO-Russia relationship, and with the more positive approach by the U.S. and Russia, we have an opportunity now to set NATO-Russia relations on a new path that acknowledges our common commitment to strengthening transatlantic [...]	2009-03-03 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
09MOSCOW512	ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tende [...]	2009-03-03 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW521	RUSSIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 IPR REVIEW [...] Consistent with U.S. industry recommendations, Embassy Moscow recommends that the USG maintain Russia's Priority Watch List status for the 2009 Special 301 IPR Report. There has been slow but steady progress on some IPR legal and enforcement issues during the past year. However, Russia has ma [...]	2009-03-04 05:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS
09MOSCOW528	RUSSIA/CHINA OIL DEAL: CLEAR AS MUD [...] (C) Following months of negotiations, Russian and Chinese state-owned corporations recently concluded a $25 billion loans-for-oil deal. The China Development Bank will provide Rosneft with $15 billion and Transneft with $10 billion at a relatively low interest rate, while the two Russian compa [...]	2009-03-04 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW531	KOSTROMA: OPPOSITION GROUPS FAIL TO GAIN TRACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to Kostroma revealed that opposition groups have been unable to gain traction in the region. United Russia dominates the political scene and long-standing opposition groups trail far behind in support. United Russia swept the January 25 mayoral elections and dominated [...]	2009-03-04 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW532	QUESTIONING PUTIN'S WORK ETHIC [...] (C) Summary. Rumors about Prime Minister Putin's disengagement from his duties have proliferated in Moscow, suggesting that he has lost his "edge" in making critical decisions on measures linked to the economic crisis. Putin has reportedly been "working from home" on many issues, leaving much of th [...]	2009-03-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW533	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 11 roundtable with visiting SCA DAS Patrick Moon, Russian experts on Afghanistan and Central Asia observed that Russia needed the U.S. to succeed in Afghanistan as it lacked the psychological capacity and the financial and military resources to get directly in [...]	2009-03-04 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW534	GROWING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT [...] (C) Russia's external debt situation has become a source of increasing concern and speculation among local analysts and international bankers. The mid-February tempest over a press report that the GOR planned to coordinate a large-scale restructuring of much of Russia's private external debt [...]	2009-03-04 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW535	INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...]	2009-03-04 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW538	UNEMPLOYMENT AND DECLINE IN REAL WAGES HIT [...] (C) By most accounts, unemployment in Russia has reached 6.1 million. In addition, almost two thousand corporations plan to reduce their work forces in the course of the year. Hardest hit are twenty-five million residents of the single-company towns - primarily in the manufacturing and extrac [...]	2009-03-05 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW541	RUSSIAN OFFICIAL EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASES FOR CARS [...] (C) Alexander Rakhmanov, Director of the Department of Automotive and Agriculture Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged to us that the recent duty increases for cars and harvesters were meant to protect domestic producers from import competition and help them wea [...]	2009-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW543	GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR TALKS DOWN 5 PLUS 2 [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us Russia is still working on setting a date and agenda for planned "2 plus 1" talks in March between Moldovan President Voronin, Transnistrian leader Smirnov, and President Medvedev, as discussed during Foreign M [...]	2009-03-05 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW544	RUSSIA SYMPATHIZES WITH PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON [...] The Russian government has criticized the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, which the GOR contends could negatively impact the chances for reaching a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur. According to a MFA statement, Russia "understands" the position [...]	2009-03-05 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW546	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, two regional courts have charged the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) of Russia with distributing extremist literature, and the Russian General Prosecutor has ordered a full investigation of JW religious activity, in coordination with the FSB. Local police [...]	2009-03-05 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW547	PAMFILOVA EXPECTS GREATER RESONANCE WITH MEDVEDEV ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Ella Pamfilova, recently re-appointed by Medvedev as the head of the Presidential Council on Promoting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, admitted on March 4 that the Council had not been very successful during the last year of Putin's presidency, but was optimis [...]	2009-03-05 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS PGOV
09MOSCOW551	NOMINATION OF LARISSA FILIMONOVA-KRIVTSOVA FOR ESTH COURSE [...] (U) Post very much appreciates the opportunity to nominate FSN Larissa Filimonova-Krivtsova to attend to the two-week Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) course (PE 21) for FSNs from April 27-May 8 at NFATC. Post is prepared to fund her airfare, meals, and incidental expenses a [...]	2009-03-06 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON RS
09MOSCOW554	RUSSIA PLAYS DOWN CHERNOMYRDIN FLAP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Ukraine Office Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that Russia considered Ukraine's threat to declare Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin a PNG to be an attempt by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to improve his dismal approval ratings, while President Med [...]	2009-03-06 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW555	YAROSLAVL: AUTHORITIES CONTAIN SOCIAL UNREST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite massive layoffs and public sentiment worries in one of the economic crisis' hardest hit areas, for now, authorities in Yaroslavl have managed to defuse the potential for social unrest in the region. Prime Minister Putin's December visit to the area to promote job deve [...]	2009-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ELAB SOCI RS
09MOSCOW556	RUSSIAN MFA NON-PAPER ON U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (C) On March 6, EST Counselor met with MFA North America Desk Counselor Aleksandr Shilin, at Shilin's request. Shilin provided the Russian government non-paper in Russian (text of unofficial Embassy translation below) on the February 10 collision of U.S. and Russian satellites, information p [...]	2009-03-06 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA PREL RS
09MOSCOW561	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (RUSSIA) [...] (U) Subject of Proposal and General Information: Embassy EST section greatly appreciates the opportunity to request a 2009 science follow, ideally from either NIST or NSF, specializing in the field of nanotechnology who can work with the Russian government, Russian scientists and educators, a [...]	2009-03-06 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO TNGD ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA RS
09MOSCOW572	THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...]	2009-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS
09MOSCOW575	HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who is heading a high-level Russian business delegation to Washington this week, said the GOR had attached great importance to the delegation and its reception. The Ambassador responded that the timing was i [...]	2009-03-11 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD RS
09MOSCOW586	GOR GEARS UP PRINTING PRESS TO FINANCE DEFICIT, [...] (C) While the GOR continues to debate its revised 2009 budget, two aspects of the budget have become clear in recent weeks: the GOR plans to run a substantial deficit and to finance the deficit with foreign currency in the Reserve Fund (RF),which will be sold to the Central Bank (CBR),which [...]	2009-03-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW587	IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...]	2009-03-11 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW592	43 BILLION FOR LABOR UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...] (C) Billions of rubles programmed for regional employment stimulation are unlikely to ease labor market stress owing to unrealistic targets, local government corruption, and poor planning. The Russian federal government intends to use new regional labor programs to create one million jobs, tra [...]	2009-03-12 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW604	RUSSIA PROPOSES TO START DISCUSSIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) and the Federal Agency for Natural Resources Management Supervision (Rosprirodnadzor) told EST that Russia's policies and procedures on access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits are fragmented [...]	2009-03-12 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV TBIO KIPR PREL PGOV KRVC EFIS RS
09MOSCOW611	DFM RYABKOV ON IRANIAN POLICY REVIEW, S-300S [...] (S) Summary: In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Ryabkov said that the March 3 P5 1 joint statement at the IAEA, coupled with Russia's decision to delay delivery of the S-300s, had sent a clear message to Tehran of the international community's common purpose. Ryabkov expressed [...]	2009-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR RS IR

09MOSCOW616	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CJSC SCIENTIFICALLY [...] 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, CJSC Scientifically Manufacturing, SALUT 27, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW617	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC LIT PHONON, 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, JSC Lit Phonon, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW619	RUSSIA'S LOW-KEY RESPONSE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia maintains its opposition to the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, but will not actively pursue the warrant's deferral at the UNSC, according to the MFA. Russian officials met recently with African ambassadors who sought to maintain GOR opposition to the ICC [...]	2009-03-13 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW620	RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...]	2009-03-13 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK
09MOSCOW621	RUSSIA'S 2009 REVISED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced this week that the Russian Cabinet would begin its official review of the revised 2009 federal budget on March 16, almost three months to the day after Prime Minister Putin called for a revised budget. Intense intra-Cabinet negotiations [...]	2009-03-13 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW635	GOR PREOCCUPIED BY TENSIONS WITH SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary: At a time when tensions near the administrative borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are on the rise, Duma officials and well-connected Russian experts do not see signs of a spring offensive between Russia and Georgia. What has generated greater interest are the public signs of [...]	2009-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW640	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitriy Medvedev appointed Elena Skrynnik (Screen-nik) as the Minister of Agriculture on March 12, 2009, succeeding Aleksey Gordeyev, who took over as Governor of Voronezh Oblast after serving for 10 years as Minister of Agriculture. Skrynnik, a 47-year-old [...]	2009-03-17 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PINR WTO RS
09MOSCOW642	RUSSIA'S MIXED REACTIONS TO THE EU'S EASTERN [...] (C) When the EU first tabled the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EPI) in December 2008, the GOR called for transparency on the proposal, while FM Lavrov privately likened it to NATO expansion. To some in Russia, the EU had joined the competition over the post-Soviet space, an assessment that [...]	2009-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EU RS
09MOSCOW643	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ALTONIKA LTD, 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, Altonika Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW644	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MULTYSERVISNAYA [...] 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, Multyservisnaya Radioset, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2009-03-17 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW645	GEORGIAN REPRESENTATION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Georgian Charge d'Affaires Givi Shugarov told us March 13 that the new Georgian interest section in the Swiss embassy opened March 5 was running smoothly (see also ref A.) Echoing DFM Karasin's March 6 statement in Izvestia that the GOR hoped the interest sections in Moscow and Tbilisi wo [...]	2009-03-17 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG
09MOSCOW649	RUSSIAN DISSONANCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) FM Lavrov struck a measured tone on Sudan during his March 13 meeting with visiting UK Minister of State for Africa Malloch-Brown, according to a British Emboff. Lavrov said that President Bashir's decision to expel international NGOs in response to the ICC arrest warrant was "unfortunate. [...]	2009-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW652	FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWING MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The current global financial crisis has forced a postponement of Russia's plans for military reform. With financial realities finally forcing the GOR to prioritize Defense Minister Serdyukov's proposed reforms, it is becoming clear that Russia's already-atrophied conventional for [...]	2009-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC ECON RS
09MOSCOW653	DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW659	GOR WALKS A FINE LINE ON POSSIBLE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. The possible test firing of a North Korean long range missile has put the GOR in a delicate position. On the one hand, Moscow appears to be providing North Korea breathing room by urging all parties to exercise restraint and to provide Pyongyang the benefit of the doubt. It has [...]	2009-03-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW669	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that another U.S. pork facility was delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of food-borne pathogen Salmonella. The original scanned copy of the letter a [...]	2009-03-19 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW673	GOR ON MARCH 18 TRANSNISTRIA 2 PLUS 1 TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us that the March 18 statement signed by Presidents Medvedev, Voronin, and Transnistrian leader Smirnov contained "neutralized" points drawn from all three sides' draft statements. Stressing that the statement su [...]	2009-03-19 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW676	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SPECIAL [...] 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, Special Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-03-20 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW677	EXTRANCHECK: 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, Computational Mathematics and Cybern [...]	2009-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW678	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OAO [...] 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, OAO Nizhegorodskaya Ges, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Zalvolzhye, [...]	2009-03-20 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW68	SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...]	2009-01-14 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
09MOSCOW680	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ELECTROCOMPLECT, [...] 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, Electrocomplect, Korolev, Moscow Region, Russia. The company [...]	2009-03-20 08:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW683	RUSSIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC ENRG RS
09MOSCOW684	MARCH 11-12 LAVROV VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Summary: MFA Azerbaijan Office Director Yevgeniy Borisov told us that FM Lavrov's March 11-12 visit to Baku was "long scheduled," but hinted it was geared to control the recent damage done to bilateral relations by the allegations of Russian arms sales to Armenia and the creation of a CST [...]	2009-03-20 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW685	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals in shipments to Russia from those pla [...]	2009-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW686	RUSSIA KEEPS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE CHEAP [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche, accompanied by a colleague from the Japanese Embassy, on March 19 to MFA Pakistan desk chief Andrey Starkov, who said that Russia would send a representative to the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. He could not say at what level the GOR would be represent [...]	2009-03-20 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS
09MOSCOW689	MEDVEDEV ASKS RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO HELP RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11, Medvedev convened a joint meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations in Tula, focusing on the moral development and civic education of Russia's youth. Medvedev, coordinating the meeting himself, asked the h [...]	2009-03-20 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW69	RUSSIA UNSURE OF HAMAS' UNITY, WILL NOT MEDIATE [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on January 14 that DFM Saltanov found his recent discussions in Damascus with Hamas political leader Mesha'al "difficult" because of Hamas' "tough position" that called for an immediate Israeli cease-fire and withdrawal of troops [...]	2009-01-14 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW691	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Somalia Valeriy Shibeko, who said that Russia shared the U.S. hope that the election of Sheikh Sharif as President of the TFG offered an opportunity for progress, but cautioned against being overly optimistic as Somalia wa [...]	2009-03-20 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO RS
09MOSCOW693	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MILITARY NOW IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Zimbabwe Andrey Stolyarov, who said that Russia shared U.S. concerns over the illicit diamond trade in Zimbabwe and hoped that the new government in Harare would be able to effectively address the issue. He avoided addressin [...]	2009-03-20 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ECON ASEC ZI RS
09MOSCOW695	GOR TO WOO PUBLIC AFTER COMMUNISTS INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party's (KPRF) vocal and consistent opposition to military reform plans has likely influenced President Medvedev's decision to revise how the GOR approaches the reforms. Communist leaders have criticized the reforms, especially plans to reduce the size of the milita [...]	2009-03-20 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW708	NEW PATRIARCH SOUNDS PRO-AMERICAN AFTER RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle attended a ceremony on March 17 to commemorate the return of 18 bells from Harvard University to the Russian Orthodox Danilovskiy Monastery. Patriarch Kirill shared his appreciation for the U.S. Government's role in the process, proclaiming the ceremony as a [...]	2009-03-23 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW709	RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...]	2009-03-23 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW72	RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO OSCE/UNOMIG COMPROMISE; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting to brief on the U.S.-Georgia Charter, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin welcomed the recent compromise formula proposed by Greece to establish branch OSCE offices in Tskhinvali and Tbilisi, with the mission headquartered in Vienna, although he flagged Russian [...]	2009-01-14 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW741	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVATEST, 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, Novatest, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-03-25 09:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW742	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ROSHYDROMET, [...] 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, Roshydromet, Moscow, Russia. Roshydromet is the abbreviated n [...]	2009-03-25 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW743	TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOMS DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] (C) The long-standing battle between Norwegian government owned Telenor and Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for control of mobile phone providers in Russia and Ukraine is heating up again. On March 12, each side secured major judgments against the other. Telenor won a billion-dollar contempt [...]	2009-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW746	MEDVEDEV APPROVES EXPANDED COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev has approved a proposal by FM Lavrov to expand Russian cooperation with the U.S. and NATO to stabilize Afghanistan. Lavrov made the formal proposal to Medvedev following his successful first meeting with Secretary Clinton, drawing the suggested areas for cooper [...]	2009-03-25 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW747	RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...]	2009-03-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET RS
09MOSCOW754	FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...]	2009-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW755	GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS [...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...]	2009-03-26 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW756	ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MOSCOW759	BELARUSIAN SWT 2008 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a recent validation study of 2008 Belarusian Summer Work and Travel (SWT) participants, 15 percent of students did not depart the United States at the conclusion of the program. This figure equals the percentage of students who did not return after the 2007 pro [...]	2009-03-27 05:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PGOV BO RS
09MOSCOW766	SMOLENSK: CONTESTED MAYOR ELECTION, LIMITED [...] (C) In a March 18-19 visit to the city of Smolensk, journalists, political parties, business people, and local officials told us the economic crisis has had limited effect on the region, but it had hindered future growth and hurt small businesses. Few companies have declared bankruptcy, but [...]	2009-03-27 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW774	AMBASSADOR KENNEDY VISITS MOSCOW IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visited Moscow from March 22 to 25 to meet with Russian counterparts in advance of the June 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. Ambassador Kennedy liaised with GOR representatives, NGO activists, Je [...]	2009-03-27 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW775	POLITICAL INTRIGUE SHAPES TOMSK MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The mayoral campaign in Tomsk, in which ruling party candidate Nikolay Nikolaychuk narrowly defeated the independent Aleksandr Deyev in a run-off election on March 15, crystallized the relative weakening position of the party of power, United Russia, in the face of economic diffic [...]	2009-03-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW778	EU MOREL, HABER DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate meetings in Moscow March 26, EU special envoy Pierre Morel met with DFM Karasin, while head of the EU Observer Mission Hans-Joerg Haber met with General Proshkin of the General Staff to discuss the Geneva Process, EU Monitoring Mission, and other Georgia-related is [...]	2009-03-27 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW784	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PRIST, 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, Prist, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-30 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW789	UNITED RUSSIA IN DISARRAY AS OPPOSITION REGISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to expectations, Solidarity opposition leader Boris Nemtsov successfully registered March 28 for Sochi's April 26 mayoral election. The most significant of the remaining hopefuls (from the original 24 registrants) are acting mayor and United Russia candidate Anatoliy Pak [...]	2009-03-30 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW797	RUSSIA MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO ACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Russia marked the tenth anniversary of NATO's 1999 NATO bombardment of FRY with an official statement, a State Duma special resolution, political rallies, and extensive media coverage. The MFA called for an assessment of NATO's actions and called for the adoption of Medved [...]	2009-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YI BK SR KV RS
09MOSCOW802	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW809	TUBERCULOSIS REMAINS UNDER-REPORTED PROBLEM IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Medical Corps (IMC) Acting Russia Country Director warned of the continuing spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at a meeting of post's Refugee Assistance Roundtable/Forum on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day. While [...]	2009-04-01 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID TBIO RS
09MOSCOW812	ENCOURAGING U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RUSSIA [...] Resetting relations with Russia is a key foreign policy objective for the Obama administration. We need to reduce levels of tension and mistrust, and refocus the relationship on ways to integrate Russia into regional and global institutions as a responsible player that can dramatically affect [...]	2009-04-01 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV RS
09MOSCOW816	MOSCOW'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, DISJOINTED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a deepening economic crisis and polling data that indicates a readiness to revert to social protest, civil society activists downplay the potential for social movements to coalesce politically in Moscow and note the federal and city government's efforts to make it harde [...]	2009-04-01 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI ECON RS
09MOSCOW817	1ST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubhkov gave a rare interview on March 31 to leading daily newspaper "Izvestia" on agricultural issues. Zubkov is responsible for overseeing overall agricultural development in Russia and implementation of the national priority project in agr [...]	2009-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW818	MFA DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH DAS MOON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Second Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov and SCA DAS Moon covered a range of Afghan-related issues during a March 26 meeting held on the eve of U.S. participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan. Maryasov said that FM Lavrov would be [...]	2009-04-01 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW819	AFGHAN FM SPANTA ON RUSSIA, PAKISTAN AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 27 meeting with SCA DAS Moon, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, who was in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan, expressed concern with the proposal made by the organization to establish a "security belt" around Afghanista [...]	2009-04-01 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS
09MOSCOW821	RUSSIAN MIDDLE CLASS NOT DEAD YET? [...] (C) Leading Russian sociologists concur the GOR missed the chance to invest in the middle class during the economic boom. As a result, the middle class remains only approximately 20 percent of the population. That said, experts assert that the small middle class is nonetheless well positioned [...]	2009-04-01 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW824	ATTACK ON YAMADAYEV DERAILS LIFTING OF GOR [...] (SBU) Summary: While contradictory stories continue to swirl in the Moscow-based media as to whether or not Chechen warlord and Kadyrov opponent Sulim Yamadayev died as a result of a March 28 attack in Dubai, Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) decided on March 31 not to lift th [...]	2009-04-01 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW833	SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Special Conference on Afghanistan convened in Moscow March 27 to discuss the impact of terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan on the country's neighbors, and intensifying international efforts to address these challenges. [...]	2009-04-02 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR UN AF RS ZK
09MOSCOW834	RUSSIA-TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: NO ZERO-SUM [...] (C) Summary: Russia has shown little concern about Turkey's recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus, including the GOT's rapprochement with Armenia, offer to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Russian officials to [...]	2009-04-02 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS TU AJ AM
09MOSCOW835	RUSSIAN EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CIS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In conversations with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland March 23-24, Russian experts on the CIS listed maintaining dominance in the region, protecting Russia's ec [...]	2009-04-02 09:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS CH AF KZ ZK
09MOSCOW837	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] 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, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW838	RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES LOOK TO THE MEDIUM- TO LONG- [...] (U) Summary: Russian travel agencies who sell trips to America remain optimistic about their medium- to long-term business prospects despite the recent, marked decline in airline passenger volumes. While conceding that their numbers will not be as strong as they were in 2008, particularly amo [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV BEXP EIND RS
09MOSCOW839	MFA DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin reaffirmed GOR readiness to cooperate with the U.S. on Afghanistan but stressed the need for transparency and openness, particularly with regard to U.S. conversati [...]	2009-04-02 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KZ AF ZK
09MOSCOW841	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RTSOFT, 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, RTSoft Co., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-04-02 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW842	Engaging Russia on Climate Change - Untapped Opportunities [...] In response to State, USAID, and DOE discussions over the future direction of the Global Climate Change (GCC) and Clean Energy Initiative programs in the Europe and Eurasia region, Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group has reviewed potential approaches to engage Russia. As the country w [...]	2009-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG KGHG KSCA OSCI RS SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW850	MOSCOW REACTS POSITIVELY TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Moscow reacted positively to the first meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1. While cautioning that issues such as missile defense and NATO enlargement remained divisive, most officials and press commentators noted a new, "positive spirit," and [...]	2009-04-02 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG NPT RS
09MOSCOW851	RUSSIA'S ATOMSTROYEXPORT CANNOT FULFILL EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian policymakers are relying on Russia's competitive advantage in civilian nuclear power to help it diversify its natural resources-based economy. Atomstroyexport, Russia's international nuclear power plant constructor is diligently pursuing construction contracts for 11 n [...]	2009-04-03 04:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP BTIO ETRD ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW853	RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR RETRENCHES [...] (SBU) Russian oil and gas companies are cutting back on capital expenditures and trimming costs where possible as they try to ride out the financial crisis and adjust to lower oil prices. Even state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, despite having held to earlier investment plans through the end of [...]	2009-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW854	LONG-FEARED GAS CRUNCH GIVES WAY TO GAS GLUT [...] (SBU) The long-feared Russian "gas crunch" -- an inability to meet domestic and export gas commitments (ref C) -- has given way to a veritable "gas glut" as European and domestic gas demand plummets. As a consequence of the sharp recession in Russia, domestic demand over the next several years [...]	2009-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW859	RUSSIA'S ECONOMY: STABILITY OR THE EYE OF THE [...] (C) The Russian economy shows signs of having stabilized in recent weeks, with oil prices edging up, the ruble stable, and a rally in the Russian stock markets. Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov bullishly proclaimed last week that the economy had reached bottom and predicted a recovery by the en [...]	2009-04-03 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
09MOSCOW861	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...]	2009-04-03 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW869	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SYNERTECH 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, Synertech Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-06 05:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW873	AUSTR WILSON VISIT OPENS DIALOGUE ON IPR AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher Wilson, co-chaired the first meeting in more than a year of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group during a visit to Moscow March 21-28. In a welcome sign of renewed interest in the IPR Working Group, the [...]	2009-04-06 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW879	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HOLDS ALL CARDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the Russian "Golden Ring" cities of Sergiyev Posad, Suzdal, and Vladimir indicated that despite the existence of four official Russian religions (Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism),the country's traditional religious center is firmly Russian Orthodox. Whil [...]	2009-04-06 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW880	PUTIN'S LECTURES DUMA ON GOR'S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address widely believed to have been postponed so as not to conflict with last week's G-20 London Summit and the meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin presented his first annual report to the Duma. Putin devoted much of his hour-long speech, whi [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW884	RUSNANO'S CHUBAYS SEEKS "NEW LEVEL" OF BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Rusnanotech head Anatoliy Chubays spoke optimistically of a "new window of possibility in bilateral economic relations" that he intends to cultivate during his upcoming May visit to the U.S. Goals for the trip will include learning more a [...]	2009-04-07 07:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TNGD ETRD ECON RS IS
09MOSCOW888	ROSTOV'S TROUBLED ECONOMY: IS DIVERSIFICATION THE [...] (C) Rostov-on-Don, a predominantly agricultural region, has a relatively diversified industrial base dominated by the Soviet-era combine manufacturer, Rostselmash. The economic crisis has increased regional unemployment, and many local government officials long for the days of a more autarkic [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR RS BEXP
09MOSCOW889	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...]	2009-04-07 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW890	RUSSIAN APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Igor Sagitov and North Americas Department Counselor Aleksandr Shilin on April 7 to deliver the reftel points on the need for a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the April 5 DPRK launch of the Taepo-Dong 2 long-rang [...]	2009-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW895	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...]	2009-04-08 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW896	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, NEW [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle on April 8 conveyed to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov and North Americas Department Director Igor Neverov Washington's preference not to link the proposed Moscow conference on the Middle East with President Obama's July visit to Russia. Saltanov in [...]	2009-04-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IS
09MOSCOW897	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT MOLDOVA RIOTS; DUMA COMPARES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOR is concerned about the unrest in Moldova, and the MFA alluded to possible Romanian connections of the protesters, it has not made as direct accusations as Duma members have, who freely compared the riots to a new "color revolution." Experts do not think the West [...]	2009-04-08 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW898	DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...]	2009-04-08 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW907	(C) EXXONMOBIL CREDITS "RESET" WITH PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil's local Vice President in charge of Sakhalin 1, confirmed to us April 9 that the project's budget, after months of delays (reftels),has been approved by the GOR. According to Runje, field development that had been put on hold would be resumed and that about 2000 [...]	2009-04-09 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW909	RUSSIA'S MFA ON BAIKONUR TSA STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 3, ESToff presented and discussed the reftel points on steps toward entry into force of the Baikonur Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Outer Space Affairs Senior Counselor Georgiy Yurivich Barsegov. Barsegov co [...]	2009-04-09 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPSA KZ RS
09MOSCOW910	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS
09MOSCOW923	BANKING CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS DIVISIONS OVER [...] (U) Officials from Russia's Central Bank and Sberbank presented opposing views of the duration of the economic crisis and the possibility of a second banking crisis at this week's Moscow Higher School of Economics annual conference. Aleksei Ulyukaev of the Russian Central Bank argued the most [...]	2009-04-10 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
09MOSCOW925	INDEPENDENT UNIONS FACE PRESSURE AND VIOLENCE FROM [...] (C) Two of Russia's major, independent labor confederations will merge this summer to strengthen their position in terms of resources and membership. Independent labor unions face aggressive opposition from local authorities and employers in attempting to protect workers' rights. Independent [...]	2009-04-10 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW926	GEORGIA: DFM KARASIN ON RUSSIAN FORCE BUILD-UP, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called DFM Karasin April 8 to express concern about the build-up of Russian forces in Akhalgori, Gori, and Gali in advance of the planned April 9 demonstrations in Tbilisi (ref A). Karasin responded that Russia's force buildup was "purely defensive/deterrent in c [...]	2009-04-13 03:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW938	RUSSIAN INTEREST IN SUDAN, AND AFRICA, DRIVEN BY [...] (C) Summary: Russian interest in Sudan is driven by a desire to access the country's natural resources, according to Russian analysts who are skeptical of Moscow's intention of being drawn into the difficult negotiations that will be necessary to reach a settlement between the Sudanese factio [...]	2009-04-13 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EMIN ENRG CG SU RS
09MOSCOW939	THREE MORE PORK FACILITIES DELISTED, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that three more U.S. pork facilities were delisted due to suspected fraud. The letter explains that VPSS officials inspected a ship on its way to Japan th [...]	2009-04-13 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW946	ULYANOVSK OFFICIALS STRESS WESTERN INVESTMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Michael J. Rogers (R-MI) and Ambassador Beyrle traveled to the Ulyanovsk region on April 9 for a better understanding of how the economic crisis is affecting regional economies beyond Moscow's beltway. The Ulyanovsk administration used the visit to tout its success [...]	2009-04-14 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EINV PINR RS
09MOSCOW947	SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES, [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, defended the GOR's anti-crisis measures. Support for the banking system, especially in dealing with non-performing loans, was a GOR priority. High [...]	2009-04-14 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW951	MOSCOW CITY DUMA POSTPONES ELECTIONS TO 2010 [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the Moscow City Duma members postponed elections to their own assembly from the originally-planned October 2009 date to March 2010 based on Russia's federal law "On Basic Guarante [...]	2009-04-14 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW954	FIVE PORK PLANTS RELISTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that VPSS will be relisting five pork facilities which were delisted in the January 27, 2009, letter from Vlasov to Jones (Reftel B) (facilities # [...]	2009-04-14 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW962	MONTREAL CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information regarding the ratification of the Montreal Convention of 1999 with diplomats in the MFA's Department of North America Affairs and with civil aviation officials at the Ministry of Transportation (MOT). 2. (SBU) Elena Mikheeva, Deputy Head of the Air Services [...]	2009-04-15 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ICAO RS
09MOSCOW970	CONOCOPHILLIPS CEO BEING WOOED BY SECHIN, GAZPROM [...] (C) In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva (strictly protect) said his company's alliance with Lukoil is going well and that ConocoPhillips is likely to join Lukoil in bidding on the West Qurna field in Iraq. He said ConocoPhillips is interested [...]	2009-04-16 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
09MOSCOW971	GAZPROM ON TURKMENISTAN PIPELINE EXPLOSION: [...] (C) On April 13, Gazprom Director of Foreign Relations Ivan Zolotov told us that Gazprom did nothing unusual that could have resulted in the gas pipeline explosion in Turkmenistan. He dismissed Turkmen accusations to the contrary, and said Gazprom had given Turkmenistan sufficient notice of r [...]	2009-04-16 08:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS

09MOSCOW976	RUSSIA SUPPORTS AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: African Ambassadors assembled for an April 15 roundtable hosted by the Ambassador argued that despite Russia's limited diplomatic activity in Africa, Moscow's support for the African position in international fora, and African solutions to resolving the region's problems, accorde [...]	2009-04-16 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON RS XA
09MOSCOW980	C-RE8-02308 LUZHKOVâ€™S FOREIGN POLICY: PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government has cultivated its influence in far-flung Russian regions as well as in foreign countries, ostensibly for the benefit of its citizens but to a greater extent for the city's well-connected business elites. Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's personal oversight of t [...]	2009-04-17 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR KDEM ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW985	PRESSING RUSSIA TO ASSIST US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Significant Russian assistance to stabilize Afghanistan remains a possibility that will require continued engagement by the U.S. Our dialogue with Russia has produced some positive results, with the GOR allowing the transit of non-military material to ISAF and offering to expand t [...]	2009-04-17 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF RU
09MOSCOW986	NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to MFA's International Organizations Department. Second Secretary Anna Ignatieva, after consulting with her superiors, responded that the sanctions issue was currently under interagency consideration, but the Russian UN mission will have a response t [...]	2009-04-17 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PARM KN RU
09MOSCOW987	GOR BAILOUTS DONE, DEBT RESTRUCTURING NOW FLAVOR [...] (C) As we have previously reported (Refs A - D),the GOR has made a major change in policy in the last two months with respect to assisting cash-strapped Russian firms with their foreign debts. Several recent cases have made clear that the GOR is serious and that these firms can no longer exp [...]	2009-04-17 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW988	UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO WIN SOCHI ELECTION THANKS [...] (C) Summary: An April 13-15 visit to Sochi revealed extensive intrigue, media coercion, and ballot manipulation in the lead-up to April 26 mayoral elections in the 2014 Winter Olympics host city. Contacts from all sides of the opposition spectrum, from Communists to liberal democrats, describ [...]	2009-04-17 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW990	FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, uncertainty about the banking sector, the value of the ruble, and the price of oil have prompted investors to withdraw significant amounts of capital from the Russian economy. The higher cost of credit that ensued, in [...]	2009-04-17 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW999	EXTRANCHECK: 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 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MUMBAI104	MUMBAI ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mumbai's 2008 Annual Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. 2. (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A. (U) Crime Threat: Crime is moderate for a city with 18 million (or more) inhabitants. To date crime has not affected expatriates to [...]	2009-03-13 18:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
09MUMBAI108	INDIAN GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISORS STAND BY 7 PERCENT PLUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 10:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR EIND IN
09MUMBAI112	WOMEN IN INDIA: EGALITARIANISM FROM A BOHRA WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: In the spirit of International Women's Day, Consulate Mumbai met with six women from the Dawoodi Bohra community, a small, prosperous, highly-visible Shi'a Muslim sect based in Western India. The women described their sect as egalitarian in its treatment of men and women in educat [...]	2009-03-19 13:32:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUMBAI134	WOMEN IN INDIA: CHALLENGES FOR GIRLS [...] (U) Summary: The challenges for many females in India come long before entering the workforce: female feticide, female infanticide, and high school-drop-out rate all inhibit the creation of a healthy, educated cohort of women in modern India. In Western India, NGOs and state governments ar [...]	2009-03-31 04:21:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUMBAI139	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SHIV SENA HEADS TO LOK SABHA, STATE [...] (U) The durable Hindu chauvinist political party, the Shiv Sena is at a crucial point in its 43-year history. Founded originally by the charismatic Bal Thackeray as an anti-migrant and pro-Marathi party, it has evolved into one of the anchors of the Hindu right. Through a combination of demo [...]	2009-04-01 09:47:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL IN
09MUMBAI140	WOMEN IN INDIA: BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING [...] Summary: Traditional views of the proper role of women in society create the largest barrier to women's success in business, according to some of Mumbai's top female executives. In a roundtable discussion with women leaders from Mumbai hosted by the Consul General, they explained that break [...]	2009-04-01 10:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUMBAI142	WOMEN IN INDIA: CHALLENGES FOR GIRLS [...] (U) Summary: The challenges for many females in India come long before entering the workforce: female feticide, female infanticide, and high school-drop-out rate all inhibit the creation of a healthy, educated cohort of women in modern India. In Western India, NGOs and state governments ar [...]	2009-04-01 12:38:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUMBAI147	BHARAT BALLOT 09: THREE YEARS ON, RAJ THACKERAY'S PARTY [...] (U) Summary: Founded in 2006 after a family succession dispute within the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, the charismatic Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has made a colorful and troublesome appearance on the local political scene. After a disappointing first foray into loc [...]	2009-04-06 07:15:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG IN
09MUMBAI151	C1/D VISAS: SMOOTH SAILING IN MUMBAI [...] SUMMARY. ConGen Mumbai, one of the top C1/D visa adjudicating posts in the world, issued more than 16,000 C1/D visas in FY2008. A recent validation study confirmed an overstay rate of less than one percent. Post's Shipping Executive Program (SEP),which allocates appointments for well-esta [...]	2009-04-09 03:02:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT IN
09MUMBAI152	WILL MODI BE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER? VIEWS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Since his elevation to Gujarat's Chief Minister in 2001, Narendra Modi has become one of India's most popular -- and polarizing -- political figures. He is both admired for his commitment to economic growth and development in his state, and despised for his role in the 2002 ri [...]	2009-04-09 08:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON IN
09MUMBAI153	AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DECLINE: THE COMPLEXITY OF RURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Maharashtra is the most industrialized state in India, over half of its population lives in rural areas, with many dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. For decades, a succession of state and central governments has selectively and incompletely promoted agri [...]	2009-04-09 11:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV IN
09MUMBAI168	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS MAY REGAIN FOOTHOLD IN VIDARBHA, [...] (U) Summary. The troubled rural region of Vidarbha in eastern Maharashtra went to the polls on April 16, and pundits and pollsters agree that the Congress will regain their foothold in the region, at the expense of candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance. Located in the [...]	2009-04-23 12:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI PGOV IN
09MUMBAI169	TRIAL OF SURVIVING MUMBAI ATTACKER BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the eyes of the world on the trial of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the terrorist attack on Mumbai, the High Court is trying to move the case forward expeditiously while still guaranteeing that justice is done so that any conviction obtained will with [...]	2009-04-24 04:06:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN XD
09MUMBAI170	MUMBAI MASALA: CORPORATE BONDS, SOLAR ENERGY, AND RETAIL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Capital Market Regulator talks about the Corporate Bond Market and the Financial Crisis - Ispat Energy Plans 500 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy Project in Gujarat - Wal-Mart Expands its Indian Footprint while Other Big Retailers Pause to Regroup [...]	2009-04-24 12:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG IN
09MUMBAI184	DROPPING MONEY FROM A HELICOPTER:" WILL UPA AGRICULTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 13:25:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI186	INDIA'S "INTERNATIONAL WORKER" PROVISION FOR PENSION FUNDS [...] Summary: (SBU) Social security in India is most closely approximated by provident funds (PF),an employment-based retirement fund, similar to a U.S. 401(K) plan. In October 2008, the Indian Ministry of Labor and Employment created a new category of mandatory coverage for "international work [...]	2009-05-11 11:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB IN
09MUMBAI187	BHARAT BALLOT 09: POLLING IN MADHYA PRADESH GENERATES HEAT, [...] (U) Summary: As Madhya Pradesh went to the polls in two phases in April, observers described the campaigns as lackluster, with little drama and few issues to excite the voters. The state, one of the poorest in India, has been ruled at the state level by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since [...]	2009-05-12 08:45:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IN PINR
09MUMBAI190	CONGRESS VERSUS MODZILLA IN GUJARAT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Gujarat went to the polls on April 30, observers and pundits expect that the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Gujarat's Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, would likely increase the size of its Parliamentary represen [...]	2009-05-13 10:54:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER KIRF IN
09MUMBAI195	BHARAT BALLOT 09: WILL POWER SECTOR POLITICS IN MAHARASHTRA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 12:04:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IN
09MUMBAI198	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS COMEBACK IN WESTERN INDIA [...] (U) Summary: In the 2009 national election in western India, the Congress Party gained seats in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, along the lines of national trends. The Congress lost only one seat in Gujarat, much less than was expected. The Congress hopes that the momentum in Maharashtra wi [...]	2009-05-19 11:27:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PINR IN ECON EFIN
09MUMBAI219	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BINAYAK SEN RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) Summary: Human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen was released on bail from a Chhattisgarh jail on May 26 after two years of imprisonment on charges of abetting the state's Maoist insurgency. His release was ordered by the Indian Supreme Court on May 25, after a long legal battle. A long [...]	2009-05-27 12:07:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER
09MUMBAI232	MUMBAI EAC MEETING - JUNE 3, 2009 [...] (S/NF) On 6/3/2009, Acting CG chaired a meeting of the EAC to discuss the increased threat stemming from the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest in Pakistan. Regional Affairs in New Delhi has seen credible intelligence suggesting there are multiple threads of terrorist pla [...]	2009-06-04 11:07:00	Consulate Mumbai	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PK IN
09MUMBAI233	SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACKS, NOTHING'S CHANGED IN MUMBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, 2008, gunmen attacked Mumbai and killed 166 people during three days of violence. The Indian public and press were highly critical of the state and central government's response and the effectiveness of security forces and emergency services. After the attack [...]	2009-06-04 11:49:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV IN PINR PREL
09MUMBAI238	INDIAN CORPORATE BOND MARKET MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since September 2008, the Indian corporate bond market has witnessed an increase in trading volumes as Indian companies found it difficult to raise money through other routes. Both the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have taken in [...]	2009-06-12 06:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON IN
09MUMBAI261	MAHARASHTRA CONGRESS GOVERNMENT SUBMITS PARTIAL REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, nearly seven months after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the Congress Party led Government of Maharashtra (GOM) submitted to the Maharashtra State Legislature its response paper, known as the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the Pradhan-Balachandran investigati [...]	2009-06-18 05:49:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINS IN
09MUMBAI265	TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, BHOPAL DISASTER NOW HAUNTS DOW [...] (U) Summary. In December 1984, a massive chemical leak at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh killed thousands, leaving a legacy of suffering, continued health and environmental concerns, and political controversy. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of this traged [...]	2009-06-22 06:34:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV ASEC ELAB IN
09MUMBAI269	EDUCATION AND POVERTY PROGRAMS FAIL TO REACH RURAL THANE [...] (U) Summary: In rural Thane district, just thirty miles from the towering skyscrapers of Mumbai, Congenoff found a variety of common development challenges in three tribal villages, where government intervention is incomplete or non-existent. Here, some tribal communities struggle to maint [...]	2009-06-24 05:15:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON IN
09MUMBAI272	IRAN WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MUMBAI'S MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (GoIRI) is making a concerted effort to increase its outreach towards Mumbai's Sunni Muslim intellectual community. On June 12 and June 24, ConGenOff met with a group of Mumbai's Muslim intellectuals (strictly protect),mostly Sunni, [...]	2009-06-29 03:59:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IN IR
09MUMBAI273	MUMBAI ECONOMISTS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS NECESSARY TO COUNTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, a group of leading economists in Mumbai discussed possible economic reforms by the newly-elected Congress-led government. All economists agreed that the mood in the Indian economy is currently buoyant and confidence ruled. Nevertheless, they cautioned that timely g [...]	2009-06-30 06:11:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR IN
09MUMBAI282	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM HOLDS PANEL WITH [...] (U) Summary. On June 17, the International Financial Services Forum (IFSF),Mumbai - a collaborative effort of Consulate Mumbai and the British High Commission - hosted a panel-discussion entitled, "Working with Indian Regulators." The panel, comprised of three of India's most distinguished [...]	2009-07-06 08:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON IN
09MUMBAI291	NAXALITES KILL OVER THIRTY POLICEMEN IN WESTERN [...] (U) Summary: On July 12, at least thirty state security personnel were killed by suspected Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The attacks, amongst the worst to hit the insurgent-ridden state in years, occurred in three stages over the course of the day in the rural [...]	2009-07-13 13:20:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC IN PINR
09MUMBAI293	MUMBAI P3 GROUPS USE VISAS FOR UNINTENDED PURPOSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 2009, Mumbai conducted a P3 visa validity study for CY2008. Although Mumbai had a very low overstay rate of 0.2%, recent incidents reveal that P3 visas were sometimes used for unintended purposes in the United States. As a result, Mumbai adjudicates P3 visas more careful [...]	2009-07-14 05:23:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD
09MUMBAI294	SHALOM AND NAMASTE: ISRAEL AND INDIA'S BURGEONING BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. Following more than forty years of diplomatic estrangement, the last fifteen years has witnessed India and Israel embarking on a new, multidimensional strategic partnership. The two states have expanded cooperation in a number of key areas, with counterterrorism and the sale of [...]	2009-07-15 08:22:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV EAGR ETRD PTER PREL IS IN
09MUMBAI302	IMPLICATIONS OF KASAB'S CONFESSION IN TERRORIST CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from the November 26 attack on Mumbai, changed his plea to guilty, and confessed his role in the attacks. In a four-hour address to the court, Kasab detailed his involvement in the attacks, including the iden [...]	2009-07-21 13:10:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM
09MUMBAI304	IMPLICATIONS OF KASAB'S CONFESSION IN TERRORIST CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from the November 26 attack on Mumbai, changed his plea to guilty, and confessed his role in the attacks. In a four-hour address to the court, Kasab detailed his involvement in the attacks, including the iden [...]	2009-07-23 05:03:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM
09MUMBAI305	NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING UNIT IN MUMBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Mumbai Crime Branch Unit formed a new cell in February to specifically address international trafficking and human smuggling. The unit has already made some progress: it arrested two Air India pilots for smuggling women into the U.S. and rescued several Uzbek and Bangladesh [...]	2009-07-23 08:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ASEC KWMN IN
09MUMBAI311	MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...]	2009-07-28 08:32:00	Consulate Mumbai	SECRET	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS
09MUMBAI316	MUMBAI MASALA: 2003 MUMBAI BOMBINGS, RBI KEEPS INTEREST [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Three Convicted for 2003 Mumbai Bombings - RBI Keeps Interest Rates on Hold, Expresses Concerns Over Inflation - Successful Trafficking Bust By Navi Mumbai Police - Global Office Equipment Supplier Office Depot Thinks Big But Will Tread Cau [...]	2009-07-31 10:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PHUM KDEM KWMN PTER IN
09MUMBAI320	SPECIAL ENVOY STERN HEARS THAT INDIAN INDUSTRY IS READY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern met with several leading private Indian businessmen to ascertain their views on mitigating climate change. He found that India's private sector is actively engaged in clean technology investment, particularly for renewable energy. [...]	2009-08-05 07:38:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY ETRD IN
09MUMBAI327	FOREIGN INVESTORS CHASE INDIAN ECONOMY'S GOOD NEWS BUT WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to investors and finance professionals in Mumbai, economic sentiment in India is on the upswing. Key indicators, including rising capital markets, corporate earnings, and manufacturing indices confirm this belief. Foreign institutional investors (FII) are returnin [...]	2009-08-07 11:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EAGR IN
09MUMBAI328	INDUSTRY DEBATES NEED FOR INCREASED FDI LIMITS AS REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of fast-paced growth, the Indian life insurance industry saw a seven percent decline in premiums collected in 2008-09. Industry experts asserted that these declines were more the result of domestic factors such as the interest rate hikes in mid-2008 rather than the [...]	2009-08-07 12:36:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV IN
09MUMBAI333	MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO CONTROL SPREAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of deaths due to the H1N1 virus in Maharashtra, the state government has taken steps to control the spread of the disease, including temporarily closing schools, malls, and cinemas, as well as pulling anti-flu drugs off retail shelves. With the media fanning f [...]	2009-08-13 11:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MUMBAI337	VISA VIPER MUMBAI SUBMISSION JULY 2008 [...] Visas Viper. 2. POST: Mumbai. 3. Meeting Date: August 13, 2009. 4. Attendees: CG; CONS; POL/ECON; MGT; RSO; PAS. 5. Previous Submissions: Mumbai had no submissions for June 2009. 6. Meeting Notes: The following SUBJECTS were offered for watch list nominations for the July 2009 re [...]	2009-08-17 11:35:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IN
09MUMBAI341	INDIA'S SECRETARY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENDS NUCLEAR FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON PREL IN
09MUMBAI346	MINISTER FOR CORPORATE AND MINORITY AFFAIRS PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent talk in Mumbai, Salman Khurshid, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, promised a "hands off" attitude towards the state's role in corporate governance. He praised the effective handling of the Satyam scandal, but called for further [...]	2009-08-25 10:37:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI363	AUTO COMPONENT & JEWELRY INDUSTRY DISCUSS U.S. TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 10:08:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD SOCI IN
09MUMBAI364	MAHARASHTRA GOES TO THE POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maharashtra, India's second most populous and most industrialized state, will go to the polls on October 13 to elect a new state legislature. The incumbent Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) coalition government has ruled for the past ten years. Voter satisfaction with [...]	2009-09-04 13:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON IN
09MUMBAI367	ATTORNEY FOR MUMBAI TERRORIST KASAB EXPECTS CONVICTION, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3, Poloff met with S.G. Abbas Kazmi, attorney for the lone surviving assailant from the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, Mohamed Ajmal Kasab. Kazmi discussed his efforts to mount a defense for Kasab, the lack of resources provided to court-appointed attorn [...]	2009-09-08 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PK PREL PTER IN
09MUMBAI369	SHIV SENA-BJP TRY TO STOKE COMMUNAL VIOLENCE AHEAD OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The three major cities of Sangli, Miraj and Kolhapur in southern Maharashtra experienced Hindu Muslim communal violence for six days in early September during the final phases of the Hindu festival of Ganpati. Sangli and Miraj remained under curfew for most of these six days. Th [...]	2009-09-09 09:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF IN
09MUMBAI371	MUMBAI ECON MASALA: ECONOMISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER FISCAL [...] Mumbai Econ Masala Contents: n Economists Point to Rising Production and Capex as Positive Economic Indicators~. n ~But Note Concerns of Rising Inflation and Fiscal Deficit n Deficit Continues to Concern Economists n Interest-Rate Futures Reintroduced in India Econo [...]	2009-09-10 05:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV IN
09MUMBAI373	A USER'S GUIDE TO THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last decade, the Indian banking sector has deepened, matured, and grown, and many of its banks have become leaders in the new Indian economy. Moreover, foreign banks have also succeeded in expanding in the Indian market, and have become a significant part of the banki [...]	2009-09-11 08:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IN
09MUMBAI375	JUDICIAL REPORT FINDS GUJARAT POLICE GUILTY OF EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recently leaked inquiry report by a district level judicial officer in Gujarat contended that the 2004 killing of several alleged terrorists had been staged by the Gujarat police, and that the victims had no terrorist links. The Government of Gujarat (GOG),led by Bharatiya Jan [...]	2009-09-15 09:30:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC PHUM IN KIRF PGOV
09MUMBAI382	REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES INCITE LABOR UNREST AT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the Maharashtra state elections approach, two regional parties, the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS),have incited or exacerbated labor disputes as a way to gain political leverage - and extract funds - from an American and Indian company. The two parties t [...]	2009-09-25 05:28:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV KDEM IN
09MUMBAI397	MAHARASHTRA ELECTIONS: EASY RIDE FOR INCUMBENTS WILL LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Maharashtra state elections October 13, the incumbent Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Democratic Front (DF) alliance appears poised to return to power despite lackluster governance, according to interlocutors and pollsters. The main reasons are the splintering [...]	2009-10-14 12:36:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR IN
09MUMBAI403	MAHARASHTRA OFFICIALS WELCOME TRAINING TO PREVENT ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Maharashtra state Home Secretary Chandra Iyengar and senior police officials discussed security enhancements since the November 2008 Mumbai attacks and expressed interest in pursuing in-country USG training, during a recent meeting with visiting Embassy Political Counselor and C [...]	2009-10-20 10:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR IN
09MUMBAI406	CONGRESS-LED COALITION WINS AGAIN IN MAHARASHTRA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Democratic Front (DF) alliance returned to power a third time, reaching the half-way mark in a 288 member house. The Congress emerged clearly as the strongest party in the state parliament, continuing to ride the wave of national pr [...]	2009-10-23 16:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09MUMBAI415	ARE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. IN [...] Summary: As efforts to introduce clean and renewable energy in India grow, energy entrepreneurs hope that a mix of government policies, international technology transfers, and better access to financing will spur the development of a competitive clean energy industry. Many Indian companies ha [...]	2009-10-30 09:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IN
09MUMBAI422	GOOD CHEERS FOR FOREIGN WINE IN MAHARASHTRA: STATE SPECIAL [...] Summary: In August 2009, the Maharashtra government significantly lowered the 200 percent "special fee" for foreign wines imported into the state. Post recently verified that the special fees are now just 44 percent or less ad valorem, depending on the value of the foreign wine imported. The [...]	2009-11-02 12:30:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD IN
09MUMBAI43	MUMBAI MASALA: CONSUL GENERAL VISITS KUTCH, MUNDRA SEZ AND [...] (U) On a recent trip to Gujarat, the Consul General inaugurated a medical camp near Bhuj, in the remote desert region of Kutch. This is the 35th consecutive year that the month-long camp has served the needs of local inhabitants, in one of the most remote parts of the state. The camp is sta [...]	2009-01-27 08:29:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TSPL ECON IN
09MUMBAI431	INDIA'S OVERLOADED JUDICIAL SYSTEM: CAN MAHARASHTRA [...] Summary. The state of Maharashtra has the biggest backlog of criminal cases in India, with over one million cases winding through the courts. Like other Indian states, Maharashtra's judiciary suffers from a lack of resources, a shortage of judges, and only the most basic case management sys [...]	2009-11-10 08:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IN KDEM PGOV KLIG
09MUMBAI439	PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS IN INDIA BELIEVE BETTER TIMES AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: Fund managers at private equity (PE) firms are expressing renewed confidence in high-growth opportunities in India, after a long hiatus. While the market for private equity dried up from a high of $17.3 billion in FY2007 to $3 billion in year-to-date FY2009, PE investors report that [...]	2009-11-19 09:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ELTN IN
09MUMBAI440	26/11 ONE YEAR LATER: CAN MUMBAI BE MADE SAFE? [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the tragic terrorist attacks of November 26, 2008, Maharashtra's leaders have introduced modest improvements in Mumbai's security. Maharashtra's administration and security officials appear sincere in their desire to make Mumbai and Maharashtra safer, and to pro [...]	2009-11-23 13:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ASEC IN
09MUMBAI443	MUMBAI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY - SECURITY A NEW CONCERN A YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the 26/11 terrorist attacks, security awareness has risen within the dwindling Indian Jewish community. The attacks drew unwelcome attention to the community, and while no specific security threats have emerged, some Jewish leaders have requested increased police security [...]	2009-11-25 11:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC PTER KIRF IN
09MUMBAI444	GOLDEN" MAHARASHTRA'S ECONOMY IS STILL INDIA'S BIGGEST, BUT [...] (U) Summary: The state of Maharashtra has historically been the seat of economic and financial power in India. State government officials, members of the business community, and investors told Congenoffs that Maharashtra's historical status as the top investment destination is also driven by [...]	2009-11-25 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD IN
09MUMBAI446	MUMBAI POLICE UNIT EFFECTIVE IN ANTI SMUGGLING ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Working in cooperation with the newly created Mumbai Police Crime Branch Anti Human Trafficking and Smuggling Cell (AHTSC),Mumbai ARSOI successfully pursued the arrest of 12 suspects since February in an ongoing human smuggling network involving Air India employees. Reference D [...]	2009-11-27 10:55:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD
09MUMBAI450	KAKODKAR RETIRES, BARC'S BANERJEE NEW HEAD OF INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 30, Anil Kakodkar, the guardian of India's nuclear energy program and one of the chief negotiators of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, retired after over 45 years with India's civil and military nuclear energy programs. His successor, Srikumar B [...]	2009-12-03 05:33:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV ECON PREL
09MUMBAI464	O BOLLYWOOD! O VISAS IN MUMBAI SHOW LOW FRAUD [...] Summary: As home to one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, Mumbai sends many Bollywood film stars and production crews to the United States on O1 and O2 visas. Due to recent fraud issues with P3 visa holders and B1 applicants associated with the entertainment industry, Mumbai [...]	2009-12-14 03:10:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD
09MUMBAI473	MUMBAI ATTACKS TRIAL: KASAB'S ATTORNEY SACKED BY COURT, BUT [...] (U) Summary: As the prosecution was about to conclude its case on November 30, the presiding judge dismissed the defense attorney for Ajmal Kasab, the primary accused in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The judge immediately appointed the assistant defense attorney as successor, [...]	2009-12-15 12:30:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PHUM PGOV IN
09MUMBAI479	INDIAN NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS REPROCESSING AND [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-India Business Council's delegation of U.S. commercial nuclear energy vendors engaged with the Indian nuclear energy establishment in Mumbai to discuss the role of U.S. companies in augmenting India's nuclear energy capacity. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India, the go [...]	2009-12-17 07:41:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KNNP ETRD IN
09MUMBAI486	I-20 FEVER: STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS IN MUMBAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past year, Mumbai noted a marked rise in the number of lesser qualified student visa applicants, many of whom tended to apply to the same universities. To explore this trend, Mumbai used entry/exit reports (ADIS) and student enrollment (SEVP) data to analyze the study [...]	2009-12-29 15:28:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OEXC KFRD IN
09MUMBAI56	INDIA'S LABOR INTENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR STRUGGLING IN [...] (U) Summary: During a discussion with Consul General, stakeholders from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) noted that shrinking global demand, and not lack of bank credit, is hurting the sustainability of MSME business operations. They pointed out that most MSMEs could not get [...]	2009-02-10 09:13:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN ECON IN
09MUMBAI79	MUMBAI ATTACKS, LESSONS LEARNED [...] (U) Begin Summary. The Mumbai Consulate has compiled the following lessons learned after managing the response to the terrorist attack which occurred in on November 26. The attack engaged the entire Consulate - consular officers, public affairs, security officers, management and political/eco [...]	2009-02-27 05:41:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CMGT CASC PTER KSAC IN
09MUMBAI85	MUMBAI BUSINESS COMMUNITY RAISES CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Mumbai-based business executives and corporate governance experts, CongenOff heard that corporate governance is still at a nascent stage in India. While most acknowledged that the size of the Satyam Computer scandal was exceptional, interlocutors also believe t [...]	2009-03-02 05:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EAGR IN
09MUMBAI89	WOMEN IN INDIA: UZBEK SEX WORKERS IN MUMBAI [...] (U) Summary: In February, Congenoffs met with two Russian-speaking women from Uzbekistan who had been detained by the police for prostitution and brought to a local shelter. The two women said they came to India to make money to pay for family medical expenses in Uzbekistan. One admitted to [...]	2009-03-03 07:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN UZ SMIG
09MUMBAI96	RBI CUTS TWO KEY INTEREST RATES TO SPUT LENDING AS INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),long anticipated, lowered two interest rates by 50 basis points in an effort to boost credit, raise consumer confidence, and spur economic growth. With inflation dropping, the RBI has more room to cut interest rates, though most obs [...]	2009-03-09 13:27:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IN
09MUNICH119	GAME ON - OR GAME OVER? - FOR THE CSU IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Days before the June 7 European Parliament elections in Germany, the Christian Social Union (CSU) is at a deciding moment in its history as a powerful regional party in Germany and in Europe, and the German political establishment is on tenterhooks. Voters do not seem to be as [...]	2009-06-03 15:56:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM
09MUNICH128	EU ELECTIONS IN BAVARIA: CSU RELIEVED, SPD SMASHED, [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria is relieved after having handily made the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliament (EP) elections. The drawing power of Economics Minister zu Guttenberg and the party's uniquely Bavarian election message worked. With its good sho [...]	2009-06-10 14:32:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN ECON PREL GM
09MUNICH162	Northern African Solar Energy: A Silver Bullet Against the [...] (U) SUMMARY: Major European investors led by Germany are in the preliminary stages of developing "Desertec," a 400 billion euro renewable energy project with the potential to supply 15 percent of Europe's power needs by 2050. The group electrified renewable energy proponents with the announc [...]	2009-07-02 07:51:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF
09MUNICH166	DIM PICTURE OF ECONOMIC SITUATION IN GERMANY DRAWN BY [...] At a conference celebrating the 60th anniversary of the influential Munich-based think-tank, ifo, President Hans-Werner Sinn dueled with German Federal Bank (Bundesbank) President Axel Weber on the outlook for the German economy. Sinn, one of Germany's most influential and most-quoted economi [...]	2009-07-06 05:50:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL GM
09MUNICH187	CSU DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE AT PARTY CONVENTION, BUT [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) celebrated the party's improving political fortunes at its July 17-18 party convention along with the 55th birthday of Chancellor Merkel (CDU),who spoke at the event. Bavarian Minister President Horst Seehofer promised Merkel the CSU's full support in t [...]	2009-07-21 13:05:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN GM
09MUNICH19	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (FEBRUARY 6-8, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The mood at the end of the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC) was upbeat, welcoming that the U.S. is "back at the table." Vice President Biden took the stage to extended, warm applause. Reflecting the content and tone of President Obama's inauguration speech, the Vice Preside [...]	2009-02-10 15:20:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO GM
09MUNICH197	REGIONAL BAVARIAN VIEWS ON A GERMAN CREDIT CRUNCH [...] (SBU) With a persistent focus among media and business leaders on the question of whether Germany is caught in a credit crunch, ConGen Munich surveyed local finance and business leaders to understand what is happening in Bavaria, one of Europe's largest economies. There is a liquidity supply [...]	2009-07-31 05:47:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09MUNICH20	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON ARMS CONTROL [...] (U) Flanked by well-received calls for a renewed push for arms control and disarmament by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher, German FM Steinmeier used the Munich Security Conference (MSC) as a platform to reiterate his arms control agenda and to em [...]	2009-02-10 15:21:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO GM
09MUNICH21	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Participants wondered until the last moment which Russian Federation official would speak for Russia (there was speculation that Prime Minister Putin would appear) and what he would bring to the podium at this year's Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8. It was Russian [...]	2009-02-10 15:56:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO GM
09MUNICH213	MUNICH COURT CONVICTS FORMER NAZI (90) OF WAR CRIMES; [...] (U) On August 11, a Munich court sentenced Josef Scheungraber, a 90-year-old former Nazi officer, to life in prison for his part in ordering the massacre of ten Italian men and women in 1944 in Falzano di Cortona. The prosecutor, Hans-Joachim Lutz, was the same Munich prosecutor who will lead [...]	2009-08-13 14:22:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPEC PREL GM
09MUNICH22	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON IRAN [...] (U) In remarks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani repeatedly emphasized that the West -- and the U.S. in particular -- has been applying a double standard towards Iran since the Iranian revolution. He argued that it is up to th [...]	2009-02-10 16:36:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO GM
09MUNICH234	Bored To Tears - German Election Leaves Bavarian Youth [...] (SBU) Bavarian youth and German youth in general were intrigued this past year with "Obamamania" and the workings of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and elections that inspired young and old to discuss politics in ways not seen in Bavaria for years. However, despite the prominence in Germ [...]	2009-09-03 08:11:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN GM
09MUNICH24	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Afghanistan was a primary focus of the February 6-8 Munich Security Conference (MSC). Criticism of Afghan President Karzai was a major theme in the statements and questions of conference participants. For his part, Karzai put a positive spin on developments in Afghanistan and ascribed th [...]	2009-02-11 15:10:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO GM AF
09MUNICH241	BAVARIAN CALL TO ARMS - CSU DEFENDS GERMAN DEFENSE [...] (C) The consolidation of the global defense industry will affect Germany and Bavaria significantly, the Christian Social Union (CSU),Germany's leading regional political party, warned its members at a party congress on September 4 in Munich. Speakers mocked Germany's overly modest and hide- [...]	2009-09-21 07:47:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL FR IT UK GM
09MUNICH25	YOUTHFUL POLITICIANS SHAKE UP GERMAN STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (37) is Germany's new and youngest-ever Economics Minister, assuming a portfolio for which he is not wholly suited academically (REF A) but which he could master using his proven personal and political skills. If he is successful, he could become the poster chi [...]	2009-02-13 06:01:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL INRB GM
09MUNICH250	GERMAN ELECTIONS: CSU TO CDU - YOU STILL NEED US BADLY [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) depend on Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) to do well in the September 27 Bundestag election in order to strengthen the overall CDU/CSU result. Any CSU result within polling ranges of 43 to 46 percent would [...]	2009-09-25 11:12:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM
09MUNICH254	BLACK AND BLUE, BAVARIA'S CSU SEEKS NEW RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) The September 27 Bundestag election showed that the Christian Social Union (CSU)of Bavaria has lost its nimbus as a regional superpower in Germany. The CSU will remain a U.S. ally in foreign and security policy fields. Its focus, however, will mainly be on economic and social issues, a [...]	2009-10-05 07:20:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM

09MUNICH257	BAVARIA/IRAN: ABORTED BUSINESS TRIP EMBARRASSES [...] (C) Summary: A German business delegation cancelled an October 1 trip to Iran after interventions from the U.S. Consulate in Munich and the German government. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) in Bavaria planned to send the delegation to Teheran on October 1 but cancelled on Septembe [...]	2009-10-08 13:46:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
09MUNICH261	Insurance Capital Munich - Industry Experiences Delayed [...] (SBU) Germany's primary insurance firms experienced the economic crisis with a delay. Profits from classic insurance business and international investments are decreasing, and high sums have been paid out after insured businesses have gone bankrupt. Layoffs seem inevitable, as the life insur [...]	2009-10-16 07:12:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EUN GM
09MUNICH273	GERMAN ELECTIONS: BAVARIA WINS BIG INFLUENCE IN [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria has celebrated the outcome of the federal coalition negotiations, which awarded the party with three ministries and several state secretary positions. The outcome appears to have reinvigorated Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister President and he [...]	2009-11-06 08:21:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GM
09MUNICH307	GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: SCENE SETTER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. The 46th annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) runs from Friday afternoon, February 5, 2010 to mid-day Sunday, February 7, 2010, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. The draft agenda, which follows at paragraph 9 (NOTE: please [...]	2009-12-17 06:53:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO EUN PARM PGOV ASEC RS AF ZL
09MUNICH324	Germany/Bavaria: Upheavals Threaten CSU Revival Hopes [...] (SBU) Accusations of misleading the public and mismanagement threaten the reputations, if not the jobs, of both Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Bavarian Finance Minister Georg Fahrenschon, two young men on whom many in the Christian Social Union pin their hopes for the future. [...]	2009-12-18 14:13:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN GM
09MUNICH328	GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: IS THE CSU THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (C) Support within Chancellor Merkel,s partner Christian Social Union (CSU) for sending more German troops to Afghanistan is not a sure thing. CSU chief and Bavarian Minister President Seehofer, rattled German policy makers nationwide when he told Bild on December 7 that he had "little sym [...]	2009-12-22 14:42:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EUN GM AF
09MUNICH48	MUNICH TIP SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS ONGOING CHALLENGES IN [...] Summary: The annual Munich TIP (Trafficking in Persons) seminar sponsored by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung focused on the treatment by German media of the TIP phenomena, public views on the issue, and the need to improve assistance to victims. Some non-governmental participants believed that Germ [...]	2009-03-10 15:38:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB GG
09MUNICH62	THE PROSECUTION OF JOHN DEMJANJUK [...] (C) Summary: Consulate General Munich and Embassy Berlin have actively pursued Washington goals with regard to the removal to Germany and prosecution of John Demjanjuk by German authorities. The German Federal Government has agreed to act on the arrest warrant issued by the Munich State Pro [...]	2009-03-20 15:17:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	GM OPDC PREL
09MUNICH68	BAVARIAN HOME PARTY FIGHTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT, [...] (SBU) Christian Social Union (CSU) party chief Horst Seehofer must prove to voters that his weakened party is still standard bearer for Bavaria in order to make the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliamentary elections. He is casting his party as an indispensible faction repre [...]	2009-03-27 16:11:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM
09MUNICH90	BAVARIAN CSU FLIRTS WITH BECOMING A CONSERVATIVE GREEN [...] In his first election test as leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) and in a bid to win back the CSU base or to attract new voters, Minister President Horst Seehofer has reversed earlier positions and come out strictly opposed to genetically engineered organisms. Although he is now [...]	2009-04-30 15:44:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR ETRD TBIO GM
09MUSCAT1000	FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 09:38:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC
09MUSCAT1001	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you on your return to Oman. Below is an update on events since your last visit. 2. (C) Base Access Agreement: The renewal negotiations, in scheduling stage during your last visit, are now set to begin in Muscat in mid-December 2009. We do not see signi [...]	2009-11-04 14:01:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS MU
09MUSCAT1003	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OMAN REVIEWING U.S. WTO REMANUFACTURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 10:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON MU
09MUSCAT1007	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZAWAWI: IRAN, ISRAEL-PALESTINE, IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the Sultan's Foreign Affairs Adviser and Omani oligarch Dr. Omar Zawawi at his seaside compound November 3. The two discussed many regional issues but the main focus was Middle East Peace and Iran. Zawawi made clear that the Sultan was a strong [...]	2009-11-08 05:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MU KPAL IR IS PK
09MUSCAT1009	REMBRANDT IN OMAN [...] (U) During the month of Ramadan, Oman hosted an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings, the first time his works have been publicly exhibited in the Middle East. Dr. Abdulrahman al-Salimi, editor for "Tolerance" magazine and nephew to H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammed al-Salimi, Minister of Awqaf and R [...]	2009-11-09 05:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MU
09MUSCAT1011	PORT OF SALALAH: BUSINESS AND PRODUCTIVITY UP [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting primarily focused on the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI),Port of Salalah officials told USG officals that business, productivity and profit are all up significantly over the past few months. Senior Operations Manger Dustin Stoker and Operations Project Manager Chr [...]	2009-11-09 05:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT MU
09MUSCAT1019	OMAN TIGHTENS LABOR LAW [...] (U) Oman has published amendments to its labor law that further restricts the ability of expatriate laborers to work for anyone other than his/her sponsor and provides legal penalties, including fines and jail time, for laborers, sponsors, and employers who violate this law. Omani press report [...]	2009-11-18 08:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP MU
09MUSCAT1021	OMAN: JEWISH ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Several recent events have highlighted Oman's continuing openness to interfaith dialogue and, more specifically, its willingness to engage with Jewish, as opposed to "Zionist," interlocutors. October 21 press reported that Sultan Qaboos, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (ME [...]	2009-11-18 08:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS MU
09MUSCAT1023	OMAN - REPRESENTATION AT THE AFGHAN PRESEDENTIAL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche request, Pol Econ Chief called on Counselor Ahmad bin Sa'id bin Umar al-Kathiri, Deputy Director of the American Affairs Department on November 17. Al-Kathiri agreed that it is important for the world community to support the Afghan Government and encourage it [...]	2009-11-18 10:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MU
09MUSCAT1025	OMAN - REPLY TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) While Pol Econ Chief was presenting other demarches at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counselor Ahmad bin Sa'id bin Umar al-Kathiri, Deputy Director of the American Affairs Department, took the opportunity to comment for the first time on the Embassy's previously delivered demarche on the [...]	2009-11-18 11:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL IS MU
09MUSCAT1027	SULTAN QABOOS DELIVERS UPBEAT SPEECH AT OPENING OF MAJILS [...] (U) In keeping with tradition, Sultan Qaboos bin Said presided over the ceremonial opening session of the Majlis Oman on November 16, at Hisn al Shomoukn in the wilayat of Manah (near Nizwa). The annual event was attended by royal family members, members of the Majlis al-Dawla (appointed upper [...]	2009-11-18 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN MU
09MUSCAT1029	OMAN - U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) The United States has two security dialogues with the Sultanate of Oman: the Joint Military Commission (JMC) and the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). 2. (SBU) The JMC is held between the Department of Defense and the Omani Ministry of Defense. It meets reciprocally in Muscat and in [...]	2009-11-18 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MU
09MUSCAT1031	OMAN - UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Pol Econ Chief used a November 17 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to raise the issue of United Nations country specific human rights reports (ref a) and revisit previously delivered demarches on United Nations 64th General Assembly Third Committee (refs b, c, and d). Counselor A [...]	2009-11-18 12:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MU
09MUSCAT1033	OMAN - DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK MELLAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 12:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP PARM MU
09MUSCAT1035	OMAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A. Answers are keyed to section G of Ref A. 2. (SBU) Please summarize the progress the Government of Oman has made in the following areas: (a) increasing investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes and convictions and punishment of traffic [...]	2009-11-18 14:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT1036	Oman's "Gold Medal" Moment: First Omani Elected to IOC [...] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected prominent Omani, Habib Bin Abdulnabi Macki to the IOC, marking the first ever Omani representative on the IOC. Macki is widely credited with raising the profile of Omani sports having helped his nation secure the 2010 Asian Beach Games. Not co [...]	2009-10-14 14:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI MU
09MUSCAT1037	OMAN: DIM PROSPECTS FOR RADIO SAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, Embassy Muscat has worked, in formal meetings and behind the scenes, to discern current Omani thinking on the possibility of Radio Sawa being permitted to broadcast on the SultanateÂ´s FM spectrum. Most recently, the AmbassadorÂ´s first call on the Minister of Inf [...]	2009-11-23 11:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT1039	SKYPE CRACKDOWN IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman prohibits the use of Voice Over Internet Protocol services and access to leading VOIP providers is blocked by the Sultanate's Internet filters. The government has cracked down on VOIP service providers throughout the year, arresting approximately 212 individuals so far this ye [...]	2009-11-23 13:16:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC PHUM MU
09MUSCAT1041	OMAN NOT OBSERVING ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (U) Oman does not enforce any of the three forms of the Arab League boycott (ALB). Oman rescinded the secondary and tertiary boycotts in 1994. In 1996 the Sultan issued a formal decision approving the suspension of the primary boycott. Omani diplomatic missions are also forbidden to take part i [...]	2009-11-24 11:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KBCT MU
09MUSCAT1048	MICHIGAN-BASED NETLINK SIGNS MOU WITH LEADING OMANI BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-24 11:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP MU
09MUSCAT1049	OMAN'S RESPONSE ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (C) In a previously scheduled meeting with the Sultan's Foreign Affairs Adviser and Omani oligarch Dr. Omar Zawawi on November 24, the Ambassador raised ref A issues on Iran. The Ambassador conveyed U.S. disappointment in Iran's lack of response to our attempts at engagement. Zawawi concurre [...]	2009-11-24 14:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT1052	MARRIOTT ENTERS THE OMANI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV MU
09MUSCAT1054	ROAD RAGE: SULTAN DECRIES IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVING [...] (SBU) Omani media, both print and electronic, have given extraordinary prominence to recent comments by Sultan Qaboos on road safety. While on his annual "Meet the People Tour" the Sultan emphasized the deleterious effects road accidents have on families and friends. The Sultan called the misus [...]	2009-10-28 12:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN AEMR PGOV SOCI KFLO MU
09MUSCAT1056	FOR RELEASE: OMAN: FAST, POSITIVE REACTION TO RELIGIOUS [...] On Wednesday, October 28, Oman's state and private media carried uncharacteristically speedy and strongly positive coverage of the Tuesday, October 27 release of the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report. Coverage in all dailies predictably focused on the IRF's positive tone regarding th [...]	2009-10-28 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF KPAO KMDR OPRC MU
09MUSCAT1059	(C) Omanis Engage with Gen. Petraeus: A Snapshot of Omani [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Ambassador Richard Schmierer hosted a dinner in honor of visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus with six leading Omani intellectuals, four men and two women, from different walks of life. The lively and candid dinner conversation provided insight into Omani [...]	2009-12-02 14:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI MU
09MUSCAT1061	END OF THE ROAD: THE LAST IMAM OF OMAN DIES, BUT... [...] (SBU) The last Ibadi Imam of Oman, Imam Ghalib bin Ali al Hinai, passed away on November 29, 2009, in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam where had been living in self-exile. He was 96 years of age. Ibadi (the dominant sect in Oman) Imams are traditionally elected. As there is no successor, thi [...]	2009-12-02 14:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL MU
09MUSCAT1063	Omani "Cyber Rage": Alleged Omani-Israeli Discussions Spark [...] (SBU) During, and immediately following, the fall session of the bi-annual meeting of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) in Muscat, news outlets in Israel and international wire services reported that senior Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials including Director Gene [...]	2009-12-02 14:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MU KPAO
09MUSCAT1065	AMBASSADOR SCHMIERER RETURNS TO POST [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-06 05:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER KCOM MU
09MUSCAT1067	OMAN - FM'S VIEWS ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi (YbA) called in the Ambassador on December 6 to follow up the Ambassador's November 24 request concerning the three detained American hikers in Iran (see ref A). The meeting entailed a broad discussion of the Iran/West [...]	2009-12-07 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PARM IR MU
09MUSCAT1069	OMAN: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador presented the demarche on Israel's Settlement Moratorium to the Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs on December 6. The FM replied that Israel will not stop settlement building, as it views the land as Israeli, not Palestinian. He also was convinced that [...]	2009-12-07 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS MU
09MUSCAT1071	OMANI SALARY INCREASES HIGHEST IN GCC [...] (U) This week Middle East online and recruiting portal, GulfTalent.com, released its annual Employment and Salary Trends in the Gulf report for 2009-2010. According to the Report, Oman's average pay raise of 8.4% was the highest in the Gulf for 2009. The Report also projects that Oman will have [...]	2009-12-09 13:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB AMGT AFSN MU
09MUSCAT1073	OMAN ON SFI/MEGAPORTS PILOT IN SALALAH [...] (C) On December 8, officials from the Government of Oman, the Port of Salalah and the USG met and discussed a six-month plan of operational testing for Megaports equipment in Salalah. In a meeting with H.E. Said Hamdoon al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports at the Ministry of Transportation and [...]	2009-12-09 14:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU
09MUSCAT1075	INTERVIEW OF IRAN'S DEPARTING AMBASSADOR TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In his farewell interview with the Omani press, Iran's ambassador to Oman discussed the Sultan's visit to Iran, the nuclear issue, U.S.-Iranian relations, and the Houthi rebellion in Yemen. In one statement he perhaps includes himself in a grouping of Iranian officials who could [...]	2009-12-09 14:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR MU
09MUSCAT1077	OMAN - FM'S BLAND INTERVIEW NONETHELESS IRRITATES YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla (YbA) gave a lengthy interview to the London-based Arabic-language daily al Hayat. In it, YbA did not break new ground; instead, he did tour a large segment of the Omani horizon. Although he apparentl [...]	2009-12-09 15:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GCC IR YM MU
09MUSCAT1079	OMAN: THE DHOFARI TAKE ON YEMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A week after the Ambassador presented his credentials to the Sultan he visited Oman's second largest city, Salalah, and the near-by Omani air force base, Thumrait. During meetings with various local officials several topics were discussed including Yemen, economic and cultural de [...]	2009-12-12 13:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SCUL MARR CASC MU
09MUSCAT108	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani private dailies criticized George Mitchell's statements after his visit to the region and government daily "Oman" praised the Vice President's speech in Munich. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" said that Mitchell's remarks after his first visit to the region were "amb [...]	2009-02-09 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1083	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-13 11:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UK MU
09MUSCAT1084	OMAN PROJECTS INCREASE TO 850,000 TO 900,000 BARRELS OD OIL [...] (SBU) State-owned English daily "Oman Observer" reported on November 2 that Oil and Gas Minister Dr. Mohammed Al Rumhy predicts that Oman will produce between 850,000 and 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2010. Minister Al Rumhy declared that "[t]he hydrocarbon sector is healthy and looks very p [...]	2009-11-03 10:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET MU
09MUSCAT1085	OMANI MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: AL BOYCOTT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Ambassador met with Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry and a close advisor to the Sultan. The meeting was primarily an introductory call, although several substantive issues were addressed, including the upcoming U.S. - Oman Fre [...]	2009-12-13 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MU
09MUSCAT1086	OMAN: RISING WAGES DEVASTATE EMBASSY LES RECRUITMENT [...] (SBU) On November 2, private English-daily "Times of Oman" reported that private-sector wages are predicted to increase by six percent in 2010. This increase mirrors a six percent increase over the last twelve months of 2009. Oman witnessed significantly higher salary growth, ten percent, in 2 [...]	2009-11-03 10:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON EINT MU
09MUSCAT1087	OMAN: YEAR OF THE WOMAN [...] (C) Summary: During Sultan Qaboos's annual "Meet the People" tour (Ref A),he directed that there be a symposium focused on Omani Women. This meeting was held in October and resulted in a number of recommendations to improve the lives of women in Oman. The Sultan continues to lead the way in [...]	2009-12-16 13:40:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN MU
09MUSCAT1089	TAWASUL CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR WOMEN MAJLIS CANDIDATES [...] (C) Prior to a government-sponsored symposium (Ref A) recommending training for women electoral candidates, local think tank Tawasul conducted a training session focused on women candidates for the 2011 Majlis al-Shura election. Held on November 8-10, this was the first of three training sessi [...]	2009-12-19 07:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN MU
09MUSCAT1090	Oman Media Reaction: Positive on IRF Report, Critical of US [...] SUMMARY: During the past week, the Omani media in editorials the chorus of praise for the Department's International Religious Freedom report that started last week (reftel); prescribed unity among the Palestinians in negotiations with Israel; and expressed increasing skepticism over the credi [...]	2009-11-04 10:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1091	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSISTANCE TO THE WFP IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 10:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD PGOV PREL WFP MU
09MUSCAT1093	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 10:27:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR MU
09MUSCAT1096	OMAN FM RAISES UZBEK 6+3 PROPOSAL ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) At the end of a separate meeting on November 2 (reftel) Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla ( YbA),raised the Uzbek 6 plus 3 proposal involving Afghanistan and its neighbors. The Uzbek proposal is to convene this group - comprising Afghanistan's 6 neighbors, along with th [...]	2009-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF UZ MU
09MUSCAT1097	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL SHEREIQI, ZAHIR MOHAMMED (DOB: 12/15/1977; Omani Passport # 02543728) [...]	2009-12-27 07:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1099	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL WAAILI, SAID ALI ABDULLAH (DOB: 01/01/1969; Omani Passport # 02202578) [...]	2009-12-28 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT11	OMAN HAILS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially entered into force on January 1, 2009 after an exchange of diplomatic notes in Washington, D.C. and the signing of a corresponding proclamation by the President. Ratified in 2006, the agreement has been hailed by Oman's public and priva [...]	2009-01-05 15:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN MU
09MUSCAT1101	DOD NSDD-38 Request to Station a Force Protection Unit at [...] (S) Summary: In the three months since my arrival at post I have made it a priority to become familiar with the security context and operational environment here in Oman. In this connection, I have visited the Mutrah (Muscat) and Salalah ports and the War Reserve Materiel site at Thumrait Ai [...]	2009-12-28 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AODE ASEC AMGT KMRS MU
09MUSCAT1104	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: OPTIMISM, FRUSTRATION ON THE PEACE [...] SUMMARY: the peace process dominates Omani editorials, with disparate messages evoking cautious optimism, economic pragmatics, and frustration at apparent U.S. inconsistency. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------- "Light at the end of the Tunnel?" --------------------------- [...]	2009-11-09 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1105	ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROUNDTABLE AND RELATED ENGAGEMENT IN OMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Muscat has engaged with both government and the private sector in advancing entrepreneurship in Oman. Key efforts include a recent roundtable hosted by the Ambassador and Embassy outreach to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),primarily via two constituent offices [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SOCI ETRD MU
09MUSCAT1107	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL GHAFRI, QAIS ABDULLAH SAID (DOB: 03/01/1982; Omani Passport # 00845576) [...]	2009-12-30 06:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1108	OMAN - SECRETARY'S EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC MU
09MUSCAT1109	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL KHATFI, SAID KHAMIS SALIM (DOB: 08/21/1973; Omani Passport # 00858989); [...]	2009-12-30 06:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1111	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL SHAMLI, DAWOOD SULAIMAN SALIM (DOB: 01/11/1978; Omani Passport # 0254038 [...]	2009-12-30 06:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1113	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL SAIFI, MOHAMMED YA'RUB MAJID (DOB: 01/01/1966; Omani Passport # 00864833 [...]	2009-12-30 06:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1115	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL BUSAIDI, KHALID ALI NASSER (DOB: 06/01/1980; Omani Passport # 02269556); [...]	2009-12-30 06:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT1117	OMAN: WOMEN'S SEMINAR - ILLEGAL AND EXCITING [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedentedly frank and often contentious dialogue spanning two evenings, Omani civil society leaders discussed women's rights and discrimination in a seminar for which official permission was revoked the day of the event. Funded in part by a grant from Embassy's Public A [...]	2009-12-30 21:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MU
09MUSCAT1120	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Omani Stability; Arab-Israeli Conflict [...] SUMMARY: In observance of the Oman's National Day, local media this week focused primarily on the Sultanate's achievements during the 39 years of rule by Sultan Qaboos, the era referred to locally as the Blessed Renaissance. At the same time, Omani editorials continued to focus on issues rela [...]	2009-11-24 09:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1138	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-13 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT1144	OMAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is the proposed text for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Oman per ref A and B guidance. Oman continued to be proactive in implementing counterterrorism strategies and cooperating with neighboring countries to prevent terrorists from entering or moving freely thr [...]	2009-12-14 12:00:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MU
09MUSCAT1146	Oman Media Reaction: Frustration at the Israeli-Palestinian [...] SUMMARY: This past week saw Omani dailies level heavy criticism on the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, with reaction to the European Union's stance on the status of Jerusalem providing the bulk of the fodder for editorials. END SUMMARY. ------------------------- [...]	2009-12-15 13:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1162	Oman Media Reaction: [...] SUMMARY: Omani editorials this week lament the UK's "double standard" toward Israel, look with cautious hope on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate-change summit, and praise the prospect of a rapprochement between Lebanon and Syria. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- [...]	2009-12-22 06:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT12	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's foreign minister stated that Gulf leaders at the GCC Summit in Muscat agreed to move ahead with plans for a common currency - without Omani participation - despite the bleak global financial environment. Due to intense competitio [...]	2009-01-05 15:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN IN IR PK MU
09MUSCAT126	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, government daily "Oman" wrote that hidden powers are trying to create instability in Iraq, acknowledging that the U.S. has played a positive role in Iraq's quest for stability. On February 15, "Oman" called again for a truce in Gaza, proposing conditions for each side. Pri [...]	2009-02-17 10:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT129	OMAN PREPARING RESPONSE TO TRAFFICKING QUESTIONS [...] (C) In order to prepare its submission for the Department's 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, post submitted a list of TIP-related questions to the Government of Oman via diplomatic note on February 3. The Ambassador hand-delivered a copy of the questions to Sayyid Badr bin Humoud al- [...]	2009-02-17 13:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT13	OMAN BLASTS UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR FAILING TO [...] (C) Summary: Convoking resident ambassadors of UN Security Council member nations, Oman's foreign minister excoriated the Council for failing to enact a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza without preconditions and equated its inaction with the condoning of the killing of innocent [...]	2009-01-05 15:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UN MU
09MUSCAT143	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in the Omani dailies, private daily "Al Watan" expressed doubt that the new Israeli administration will negotiate to a final settlement with the Palestinians. Government daily "Oman" said on February 19 that Western elements do not want to see reconciliation in Sudan becau [...]	2009-02-24 06:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT147	OMAN CONTINUES BIG PORT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, the Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC),met with DCM, poloff and commercial officer on February 17 to discuss port development and access in Oman. According to al-Harthy, the Government is [...]	2009-02-28 08:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT148	OMAN'S COMMERCE MINISTER: U.S. LEADERSHIP CRITICAL TO [...] (C) American leadership is "critical" to the world's recovery from the global economic crisis, according to Oman's Minister of Commerce & Industry, Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan. The minister told the Ambassador February 26 that now is the time for the U.S. to assert the leadership that "the wo [...]	2009-02-28 12:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN MU
09MUSCAT151	NOMINATION OF JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 06:30:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU
09MUSCAT152	Labor Attach??s Discuss TIP in Oman [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, emboffs met with labor attachC)s from the Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and Philippine embassies in Muscat for a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. Labor attachC)s said that most TIP-related problems in Oman concerned empl [...]	2009-03-02 10:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP MU ELAB
09MUSCAT153	OMAN TO SUPPORT JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 11:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU
09MUSCAT154	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER GIVES HIS LATEST TAKE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Recounting his meeting in Damascus with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador February 28 that he believes Hamas is ready to agree to a renewable ceasefire and to join the political process to help achieve a final Is [...]	2009-03-02 13:22:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IZ AF MU
09MUSCAT156	AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR F-16 SALES WITH OMANI NATIONAL [...] (C) In a February 24 meeting with Minister of National Economy Ahmad bin Abdulnabi Macki, the Ambassador made a strong push for Oman to purchase additional F-16 military fighter aircraft. The Ambassador emphasized that the Eurofighter Typhoon was over twice as expensive as the F-16 at publish [...]	2009-03-03 09:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD MU
09MUSCAT157	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In this week's Omani papers, government daily "Oman" praised Secretary Clinton's trip to Egypt, saying it signals that the Middle East is at the "forefront" of the Obama administration's foreign policy, adding that the Secretary's presence will "multiply the effect of the Donor's Con [...]	2009-03-03 10:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT158	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) None. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On February 1, the EXBS Advisor and the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) Program Manager for Oman met with Lt. Colonel Nasser al-Ruzaigi, Directorate General of Infor [...]	2009-03-03 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT16	ALLEGATION OF QATARI PERFIDY AT GCC SUMMIT, UN [...] (C) Egyptian Ambassador to Oman, Ezz El Din al Fahmy, informed the Ambassador January 6 that he had worked feverishly during the GCC summit (reftel) to defeat a determined Qatari effort to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. On instruct [...]	2009-01-07 08:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MU
09MUSCAT160	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on February 28, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi expressed support for the President's decision to withdraw combat troops from Iraq, but warned that a gradual increase in U.S. forces in Afghanistan would give the Taliban a [...]	2009-03-03 13:32:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF MU
09MUSCAT161	Ambassador and MinFin Macki Talk Economy-- Oman's [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an hour-long discussion with the Ambassador, one of Oman's most influential ministers reviewed the global, regional, and domestic economic situation, making a strong case, buttressed by recent Moody's and S&P assessments, that Oman was on a strong financial footing that would p [...]	2009-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MU
09MUSCAT166	WITH BOEIN 787s DELAYED, OMAN AIR SEEKS OPTIONS; AIRBUS, [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. See para. 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman Air Chairman (and Minister of National Economy) Ahmad bin Abdulnabi Macki outlined the airline's plans and challenges and appeared to seek USG assistance in deal [...]	2009-03-04 12:32:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON MU
09MUSCAT167	OMANI VIEWS ON GCC CUSTOMS UNION NOTIFICATION TO THE WTO [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points March 8 to Saeed al-Riyami, Ministry of Commerce and Industry trade negotiator, and urged Oman to lobby for withdrawal of the GCC Enabling Clause notification. Al-Riyami replied that he understood U.S. concerns over the GCC's notification decision an [...]	2009-03-08 13:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD USTR WTO GCC MU
09MUSCAT170	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in the Omani dailies, private Arabic language "Al Watan" accused Washington of protecting Israel in its attempt to delay the peace process. Arabic state daily "Oman", in turn, accused Israel of scuttling Washington's peace efforts by declaring settlement expansion. "Al Wa [...]	2009-03-09 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT185	REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF IRAQ: OMAN [...] (C) Oman maintains cordial, but limited relations with the government of Iraq. Although there are no divisive issues separating the two countries, neither are there bilateral ties or common interests strong enough at this time to prompt Muscat to seek to expand its relationship with Baghdad. [...]	2009-03-16 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MU IZ
09MUSCAT19	OMAN DENOUNCES ISRAEL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Oman's foreign ministry harshly criticized "Israeli aggression" in Gaza and the alleged inaction of the UN Security Council and international community to stop the killing of Palestinians in a January 7 assembly of the local diplomatic corps. He stated [...]	2009-01-07 13:32:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG ECON EFIN KCRM MOPS MU
09MUSCAT191	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In Omani dailies this week, private daily "Al Watan" stated that Palestinian reconciliation is now a necessity, and factions must take advantage of the Cairo talks. State daily "Oman" backed the Sudanese President, calling the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant a violatio [...]	2009-03-17 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT195	Pakistan Donors Conference: Oman [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel information March 17 to Lyutha al-Mughairy, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Al-Mughairy said she understood U.S. concerns regarding Pakistan and would raise the matter directly with the MF [...]	2009-03-18 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IBRD IMF PK MU
09MUSCAT201	First TIP Prosecution in Oman [...] (U) The government of Oman has brought charges in the first trafficking in persons (TIP) court case under its new anti-TIP law. The case was summarily announced in local press on March 2; additional information was made available on March 16. According to local news reports, young women who ca [...]	2009-03-18 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT213	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: As of March 23, two Arabic dailies ran lead commentaries on the President's Nawruz message. Private daily "Al Watan" said the world sighed in relief, then urged the administration to "prove its intentions are good". Government daily "Oman" said the President's message is a "step in [...]	2009-03-23 13:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU

09MUSCAT231	OMANI PARTICIPATION AT AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN AF MU
09MUSCAT233	PROPOSED VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON AND [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 24, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi stated that he wished to visit Washington, D.C. in mid-April to meet with new foreign policy officials in the Obama ad [...]	2009-03-25 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MU
09MUSCAT235	FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT, SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-28 03:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MU
09MUSCAT251	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MARCH 18-22 [...] (C) Summary: In his March 18-22 visit to Muscat, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sultan Qaboos: -- shared their optimism about the new U.S. administration; -- agreed that continuing divisions among the Palestinians, compounded by Iranian interference and unhelpful Qatari and [...]	2009-03-30 05:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG QA IR MU
09MUSCAT253	EMBASSY MUSCAT INPUT TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Oman (GOO) from April 2008 to March 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Compiling the report required 48 hours at the FS-04 level, 3 hours at the FSN-09 level, 6 hours at the FS-02 level, 3 hours at the FS-01 level, and 3 hou [...]	2009-03-30 12:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC MU
09MUSCAT257	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani media this week concentrated on the formation of the new Israeli government and the upcoming Arab summit in Doha. Government Arabic daily "Oman" commented that Israel has the ability to move forward the peace process, but prospects are slight assuming new settlement activity. [...]	2009-03-30 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT259	SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT OMAN IN APRIL [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During a meeting on March 29, Dr. Omar al-Zawawi, Special Advisor to Sultan Qaboos on External Affairs, informed the Ambassador that the Sultan planned to host a visit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Muscat in early Apri [...]	2009-03-30 13:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY MU
09MUSCAT261	S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and the Charge d'Affaires met March 18 with Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humoud al-Busaidi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, to deliver ref A letter from the Secretary. The Secretary General stated unequivocal [...]	2009-03-30 14:33:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PHUM PREL PTER OPDC MU
09MUSCAT269	TRANSPARENCY OF OMANI NATIONAL BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 10:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MU
09MUSCAT27	OMANI PROTESTS AGAINST EVENTS IN GAZA TAKE [...] (C) Summary: More demonstrations against Israeli actions in Gaza took place in three separate Omani cities the afternoon of January 9. While remaining peaceful, protesters - some of whom displayed signs of support for Hamas and/or Hizballah - burned Israeli flags and increasingly turned thei [...]	2009-01-11 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAL KPAO KWBG MU
09MUSCAT273	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION [...] (C) Security and military cooperation between the U.S. and Oman, as well as the overall bilateral relationship, remains strong. Oman's strategic location makes it a highly valued partner for the support of U.S. military operations across a wide area. While sharing U.S. concerns on Iran's nucl [...]	2009-04-01 14:51:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MOPS MU
09MUSCAT287	OMAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE CONVENES [...] (U) According to local Arabic and English language press reports, Oman's National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) -- which was established by the Sultanate's comprehensive anti-trafficking law enacted in November 2008 (ref B) -- held its inaugural meeting on April 1, 2009. [...]	2009-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP MU
09MUSCAT289	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani newspapers, government daily "Oman" questioned the role of NATO, claiming that it may lead the world into a new Cold War. On April 5, "Oman" praised the Sultanate's record on human trafficking on the occasion of the first meeting of the National Commission to comb [...]	2009-04-06 13:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT293	CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN: OMAN [...] (C) Post delivered general ref A points via diplomatic note April 5 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On April 6, Pol-Econ Chief met with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, to highlight relevant ref A informatio [...]	2009-04-07 12:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS MARR NATO AF MU
09MUSCAT299	OMANI PLANS FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A points April 6 to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Al-Hassan replied that Oman would participate in the April 17 donors' conference in Tokyo, but stated that no final decision had [...]	2009-04-07 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IBRD IMF PK MU
09MUSCAT3	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) The annual Arab Gulf Cooperation Council Summit was hosted in Muscat, Oman from December 29 to 30. Intensive preparation for this summit, along with the celebration of Eid Al Adha, made the month of December one of relatively few opportunities for contacts and activities. COMPLETED A [...]	2009-01-04 11:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT30	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, HISTORY, AND IDEOLOGY [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continue to condemn Israel and blame the UN Security council for not playing an effective role in stopping the Gaza crisis. State daily "Oman" says Israel's ignoring of the UNSC resolution buys it more time to kill, while private daily "Al Watan" suggests that militant i [...]	2009-01-12 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT301	CITES WORKSHOP PAVES WAY FOR FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: In cooperation with Post and with funding from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),the Department of Interior (DOI) organized a local and a regional workshop on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Muscat, Oman from [...]	2009-04-08 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ETTC
09MUSCAT303	ALTERNATIVES TO MANAS AIRBASE: OMAN [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered relevant reftel points April 8 to Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi and requested timely approval for the visit of a U.S. military site survey and airfield assessment team to the Sultanate. Sayyid Badr said he understood th [...]	2009-04-08 13:03:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS KG MU
09MUSCAT311	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Commentaries in this week's Omani dailies hammered the new Israeli government. Private Arabic-language "Al Watan" said that Israel's new administration will undercut the peace message in President Obama's Turkey speech. Later in the week, "Al Watan" denounced Israel for disregardin [...]	2009-04-13 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT319	OMAN DECLINES TO HOST PROPOSED NESA CENTER REGIONAL OFFICE [...] (SBU) Post received a formal diplomatic note April 12 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that the Sultanate bapologizes for being unable to approveb the proposed establishment of a regional office in Muscat of the Department of Defensebs Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strateg [...]	2009-04-14 09:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT KMRS MASS MU
09MUSCAT325	E3 PLUS 3 POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETING ON IRAN: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 14:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
09MUSCAT331	SULTAN QABOOS SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, SYRIA, ECONOMICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:17:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EFIN IR SY AE SA MU
09MUSCAT333	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 12:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS KPAL KWBG IR IZ AF PK MU
09MUSCAT339	OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS BIN SA'ID: THE ARAB WORLD'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR MU
09MUSCAT345	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Senator Mitchell: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman, one of our oldest friends in the region. Sultan Qaboos is looking forward to your visit and to meeting with you. You will find the Sultan an engaging interlocutor. He is an intellectual whose interests range from sustai [...]	2009-04-18 17:28:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL KWBG IR IS MU
09MUSCAT35	OMANI AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE END [...] (U) The Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, arrived in Muscat January 12 for a brief overnight visit to the Sultanate. According to local media, Jiechi met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Bu [...]	2009-01-14 12:32:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG CH MU
09MUSCAT355	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: OMAN [...] Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref B demarche April 4 to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. [Note: Post also submitted a formal diplomatic note regarding the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. End Note.] Al-Ha [...]	2009-04-20 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN MU
09MUSCAT361	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, state "Oman" praised President Obama's speech in Istanbul, saying it discredited the argument of a clash of civilizations. On April 18, private "Al Watan" called on Arab states to take decisive steps towards peace with Israel, warning against reliance on [...]	2009-04-21 10:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT365	OPEN FIELD FOR MILITARY FIGHTER SALES TO OMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) At a diplomatic event on April 21, a local British representative for BAE Systems told the DCM that the Omani government has walked back from what seemed an imminent decision to buy a squadron of Eurofighter Typhoons to help [...]	2009-04-22 12:40:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS ETRD MU
09MUSCAT369	UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Per reftel, Embassy Muscat's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO are: TFCO Nicole Martin Economic-Commercial Officer Office: 968-24-643-623 Fax: 968-24-694-355 Cell: 968-99-459-987 e-mail: martin@state.gov e-mail 2: martinn2@state.sgov.gov [...]	2009-04-22 14:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER
09MUSCAT37	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS PROPOSED ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 14 to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister explained that the proposed emergency Arab League (AL) meeting in Kuwait was not meant to undermine Egyptian efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, but rat [...]	2009-01-14 13:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON MU
09MUSCAT371	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] Per reftel request, Post contacted end-user, Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO),to inquire whether it had received the master caution warning parts and components (P/N 65-0872-9) for the EH101 Aircraft. Major Bader Al Belushi, RAFO Engineering, informed Embassy's Chief of Air Force and Navy Prog [...]	2009-04-22 14:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT377	OMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS NO USAGE OF SOHAR PORT FOR MILITARY [...] (C) On April 14, Pol/EconOff and post Naval AttachC) met with Air Commodore Salim al-Rahbi, Office Director for the Omani Minister of Defense. The meeting was requested by the Omani government to discuss postbs diplomatic note referencing our interest in prepositioning non-lethal military equi [...]	2009-04-25 13:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT383	OMANI ENVOY SAYS IRAN READY FOR DIALOG WITH THE U.S., [...] (C)Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul `Aziz al Rowas, told the Ambassador April 25 that Iran is ready to begin a quiet dialog "at a lower level" with the U.S. Al Rowas advised the U.S. that as we advance in our efforts to engage with Iran, we remember [...]	2009-04-27 04:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT387	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, private "Al Watan" criticized the U.S. for setting the same conditions before Hamas as the previous administration. On April 24, "Al Watan" said that the U.S. must treat all its international partners by the same criteria, noting U.S. policy towards Pakis [...]	2009-04-27 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT391	Oman: Port Access and Utilization [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) said he was willing to raise the issue of US military use of the Port of Sohar again with the Oman [...]	2009-05-03 12:09:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT393	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) See items 5-8 below. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On March 17, the EXBS Advisor, EXBS Program Assistant, Pol-Econ Officer, and two representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE)-- Michael Bedke, [...]	2009-05-03 12:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT397	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, commentaries repeated condemnations of Israel for blocking the peace process. Government daily "Oman" said that the Arab peace initiative is already part of the final solution, despite Israel's backtracking on the two-state solution. Private daily "Al Wat [...]	2009-05-04 09:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT4	SULTAN'S MESSAGE TO IRAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Oman's Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural, Affairs Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas, was dispatched by Sultan Qaboos to Tehran on December 15, 2008 (reftel) to deliver a surprisingly blunt message to the Iranian leadership. In a meeting with the Ambassador January 3, the once powerful Infor [...]	2009-01-04 12:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT40	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR KWBG IS MU
09MUSCAT403	SENIOR OMANIS CONFIRM CARECENTERS FOR TIP VICTIMS [...] (C) The Ambassador addressed the issue of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) during his farewell calls with Royal Oman Police (ROP) Inspector General (IG) Lieutenant General Malik bin Suleiman al-Ma'amari on May 4 and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busai [...]	2009-05-06 14:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT405	IRAN-OMAN GAS DEAL OFF AGAIN, WAS IT EVER ON? [...] (U) Reuters reported May 6 that Oman will delay by at least a year a joint venture with Iran to develop the Kish gas field due to tight finances. The report cited an Omani industry source involved in the project. According to this source, "The production from the Kish gas field will not happe [...]	2009-05-06 14:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT407	H1N1 Update Oman [...] (U) Summary: -- No incidence or suspected cases of H1N1 -- MOH Official confirmed active surveillance program -- H1N1 tests kits to arrive later this week [...]	2009-05-07 12:14:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KFLU MU
09MUSCAT417	SURVEY TEAM FOR ALTERNATIVE TO MANAS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) The Embassy received May 10 official permission from the Omani Government for a U.S. Air Force survey team visit to the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) base on Masirah Island to evaluate its potential use as a replaceme [...]	2009-05-10 14:13:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS KG MU
09MUSCAT429	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued criticism of Israel, hammering on war crimes, settlement activity, and its distancing from the two-state solution. On May 6, private daily "Al Watan" said Israelis must be put on trial for its "aggression" on the UNWRA headquarters in Gaza. On May [...]	2009-05-11 13:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT433	OMANI MINISTERS VOICE INCREASING CONCERNS OVER REGIONâ€™S [...] (C) In separate farewell calls by the Ambassador May 9-11, Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud bin Mohammed Al Sa'id, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and Minister of Health and Deputy Central Bank Governor Ali Moussa expressed Oman's growing anxiety over disconce [...]	2009-05-12 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS KDRG YM PK AF IZ MU
09MUSCAT441	CORRECTED COPY: IRAN AND OMAN: SUBSTANCE OR SHOW? [...] (C) Oman News Agency reported on May 13 the arrival in Oman of a delegation of 50 Iranian officials, led by Speaker Ali Larijani, for a two-day visit. An embassy source at the Consultative Council in Oman tells us that the delegation of parliamentarians and businesspeople have a "packed" sched [...]	2009-05-13 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KTIP MU
09MUSCAT45	OMANI OIL & GAS MINISTER: HIGHER VOLUMES, LOWER PRICES IN [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 17, Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhi: -- reported that oil production would edge past 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2009, thanks largely to significant volume increases from the Occidental Petroleum-operated al-Mukhaizna [...]	2009-01-19 10:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT453	MINISTER ENDORSES WOMEN'S WORKING GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's farewell call on the Minister of Higher Education, the Minister highlighted the importance of her participation in the Secretary's Women Leaders' Working Group over the past two years and expressed her strong hope that this activity will continue under the [...]	2009-05-19 06:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT455	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani public and private dailies alike looked forward with a mix of skepticism and guarded optimism to the President's meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. Private youth-oriented daily "Al Shabiba" carried a surprisingly forthright, if pessimistic, column on the futur [...]	2009-05-19 07:00:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT457	OMANâ€™S ALI MAJID WARNS YEMEN "ON THE BRINK" [...] (S) In my farewell call May 18, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Chief of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, told me that Oman is "very concerned about stability" in Yemen, warning its neighbor is "on the brink." He said that southern separat [...]	2009-05-19 09:49:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL YM MU
09MUSCAT47	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CHAVEZ, IMPUNITY, AND PLOTS [...] SUMMARY: In this week's coverage of the Israel - Gaza war, private Arabic daily "Al Zaman" issued the strongest criticism yet of Arab governments, praising Hugo Chavez for taking a stronger stand than many Arab leaders. "Al Watan" said that Israel is changing the norms of warfare by not discr [...]	2009-01-19 13:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT473	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In a highly unusual press appearance, H.E. Yousuf bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, gave a broad overview of Omani foreign policy to two local dailies on May 23. The Minister reiterated Oman's longstanding policy strategy of non-confrontation, then touched on issu [...]	2009-05-25 12:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT477	OMANI ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS OMAN'S ACTIONS ON TIP; EAGER [...] (C) Summary: The Omani Attorney General (AG) told the Ambassador that he expects a judgment will be issued in the current Trafficking in Persons (TIP) case (ref A) soon and gave Embassy further details of the case and the temporary accommodations for the initial alleged victims. He outlined [...]	2009-05-26 09:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT481	OMANI FM SPEAKS OUT ON JERUSALEM [...] (U) According to press reports on May 24, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, rejected Israeli attempts to make Jerusalem a Jewish city. While in Damascus for the Organization of the Islamic Conference, he publicly reacted to Israeli PM Netenyahu's statement [...]	2009-05-26 11:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS MU
09MUSCAT485	OMANI FM SUMMARIZES FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rare interview, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah (YBA),gave an uncharacteristically frank and wide-ranging prC)cis of foreign policy issues facing the Sultanate. Possibly spurred by recent coverage in The New York Times (itself a [...]	2009-05-27 08:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IR EG MU
09MUSCAT49	OMAN SEEKS STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met January 11, 2009 with Ambassador Sayyid Khalifa bin Ahmad al-Busaidi, Director of the West Asian Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss reftel request and the situation in Afghanistan. Sayyid Khalifa stated that Oman was deepl [...]	2009-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS AF MU
09MUSCAT52	OMAN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) This is in response to reftel cable. There has been no change in 2008 with regards to worst forms of child labor in Oman other than the items described below. Please see 07 MUSCAT 1097 for last year's response that includes complete answers, as available, to reftel questions. 2. (U) S [...]	2009-01-21 11:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM MU KTIP
09MUSCAT525	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Peace in the Middle East remained a focus of editorial discussion in Omani state and privately-owned papers, with the government's "Oman" concerned about the disparity in thinking between U.S. and Israeli leadership and the effects of Palestinian infighting on the outcome of Presiden [...]	2009-06-01 09:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT527	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 527 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 09:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT53	MORE SPENDING AND RECORD DEFICIT IN OMAN'S 2009 BUDGET [...] (C) Despite a slowing economy, Oman's 2009 budget forecasts increased government revenues and spending. It also features a record high deficit of over USD 2 billion that could increase if the projected annual average sales prices for Omani crude oil fails to reach the USD 45/barrel target. Cu [...]	2009-01-21 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD MU
09MUSCAT533	FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SALE NOT FINAL [...] (C) Oman apparently continues to assess whether to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s or Eurofighter Typhoons made by BAE, but in this case being marketed by the UK. Press reports suggest that Oman has been offered 18 Eurofighters for 1.6 billion pounds sterling (about $2.4 billion). Separately, [...]	2009-06-01 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EINT ECIN PREL MASS MU
09MUSCAT55	ASSESSMENT OF OMANI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LOCAL IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Omani government's response to events in Gaza indicates an increasing awareness of and concern about public opinion. By permitting numerous demonstrations and media content outside the bounds of official positions on Egypt and Hamas, the government has given freer rein to po [...]	2009-01-21 14:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KWBG MU
09MUSCAT565	URGENT FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) DCM and PolEcon Officer met on May 31 with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. When asked whether Oman planned to support Kosovo for World Bank membership, Al Hassan said that Oman's vote will fall in line wi [...]	2009-06-02 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KV PREL MU
09MUSCAT567	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Special Representative Holbrooke: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman, one of our oldest friends in the region. We have requested a meeting with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said. You will find the Sultan is an engaging interlocutor. He is an intellectual whose interests range [...]	2009-06-03 10:48:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PK AF MU
09MUSCAT575	OMAN AND PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Oman News Agency reported June 2, that Oman and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The MoU was signed by the Deputy Director of the Rosatom Nuclear energy State Co-operation Commission Nikolai Spassky a [...]	2009-06-03 15:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TSPL MU
09MUSCAT579	OMAN - PRAISE, CONCERNS GREET CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo has generated significant positive response in Oman. In the press, online, and in person, Omanis have been forthright in discussing the speech (a potential fourth avenue for expression, through the mosques, is unavailable, as content fo [...]	2009-06-06 12:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT585	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CAIRO SPEECH "A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND [...] SUMMARY: Following initial reaction in its immediate wake (reftel),the President's Cairo speech continues to draw comment from Oman's dailies. On June 7, The editor-in-Chief of sister dailies "Times of Oman" and "Al Shabiba" headlined his weekly column "A Message of Love and Peace" (his fir [...]	2009-06-08 11:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT597	(C) GCC CUSTOMS UNION HINDERS FTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to respond to both Oman and U.S. business concerns that tariffs are being charged on goods considered duty-free per the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the Embassy contacted its Omani counterparts to clarify the terms of the agreement. While Oman's membership [...]	2009-06-08 14:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECIN MU
09MUSCAT6	OMANIS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAELI ACTIONS [...] (C) Following smaller peaceful protests on December 28 against Israeli air strikes in Gaza (reftel),a large demonstration denouncing Israel took place January 2 outside the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat following afternoon prayers. The Royal Oman Police (ROP) estimated the number of [...]	2009-01-05 10:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV KPAL KWBG MU
09MUSCAT601	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR MAY 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) On May 11, the EXBS Advisor drafted a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inviting three Omani officials to the 10th International Export Control Conference scheduled to take place in Istanbul from June 25-27 [...]	2009-06-09 08:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT603	IRANIAN COMMUNICATIONS WITH OMAN ON ANTI-PIRACY (C-NE9-01111 [...] (S/NF) This is in response to reftel request for additional information. Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YBA),told the DCM and poloff in a May 31 conversation that the Iranians had not approached Oman with any infor [...]	2009-06-09 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MARR PHSA DJ IR SO YM MU
09MUSCAT607	OMAN RETURNS CONVICTIONS IN FIRST TIP CASE [...] (C) Summary. Oman successfully prosecuted 11 men in its first TIP case under the new anti-TIP law and gave the 13 victims a choice to return home or remain in Oman. Poloff met on June 2 with Nasser al-Riyami, the Assistant Attorney General, and Ali Saif Al-Ma'mari, the public prosecution chi [...]	2009-06-10 11:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT619	OMAN FORMALLY CONFIRMS $12 MILLION DONATION TO AMELIORATE [...] (SBU) Embassy received June 13 a diplomatic note confirming an Omani contribution of $12 million to address the IDP crisis in Pakistan. This result comes on the heels SRAP Holbrooke's June 6 meeting with Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. The amount represents an increase of $2 million over the [...]	2009-06-14 05:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID MU PK
09MUSCAT621	SULTAN CABLES CONGRATULATIONS TO AHMADINEJAD [...] (SBU) On June 15, all Omani English and Arabic daily papers carried an official news agency (Oman News Agency) article stating that H.M. Sultan Qaboos congratulates Ahmadinejad on his re-election. News of the Sultan's cable of congratulations appeared front page above the fold, standard place [...]	2009-06-15 07:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO IR MU
09MUSCAT623	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In anticipation of the release of the Trafficking in Persons report, commentary on June 10 in private daily "Al Watan" called labor relations in the Sultanate "balanced". The article raised last year's TIP report, blaming "political gains" as the U.S.'s motivation for the low-ranking [...]	2009-06-15 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT633	OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS TO VISIT IRAN [...] (C) The Omani MFA summoned U.S., UK, and French Chiefs of Mission to a June 16 meeting. At this meeting, MFA number two, SecGen Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Humud Al Busaidi revealed that the Royal Diwan would announce shortly that Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said would visit Iran June 28-30. He ad [...]	2009-06-16 08:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MU IR
09MUSCAT635	OMAN TIP REPORT DELIVERED: "THE GOAL IS TIER ONE" [...] (C) Charge' previewed the Oman Trafficking in Persons Report (ref A) with MFA number two SecGen Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Humud Al Busaidi June 16, who accepted the news of a Tier 2 ranking graciously and noted that Oman's goal remained a Tier 1 ranking. Sayyid Badr explanined that Oman was buil [...]	2009-06-16 13:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP PHUM MU
09MUSCAT637	SULTAN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL VISIT TO IRAN THIS MONTH [...] (SBU) On June 17, all Omani English and Arabic daily papers carried an official news agency (Oman News Agency) article announcing that H.M. Sultan Qaboos will make a three-day official visit to Iran at the end of June. The article announced the delegation, which includes seven ministers, the [...]	2009-06-17 05:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO IR MU
09MUSCAT643	MGSF01: MUSCAT EAC H1N1 and July 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 17, 2009, the ChargC) convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss three confirmed cases of H1N1 Swine flu involving three students who recently returned from the United States after participating in the State Department funded Youth Exchange and Study Program [...]	2009-06-17 15:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MUSCAT649	FOLLOW-UP AND ACTION REQUEST OMAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (C) The ChargC) and Economic-Commercial Officer met with the Chief of Oman's Office of Peaceful Nuclear Technology to discuss Oman's plans with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and potential areas for cooperation with the United States. Oman is very interested in pursuing academ [...]	2009-06-22 11:26:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL ENRG TSPL MU
09MUSCAT651	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Of note this week in Omani media is the almost total lack of coverage of Oman's Tier 2 ranking in the TIP report, issued June 16. Only Arabic daily "Al Zaman" broke rank by running a statement by the Charge d'Affaires verbatim. No editorial or commentary has emerged since the relea [...]	2009-06-22 13:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT653	TFFLU01: OMAN'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH ACES FIRST H1N1 TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Five days after Oman's Ministry of Health confirmed three H1N1 cases among returning YES students, no additional cases have arisen. The students are reportedly in 'fine' condition, according to the Ministry. The MoH's reaction, beginning with the alert from AmidEast and the Em [...]	2009-06-22 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MUSCAT659	SULTAN QABOOS POSTPONES VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) On the margins of a dinner for Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) delegates June 22, MFA SecGen Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Hamud Al Busaidi told U.S. delegate Conny Arvis that, after much thought, Oman had decided to "postpone" the Sultan's June 28-30 trip to Iran. Further, Oma [...]	2009-06-23 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MU IR
09MUSCAT671	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (C) Embassy contacted the Royal Army of Oman and Hayut International in response to Blue Lantern pre-license end-use check for M-60 tank component parts (Reftel.) While Hayut International initially confirmed that it has distributed these parts to the Royal Army of Oman (RAO),the RAO denied [...]	2009-06-28 13:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT675	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY This week in Omani dailies, private "Al Shabiba" ran the first local commentary on Iran's elections, describing protesters as a generation having grown up with poverty and unemployment now looking for change. No outlet made mention of the Sultan's trip to Iran, which had been announce [...]	2009-06-29 12:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT697	OMAN WILL NOT SIGN AMENDMENT TO BASE ACCESS AGREEMENT [...] (C) Colonel Salim Bin Nasser al-Salmi, the Office Director for the Undersecretary of Defense H.E. Mohamed bin Nassir bin Mohamed Al-Rasby, told Embassy OMC officials on July 6 that Oman will not sign the amendment to the Base Access Agreement (BAA) that would change the percentage distribution [...]	2009-07-06 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MU
09MUSCAT699	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: State and private dailies continue commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict, citing the recent Amnesty International report as confirmation of Israeli war crimes and supporting the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland. TIP awareness received a substantial boost t [...]	2009-07-06 12:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT7	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, DISUNITY, AND AGGRESSION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies remained fixed on the Gaza crisis, condemning Israel and calling for Arab unity. Columnists used the beginning of 2009 to reflect on general factors leading to the current violence. Government daily "Oman" said 2008 saw an important decline in Arab unity, af [...]	2009-01-05 12:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT715	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) On June 22, the EXBS Advisor received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the May 12 invitation to the 10th International Export Control Conference scheduled to take place in Istanbul fro [...]	2009-07-08 11:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT73	OMAN UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 15:55:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MU
09MUSCAT737	OMAN-IRAN: HM/YBA VISITS; SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 08:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MU IR
09MUSCAT739	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Oman's government papers carried stronger than usual criticism of U.S. issues: state Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) on July 6 lamented that President Obama did not more clearly criticize poor governance by some Arab regimes in his speech Cairo speech. On July 7, it also wro [...]	2009-07-13 12:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT75	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies uniformly called for ethical changes from Washington, saying that transparency and legitimacy are required for the new president to achieve his agenda. Government Arabic daily "Oman" said that President Obama must prioritize the Middle East peace process and play an hon [...]	2009-01-26 15:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT757	OMAN INCREASES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF TIP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two recent articles in prominent Arabic language news outlets sought to increase public understanding of issues related to Trafficking in Persons (TIP). These comments by government and religious authorities in the tightly regulated Omani press are evidence of a new [...]	2009-07-14 07:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT759	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MULLEN'S VISIT TO OMAN (JULY 18) [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman for your visit. You have a brief meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF),H.E. Lt. Gen. (Fareeq in Arabic) Ahmed bin Harith al Nabhani, which is primarily a courtesy call. Nabhani is unlikely to broach significant iss [...]	2009-07-14 10:41:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS MOPS IR PK AF MU
09MUSCAT779	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, the state-owned Arabic daily issued an uncharacteristic endorsement of the work of civil-society organizations, at least insofar as they "support existing institutions. As always, hopes for a Palestinian state loom large, especially in the private Arabic press. Finally, a [...]	2009-07-21 10:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT78	OMAN'S ENVOY TO IRAN ADVISES POSTPONING U.S. DIALOG WITH [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al Rowas, advises against U.S. dialog with Tehran until after the Iranian presidential elections. Speaking with the Ambassador January 27, Al Rowas suggested that proposing direct talks now would make the U [...]	2009-01-28 12:13:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT79	(S) OMAN TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF IRANIAN SMUGGLERS [...] (S/REL USA AND CMFC) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi, told the Ambassador January 28 that Oman would facilitate the repatriation of Iranian smugglers rescued in the Persian Gulf by the USS Ramage. The transfer is being coordinated between appropriate Embassy ele [...]	2009-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS IR MU KCRM PHSA

09MUSCAT797	Scenesetter for General Petraeus' Visit to Oman (July 26 - [...] (S) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you back to Oman. As noted at that time, Oman is an old and dependable friend of the United States. Even when Omani perceptions differ from ours, they are frank and businesslike about issues and are open to discussion. Omanis were warmly receptive to Preside [...]	2009-07-22 15:41:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM MASS IR PK MU
09MUSCAT799	OMAN - BUILDING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPECH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Oman, President Obama's Cairo speech has generated both good will and expectations for enhanced cooperation. Embassy contacts, especially key players in MSP-critical areas including civil society, education, and the empowerment of women, are looking to the Embassy and the USG [...]	2009-07-24 06:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON OEXC KPAO KMPI SOCI XF MU
09MUSCAT80	EMBASSY MUSCAT RESPONDS TO PRESS ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 4 and 9, privately owned, jointly operated English and Omani papers carried an editorial, bylined to the papers' owner/editor, titled "How Israel Became a Terrorist State." The column contained gross anti-Semitism amounting to sympathy with Nazi Germany, as well as [...]	2009-01-28 13:47:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT82	WAKE-UP CALL FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN ON F-16 SALES TO OMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Reports from post contacts indicate that Oman may be close to reaching a decision on the purchase of a squadron (or more) of advanced military fighter aircraft. While unconfirmed, some reports suggest that the Omani government [...]	2009-01-28 14:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS ETRD MU
09MUSCAT823	OMAN - IRAN: WITHER THE SULTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 09:55:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR MU
09MUSCAT827	ABA SHOULD MAINTAIN IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two years, MEPI-funded programs implemented by the American Bar Association (ABA) have significantly advanced U.S. objectives regarding rule of law and judicial reform in Oman, in areas including Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). ABA' [...]	2009-08-03 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP ELAB MU
09MUSCAT829	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NORMALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS [...] SUMMARY: The role of Arab states in forwarding peace with Israel took prominence in Omani papers this week, with the state Arabic daily rejecting "normalization" in uncharacteristically harsh terms. A conundrum facing Arabs, opined another, is just what "normalization" means. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-08-03 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT831	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NORMALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS [...] SUMMARY: The role of Arab states in forwarding peace with Israel took prominence in Omani papers this week, with the state Arabic daily rejecting "normalization" in uncharacteristically harsh terms. A conundrum facing Arabs, opined another, is just what "normalization" means. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-08-03 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT833	OMAN/IRAN: SULTAN'S VISIT ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: As discussed reftel, Sultan Qaboos's deferred visit to Iran is under way. The trip has now been announced in local and regional media. In the Omani media, coverage is cautious and generic, focusing on how the visit reinforces the Sultanate's steadfast policy of cordiality with [...]	2009-08-04 08:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU
09MUSCAT835	OMAN/IRAN: QABOOS IN TEHRAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sultan's visit to Iran (Ref A) dominated local media on Wednesday, August 5 and appears to have been featured prominently in Iran. Coverage of meetings with Iran's president and supreme leader (referred to variously by that title or as "leader of the revolution"),along with [...]	2009-08-05 08:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU
09MUSCAT84	FTA HIGH ON OMANI AGENDA, BUT MORE U.S. ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Since its January 1 implementation, the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to capture the attention of the regional business community as well as the Omani government. Post has experienced a significant increase in outside inquiries and comments regarding both the FTA and ne [...]	2009-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KMPI MU
09MUSCAT845	OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED [...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU
09MUSCAT847	SULTAN QABOOS IN IRAN: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT DIDN'T [...] (S) Summary: Oman's Sultan Qaboos visited Tehran August 4-6 without extensive international or regional press coverage. Strategically, the Sultan wanted to encourage Iranian leadership to accept U.S. overtures, while at a practical level, he achieved his primary goal of securing Iranian coopera [...]	2009-08-11 13:11:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EPET IR MU
09MUSCAT851	OMAN, INC.: BUSINESS OLIGARCHS AND GOVERNMENT IN OMAN'S [...] (C) Oman's business landscape remains dominated by a handful of local families who work either in tandem with, or in the shadow of, government-run enterprises. As the Sultanate's economy diversifies away from petroleum into fields such as industrial production and tourism, these families have [...]	2009-08-16 11:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD PINR MU
09MUSCAT855	Oman H1N1: Five Dead, Confirmed Cases on the Rise [...] (U) SUMMARY. After the initial appearance of H1N1 in June the virus has spread significantly. Five deaths due to H1N1 are confirmed, out of more than 717 confirmed cases. The GoO has been relatively proactive in attempting to stem the spread of the virus. Businesses are not yet affected but [...]	2009-08-24 07:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC KFLU KFLO PINR MU
09MUSCAT856	OMAN/IRAN: A "GOLDEN CHAPTER" ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Domestic coverage of the Sultan's visit to Iran (Refs A and B) continued through his departure from Tehran, but has largely ended, with minimal commentary or other follow-on coverage. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On Thursday, August 6, all Arabic and English dailies prominently featu [...]	2009-08-09 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU
09MUSCAT857	Blue Lantern License 05008885 Interim End-Use Check [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Embassy began a post shipment check on DSP-5 license 050088885 but was informed by the foreign consignee that the shipment is in U.S. Customs and Border Control (CBP) custody at JFK International Airport. When the 184 carbines were shipped in October 2008, [...]	2009-08-25 09:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT86	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER LASHES OUT AT "DESTRUCTIVE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi, strongly criticized the U.S. for interfering in the affairs of other nations during a January 13 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber. Using uncharacteris [...]	2009-02-02 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL MU
09MUSCAT861	Raytheon Secures Multimillion Dollar Contract for New Muscat [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR ECON EIND MU
09MUSCAT866	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) See # 7 regarding IBIT II training workshop in Sohar. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On July 6, the EXBS Advisor met with the new POL-ECON Chief to provide a briefing regarding the roles and responsi [...]	2009-08-11 04:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT867	Oman Accedes to 1961 Convention Aboloshing the Requirement [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-29 05:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP KTIA MU
09MUSCAT87	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies carried news agency articles covering President Obama's Al Arabiya interview, but only one locally-generated comment appeared: Arabic private daily "Al Watan" said the interview reaffirmed the themes of the President's inaugural address, commenting that nothing prev [...]	2009-02-02 15:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT873	ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO OMAN - VOYAGE, INTERDICTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Smuggling routes from South Asia through Iran and by water into Oman is the primary northern route of introducing illegal immigrants into Oman. Pakistan has allocated a full time federal law enforcement official at its embassy in Muscat to investigate and address this issue. He [...]	2009-08-30 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP IR PK MU
09MUSCAT875	FUTURE OF SFI IN SALALAH, OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) in Oman came to a temporary halt at the end of June when the Port of Salalah informed the Embassy it would no longer allocate resources to the effort, as there was not agreement on project scope, criteria and timeline. In an August 26, 2009 mee [...]	2009-08-30 14:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU
09MUSCAT879	Bouyed by Increase in Oil Revenue and Sound Fiscal Policy, [...] (U) SUMMARY. Regional and national dailies reported that the GoO will post a budget surplus for the year. Although the economy has rebounded from a forecasted decrease in GDP, its performance is, as always, linked to the price of oil. The slowing inflation rate is traceable to the economic dow [...]	2009-09-01 06:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL MU
09MUSCAT887	Embassy Advocacy Helps U.S. Business Secure Multi-Million [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-07 07:00:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV MU ETRD
09MUSCAT895	Oman - Candidacy of Lucretia F Myers [...] (SBU) P/E Chief called on Counselor Ahmed Said al Kathiry, Deputy Chief of the American Affairs Department of the Omani MFA on September 9. He used the call to follow up for a second time on a previous notification for the U.S. candidacy of Ms. Lucretia F. Myers for a position on the United Na [...]	2009-09-09 11:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KUNR PREL APER UNGA MU
09MUSCAT897	SECOND TIP CASE CONCLUDED IN OMAN [...] (U) An Omani court convicted two expatriates of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) for forcing a third expatriate into prostitution. A front-page article in "Oman" (a state owned Arabic daily circulation = 38,000) reported on September 6 convictions in the Sultanate's second TIP case in the northern [...]	2009-09-09 11:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT899	Blue Lantern License 050124895 End-Use Check [...] The Royal Army of Oman reported to Embassy that the following items used in the .50 caliber machine guns in use on the M60 tank are in their custody: Block bolt: NSN 1005-00-857-0022 Part Number: 7791383 Quantity: 10 2. The items will only be used for the purpose stated on th [...]	2009-09-09 14:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT901	Oman - Arab League Demarche [...] (C) On September 9 P/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Ahmed bin Said al Kathiri, Deputy Chief of the MFA American Affairs Department. On Middle East peace al Kathiri reiterated Oman's approval of the Administration's overall approach. He said, however, that the Arabs have given enough and [...]	2009-09-12 13:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL MU
09MUSCAT902	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: [...] SUMMARY: The relative influence and overall credibility of the United States on the world stage was prominent in the Omani papers this week, with the Government Arabic daily "Oman" casting doubt about US mediation efforts on Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Arabic language "Al Watan" questioni [...]	2009-08-25 12:00:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT903	DIFFERENCES IN FTA INTERPRETATION OVERSHADOW SUCESSES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) does not appear to share the U.S. interpretation of qualification for national treatment by U.S. companies and its interpretation of transshipment treatment under the FTA. It is aware of the U.S. position on transshipments, but the MOCI [...]	2009-09-13 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN EINV PREL MU
09MUSCAT904	OMAN: RESPONDING TO PRESS ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two incidents over the past month have spurred post to protest anti-Semitic content in the Omani media. On July 29, state Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial, "Jews and Normalization Sacrifices," and on August 24, youth-oriented private Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" included [...]	2009-08-26 06:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT907	OMAN PORTS: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Muscat continues to make slow but steady progress in efforts to press forward the USG agenda for ports in Oman. In a September 13 meeting, the Undersecretary for Ports reacted favorably to the possibility of U.S. Naval use of port Duqm and promised to confirm proposed dat [...]	2009-09-15 09:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EWWT MOPS MU
09MUSCAT913	OMAN - IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA MU
09MUSCAT915	OMAN - EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Muhammad al Khusaibi, the Chief of the American Affairs Department of the Omani MFA on September 15. al Khusaibi took the message on board without comment. 2. (C) The DCM, on a separate visit to the MFA the same day, also delivered [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT916	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: DIPLOMACY, DEMOCRACY, AND EXTREMISM [...] SUMMARY: Omani papers focused on diplomacy, democracy, and the futility of dealing with terrorist organizations this week. Private daily "Al Watan" praised U.S. diplomacy with Sudan while also calling for the lifting of sanctions. Youth-oriented daily "Al Shabiba" extolled the caring and resp [...]	2009-08-31 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT917	OMAN - URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE DETAINED/MISSING AMCIT CASES [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel demarche September 15 to Ambassador Muhammad al Khusaibi, the Chief of the American Affairs Department of the Omani MFA. Al Khusaibi indicated his concern and sympathy and promised to seek action. 2. (C) The DCM, on a separate visit to the MFA the same day [...]	2009-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PHUM PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT92	(S) Successful Transfer of Iranian Smugglers to Omani [...] (S/REL USA AND CMFC) On January 29 at 0925 the USS Ramage successfully completed the transfer of seven Iranian smugglers to the Royal Omani Navy (RON) in Omani territorial waters. By request of the RON, the Iranians were transferred via the USS Ramage's RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) to an [...]	2009-02-03 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS KCRM PHSA IR MU
09MUSCAT921	OMAN - UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] (C) While making other demarches to Ambassador Muhammad al Khusaibi, the Chief of the American Affairs Department of the Omani MFA on September 15, P/E Chief previewed the reftel UNGA food security event co-hosted by the Secretary (the letter and draft statement have been transmitted to the min [...]	2009-09-15 13:07:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EAID UNGA MU
09MUSCAT923	ROBO JOCKEYS IN OMAN [...] (U) On September 18 Omani dailies in both English and Arabic highlighted an announcement from the Minister of Youth and Sport Affairs that the Sultan has endorsed the use of remote-controlled robot jockeys on racing camels for the 2009/2010 racing season that begins on September 30. Human jock [...]	2009-09-19 12:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM KTIP MU
09MUSCAT925	OMAN - QUALIFIED BUT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR UNHRC [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post deems Oman a suitable candidate for the UNHRC from a human rights record perspective; however, Oman's overall foreign policy and particularly, the way it manages its relationship with Iran would likely preclude running for a seat on the UNHRC. The British Embass [...]	2009-09-20 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT93	EGYPTIAN COM CONFIRMS OMANI GOVERNMENT CONCERN OVER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: According to the Egyptian ambassador to Muscat, the Omani government facilitated recent public protests over the situation in Gaza to let both Omanis and expatriate residents vent their anger. The Egyptian COM also confirmed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) had set-up [...]	2009-02-03 14:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG MU
09MUSCAT933	Oman Confronts H1N1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Oman's H1N1 infection rate continues to rise, the Sultanate is responding proactively, and the infection rate is tracking with global trends. Some measures, such as the significant delay of the school year (in effect closing the school for an additional month),closely [...]	2009-09-30 13:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AMED AEMR TBIO KFLU MU
09MUSCAT935	STABILIZING YEMEN: OMAN, YEMEN TO BOOST TRADE TIES [...] (U) Omani press reports on October 1 summarized the discussions between Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry, Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, and the Yemeni Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Yahya bin Yahya al Mutawakil, which were held in Oman on September 29. The talks focused on promotion of t [...]	2009-10-03 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL YM MU
09MUSCAT937	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 937 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 08:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET MU
09MUSCAT939	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 939 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET MU
09MUSCAT941	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 941 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:14:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT ETRD MU
09MUSCAT943	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 943 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU
09MUSCAT945	FUNDING LEGAL REFORM IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The USG expends tremendous time, energy, and money to encourage countries to enact laws - to improve human rights, to free trade, or to protect intellectual property; however, without an objective basis of legal interpretation, these laws will not be reflected in actual court jud [...]	2009-10-07 15:34:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KTIP PHUM MU
09MUSCAT949	U.S. LAW FIRM TO ADVISE ON SOLAR PROJECT FEASIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-11 03:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET MU
09MUSCAT951	Oman's Slow Progress in Privatization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Privatization in Oman has been a methodical process and most likely will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. The recent economic downturn may have caused the government to rethink plans to privatize key sectors of the economy. The government continues to publicly expres [...]	2009-10-11 03:29:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT ETRD MU
09MUSCAT953	Demarche Delivered: Oman Supportive of U.S. Re-Election to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-11 03:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU
09MUSCAT955	OMAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PARTNERING WITH USG ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)'s number two, Sayyid Badr, to continue working to increase efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Oman. Both agreed that the goal was for Oman to be a Tier 1 country and a leader in the region on this and [...]	2009-10-11 15:22:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIP MU
09MUSCAT957	SULTAN EMBARKS ON ANNUAL MEET THE PEOPLE TOUR [...] (SBU) On October 12, while attempting to arrange meetings between the Ambassador and Minister of Transport and Communications, the Political Assistant learned that the Sultan, the Royal Court and several ministers had on that day embarked on the Sultan's annual Meet the People Tour. The Sultan' [...]	2009-10-13 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MU
09MUSCAT959	SBA AND OMANI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE AGREE [...] (SBU) A delegation of three Small Business Administration officials visited Oman as part of the MEPI-funded Interagency Agreement between State and the Office of International Trade in the SBA. The purpose of the delegation's visit was to determine whether Oman would be a suitable country for t [...]	2009-10-14 04:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON SBA MU
09MUSCAT96	OMAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] SUMMARY: In response to Reftel, Post has reviewed local coverage of the new administration, especially in light of the President's January 26 Al-Arabia interview. Since the inauguration and culminating most recently in the interview, Omani media has been seized with what has been hailed as a [...]	2009-02-04 13:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT963	H1N1 UPDATE: COORDINATION AND VACCINATION IN OMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oman's reaction to the H1N1 threat reflects a fully transparent and an increasingly coherent policy which corresponds to WHO recommendations. The Ministry of Health has ordered a sufficient amount of vaccinations and has prioritized the appropriate groups for their receipt. Perha [...]	2009-10-14 12:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMED AEMR TBIO KFLU MU
09MUSCAT965	OMAN NATIONAL TIP COMMITTEE - SECOND MEETING [...] (U) Azzaman, a new Arabic language "tabloid" style paper in Oman previewed on October 14 the second meeting of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) planned for the same day. According to the article, the main topic would be the review of the draft national plan for fig [...]	2009-10-14 12:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIP MU
09MUSCAT967	ALL ABOARD: GCC COUNTRIES SET TO AGREE ON RAILWAY [...] (SBU) Meeting in Muscat on October 17, ministers of the national economy from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states approved the proposed GCC railway at the 82nd annual meeting on Financial and Economic Cooperation. The English-daily "Oman Observer" reported that the meeting was chaired by Ahm [...]	2009-10-18 10:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR ECIN ELTN EWWT MU
09MUSCAT969	EXBS: EMBASSY CONCURRENCE WITH PROGRAM PLAN FOR OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL KSTC MU
09MUSCAT97	FW: SALVAGING F-16 SALES TO OMAN [...] (C) During a February 2 meeting with visiting U.S. AFCENT Commander General Gary North, Air Vice Marshal Yahya Rasheed al-Juma, Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO),indicated that the Omani government has decided to purchase Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to replace one of two squadr [...]	2009-02-04 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS ETRD MU
09MUSCAT971	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY: RAYTHEON VIES FOR AIR TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) On October 18 the Ambassador and EconOff met with the Undersecretary for Transport and Communications Nu'aimi, the Director General of Metrology and Air Navigation (DGMAN),and representatives from the consulting firms COWI - Larsen and Aeroports De Paris Ingenierie (ADPI). The meeting is [...]	2009-10-19 12:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON BEXP MARR MU
09MUSCAT973	OMAN PUBLISHES NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Omani National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) held its second meeting on October 14 (ref A) approving a National Plan to Combat TIP, announcing a new reporting hotline and website, and confirming two more Trafficking in Persons (TIP) prosecutions in progress. [...]	2009-10-20 08:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT977	OMAN FOLLOW-UP: APPRARENT SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA [...] (C) EconOff met on October 25, with Ahmed Al Kathiry, Deputy Chief of American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Ms. Myer's candidacy for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). The meeting with Al Kathiry is subsequent to Posts' demarche to the Chief of [...]	2009-10-25 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL APER UNGA KUNR MU
09MUSCAT98	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) None. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) Interviewed candidates for EXBS Assistant and made selection for position. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On January 11, the EXBS Advisor met with First Secretary Yaqub Al-Ruqaishi, Acting Director, Dis [...]	2009-02-04 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
09MUSCAT981	OMAN LIKELY TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVES TO BMENA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-25 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO MU
09MUSCAT983	BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY: CASE NO. K-2441 [...] (SBU) This cable is in response to the Action Request in State 99569. 2. (SBU) POLE Chief, EconOff and DDTC Officer visited Anil Khimji of Khimji Ramdas, LLC (KR),regarding KR's brokering activities. Pursuant to the Action Request, Post determined that KR engages in some brokering act [...]	2009-10-25 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT985	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD COMMITTEE SESSION 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 12:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MU
09MUSCAT987	OMANI RELIEF AID TO YEMEN'S SA'ADA REFUGEES [...] (U) Oman has begun new deliveries of relief supplies to Yemen according to both the Oman and the Yemen press. According to the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),Oman's official aid agency, there will be delivery of 300 tons of food, tents, mattresses and medicine, destined for Sa'ada refugee [...]	2009-10-28 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF MU
09MUSCAT989	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HARTHY, SAID KHALFAN 'OBAID (DOB: 03-13-1975, Omani Passport # 0077577) Of th [...]	2009-11-01 13:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
09MUSCAT991	GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CHAIR HANDOVER - OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (SBU) Oman holds the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chair for the year 2009. Following GCC practice, the year ends with a flurry of ministerial meetings ramping up to the leaders' meeting. The Chairmen of GCC Audit Institutions (ministerial level) met in Muscat on October 24, the GCC Minister [...]	2009-11-02 10:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD MARR GCC MU
09MUSCAT993	USTR/LABOR VISIT TO OMAN FOCUSES ON UNIONS, TIP [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by USTR representatives visited Oman for a series of public and private sector meetings to follow-up on the labor aspects of the U.S./Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At each meeting the delegation consistently emphasized the importance of labor issues to trade a [...]	2009-11-02 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM ELAB KTIP MU
09MUSCAT995	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (S) The Ambassador was called into the MFA today to meet with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi (YbA) to hear Omani criticism of the U.S. position concerning Israeli settlements in occupied territory as announced by Secretary Clinton, following her recently-conclu [...]	2009-11-02 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU
09MUSCAT997	OMAN MINISTER OF MANPOWER COMMITTED TO REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Omani Minister of Manpower remains committed to combating labor abuses in the Sultanate and is encouraging the further development of trade unions. His ministry has a deep understanding of labor and trafficking issues, due in large part to its ongoing engagement with the Inte [...]	2009-11-03 09:34:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP PHUM ELAB MU
09MUSCAT999	SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE (SFI): OMAN OPPOSES 100% SCANNING [...] (C) The Director General of Customs in Oman told us unequivocally that he did not support 100% scanning of U.S. bound containers at the Port of Salalah, as it would have too much impact on trade. He emphasized that it was not practical nor did it provide enhanced security. He strongly advocat [...]	2009-11-03 10:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU
09NAHA63	POST-ELECTION MANEUVERING IN OKINAWA OVER FRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Okinawa's newly elected Diet delegation, encouraged by the local media, is seeking to present a united front in calling for the new government to revise the 2006 agreement to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. While the local chapters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) [...]	2009-09-09 02:05:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAHA67	DPJ SENSES USG FLEXIBILITY ON FRF RENEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Hatoyama administration is working towards an early decision over implementation of the 2006 Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan, but deep rifts remain between the Defense and Foreign Ministry leadership. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa's September 25-26 visit to Okinawa [...]	2009-10-05 09:30:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAHA77	TOKYO'S INDECISION FUELS OKINAWAN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 8 rally to oppose the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF) was directed as much at Tokyo's inability to take a clear policy position on Okinawa as it was on the merits of the realignment plan. Beyond the normal politics of Futenma relocation, the rally showcased growin [...]	2009-11-12 10:29:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAIROBI100	UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR FOR THE 2008 TDA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 06:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
09NAIROBI1000	A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH MARTHA KARUA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1001	A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER MARENDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1002	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON (MAY 23-31) [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes 18 months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyans. Over th [...]	2009-05-18 09:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC OREP AMGT AFIN GH IT PGOV PREL RW SU
09NAIROBI1010	SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB TAKES KEY MIDDLE SHABELLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR EAID SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI1011	A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 04:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1014	GOK FORMS POLICE REFORM COMMISSION [...] (C) On May 7 President Mwai Kibaki launched a Police Reform Commission (PRC) to review existing policies and structures of Kenya's police services and to make recommendations for appropriate institutional arrangements to oversee comprehensive police reforms. The PRC's terms of reference are [...]	2009-05-19 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC KE
09NAIROBI1030	SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 12:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1031	SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 refugees, the vast majority of whom are Somali, were bitter about the last 18 years of disorder in Somalia but generally optimistic about rebuilding the country. However, the refugees were divided on the cause of the [...]	2009-05-21 12:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1032	SOMALIA - OPPORTUNITIES FOR PD ENGAGEMENT WITH DADAAB [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, demonstrated a wide range of activities aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation among Somalis in Dadaab and in Somalia at large. These worthy projects certainly merit support, and offer gr [...]	2009-05-21 12:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1033	SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON U.S. POLICY [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, espoused a wide range of both positive and negative views on the U.S. government's involvement in Somalia. In general, most were grateful for U.S. aid to the camp, but many felt the United Sta [...]	2009-05-21 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1034	SOMALIA - LULL IN MOGADISHU AS BOTH SIDES TAKE STOCK [...] (S) Summary: While Mogadishu has experienced a week-long lull in fighting, nearby towns Jowhar and Mahaday fell to Islamists on May 17. TFG officials tell us they've stabilized Mogadishu, and are preparing to re-take lost territory in the capital as well as Jowhar, though they have not told [...]	2009-05-21 13:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
09NAIROBI1035	SOMALIA - U.S. COOPERATION WITH KENYA TO STOP [...] (S) In light of recent reports of foreign fighters joining al-Shabaab and other Islamist militias battling the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) we are providing the following update on our efforts to help the Government of Kenya (GOK) to curb fighters' travel to Somalia. While we [...]	2009-05-21 14:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO KE
09NAIROBI1036	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MAY 2009 [...] Leading Indicators Suggest Negative Per Capita Growth 2. Kenya Tourism Shows Signs of Life 3. USG-Sponsored IPR Conference Raises Awareness 4. Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Fared Well in 2008 Â [...]	2009-05-22 07:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR PINR KE
09NAIROBI1037	SOMALIA - TFG ATTACKS IN MOGADISHU, ROBOW RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) launched its long-promised offensive in Mogadishu in the early morning hours of May 22. After impressive initial gains, al-Shabaab and its allies pushed back. However, as of early afternoon (local),the TFG reportedly remained in the " [...]	2009-05-22 10:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV MARR PTER SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1038	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, MAY 22 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of May 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activities since the la [...]	2009-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1042	DISPOSITION OF PIRATE SUSPECTS FROM M/V AMIRA [...] (U) See para 3 for urgent action request. 2. (C) Post understands that dialogue may still be ongoing with the Governments of Greece and Egypt to determine if either nation is willing to receive and initiate legal proceedings against 17 suspected Somali pirates captured by the United States N [...]	2009-05-26 10:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA KCRM KDEM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1047	SOMALIA - CONTRASTS: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 22 - 25 weekend in Mogadishu began with an unsuccessful counterattack by TFG forces (reftel),and ended with a surprise visit by UN Special Representative Ould-Abdallah. Sandwiched in between was a suicide bombing near the Police Academy that claimed the lives of six p [...]	2009-05-26 12:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PTER MARR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1053	SOMALIA - Political Tensions in Somaliland [...] (SBU) Political tensions in Somaliland are high as preparations for the presidential election, which should have taken place in March 2008, are at a standstill. The elections have been rescheduled four times and with a political impasse among stakeholders, we are pressuring Somaliland stakeho [...]	2009-05-28 07:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1055	US-GOK PROGRESS ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 21 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) accepted the changes to the US-Africa Ministerial Program as approved by Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary Johnny Carson, an [...]	2009-05-28 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1056	US-GOK PROGRESS ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 21 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) accepted the changes to the US-Africa Ministerial Program as approved by Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, a [...]	2009-05-28 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE

09NAIROBI1057	SOMALIA - TFG PRIME MINISTER WORRIED ABOUT RIVAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a brief Nairobi airport meeting May 28, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke worried about the influence of rival organization Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a and the failure of talks in Mogadishu and Addis Ababa to result in an agreement to cooperate. Sharmarke confirmed that communications [...]	2009-05-28 15:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID SO
09NAIROBI1058	SOMALIA - TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED WITHIN A WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Somali journalists died in the past week, one while proceeding to work in Mogadishu and the other after succumbing to a bullet wound received while covering fighting in Beled Weyne. These incidents mark the third and fourth deaths of Somali journalists in 2009. Post has c [...]	2009-05-29 07:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1067	CONTINUED CLASHES WITH POLICE IN NAIROBI [...] Summary: Recent days-long clashes between police and squatter mechanics in Nairobi have disrupted movement throughout the city. Police initially intervened in a property dispute but backed down as riots dragged into a fifth day, causing one death and more than twenty injuries. The inability o [...]	2009-05-29 10:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI107	SOMALIA - Precarious Calm in Mogadishu Following Ethiopian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the eagerly awaited withdrawal by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) from Mogadishu, to date, there has been no intense fighting in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab or among rival armed groups. The calm is attributable to Mogadishu's complex clan dynamic, public pressure [...]	2009-01-16 15:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI1072	SOMALIA - TFG LAUNCHES RENEWED OFFENSIVE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: An optimistic Prime Minister Sharmarke disputed media reports that the TFG was making overtures to any of the warlords as it struggled to expand its influence in Mogadishu. Sharmarke thought al-Shabaab was "stretched thin," and predicted that TFG forces would soon begin anothe [...]	2009-06-01 17:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS EAID SOCI PTER SO
09NAIROBI1077	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin, and the Ambassador met on May 12 with Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Sally Kosgei. In a wide ranging conversation that [...]	2009-06-02 13:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KE
09NAIROBI1078	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with the Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament, Peter Marende, on May 12. A/S Carson told Marende that his visit was meant to underscore the enormous [...]	2009-06-02 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1079	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over the lack of implementation of reforms in Kenya, and the dir [...]	2009-06-02 15:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI108	President Signs Communications Amendments Act [...] (U) Summary: A recent political firestorm over the Kenya Communications Amendment Act of 2008 (the Act),while containing some trouble spots, in essence provided a positive opportunity in which Kenyans once again demonstrated their democratic credentials. President Mwai Kibaki signed the Act i [...]	2009-01-20 12:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KMDR KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1080	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with President Mwai Kibaki and several high-ranking GOK officials on May 12. A/S Carson told Kibaki that his visit was meant to underscore the en [...]	2009-06-02 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1082	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with former Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua on May 12. A/S Carson explained the dual purposes of [...]	2009-06-03 04:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1083	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with Minister of Agriculture and senior Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader William Ruto on May 12. A/S Carson and Gavin expressed de [...]	2009-06-03 04:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1084	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Uhuru Kenyatta, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over political tensions in Kenya. [...]	2009-06-03 04:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1093	KENYA: VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) ON June 3, the Government of Kenya submitted its votes (via email) in favor of Kosovo's World Bank membership. Copies of the ballots and the World Bank's confirmation of receipt have been forwarded via email to the Kosovo desk, Treasury, and the Kenya desk. Kenya previously voted in fa [...]	2009-06-03 12:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KV KE
09NAIROBI1101	KENYA: THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Kenya is poised at an historic transition point as the struggle between pro and anti-reform elements intensifies. This message discusses the dynamics of change underway in Kenya and its emerging, potentially positive, impact in exerting pressure on the leaders of the coalition g [...]	2009-06-03 14:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE PINR
09NAIROBI1102	KENYA: POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. A combination of domestic-driven and international pressure, particularly from the U.S., may bring about some police reform by the fall. The recently-appointed Task Force on Police reform, which was initially greeted with skepticism, is led by a reputable former judge intent on p [...]	2009-06-03 14:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINS SOCI PINR KE
09NAIROBI1105	SOMALIA - ON AND OFF FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU CONTINUES AMIDST [...] (SBU) Summary: According to well-placed sources within and outside of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),on and off fighting continues in Mogadishu between TFG forces, al-Shabaab and other extremists, with the TFG making some gains in western areas of the city. A May 31 gai [...]	2009-06-04 05:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1106	Kenya and Piracy Prosecutions [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 05:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHSA KCRM ASEC PREL KE
09NAIROBI1107	SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR FUNDING AS FIGHTING [...] (C) As the TFG continues to fight designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, the appeals from President Sharif, Prime Minister Sharmarke, and TFG force commander "Dhumaal" for urgent funding to support their efforts have intensified. As reftel notes, in the last two da [...]	2009-06-04 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1108	SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR FUNDING AS FIGHTING [...] (C) As the TFG continues to fight designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, the appeals from President Sharif, Prime Minister Sharmarke, and TFG force commander "Dhumaal" for urgent funding to support their efforts have intensified. As reftel notes, in the last two da [...]	2009-06-04 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1112	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES TFG OPPONENTS, [...] (C) Summary: At a June 2 evening meeting with acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff and Ambassadors Yamamoto and Swan, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke described recent battlefield successes in Mogadishu where fighting continues, the state of negotiations with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a, and the st [...]	2009-06-05 06:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PINR SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1113	COALITION GOVERNMENT FINDS COMMON GROUND ON [...] On June 3, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings Philip Alston presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council his final report on his recent visit to Kenya. The report concluded that extrajudicial killings by police were systematic, widespread, and carefully planned. It also dec [...]	2009-06-05 06:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1114	Madaraka Day Celebrations [...] SUMMARY: On June 1 Kenyans celebrated their 46th anniversary of self-rule from the British Empire, with Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki jointly addressing a mixed crowd of supporters. In comparison to previous years a number of things were different about this year's "Ma [...]	2009-06-05 07:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1120	KENYA PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT JULY 1-3, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1122	SOMALIA - REPORTS RUMOR HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS DEAD OR [...] (C) Summary: Conflicting reports as of 2:00 P.M. (local) June 7 had Islamist rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys either wounded or dead of wounds allegedly sustained in fighting in the Galgaduud region town of Wabho on June 4. Embassy contacts in the TFG, Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a, the Somali [...]	2009-06-07 11:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV SOCI PTER PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1132	SOMALIA - AHLU SUNNAH WAL JAMA AND TFG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 4, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama (ASWJ) spiritual leaders from Mogadishu over lunch at Villa Somalia, the presidential compound, in the capital. At the meeting, which ASWJ organized at P [...]	2009-06-08 15:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI1133	SOMALIA - SHABELLE MEDIA DIRECTOR ASSASSINATED [...] (C) The Director of Shabelle Media Network and close Post contact Mukhtar Muhammad Hirabe was killed in Mogadishu on June 7. The assassination, apparently targeted, came less than an hour after Hirabe had spoken with the Somalia Unit about the status of Hassan Dahir Aweys (reftel). This inci [...]	2009-06-08 15:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1134	SOMALIA - Aweys Alive and Seemingly Unharmed [...] (SBU) Contrary to press reports and rumors on June 7 that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was killed or injured, the leader of Hisbul Islam (HI) appears to be alive and well. On the afternoon of June 8, Aweys held a press conference in Mogadishu and reportedly did not show any signs of injury. Con [...]	2009-06-09 04:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI1139	KENYA REAFFIRMS AGOA PROGRAM [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the June 4 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Chair reaffirmed the Government of Kenya's (GOK) commitment to the US-Africa Ministerial Program and strongly discouraged any further changes. The GOK has schedu [...]	2009-06-09 10:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI116	SOMALIA - Community Resistance Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local residents and militias in Galgaduud Region are bracing for an al-Shabaab reprisal attack to recapture the towns of Guriel and Dhusamareb. Between December 27 and 30, a community-based resistance movement defeated al-Shabaab in battles that killed several top commanders of [...]	2009-01-21 13:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SO
09NAIROBI1160	SOMALIA - JOURNALISTS STOP WORK TO PROTEST LACK OF [...] (SBU) Twenty Somali journalists in Mogadishu have stopped working to protest the continuously deteriorating security situation for media practitioners in Somalia, especially in the capital. They announced the suspension on June 9, two days after the murder of Radio Shabelle Director Mukhtar H [...]	2009-06-10 11:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1167	KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW: PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. This cable provides an overview of police structure and leadership, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two will summarize our recent and planned engagement with and assi [...]	2009-06-11 09:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1168	KEY PARLIAMENTARIAN PESSIMISTIC ON REFORMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Poloff met on June 2 with Dr. Boni Khalwale, the Chair of the Kenyan Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC),a key watchdog committee. Khalwale has used his position as a bully pulpit, asking tough questions of the Grand Coalition government and gaining a measure of popularity in t [...]	2009-06-11 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1171	A PORTRAIT OF AL-SHABAAB RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C//REL TO USA, KEN, GBR//) There are a number of factors that make Kenya a fruitful source for recruiting young men to join such extremist groups as the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militia. While we have been focused on Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb and the North East Province as particular areas o [...]	2009-06-11 14:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SOCI PGOV KE SO
09NAIROBI1172	KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART TWO: U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: This cable is the second in a three-part series on the Kenyan police forces. This cable summarizes our recent and planned engagement with and assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agencies. Part three will discuss challenges facing those agencies, progress to date on police reform, and [...]	2009-06-11 14:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1173	SOMALIA - UAE Government Will Support the TFG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 4, visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (DAS) Karl Wycoff met with Ambassador Mohamed Sultan Saif Al Sowaidi, Director of the Department of Arabic Affairs at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accompanied by A [...]	2009-06-11 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AE SO
09NAIROBI1179	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND DEMOCRACY AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democracy in Somaliland is at a critical juncture. After being delayed four times, presidential elections are scheduled for September 27. However, negotiations are still under way between the three political parties regarding a Code of Conduct that attempts to level the playin [...]	2009-06-11 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1183	KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. Part one provided an overview of police structure and leadership, and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two summarized our current assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agen [...]	2009-06-12 10:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI119	KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) IMF SEES SLOW GROWTH/RECESSION IN 2009 2. (SBU) TEACHERS STRIKE; POLICE MAKE ARRESTS 3. (SBU) CIVAIR LEADERSHIP UP IN THE AIR Â [...]	2009-01-21 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR
09NAIROBI1200	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA SUPPORTS ETHIOPIA'S GIBE III [...] (SBU) Summary: According to John Rao Nyaoro, the director of the Bureau of Water Resources in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya is convinced that Ethiopia's proposed Gibe III hydroelectric run-of-the-river project on the lower Omo River will not harm Lake Turkana and may, in fact, e [...]	2009-06-15 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PBTS EINV SOCI ECON KE
09NAIROBI1201	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF URGES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On June 14, at the request of Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President Sharif and the Ambassador spoke by telephone about recent events in Somalia. President Sharif thanked the Ambassador for USG efforts and contributions that were ins [...]	2009-06-15 13:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KTFN SO
09NAIROBI1210	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In the mid-1990s, Claimant A entered into a partnership with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via a [...]	2009-06-15 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV OPIC CASC PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1211	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER ON MARGINS OF JUNE 9 - 10 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa Wykoff on the margins of the Rome International Contact Group (ICG),TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke attempted to portray progress on the ground in Somalia, disputed suggestions that his government was gettin [...]	2009-06-15 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI1236	SOMALIA - RENEWED FIGHTING INFLICTS HEAVY TFG [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, renewed fighting erupted in Mogadishu after almost two weeks of tenuous calm. Al-Shabaab launched the first attack in Galgalato, on the outskirts to Mogadishu which ended in a stalemate. In a public statement, al-Shabaab claimed it launched the attack to fight extor [...]	2009-06-18 11:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1237	SOMALIA - TFG MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY KILLED [...] (SBU) Summary: TFG Minister of National Security Omar Hashi was killed midday June 18 in a suicide bombing while in a hotel in Beletweyne (Hiraan Region),Somalia. Former Somalia Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarim Farah was reported dead as well. No one to date has claimed responsibility for t [...]	2009-06-18 11:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PGOV MOPS SO ET
09NAIROBI1238	ISIOLO'S SECURITY PROBLEM, PART I [...] (SBU) Isiolo District lies in Kenya's geographic center and since colonial times the area has been a crossroads and settling place for people from all over northern Kenya. Pressure from an increasing population, decreasing water supply, and recurrent drought make competition over scarce resour [...]	2009-06-18 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV SENV SOCI KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1244	SOMALIA - TFG SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As predicted (ref a),Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) representatives on June 21 formally concluded an agreement to cooperate. The Prime Minister told us after the signing ceremony that military cooperation would b [...]	2009-06-22 11:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PTER MARR PINR SO
09NAIROBI1245	KENYAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PIRACY [...] (U) This is an action message; request at para 4. 2. (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered ref A and B talking points and nonpapers to Beatrice Karago, Principal State Counsel for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government's primary point of contact on piracy issues, on June 19. [...]	2009-06-22 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1255	NAIROBI REQUESTS RESTRICTED TDY TRAVEL DURING AGOA FORUM [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Nairobi will be on minimize for TDY travel during the period July 20 - August 10, 2009 in the lead-up to and through the AGOA Forum. Between July 20 - August 10, U.S. Mission Nairobi will not be granting country clearances for TDY person [...]	2009-06-23 08:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ECON ETRD AGOA KE
09NAIROBI1256	COALITION AGREES ON NEW MEMBERSHIP OF [...] On June 17 Parliament finally agreed on new membership to 27 parliamentary committees. The decision had been held up by a conflict between the main coalition parties, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),over each party's share of membership and the le [...]	2009-06-23 09:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1257	Pandemic Influenza Task Force/EAC Reviews Pandemic [...] (U) Summary. In light of June 11 decision by WHO to raise the global pandemic alert to Phase 6, Nairobi's Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Force/EAC, on June 16, reviewed its pandemic influenza tripwires and response. Given that the H1N1 strain is proving, thus far, to be less virulent th [...]	2009-06-23 11:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ASEC AMGT CASC KE
09NAIROBI1259	ISIOLO'S SECURITY PROBLEM, PART 3 [...] (SBU) Cycles of violence centered on livestock raiding are a sad reality in Isiolo District, which lies in Kenya's geographic center. Population, social, and environmental pressures as well as ineffective (sometimes damaging) government efforts to address them tend to intensify conflict. 2 [...]	2009-06-23 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV SENV SOCI KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1262	PAI Funding Report - 651 Arts in September 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 08:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
09NAIROBI1263	SPEAKER MARENDE TO VISIT U.S. JULY 12-18 [...] This is an action cable; see paragraph 4. 2. Post has learned that the Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament, Kenneth Marende, will visit Washington DC from July 12-18. The Speaker will be traveling with delegation of four Kenyan parliamentarians on a visit sponsored by the United States Hous [...]	2009-06-24 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1266	Ambassador's Remarks upon receiving Honorary Doctorate [...] On May 29 Africa Nazarene University awarded the Ambassador an honorary doctorate for his efforts to promote peace and reconciliation. The Ambassador used the occasion for public outreach in support of the reform agenda and reconciliation efforts. 2. Begin text of remarks. I accept this [...]	2009-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1267	THE REFORM AGENDA IN KENYA: STATUS OF [...] (C) Summary. This message provides an update on the reform agenda. There is little indication that the coalition government leadership is moving towards implementation of far-reaching reforms. Establishment of a Special Tribunal is problematic. While the Task Force on Police Reform is cred [...]	2009-06-24 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KE
09NAIROBI1268	KENYA, IRENA, AND CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES [...] Per reftels, post informed Kenyan Ministry of Energy Senior Deputy Secretary for Administration Paul Ngatia on June 24 that the United States welcomes the formation of the International Renewal Energy Agency (IRENA) and is considering signing the IRENA Statute at the June 28-30 consultative me [...]	2009-06-24 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV ECON ETRD EFIN KE
09NAIROBI1271	SOMALIA - Progress on Somaliland Election Process [...] (SBU) Summary: June 23 marked a breakthrough in Somaliland's electoral process after talks had stalled among key stakeholders. On June 19, we met with the Somaliland Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance in Nairobi as part of a coordinated effort by donors to break the stalemate (reftel) a [...]	2009-06-25 07:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1273	INTERNATIONALIZING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EAST [...] (SBU) On June 23, the British High Commissioner convened a meeting with Canada, Australia, and the United States to garner support for their efforts to internationalize Kenya's peacekeeping training centers. The British see this step as necessary to maintain the momentum to turn the East Afric [...]	2009-06-25 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL XA CA UK AS
09NAIROBI1278	KENYA AGOA PREPARATIONS INTENSIFY [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the June 18 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) confirmed there would be no changes to the US-Africa Ministerial Program contrary to the suggested changes of the African diplomatic co [...]	2009-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI129	SOMALIA - HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE CONVENES [...] (C) SUMMARY. This message provides for the record a summary of events over the ten days leading up to a presumed Somalia Parliamentary meeting in Djibouti being arranged by SRSG Ould-Abdallah projected to begin on or about January 24. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance for [...]	2009-01-23 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI1293	THE REFORM AGENDA - KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON KIBAKI [...] (C) The reform agenda will only be implemented if President Kibaki and PM Odinga exert strong leadership to make this happen. We must continue to make clear to them the importance the U.S. at the highest levels attaches to this (which complements domestic-driven pressure for reform). I recen [...]	2009-06-26 10:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1295	The Reform Agenda - Energizing Youth and Public Support [...] Summary. The Ambassador and members of the Mission team used a late May visit to Eldoret and Kisumu to support grassroots youth organizations to press peacefully for implementation of the reform agenda, and to energize other public support for this. The three-day trip included inauguration of [...]	2009-06-26 12:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1296	UHURU KENYATTA - PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS AND THE [...] (C) Uhuru Kenyatta appears to be working towards a presidential run in 2012. While many have pointed out that replacing President Kibaki, a Kikuyu, by another Kikuyu, would be unlikely due to anti-Kikuyu sentiments prevalent across much of Kenyan society, Kenyatta may be encouraged to attempt [...]	2009-06-26 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1297	SOMALIA - AHLU SUNNA WAL JAMMA GROUPS REQUEST [...] (C) On June 23 and 24, Somalia Unit officers met with two groups of representatives from Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamma (ASWJ). Abdikadir Moalim Noor, signatory of the June 21 agreement (ref a) between ASWJ and the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),led the first group. This group, although [...]	2009-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR PGOV SO
09NAIROBI1298	SOMALIA - Diaspora in Dubai Meets DAS Wycoff [...] (SBU) Between June 3 and 6, visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (DAS) Karl Wycoff met with representatives of Somalia's dispora community residing in Dubai. DAS Wycoff held a series of small group discussions with community organizers, business leaders, indu [...]	2009-06-29 04:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWMN AE SO
09NAIROBI1299	U.S. REACTS TO THREATENING LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF [...] (SBU) A Member of Parliament (MP) on June 18 claimed in Parliament that he had received a letter implicating the First Lady of Kenya and high GOK officials in a plot to kill him and seven others, including one former and three current MPs. The presidential press service and the police spokes [...]	2009-06-29 06:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI13	SOMALIA - SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETINGS ON SOMALIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. From December 19-21 Senator Feingold met in Djibouti with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives. The meetings occurred at a critical juncture as progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peac [...]	2009-01-05 13:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI1320	KOFI ANNAN ON THE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Kofi Annann recently called me to review the state of play with respect to the reform agenda. He wanted to touch base before two coalition representatives visit him in Geneva July 2 (Minister of Justice Mutula Kilonzo and Minister of Lands James Orengo). 2. (C) Annan said he recently sp [...]	2009-06-29 12:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI1321	COORDINATION WITH THE EU AND UK ON KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1322	PRIME MINISTER ODINGA ON THE REFORM PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 13:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI1326	SOMALIA - CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT SHARIF [...] (C) Somali President Sheikh Sharif called me on June 28 to discuss the situation in Mogadishu and the upcoming African Union summit. 2. (C) Sharif said that the tempo of fighting in Mogadishu has reduced in recent days, but he has no doubt that the al-Shabaab will maintain a strong offensiv [...]	2009-06-29 16:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR MOPS KDEM SO
09NAIROBI133	EMBASSY NAIROBI CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help the Kenyan government build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Missi [...]	2009-01-27 05:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SO KE
09NAIROBI1339	SOMALIA - AMBASSADOR VISITS WOUNDED SOMALIS IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ranneberger visited wounded elders and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) officials at Nairobi West Hospital on June 26, Ten of the patients had been injured during the June 18 suicide bombing in Beletweyne that resulted in the death of TFG Minister of National Security Om [...]	2009-06-30 15:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1340	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, JUNE 30 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the first and third weeks of June 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-11 activities [...]	2009-06-30 15:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1344	KOFI ANNAN ON THE REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Kofi Annann recently called me to review the state of play with respect to the reform agenda. He wanted to touch base before two coalition representatives visit him in Geneva July 2 (Minister of Justice Mutula Kilonzo and Minister of Lands James Orengo). 2. (SBU) Annan said he recently [...]	2009-07-01 07:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1345	PRIME MINISTER ODINGA ON THE REFORM PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 26 I met with the Prime Minister Odinga to review the status of implementation of the reform agenda, and to urge more rapid action. Odinga said that he and President Kibaki have improved coordination to push the reform agenda. He sketched out an ambitious timeline for c [...]	2009-07-01 07:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1346	COORDINATION WITH THE EU AND UK ON KENYA [...] (SBU) I met with the UK Ambassador, the Canadian Ambassador, and representatives of key EU member states to promote our coordination to push the reform agenda. The meeting was part of periodic ongoing coordination efforts. Coordination also occurs through the Donor Consulative Group, which rema [...]	2009-07-01 07:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1348	SOMALIA - Constitution Drafting Process Re-Energized [...] On June 4, a consortium of partners supporting Somalia's constitutional process met with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Constitutional and Federal Affairs Madobe Nunow Mohamed to discuss priorities and outstanding needs in the constitutional development process. Ministe [...]	2009-07-01 08:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1370	SOMALIA - TFG FARES BETTER IN JULY 1 MOGADISHU [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) did well in fighting in Mogadishu's Karan District July 1. They ascribed the comparative success to a switch to more defensive tactics, and the recent provision of ammunition and weapons. The TFG claimed to have kil [...]	2009-07-02 18:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1371	SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES HIS [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) armed forces commander Yusuf Hussein Osman "Dhumaal," who is recovering in Nairobi from a bullet wound sustained in Mogadishu fighting, traced his government's lack of success on the battlefield in a July 3 conversation to well-trained and mo [...]	2009-07-03 16:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS MARR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1394	SOMALIA - SPORADIC FIGHTING CONTINUES NEAR TFG [...] (SBU) Our contacts tell us sporadic fighting continued on July 6 in the Karaan and Shibis districts of Mogadishu. According to Somali Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur, TFG forces held their ground. Intelligence Chief Mohammed Sheikh stated the TFG had plans to counter-attack, perhaps with help [...]	2009-07-06 16:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PINR MARR PTER SO
09NAIROBI1395	SOMALIA - THE TFG, AL-SHABAAB, AND AL QAEDA [...] (S//NF) Summary: In his recent speech at the AU Summit in Sirte, President Sharif echoed others in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),like Prime Minister Sharmarke, in holding al-Qaeda responsible for some of the TFG's current problems in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia. Recent end [...]	2009-07-06 16:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PINR MARR PGOV SO
09NAIROBI1398	President's Cairo Speech -- Adding Zest to Muslim Outreach [...] Summary. Muslim outreach has been one of the Mission's priorities. Reaching out to Muslim academies in Nairobi and regular contact work in Kenya's Muslim areas -- the coast and northeast particularly -- has been central to the Mission's public diplomacy efforts. The Embassy amplified the imp [...]	2009-07-07 05:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI1409	SOMALIA - Women, the Victims of Violence [...] (SBU) Escalating violence in the past two months has claimed the lives of an estimated 250 Somalis, has injured more than 1500, and has driven thousands from their homes. Increasingly, women are being directly targeted and are bearing the brunt of the conflict's devastating consequences. Som [...]	2009-07-07 07:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON KWMN SOCI KCUL SO
09NAIROBI1424	JULY 4 RECEPTION USED TO PUSH REFORM AGENDA AND ADDRESS [...] Consistent with Washington guidance, the Mission held a scaled back reception on July 2 to mark Independence Day. We used the reception to focus on three urgent issues in Kenya: the need to accelerate implementation of the reform agenda, the importance of promoting national reconciliation, an [...]	2009-07-07 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON KE
09NAIROBI1427	6TH CONFERENCE OF THE EAST AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: Ambassadors from missions of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI),along with interagency U.S. and UK government representatives, reviewed the status of counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the East Africa region and recommended specific measures to improve t [...]	2009-07-07 13:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PTER XW
09NAIROBI1428	SOMALIA - Writers Program's Somali Outreach [...] Four American writers conducted an extremely successful outreach visit to Somali youth during an ECA- and University of Iowa's International Writers Program-sponsored June 9-18 trip to Kenya. While they also did Kenya-specific programming on the same trip, this message highlights the outreach t [...]	2009-07-07 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1432	SOMALIA - SIXTH JOURNALIST KILLED THIS YEAR [...] (U) Summary. A Somali journalist was killed on July 4, the sixth to die violently this year. Mohamed Yusuf Ninille, an employee of Radio Holy Koran, was hit by stray bullets while walking to work. He died of his injuries after lying at the scene of the shooting for nearly three hours. He lef [...]	2009-07-07 16:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PTER KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1433	POSITIVE REACTION TO A/S CARSON'S JULY 4 PRESS [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson held a press conference for international, Somali and Kenyan press in Nairobi on July 4. Most of the questions focused on current events and U.S. policy in Somalia, although A/S Carson also spent considerable time discussing goo [...]	2009-07-07 16:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	GH DJ ET KDEM KE KPAO PREL SO
09NAIROBI1437	KENYA - LONG RAINS FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] A USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) visit to Mwingi District in Kenya?s Eastern Province confirms that poor performance of the 2009 long rains, rising staple food prices, and declining livestock terms of trade are significantly disrupting food security and agro-pas [...]	2009-07-08 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1444	SOMALIA - JUBA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WANTS TO [...] (C) On July 7 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarian and Juba Resistance Movement (JRM) leader Mohammed Amin Osman. (Note:The JRM is a loose alliance of local leaders in the Jubas who advocate for the creation of a local Jubaland administration and claim to be able [...]	2009-07-08 15:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PMAR SO
09NAIROBI1445	SOMALIA - ASWJ LEADERS PROVIDE MILITARY COMMAND [...] (C//NF) Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamma (ASWJ) signatories to the TFG-ARS declaration of cooperation, in response to our June 23 request (reftel),provided the Somalia Unit with information about ASWJ military command structure and force strength. Operational ASWJ forces are largely limited to central S [...]	2009-07-08 16:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1448	KENYA - LONG RAINS FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] A USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) visit to Mwingi District in Kenya?s Eastern Province confirms that poor performance of the 2009 long rains, rising staple food prices, and declining livestock terms of trade are significantly disrupting food security and agro-pas [...]	2009-07-09 08:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1449	KENYA - LONG RAINS FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] A USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) visit to Mwingi District in Kenya?s Eastern Province confirms that poor performance of the 2009 long rains, rising staple food prices, and declining livestock terms of trade are significantly disrupting food security and agro-pas [...]	2009-07-09 08:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1450	KENYA - LONG RAINS FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] A USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) visit to Mwingi District in Kenya?s Eastern Province confirms that poor performance of the 2009 long rains, rising staple food prices, and declining livestock terms of trade are significantly disrupting food security and agro-pas [...]	2009-07-09 08:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1451	SOMALIA - A/S CARSON'S JULY 8 PHONE CONVERSATION [...] (C) On July 8, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson telephoned Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif at Sharif's request. Sharif summarized his July 8 meeting with President Museveni in Kampala. Museveni, he said, was "enthusiastic" about Somalia and the TF [...]	2009-07-09 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR PINR SO UG
09NAIROBI1457	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, JULY 9 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the first week of July 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-7 activities since the l [...]	2009-07-09 15:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO
09NAIROBI146	SOMALIA - BAIDOA FALLS TO ISLAMISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, Ethiopian troops departed Baidoa, the seat of the Somali parliament, setting off local clan in-fighting that facilitated the relatively peaceful entry of al-Shabaab militia loyal to Mukhtar Robow "al-Masur." In meetings with local clan elders and local militia le [...]	2009-01-27 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI1460	SOMALIA - TFG Begins Partnership with Price Waterhouse [...] (SBU) On June 29, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) signed a contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Associates Africa (PWC) for financial management, tracking and monitoring of development donor funds, government procurement management, and to develop and implement a financial mana [...]	2009-07-10 07:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SO

09NAIROBI147	Somalia - Elections in Somaliland May Be Delayed [...] SUMMARY. Somaliland's presidential elections, currently planned for March 29, may be delayed for approximately two weeks. As agreed by all stakeholders, the Somaliland elections are to be held after the conclusion of a comprehensive voter registration process. The October suicide bombings i [...]	2009-01-27 14:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI1470	SOMALIA - Puntland Moves Toward Greater Autonomy [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, Puntland's parliament passed a new constitution which, if ratified by public referendum (tentatively scheduled for 2010) would increase the likelihood of Puntland's succession. Contacts tell us clan and business interests could stave off ratification. The constituti [...]	2009-07-10 09:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KWMN SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1471	KOFI ANNAN TURNS OVER NAMES OF POST-ELECTION [...] (U) On July 9 Kofi Annan, Chair of the AU Panel of Eminent Personalities, handed over to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) the names of high-level organizers and financiers of Kenya's 2007/8 post-election violence and the evidence against them found by the Waki Commissio [...]	2009-07-10 09:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1474	SOMALIA - Puntland Region Moves Toward Greater Autonomy [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, Puntland's parliament passed a new constitution which, if ratified by public referendum (tentatively scheduled for 2010),would increase the likelihood of Puntland's succession. Contacts tell us clan and business interests could stave off ratification. The constitut [...]	2009-07-13 04:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KWMN SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1495	SOMALIA - TFG STRUGGLING TO HOLD MOGADISHU GAINS [...] Summary. On July 11-12 Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and al-Shabaab/Hizbul Islami fought pitched battles that ultimately netted the TFG small but significant gains in the Shibis and Abdi-Aziz districts by July 13. Reportedly over 60 combatants and civilians have been killed. [...]	2009-07-13 15:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER CASC SO
09NAIROBI1496	KENYA - LONG RAINS FAILURE IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] A USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) visit to Mwingi District in Kenya?s Eastern Province confirms that poor performance of the 2009 long rains, rising staple food prices, and declining livestock terms of trade are significantly disrupting food security and agro-pas [...]	2009-07-14 06:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1504	Somalis and Kenyans React Positively to President's Speech [...] The Somalia Unit and Kenya Public Affairs Section co-hosted an event in Nairobi on July 11 at which Somali and Kenyan guests viewed President Obama's speech to the Ghanaian Parliament. We followed the President's speech with a panel discussion chaired by the Acting DCM/Consul General, the Econ [...]	2009-07-14 12:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL SOCI SO KE
09NAIROBI1511	SOMALIA - JOURNALIST ATTACK POSSIBLY LINKED TO [...] (C) Ahmed Omar Hashi, the journalist wounded in the June 7 attack that resulted in the death of Shabelle Director Mukhtar Hirabe (reftel),has seconded media reports that he may have been the primary target of the attack, possibly as a result of his early May interview with Eritrean President [...]	2009-07-14 12:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO PTER SOCI SO ER
09NAIROBI1520	SOMALIA - Wounded TFG Soldiers Tell Their Stories [...] Summary: On July 13 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers wounded in the ongoing hostilities in Somalia. The soldiers were recovering from shrapnel and bullet wounds, and burns received in Mogadishu battles with al-Shabaab and in the June 18 Beledweyne suicide bombing th [...]	2009-07-15 12:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1527	UPDATE ON KENYAN PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: There are currently 100 Somali piracy suspects being held in Kenya, including nine delivered by the Italian Navy on June 26. The manner of delivery and quality of evidence, as much as the number of transfers, has dampened Kenya's enthusiasm for piracy cases. A few cases were delivered [...]	2009-07-16 07:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM EWWT MOPS SO EU IT
09NAIROBI1536	SOMALIA - VETTING REQUEST FOR ASWJ CENTRAL SOMALIA [...] (C) Post requests the Department's assistance in Leahy vetting the following Somali Ahlu Sunna Wal-Jamma (ASWJ) field commanders. Screening these commanders now will facilitate the Somali Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) possible future provision of U.S.-origin security assistance to A [...]	2009-07-17 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SO
09NAIROBI1539	SOMALIA - Crackdown on Somaliland Media [...] (SBU) The already-browbeaten media in Somaliland this week suffered two serious setbacks, both apparently orchestrated by the Somaliland government in an effort to temper reporting about ongoing inter-clan conflicts. Two reporters from independent Radio Horyaal were arrested on July 13 and rem [...]	2009-07-17 09:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1540	SOMALIA - Al-Shabaab Stepping Up Intimidation Tactics [...] Al-Shabaab insurgents since early May have stepped up intimidation tactics, to include abduction, mutilation, and beheadings, possibly signaling al-Shabaab's increasing desperation and further marginalizing al-Shabaab leaders. Civil society leaders, journalists, Transitional Federal Government [...]	2009-07-17 14:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM MOPS SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1547	HUMANITARIAN IMPLICATIONS OF DELAYED USG [...] USG humanitarian funds for assistance to Somalia are frozen at a critical time when humanitarian conditions are deteriorating, humanitarian funding is not keeping pace with rising needs, and donors forecast decreased funding on the horizon. Lack of resolution within the USG regarding funding [...]	2009-07-20 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1549	SOMALIA - LEAHY VETTING FOR TFG TROOP TRAINING IN [...] Paragraph 2 is a list of officers in charge of a battalion of Transitional Federal Government National Security Force (army) recruits. The officers and recruits will be trained at Uganda's Bihanga military training facility with USG support. Post is reviewing its records to verify there hav [...]	2009-07-20 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1551	SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB RAIDS UN COMPOUNDS IN WAJID [...] (C) Summary: UNPOS Deputy Charles Petrie confirmed early evening July 20 that al-Shabaab had declared that UNDP, UNDSS, and UNPOS must immediately close their offices in Somalia and were declared "enemies of Islam and Muslims." Triggering the decision, according to an announcement released by [...]	2009-07-20 16:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER MOPS PREL SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1552	SOMALIA - MANEUVERING TOWARD JUBALAND [...] (C) Summary. In early-mid July momentum for the formation of a Jubaland State appeared to be increasing as political, clan, and military players in the region began to shift alliances and maneuver for political positions. Our contacts tell us multiple Juba factions, to include would-be Ras Kam [...]	2009-07-21 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINR PTER SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1565	SOMALIA - ANTI-SHABAAB EFFORTS LANGUISH IN HIRAAN [...] (C) Summary. Since TFG Minister of National Security Omar Hashi's June 18 murder in Beledweyne, Hiraan region, the Transitional Federal Government's efforts to challenge al-Shabaab in Hiraan have seemingly stalled. A large number of anti-Shabaab fighters are reportedly present, but they may [...]	2009-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PINR SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1566	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, JULY 21 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the third week of July 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-10 activities s [...]	2009-07-21 16:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1567	COAST POLICE SHOOTING HIGHLIGHTS TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The bold daytime shooting of two senior Administration Police (AP) inspectors by two Kenya Police Service (KPS) officers in Mombasa has escalated tensions between the two police services and their commanders, and has also highlighted the extent to which drug trafficking and drug a [...]	2009-07-22 07:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR KE
09NAIROBI1572	SOMALIA - REQUEST TDY SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA COVERAGE [...] Summary and Action Request: Post requests temporary assignment of one TDYer for 3-6 months to support coverage of Somalia developments from Djibouti. There is a growing demand and opportunity for engagement on Somalia issues, in which Djibouti is playing an increasingly active role - diploma [...]	2009-07-23 11:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER PREL DJ SO
09NAIROBI1585	Somalia - U.N. Response to al Shabaab Raids [...] (SBU) Al-Shabaab's July 20 raids on U.N. compounds in Baidoa (Bay Region) and Wajid (Bakool Region) have raised anew divisions among United Nations agencies working in Somalia. In addition, these incidents raise serious questions about the trade-offs between upholding humanitarian principles a [...]	2009-07-23 14:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI1594	SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) Summary: On July 22, after a two-month lull, fighting resumed in Somalia's central regions. Al-Shabaab and Hisbul Islam fighters attacked Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in Gobo village, Mahaas district (Hiraan region). Sources in Gobo report that ASWJ fighters forced al-Shabaab to retreat, [...]	2009-07-24 09:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER MARR PGOV SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1599	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes at a time when Kenya,s progress on critical reforms is not moving quickly enough, and when the country continues to struggle with the social, political, and economic aftermath of the crisis following the disputed December 2007 general elections. [...]	2009-07-27 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD OVIP OTRA KE
09NAIROBI1601	SOMALIA - Mogadishu University: Success Amidst Turmoil [...] Mogadishu University, opened in September 1997, stands as a tremendous success, even while operating in Mogadishu's tumultuous environment. Despite the violent civil conflict that continues to engulf Somalia's capital, the university continues to provide higher education to Somalis and has gr [...]	2009-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KPAO SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1602	Somalia - Leahy Vetting Request for Military Intelligence [...] Para 3 names and associated biographic data represent Kenyan nominated participants in the upcoming AFRICOM-sponsored Military Intelligence Professionals Conference (MIPC). Post requests Department's assistance in screening these members of the Kenyan Ministry of Defense to participate in the [...]	2009-07-27 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1604	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," during a July 23 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, remained noncommittal about a possible meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and repeatedly signaled his intention to work toward greater Puntlan [...]	2009-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1616	SOMALIA - Report from Dadaab: Women's Bleak Reality [...] Summary: While Dadaab's 287,000 refugees are all suffering from tremendously overstretched resources and services, women are disproportionately affected by the difficult conditions and daily challenges of camp life. The most pressing issues identified by the women and girls in Dadaab include [...]	2009-07-28 07:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF SOCI KWMN KE SO
09NAIROBI1627	SOMALIA - Shabelle Details Intimidation, Problems [...] (SBU) Shabelle Media Network's CEO and his Deputy on July 23 claimed their station was more actively targeted than others, but noted that all media in Somalia have experienced difficulties. Citing the deaths of two of their directors in the past two years (reftel) and the shrinking space for in [...]	2009-07-28 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1629	SOMALIA - TFG INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IN LIMBO AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Following the TFG's July 21 decision to fire TFG Director of National Security Mohammed Sheikh, and energetic efforts to reverse the decision by the SRSG, the French Ambassador, and Assistant Secretary Carson, Sheikh confirmed to the Somalia Unit July 27 that he had not been sack [...]	2009-07-28 15:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC PTER SO
09NAIROBI1638	SOMALIA - President Address Parliament; Five Legislators [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 27, the Transitional Federal Parliament re-convened for the first time since fighting broke out in Mogadishu at the beginning of May. TFG President Sharif addressed the legislative body in the Banadir region administrative headquarters in Mogadishu. Sharif stressed tha [...]	2009-07-29 10:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI1641	SOMALIA - TFG TROOPS UNDERGO BASIC TRAINING IN [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, Somalia Unit Poloff visited Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in training at an army camp in Djibouti. The Djiboutians had adequately housed, fed and uniformed the troops, who were engaging in well-organized close-order drill after four weeks at [...]	2009-07-29 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PTER SOCI EAID SO
09NAIROBI1647	SOMALIA - UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS PLAGUES AMISOM TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: An as-yet undiagnosed illness that has resulted in the deaths of three Burundian AMISOM troops appears to have spread to separately-based Ugandan AMISOM troops in Mogadishu, and caused three more deaths. The ill soldiers are being medevaced to Nairobi where doctors, with assista [...]	2009-07-29 15:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PGOV EAID PINR SOCI UG BU SO
09NAIROBI1648	SOMALIA - LOWER JUBA FORCES STEPPING UP [...] (C) Summary. In late July anti-Shabaab forces in Lower Juba were preparing for stepped up attacks against al-Shabaab militia, most likely encouraged by support from regional business leaders and an evolving Ogaden-clan led Jubaland administration. These developments follow reports from numerou [...]	2009-07-29 15:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1652	POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE FACES CHALLENGING MANDATE [...] Summary: The Police Reform Task Force (PRTF),chaired by retired Justice Philip Ransley, has been working since early June to develop a comprehesive set of recommendations on much-needed police reforms. The Task Force held public hearings in Nairobi on July 22 and 23, after first interviewing [...]	2009-07-30 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1653	GTIP HOTLINE DATA FOR KENYA [...] (U) In response to reftel, below please find the requested information regarding Kenya's Trafficking In Persons hotlines: Country: Kenya Local Number: 116 Alternate Numbers: 020 203 4498 / 0732 263 554 / 0724 555 251 Organization Operating the Hotline: Child Line Kenya (Non-Governmental Org [...]	2009-07-30 09:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1655	SOMALIA - ANTI-SHABAAB FORCES IN BELEDWEYNE [...] (C) Summary: TFG-aligned forces on July 26 managed to take control of much of Beledweyne town in Hiraan region, most likely as a result of Hawadle clan mobilization, Ethiopian support, and tacit support from rival subclans. Police General Mukhtar Hussein Afrah (Hawiye/Hawadle) led a successfu [...]	2009-07-30 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1657	SOMALIA - Ruling Party Undermines Somaliland Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Somaliland's on-again, off-again presidential election preparations, that were to have resulted in registered voters casting their ballots on September 27, were dealt a serious setback on July 28 - 30 when incumbent President Riyale and a compliant National Electoral Commission [...]	2009-07-30 15:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1658	Coalition Government Still Punting on Special Tribunal [...] (C) Summary: On July 30 President Kibaki issued a statement which once again failed to take a forthright and credible position with respect to accountability for post-election violence. Although the statement does not preclude establishment of a Special Tribunal (and specifically indicates the [...]	2009-07-31 10:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1669	SOMALIA - TFG PREVIEWS OUTREACH TO ABGAL AND TO [...] (C) Summary: The TFG Prime Minister, Somalia's Envoy to Kenya Ambassador Nur "Americo," and the TFG Minister for Women and Family Affairs Fauziya Mohammed Sheikh shared their impressions of the functioning of the Transitional Federal Government as a result of their recent interactions in Moga [...]	2009-08-03 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1670	SOMALIA - ENTRENCHED SOMALILAND PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland President Riyale, during a July 31 phone call with Somalia Unit Counselor, signaled unwillingness to reconsider his decision to abandon the international community-funded voter registration list. Somaliland's opposition parties are threatening to boycott the elections [...]	2009-08-03 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1676	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] On July 7, Post's Kenya U.S. Liaison Office (KUSLO) confirmed with the Deputy of Operations for the Kenyan Navy Lieutenant Colonel Milongo that the reftel machine guns had been received and are located at the Kenyan naval headquarters in Mombasa, Kenya. 2. The machine guns are scheduled to b [...]	2009-08-04 13:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KE
09NAIROBI1679	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, AUGUST 4 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the first week of August 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activities since the [...]	2009-08-05 07:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1685	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND OPPOSITION RECOMMENDS [...] (C) Summary. Somaliland opposition leaders are outraged at President Dahir Riyale's recent rejection of a voter registration list in advance of previously postponed elections now scheduled for September 27 (refs a and b). They suggested the president was out of touch with public opinion, and [...]	2009-08-07 12:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SO DJ ET XG
09NAIROBI1686	SOMALIA - The Great Handshake Debate [...] (SBU) Much ado has been made about the handshake between Secretary Clinton and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed during their August 6 meeting in Nairobi. Prior to the meeting, Somalis of all walks of life speculated on whether or not Sharif would indee [...]	2009-08-07 12:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1691	SOMALIA - GALCAIO ASSASSINATION LIKELY RESULT OF [...] Summary. (C//NF) Despite a government statement to the contrary, our contacts tell us the August 5 assassination of the Information Minister of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland was most likely an act of clan retribution. Long-standing intra-Majerteen tensions escalated in recent days wi [...]	2009-08-10 14:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1697	SOMALIA - Horyaal Journalists Released [...] (SBU) The two reporters from Somaliland's independent Radio Horyaal who were arrested on July 13 were sentenced and then released on August 9 after paying fines and then paying additional money in lieu of serving time in prison. Another journalist was arrested on August 4 and remains in custod [...]	2009-08-11 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1698	SOMALIA - BUOYANT TFG PRESIDENT DESCRIBES OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, just before returning to Mogadishu following his meeting with the Secretary (septel),a buoyant Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif provided more detail to the Ambassador on some of the TFG's efforts to make progress on the ground in Somalia. Shari [...]	2009-08-11 13:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID MARR PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1699	SOMALIA - Local Media Reaction to Secretary-Sharif Meeting [...] (SBU) Somali and Kenyan media coverage of the August 6 meeting between Secretary Clinton and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was largely positive. Predictably, opposition figures used the media to register opposition to the meeting, saying the United S [...]	2009-08-11 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1709	SOMALIA - Somaliland Political Crisis Deepens [...] (SBU) Since the July 27 announcement by the National Electoral Committee (NEC) that it will throw out the voter registration list and proceed with elections in a traditional manner, Somaliland's political crisis has deepened. The two opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID announced they would bo [...]	2009-08-12 16:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1710	SOMALIA: MADOBE PREPARING JUBA OFFENSIVE; GEDO [...] (C) Summary: Darod/Ogaden clan heavyweight Ahmed Madobe, in coordination with TFG officials, appears to be stepping up efforts to take Kismayo and consolidate control of Lower Juba. (Note: Hassan al-Turki is the nominal head of the Ras Kamboni group, which has been working to overthrow the TFG. [...]	2009-08-12 17:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1711	KENYA: CONTINUED CONTROVERSY REGARDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the Committee of Experts on the Constitution works to navigate contentious issues such as the system of government and administrative and/or financial devolution as they draft a proposed constitution, a recently formed Christian lobby has resurrected a long-running debate reg [...]	2009-08-13 04:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1718	SOMALIA - MYSTERY SHROUDS MURDER OF PAKISTANI [...] (C) Summary: The August 12 killing of 5 Pakistani clerics in Galcaio remains shrouded in mystery, but our contacts indicate Galcaio residents suspect the murders were the result of sectarian tensions or political competition between north and south Galcaio. (Note: Northern Galcaio is part of [...]	2009-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV SOCI MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1719	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND OFFICIAL URGES TOUGH STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 12, we met with Mohamed Omar Arteh, senior policy advisor with the Somaliland Ministry of the Interior. Arteh requested the meeting to discuss his concerns with the current election crisis. His primary message was that the United States and the rest of the internatio [...]	2009-08-13 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI SO
09NAIROBI172	SOMALIA - Sheikh Sharif Elected President [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 31, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was elected President of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The first round of voting by the newly- enlarged parliament ended the night of January 30, with Sharif garnering significantly more votes than the other ten contenders. Prime M [...]	2009-02-02 09:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1725	KENYA: DEBATE RAGES OVER SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In late July, Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Mutula Kilonzo presented the GOK cabinet with a draft bill to establish a special tribunal to prosecute suspects linked to the post-election violence. After a bitter debate, the cabinet rejected both the establishment o [...]	2009-08-17 04:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1729	SOMALIA - Somaliland Stalemate Continues as Riyale Shuffles [...] (SBU) On August 15, Somaliland President Riyale reshuffled his Cabinet to remove two outspoken opposition ministers and attempt to gain favor with the clan of leading opposition candidate Silanyo. The National Electoral Commission and President Riyale continue to ignore parliamentary, oppositio [...]	2009-08-17 15:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI173	SOMALIA - REACTION TO SHARIF'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 30 election of former Union of Islamic Courts head Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has resulted in a wide range of reactions from a variety of parties both domestic and international. Most Somalis appear to have welcomed the new president and pledged to support him in con [...]	2009-02-02 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI1730	PAY DEAL ENDS TWO-DAY STRIKE AT KENYA AIRWAYS [...] Demanding a 130% pay raise, employees at Kenya Airways (KQ) went on strike August 14-15. The strike delayed or canceled roughly 90% of KQ's flights, significantly disrupting both domestic and international travel out of east Africa's busiest hub. Civil aviation contacts expect KQ to have wor [...]	2009-08-18 04:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1732	SOMALIA - JUBA OFFENSIVE MOVING FORWARD; POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary A TFG-backed Juba offensive, aimed at pushing al-Shabaab out of Kismayo, appears to be moving forward, but competing Ethiopian and/or Marehan clan interests could complicate matters. TFG Minister of Defense "Gandi" reports that the TFG is in contact with local players in Juba, incl [...]	2009-08-18 05:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1735	SOMALIA - TFG RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 17 Somalia's Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur notified us of a major cabinet reshuffle. Changes include new Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Treasury, Information, Land Transport, Water and Minerals, the Minister of State for the Prime Minister, and the Minister [...]	2009-08-18 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO EG DJ
09NAIROBI177	2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. The Government of Kenya (GOK) continues to plan for the upcoming 2009 AGOA Forum scheduled for Nairobi the week of August 3, 2009. The GOK has proposed August 4-6 as the specific dates within that week for the three-day affair. [...]	2009-02-03 08:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI1770	Pastoralists Gather for Peace in Maikona [...] Kenya's upper Eastern province continues to be caught in a cycle of inter-tribal violence driven by competition for scarce resources. Two of the opposing groups, the Borana and Gabra, are closely related communities that speak the same language and intermingle along the Kenyan-Ethiopian borde [...]	2009-08-20 12:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EAID KCRM KE ET
09NAIROBI1771	SOMALIA - NEWLY-ENERGIZED TFG BUILDS BRIDGES IN [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) appears to be newly energized following President Sharif's August 6 meeting with the Secretary (septel) and months of drift in the wake of an extended al-Shabaab offensive in Mogadishu that began May 7. Recent developments: an apparent [...]	2009-08-20 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR SOCI EAID SO
09NAIROBI1772	SOMALIA - Peaceful Protests Across Somaliland [...] (SBU) As Somaliland's political crisis continues, on August 20 the two opposition parties protested peacefully in all six regions of the self-declared republic. Although police tried to block demonstrations in public areas, thousands of protestors took to the streets. Opposition party leader [...]	2009-08-20 15:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI178	KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) KENYA STRUGGLES WITH GROWING DEFICIT 2. (SBU) TEACHERS CALL OFF STRIKE 3. (SBU) SEACOM CABLE SET TO LAND JUNE 27 Â [...]	2009-02-03 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI1781	SOMALIA - Addressing Impunity [...] (SBU) From August 17-18, the Nairobi-based Somalia office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Political Office for Somalia held a conference entitled, "Addressing Impunity: Toward Justice and Reconciliation." In attendance were the Ministers of Reconciliation and Gender and F [...]	2009-08-24 07:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV SO
09NAIROBI1790	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, AUGUST 21 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the third week of August 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activities since the [...]	2009-08-24 10:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1794	SOMALIA - MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSS PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: From August 18 - 20, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a three day parliamentary training seminar in Nairobi, Kenya for over 30 Somali Members of Parliament (MPs). On the margins of this seminar, we were able to conduct a number of insightful conversations with a cr [...]	2009-08-24 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PTER SO
09NAIROBI1795	SOMALIA - TFG-PUNTLAND AGREEMENT SIGNALS FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 14:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI1796	SOMALIA - TFG/Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a Experience Gains, [...] (SBU) Summary: The last week marked a period of heightened military activities in parts of Somalia involving TFG troops and the allied forces of Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) against al-Shabaab and allied Hisbul Islam fighters. Several towns, including Bula Hawa and Luq in Gedo region which al [...]	2009-08-24 15:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PTER SOCI MARR SO
09NAIROBI1798	SOMALIA - THE SECURITY SITUATION IN MOGADISHU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 19-20, Embassy political officers met with several key Somali officials including Mohamed Osman Ali "Dhagaxtur", the Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, and Mohamed Omar Ahmed "Wayel," Protocol Officer in Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Shei [...]	2009-08-25 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER SO
09NAIROBI1799	SOMALIA - POTENTIAL SECURITY RISKS AT DADAAB [...] (S) Summary: Dadaab Refugee Camp complex, made up of three camps, located about 48 miles from the Kenya-Somalia border, houses over 290,000 refugees - primarily Somalis - and is growing daily. The camp was built for 50,000. While no hotbed of extremism, the camps' large pool of idle youth h [...]	2009-08-25 14:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI1801	SOMALIA - CODEL MARSHALL SCENESETTER: HOW [...] (S//NF) Summary: U.S. Embassy Nairobi warmly welcomes CODEL Marshall and looks forward to your September 1-3 visit. We note your questions regarding media reports that pressure in Iraq/Afghanistan has prompted al-Qa,ida to shift some of its operations/efforts to Somalia (ref A). To address this [...]	2009-08-26 05:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PTER MOPS PINR OREP KE SO AF IZ
09NAIROBI1811	Pushing the Reform Process - Follow-up to the Secretary's [...] (S/NF) Summary. In the wake of the Secretary's high impact visit, we are moving quickly to sustain pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. In concert with Washington, we are engaging intensively with key political leaders, while working to energize civil society, the private sector, [...]	2009-08-26 12:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM US KE
09NAIROBI1818	SOMALIA - MIXED REACTIONS TO CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Since TFG Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur notified us of cabinet changes on August 17 (ref a),the TFG has appointed one additional state minister and created a new ministry of militia demobilization, signaling efforts to address clan grievances. Somali reactions to the cabinet r [...]	2009-08-27 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER PREL DJ SO
09NAIROBI1826	SOMALIA - DEBATE CONTINUES OVER SOMALILAND ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: As Somaliland's political crisis continues, major disagreements remain between the Somaliland government and opposition parties. Still at issue are the voter registration list, the possible postponement of the elections, currently scheduled for September 27, and the nature of a [...]	2009-08-28 11:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1829	VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA DENIAL [...] (C) Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA),Proclamation 7750, precluding the entry into the United States of Henry Kiprono Kosgey and his family. Kosgey was born in Nandi district, Rift Valley Province, Kenya on July 14, 194 [...]	2009-09-01 08:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL ECON KE
09NAIROBI1830	VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA REVOCATION [...] (C) Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Amos Sitswila Wako and members of his family. Wako was born in Kakamega, Western Province, Kenya on July 31, 1945. Post [...]	2009-09-01 10:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL ECON KE
09NAIROBI1834	SOMALIA - Somaliland Parliament Disrupted Amid Increased [...] (SBU) On August 29, on orders from the Minister of Interior, police took control of the parliament building in Hargeisa. The police commander on the scene dismissed the usual security at the parliament and the Speaker's bodyguards. The police then escorted into parliament six MPs from the pr [...]	2009-09-01 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO ET UK
09NAIROBI1839	INVITATION TO FIRST EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (U) We are pleased to invite your mission to send up to two working level officers responsible for cuonterterrorism to the first East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative Action Officers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on September 29, 2009. Participants will join in discussions to identify priori [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PGOV PREL PTER
09NAIROBI1846	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CHAIR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador recently met with Nzamba Kitonga, Chairman of the Committee of Experts on the Constitution, to discuss the current status of the constitutional review process. Acutely aware that his committee is working under intense political and public scrutiny, Kitonga is never [...]	2009-09-02 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI185	SOMALIA - A POSITIVE CHANGE IN MEDIA ATTITUDES [...] (SBU) Summary: A week before the January 30 election of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as president of Somalia, mainstream radio stations in Mogadishu convened a meeting of senior managers and passed a resolution on the way forward following the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. The 11 [...]	2009-02-04 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI1851	SOMALIA - HIRAN COMMANDER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONALISM [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with PolOffs on August 27, TFG Police General Mukhtar Hussein Afrah expressed optimism about TFG prospects in Beledweyne citing recent TFG successes in encouraging al-Shabaab defections, and signaled federalism as the key to security in Hiran region. Mukhtar [...]	2009-09-03 13:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI1855	KENYA: BY-ELECTIONS FIRST TEST FOR IIEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27 the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) held two by-elections for vacant parliamentary seats. The elections in Bomachoge (Nyanza Province) and Shinyalu (Western Province) were an important first test of the IIEC's capacity to organize an election and cu [...]	2009-09-04 08:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI1859	KENYA: AMID CONTROVERSY KIBAKI REAPPOINTS [...] (C) On August 31, President Kibaki appointed Justice Aaron Ringera to a second five-year term as Director of the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). The immediate response from the KACC Advisory Board, reformist elements, Parliament, civil society, and ordinary Kenyans was strongly neg [...]	2009-09-04 12:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI186	SOMALIA - MOGADISHU HORNAFRIK DIRECTOR KILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In what appears to have been a targeted assassination, the Director of HornAfrik in Mogadishu was reportedly killed on February 4 by armed militia, possibly associated with al-Shabaab. Sources indicate the journalist, Said Tahlil Ahmed, was part of a group summoned to a meeting [...]	2009-02-04 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1860	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF ON THE GULF, [...] (C) On September 2, Ambassador Ranneberger and the Mission's Somalia Unit met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and four TFG ministers in Nairobi. Sharif said on his visit to Qatar and Dubai he made progress toward achieving his goal of ensuring [...]	2009-09-04 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SO AE QA
09NAIROBI1861	SOMALIA - TFG, KENYA ASK HELP OUSTING SHABAAB IN [...] (S//NF) Summary: This is an action request. See paragraph six. Somali and Kenyan officials are working in concert to support a locally-driven effort in Lower Juba and Gedo to expel al-Shabaab. Somali President Sheikh Sharif and the Kenyan government have asked us to support the plan with [...]	2009-09-04 14:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1885	KENYA BACK TO THE FUTURE: CHARTERHOUSE BANK LOOKS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u at the latter's request on September 2. Ndung'u provided Ambassador with a heads-up that Charterhouse Bank (reftel a),which has been closed by order of the Ministry of Finance and supervised by the CBK for the last [...]	2009-09-08 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCRM KE PGOV PREF KCOR
09NAIROBI1886	POLICE COMMISSIONER OUSTED, POTENTIAL OPENING FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Office of the President announced the reassignment of former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali and new appointments in a number of senior positions within the Kenya Police Service (KPS),effective immediately. We have long advocated for the removal of Al [...]	2009-09-09 04:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC KJUS KCRM PGOV PTER KE
09NAIROBI1887	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER ON REGIONAL OUTREACH AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke and the Ministers of Defense and Planning met with members of the Somalia Affairs Unit on September 5. The Prime Minister had just visited Libya which has now confirmed it is politically supportive of the TFG, including favoring sanction [...]	2009-09-09 10:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO LY ER
09NAIROBI1892	SOMALIA - UNGA Attendance by President Sharif [...] On September 4, the Somali Embassy in Nairobi provided us with a list of the Transitional Federal Government delegation that will represent Somalia at the 64th UN General Assembly. The delegation will be led by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who plans to arrive in New York the morning of Septe [...]	2009-09-09 12:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA SO
09NAIROBI1895	SOMALIA - Somaliland Elections Postponed as Parliament [...] (SBU) For the fourth time, Somaliland's National Electoral Commission announced on September 6 that presidential elections would be postponed. On September 5, 43 legislators from Somaliland's two opposition parties tabled a motion in the House of Representatives to impeach the President and Vi [...]	2009-09-10 05:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1896	SOMALIA - Somaliland Elections Postponed as Parliament [...] (SBU) For the fourth time, Somaliland's National Electoral Commission announced on September 6 that presidential elections would be postponed. On September 5, 43 legislators from Somaliland's two opposition parties tabled a motion in the House of Representatives to impeach the President and Vi [...]	2009-09-10 05:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1909	SOMALIA - INACTION COSTING THE TFG SUPPORT IN KEY [...] (C) Summary: TFG inaction is robbing the Somali central government of support in key regions, making it less likely the TFG will be able to capitalize on regional victories over al-Shabaab. Our contacts tell us the late-August loss of western Beledweyne to al-Shabaab was due, in part, to TFG t [...]	2009-09-10 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI1925	PARLIAMENT SETTING KEY PRECEDENTS IN FIGHT OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bolstered by new Standing Orders and an articulate, independent Speaker, Parliament's attempts to nullify the reappointment of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Director Aaron Ringera have established several key precedents which strengthen Parliament's independence and ability to [...]	2009-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE
09NAIROBI1926	SOMALIA - Somaliland Crisis Turns Violent as Police Kill [...] (SBU) Summary: In a violent escalation of Somaliland's political crisis, on September 12, police opened fire during a peaceful demonstration near the House of Representatives in Hargeisa. Four people were killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and several more were injured. Possibly over 100 p [...]	2009-09-14 15:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1934	SOMALIA - RSVP FOR POTUS LUNCH WITH SUB-SAHARAN [...] Post communicated reftel invitation from President Obama for TFG President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to attend the lunch for Sub-Saharan African Heads of State and Government via diplomatic note on September 4. 2. President Sharif thanked us for the invitation and personally communicated h [...]	2009-09-15 13:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA OVIP SO
09NAIROBI1935	DEMARCHE: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT CO-HOSTED BY THE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk on September 14. On September 15, we followed up with contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to push for the PM's participation at the event. Ministry contacts said they are currently working on the PM's sched [...]	2009-09-15 14:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR KE

09NAIROBI1938	VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA DENIAL [...] (C) Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Aaron Gitonga Ringera and members of his family. Ringera was born in Meru, Kenya on June 20, 1950. Post strongly believes [...]	2009-09-16 09:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	CVIS ECON KCRM KE PGOV PREL KCOR

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