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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07MOSCOW3137 | RUSSIA PREPARED TO DISCUSS IRAQI DEBT DURING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW3138 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GARRY KASPAROV: KOSOVO [...] (C) Garry Kasparov on June 26 talked with the Ambassador about the future of his Other Russia movement, the state of other political parties, the Russian presidential succession, the December Duma elections, and Russian foreign policy. He ascribed President Putin's recent hard line with the We [...] | 2007-06-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3139 | HUGO CHAVEZ RETURNS TO RUSSIA SEEKING MORE ARMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern to Security Council Secretary Ivanov and Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko over the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to Moscow, June 28-30, on the eve of Putin's meeting with the President in Kennebunkport. Noting that the visi [...] | 2007-06-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3141 | AFGHANISTAN: LOW-KEY RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) We met with MFA Afghanistan Section Chief Yuriy Khokhlov to urge Russian participation at the Rome Rule of Law Conference on Afghanistan and encourage Moscow to contribute to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund for justice projects. Khokhlov said that Russian participation in the con [...] | 2007-06-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS AF RS |
07MOSCOW3145 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DMITROVSKY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Dmitrovsky Electricity network, Dmitrov, Russia. The company is list [...] | 2007-06-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3155 | RUSSIA/MOLDOVA: PUTIN-VORONIN MEETING [...] (C) Russian Ambassador at Large for Transnistria Nesterushkin June 26 gave us a brief readout of the June 22 Putin-Voronin meeting. The meeting focused on bilateral issues, making progress on wine and natural gas prices. Putin raised Russian concerns about new Moldovan controls on imports to [...] | 2007-06-28 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW3160 | NOPEC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) We delivered reftel talking points to MFA Russia-US Bilateral Relations Head Alexander Zakharov on June 27. 3. (SBU) Zakharov expressed his understanding that taxes make up the largest part of gasoline prices (a point [...] | 2007-06-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3161 | RUSSIA: EXXONMOBIL ON SAKHALIN 1 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 26 meeting, ExxonMobil Russia VP Ed Verona (protect) told us that Exxon has agreed with China on "price parameters" for gas deliveries from its Sakhalin 1 project. Reacting to recent press reports that Gazprom may try to force ExxonMobil to sell its gas to Gazprom or to [...] | 2007-06-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3162 | RUSSIA: DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, Russian Deputy FM Denisov expressed SIPDIS interest in cooperating with Iraq for the long term ("we are optimists") but indicated that debt reli [...] | 2007-06-28 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PINR IZ KN IR RS |
07MOSCOW3164 | RUSSIA IPR: PIRATE WEBSITE WWW.ALLOFMP3.COM SHUT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) officials notified us by e-mail and phone June 28 that the pirate music website www.allofmp3.com was no longer operational. According to our contacts, the site's operations were terminated under Article 64 of the Law on Communications, w [...] | 2007-06-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON WTO KIPR RS |
07MOSCOW3168 | AMBASSADOR'S ROUNDTABLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (C) In a June 27 discussion, five human rights NGO activists offered the Ambassador their advice for coping with an increasingly assertive President Putin. They suggested that like-minded countries speak with one voice, that the "tools" of international organizations and agreements be used as [...] | 2007-06-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3207 | MOSCOW LOWERS CHAVEZ VISIT PROFILE [...] (C) Summary. Amid media reports that the Kremlin is attempting to keep a leash on the firebrand Venezuelan leader in the lead up to the Kennebunkport summit, Hugo Chavez held a low-key meeting with President Putin on June 28. The tete-a-tete meeting presumably covered two important agenda i [...] | 2007-06-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW321 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: LUKOIL UPDATE ON ANARAN [...] (SBU) On January 19, post received a status report from Lukoil on the Anaran project in Iran. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the original Russian text. 2. (SBU) Begin text: "The Anaran Project Status (as of 17 Jan 2007) A service contract regarding exploration a [...] | 2007-01-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON ENRG EPET RS IR NO |
07MOSCOW3232 | MAYAK TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENT: JULY ROUND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Both in the meetings of the plutonium disposition negotiations (June 19-20 in Moscow) and on their margins, Ambassador Guhin raised the Mayak transparency agreement with Rosatom Deputy Director Ivan Kamenskikh and Head of the Department of International Relations Vladimir Kuchinov, urging [...] | 2007-07-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS |
07MOSCOW3235 | RUSSIA: SMALLPOX FOLLOW-UP LETTER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel letter from HHS Special Assistant Steiger to Deputy Health and Social Development Minister Starodubov, through the ministry's International Department. We also provided the ministry with an informal Russian translation of the letter, and sent a courtesy copy and trans [...] | 2007-07-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TSPL KSCA PARM KNNP CTR CBW RS |
07MOSCOW3239 | RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SCRIMMAGES WITH MINISTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 09:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPL TNGD TPHY RS |
07MOSCOW3240 | NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The planned construction of a shopping center on the site of an unkempt park in Nizhniy Novgorod's industrial district and the political and civic response illustrates the difficulties opposition politicians and civic activists have in mounting effective protests against govern [...] | 2007-07-03 09:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3255 | VARIED EXPLANATIONS FOR STAVROPOL ETHNIC CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an embassy visit on June 19-20, leaders of the Stavropol city and regional government, political parties, NGOs, and ethnic groups gave conflicting explanations for last month's mob violence between Russians and Chechens in the city center. Many of the explanations sugges [...] | 2007-07-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KSOC TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW3262 | ROGOZIN ON "GREAT RUSSIA;" KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The charismatic and unscrupulous Dmitriy Rogozin is making another political bid to tap Russian nationalism with the attempted registration of a new political party, "Great Russia." Claiming to have siphoned off his previous Rodina supporters, dissatisfied with their merger in [...] | 2007-07-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW327 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Igor Levitin pressed for resolution of the state flights issue and urged the next round of bilateral civil aviation negotiations be held in Moscow. He suggested that armed marshals on U.S. flights to Russia [...] | 2007-01-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3316 | ENVIRONMENTALISTS FRET OVER SOCHI OLYMPIAD [...] SUMMARY. The selection of Sochi as the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games brought less joy to Russian environmentalists, who have long warned about the potential impact of large-scale construction in this region. Environmental NGOs will monitor implementation of the Sochi 2014 Environment [...] | 2007-07-09 02:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW3317 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NST [...] 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, NST OMZ Research Center for EOM, Moscow, Russia. The com [...] | 2007-07-09 03:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3318 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIITF),Institute of Te [...] | 2007-07-09 03:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3319 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RIRT (RUSSIAN [...] 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, RIRT, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...] | 2007-07-09 04:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3338 | POSITIVE REACTION TO "LOBSTER SUMMIT" [...] (C) Summary. While extensive media coverage of the so-called "Lobster Summit" quickly gave way to euphoria over Russia's winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Moscow experts agreed that Putin demonstrated in Kennebunkport a desire to tone down the rhetoric and find ways [...] | 2007-07-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MNUC RS |
07MOSCOW3339 | Moscow Wi-Fi: Hotspots Amid an Internet Trend [...] SUMMARY: Internet in Russia is slowly gaining ground across the country, albeit impeded by limited provision of broadband service and lack of personal computers. Wireless and high-speed Internet is taking hold in larger cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. Wi-Fi hotspots are increasingly [...] | 2007-07-09 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ECPS ECON TINT RS |
07MOSCOW3343 | RUSSIA: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS WITHDRAWS AUDITS OF [...] (C) Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PwC) Managing Partner Peter Gerendasi confirmed press reports from the week of June 25 that the auditing firm had withdrawn its 1995-2004 audits for former oil giant Yukos. Gerendasi volunteered few details about the circumstances under which PwC's [...] | 2007-07-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3344 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S JUNE 20 [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 dinner meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Ambassador Burns, Finance Minister Kudrin raised the issue of Iraqi debt forgiveness. Kimmitt expressed appreciation for Russia's assistance with the transfer of funds from Banco Delta Asia to the Far Easter [...] | 2007-07-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3348 | ROE WOES: RUSSIAN CAVIAR ON THE ROPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A two-year moratorium on Russian sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea has slowed, but not stopped, the thriving black market in Beluga caviar. World Wildlife Federation's Moscow Director contends that "not one egg" of black caviar sold in Moscow is legal: that is, from farm-rai [...] | 2007-07-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV SOCI RS EAGR |
07MOSCOW3354 | RUSSIA: TATARS CALL NEW FEDERAL TREATY "SYMBOLIC" [...] (C) Tatarstani officials and academics alike told us July 6-7 that the federal treaty between Tatarstan and Russia, now before the Federation Council, is only "symbolic." The issues of practical substance -- primarily division of state property -- were settled in the original 1994 treaty, acc [...] | 2007-07-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW3363 | NEW EXTREMISM LAW: MORE OF THE SAME CONSTRAINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, in response to President Putin's December 2006 "Presidential Instruction" to combat extremism, the Duma resuscitated and passed a heavily re-drafted extremism law, over the opposition of minority political parties and concerns of some in the majority. The amendment [...] | 2007-07-10 06:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3369 | RUSSIA ENERGY: SPECIAL REP. MERMOUD'S MEETINGS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting with Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs Frank Mermoud, Halliburton Russia VP Simon Turton told us he sees Russia as the most important growth market for Halliburton [...] | 2007-07-10 09:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL CVIS RS |
07MOSCOW3379 | RUSSIAN LAB MOVES AHEAD TO BECOME REGIONAL AND WHO FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia pledged to transform the Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk into a regional influenza center and ultimately a WHO Collaborating Center for avian influenza as part of its 2006 G8 Presidential focus on infectious diseases. Although [...] | 2007-07-11 02:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS |
07MOSCOW3399 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION FACES MORE FRACTURE [...] (C) Summary: Other Russia's second annual conference was n... C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 003399 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/2017 TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR RS Â [...] | 2007-07-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3407 | RUSSIA: VLADIMIR TRAVIN NAMED TO HEAD [...] (U) On July 9 PM Mikhail Fradkov signed a government directive approving the charter of the Open Joint Stock Company Atomniy Energopromishlennii Kompleks (AEK) and confirming the membership of its 5-person board of directors. Rosatom director Sergey Kiriyenko will be chairman of the board, wh [...] | 2007-07-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP TRGY RS |
07MOSCOW3425 | DEMARCHE ON SWING CANDIDACY FOR IOM DG DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG RS |
07MOSCOW3429 | RUSSIA: HIV VACCINE RESEARCHERS LOOK AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The NIH-sponsored HIV Vaccine Workshop in St. Petersburg June 1-2 brought together over 50 researchers and government representatives from the United States and Europe to discuss recent HIV candidate vaccines and the prospects for clinical vaccine trials in Eastern Europe. Sign [...] | 2007-07-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KHIV SOCI SCUL RS |
07MOSCOW3433 | FM LAVROV'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 10, by diplomatic note, the MFA passed us the original of a letter in Russian from FM Lavrov to the Secretary regarding Iraq, a copy of which has been conveyed SIPDIS by the Russian Embassy to the Department. The letter is dated July 2007. 2. (C) Comment: We have been [...] | 2007-07-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OPDC IZ RS |
07MOSCOW3434 | RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...] | 2007-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS |
07MOSCOW3445 | FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE REQUESTS REFUGEE STATUS; [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Freelance journalists Marina Kalashnikova, who was fired by the Embassy in 2000, and her husband Viktor Kalashnikov (a former Russian intelligence officer) have requested refugee status or other USG assistance in leaving R [...] | 2007-07-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR APER RS |
07MOSCOW3489 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, State Joint-Stock Railway Company, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [...] | 2007-07-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3490 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] 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, JSC Uzbektelecom, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The company is l [...] | 2007-07-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3494 | RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...] | 2007-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW3495 | CHECHNYA REVISITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit by REFCOORD to Grozny, the evidence of Chechnya's economic reconstruction was striking. Scaffolding, initially seen only around government buildings, has appeared everywhere, including private homes. Minutka Square, long a symbol of the city's destructi [...] | 2007-07-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PINR EAID RS |
07MOSCOW3506 | RUSSIA LONGITUDINAL MONITORING SURVEY RESULTS FOR 2006 [...] (U) In 2006, Russian incomes were up 16 percent from the previous year, while unemployment and consumer prices fell, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Russia's Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) in their annual survey of socio-economic dat [...] | 2007-07-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3507 | FOREIGN GRANTS BILL AND USG PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Some of our official contacts - most notably a handful of judges - are concerned that their participation in USG-funded programs could contravene Russian law. Many USG-financed technical assistance programs, from those of USAID and IMET to Open World and INL, provide funds and [...] | 2007-07-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID RS |
07MOSCOW3519 | SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...] | 2007-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW3521 | MIDDLE EAST: RUSSIAN MFA'S INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) The MFA's initial, informal reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East was positive, with particular GOR interest in the President's call for an international meeting on the Middle East. MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East Peace Process Oleg Ozerov told us July 17 [...] | 2007-07-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS RS |
07MOSCOW3527 | LUGOVOY DISPUTE: RUSSIAN RESTRAINT FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The British decision to expel four Russian diplomats and take other diplomatic measures in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite Lugovoy in the Litvinenko murder case has elicited sharp commentary by Russian legislators and pundits. The official Russian reaction, by contras [...] | 2007-07-19 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KNUC UK RS |
07MOSCOW3529 | RUSSIA ENERGY: OIL COMPANY EXECS TELL U/S JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch meeting with U/S Jeffrey, local representatives of Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips told us that the best way to engage Russia and enhance global energy security is to focus on positive dialogue geared towards helping Russia improve its oil and gas investm [...] | 2007-07-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3530 | RUSSIA: KAZAN FAIR VENTURES INTO INVESTMENT ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tatarstan recently hosted a Regional Venture Fair in the historic city of Kazan to showcase the development of local innovative enterprises. The impressive array of high technology companies at the fair and at the regional technopark contrasted with the decaying condition of th [...] | 2007-07-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT RS TNGD |
07MOSCOW3531 | ABKHAZIA: RUSSIAN MFA DEFENDS STATEMENT, ASKS FOR [...] (C) We took the Russian MFA to task July 18 for its statement on the UNOMIG report on the March 11 Kodori Gorge attack. MFA officials Chernov and Tarabrin said the statement in no way criticized the USG, claiming its criticism was aimed at press commentary after the State Department statement [...] | 2007-07-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3534 | GAZPROM ASKS U/S JEFFREY TO HELP "MITIGATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16 meeting, Gazprom Deputy Chairman Aleksander Medvedev told U/S Jeffrey that EXIM's possible withholding of financing for the Sakhalin 2 LNG project would be neither in the interests of U.S. equipment and service suppliers nor the United States, an export destina [...] | 2007-07-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3540 | HOW MUCH DO RUSSIAN DOCTORS REALLY MAKE? [...] (SBU) Summary: Although government doctors in Russia officially earn $205-$900 per month as a base salary, they frequently earn much more in reality. Physicians often supplement their base government salaries for clinical work with income from private patients, teaching positions in universiti [...] | 2007-07-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3541 | ANNEXES ON POST-START TRANSPARENCY MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT KTIA PARM RS START KREL |
07MOSCOW3542 | IGOR IVANOV OUT AT SECURITY COUNCIL; VALENTIN [...] (C) On July 18, President Putin accepted Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov's resignation, which had been pending for several weeks (reftel). Ivanov first offered to resign in February, prompted largely by differences over Russia's relations with the West and concerns about the role of [...] | 2007-07-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3548 | RUSSIA ENERGY: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH ROSNEFT [...] (SBU) During a brief meeting on July 18, Rosneft Vice President for Finance and Investments Peter O'Brien (Amcit) told U/S Jeffery that corporate governance at Rosneft and other major Russian companies, while not yet up to Western standards, has improved dramatically over the past several year [...] | 2007-07-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3567 | AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...] | 2007-07-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS |
07MOSCOW3574 | UNION OF RIGHT FORCES: WHO IS RIGHT? [...] (C) The public display of disaffection between the Union of Right Forces (SPS) national leadership and the party's Moscow organization has momentarily captured the attention of the media. In retaliation for voting to confirm President Putin's re-appointment of Moscow mayor Luzhkov, the nationa [...] | 2007-07-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS SOCI |
07MOSCOW3575 | LAWYER LEAVES RUSSIA INSTEAD OF FACING CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well-known lawyer Boris Kuznetsov fled Russia, after being criminally charged for revealing state secrets in defense of a client. Members of the Moscow legal SIPDIS community see these charges as political and as a warning from the Kremlin. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On July 11, th [...] | 2007-07-20 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3579 | THINKING ABOUT KADYROV [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...] | 2007-07-23 06:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3581 | THE SUCCESSION RACE: MEDVEDEV AND IVANOV AT THE [...] (C) Elections for President Putin's successor are slated for March 2008 and two candidates --First Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Ivanov and Dmitriy Medvedev-- have the blessing of the Kremlin and are already campaigning feverishly. This message discusses their recent efforts, while a subseque [...] | 2007-07-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3592 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MICRAN, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, (A) and (B) Micran, Tomsk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS li [...] | 2007-07-23 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3601 | PUTIN CONTINUES DRIVE TO MORE PALATABLE HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Putin's effort to inculcate Russia's children with "national pride" via appropriately written history textbooks could bear fruit at the start of the 2008 school year. The campaign, which began in 2003 with the ban of a popular history textbook and a Kremlin call for [...] | 2007-07-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3602 | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ATTACKED [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21, a group of fifteen thugs attacked the campsite of environmental activists in Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, killing one and wounding several others. The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has identified 13 suspects, and arrested at least two. The motives behind [...] | 2007-07-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3625 | MAYOR LUZHKOV - THE CONDUCTOR LEADS ON [...] (C) Summary: In early July, Moscow Mayor Luzhkov took the oath of office for his fifth term, bringing to a close a reported power struggle with the Kremlin. For the past fifteen years, Luzhkov's dominance of Moscow politics has made him one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and an im [...] | 2007-07-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3649 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche July 25 to Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze, Secretary General for the GOR's UNESCO commission. We conveyed appreciation for the GOR's continued support for the bill. Ordzhonikidze promised to forward the updated version of the text to the GOR's UNESCO Mission and assu [...] | 2007-07-26 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO RS |
07MOSCOW3650 | RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVES TO DUMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 17, PM Fradkov sent the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors (SSL) to the State Duma, currently on summer recess and reconvening September 3. The Ministry of Industry and Energy's (MIE) revised version streamlines the review process, broadens the de [...] | 2007-07-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EIND ENRG PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW366 | RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF ON U.S. RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, IGOR IVANOV ENCOURAGED A VISIT BY DNSA HADLEY AND INCREASED CONGRESSIONAL CONTACT. HE FLAGGED THE JANUARY 31 VISITS OF BANDAR BIN SULTAN AND SAAD HARIRI TO MOSCOW, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO STABILIZE LEBANON. (BAND [...] | 2007-01-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS IR LE |
07MOSCOW3684 | FLY ME TO THE MOON, AND MARS; SHAKE-OUT IN RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 the president of Energia, one of the major Russian space corporations, was suspended by the Board of Directors at the instigation of the Federal Space Agency Roskosmos in a reported dispute over the direction of space exploration. He had urged more market-oriented p [...] | 2007-07-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ESA KSCA TSPL RS |
07MOSCOW3708 | RUSSIA: TRADE MINISTRY CONTINUES WORK TOWARD THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD BO RS |
07MOSCOW3716 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC RS |
07MOSCOW373 | MIXED MESSAGES ON ANTI-DEMONSTRATION LAW [...] (C) On January 24, a United Russia Duma Deputy withdrew amendments to the law on demonstrations that, if adopted, would have significantly restricted the circumstances under which public meetings could occur. The withdrawal seemed to spell the end of an effort by some in the Presidential Admi [...] | 2007-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW3732 | MOSCOW'S SCIENCE MUSEUMS: EXPERIMENTING WITH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: As Moscow increasingly becomes a tourist destination, science museums could play a role as second tier destinations, but funding and attracting visitors remain a challenge. END SUMMARY. 2. Embassy EST intern recently visited many of Moscow's science museums. This Way to the Di [...] | 2007-07-31 11:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SENV TPHY TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW3735 | GREAT RUSSIA PARTY PROTESTS REGISTRATION DENIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Federal Registration Service's (FRS) July 24 refusal to register it, Dmitriy Rogozin's nationalist Great Russia party has begun mapping strategies for getting on the ballot for the December Duma elections. The party's Central Committee Secretary told us that the F [...] | 2007-07-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3736 | RUSSIAN NOTE ON SEA LAUNCH, MFA COMMENTS ON SPACE ISSUES [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On July 27, EST Officers met Andrey Kruitskikh, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at his request. He delivered a Diplomatic Note regardin [...] | 2007-07-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ECPS KSCA PREL PARM RS |
07MOSCOW3737 | RUSSIAN MFA DISMISSES REPORTS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MCAP IR RS |
07MOSCOW3746 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: 1ST FIRE [...] 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, 1st Fire Brigade, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-08-01 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW377 | UNITED RUSSIA: CORRUPTION AND THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) As the campaign for the December State Duma election gets underway, the Kremlin-sponsored United Russia (YR) party has announced initiatives to fight Russia's long-festering problem of corruption. Observers expect that, as in past years, the anti-corruption mantra will largely be used to [...] | 2007-01-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW3775 | ANDREY FURSENKO: THE PHYSICIST TURNED MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Minister of Science and Education since 2004, Andrey Fursenko has evoked a storm of controversy with his efforts to reform Russia's tradition-bound science and education establishments. Fursenko is passionate about modernizing Russian science to make it more competitive and m [...] | 2007-08-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KPAO PGOV PINR RS SCUL SOCI TSPL |
07MOSCOW3777 | RUSSIA ENERGY: ANOTHER BELARUS GAS STANDOFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a repeat of the New Year's gas standoff between state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom and Belarus (reftel),Gazprom issued a press release on August 1 that Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) has been informed that gas deliveries to Belarus would be reduc [...] | 2007-08-02 02:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3797 | NON-PAPER ON DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS |
07MOSCOW3801 | RUSSIA'S SUPREME ARBITRATION COURT RULES IN FAVOR [...] (U) The Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) has ruled in favor of PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PWC) following a July 10 hearing in which the Federal Tax Service (FTS) claimed PWC had improperly accounted for its expatriate employees' salaries in 2002. SAC Chairman Anton Ivanov dismissed the FT [...] | 2007-08-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW3803 | ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...] | 2007-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS RS |
07MOSCOW3804 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS JULY 27 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 27 meeting, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens and a GOR representative for the Six-Party Working Group on Northeast Asia Peace and Security, Vladimir Rakhmanin, exchanged views on the expectations and goals for the group, including plans up [...] | 2007-08-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS JA RS |
07MOSCOW3805 | UPDATE ON UNITED CIVIC FRONT ACTIVIST'S [...] (C) A Consulate St. Petersburg officer in Murmansk has confirmed the substance of media accounts that United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in the Murmansk region. Arap was apparently hospitalized by local psychiatric authorities u [...] | 2007-08-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3808 | NASHI CAMP: MOBILIZING YOUTH TO COUNTER "ORANGE FORCES" [...] (SBU) For the third year in a row, the pro-Kremlin youth group "Nashi" held its two-week summer camp from July 16 - 27 at Lake Seliger in the Tver region. A visit by First Deputy Prime Ministers Dmitriy Medvedev and Sergey Ivanov, a meeting of Nashi commissars with President Putin, and a reco [...] | 2007-08-03 06:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW381 | AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...] | 2007-01-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS |
07MOSCOW3817 | RUSSIA: GAZPROM'S REACH INTO POWER SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 27 board of directors meeting, electricity monopoly, RAO UES, approved the terms of an asset swap deal giving state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, control over Wholesale Generating Company 2 (WGC-2) and WGC-6 in exchange for Gazprom's UES shares. Power sector reform [...] | 2007-08-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW382 | GERMANY: BUSINESSLIKE PUTIN-MERKEL MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 21 meeting in Sochi between President Putin and Chancellor Merkel was businesslike but not particularly warm. There was a sharper tone in the political exchanges than there had been in the past. Putin told Merkel Russia would not accept a forced solution for Kosovo. [...] | 2007-01-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EU GM RS |
07MOSCOW3837 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SECURITY [...] 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, Security Company Fakel Ost Ltd., Balashikha, Moscow Region, Russia. [...] | 2007-08-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3838 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SECURITY [...] 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, Security Company Fakel Ost Ltd., Balashikha, Moscow Region, Russia. [...] | 2007-08-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3841 | SURKOV GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CENTER-RIGHT PARTY [...] (C) At a closed door convention July 31, Presidential Administration Deputy Head Vladislav Surkov reportedly gave the Kremlin's blessing to Mikhail Barshchevskiy's pro-business and economic reform-oriented Civic Force (CF) party's efforts to cross the seven percent threshold and be represented [...] | 2007-08-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3842 | G8 DECONTAMINATION WORKSHOP SUMMARY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 16, 2007, we shared reftel summary of the Bioterrorism Decontamination Workshop with Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats. On July 31, we also shared the workshop summary with Vladimir Prokhorov from the same office, who attende [...] | 2007-08-06 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER PINS EAGR RS |
07MOSCOW3843 | SWITZERLAND NONPROLIFERATION MEETING INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On August 2, 2007, we delivered the reftel invitation and talking points to the international meeting on Integrated Nuclear Nonproliferation in Spiez, Switzerland to Laura Schmidt-Williams, U.S. Deputy Executive Director of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC),and to Vl [...] | 2007-08-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3854 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC CG RS |
07MOSCOW3863 | NEO-NAZIS SENTENCED IN ST PETERSBURG MURDER CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, a St. Petersburg court sentenced seven defendants for their roles in the murder of anti-fascist activist Timur Kacharava and other crimes. Ringleader Andrey Shabalin was sentenced to 12 years in prison, three received two- and three-year sentences, and three were gi [...] | 2007-08-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW3886 | RUSSIA: NEW STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW GETS NOD FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a July 14-20 visit to Moscow, a GAO (Government Accountability Office) delegation conducted meetings with government officials (reftel),business associations, and Western companies to survey the GOR's review process for foreign direct investment in the country's strateg [...] | 2007-08-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3887 | LITERACY AND HEALTH INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 31, 2007, we extended reftel invitation to the MFA's International Organizations Department. According to the Secretary of the Director of the International Organizations SIPDIS Department Tatyana Andreevna on August 7, 2007, the Russian UNGA Delegation will be headed by FM La [...] | 2007-08-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW3890 | FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN ARAP CASE [...] (C) An Independent Psychiatric Association-composed commission convened by Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin now plans to depart for Murmansk August 9, in order to conduct an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the early July institutionalization of United Civic Front (UCF) acti [...] | 2007-08-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3891 | RUSSIA'S FINANCE MINISTRY ON IRAQ DEBT AND VISIT [...] (S) Deputy Finance Minister Storchak confirmed with the Embassy that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahrastani will visit Moscow on October 9 to discuss "commercial cooperation" between the two countries. Storchak said FinMin Kudrin and officials in the Presidential Administration have pressed upon their [...] | 2007-08-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ RS |
07MOSCOW3892 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: MOSCOW CONTINUES TO DENY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Special Negotiator for South Ossetia, Ambassador Yuriy Popov, reiterated to Charge August 8 that Russia played "no part" in the August 6 bombing incident in Georgia. Popov emphasized that Russia did not intend to let the incident jeopardize what he characterized as the [...] | 2007-08-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV RS GG |
07MOSCOW3893 | RUSSIA'S FINANCE MINISTRY ON IRAQ DEBT AND AUGUST [...] (S) Deputy Finance Minister Storchak confirmed with the Embassy that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahrastani will visit Moscow on August 9 to discuss "commercial cooperation" between the two countries. Storchak said FinMin Kudrin and officials in the Presidential Administration have pressed upon their [...] | 2007-08-09 05:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EPET IZ RS ENRG |
07MOSCOW3896 | NPT PREPCOM INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 25, 2007, we shared reftel information concerning the 2008 NPT PrepCom with Mikhail Kondratenkov, Second Secretary in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Kondratenkov told us on July 27, 2007 that Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the same office, will likely hea [...] | 2007-08-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL MNUC NPT RS |
07MOSCOW3901 | RUSSIA'S FINANCE MINISTRY ON IRAQ DEBT AND AUGUST [...] (S) Deputy Finance Minister Storchak confirmed on August 8 with the Embassy that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahrastani will visit Moscow on August 9 to discuss "commercial cooperation" between the two countries. Storchak said FinMin Kudrin and officials in the Presidential Administration have pressed [...] | 2007-08-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN IZ RS |
07MOSCOW391 | APPROACHING RUSSIA ABOUT SUSPECTED AIR DEFENSE SITE [...] (S/NF) PolMinCouns made reftel demarche January 31 to Andrey Kelin, Director of the MFA Fourth CIS Directorate. Kelin denied knowledge of the issue, but said he would look into it. He added as a barb that both Azerbaijan and Armenia are concerned about the potential for U.S. air strikes again [...] | 2007-01-31 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS AM AJ RS |
07MOSCOW3921 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Moscow State University, Institute of Nuclear Physics, D [...] | 2007-08-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3930 | IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA NEEDS TO BID ON OIL [...] (SBU) Visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani told the press in Moscow that Iraq's 27 largest producing fields would be transferred to the Iraqi National Oil Company, which could then choose partners on transparent and commercial terms. The news appears to dash the hopes of Russia's Lukoil, whi [...] | 2007-08-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ |
07MOSCOW3933 | OPIC FINANCE: ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE FOR ASATI MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Reftel requested that Embassy gather information on an Accounting Chamber audit of Asati that stemmed from money laundering allegations made by a former joint owner of the company. Embassy has been unable to obtain either information or even confirmation of such an audit. Embassy belie [...] | 2007-08-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OPIC RS |
07MOSCOW3935 | NON-PAPER ON UN'S ROLE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KTFN RS |
07MOSCOW3947 | RUSSIA ADDS THREE MONTHS TO ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON [...] (U) In a letter dated July 31, 2007, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) provided a courtesy notice to the Embassy regarding the Russian government's decision to extend by three months its dumping investigation of fiberglass imports. The text of the MEDT letter reads as foll [...] | 2007-08-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3953 | ARAP CASE: COURT CONFIRMS COMMITTAL TO PSYCHIATRIC [...] (C) Despite testimony of independent psychiatrists from Moscow, a local court in Murmansk ruled August 10 in favor of continued involuntary committal of United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap for up to six months, at the discretion of the local psychiatric hospital that committed her in the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3954 | FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...] | 2007-08-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3971 | RUSSIANS DEBATE ROLE OF THE CHURCH [...] (SBU) The dog days of August have seen a protracted debate here about the proper role of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in a country in which church and state are officially separated. The debate was triggered by the near simultaneous expressions of unease by a member of the Public Chamber [...] | 2007-08-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KIRF PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3976 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Obla [...] | 2007-08-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3977 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: TIE PELENG [...] 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, TIE Peleng Ltd, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...] | 2007-08-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW3978 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials tell us they expect "no surprises" at the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. According to the MFA's SCO coordinator, Russia will seek to use the Summit to focus on improving the functioning of the SCO, especially in setting pr [...] | 2007-08-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS |
07MOSCOW3979 | DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS: GOR REACTION TO NON-PAPER [...] (C) Grigoriy Berdennikov, the GOR's representative to the Six-Party First Working Group -- Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula -- told us that the GOR, in principle, agrees with reftel non-paper. However, Berdennikov underlined that the paper should serve not as the starting point, but [...] | 2007-08-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS |
07MOSCOW3991 | RUSSIA: BUREAUCRATIC ERROR SNAGS HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: The NGO "International Youth Human Rights Movement" (YHRM) learned last week that it had been deregistered by a Nizhny Novgorod court in June. YHRM has appealed the deregistration which, according to Human Rights Watch, was apparently the result of compounded bureaucratic error [...] | 2007-08-15 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW3995 | RUSSIA: POLITICS IN VORONEZH MIRRORS NATIONAL SITUATION [...] (SBU) During an August 6-8 visit to Voronezh oblast, we found a political situation very similar to the national condition. The United Russia and For a Just Russia parties dominate the political scene, opposition forces are ardent but weak, the Russian Orthodox Church plays an influential role [...] | 2007-08-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3996 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...] | 2007-08-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW3997 | P-1 REFERRAL: DIGAEVA, STELLA ARBIEVNA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has identified Russian citizen Stella Digaeva as a candidate for resettlement in the United States as a Priority One referral. Digaeva is in danger of retaliation by Chechen security forces over criticism of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov through the U.S.-based Amina.com [...] | 2007-08-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW3998 | P-1 REFERRAL FOR RUSSIAN CITIZEN GEORGES BLEMOU [...] (C) Post has identified Russian/Guinean citizen Georges Blemou and his family for referral to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Blemou has been subjected to repeated assaults based on his race. In 2001, he was shot and pushed from a balcony, falling four stories, by unidentified attacker [...] | 2007-08-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW400 | NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) As requested by reftel, following is post's list of Russia's five most influential women: - Olga Konstantinovna Dergunova Chairperson/President, Microsoft Russia and CIS Phone: 7 495-967-8585/8572 Mobile: 7 495-720-6075 Email: olgad@microsoft.com Address: Ul. Krylatskaya 17, Entran [...] | 2007-01-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW402 | RUSSIANS DEFEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN, SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting Moscow January 18-19, EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt told Foreign Ministry officials that increased Russian transparency on arms transfers to sensitive countries could lessen the possibility of sanctions under U.S. law. Washington was willing to work with the Russian si [...] | 2007-01-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM MCAP PREL ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4029 | RUSSIA'S STOCK MARKETS CONTINUE DOWNWARD SLIDE IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) The benchmark RTS Index dropped 3.6 percent for the week to 1829.64 near the end of the trading day on August 16. Losses in Asian markets and lingering subprime concerns have prompted what some observers are calling a "market event." Deutsche Bank Aleksey Zabotkin maintains that, broad [...] | 2007-08-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW404 | RUSSIA: DELTA AND SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Delta and Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) officials met January 29 to discuss delays in take off - and as a result, of its overall "block time" - of its Moscow-Atlanta flight. (Block time refers to push back from departure gate to arrival at gate at entry point.) Delta Flight 47's "block tim [...] | 2007-01-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4043 | RUSSIAN PHARMACEUTICALS MARKET TAKES OFF (C-TN7-00763, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's pharmaceuticals market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last three years, and experts predict continued robust growth in the short term in almost all major market segments. Foreign firms continue to dominate the market and account for an estimated 75-80 percent of [...] | 2007-08-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD EINV EIND RS |
07MOSCOW4044 | RUSSIA SAYS NO TO FUNDING INFORMATION ACTIVITY IN GARMISCH [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on August 16 we discussed the upcoming Information Portal Activity in Garmisch, Germany under the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),with Alexander Bulychov from the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR). Bulychov told us [...] | 2007-08-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW405 | RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...] | 2007-01-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS |
07MOSCOW4050 | KADYROV ORDERS HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: In an effort in increase his control over international humanitarian organizations operating in Chechnya, Chechen President Kadyrov on August 4 demanded that they relocate their offices to Groznyy within two weeks (many currently operate from Ingushetia or South Ossetia). Kadyrov' [...] | 2007-08-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF RS |
07MOSCOW4065 | PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...] | 2007-08-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS |
07MOSCOW4067 | BLOGGING IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Blogs are the fastest-growing and least constrained mass media in Russia. The popularity of blogs has increased exponentially in Russia as the internet has become more accessible, especially among people in their 20s and 30s. Although most Russian blogs do not deal with poli [...] | 2007-08-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4087 | PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION MESSAGE DELIVERED TO ROSATOM [...] (SBU) On August 15 we shared reftel letters from NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey and Ambassador Guhin to Rosatom Deputy Directors Spasskiy and Kamenskikh, as well as the accompanying U.S. comments on the draft joint statement on plutonium disposition. Kamenskikh has agreed to meet with Deputy [...] | 2007-08-21 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4088 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...] | 2007-08-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4091 | ARAP RELEASED FROM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap was released from the Apetity psychiatric hospital on August 20, after being hospitalized against her will for more than six weeks. The hospital required her to agree to follow outpatient therapy before they would allow her to leave. Unite [...] | 2007-08-21 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4111 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4113 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4114 | NOT JAIL, BUT NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR FORMER HEAD OF [...] (C) Summary. A Nizhniy Novgorod district court on August 17 did not jail former Russian-Chechen Friendship Society head Stanislav Dmitrievskiy for his participation in the April Dissenter's March, but instead placed new restrictions on his parole conditions. Under the new restrictions, Dmitr [...] | 2007-08-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4118 | U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...] | 2007-08-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4119 | ONCE-PLURALISTIC ALTAY KRAY STARTS TO [...] (SBU) During an August 8-11 visit to Altay Kray, we found the region's traditional political diversity succumbing to the United Russia (YR) political machine fueled by the Governor's May 2007 YR party conversion. Reflecting the national line-up, YR, For a Just Russia (SR),the Communists (KPRF [...] | 2007-08-23 04:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4120 | RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSCR 1540 SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4133 | RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] As requested reftel, EST contacted the Department of Natural Resources to determine who was expected to represent Russia at the September 12-13 BSEC Symposium in Istanbul, as no names of recommended invitees were provided by Department. We were informed that Ms. Natalya Tretyakova, Department [...] | 2007-08-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV TU RS |
07MOSCOW4140 | RUSSIA: LOCAL OFFICIALS, NGOS PREPARE FOR DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The growing influence of United Russia and the extent to which the ruling party is pre-positioning itself for the December Duma elections was evident in Voronezh during an August 6-8 visit to the region (ref A). While the regional election commission chairman and NGOs described their work [...] | 2007-08-24 02:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4141 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SCO MILITARY LINKS GROWING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts told us that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist exercises, while deemed a success by many Russians, do not necessarily point to increased integration among SCO member states. The 6,500 soldiers involved in the exercises repor [...] | 2007-08-24 02:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW4163 | MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4182 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN ENVOY PESSIMISTIC, PUSHING UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 24th meeting, Russian Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko characterized the first round of Troika talks as satisfactory, but was pessimistic about prospects for the August 30 Vienna session, given entrenched positions over the Ahtisaari plan, which were exacerbated by Serbian and [...] | 2007-08-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR PBTS KV RS |
07MOSCOW4185 | SCO: NO PLANS TO EXPAND, BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonid Moisev, President Putin's envoy to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),confirmed that the organization has no plans to expand any time soon and maintained that the SCO would remain an economic club, rather than a military alliance. Experts agreed, telling us that [...] | 2007-08-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG EPET PINR PREL |
07MOSCOW4189 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requested a pre-license check to confirm the bona fides of the World of Arms company, the foreign consignee listed in the license applications detailed in the DTC Case 050052700. The commodities in question are 30 Model 597 Semi Auto rifles, .22 cal W/Scope and 20 Model 700 Bolt A [...] | 2007-08-28 06:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
07MOSCOW4226 | SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN POLITKOVSKAYA CASE [...] (C) Summary: On August 27, Prosecutor General Yuriy Chayka announced that ten people had been arrested for participation in the October 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Chayka alleged that the murder was committed by an organized crime group, and claimed that a known but unnamed [...] | 2007-08-29 02:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4232 | POLAND, LITHUANIA BREAK CONSENSUS ON EU HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: The EU Heads of Mission Report, prepared for the informal September 7-8 EU foreign ministers meeting on EU-Russia policy, was submitted to Brussels without the endorsement of Poland and Lithuania. In an unexpected move, the Polish embassy refused to sign off on the assessment, a [...] | 2007-08-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4240 | RUSSIA ENERGY: TNK-BP LOOKING INTO IRAQ, [...] (C) TNK-BP VP for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us on August 24th that the company is venturing into Iraq, has sent a team to Venezuela with mixed results, and is optimistic about prospects in Turkmenistan. Its capital expenditure budget is up $700 million in 2007 to $3.4 billion [...] | 2007-08-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ TX VE |
07MOSCOW4241 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA |
07MOSCOW4243 | MOSCOW: IMPORT SAFETY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, we provided information on the President's Interagency Working Group on Import Safety to a wide range of Russian government offices. Contacts at the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MOHSD) expressed general interest in participating in a future dialog o [...] | 2007-08-29 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW4244 | RUSSIA ENERGY: YUKOS REDUX FOR RUSSNEFT? [...] (C) Russneft owner Mikhail Gutseriyev has apparently fled Russia as authorities seek his arrest on charges of illegal business activities and tax-evasion. Gutseriyev may be guilty, he has a dubious track record, but this may also be yet another case of selective prosecution against an oligarch [...] | 2007-08-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4247 | RUSSIA CALLS STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS RECONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-large for Black Sea Fleet issues Vladimir Dorokhin told us its diplomatic spat with Ukraine over alleged statements made by a Russian diplomat regarding Russia's legal claim on the Crimea is a "dead issue." Russia characterized as a misunderstanding the Kyi [...] | 2007-08-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK RS |
07MOSCOW4263 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] 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, JSC Institute Engineering Science Ural Branch RAS, Yekat [...] | 2007-08-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4264 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Kamensk-Uralsky City Administration, Kamensk- Uralsky, R [...] | 2007-08-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4267 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SPECIAL [...] 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, Special Purpose Center of FSB, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...] | 2007-08-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4285 | RUSSIA WILL RESPOND TO UNESCO ILLITERACY MEASURES SURVEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI UNESCO RS |
07MOSCOW4287 | The "For A Just Russia" Party Stages Primary [...] (SBU) Summary. For a Just Russia (SR) held a series of public primaries throughout Russia on August 26 in preparation for the December Duma elections. Far from being a well-run, effective sampling of voter preferences, the primaries seemed to have been slapped together in an effort to keep pa [...] | 2007-08-31 02:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4289 | NEW LEGAL TROUBLES AROUND FORMER RUSSIAN-CHECHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Regional officials in Nizhniy Novgorod are conducting investigations of organizations affiliated with Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, the head of the banned Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS),including the seizure of computers from the Nizhniy Novgorod Foundation to Support Tole [...] | 2007-08-31 06:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4305 | DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...] | 2007-08-31 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW4307 | RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...] | 2007-08-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW4308 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW4309 | LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION IN EARLY [...] (C) Summary. The State Duma will likely ratify the border treaty with Latvia, but the MFA and the Latvian Embassy raised concerns about the treaty's passage in the Federation Council, where political grandstanding in an election year could possibly result in further delay. FM Lavrov postpon [...] | 2007-08-31 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS |
07MOSCOW4315 | MFA ON "SIGNIFICANT" SHIFT IN RUSSIA-BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly installed MFA Belarus Section Chief Nikita Matkovskiy told us that since Russia began to "put in order" its relations with Belarus in 2006, Russia has observed "serious but necessary" changes in the behavior of the Lukashenko regime. Matkovskiy underscored Russia's determi [...] | 2007-09-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MNUC BO RU |
07MOSCOW4328 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...] | 2007-09-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW4331 | SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS NOT AFFECTING RUSSIAN BANKS - SO [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The largest potential threat that the U.S. subprime mortgage-induced liquidity squeeze poses for Russian banks is higher borrowing costs, according to Moscow-based private ba [...] | 2007-09-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4345 | RUSSIA: STAFFDEL ANAND EXPLORES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (U) A four-person staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs visited Moscow August 25-29 to explore political developments in the run-up to parliamentary elections in December and the presidential election next year. During their visit they met with a range of Russian official [...] | 2007-09-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4347 | COMMUNIST PARTY TAKES TO DUMA ELECTION TRAIL [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY. Gennadiy Zyuganov, the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF),headlined a press conference on August 29 to launch the 2007 Duma campaign. He and other party leaders took an often defiant tone for what may be the strongest political organization in o [...] | 2007-09-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4357 | POLISH PRESIDENT REQUESTS PUTIN MEETING AT KATYN [...] (C) Polish President Kaczynski surprised the GOR on September 4 by conveying his interest in a visit to Katyn and Smolensk on September 17, the date the Soviet Red Army seized eastern Poland in 1939, and requesting a meeting with President Putin. Polish Charge d'Affaires Zbigniew Rzonca told [...] | 2007-09-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL RS |
07MOSCOW437 | FSB REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AL-QAIDA ACTIVITY [...] (C) On January 22, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) passed a note to Embassy Moscow ORC requesting information the USG might have regarding Al Qaida financial activity in the Russian Federation. Below is an unofficial Embassy translation of the note. A copy of the original Russian-la [...] | 2007-02-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4379 | KREMLIN TO ASSESS "EFFECTIVENESS" OF GOVERNORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, all governors were obligated by a June 18 law to turn in a statistical report accounting for 2006 on a host of economic, social, and administrative metrics to a commission headed by Sergey Sobyanin, the chief of the Presidential Administration. This new policy, requir [...] | 2007-09-07 07:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4409 | Russian Response to Letter Regarding U.S. Candidacy for [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL UNESCO RS |
07MOSCOW4410 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN PTER ETTC PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4413 | RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN RELATIONS: INCHING TOWARD NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. The MFA and Estonian Embassy suggest that Russia-Estonia relations are slowly returning to normal, despite lingering GOR ill will and unhelpful political rhetoric in both countries. Although no high-level visits are on the horizon, the two countries are closely coordinating on m [...] | 2007-09-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EN RU |
07MOSCOW4415 | Polar Bears: Exchange of Notes Bringing US-Russia Polar [...] On August 24, 2007, EST exchanged diplomatic notes with, and passed the U.S. instrument of ratification to, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as per reftel instructions. 2. The exchange of notes will bring the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the [...] | 2007-09-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA SENV RS |
07MOSCOW4418 | KASPAROV, KASYANOV'S OPPOSITION: LARGELY [...] (C) The movements led by Other Russia's Garry Kasparov and ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov seem to have fallen prey to an inability to forge coalitions with colleagues similarly inclined to reject the limited opportunities offered by the current electoral cycle. Kasparov's Other Russia appe [...] | 2007-09-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4419 | GOR ON OSCE: UNRELENTING BUT MEASURED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos's August 30 visit to Moscow gave the GOR another chance to air its grievances against the OSCE. This time, the GOR's criticisms were less sharp and there was no hint of Russia's departure from the organization. FM Lavrov, while calling the OSC [...] | 2007-09-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4420 | RUSSIA WANTS A STABLE PAKISTAN BUT AVOIDS DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Russia seeks a stable Pakistan, preferably under the leadership of President Musharraf, but is reluctant to weigh in on the country's volatile political situation. The MFA told us that the GOR considers Musharraf capable of maintaining government control of the nation's nuclear w [...] | 2007-09-10 02:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS XD |
07MOSCOW4424 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: LLC NORDIX, [...] 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, LLC Nordix, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license app [...] | 2007-09-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4433 | RUSSIA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS: NO FRICTION, BUT [...] (C) Summary. GOR officials characterized the August 30-31 Moscow visit by the South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon as "excellent" with no notable problem areas requiring serious negotiation, except the shared concern for North Korea's nuclear programs. FM Lavrov summarized the Russia [...] | 2007-09-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARMS MNUC KS RS |
07MOSCOW4440 | IAEA DEMARCHE ON IRAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC |
07MOSCOW4441 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION CONFERENCES FOILED [...] (U) Other Russia's effort to hold regional conferences in order to choose a unified candidate for the 2008 presidential election was foiled when venues they had booked were canceled or in some cases, participants were unable to enter the premises. End Summary. -------------------- Regional [...] | 2007-09-10 15:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4447 | PUTIN'S INDONESIA TRIP EXPANDS RUSSIAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin's September 6 visit to Indonesia is indicative of the Russian goal of expanding economic ties with Southeast Asia through key industries -- energy and military -- considered crucial both to Russian economic growth and to exerting influence abroad. The pre [...] | 2007-09-11 02:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ASEAN ID RS |
07MOSCOW4453 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requested a pre-license check to confirm the bona fides of FNPZ NefteGazAeroKosmos Ltd., the foreign end-user and NPO Geophizika-NV, the foreign consignee listed on application 050056021. The commodities in question are 10 NV-2AMA White filters (216mm x 168mm x 3mm) (NVIS filters) [...] | 2007-09-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4462 | PROPOSAL TO HOST NRRC CONSULTATIONS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BO KACT KZ NR PARM RS ST UP |
07MOSCOW4463 | RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4466 | RUSSIAN RADIATION MEDICINE EXPERTS IDENTIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KRAD RS |
07MOSCOW4469 | Nunn-Lugar Roundtable: Russians Praise CTR, Call for More [...] (U) Summary: At an event co-hosted by the Carnegie Moscow Center and the Center for Policy Studies to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, the Russian guest speakers broadly praised the Program, acknowledging its popularity and success. Some argue [...] | 2007-09-12 05:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER OREP ENRG MNUC |
07MOSCOW4480 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA, BUT [...] (C) Russia will consider our request to convene a formal briefing of the UN Security Council by Special Envoy for Burma Gambari (reftel),but believes that the situation is an internal matter not appropriate for the UNSC, according to Alexey Semenikhin of the MFA Department of ASEAN Member Sta [...] | 2007-09-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW4483 | PRIME MINISTER'S RESIGNS, FIRST DEPUTY FINANCE [...] (C) On the afternoon of September 12, Prime Minister Fradkov resigned, kicking off the long-expected next phase of Russia's succession process. Putin accepted Fradkov's resignation, which the Prime Minister said he had tendered in order to "give (Putin) full freedom in making decisions, inclu [...] | 2007-09-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4485 | RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT US POSITION ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 02:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4490 | RUSSIA TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and North Africa Department Aleksandr Kinshak previewed for us preliminary GOR plans for Iraqi FM Zebari's trip to Moscow, currently scheduled for September 18-21. The GOR will seek a commitment from Zebari to reactivate the Russia-Iraq Intergo [...] | 2007-09-13 05:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON IQ RS |
07MOSCOW4505 | FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...] | 2007-09-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR |
07MOSCOW4511 | WHAT ZUBKOV'S APPOINTMENT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) President Putin's surprise decision to replace Prime Minister Fradkov with First Deputy Finance Minister Viktor Zubkov seems to have been the product of Kremlin clan rivalries, a wish to keep all options open, a need to ride herd over avaricious elites and a desire to at least temporarily [...] | 2007-09-13 16:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4522 | US - RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETING: RUSSIA CANNOT [...] (U) MFA DVBR Senior Counselor Vladimir Gavrikov told us September 7 that the MOD had informed them that their technical experts on the Joint Data Exchange Center would not be prepared to meet on September 26 as proposed reftel, and requested that the meeting be pushed back to a date in Octobe [...] | 2007-09-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4524 | MTCR PROPOSALS AND WHITE PAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KSCA MT MTCRE PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW4526 | RUSSIA: TURF BATTLE OVER TICKET DISTRIBUTION COULD [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Delta General Representative, Leonid Terasov, told us that Russia-based airline ticket distributor for the CIS countries, Transport Clearing House (TCH),is probably behind the Government of Ukraine's recent actions against the International Air Transport Associat [...] | 2007-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4533 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLAYTON HAYS TO ATTEND ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Moscow requests country clearance for Economic Officer Clayton Hays to attend the China Economic Reporting Officers' Conference in Beijing September 18-19, 2007. 2. Information for Clayton Hays: Date of Birth: March 8, 1971 Passport Number: 900461607 Passport Issuance Date: May [...] | 2007-09-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA AMGT RS CH |
07MOSCOW4536 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 13 to Tatiana Smirnova, MFA Head of the Division for European Cooperation, Humanitarian Cooperation Division. Smirnova noted that the GOR was not planning to present criticism of other countries at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),[...] | 2007-09-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4538 | ZUBKOV CONFIRMED; HINTS AT CABINET RE-SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) As expected, Prime Minister-designate Viktor Zubkov was easily confirmed by the Duma after a perfunctory set of questions and speeches September 14. Only the Communist Party, and perhaps some independent deputies, voted against him. Zubkov used the occasion to suggest that a cabinet re [...] | 2007-09-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4539 | ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...] | 2007-09-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4540 | RUSSIA: FINMIN KUDRIN CONFIDENT ABOUT STAYING ON, [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Kudrin expressed confidence that he would remain in office despite the recent change in Prime Ministers. Kudrin's self-assurance seemed to have been boosted by his meeting a little earlier on September 14 with Chief [...] | 2007-09-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV RU |
07MOSCOW4542 | ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...] | 2007-09-16 17:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4543 | RUSSIA: TUBERCULOSIS CASES STABILIZING, BUT DRUG RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased Russian Government attention to TB control and treatment in recent years, and regional pilot programs involving international donors and experts, are helping to turn the tide in Russia's battle with TB. Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Russia have recently stabilized within [...] | 2007-09-17 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4544 | DFM LOSYUKOV ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. In a September 12 meeting with Ambassador DFM Losyukov expressed satisfaction that the Six-Party Talks had made progress toward the ultimate goal-- the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. He believes the Six-Party Beijing Plenary is likely to start on September 19, and wi [...] | 2007-09-17 04:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN IR AF IN RS |
07MOSCOW4550 | MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...] | 2007-09-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL ECON UK |
07MOSCOW4555 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: 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, Moscow Railways, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...] | 2007-09-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4583 | RUSSIA ENERGY: A WINDOW ON THE WORKINGS OF A SMALL [...] (C) Describing his experiences working in a small ConocoPhillips(CP)-Lukoil joint venture, a CP employee said his Russian counterparts cling to inefficient central planning approaches to business operations. He also noted problems of favoritism, corruption, and a disregard for principles of w [...] | 2007-09-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4584 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON UAVS TO SYRIA AND [...] (S) Russian MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR) passed us a non-paper September 12 (faxed to EUR/RUS, informal translation in paragraph 3) in response to ref a and b demarches on the possible sale of UAVs to Syria and nanotechnology cooperation with Iran. DVBR officer Alexand [...] | 2007-09-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETTC IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW4585 | INVITATION TO GPOI G8 CLEARINGHOUSE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4592 | IRANIAN FM VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki was in Moscow September 12 for what Russian officials characterized as a visit devoted to the countries' economic relationship. The GOR denied Mottaki's claim that Russia had agreed to finish construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and supply Iran with [...] | 2007-09-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR RS |
07MOSCOW4596 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE [...] (C) On September 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko told Ambassador of Foreign Minister Lavrov's interest in participating in the September 27 - 28 Washington energy security and climate change conference. Yakovenko provided the Ambassador with a non-paper outlining the MFA's traditional c [...] | 2007-09-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SENV RS |
07MOSCOW4598 | Samara Oblast: New Sheriff in Town [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The shocking speed in which Yeltsin-era Governor Konstantin Titov was replaced after 16 years in power has fostered an atmosphere of nervous expectation among the political elite in Samara. In a whirlwind of events this August, Titov announced his resignation; Putin nominated Art [...] | 2007-09-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4599 | ZHIRINOVSKIY’S NEW SIDEMAN: LUGOVOY [...] (C) The mercurial Vladimir Zhirinovskiy staged yet another impressive act of political theater on September 17 with the surprise announcement that the number two position on his party's ticket would be filled by Andrey Lugovoy, the former FSB officer accused by Scotland Yard of orchestrating the mu [...] | 2007-09-18 18:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4601 | RUSSIA WILL OPEN A CONSULATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Middle East Department told us that Russia plans to open a consulate in the Kurdish regional city Irbil in October, with the possibility to open another in Basrah. MFA official Elbrus Kutrashev expressed concern that the activities of Russian diplomats in Baghdad remain l [...] | 2007-09-19 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IQ RS |
07MOSCOW4602 | SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] We delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Timur Zabirov of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated that the Secretary's attendance at the AHLC demonstrates U.S. support for the Palestinian Authority and that a suitably high-level official wo [...] | 2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4609 | KASYANOV ON OPPOSITION PROSPECTS; PUTIN'S PLANS [...] (C) A relaxed, self confident ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told Ambassador September 18 that: -- the appointment of 66-year old Viktor Zubkov as Prime Minister meant that President Putin was determined to leave office in 2008, but remained undecided about the succession; -- if Zubkov [...] | 2007-09-19 06:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4625 | SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO'S VISIT TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Spanish President Zapatero's September 28 meeting with President Putin in Sochi will focus on economic cooperation and trade, concentrating on a "big push" to stimulate the interest of Spanish investors. The visit will also reinforce traditionally strong Russian-Spanish relations [...] | 2007-09-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD SP RS |
07MOSCOW4626 | FEDERATION COUNCIL PASSES LATVIAN BORDER TREATY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the Russian Federation Council voted 177 to one to ratify the border treaty with Latvia. Despite fears that the Just Russia party might cater to the nationalist vote in election-year politics (reftel),they instead voted for the treaty with near unanimity in the first r [...] | 2007-09-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS |
07MOSCOW4628 | DEFENSE MINISTER'S OFFER OF RESIGNATION FUELS [...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov tendered his resignation late September 18 due to his relationship to new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who is his father-in law. Many question whether Putin will accept Serdyukov's resignation, noting that he had just begun his effor [...] | 2007-09-20 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4633 | POLISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KATYN "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. DFM Titov characterized President Kaczynski's visit to Katyn as "constructive," noting that Kaczynski had depicted Katyn as an historical event and focused on the future of Russian-Polish relations. Titov also said that any request by Kaczynski to meet with Putin would have been [...] | 2007-09-20 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW4634 | RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...] | 2007-09-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS |
07MOSCOW464 | PUTIN'S PRESSFEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Hosting a record number of journalists for a marathon three-and-a-half hour session on February 1, President Putin was relaxed and seemed to enjoy displaying his mastery of facts. Putin was upbeat and positive, especially in describing Russia's economic picture. Some commentat [...] | 2007-02-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4647 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL [...] (SBU) EST officer delivered draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Policy Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India (reftel) September 20 to NSG expert in MFA's Security Department (DVBR),Mikhail Kondratenkov. Kondratenkov appreciated the opportunity for Russia to have the chance to rev [...] | 2007-09-21 09:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PGOV PREL IN RS |
07MOSCOW465 | PUBLIC CHAMBER ANNIVERSARY: THE JURY'S STILL OUT [...] (C) January marks the one-year anniversary of the Public Chamber, a body created at the initiative of President Putin in order to provide a channel for communication with the public and, in part it is believed, to compensate for the Kremlin's decision to appoint, instead of elect, governors an [...] | 2007-02-02 16:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW466 | UPDATE ON PWC'S RUSSIAN TAX ISSUES [...] (C) On January 30, the Department of Economic Security (DES) within the Ministry of Interior (MVD) called on PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) senior managing partners to provide a detailed explanation of the firm's expense accounting for its expatriate employees. DES officials interrogated the [...] | 2007-02-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4669 | (C) RUSSIA ENERGY: EXXONMOBIL OPTIMISTIC ON SAKH 1 [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia claims to be closing in on a deal to sell China gas from the Sakhalin 1 project it operates. However, Gazprom publicly and privately remains opposed and can block the deal regardless of what ExxonMobil,s contract says. We would not be surprised to see a compromise emerge [...] | 2007-09-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH |
07MOSCOW468 | BIO NOTE: YURI MOLCHANOV, ST. PETERSBURG VICE [...] (SBU) The following message was drafted by St. Petersburg CG Mary Kruger. Begin text: 2. (C) During the November 2006 inauguration of the newly-opened premises of the St. Petersburg State University School of Management, an American academic long associated with the school told CG about Vice Gover [...] | 2007-02-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4691 | CHEVRON RUSSIA PRESIDENT ON CPC BREAKTHROUGH, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4693 | NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA UNDER INQUIRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things are getting uncomfortable for the leadership at Nezavisimaya Gazeta (NG),one of Russia's leading "opposition" newspapers, in what appears to be an attempt by associates of Agriculture Minister Gordeyev to silence criticism of his business activities. NG deputy editor and [...] | 2007-09-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4708 | VOLGOGRAD MAYOR: YOUNG, PRAGMATIC... AND COMMUNIST (FOR [...] (SBU) The 31 year-old mayor of Volgograd, an unexpected winner in a special election held last May after his predecessor had been imprisoned on corruption charges, downplayed to us his Communist party affiliation. The mayor instead stressed his commitment to fostering a pro-business climate [...] | 2007-09-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4709 | RUSSIAN ENVOY ON ABKHAZIA MOVEMENTS [...] (C) On September 24, Russian Envoy for the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict Ambassador Chernov shared with us his views on the developments in Abkhazia. He claimed that the September 20 shooting incident occurred in Tqvarcheli, "not in the Kodori Gorge," and noted that this demonstrated once again [...] | 2007-09-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW4710 | Artyakov's Avtovaz Polices Shaped Popular Opinion of New [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Popular opinion toward the newly appointed governor of Samara, Vladimir Artyakov, is likely to be shaped by perceptions of his policies while serving as general director of the region's largest industrial enterprise, Russian auto-manufacturer Avtovaz. Artyakov fought to strength [...] | 2007-09-25 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4712 | REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON QABALA RADAR [...] (C) On September 25, we delivered reftel to MFA North America Department Acting Deputy Director Alexei Ivanov, stressing that the U.S. proposal for an October 9 experts-level meeting in Moscow is to discuss further the capabilities of the Qabala radar prior to the October 11 MD talks between [...] | 2007-09-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM AJ RS |
07MOSCOW4713 | PUTIN MAKES MINIMAL CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (C) Late evening September 24, President Putin announced the long-awaited cabinet re-shuffle requested by Prime Minister Zubkov. There were few structural changes to the new cabinet unveiled by Putin and much continuity, with government veterans Elvira Nabiullina and Tatyana Golikova replacin [...] | 2007-09-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4723 | READOUT OF ZEBARI VISIT: STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Deputy Director Aleksandr Kinshchak characterized Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's September 18-21 visit to Moscow as "successful." Kinshchak, who took part in the meetings, told us that Zebari gave Foreign Minister Lavrov a positive but [...] | 2007-09-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON RS IQ |
07MOSCOW4725 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIA SEES INCREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Division Second Secretary Aleksandar Fedorinov on September 26. He told us that Russia sees the Black Sea Economic Forum as the best way to increase multilateral cooperation in the region, noting that some of its working gr [...] | 2007-09-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU |
07MOSCOW4727 | FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...] | 2007-09-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD XR RS |
07MOSCOW4728 | MTCR: UAV/CRUISE MISSILE PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW4730 | Party Time: Four Parties Hold Congresses in Moscow [...] (SBU) Over the past week, four of the 15 registered political parties held their national congresses in Moscow to select their candidates for the December Duma elections. As in any election campaign they also attempted to engage an in electoral battle with their rivals. As press reports have n [...] | 2007-09-27 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW475 | ITALY: PRODI AND PUTIN TALK AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Prodi stopped in Sochi January 23 to discuss Afghanistan and Kosovo, bilateral trade and the Russian president's March visit to Italy. On Afghanistan, Putin was critical of President Karzai's contacts with "moderate" Taliban members. Putin voiced concerns [...] | 2007-02-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU IT AF |
07MOSCOW4750 | PIONTKOVSKIY EXTREMISM CASE ADJOURNED PENDING NEW [...] (C) The trial of writer and Yabloko member Andrey Piontkovskiy on charges of extremism ended inconclusively at Moscow's Basmanniy District Court September 25, when the prosecutor was unable to prove that Piontkovskiy's book, "Unloved Country," contained passages that violated the law on extre [...] | 2007-09-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW476 | RUSSIA: VIEWS OF TWO GOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Council and the Deputy Chief of Staff to the GOR Human Rights Ombudsman described a year of democratic retrenchment, with "definite improvement, amidst profound violations," but a more positive long-term prognosis based on changes within [...] | 2007-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4768 | RUSSIAN STOCK FRAUD INVESTIGATOR KILLED IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) On September 26 around mid-day, Senior Special Investigator from the Dagestan Prosecutor General's Office, Nazim Kaziakhmedov, was shot in a Moscow restaurant where he was having lunch. According to press accounts, Kaziakhmedov had been temporarily assigned to Russia's newly created In [...] | 2007-09-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4770 | ODIHR AMBASSADOR STROHAL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA DELAYED [...] (C) In a September 26 meeting, MFA OSCE Counselor Denis Goncher told us that ODIHR Ambassador Christian Strohal's visit to Moscow, planned for the first week of October, had been delayed due to "scheduling difficulties." Goncher admitted that the MFA had not yet issued Strohal a formal lette [...] | 2007-09-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4772 | YABLOKO PARTY LAUNCHES PARTY LIST [...] (SBU) In conversations since the September 15 - 16 Yabloko congress, Yabloko federal list number two Sergey Kovalev, party member Andrey Piontkovskiy, and a member of Yabloko's Murmansk delegation to the congress described to us a party whose continued stress on human rights, as manifested in t [...] | 2007-09-28 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4774 | GOR PLAYS DOWN BURMA DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOR again rejected U.S. calls for a strong UNSC response to the Burma crisis, but has urged restraint on both the Burmese government and pro-democracy demonstrators. Warning against "counterproductive" involvement by external forces, GOR officials emphasized publicly and pri [...] | 2007-09-29 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW4786 | OTHER RUSSIA NOMINATES GARRY KASPAROV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) About 500 Other Russia loyalists met September 30 in the Concert Hall of the Izmaylovo Hotel Complex to bless an alternative list of Duma deputy candidates and nominate a longshot candidate for President. United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov won the presidential primary race, sque [...] | 2007-10-01 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4807 | Russian Human Rights Observers See Problems, Some Possible [...] (SBU) During discussions with Embassy officers and EUR/RUS Human Rights Officer Mary Glantz from September 17-18, local observers of corruption issues, religious freedom, and media rights saw political and press freedoms shrinking within the country, but were guardedly optimistic about guarded [...] | 2007-10-02 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4828 | RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...] | 2007-10-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW4831 | RESPONSE TO PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE DEMARCHE: [...] (SBU) In an October 2 meeting, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA New Threats and Challenges Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov. Prokhorov expressed dismay over the flight of Riza Altun and disappointment with the lack of cooperation between France and Austria. He told us that he would pa [...] | 2007-10-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU RS |
07MOSCOW4833 | PUTIN ENTERS PARTY POLITICS: WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) Vladimir Putin's October 1 announcement that he would head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list and possibly opt to become Prime Minister exhibited the President's trademark preference for the unexpected, and again reminded observers that he is at the center of this managed transi [...] | 2007-10-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW484 | ZATOKA CASE: THE POWER OF NGO PRESSURE [...] (C) Unexpected public attention to the arrest in Ashgabat of Russian-Turkmenistani dual citizen and environmental activist Andrey Zatoka (reftel) sparked GOR engagement in the case. An NGO representative raised the Zatoka case with President Putin, which apparently prompted Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-02-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV TX RS |
07MOSCOW4849 | CIS SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: GOR EXPECTATIONS [...] (U) On October 2, the Kremlin announced that President Putin will visit Dushanbe October 4-7 to participate in the CIS Summit and two regional organizations' meetings -- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) council meeting and a EurAsEC Interstate council meeting. GOR officials exp [...] | 2007-10-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TI RS |
07MOSCOW4852 | RUSSIA ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the GOR requested U.S. assistance in the release of the two South Ossetian PKF personnel in Georgian custody (non-paper emailed to EUR) and in blocking the OSCE's planned October 17 session to re-examine the August 6 South-Ossetia missile incident. GOR officials e [...] | 2007-10-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW4856 | RUSSIA WARNS AGAINST ISOLATING BURMESE REGIME [...] (C) Summary: The GOR responded to U.S. calls for the international community to increase pressure on the Burmese regime by cautioning that further isolating the military junta would result in a backlash that could destabilize Burma and Southeast Asia. The MFA continued to downplay the crisis, [...] | 2007-10-04 03:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW486 | REACTION TO FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: IT'S NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of Freedom House's annual report on worldwide freedoms has created a small furor in light of erroneous local press reports that respect for freedom in Russia had declined to being on the same level as North Korea, Cuba, and Libya. The MFA reacted angrily, as expecte [...] | 2007-02-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4893 | ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department First Secretary Timur Zabirov. Zabirov expressed GOR support for the Tribunal mission, although he could not specify the level of GOR funding. Zabirov warned against the use of the Tribunal as a means to [...] | 2007-10-05 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER LE RS |
07MOSCOW4894 | G8-BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SUBMINISTERIAL, [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department First Secretary Timur Zabirov. Zabirov conveyed GOR appreciation of Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried's attendance at the G-8 BMENA SIPDIS Subminsterial and said that a suitably high-level official woul [...] | 2007-10-05 06:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4897 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak staked out familiar positions on missile defense, arguing that U.S. insistence on radar and interceptor facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland meant the 2 2 delegations would "talk past each other" and accusing the U [...] | 2007-10-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM EAID MASS ETTC RU SY IR IZ |
07MOSCOW4900 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA [...] (C) Per ref A, the Ambassador urged Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov on October 4 to support a formal UNSC meeting to hear the report of Special Advisor Gambari on his recent trip to Burma, followed by a UNSC Presidential Statement. Losyukov responded that he would have to consult with collea [...] | 2007-10-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS |
07MOSCOW4909 | PREMIER ZUBKOV'S FIRST STEPS SHOW REGIONAL EMPHASIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Putin picked Viktor Zubkov from relative obscurity to serve as Premier, the Russian political elite have been scrambling to figure out who this new figure is and the role he is to play in Putin's plans. Our contacts among political analysts describe Zubkov as an unassuming, [...] | 2007-10-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW4910 | DUST SETTLES ON PUTIN'S SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Putin's October 1 announcement that he will head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list (reftel) has been portrayed by the opposing Kremlin party's Chairman Sergey Mironov as proof that YR had gone into receivership, and had to be bailed out by the President. In a meeting with the [...] | 2007-10-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4912 | RUSSIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the September 25 visit to Moscow by Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisyan reaffirmed the historical strong ties between the two countries. Both GOR officials and the Armenian Embassy expressed satisfaction with the direction and extent of bilateral engagement. [...] | 2007-10-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM RS |
07MOSCOW4916 | RUSSIA: CIVAIR: ENTRENCHED BUSINESS INTEREST TRIES [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional representative Dmitri Shamraev noted the welcome resolution of IATA,s problems in Ukraine (reftels) but cautioned that IATA was not yet out of the woods in Russia given the entrenched position of Transportat [...] | 2007-10-09 08:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4929 | RUSSIA WILL PROVIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Concern over Afghanistan's deteriorating security has led Russia to propose a significant military assistance program to support the Karzai government. The MFA told us October 5 that a draft military aid package awaits Putin's approval. The program will include the direct trans [...] | 2007-10-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS AF RS |
07MOSCOW493 | MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...] | 2007-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RS |
07MOSCOW4931 | DUMA DEPUTIES PROPOSE MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: State Duma Defense Committee Advisor Valeriy Ignatiev confirmed that the Russian State Duma deputies who are members of the Inter-party conference on foreign policy proposed on September 26 that members of the U.S. Congress and parliamentarians from the Czech Republic and Poland [...] | 2007-10-10 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07MOSCOW4932 | WINTER CUTOFFS OF RUSSIAN GAS LESS LIKELY THIS YEAR [...] (C) Despite the noise created by the press, Russia seems to have learned from the PR blunder of shutting off gas to Ukraine in the winter of 2006 (ref D) and we expect a relatively quiet winter this year with respect to gas supplies. The immediate resolution of the recent mini-dispute over an [...] | 2007-10-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4939 | RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON MOSCOW'S APPROACH TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: "Balance" is the word used to describe Russia's Iran policy by Moscow's leading Iran watchers. Putin is sufficiently concerned about Iran's nuclear program to keep Russia engaged on the issue. According to the MFA, he will reinforce the point with Ahmadinejad in Tehran October 1 [...] | 2007-10-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MASS ETRD IR RS |
07MOSCOW494 | Russia: G8 BTEX Forensic Epidemiology Workshop Invitation [...] (SBU) In coordination with British and German diplomatic colleagues, on January 26 we shared Ref A invitation letter and logistics details for the March 2007 G8 BTEX Forensic Epidemiology Workshop in London with the MFA's Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director of the Department of New Challenges an [...] | 2007-02-05 16:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER PINS RS |
07MOSCOW4949 | SIX-PARTY TALKS: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. The Russian Government welcomed the October 3 Six-Party Agreement, terming it the best outcome possible at this stage, although DFM Kislyak cautioned about further "bumps in the road" given the nature of the DPRK regime. Moscow experts largely echoed the official view and encour [...] | 2007-10-11 05:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN KS JA RS |
07MOSCOW4952 | RUSSIA'S DISCRIMINATING APPROACH TO PUBLIC RALLIES [...] (SBU) Separate events over the weekend of October 7 reveal the limits to public expression and assembly in Russia. While a 10,000-person celebratory rally in commemoration of Putin's birthday was facilitated, and a 500 gathering marking the one-year anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder was ca [...] | 2007-10-11 08:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4957 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Kaluga Brewer Company (Russian abbreviation KPK),Kaluga [...] | 2007-10-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4958 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ST. [...] 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, St. Petersburg Physics and Tech Center for Research and [...] | 2007-10-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4959 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MIREA STATE [...] 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, MIREA State University, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-10-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4960 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: (A) AND (B) [...] 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, (A) and (B) Kalibr 2001, Vidnoe City, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...] | 2007-10-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4966 | KPRF ZYUGANOV UP ON PARTY, DOWN ON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In discussions with the Ambassador on October 9, Gennadiy Zyuganov -- the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) -- demonstrated the resilience, determination, and political wiles that have kept him on the national stage far longer than any might have imagined. At th [...] | 2007-10-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4967 | SPS CHAIRMAN STAYS OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an October 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Union of Right Forces (SPS) Chairman Nikita Belykh reacted complacently to the effect President Putin's decision to head the pro-Kremlin United Russia list might have on his party's chances to cross the seven-percent threshold into the Duma [...] | 2007-10-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4968 | DUMA DEPUTY RYZHKOV ON HIS FUTURE WITHOUT A PARTY, [...] (C) Outgoing Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told the Ambassador October 7 that he, unusually for him, backed the GOR's resistance to independence for Kosovo and further NATO expansion, which he termed "real" foreign policy problems. The dispute over anti-missile defenses was for Ryzhkov a "virtu [...] | 2007-10-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW4998 | U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING THE USE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5006 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...] | 2007-10-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5008 | NONPAPER RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S START FORMAT 81 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 03:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT KREL START JCIC US BO KZ RS UP |
07MOSCOW5028 | A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA |
07MOSCOW5030 | EMBASSY'S MEETING WITH UNITED CIVIC FRONT ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Embassy met with Larissa Arap immediately after her return from the United States, in order to discuss problems that she and her family were reportedly facing in Murmansk and the case she has brought against the psychiatric hospital that had held her against her [...] | 2007-10-17 04:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5031 | BIOTERRORISM: ENHANCING BILATERAL EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department biodefense experts met in Moscow October 10 to discuss bilateral bioterrorism cooperation with the MFA Department of New Threats and Challenges. MFA reported some confusion about the topics and experts needed for a proposed second bilateral meeting of bioterrorism ex [...] | 2007-10-17 04:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER RS |
07MOSCOW5035 | CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...] | 2007-10-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS |
07MOSCOW5039 | GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN MOSCOW: IRAN, MD, AND [...] (C) Summary: German Political Director Stanzel's October 9 visit to Moscow touched on most major international issues, including Iran, missile defense, and CFE. During his meeting with Stanzel, DFM Kislyak reaffirmed Russia's interest in maintaining a united front with the EC 3 on Iran. Kisl [...] | 2007-10-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV GM AF EU IR RS |
07MOSCOW5043 | RUSSIA'S SBERBANK TAPS GERMAN GREF AS NEXT CEO [...] (SBU) On October 16, the supervisory council of state-controlled Sberbank nominated former Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref to be the bank's next CEO. Shareholders will formally consider Gref's nomination November 28. The nomination was not unanimous. Outgoing CEO Andrey [...] | 2007-10-17 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5044 | REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Summary: Rosatom and MFA officials tell us they are not aware of any plans by Rosatom Director Kiriyenko, or anyone else at Rosatom, to build a nuclear storage facility in Abkhazia to dispose of high threat radioactive sources. We urged that the GOR intervene with the de facto Abkhazian le [...] | 2007-10-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG PGOV PREL GG IAEA RS |
07MOSCOW5045 | NONPAPER ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 03:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM UNGA |
07MOSCOW5047 | MTCR NONPAPERS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL RS TSPA |
07MOSCOW5051 | RUSSIA COURTS ASIA AND VICE VERSA [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to expand its influence in Asia by taking advantage of Asian eagerness to improve relations with a politically and economically resurgent Russia. Both the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Moscow recently, seeking to increase b [...] | 2007-10-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ENRG BG VM RS |
07MOSCOW5055 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...] | 2007-10-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5057 | RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...] | 2007-10-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5059 | RUSSIA-US MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Summary. In extensive discussions in Moscow October 10, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak discussed the U.S. plans to place a missile defense system (MD) in Easter [...] | 2007-10-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5060 | ACTING U/S ROOD’S MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting October 11 on the margins of the missile defense and 2 2 discussions in Moscow, Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak agreed on the need to encourage key countries to join the Global Initiative to Co [...] | 2007-10-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KACT KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5066 | THE SILOVIKI AND PUTIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5068 | Putin Telethon Showcases Economic Gains, Highlights [...] (SBU) In what should be his last marathon television call-in spectacular as President, Putin showed his phenomenal depth of detail on a host of issues, ranging from the need for a bridge in Vladivostok to advice on how best to manage U.S. disengagement from Iraq. Part political theater, part c [...] | 2007-10-19 03:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5069 | GAZPROM HEAD SUGGESTS ELIMINATING "MIDDLEMEN" IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, First Deputy Prime Minister and Gazprom Chairman Dmitriy Medvedev suggested on German television that Russia is willing to bypass middlemen in its gas dealings with Ukraine. The recent gas supply dispute with Ukraine and its subsequent resolution (reftels) raised question [...] | 2007-10-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW508 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: SHELL TALKS ABOUT SAKHALIN-2 [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, we met with Alf D'Souza, Shell's External Affairs VP, and Bibi Bautleuova, a Shell government affairs rep, to talk about the Sakhalin-2 deal that Shell and its partners (Japan's Mitsubishi and Mitsui) reached last month with Gazprom. D'Souza said that they got the [...] | 2007-02-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5082 | A DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NARYSHKIN AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin told the Ambassador October 19 that Russia favored expanded two-way trade and investment. The Ambassador said the U.S. did as well and noted that the new CFIUS law was intended to facilitate, not prevent, foreign investment, including Russian, into the Unit [...] | 2007-10-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5083 | UPDATE ON PWC'S YUKOS, RUSSIAN TAX CASES [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) President for Central/Eastern Europe and the CIS Mike Kubena (Amcit) and Managing Partner of PWC for Russia Peter Gerendasi implied that the YUKOS and expatriate salary tax cases against the auditor were politically motivated. Kubena suggested that the YUKOS [...] | 2007-10-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW509 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: CHEVRON AND CPC - LOOKING AT [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Chevron's Russia chief, Ian MacDonald, contacted us to talk about CPC expansion and the recently-inked Gazpromneft deal. (This discussion follows up on previous meetings with MacDonald with Mark Woloshyn, who Chevron has hired to shepherd along the Bosphorus bypass [...] | 2007-02-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RU |
07MOSCOW5092 | DUMA READY TO BACK CFE SUSPENSION, CHAIRMAN SAYS [...] (SBU) In a meeting with NSC Senior Director Warlick and EUR DAS Kramer, International Affairs Committee Chairman Kosachev underscored the Duma's support for the suspension of CFE on December 12, absent a change in the U.S. position and reiterated GOR opposition to any linkage to Istanbul commi [...] | 2007-10-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCFE PARM MARR WTRO IR KV RS |
07MOSCOW5098 | RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...] | 2007-10-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS |
07MOSCOW51 | RUSSIA REACTS NEGATIVELY TO IMPOSITION OF ISNPA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's first official public reaction was calmly negative to the December 28 imposition of sanctions against four Russian entities under the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. The Foreign Ministry characterized the U.S. action as an "illegal" effort to extend U.S. law to the a [...] | 2007-01-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5100 | FM LAVROV CRITICIZES US-JAPAN MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) In response to a question during a press conference with the Japanese agency "Kyodo Tsusin" on the eve of his October 23-24 trip to Tokyo, Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia was concerned about U.S. - Japanese missile defense cooperation. Saying that Russia was against a missile defens [...] | 2007-10-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL JA RS |
07MOSCOW5101 | ULAN UDE, WHERE BEING ASIAN WORKS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 15-19 trip to the Republic of Buryatia, squeezed between Lake Baikal and Mongolia, local government officials, political party representatives, and civil society leaders shared with us their views on the political, economic, and social development of the region [...] | 2007-10-22 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PINR MG RS |
07MOSCOW5103 | RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...] | 2007-10-23 06:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MG RS |
07MOSCOW5106 | CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...] | 2007-10-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5117 | LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Russia has set a low bar for the EU-Russia summit, and will go to Lisbon prepared to push back on criticism of its human rights and democracy record, as well as to press for clarity on the implications of EU reform. With the continued stand-off over Polish meat, the Russians see " [...] | 2007-10-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU WTRO ETRD ENRG KO RS |
07MOSCOW5119 | ODIHR WAITS FOR INVITE FROM RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The wait continues for an invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor Russia's upcoming Duma elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not issue the invitation until it has completed registering party lists, leaving little p [...] | 2007-10-24 02:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5145 | CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5146 | ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 24 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev. Goltyaev said that the GOR would oppose on principle country-specific resolutions condemning the human rights records of Iran, Burma, the DPRK and Bela [...] | 2007-10-25 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN RS |
07MOSCOW5147 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...] | 2007-10-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW5148 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SRI [...] 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, SRI Biomedicinskoy Khimii im. V.N.Orekhovicha, Moscow, Russia. The c [...] | 2007-10-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5151 | DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN IR RS |
07MOSCOW5152 | Norway's StatoilHydro Joins Shtokman Gas Project [...] (U) Norway's StatoilHydro announced October 25th that it will sign an agreement for the remaining 24% stake in the Shtokman Development Company, which is to develop the first phase of the giant Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea. Gazprom had earlier awarded France's Total a 25% share in th [...] | 2007-10-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5153 | PUTIN'S PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Putin's problem is that there is no political or honorific perch that will ensure his ability to check the powers granted by the constitution to his successor and, by ruling out a constitutional amendment allowing a third term, some observers believe that he has boxed himself in [...] | 2007-10-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5154 | ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...] | 2007-10-26 02:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS |
07MOSCOW5162 | LUKOIL VP PREDICTS CHINESE DOMINANCE AND SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) At an October 22 conference session on "U.S.-Russian Relations and Energy Security," Lukoil V.P. Leonid Fedun strongly criticized the U.S. for treating Russia as a "defeated nation." He nonetheless called for more dialogue as "equal partners," and portrayed China as a common threat, pre [...] | 2007-10-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW517 | RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVING AGAIN, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. It appears the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors may have legs again. In a January 31 inter-ministerial meeting, PM Fradkov remitted the draft Strategic Sectors Law to the Ministry of Industry and Energy (MIE) for one month to simplify the investment revie [...] | 2007-02-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5173 | (C) YUKOS FINANCE BUYER: NO PRE-ARRANGED DEAL WITH [...] (C) One of the major investors behind the August 15 purchase of Yukos Finance assets at auction told us October 23 that the investors hoped to "unwind" the various lawsuits and other claims against the company. They planned to use the $1.5 billion in cash assets and the 49% stake in Slovakia' [...] | 2007-10-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5176 | RUSSIA'S SOBER OUTLOOK ON UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's official reaction to the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the likely formation of an orange coalition has been cool, but an MFA official and experts told us that Russia can hardly be satisfied with the developments. Even more worrisome for Russia is [...] | 2007-10-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON UK RS |
07MOSCOW5177 | RUSSIA'S SLOW RETURN TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with a visiting INR analyst, Russian experts and MFA officials stressed that Russia is gaining ground slowly in Africa after its post-Cold War retrenchment. Russia is a firmly established player in the mining sector, where its advanced mining technology is [...] | 2007-10-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EMIN XA RS |
07MOSCOW5180 | RUSSIA TO INVITE ODIHR OBSERVERS, WANTS SMALLER [...] (C) Russia's invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the December 2 Duma elections will be sent no later than November 2, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov. Churov described the invitation as uncondit [...] | 2007-10-29 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OSCE PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5181 | DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU RS |
07MOSCOW5182 | GOR INTERPRETS BURMA DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) On October 25, MFA Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Division Second Secretary Aleksey Semenikhin provided a more nuanced GOR position on recent events in Burma (refs B and C). Displaying refreshing honesty, he acknowledged that earlier claims the GOR had limited information on the Bur [...] | 2007-10-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM RS |
07MOSCOW5183 | UPDATED DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS ON COMBATING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN RS |
07MOSCOW5189 | TDY JEFFERSON FELLOWS: KEEP THEM COMING [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Moscow supports amending the Jefferson Science Fellow program to include an 8-10 week TDY at the end of the Fellowship year. Our first TDY Fellow, Dr. Katherine Radtke, contributed significantly to the advancement of U.S. science and technology goals in key areas like nano [...] | 2007-10-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL APER RS |
07MOSCOW5190 | URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin told us that the GOR had not made a decision on the supply of transportation assets to the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, but emphasized the GOR's ongoing con [...] | 2007-10-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU RS |
07MOSCOW5191 | GOALS FOR UPCOMING EXPANDED IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep the GOR informed of U.S. goals for the upcoming Expanded Iraq Neighbors Ministerial and to seek agreement on estab [...] | 2007-10-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5192 | TOMSK OBLAST GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Tomsk Governor Viktor Kress enjoys strong support from the regional population as well as the Moscow elite because he, somewhat like Putin, is seen as a competent steward of his region's economic resources and as a capable manager of the local political system. During discussions with the [...] | 2007-10-29 17:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW52 | RUSSIA'S ECONOMY: OIL STILL RULES, BUT CONSUMER [...] (SBU) Oil has dominated the Russian economic landscape since before the 1998 crisis. Its revenues have put the government's budget in positive territory since 2002; it has strengthened the ruble, and kick-started a wage increase that is sustaining a spending boom. Yet, oil's prominence in R [...] | 2007-01-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
07MOSCOW520 | GOR PICKS AND CHOOSES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS FORA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent fact-finding trip by three noted human rights lawyers to Moscow was largely ignored by GOR officials, in keeping with Russia's long-standing policy to prevent "internationalization" of Chechnya. Russian officials have evinced greater interest in bringing together hum [...] | 2007-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5200 | RUSSIAN INFLATION REACHES DOUBLE DIGITS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) At a public event October 26, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin stated that inflation since the beginning of 2007 had reached 8.9 percent and would [...] | 2007-10-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5205 | BACKLASH TO DUMA AMENDMENTS PROPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (U) Amendments to the "law on referendums" which are working their way through the State Duma, would greatly restrict if not abolish the right of Russian citizens to express their views through national plebiscites. The amendments, offered by three members of the ruling United Russia party, had [...] | 2007-10-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5208 | RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...] | 2007-10-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
07MOSCOW5210 | RUSSIA: CAUTIOUSLY BITING AT THE BIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Deputy Trade Representative Ambassador John Veroneau and NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, GOR officials expressed support in principle for starting Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Negotiations. In her address to the USRBC October 23, Trade [...] | 2007-10-31 07:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5218 | MFA IRAN DESK ON CASPIAN SUMMIT, ECONOMIC [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Iran Desk Head Maxim Baranov indicated the Caspian Summit and bilateral meetings in Tehran resulted only in generic progress on economic cooperation. He described active engagement with Iran, however, including an upcoming 7th session of the "Joint Commission [...] | 2007-10-31 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IR |
07MOSCOW522 | RUSSIA'S SILENT CONCERN OVER CHINESE ASAT TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's relatively muted reaction to Beijing's test of an anti-satellite missile last month belies its deep concern about a pending arms race in space. Caught offguard by Beijing's action and unprepared to meet the challenge, Russian officials have publicly downplayed the sign [...] | 2007-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MCAP PREL RS CH |
07MOSCOW5221 | THE EASTERN FRONT OF RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Consulate General Vladivostok and Embassy Moscow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The population in the Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia is continuing to decline, due both to a long-term trend of "Western Drift" (internal migration from east to west within Russia) and [...] | 2007-10-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI CH RS |
07MOSCOW5223 | GOR VIEWS ON NO-RESULT JCC ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR's Special Envoy on the South Ossetian conflict expressed disappointment with the October 23-24 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Tbilisi. He attributed the failure to the two parties' widely different views and reluctance to fully engage. The GOR Envoy advised [...] | 2007-10-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5224 | BOSNIA: MOSCOW EVALUATES THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 29 meeting to MFA Third European Department Counselor Ivan Gorbunov, who told us that the U.S. and GOR evaluated the situation differently in Bosnia, but had the same overall goal -- peace and stability for the region (septel reports on the Ambassado [...] | 2007-10-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK RU |
07MOSCOW5225 | RUSSIAN DFM TITOV ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, AND POLAND [...] (C) Comment: In an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated Russian complaints over High Representative Lajcak's invocation of Bosnia powers, which ran counter to assurances given during his Moscow consultations, but stressed Russian support for the D [...] | 2007-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW5226 | PUTIN COMMEMORATES VICITMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION [...] (SBU) On October 30, President Putin paid an unprecedented visit to the Butovo firing range, on the fringes of Moscow where, from August 1937 to October 1938 about 30 thousand persons were executed by Stalin's regime. Putin's visit marked the seventieth anniversary of the "Day of Memory of th [...] | 2007-10-31 17:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5227 | RUSSIA APPRECIATIVE OF OIL-FOR-FOOD EXCEPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 03:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ RS |
07MOSCOW523 | RUSSIA: IRAQI DEBT RELIEF UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. On February 5, reftel concerns about delays in the signing of Russia's bilateral debt agreement with Iraq were raised with Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prikhodko and Deputy Finance Minister Storchak. Prikhodko told the Ambassador that the GOR was not linking the final signature [...] | 2007-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ KTIA RS |
07MOSCOW5230 | CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...] | 2007-11-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS |
07MOSCOW5231 | RUSSIA'S NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY STRATEGY: A KNIFE, A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian activism in recent years to strengthen the "north-south" energy corridor suggests an intention to slice through the conceptual "east-west" corridor, to reassert Central Asia's dependence on Russian energy routes, and to repair Russia's own fumbling gas balance. Russia ap [...] | 2007-11-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5242 | RUSSIA-BULGARIA ENERGY: SOUTHSTREAM MOU TO BE [...] (SBU) Bulgarian Economic Officer Kiril Vachev told us October 31 that Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov will visit Moscow November 7-9 to sign an MOU on the proposed Southstream gas pipeline (reftels). The MOU will signal political support in principle but leave all details to the fu [...] | 2007-11-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5244 | PWC CASE: "PLEADING THE FIFTY_FIRST" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On October 26, PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PWC) refused to submit documents on the auditing firm's worldwide staff that an appellate arbitration court had demanded ear [...] | 2007-11-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5246 | AMBASSADOR RAISES OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED BY NGOS [...] (C) Ambassador on November 1 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko problems encountered by Russian and U.S. NGOS as the Duma elections approach, and voiced concerns over the number of ODIHR monitors to be invited to the December 2 Duma election. The Ambassador described to Yakovenko re [...] | 2007-11-01 17:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5247 | GOR REACTION TO THE GANARDZHIAS-MUKHURI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary. As noted reftel, on October 30, CIS peacekeepers were involved in a confrontation with Georgian forces near the cease fire line in Abkhazia. In a November 1 statement, the MFA insisted that the CIS forces were within their mandate and blamed Saakashvili for provoking a confronta [...] | 2007-11-02 06:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5265 | INFORMATION REGARDING PLANNED U.S. MODIFICATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS BO KZ UP |
07MOSCOW5266 | PUTIN'S EU SPECIAL ADVISOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's EU Special Advisor Sergey Yastrzhembskiy characterized the Mafra EU-Russia Summit in generally positive terms. Yastrzhembskiy argued that the summit was a step forward and that EU-Russia relations are "evolving," citing the tw [...] | 2007-11-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW5268 | Penza Oblast - Governor Weak Authoritarian [...] (SBU) Penza governor Vasiliy Bochkarev at first glance appears comfortably ensconced in his power position, enjoying favorable ratings from the population, which credits him with improving the regional quality of life, and nods of approval from Moscow for his energetic support of the National P [...] | 2007-11-06 04:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5269 | CFE: RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE MOVEMENT ON REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA welcomed American initiatives during the October 24 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and Deputy FM Kislyak on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)(ref A),as very constructive and positive, and were looking forward to continuing the talks in Geneva next we [...] | 2007-11-06 04:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM RS |
07MOSCOW5292 | ROSCOSMOS ON SPACE COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN, [...] (SBU) Russian officials regard space cooperation with Kazakhstan as on track, despite reported disputes over leasing arrangements for the Baikonur cosmodrome and compensation for damages caused by a recent rocket explosion at the site. Plans for the construction in the Russian Far East of a [...] | 2007-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL NASA PREL PGOV KZ RS |
07MOSCOW5299 | RUSSIA NOT LINKING IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS WITH [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak told us November 5th that Russia has not made, and will not make, a link between its debt forgiveness obligation and the Saddam-era Lukoil contract for the West Qurna oil field development. Storchak said Russia's representatives at this month's Par [...] | 2007-11-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5300 | FOR A JUST RUSSIA FIGHTS FOR RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) On the first anniversary of its creation, the political party "For a Just Russia," (SR) finds itself recoiling from its greatest challenge thus far: Putin's decision to head the party list for United Russia (YR). In the weeks after Putin's surprise announcement, SR sank in the polls whi [...] | 2007-11-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5310 | D/USTR JOHN VERONEAU IN MOSCOW [...] (U) Summary: While in Moscow to attend the U.S.-Russia Business Council Annual Meeting, D/USTR John Veroneau met with industry leaders, engaged with experts at the Carnegie Center and had discussion with counterparts at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and the Finance Mi [...] | 2007-11-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON WTO RS |
07MOSCOW5311 | RUSSIA: NO POSTPONEMENT OF NEW STATE FLIGHTS [...] (C) The GOR has decided to implement the pre-payment scheme for USG "state" flights despite previous indications from the MFA that last week's informal bilateral discussions might stave off the November 1 implementation of these new rules. Because U.S. policy is neither to pay nor charge for [...] | 2007-11-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5313 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON INF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: The GOR is interested in working with the U.S. to see how other countries could be encouraged to agree to the norms of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF),but wants to proceed cautiously. Acknowledging that there are no provisio [...] | 2007-11-08 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5331 | DEMARCHE ON KOSOVAR ELECTIONS DELIVERED; NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR YI KO |
07MOSCOW5334 | RUSSIA: NO MORE FUNDS FOR POLIO [...] (SBU) We shared Ref A message on the need for further funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) with Deputy Finance Minister Storchak, and with International Department officials from the MFA, Health and Social Development Ministry, and the Federal Surveillance Service for Cons [...] | 2007-11-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID TBIO SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5336 | RUSSIA EXPELS THREE GEORGIAN DIPLOMATS IN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Russia declared persona non grata two senior counselors and one counselor in the Georgian Embassy in Moscow, in a tit-for-tat response to Georgia's recall of its Ambassador from Moscow and expulsion of three Russian diplomats. While the MFA issued two harshly cri [...] | 2007-11-08 18:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5337 | NEW FACES JOIN RUSSIA'S PUBLIC CHAMBER [...] (SBU) When Russia's 126-member Public Chamber convenes in January, its new ranks will include two well-known human rights activists, who had been dismissive of the Public Chamber when it was first established. Civil society activists remain divided on the value of the Chamber, often concluding [...] | 2007-11-09 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5338 | RUSSIA RESOLUTE ON LIMITED ODIHR MISSION [...] (SBU) Russia reacted strongly to USG criticism of Russia's decision to limit the number of ODIHR observers to the December 2 parliamentary elections. Official comments and news media commentary maintained that the invitation was consistent with Russia's OSCE and Copenhagen Declaration commitm [...] | 2007-11-09 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5339 | STATE DUMA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND CFE TREATY [...] (C) Summary: On November 7 the State Duma unanimously approved a draft law to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The law will come into effect on December 12, pending approval by the Federation Council and President Putin's signature. Objections to the C [...] | 2007-11-09 07:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL |
07MOSCOW5345 | CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE NORTH CAUCASUS: NO NEWS IS NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Russian civil society leaders expressed uniform pessimism on prospects for democratic development in the North Caucasus - despite relative calm and improved infrastructure in Chechnya. Our interlocutors predict continuing political violence an [...] | 2007-11-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5349 | RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON DARFUR AVIATION AND [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting, the Ambassador reiterated to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov the importance of Russian support for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (ref a) and urged the GOR to provide heavy lift assets for the operation. Acknowledging the MFA's cons [...] | 2007-11-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU RS |
07MOSCOW5350 | THE END OF YUKOS [...] (SBU) In a November 7th meeting, Yukos receiver Eduard Rebgun told us the company will cease to exist as soon as the court acknowledges receipt of his final report, which he submitted November 2nd. Rebgun asserted that he had merely performed a professional duty to carry out a Russian court d [...] | 2007-11-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5351 | STYLE RECORDS--PIONEERING RUSSIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY'S [...] (SBU) As high piracy rates and changing business models increasingly challenge the traditional way the music industry conducts business in Russia, a prominent Russian recording company, Style Records, is using market incentives and diversification to ensure its future survival. While taking [...] | 2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR RS |
07MOSCOW5352 | STYLE RECORDS--PIONEERING RUSSIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY'S [...] (SBU) As high piracy rates and changing business models increasingly challenge the traditional way the music industry conducts business in Russia, a prominent Russian recording company, Style Records, is using market incentives and diversification to ensure its future survival. While taking [...] | 2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR RS |
07MOSCOW5353 | RUSSIA REJECTS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PROPOSAL ON METHADONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 110-page study released November 8, Human Rights Watch International concluded that substance abuse treatment in Russia is of such poor quality that it amounts to a violation of the right to health. The report recommended that Russia immediately permit the use of drug-subs [...] | 2007-11-10 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5354 | DFM KARASIN URGES TOUGHER U.S. POSTURE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Prior to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's November 9 meeting with GOG DFM Vashakidze, the Ambassador reinforced U.S. expectations that Russia would do all it could to de-escalate and calm the situation in Tbilisi. Karasin said the U.S. should not underestimate how upset Russia w [...] | 2007-11-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5355 | OPPOSITION LAMENT ON RULING PARTY TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Just Russia (SR) candidate and Duma Deputy Aleksey Mitrofanov detailed for us how regional leaders, in their efforts to engineer a mandate for the Putin-led United Russia party, were using administrative resources and other tactics to thwart opposition political campaigns. Mitrof [...] | 2007-11-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5365 | RUSSIA'S LATEST CULTURE WAR [...] (C) A paean to President Putin on his 55th birthday by one of culture's grand old men, film director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov, has revealed fault lines in the cultural community similar to those that are all too apparent among the country's political classes. Mikhalkov's film hagiography of [...] | 2007-11-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCUL KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5368 | U/S JEFFERY LETTER: DFM DENISOV OPEN TO JANUARY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN |
07MOSCOW5369 | RUSSIAN SIX-PARTY HFO COMMITMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG KNNP PARK PREL IN KN RS |
07MOSCOW5370 | INITIAL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko claimed to Ambassador November 12 that the GOR would invite the 70 ODIHR observers as it had promised and in the timeframe promised, and would expedite visa issuance. In a November 13 conversation (septel),Presidential Administration Deputy Vladislav Surk [...] | 2007-11-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5371 | MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...] | 2007-11-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5372 | KERCH STRAIT OIL SPILL UNDER CONTROL, BUT LONG TERM CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Despite continuing storms in the Kerch Strait, the GOR reports that it has staunched the flow and has begun containment and cleanup of the 2000 tons of oil spilled over the weekend. The GOR is cooperating with Ukraine, but has not requested any international assistance. The Federal Serv [...] | 2007-11-14 03:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5373 | RUSSIA - THE POLITICS OF INFLATION [...] (SBU) In a campaign that many here characterize as a referendum on Putin and his policies, few expected that the problem of inflation would emerge to distract the public's attention from the broader economic stabilization that has succored the president's popularity. Putin's team, which was a [...] | 2007-11-14 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS EINV |
07MOSCOW5378 | MFA: "NON-CONFRONTATION" WILL GUIDE IRAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Iran and Afghanistan Ali Mustafabeli told us that the MFA has yet to hear from Tehran after Ahmadenijad assured FM Lavrov on October 30 that he would think about the P5 1 proposal to halt uranium enrichment. Mustafabeli predicted that the November IAEA re [...] | 2007-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ETRD AF IR RS |
07MOSCOW5379 | FOLLOWING MOSCOW'S LEAD: REGIONAL LEADERS BATTLE [...] (SBU) Regional leaders are following the Kremlin's lead "battling" skyrocketing prices, particularly on foodstuffs, as the inflation issue has gained increased political relevance as an election issue before the December 2 Duma elections. Whereas Moscow thus far has taken a measured approach [...] | 2007-11-14 12:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS ECON EFIN EINV EAGR |
07MOSCOW5381 | IN IRKUTSK NATIONAL POLITICS OVERSHADOW LOCAL [...] (SBU) A recent trip to Irkutsk oblast found a region not immune to the ebb and flow of Russian national politics. While the pro-Putin United Russia Party (YR) has a distinct advantage over also-rans For a Just Russia (SR) and the Communist Party (KPRF) in this region, the endemic corruption wi [...] | 2007-11-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5386 | U.S. PROPOSAL FOR BIC-VIII PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT BIC JCIC START US RS |
07MOSCOW5387 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, BILATERAL, [...] (C) Summary : In a November 14 meeting (other topics septel),DFM Kislyak told the Ambassador that the postponed Solana-Jalili dialogue, potential Chinese FM visit to Tehran, and imminent IAEA report may have prompted Chinese cancellation of the November 19 P5 1 meeting. Kislyak expected l [...] | 2007-11-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR EAIR KCRM KJUS RS |
07MOSCOW5391 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EUN LE RS SY |
07MOSCOW5399 | MFA ON RUSSIAN-EU ENERGY RELATIONS REF: A. MOSCOW 5266 B. MOSCOW 4932 Classified By: Econ MC Eric Schultz for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5401 | RUSSIA: ODIHR UPDATE; U.S. INVITATION [...] (C) On November 14, Vladimir Churov, head of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) told reporters that the CEC had received the accreditation applications for all 70 ODIHR election observers that morning and had forwarded them to the MFA for visa issuance. ODIHR Observer Mission Head [...] | 2007-11-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5402 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On November 15, Ambassador outlined to Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin both the public and private messages delivered to Saakashvilli and other Georgian officials by DAS Bryza during his November 11-14 trip to Tbilisi. The Ambassador noted that Bryza conveyed to the GOG the Secretary's fi [...] | 2007-11-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS |
07MOSCOW5403 | PWC'S TRAVAILS IN RUSSIA WORSEN [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with EconMinCouns, Managing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PWC) Peter Gerendasi offered a bleak assessment of his company's current legal difficulties. Gerendasi was pessimistic about the November 26 appeal of PWC's ongoing expatriate salary case [...] | 2007-11-15 16:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5405 | REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Rosatom International Affairs Director Vladimir Kuchinov called in EST Counselor November 14 to follow up on our earlier approaches to Rosatom and MFA regarding removal of high-threat radioactive sources from Abkhazia. Kuchinov confirmed that Rosatom Director Sergey Kiriyenko had not agre [...] | 2007-11-15 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA GG RS |
07MOSCOW5408 | ROSATOM REORGANIZATION BILL SAILS THROUGH DUMA [...] (SBU) The Duma passed unanimously November 13 a bill to restructure Russia's civil nuclear sector. In place of the current Rosatom Agency, the bill establishes the "Rosatom Corporation." Its mandate will be to coordinate and manage nuclear policy in all sectors. A centerpiece of Rosatom Corp [...] | 2007-11-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ENRG RS |
07MOSCOW5410 | MEDIA AND THE ELECTIONS: THE DEBATES AND THE ADS [...] (C) The fifteen days of debates that precede the December 2 Duma elections kicked off on November 6 and will wrap on November 30. On most days, a shifting mix of political parties participate in three debates that are broadcast on three separate channels. President Putin's United Russia (YR) [...] | 2007-11-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5412 | GOR SYMPATHIZES WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA tells us that the deteriorating domestic situation and limited political options "understandably" forced Musharraf to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov argued that Musharraf had to prevent the invalidation of his re-election [...] | 2007-11-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS |
07MOSCOW5417 | RUSSIA'S RADICAL LIBERALS - SPS PARTY SHIFTS INTO [...] (C) The announcement this week that Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) will take part in "Dissenters' Marches" marks the final step in the party's rapid evolution from a "constructive opponent" to total opposition. Over the past six weeks, SPS leaders have radically changed their electoral [...] | 2007-11-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5425 | MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...] | 2007-11-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW5428 | RUSSIA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY SEES MORE CONTINUATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During the 4th Moscow Business Dialogue on November 12, government officials and business professionals forecast a general continuation of the current mix of market and [...] | 2007-11-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND RS |
07MOSCOW5429 | CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Moscow November 5-6 to close the "Year of China" in Russia. His visit focused on trade and energy. While the Russian MFA portrayed the visit as a successful expression of flourishing economic relations, the Chinese Embassy cautioned that the agreem [...] | 2007-11-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5430 | MFA ISSUES TOUGH STATEMENT AGAINST SAAKASHVILI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5431 | CALM CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIAN REGION [...] (C) Changes in election law have created a "calm" campaign atmosphere in Voronezh, a city south of Moscow where during a November 14-15 visit we found scant evidence that a parliamentary election is about to take place. Local party representatives said the lack of single-mandate candidates ha [...] | 2007-11-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5432 | UNITED RUSSIA MUSCLES ITS WAY INTO STAVROPOL KRAY [...] (C) In Stavropol Kray, United Russia has reasserted itself politically and administratively in the aftermath of the March 2007 elections, in which A Just Russia scored an upset victory. United Russia has stripped the unpopular governor of his party membership, replaced the independent Kray El [...] | 2007-11-17 03:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5433 | THE WEEK IN POLITICS: PUTIN STUMPS FOR, STOMPS [...] (SBU) With just over two weeks remaining until the December 2 Duma elections, Putin, during a visit to Krasnoyarsk, at last began actively stumping for the United Russia party. On November 15, in Tver, about 700 delegates from 79 of Russia's regions returned the favor by actively stumping for [...] | 2007-11-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5434 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN FORECAST FOR "THE DAY AFTER;" [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Kosovo Troika Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko told us that FM Lavrov is preparing a letter to Rice, FM Steinmeier, and EU Solana raising concern over a possible unilateral Kosovar declaration of independence on December 11. The letter will also underscore the rise of radical Al [...] | 2007-11-17 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KS RS |
07MOSCOW5435 | PM SINGH'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Losyukov told the Ambassador that Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 trip to Moscow was a "useful visit" that saw progress on a potential agreement for Russia to sell four additional nuclear reactors to India. The visit included the si [...] | 2007-11-17 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MASS IN RS |
07MOSCOW5448 | BILATERAL BIOTERRORISM LETTER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 9, we provided reftel letter from State Department Bioterrorism Senior Adviser Ostfield to Deputy Director Titorenko in the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats (DNV). On November 16, DNV Senior Adviser Vladimir Prokhorov advised us that S/CT Coordinator Dailey and [...] | 2007-11-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER PINS RS |
07MOSCOW5451 | DFM DENISOV LAUDS ECON DIALOGUE, WELCOMES JANUARY [...] (SBU) In a November 19 meeting with DFM Denisov, the Ambassador raised Undersecretary Jeffery's proposal for a preliminary meeting in Moscow in January at which the two could discuss establishing a low-key, informal but regular economic dialogue. Denisov responded that he welcomed the propose [...] | 2007-11-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG RS |
07MOSCOW5453 | ODIHR BOYCOTT CONTINUES TO RESONATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR'S November 16 announcement that it would not send election monitors to Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections was the subject of incredulous GOR commentary over the weekend. The Central Election Commission (CEC) saw in the decision confirmation of the GOR's standing [...] | 2007-11-19 16:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5457 | RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...] | 2007-11-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5458 | UKRAINE TO PAY $160 FOR GAS IN 2008; MARKET PRICES [...] (C) According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, agreement has been reached on a gas price of $160 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2008. The agreement also calls for a rise to "market prices" by 2011. Separately, Gazprom indicated that final details [...] | 2007-11-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5474 | RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...] | 2007-11-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS |
07MOSCOW5475 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, WITH AN AMERICAN ASSIST [...] (C) Andrew Paulson, an expatriate American businessman in Moscow told Econ MC November 12 that his Russian-based internet company, Livejournal.ru, was preparing to purchase the U.S. version of Livejournal, from which it had sprung eight years ago. Paulson said the USD 100 million or more purc [...] | 2007-11-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5477 | IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN MFA VIEWS ON DG REPORT [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy conveyed U.S. views (reftel) on the IAEA Director General's November 15 Report on Iran to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Security and Disarmament Department nuclear non-proliferation section chief. Kondratenkov agreed that Iran has often been reactive rather than proacti [...] | 2007-11-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM RS IR |
07MOSCOW5478 | DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin requested the USG's understanding of the "erroneous" Ukrainian interpretation of "Holodomor (1932-33 famine)" and other events that happened during WW2. He urged that the USG lift the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasur [...] | 2007-11-21 19:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5479 | Disaster Declaration: Oil Spill in Kerch Strait, Russia [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Strait (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain a [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5480 | DISASTER DECLARATION: OIL SPILL IN KERCH STRAIT, [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Straight (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PREL SENV RS |
07MOSCOW5481 | GICNT: DETECTION ARCHITECTURE MODEL GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) We met November 21 with Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov of the MFA's New Challenges and Threats Department to present reftel nonpaper regarding the proposed January 22 Detection Architecture Model Guidelines conference. Prokhorov said that he would pass the nonpaper to relevant agen [...] | 2007-11-23 04:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PARM RS |
07MOSCOW5497 | GAZPROM-OWNED STROYTRANSGAZ ON SYRIA, OTHER [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with Econoff, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, First Vice-President of the Gazprom-owned construction firm Stroytransgaz, confirmed that the company had completed a gas treatment facility in Syria as well as a gas pipeline from Egypt to Syria. He indicated that the company wo [...] | 2007-11-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IR IZ SY |
07MOSCOW5502 | SUBJECT: KRASNOYARSK ELECTION - QUIET ON THE [...] (SBU) A joke is circulating in Krasnoyarsk that the regional electoral commission is taking care to make sure the population doesn't falsify the elections. With less than two weeks before polling day, virtually everyone "knows" the election outcome -- a solid majority for United Russia; enoug [...] | 2007-11-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5505 | GAMING RUSSIA'S REACTION TO A KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: The fact that Russia has not confronted the U.S. at the most senior levels over the possibility of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence does not mean that Putin and his advisers are resigned to the outcome. Russian diplomatic self-confidence flows from its sense of E [...] | 2007-11-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5506 | "JUST RUSSIA" STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary: With elections just over one week away, the Kremlin-fostered party Just Russia (SR) seems increasingly unlikely to cross the seven-percent threshold to Duma representation, and the media have begun their death watch. Observers peg SR's problems to Putin's decision to head the Uni [...] | 2007-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5512 | RUSSIA AND INDIA SEEK TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES; [...] (SBU) Summary: In official briefings on Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 visit, Russian and Indian diplomats confirmed reftel assessment of bilateral relations as politically healthy but in danger of appearing "emaciated" should the countries fail to expand economic ties. The dip [...] | 2007-11-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG MASS IN RS |
07MOSCOW5516 | THE WEEK IN POLITICS: THE PUTIN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The "For Putin" movement continued to percolate, with a November 21 gathering of five thousand supporters in a Moscow sports hall. The event --part U.S. political party convention, part CPSU congress-- featured an extended attack by Putin on his political opponents, a swipe at t [...] | 2007-11-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5518 | MOD SERDYUKOV VISITS CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov's visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia October 29-30 were part of Russian efforts to strengthen ties with CIS member states. (Note: Serdyukov also made an unofficial trip to Kyrgyzstan. End Note.) Serdyukov and his Uzbek counterpart s [...] | 2007-11-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL SENV |
07MOSCOW5522 | VIEWING RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS THROUGH A POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Russia's demographic crisis has not been a major issue during the Duma elections campaign, most of the political parties have focused some attention on reversing the population decline by encouraging higher birth rates. Led by President Putin, United Russia has crowed [...] | 2007-11-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5523 | MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...] | 2007-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS |
07MOSCOW5524 | RUSSIA WILL ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS RS |
07MOSCOW5525 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KUDRIN PERSONALLY VOUCHES [...] (C) On November 26, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin put his personal and professional reputation on the line in defense of Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak who was arrested November 15 on charges of preparing to and attempting to commit fraud (reftels). Kudrin [...] | 2007-11-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5526 | NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...] | 2007-11-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5527 | MOSCOW VIEWS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia recognizes that the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid November 29-30 will be difficult, even though there have been a number of areas of agreement this past year. Russia will press for its package of reforms to the OSCE, arguing the need for equal treatment of all countries. Put [...] | 2007-11-26 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5528 | GOR CLAMPS DOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA; KASPAROV [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, following a peaceful, sanctioned meeting in central Moscow, about eighty of an estimated two thousand Other Russia/SPS demonstrators attempted to march to the Central Election Commission in defiance of a ban by city authorities. In the melee that followed, poli [...] | 2007-11-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5529 | RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 2 [...] (U) A week before Russians head to the polls to vote in the State Duma elections, the Federation Council passed a resolution naming March 2, 2008 as the date of the presidential election. The unanimous decision by the upper house of parliament was expected and will become official when it is [...] | 2007-11-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5532 | NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...] | 2007-11-27 03:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5535 | RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Australia Group (AG) chair John Sullivan and Russian MFA Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Anatoly Antonov led discussions November 20 on Russia's possible membership in the AG. Russia's high-level delegation indicated its interest in joining [...] | 2007-11-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PGOV PREL |
07MOSCOW5540 | PICK YOUR POLL: PUTIN'S PARTY WINS BIG [...] (SBU) According to the final public opinion polls published one week before the December 2 Russian Duma elections, United Russia (YR) will garner the vast majority of votes and the Communist Party (KPRF) will easily overcome the seven percent threshold to entry into the Duma. The predictions [...] | 2007-11-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5542 | CIVIL SOCIETY SPEAKS OUT OVER OTHER RUSSIA ARRESTS [...] (C) Liberal politicians and human rights activists praised the President's November 26 criticism of the Russian government's detention of opposition protesters. In response to the Ambassador, Acting FM Denisov described the GOR reaction as "unfortunate" but argued that Other Russian leader G [...] | 2007-11-27 17:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5548 | UNITED RUSSIA EXPECTS BIG THINGS FROM ROSTOV-ON-DON [...] (C) The Ambassador's November 19-20 visit to Rostov-on-Don revealed that Russia's fifth most populous region falls squarely in the ruling party vote bank. Governor Vladimir Chub, who has ruled Rostov for sixteen years, appears too busy opening shopping centers and meeting trade delegations to [...] | 2007-11-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI EAGR RS |
07MOSCOW5551 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5562 | DUMA ELECTION OBSERVER UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador November 26 told acting Foreign Minister Denisov that the USG had played no role in ODIHR's decision not to observe the Russian Duma elections. Denisov insisted that the Russian Embassy in Washington believed the USG had "tipped the scales" on the decision during ODIHR [...] | 2007-11-28 16:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5563 | UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST [...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...] | 2007-11-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5564 | PSI TALKING POINTS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW5571 | RUSSIA: POWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING ENTERS LAST [...] (SBU) The electricity sector's regulatory and policy framework after July 2008, when holding company RAO UES will cease operations, is taking shape. On October 26, RAO UES shareholders approved the restructuring plan and consented to the appointment of RAO UES' director of strategy as the new [...] | 2007-11-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5580 | SERBIAN FM JEREMIC VISIT UNDERSCORES RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary. Serbian FM Jeremic's November 22 visit to Moscow served to reconfirm Russian-Serbian solidarity in the runup to the end of the Kosovo troika talks. Lavrov reiterated Russia's firm support for Serbia, noting that December 10 was not "the end of history." Jeremic noted that Serbi [...] | 2007-11-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR KV RS |
07MOSCOW5582 | RUSSIA - KPRF THREATENS TO PROTEST ELECTION FRAUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Communists are taking the offensive to protect their interests in Sunday's Duma election, establishing their own parallel monitoring program and threatening "mass action" if the administration falsifies the results. Party leaders announced on November 28 that the party wil [...] | 2007-11-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5583 | PUTIN MAKES TELEVISED APPEAL TO VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 29 televised appeal, Putin asked voters to support the party whose ticket he leads, United Russia, in Sunday's Duma elections. The brief address, notable for its lack of surprise, was a classic appeal by an incumbent politician to stay the course. Immediately foll [...] | 2007-11-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5584 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THREE JOURNALISTS BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: In the Ingushetia capital of Nazran on November 24, masked gunmen abducted a human rights worker and three Moscow television journalists from their hotel rooms, robbed them of their equipment and notebooks, and threatened them with execution. The gunmen then took the four victims [...] | 2007-11-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO RS |
07MOSCOW5585 | "SECURE GAS SUPPLY FOR EUROPE" -- NORD STREAM MOVING FORWARD REF: A. THE HAGUE 1999 B. MOSCOW 5399 C. TALLINN 737 D. HELSINKI 785 E. WARSAW 1975 F. RIGA 430 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5591 | ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER: [...] (SBU) Russia's plan to establish an international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk (Siberia) -- which stems from a Putin proposal made almost two years ago -- is moving forward. Russian officials and experts are confident in the ability of the Angarsk facility to handle increased demand [...] | 2007-11-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5595 | UNITED RUSSIA AND THE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With Putin's decision to back United Russia in the Duma race, the prospect, faintly entertained about one year ago of creating something like a real political party system has completely disappeared, and United Russia has become a vehicle for Putin's aspirations to remain influen [...] | 2007-11-30 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5596 | RUSSIA: INTERPRETING PUTIN'S DUMA VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: The significance of the December 2 Duma elections is the magnitude -- and not the fact -- of Putin's win and how he can use this "vote of confidence" to dictate presidential succession. Having been transformed into a referendum on Putin, the parliamentary elections are a step [...] | 2007-11-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5598 | PUTIN AND UNITED RUSSIA DOMINATE MEDIA IN RUN UP [...] (C) Summary. All one has to do is watch the national nightly news to see that President Putin, his administration, and United Russia garner the majority of coverage in the run up to the December 2 Duma elections. Over the past two months, three-fourths of the national television coverage and over h [...] | 2007-11-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO RS |
07MOSCOW5600 | CIVIC FORCE: A KREMLIN EXPERIMENT GONE NOWHERE [...] (C) The political party Civic Force (GS) began life as a Kremlin project and has enjoyed the freedom of action and access to the media that come with that status. Unlike other small, right-wing parties (such as Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces (SPS)),who have encountered problems in cond [...] | 2007-11-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5609 | RUSSIA ENERGY: NO DEAL ON KOVYKTA THIS YEAR? [...] (C) TNK-BP International Affairs Director Shawn McCormick confirmed to us on November 30th that a deal between Gazprom and TNK-BP on Gazprom's purchase of TNK-BP's 62.5% share of the giant Kovykta gas field in East Siberia will likely not be concluded this year. Press reports cited a Gazprom [...] | 2007-11-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5612 | FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...] | 2007-11-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5613 | RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT NEW DELHI AVIAN AND PANDEMIC FLU [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information about the upcoming Avian and Pandemic Influenza Conference in New Delhi with Russian officials at the International Departments of the MFA, Health and Social Development Ministry, the Federal Surveillance Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-B [...] | 2007-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5615 | GREF CONFIRMED AS SBERBANK PRESIDENT: EXODUS OF [...] (U) On November 28, Sberbank's shareholders confirmed former Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref as the bank's new President and Chairman. Gref said publicly he would work to retain key managers and provided a general overview of his plans for the bank. Outgoing chairman Andr [...] | 2007-11-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5627 | MORE BUSINESS VIEWS ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Boris Jordan, a well-known American businessman of Russian ancestry, said the December 2 parliamentary elections should be seen as part of President Putin's plan to continue to exercise influence after his current term expires, preferably from the sidelines. Jordan expressed hope that bil [...] | 2007-11-30 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EINV RS |
07MOSCOW563 | NEW HEALTH WARNING LABEL FOR WINE AND SPIRITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new label for bottles of wine, vodka, and other spirits warns consumers of the dangers of alcohol consumption by certain vulnerable groups, including minors, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. The government is delaying enforcement of the new law and giving producers and di [...] | 2007-02-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ETRD SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5630 | RUSSIA STILL A SMOKER'S PARADISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Duma session that ended November 16 failed to approve legislation placing greater restrictions on smoking in public places. The outgoing Duma also did not approve the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Russia has neither signed nor ratified. Observe [...] | 2007-12-02 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5631 | DUMA ELECTION: VOTER TURNOUT HIGH, PARTIES ALLEGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Eighteen regions of Russia have completed voting and all signs are that voter turnout for the December 2 Duma elections is expected to exceed 2003's turnout of 55.75 percent although three hours remain before polls close across all of Russia. The opposition SPS, Yabloko, and Comm [...] | 2007-12-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW564 | RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN DYSPEPSIA: EAT TOMATOES AND GET [...] (C) Russian press articles and Embassy Baku's interlocutors have played up deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations. They cite Gazprom's increase in the price of gas deliveries to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's refusal to send crude oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline; and the Russian ban on [...] | 2007-02-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ETRD PREF AJ AM GG RS |
07MOSCOW5643 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN, GTMO DETAINEE [...] (C) On December 3, DCM demarched MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov on Iranian attempts to procure equipment with nuclear weapons applications through a Russian firm, underscoring that the specialized cameras are possibly controlled by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (ref A). DCM [...] | 2007-12-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC PARM ETTC IR RS |
07MOSCOW5681 | RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...] | 2007-12-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS |
07MOSCOW5682 | DUMA ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG, COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: With almost all of the votes from the December 3 election counted, Putin's United Russia party has won 64.1 percent, which will give it a constitutional majority in the new Duma. Three other parties: the Communists (11.6%),Vladimir Zhirinovskiy's LDPR (8.2%),and Just Russia (7 [...] | 2007-12-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5698 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ROSTOVSKIY [...] 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, Rostovskiy NII Radiosvyazi, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The company is li [...] | 2007-12-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5699 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MIREA STATE [...] 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, MIREA State University, Moscow, Russia and intermediate consignee Br [...] | 2007-12-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW57 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL STANDOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia and Belarus have not yet found a solution to their row over oil volumes through the Druzhba pipeline. Over the last three days each party has cast blame on the other for initiating the confrontation, with the Russians claiming that the Belarusian transit duty was illegal u [...] | 2007-01-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5701 | EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN REITERATES: "WE ONLY SELL [...] (SBU) Embassy of Turkmenistan Econ Counselor Murat Yazberdiyev reiterated to us November 30th that Turkmenistan is only interested in selling gas "at the border." That said, Turkmenistan had no objections to others either improving existing pipelines or building new ones through which to expo [...] | 2007-12-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TX |
07MOSCOW5702 | DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...] | 2007-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW5703 | KUDRIN'S PLEA UNSUCCESSFUL; STORCHAK STILL DETAINED [...] (C) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak remains incarcerated after a Moscow City Court denied a defense appeal to have his November 15 arrest overturned. Neither Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Kudrin's petition requesting Storchak's release from custody (Ref A) nor the defense team's plea [...] | 2007-12-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5704 | PUTIN SAYS ELECTION GIVES DUMA MORE LEGITIMACY, [...] (U) One day after United Russia's decisive victory in parliamentary elections, Putin thanked voters for supporting United Russia and said that the elections would give the next Duma more legitimacy. He called the election results a sign of "trust" in United Russia and a "good indicator of Russ [...] | 2007-12-04 16:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5717 | GAZPROM: 2008 GAS PRICE DEAL WITH UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Confirming press reports, Gazprom International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov told us December 5th that a deal had been concluded with Ukrainian Minister of Energy Yuriy Boyko the previous day on the 2008 gas price to Ukraine and transit fees to and through Ukraine. Zolotov said negotia [...] | 2007-12-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5720 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia is in no hurry to re-evaluate its bilateral relations with Georgia, with the MFA issuing repeated statements slamming Saakashvili's anti-Russia tactics as a "farce." MFA officials confirm that Saakashvili is persona non grata in Moscow, while Duma Chairman Gryzlov raised [...] | 2007-12-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5729 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Romona Inc., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. The company is l [...] | 2007-12-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5733 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALES TO BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 16:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW5734 | CHECHEN PRESIDENT REACHES OUT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is looking to the Middle East to finance the reconstruction of Chechnya. Kadyrov met recently in Moscow with the visiting Saudi Crown Prince and traveled to Saudi Arabia and Jordan earlier this year. Kadyrov plans to visit Mecca in December, part [...] | 2007-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI JO SA RS |
07MOSCOW5735 | RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...] | 2007-12-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5738 | WFP PLANNING CY08 NORTH CAUCASUS DEPARTURE DESPITE [...] Summary: The UN World Food Program will extend its current North Caucasus operation into 2008, but unless it observes deterioration in the food security status of the IDP population it plans to terminate all its direct food aid in the region within the next year. End summary. -------------- [...] | 2007-12-07 06:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV EAID EAGR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5743 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARY B. WARLICK, SENIOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSC Senior Director Mary B. Warlick for the proposed visit to Moscow from December 10-11, 2007. Airport meet/assist has been arranged through AECA. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970 [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC RS |
07MOSCOW5745 | GOLOS INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DUMA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 press conference, the USAID-funded voting rights NGO Golos reported widespread violations and irregularities in the December 2 State Duma elections. While much of its information is anecdotal, Golos did provide cursory statistical findings of anomalies, most notab [...] | 2007-12-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5748 | LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF RECENT POLLING DATA [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5749 | CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...] | 2007-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5750 | LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF PUTIN'S PULL [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...] | 2007-12-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5751 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...] | 2007-12-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5752 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Kavkaztransgaz, Stavropol, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...] | 2007-12-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5753 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IT- [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, IT-Diagnostica, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...] | 2007-12-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5761 | RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...] | 2007-12-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW5762 | AFTER THE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With the messy Duma elections fast fading from memory here (although the final results will not be certified until at least December 10),attention has shifted to the March 2 presidential elections. The four parties in the new Duma have scheduled their congresses for mid-Decembe [...] | 2007-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5763 | RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS [...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...] | 2007-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV RS |
07MOSCOW5765 | REINVENTING THE RUSSIAN DRUG STORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Much like Russia's booming pharmaceuticals market (Ref A),the Russian pharmacy business is rapidly expanding. Major Russian drug store chains are consolidating their market-leading positions, but the industry is still relatively unconcentrated, with the leading drug store chai [...] | 2007-12-10 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD EINV EIND RS |
07MOSCOW5770 | VTB MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUND MURDERED NEAR MOSCOW [...] (U) On December 6, officials from the Moscow Oblast division of the General Procuracy's Investigation Committee discovered the body of VTB Managing Director for Corporate Clients Oleg Zhukovsky. He was found at the bottom of a swimming pool near his home in the Odintsovo region of suburban M [...] | 2007-12-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5771 | PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Representatives of United Russia, the Agrarian Party, Patriots of Russia, and Just Russia, headed by United Russia Chairman Gryzlov, asked December 10 for Putin's support for the presidential candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. The media report that Putin told Gryzlo [...] | 2007-12-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5773 | ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 3-5, the Russians lamented what, in their view, is a lack of genuine partnership at the ISTC and the neglect of Russia's rights and privileges und [...] | 2007-12-11 04:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
07MOSCOW5780 | RUSSIA: OHR DECISIONS AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on Russian allegations about the U.S. Deputy High Representative to MFA Counselor for Bosnia Ivan Gorbunov on December 10. Gorbunov undertook to pass the points to his superiors, and suffered no further comment on the matter. The Ambassador will reinforce U.S [...] | 2007-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK SRS RS |
07MOSCOW5781 | NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...] | 2007-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5782 | MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY - PUTIN [...] (C) Less than a day after Putin came out in support of Dmitriy Medvedev's candidacy for President, Medvedev revealed his campaign strategy: to run on the promise of picking Putin to serve as Premier. Endorsements of a host of regional authorities, as well as representatives of the President's [...] | 2007-12-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5784 | GREF CENTER'S VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC DIRECTION [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting, Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR or the Gref Center),the economic brain trust for the GOR's economic reforms in the early years of President Putin's administration, told econoff that while reform momentum has slowed th [...] | 2007-12-12 04:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PREL RS |
07MOSCOW579 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...] | 2007-02-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP RS IR |
07MOSCOW5790 | RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...] | 2007-12-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL RU UK |
07MOSCOW5794 | UNION STATE PRESIDENCY NOT ON PUTIN'S AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA strongly denied press rumors that Putin's December 13-14 trip to Minsk would create him president of a Russia-Belarus Union State, making it clear that Belarus had a long way to travel before it would be a partner for Russia. Putin's trip will focus on reviewing 2007's " [...] | 2007-12-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM BO RS |
07MOSCOW5795 | RUSSIA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN CFE TREATY [...] As expected, at midnight December 12, Moscow suspended participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Russia has suspended all actions under the Treaty, including exchanges of information on troop levels, and inspec [...] | 2007-12-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5796 | GETTING THE VOTE OUT: HOW UNITED RUSSIA PULLED OFF [...] (C) Summary: A comparison of electoral statistics from the December 2 Duma elections and the previous elections in a number of selected regions shows that United Russia's use of administrative assets to get out an increased number of voters made a difference in the December 2 Duma elections. [...] | 2007-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5798 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5800 | THE MEASURE OF THE MAN - "WHO IS MR. MEDVEDEV?" [...] (C) Despite his prominence as First Deputy Premier, Gazprom Board Chair, and earlier as Head of the Presidential Administration, Medvedev remains only somewhat less an enigma than his mentor Putin was when the latter was picked as Yeltsin's successor eight years ago. In the near unanimous app [...] | 2007-12-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | RS PINR PGOV |
07MOSCOW5802 | SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Poloff and UK Emboff jointly delivered draft Iraq UNSCR text and reftel points to MFA Counselor for International Organizations Yuriy Rudakov on December 13. Rudakov said that the MFA had received a copy of the draft from the Russian Mission in New York, and that the GOR had no major obj [...] | 2007-12-14 07:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East and North Africa Counselor Timur Zabirov. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated the importance of the Paris donors conference and Foreign Minister Lavrov would head the Russian delegation. He could not provide information on the level of Russian [...] | 2007-12-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMCT PREL PGOV KWBC KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5819 | EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Embassy Moscow's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is: Kathleen Doherty, Deputy Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs, 7 (495) 728-5179, DohertyKX@state.sgov.gov, DohertyKA@state.gov. 2. The Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is Clayton Hays, Financial Economist, 7 (49 [...] | 2007-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RS |
07MOSCOW5823 | KASPAROV DROPS OUT OF RACE FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Garry Kasparov announced December 13 that he will not be a candidate in the March 2 presidential elections. Kasparov made the decision one day after the Central Election Commission (CEC) held firm on its decision that at least 500 members of the United Civil Front (UCF) which [...] | 2007-12-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5824 | U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...] | 2007-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW5825 | RUSSIAN ELITES AHEAD OF RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of establishment analysts and Putin critics approach the ruling party's December 17 convention convinced that it is time for liberals, the Kremlin, and the West to come to grips with the changed political landscape following the December 2 Duma elections. With t [...] | 2007-12-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5828 | CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...] | 2007-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS |
07MOSCOW583 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS GAZPROM'S MILLER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller praised recent moves on domestic gas price reform, and said gas price rises to FSU countries would move forward in tandem, and assets are a part of the payment mix. Miller stressed plans in play to develop Yam [...] | 2007-02-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5831 | FEEL THE BURN: FITNESS CLUBS IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian fitness clubs are expanding and becoming increasing popular, suggesting that the notion of a healthy lifestyle may slowly be taking root in Russia. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ Fitness Clubs Pumping Up ------------------------ 2. (U) Although there are n [...] | 2007-12-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI SCUL RS |
07MOSCOW5835 | ROSNEFT CEO BOGDANCHIKOV OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS PINR |
07MOSCOW584 | UNHCR COMPLETES INTERVIEWS OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) UNHCR has completed its interviews of the North Koreans asylum seekers that arrived in Moscow in January and is finalizing its assessments of their cases (reftel). UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Gang Li said that all of them had indicated they had wanted to be resettled to the United Sta [...] | 2007-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV RS KN |
07MOSCOW5841 | ATOMSTROYEXPORT'S APPROACH TO THE "NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting at a Moscow think-tank, an official from Atomstroyexport outlined priorities for the construction of Russian nuclear power plants abroad. China, India, Iran, and Bulgaria are their top target markets. The official downplayed the importance of the failure of Russ [...] | 2007-12-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL RS IN |
07MOSCOW5844 | FORD WORKERS END STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s plant near St. Petersburg ended a four-week strike today after management promised further negotiations on a new labor contract, including wage increases and a reduction of the night shift (reftel a). According to press reports, Ford management has [...] | 2007-12-18 04:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB RS SOCI |
07MOSCOW5845 | ROSNEFT'S LEADERSHIP RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: A recent shuffle in the top ranks of Rosneft, rumored to have been engineered by its Chairman Igor Sechin, has spurred speculation that CEO Sergey Bogdanchikov may be on his way out. If true, the company's plans and future may depend as much on politics as the company's plans an [...] | 2007-12-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5847 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In a December 17th meeting with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Nabiullina acknowledged the GOR faced time pressures to conclude multilateral WTO discussions but was optimistic that a deal could be reached by mid-February. While issues such as state-owned enterprises and agricultur [...] | 2007-12-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5848 | GOR NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH TYMOSHENKO'S COMEBACK [...] (C) Summary. Within a few hours after the election of Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, MFA officials welcomed her "return", while expressing relief that many bilateral decisions put on hold in the absence of a "functioning" government in Ukraine could be made and implemented [...] | 2007-12-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW5849 | UNITED RUSSIA ACCEPTS MEDVEDEV AS CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The 511 delegates at the pro-Kremlin United Russia party's December 17 party congress performed to expectations, when they chose First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev as their candidate for President. Putin confounded the expectations of some commentators by agreeing, after a wee [...] | 2007-12-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5850 | SPS NOMINATES NEMTSOV, SEARCHES ITS SOUL [...] (C) The Russian liberal-democratic party the Union of Right Forces (SPS) held its party conference in Moscow on December 17 to nominate a candidate for president. A general party soul-searching and consideration of campaign mistakes occupied almost half of the conference agenda. In accepting [...] | 2007-12-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5857 | TALKING POINTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW5868 | FIFTH RUSSIAN DUMA TO BEGIN WORK DECEMBER 24 [...] (U) The fifth Russian Duma will begin its work December 24. Taking seats in the new Duma on behalf of the four winning parties -- United Russia, Communist Party (KPRF),Just Russia, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) -- will be veteran politicians, youth movement leaders, businessmen an [...] | 2007-12-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5869 | GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN [...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...] | 2007-12-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5878 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5879 | MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...] | 2007-12-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF RS |
07MOSCOW5884 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) More than year after the implementation of controversial amendments with tougher reporting requirements for Russian non-governmental organizations, the fears of extensive, politically-motivated NGO closures have not materialized. A USAID-funded study, civil society assessments and Emba [...] | 2007-12-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5898 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...] | 2007-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MD RS |
07MOSCOW5899 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...] | 2007-12-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5918 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5924 | RUSSIA'S LATEST STATE CORPORATION: HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an effort to revitalize Russia's housing, President Putin on July 27 signed the law creating the Fund to Assist Housing Maintenance. Minister of Regional Development Kozak will head the Fund's supervisory board and his protg, Konstantin Tsitsin, a Federal Council member, w [...] | 2007-12-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5925 | JCIC POINTS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS BO KZ UP |
07MOSCOW5938 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel C demarche, the MFA conveyed its support for Pierre Prosper, but stressed its expectation of reciprocal U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor A.S. Avtonomov in the same election. 2. (SBU) Text of MFA dipnote: No. 11521-n/dgpch The Department for Huma [...] | 2007-12-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5955 | RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S END-OF-YEAR REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on December 21, the day after the formal signing of the Tri-Caspian (Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) pipeline agreement, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko called it "a good note" on which to end the year. He commented on domestic en [...] | 2007-12-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5958 | RUSSIAN DFM GRUSHKO ON OSCE DUES [...] (U) Local press seized on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko's December 26 statement about Russia's decreasing contributions to the OSCE budget. During an end-of-year press conference, Grushko said, "Russia is already reducing its financing of the OSCE. If we look at the evol [...] | 2007-12-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5969 | POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S [...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...] | 2007-12-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS |
07MOSCOW5971 | DEMARCHES ON POTENTIAL S-300 SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In response to multiple demarches from the DCM, senior MFA officials have alluded to, but not confirmed a potential sale of the S-300 air defense system to Iran based on an unspecified contract which predated UNSCR 1737. When challenged that a Russian Government agency has publicly [...] | 2007-12-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR RS |
07MOSCOW598 | RUSSIANS INFORMED OF NEW COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL RS |
07MOSCOW599 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...] | 2007-02-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW601 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...] | 2007-02-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS |
07MOSCOW610 | PUTIN WILL GO [...] (C) Although rumors swirl after each major public appearance, even diehard skeptics now agree that President Putin will leave office when his second term expires in May 2008. With each passing month the conspiracy theories, which most recently crested in the wake of the Litvinenko assassinati [...] | 2007-02-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW613 | PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...] | 2007-02-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW626 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...] | 2007-02-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW627 | KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...] | 2007-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW628 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...] | 2007-02-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW629 | PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...] | 2007-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
07MOSCOW644 | RUSSIA: LIBERAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO STAY IN GAME [...] (C) Political observers believe that the prospect of a liberal political party winning representation in the State Duma is slim, but statistically possible. However, local efforts by ruling party officials to remove the liberal-minded Union of Rightist Forces and Yabloko from some ballots in [...] | 2007-02-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW645 | MOSCOW FORUM OFFERS INNOVATION CORNUCOPIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Moscow's Seventh International Salon of Innovations and Investments, February 5-8, offered a cornucopia of products, services and financial programs for the developing innovation economy. In contrast to last year's Salon (REFTEL),there were significantly more exhibitors, and the [...] | 2007-02-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT ETRD TNGD TSPL IR RS |
07MOSCOW648 | RUSSIA AND INDIA: MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Russia's goal is to "revitalize" its ties to India by concentrating on energy security and hi-tech joint projects according to the MFA, which provided a readout on Putin's trip to India and a look ahead at high-level meetings in February. Moscow heralded an agreement to sell f [...] | 2007-02-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MASS ETRD IN RS |
07MOSCOW655 | HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...] | 2007-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS |
07MOSCOW656 | OREL: VULNERABLE GOVERNOR CREATES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) Meetings during an early-February visit to Orel region suggested that a variety of factors could combine to make the March 11 regional elections very competitive. Rumored infighting in United Russia (YR) and an unpopular YR-affiliated governor have allowed the Communist Party (KPRF) to [...] | 2007-02-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW66 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: UPDATE ON BELARUS-RUSSIA OIL ROW [...] (SBU) On January 11, Econoff spoke to Shawn McCormick (please protect),head of government relations at TNK-BP, who confirmed press reports that Russian crude is flowing again through Belarus along the Druzhba pipeline and his company was sending their "normal" volumes through and was not requ [...] | 2007-01-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW664 | RUSSIA: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The February 14 start to Moscow Arbitration Court proceedings against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) on charges of falsifying its 2002-2004 audits of former oil giant Yukos was relatively quiet. The composition of the three-person panel was approved, with PWC and the prosecution each bein [...] | 2007-02-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW666 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Kirishinefteorgsintez, Kirishi, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-02-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW667 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: WORLD HUNTING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, World Hunting Technology Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia. The company i [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW668 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ARGON LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Argon LLC, Balakovo, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW669 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ENERGOCASCAD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Energocascad, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...] | 2007-02-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW670 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Eurochim Spb, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is lis [...] | 2007-02-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW673 | THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...] | 2007-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW674 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...] | 2007-02-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW677 | RUSSIANS SUPPORT AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SOMALIA [...] (C) On February 15 we delivered reftel points to Oleg Dadayev, chief of the MFA's Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Section, urging support for an African Union force in Somalia. Dadayev said the GOR would support an African Union Force as well as the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. [...] | 2007-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO RS |
07MOSCOW692 | RE-SHUFFLE ADVANCES SUCCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) President Putin's late February 15 government re-shuffle has brought presidential contender Sergey Ivanov to the same starting line as his rival Dmitriy Medvedev, relieved him of the albatross that is the Ministry of Defense, and given him issues that could potentially resonate with the Ru [...] | 2007-02-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW693 | PUTIN DISPOSES: ALKHANOV DISMISSED, KADYROV ACTING [...] (C) President Putin dismissed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov late February 15, acting before the escalating tensions between Alkhanov and strongman PM Ramzan Kadyrov (Ref. A) got out of hand. Alkhanov was given a sinecure as Deputy Justice Minister. 2. (C) Putin named Kadyrov acting Presid [...] | 2007-02-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW695 | NGOS: SILVER LINING BUT A LOOMING DARK CLOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After initial difficulties in getting re-registered, our U.S. and foreign NGO contacts have resumed normal activities and express little concern over the follow-on reporting requirements. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) surprisingly has even expressed interest in working [...] | 2007-02-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID RS |
07MOSCOW697 | RUSSIA: KHODORKOVSKIY/LEBEDEV CHARGES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Attorney General has charged Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev with two counts of embezzlement and two counts of money-laundering (under Articles 160 and 174 of the Russian Criminal Code),which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 10 years, respectively. The case i [...] | 2007-02-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW705 | PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...] | 2007-02-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW707 | RUSSIA: OVERSIGHT AGENCY HEAD TAKES STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 14 discussion with the Ambassador, Rostekhnadzor Director Pulikovskiy said Russia will focus on training and safety when it expands its nuclear energy network. No one wants to repeat the "bitter experience" of Chornobyl, he said. He looks forward to a product [...] | 2007-02-16 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL ETRD PARM RU KS KN |
07MOSCOW749 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...] | 2007-02-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW753 | HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...] | 2007-02-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW754 | IRAN: SANCTIONS DECREE SUBJECT OF INTERAGENCY [...] (C) We discussed reftel requests regarding implementation of UNSCR 1737 (Iran) with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov told us that a draft presidential decree necessary to implement the sanctions regim [...] | 2007-02-21 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EFIN ETTC KTFN IR RS |
07MOSCOW770 | MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR LAUNCH NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW774 | RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS COMPLETE KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary. On February 16, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office announced that it had completed the preliminary investigation in the new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev (Reftel). The case file will now be turned over to the defendants and their lawyers for [...] | 2007-02-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW777 | BOSNIA: RUSSIANS NOT KEEN ON EXTENDING OFFICE OF [...] (C) Vadim Gorelov, Chief of the MFA's Bosnia and Herzegovina Affairs Section, told us February 21 that the GOR would not be able agree to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHC) at the February 26-27 Peace Implementations Council's Steering Committee meeting. Gorelov s [...] | 2007-02-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW78 | ISKANDER-E MISSILE FOR LIBYA: RUSSIA HEDGES ON [...] (S) On January 11 we conveyed to the MFA U.S interest (ref) in a technical experts meeting in Moscow before January 29 to discuss issues relating to Libya's possible purchase of the Iskander-E missile. Sergey Petlyakov, Chief of the Arms Technology and Transfer Division of the Foreign Ministr [...] | 2007-01-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL MCAP KNNP LY UK RS |
07MOSCOW81 | RUSSIA ENERGY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS' TAX CASE [...] (SBU) The Moscow Arbitration Court judge in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Yukos case reftel has twice in two days delayed a ruling on PWC's request for extension. At a January 10 hearing, the judge postponed by one day a decision on the extension, as well as a request for arbitration by P [...] | 2007-01-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV RS |
07MOSCOW825 | RUSSIAN MFA CITES DIP NOTE ON SMUGGLED HEU SAMPLE [...] (S) As instructed by REF A, we met February 26 with Mikhail Kondratenkov, of the MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR),and asked him to clarify Moscow's purported request to the Georgian Government for an additional sample of the HEU that was seized in Georgia in Februa [...] | 2007-02-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP MNUC ENRG PARM ASEC |
07MOSCOW827 | RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...] | 2007-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW828 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...] | 2007-02-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS |
07MOSCOW829 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW831 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW841 | RUSSIAN STOCK EXCHANGES STILL DOWN AFTER STORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The apparent sharp increase in emerging market risk aversion that sent Shanghai's stock market tumbling on February 27 was also manifest among Russian equity markets. The benchmark dollar-denominated R [...] | 2007-02-28 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW842 | RUSSIA: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM RS IR |
07MOSCOW845 | "FOR A JUST RUSSIA" POSITIONS SELF AS [...] (SBU) The second, Kremlin-approved party, "For a Just Russia (SR)" at its inaugural congress February 24-27 combined left-wing rhetoric, criticism of the GOR's performance, anger at its treatment in the regions, and patriotism in a credible effort to establish itself as an alternative to the g [...] | 2007-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PREL RS |
07MOSCOW849 | DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS [...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...] | 2007-02-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW85 | RUSSIA'S VNESHTORGBANK AND EADS (C-RE6-01894) [...] (C) Summary. A Senior Vneshtorgbank (VTB) official tells us VTB's decision in early summer to purchase 5.38 percent of EADS stock was made for investment/financial reasons alone, and without GOR political interference. The public announcement September 12 by Presidential Advisor Sergey Prihod [...] | 2007-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EINV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW86 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC VREMYA- [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Vremya-Ch, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-01-12 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW868 | KOMI: ALL PARTIES REGISTERED; UNITED RUSSIA IN [...] (SBU) Observers in Komi predicted to Poloff in mid-February that United Russia would capture solid pluralities in the March 11 republic-level and local elections, with "For a Just Russia" poised to place a respectable second, and the Communists and LDPR expected to cross the seven percent thr [...] | 2007-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW87 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC DIGAZ, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Digaz, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license appl [...] | 2007-01-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW870 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN OFFERS VIEWS [...] (C) Central Election Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on February 28 reviewed with Ambassador the state-of-play in advance of elections to be held in fourteen regions on March 11. Key points: -- average of seven parties registered in each region; -- average of five candidates comp [...] | 2007-03-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW871 | MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...] | 2007-03-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW873 | RUSSIA:AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hard as it may be to believe, the Aeroflot wide-bodied tender is not over, and Boeing has not written off the deal (as speculated in the press). Yet prospects diminish as Boeing's delivery advantage slips with each passing month the contract remains unsigned -- even though Aerofl [...] | 2007-03-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW875 | RUSSIA'S GAS WEAKNESS [...] (C) Summary. Owing in part to rapid economic growth but also in large part to poorly managed resources by Gazprom, Russia is facing a gas production crunch. While this problem was recognized early on by analysts, the GOR seems to have only awakened to the dilemma relatively recently. Gazprom [...] | 2007-03-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW933 | RUSSIAN SCIENCE: TURNING BIOWEAPONS INTO BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A super-secret, elite bioweapons institute during Soviet times, the Institute of Immunological Engineering (IIE) now hosts an American company on its territory in an attempt to replace the state funding that ceased in 1994. Institute Director Dr. Sergey Pchelnitsov, who has spe [...] | 2007-03-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KPAO TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW953 | UZBEKS FREED AFTER HIGH DRAMA IN IVANOVO [...] (C) UNHCR has confirmed that 12 of the 13 Uzbeks held in Ivanovo under an extradition request from Uzbekistan were released by Russian authorities March 5, three days after a court ordered them freed. The other, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, is expected to be released as well, following a separate [...] | 2007-03-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW960 | "VICTORY" FOR "A JUST RUSSIA" [...] (SBU) Five youth groups have announced their intention to establish a coalition called "Victory" which would support the newly framed left of center pro-Kremlin party, "For a Just Russia" (SR). "Victory" is positioning itself as a competitor to the youth wing of United Russia (YR),the domi [...] | 2007-03-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW966 | OTHER RUSSIA'S BOUNCE FROM GOR OVERREACTION [...] (C) An adviser to ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov, and Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Ivanenko told us in the wake of the March 3 Other Russia demonstration in St. Petersburg (reftel) that: -- While reports of violence were overblown, St. Petersbu [...] | 2007-03-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW976 | SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL TAKES THE FALL FOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5 Prime Minister Fradkov fired Ramil Khabriyev, head of the Russian Federal Supervision Service for Health Care and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor). Fradkov cited continuing problems with inconsistent supply and deficit spending for drugs provided under the government [...] | 2007-03-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW978 | MUCH SPECULATION, LITTLE PUBLICALLY-AVAILABLE [...] (C) The March 2 death of veteran Kommersant military correspondent Ivan Safronov has sent shock waves through Moscow's journalistic community. Investigations by the Prosecutor General's office and the Kommersant staff have to date produced no serious evidence that would point to suicide, forc [...] | 2007-03-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
07MOSCOW979 | DCM RAISES WORLD VISION'S SUSPENSION WITH THE MFA [...] (C) The DCM expressed our concern over the suspension of World Vision's activities in Chechnya with MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov in a March 5 meeting. He noted our continued support for World Vision, its history of excellent work in the region, and asked if MFA could pro [...] | 2007-03-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW980 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: PROSPECTS FOR DEALS IN THE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite increased GOR control over the sector, U.S. majors are involved in several high-profile deals and below-the-radar deals are becoming more common as well. Russia will need western expertise -- most urgently on the gas side -- as it moves to exploit the offshore and the ea [...] | 2007-03-09 03:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW982 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IGOR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Igor Kochemasov, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The party is listed on BIS [...] | 2007-03-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
07MUMBAI111 | STAFFDEL FITE GIVES DAE OPTMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR 123 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Congress will support any 123 Agreement that complies with U.S. law, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers David Fite and Douglas Seay told Dr. Ravi Grover of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on February 23. Grover asked several questions about the 123 Agreement's prospects in Co [...] | 2007-02-24 11:10:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07MUMBAI134 | KAKODKAR GIVES POSITIVE HEARING TO U.S. INDUSTRY [...] (C) DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar made a strong positive impression on members of USIBC's nuclear trade delegation during their March 8 meeting in Mumbai. In a briefing following the meeting, most delegation members told us that Kakodkar made compelling arguments to include reprocessing rights i [...] | 2007-03-09 14:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV BEXP EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD PREL |
07MUMBAI195 | CODEL LOWEY SIGNALS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL),Codel Lowey expressed general support for the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, yet cited concerns that members of Congress still have about the deal. Congressman Edward Royce told the NPCIL leadership that India mus [...] | 2007-04-12 11:21:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07MUMBAI200 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) ConGen Mumbai contacted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to determine what steps it had taken pursuant to India's obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 - to freeze the assets of Bank Sepah (Iran). Prashant Saran, the RBI's Chief General Manager, told us that RBI [...] | 2007-04-13 10:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PARM IR IN |
07MUMBAI38 | MUMBAI GOES TO THE POLLS ON FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Residents of Mumbai and several other cities in Maharashtra will go to the polls on Feb. 1 to elect the 277 members of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),the city's main municipal body. As in the past, the urban poor, swayed by opportunistic politicians who deliver the pork sh [...] | 2007-01-23 05:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUMBAI39 | BJP, SHIV SENA FACE TROUBLES HEADING INTO MUMBAI ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Since 1992 a "saffron alliance" of Shiv Sena and the BJP has controlled the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),Mumbai's main municipal body. By all accounts, both parties will struggle to maintain power in the BMC in the elections scheduled for February 1 (ref A). The Shiv Sena w [...] | 2007-01-23 07:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUMBAI649 | SECRETARY PAULSON SPEAKS AT INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: At an Infrastructure Conference in Mumbai on October 29, 2007, visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson encouraged continued economic reforms in India, especially transparent and independent regulatory frameworks. He underscored India's need to develop a domestic corporate bond [...] | 2007-11-07 13:36:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG PREL IN |
07MUMBAI651 | CHURCH ADVOCACY RESULTS IN ACTION BY RELUCTANT POLICE AFTER [...] Summary: On October 25, 15 to 20 members of a right- wing Hindu group allegedly assaulted and injured five nuns of the Franciscan Clarist order near Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Christian sources told us that the Indore police were initially reluctant to register a complaint against the Hindu att [...] | 2007-11-08 07:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM IN |
07MUMBAI81 | SHIV SENA/BJP DEFY EXPECTATIONS, RETAIN CONTROL OF MUMBAI [...] (SBU) Defying nay-sayers, the Shiv Sena/BJP alliance retained control of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation in the February 1 elections (ref A). The alliance will return to power with a smaller majority, however. The result cemented Uddhav Thackeray's claim to succeed his aging father and Shiv [...] | 2007-02-08 11:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUNICH104 | BAVARIAN MINISTER ON PHARMACEUTICALS AND HEALTH CARE [...] On February 14, Consul General Nelson called on Christa Stewens, Bavarian Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, and Family, to discuss the potential impact of German health care reform on innovation in the Bavarian pharmaceutical sector. Stewens agreed with several of the points made by the CG, [...] | 2007-02-21 15:23:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ETRD GM |
07MUNICH106 | BAVARIAN TAKE ON DOHA AND CLOSER TRANSATLATIC INTEGRATION [...] In a discussion with senior officials from the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs and the State Chancery, Embassy Berlin EMIN stressed the urgency of German and EU action to revitalize the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) now. He pointed to statements by Chancellor Merkel and other senior Ge [...] | 2007-02-21 17:13:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON GM |
07MUNICH15 | BAVARIA'S STOIBER - BEYOND REDEMPTION? [...] (U) The political year in Bavaria began with further erosion of Bavarian Minister-President and CSU Party Chairman Edmund Stoiber's popularity - and questions about his future. Stoiber's current woes include allegations that he ordered inquiries into the private life of a CSU politician criti [...] | 2007-01-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH196 | CRISIS AT SIEMENS - JUST HOW BAD IS IT? [...] Manufacturing giant Siemens, a household name in Germany and in much of the world, has become embroiled in a recent string of scandals ranging from "outsourced" job losses to accusations of bribery of customers and unions that have tarnished the firm's reputation. Even before the March 27 ar [...] | 2007-04-03 14:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
07MUNICH21 | BAVARIAN MINISTER-PRESIDENT STOIBER TO STEP-DOWN [...] Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber announced January 18 he will resign his posts as Minister-President and Christian Social Union (CSU) Party Chairman by September 30, 2007. Bavarian State Parliament (Landtag) President Alois Glueck confirmed to the Consul General shortly after Stoibe [...] | 2007-01-19 13:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH218 | BECKSTEIN LEADS BAVARIA'S GET-TOUGH APPROACH TO ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Guenther Beckstein, Germany's longest-serving state Interior Minister and presumptive future Bavarian Minister President (REF A),has for years identified Islamic terrorism as the greatest risk to domestic security in Germany. According to Beckstein, about 50 people living in Bavaria ha [...] | 2007-04-11 09:34:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
07MUNICH258 | MUNICH PROSECUTOR DOES NOT ANTICIPATE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) ConGen Munich contacted Munich Deputy District Attorney August Stern on April 24 in an effort to clarify whether the "request for provisional arrest" by his office in the Al Masri case (Ref A) would lead to a request for extradition under Article 16 of the bilateral extradition treaty b [...] | 2007-04-25 09:14:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PTER GM |
07MUNICH28 | BAVARIA'S NEXT MINISTER-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein is expected to be elected Bavarian Minister-President in early October 2007, succeeding Edmund Stoiber. Beckstein is the longest-serving and best-known of Germany's state interior ministers. His "law and order" approach has provided Bavaria [...] | 2007-01-19 18:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH325 | MUNICH G-8 JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEETING [...] The below text is the concluding declaration from the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting held in Munich May 23-25. The U.S. was represented at the meeting by Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jackson. 2. Begin text: During our meeting in Munich on [...] | 2007-05-25 15:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
07MUNICH347 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: FIRM REFUSES TO ALLOW PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Following repeated attempts to schedule an acceptable date for ConGen POL/ECON Officer and LES to visit Oberland Arms, the firm refused our requested visit via the following e-mail, translated from German: Begin text: Dear Dr. Wilhelm (LES Econ Specialist) -- Thank you for your patie [...] | 2007-06-04 05:38:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
07MUNICH403 | BAVARIA'S CSU - PALACE POLITICS PLAY ON [...] (SBU) It now appears all but certain that Interior Minister Beckstein will succeed Edmund Stoiber as Minister-President. Further, it appears that federal Agriculture Minister Seehofer's personal problems and negative campaign style have given Bavarian Economic Minister Huber a decisive, if not [...] | 2007-07-09 09:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH409 | ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS CONVICTED BY BAVARIAN COURT [...] (SBU) The Bavarian Supreme Court sentenced Ansar al-Islam member Farhad Kanabi Ahmad to five years and six months in prison on July 9 following the sentencing of Dieman Abdulkadir Izzat to three years and three months in prison on June 25. Prosecutors had asked for sentences of six years for [...] | 2007-07-11 07:54:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ETTC PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KVPR GM |
07MUNICH412 | NAVIGATING A MESS: EADS OFFICIALS ON GALILEO [...] (SBU) Senior EADS-Astrium officials told ConGen Munich the recent collapse of the Galileo consortium of private firms resulted as much from squabbling between EU states over apportionment of contracts as a failure to find a workable economic model. They described the current economic model as [...] | 2007-07-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
07MUNICH463 | BIOGAS IN BAVARIA: A MODEL FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE? [...] ConGen Munich visited a biomethane plant in Pliening, Bavaria built and run by Schmack Biogas AG, a leader in the biogas field. The plant is a showcase for the state of the art in biogas technology, and an example of the potential of biomass as a fuel source. Schmack representatives are optim [...] | 2007-08-13 05:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL ENRG TRGY KGHG GM |
07MUNICH560 | CSU PARTY CONVENTION USHERS-IN POST-STOIBER ERA [...] (SBU) At the annual CSU party convention, Erwin Huber decisively defeated Horst Seehofer and Gabrielle Pauli in the race to lead his party forward. Delegates also overwhelmingly endorsed Guenther Beckstein as the CSU's candidate for Bavarian Minister-President, all but ensuring his election o [...] | 2007-10-02 15:55:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH563 | RESPONSE TO FDA REGARDING U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT [...] Consulate General Munich is unaware of any information that would present negative foreign policy implications in connection with awarding a product development grant award to either the Medizinische Universitatsklinik Wurzburg or the Klinikum der Universitat Munchen, and thus has no objection [...] | 2007-10-04 09:37:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US GM |
07MUNICH573 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-CHECK LICENCE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] ConGen Munich contact Josef Priller, of Sitec's sales department, regarding the questions outlined in reftel. Priller provided the following answers: a) Sitec's customers: Sitec's typical customers are commercial aircraft manufacturers located worldwide. b) Ties to China: Sitec has no [...] | 2007-10-12 15:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
07MUNICH574 | BLUE LATERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] ConGen contacted Bernhard Wagner, Managing Director of Prueftechnik Dieter Busch AG. Wagner confirmed that Prueftechnik had received all 10 Inertial Sensor Assemblies (ISA) listed on the license and assured us the ISAs had been incorporated into Prueftechnik's PARALIGN systems. 2. Prueft [...] | 2007-10-12 15:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
07MUNICH60 | 2006 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) PROCEDURES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 16:06:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
07MUNICH620 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENCE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] As requested in (Ref A),ConGen Munich contacted the managing directors of Cerberus, GmbH, Frank Satzinger and Matthias Hainich, at their place of business located at Gewerbestrasse 4, Obersoechering. Satzinger and Hainich confirmed they are also the directors of Oberland Arms, OHG. They exp [...] | 2007-11-20 16:29:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
07MUNICH633 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-CHECK LICENCE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] ConGen Munich contacted Deutsches Zentrum f|r Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Wessling and received the confirmation that it had ordered two detectors from Fermionics Corporation. DLR informed us that it had not physically received the detectors, as the Australian firm Integrated Spectronics Pty [...] | 2007-11-29 13:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
07MUNICH636 | FILLING BIG SHOES: BAVARIA'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) The recent selection of Joachim Herrmann to be Bavaria's new Interior Minister, after 14 years of Bavarian Minister-President Guenther Beckstein holding that office, caught nearly everyone by surprise. Herrmann not only has no background in law enforcement, but appeared content to remai [...] | 2007-12-03 16:50:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH646 | PROPOSED BAVARIAN ISLAMIC ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) A controversial proposal for an Islamic academy in Munich illustrates some of the challenges of balancing integration and security concerns in a conservative German state. The academy, to be funded by the UAE, would be a first-of-its-kind proposal by IVLP grantee Imam Benjamin Idriz of t [...] | 2007-12-18 11:18:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GE KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI |
07MUNICH652 | GALILEO AND THE EU -- NAVIGATING THE PORK BARREL [...] (SBU) EADS-Astrium officials told Embassy Berlin EMIN and ConGen Munich that the Galileo satellite navigation project is proceeding under its new EU funding mechanism, albeit well behind schedule. The officials expressed frustration at the Byzantine web of EU politics and blatant promotion of [...] | 2007-12-21 10:53:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
07MUNICH81 | PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...] | 2007-02-12 17:28:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS |
07MUNICH92 | APPRECIATION FOR MISSION GERMANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE [...] Consulate General Munich wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided by colleagues in Mission Germany supporting the 43d Munich Security Conference. This was the largest Security Conference in history with four heads of government, 16 foreign ministers, and 24 defense minis [...] | 2007-02-15 07:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUSCAT1004 | FOREIGN WORKERS ENGAGE IN VIOLENT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Low-skilled workers from India and Nepal employed by a Muscat-area cleaning company recently protested over alleged contract violations and poor living conditions in the company-owned and operated housing compound. The workers created a disturbance, and Omani security forces repo [...] | 2007-10-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT1006 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA MU |
07MUSCAT1007 | OMANI BANKS REPORT SOLID PROFITS [...] (SBU) Oman's banking sector reported solid profit growth for January-September 2007, reflecting the economy's continued strong performance as a result of high oil and real estate prices. In spite of the good news, the Central Bank is keeping a wary eye on consumer lending practices. End Summ [...] | 2007-10-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MU |
07MUSCAT101 | TERRORIST LIST: OMAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER MU |
07MUSCAT1011 | OMAN'S SME OFFICE INTERESTED IN ASSISTANCE [...] The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has established a new office dedicated to coordinating Oman's various Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) programs. The SME Director General has requested USG technical assistance in helping his directorate accomplish their mission. End Summary. -- [...] | 2007-11-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT1012 | U.S.-OMAN MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on November 3 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to confirm a proposed meeting in The Hague between the Omani and U.S. delegations to the conference of the states parties to the Chemi [...] | 2007-11-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
07MUSCAT1013 | RESEARCH CAPACITY LACKING IN OMAN [...] Oman's lack of research capacity stands to hinder its drive toward doubling the Sultanate's GDP by 2020, according to an international consulting firm hired by the country's Research Council. The firm recommended that the government build research programs around the water, energy, petrochemi [...] | 2007-11-04 06:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TNGD TPHY MU |
07MUSCAT1014 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM NOT EVIDENT IN OMAN [...] (C) The growth of resource nationalism is not evident in Oman. The government controls majority stakes in Oman's primary energy production companies in long-term partnerships with foreign firms, and actively seeks further foreign investment to augment output in both the oil and gas sectors. [...] | 2007-11-04 06:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT1016 | GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW PUBLIC VIEWING OF OFFICIAL [...] The Omani government recently promulgated Royal Decree 60/2007, authorizing the creation of the National Authority for Documents and Archives to manage official documents. Under this decree, the newly-established authority, to be temporarily supervised by the Minister of Heritage and Culture, [...] | 2007-11-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT102 | OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al Busaidi told the Ambassador on January 31 that the next Arab League Summit would be held in Riyadh in late March. According to Sayyid Badr, Saudi King Abdullah had insisted that the summit be held in Riyadh, rather than in Sharm [...] | 2007-01-31 13:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE MU |
07MUSCAT1026 | POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Many Omanis continue to comment favorably on the successful October 27 national elections for Oman's Majlis al-Shura. Approximately 70% of the new Majlis member hold a bachelor's degree or higher. According to contacts, some vote-buying did occur and a few voters in several districts re [...] | 2007-11-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINT PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT1027 | DRAFT MOU ON GAS PRODUCTION WEIGHTED TOWARD IRAN [...] (S) Embassy has obtained a draft working copy (used by an Iranian delegation visiting Muscat) of the May 14, 2007, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the Oman Oil Company (OOC),which outlines the scope of bilateral cooperation on natural gas. [...] | 2007-11-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL ECON EPET IR MU |
07MUSCAT103 | OMANI-SAUDI INITIATIVE TO CONVENE SOMALIA [...] (C) During a January 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Omani Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al Busaidi said that Sultan Qaboos and Saudi King Abdullah had discussed and tentatively agreed to convene a conference in Riyadh to help stabilize Somalia and shore up the Somali Transitio [...] | 2007-01-31 14:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO MU |
07MUSCAT1034 | SULTAN QABOOS TO NEW OMAN MAJLIS: STATUS QUO JUST [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos delivered his annual address opening the Majlis Oman on November 6. During the relatively rare public speaking engagement, the Sultan tipped his hat to the work of the Majlis and expressed appreciation for voter participation in the recent national elections (refs A, B). How [...] | 2007-11-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MU |
07MUSCAT1035 | MINISTER AGREES ONUS ON OMAN TO COMPLETE FTA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) On November 11, the Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to deliver reftel letter from USTR Susan Schwab and gain an update on pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) action items. In [...] | 2007-11-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1036 | MINISTER REMINDED OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) In light of ongoing discussions between Oman and Iran regarding joint oil and gas projects (reftel),the Ambassador reminded Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan on November 11 of the provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). (Note: The Minister also serves as chairm [...] | 2007-11-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EPET PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT1037 | MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE ON PRICE INCREASES [...] (C) On November 11, the Ambassador discussed the impact of recent price increases with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister stated that the government was concerned with the hikes, especially with respect to rents. (Note: For example, one survey reported ren [...] | 2007-11-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT1040 | OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...] | 2007-11-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM MU |
07MUSCAT1046 | WORKERS INVOLVED IN LABOR PROTEST DEPORTED [...] (C) Three weeks after a reportedly violent demonstration by 500-600 Indian and Nepalese workers of the al-Nebha cleaning company against alleged contract violations and poor living conditions (reftel),contacts report that there have been no further protests and that the situation at the comp [...] | 2007-11-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
07MUSCAT105 | HEALTH MINISTRY CONFIRMS US PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT [...] In response to U.S. pharmaceutical company concerns (reftel),Econoff arranged for a January 30 teleconference between Dr. Batool Jaffer Suleiman, Director of Rational Drug Use, Ministry of Health, and Samir Mansour, Regional Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Directo [...] | 2007-02-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT1056 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (U) The following message reports the results of a pre-license check conducted by the Political/Economic section and the Office of Military Cooperation on reftel application. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Econoff met with Shanfari Group of Companies Projects Manager Bakheet Mattar Ahmed al-Shanf [...] | 2007-11-18 04:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU |
07MUSCAT1061 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MORAN'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on November 25 to discuss regional stability and economic development issues in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In order to fulfill these objectives, we are seeking an [...] | 2007-11-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM MU |
07MUSCAT1063 | ROYAL DECREE ISSUED FOR CITES ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1064 | OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On November 20, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi confirmed to the Ambassador that he will lead Oman's delegation to the November 26 Annapolis Conference. The Minister will be accompanied by Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs, Minister's Office, and A [...] | 2007-11-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT1065 | OCTOBER 31 U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) During the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat, Omani officials -- led by MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi -- claimed that SIPDIS current U.S. policy towards Iran, including the use of sanctions, was pushing the region into a crisis and emboldenin [...] | 2007-11-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT1079 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES' [...] (SBU) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. We have requested an audience for you with Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman's head of state, as well as a meeting with your Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affa [...] | 2007-11-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
07MUSCAT1091 | OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER TALKS UP FTA BENEFITS WITH [...] (SBU) Oman's Commerce and Industry Minister spoke highly of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement's (FTA) potential to strengthen bilateral economic relations during a November 26 visit to Muscat by a U.S. Congressional delegation. The Agreement, according to the Minister, would assist government [...] | 2007-12-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1092 | OMAN CLOSE TO ESTABLISHING FIU, IMPLEMENTING [...] (SBU) Oman continues to move closer toward the formal establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the promulgation of a new "Law to Combat Terrorism Financing." Both initiatives are part of the government's broader efforts to strengthen its anti-money laundering and counter-terrori [...] | 2007-12-04 07:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU |
07MUSCAT1093 | BIGGER BUDGET EXPECTED FOR OMAN IN 2008 [...] (C) The Ministry of National Economy presented the first glimpse of Oman's 2008 budget during a November 26 presentation by its Minister before representatives of the Majlis al-Shura. The budget numbers, which the Ministry characterized as striking a balance between economic development and f [...] | 2007-12-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1096 | CODEL MORAN MEETING WITH OMANI DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister praised U.S.-Oman relations and welcomed U.S. engagement in the region. He characterized Iran as a country determined to win respect from the international community and discounted inf [...] | 2007-12-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KPAL ECON ENRG IR MU |
07MUSCAT1098 | JUSTIFICATION FOR ARMY TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM [...] (C) The Embassy Muscat Country Team continues to strongly support and recommend approval of the request for ATACMS for the Royal Army of Oman (RAO). Based on concerns raised during ENDP process, Embassy Muscat has discussed this subject further with Omani officials -- who remain intent on acq [...] | 2007-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS MU |
07MUSCAT1099 | GAS COMPANY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT, BUT DENIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT1101 | OMAN WILL CONTINUE CURRENCY PEG TO DOLLAR [...] (C) On November 26, the Ambassador discussed Oman's monetary policy with Minister of National Economy, and Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance, Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki. Macki stated that Oman was not contemplating, and was adamantly opposed to, changing its rial peg to the dollar. "The d [...] | 2007-12-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1102 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN REAFFIRMS [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On December 2, the Ambassador met with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Mohammed al-Khusaibi, along with Committee Members Naashiah al-Kharusi and Colonel Mohsin al-Hafeedh, to discuss progress toward est [...] | 2007-12-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1107 | UPDATING OMAN'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN MU |
07MUSCAT1109 | EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK, AJWAA GASES [...] (SBU) On December 4, Econoff conducted a pre-license check on reftel company at its office located in an apartment in the al-Ghubra district of Muscat. Econoff met with company representative Saif al-Balushi, who is in charge of administration affairs. Balushi provided the company's registra [...] | 2007-12-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC MU |
07MUSCAT1116 | OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: FOLLOW-UP AND [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the embassies of labor-exporting countries report that some recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to force women who have run away from their Emerati sponsors to accept employment in Oman. Omani sponsors hire the women in the UAE and transport [...] | 2007-12-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
07MUSCAT1120 | OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU |
07MUSCAT1121 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 12 during a meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Sayyid Badr SIPDIS confirmed that Oman supported the holding of timely Lebanese presidential elections without linkage to other issues, bu [...] | 2007-12-12 11:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM LE SY MU |
07MUSCAT1122 | OMAN DOUBTFUL ON IRANIAN SUSPENSION OF NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a December 12 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the Ambassador drew from refs A and C to emphasize continuing U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear enrichment and ballistic missile development programs following the release of the Nation [...] | 2007-12-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU |
07MUSCAT1124 | OMAN STILL MULLING RE-OPENING OF BAGHDAD EMBASSY [...] (C) In follow-up to discussions at the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (reftel),the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi on December 12 about the status of plans to re-open Oman's embassy in Baghdad. Sayyid Badr replied that the g [...] | 2007-12-12 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT1125 | OMANI OFFICIALS WARN THAT SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (C) In discussing Oman's plans for the December 17 donors conference in Paris (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi told the Ambassador SIPDIS on December 12 that while financial support for the Palestinian Authority was important, it was "not enough [...] | 2007-12-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS MU |
07MUSCAT1126 | THE ROYAL GUESSING GAME: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The question of the royal succession is an exquisitely sensitive one in Oman. When the topic arises as to who might follow Sultan Qaboos, a common reaction is a conversation-ending "may he live forever." The Sultanate has historically lacked a crown prince system like many of i [...] | 2007-12-15 07:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINR PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1136 | OMAN REMAINS COMMITTED TO DOLLAR [...] (C) The Central Bank Executive President affirmed to the Ambassador that Oman would maintain its currency peg to the dollar and the current rate of exchange, although he also asked for the USG's support in stabilizing the greenback. He acknowledged that inflationary pressures were calling into [...] | 2007-12-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1139 | OMANI FM PROMOTES STRONGER COMMERCIAL TIES [...] (U) In a December 25 interview with private Arabic-language daily "al-Shabiba," Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi stressed the importance of improving commercial ties with regional partners to stimulate both trade and foreign direct investment. He cited the govern [...] | 2007-12-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1140 | OMANI GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] (U) On December 27, Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a public statement condemning the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Characterizing the act as "brutal" and "criminal," the government expressed its "deep sympathy and condolences" to Bhutto's family and the Pakistani people. The Min [...] | 2007-12-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PTER SHUM MU |
07MUSCAT1141 | DOW'S OMAN PROJECT IN DOUBT [...] (U) This message contains sensitive business information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On December 27, the Ambassador met with Oman Oil Company Chairman Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to discuss the status of the company's proposed joint venture with Dow Chemicals on the construction of a po [...] | 2007-12-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT119 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR APPLICATION 051014054 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Political/Economic section, in conjunction with the Office of Military Cooperation, conducted a pre-license end-use check on the application submitted by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to Charles Kendall and Partners for the purchase of engine spare parts for its AB205 helic [...] | 2007-02-06 06:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU |
07MUSCAT129 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...] | 2007-02-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT132 | TRANSPORT MINISTER UPDATES BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON [...] (SBU) The Minister of Transport and Communications, accompanied by project design consultants, briefed the local business community on February 7 on the progress of new terminal construction at Muscat's Seeb and Salalah international airports. Tenders will be issued once the detailed design w [...] | 2007-02-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT135 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN IR MU |
07MUSCAT136 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and related documents on February 11 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi. The Ambassador noted that becoming a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (Global Initiative) would complement Oman's cu [...] | 2007-02-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KGIT KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT137 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi, the Ambassador delivered the U.S. response to the Omani-Saudi proposal to convene a regional foreign ministers' meeting on Somalia (refs A and B),and also raised ref C points seeking support for [...] | 2007-02-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS SO MU |
07MUSCAT147 | OMAN FOCUSED ON REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES [...] Traffic accidents are a serious concern in Oman, as the per capita mortality rate is significantly higher than the global average. Al Mustadaama, a non-profit organization initially funded by the MEPI program, actively promotes awareness through a child safety restraint program. End Summary. [...] | 2007-02-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PAHO SOCI UNDP UNGA MU |
07MUSCAT152 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS DAMASCUS; PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs reported that Syrian officials were preoccupied with the large number of Iraqi refugees in Syria during his recent visit to Damascus. The Syrians, he contended, were hopeful for an amicable resolution to the political crisis in Beir [...] | 2007-02-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER IR IZ LE MU |
07MUSCAT153 | OMAN ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW [...] (U) On January 23, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued a Royal Decree the previous day promulgating a comprehensive new anti-terrorism law. The full text of the law was published in Oman's official gazette on February 3 and entered into force the following day. The [...] | 2007-02-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC MU |
07MUSCAT154 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ISRAELI MINISTER LIVNI: [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi met privately this week with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Madrid. Their brief talks focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the announcement of a Palestinian national unity government, which Oman sees a [...] | 2007-02-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS MU |
07MUSCAT155 | SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER VADM PATRICK [...] (S) Vice Admiral Walsh: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Like other GCC countries, it is becoming increasingly concerned with Iranian intentions in the Gulf. Oman expressed high-level interest i [...] | 2007-02-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT16 | FTA AWARENESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OMAN'S BFIF [...] On December 6, 2006, the Embassy, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),and the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI),sponsored a successful "2006 Oman-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Awareness [...] | 2007-01-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP MU |
07MUSCAT167 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Regional threat issues continue to be a prominent concern for Oman's leadership. Oman is disturbed by Iran's growing influence in the region and its inability to come to [...] | 2007-02-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PREL ECON MU |
07MUSCAT171 | SOHAR PORT OFFICIALS THINKING BIG [...] Port of Sohar officials continue to think big in terms of port expansion as industrial projects for the complex continue to come on-line. The Port is positioning itself as a convenient economic alternative to ports within the Arabian Gulf, with its dry, liquid, and container terminals already [...] | 2007-02-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EWWT PREL MU |
07MUSCAT172 | AGRICULTURE MINISTRY GRAPPLES WITH WATER AND [...] The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries identified water scarcity and disease control as top priorities for the Ministry in efforts to sustain employment in these historically important sectors. The Minister further expressed interest in hosting a research facility that was initially destin [...] | 2007-02-20 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT179 | UNRESOLVED PASSPORT ISSUES COMPOUNDING AFGHAN [...] This is an action request for Department guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Charge d' Affairs of the Embassy of Afghanistan to Oman, Sayyid Mohammad Gailani, stated that he is facing considerable difficulty conducting his official busi [...] | 2007-02-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF MU |
07MUSCAT181 | OMAN FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary: Registration for candidates for elections to the Majlis al-Shura began February 10 and concluded February 21. In keeping with the government's efforts to promote the elections, the registration process is more user-friendly than previously, although tribalism will continue to h [...] | 2007-02-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT188 | IRAQI DELEGATION RECEIVES ADVICE, SUPPORT FROM [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs visited Muscat from February 16-18. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yousef bin Alawi, told the group that the Iraqi government needed to "speak with one voice" and promote policies that [...] | 2007-02-26 08:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT189 | OMAN RESPONSE TO 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Over the past year, the Omani government has taken significant steps to protect intellectual property, including the undertaking of extensive revisions to its intellectual property protection regime in advance of implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Given these effo [...] | 2007-02-26 09:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT190 | MORE POWER ON THE HORIZON FOR OMAN [...] (U) This message contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Anticipated increases in Oman's power and water consumption will necessitate a concurrent increase in production capacity, according to projections from the Oman Power [...] | 2007-02-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT191 | FTA PROCESS WEARING ON FRUSTRATED COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Ambassador recently received information via Baker Donelson, Oman's counsel in Washington, that Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan is tiring of the slow pace of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement implement [...] | 2007-02-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON MU |
07MUSCAT193 | OMAN PREPARING TO DRAFT ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) The Ambassador and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi had a frank discussion on February 21 about trafficking in persons (TIP) and Oman's lack of progress in addressing the USG's TIP concerns. The Ambassador informed the Under Secretary that the Embass [...] | 2007-02-27 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT2 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION [...] SUMMARY: Oman's state-owned press has been conspicuously silent on Saddam's execution, with only a brief mention in Arabic-language "Oman." Private dailies carried wire service reports of the execution and Saddam's burial, but published no op-eds by Omani authors. Online discussion was heavy [...] | 2007-01-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT201 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT206 | CORRECTED COPY - OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: PROBABLY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts report that Omanis are hiring domestic employees from recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and bringing them across the border into Oman. The practice of hiring maids from a third-country allegedly is legal, but a number of women who claim to h [...] | 2007-03-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
07MUSCAT207 | COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY HEARS OMANI FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Commerce Deputy Secretary David Sampson called for forging stronger commercial ties in anticipation of the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during February 6 meetings with Omani government and business leaders. Oman's business community expressed its eagerness to [...] | 2007-03-03 09:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT216 | OMAN CENTRAL BANK: NO INTENTION OF REVALUING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MU |
07MUSCAT217 | TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT? [...] On Mach 3, Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali al-Qatabi, President of the Majlis al-Shura, opened the National Sympsium on Food Safety in Muscat, sponsored by the inistry of Regional Municipalities, Environment ad Water Resources in association with the Ministy of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture a [...] | 2007-03-06 06:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PREL EAR MU |
07MUSCAT219 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman is beginning to display the political will to recognize and prevent trafficking in persons (TIP). There is no available data to accurately assess the size of the problem in Oman, but there are a number of populations in Oman at risk of being victims of trafficking. Since la [...] | 2007-03-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU |
07MUSCAT227 | OMANI REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATE REPORT ON JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Embassy Muscat recently received a diplomatic note, dated February 28, 2007, from the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the January 8, 2007 collision of a U.S. military submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near the S [...] | 2007-03-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MU |
07MUSCAT229 | GCC MONETARY UNION WITHDRAWAL CRITICIZED [...] (C) The Omani government's decision to opt out of the proposed GCC currency union received sharp criticism from an Emirati economics professor during a public lecture sponsored by the Oman Economic Association. The well-attended forum provided a unique opportunity for a non-Omani national to [...] | 2007-03-07 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT232 | CHAIRMAN OF MUSCAT MUNICIPALITY NAMED OMAN'S [...] (SBU) A Royal Decree issued on March 4, 2007, granted the current Chairman of the Muscat Municipality, Abdullah bin Abbas bin Ahmad, the rank of minister. With the addition of Abbas, there are now approximately 50 individuals with ministerial rank in Oman, although only 30 of them have forma [...] | 2007-03-07 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL MU |
07MUSCAT234 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES READOUT FROM MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador on March 10 that Iranian officials during his most recent trip to Tehran were eager to restart negotiations to resolve concerns over Iran's nuclear program. They asserted, however, that suspension of uranium enrichment activities could [...] | 2007-03-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL IR LE MU |
07MUSCAT245 | CENTRAL BANK CHIEF REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO ISLAMIC [...] (U) Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamood Sangour al-Zadjali reaffirmed his institution's opposition to permitting Islamic banking operations in Oman during a recent interview with the Middle East Economic Digest. Bucking a regional growth trend in offering such services, Zadja [...] | 2007-03-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MU |
07MUSCAT246 | SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMS WORKSHOP CONCLUDES [...] The U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),in association with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),staged a successful MEPI-funded U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) workshop for customs officials from the Royal Oman Police (ROP). The workshop, part of a technical assist [...] | 2007-03-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT247 | OMAN RESPONSE TO CITES IMPLEMENTATION CONCERN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT25 | MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICISM ABOUT GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" blames "illegitimate invasion" for crises in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon. "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" regret Palestinian infighting, and call for unity and "patient resistance" against Israel. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. [...] | 2007-01-08 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT252 | OMAN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN MEFTA TRADE AND [...] (U) On March 10, the Ambassador met with Salem al-Ismaily, the Executive President of the Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),to urge Oman's participation in the proposed March 29 Middle East Free Trade Agreement (MEFTA) Trade and Investment Conference. Ismai [...] | 2007-03-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT253 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE KEY TO MOVING FTA FORWARD [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's Investment Promotion and Export Development Executive President identified the Omani bureaucracy's lack of requisite expertise as the primary cause for the delay in the FTA implementation process. He noted that the USG's offering of t [...] | 2007-03-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT254 | FAREWELL WISHES FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] As you conclude your exceptional career of service to our nation, I extend to you my personal best wishes and sincere thanks. I and many others have greatly appreciated your service to our country, particularly in this critical part of the world. From my experience, I know that both the King [...] | 2007-03-13 04:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MNUC MOPS PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT263 | WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL [...] (S) Admiral, I warmly welcome you in your new command. Though I know your immediate attention will be focused on critical issues elsewhere in the region, I want to take this opportunity to highlight some issues related to one of our longest standing and most reliable allies in the region. [...] | 2007-03-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MNUC MOPS PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT264 | MEDIA REACTION: CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS, [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" praised Omani diplomacy in the Mideast, including engagement with Iran, and expressed hope for positive effects of the Baghdad conference of Iraq's neighbors. Privately owned "Al-Watan" derided the idea of an international women's day "while millions of [women] [...] | 2007-03-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT27 | TRIPARTITE VIEWS ON LABOR REFORMS IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Local contacts in business, labor and government are responding with uncertainty to Oman's recent and rapid labor reforms in connection with the U.S.- Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Business is concerned that workers immediately will strike or bargain for higher wages, upsettin [...] | 2007-01-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT28 | ENGAGING OMANI AUDIENCES ONLINE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Oman provides the following information on trends and patterns in Internet usage in Oman. In the general absence of reliable official statistics on the subjects requested, the information is based on extensive surfing by Embassy staff and on information gat [...] | 2007-01-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | ECPS KPAO KISL OIIP PTER MU |
07MUSCAT281 | UPDATE ON OMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN MEFTA CONFERENCE [...] Building on information reported ref B, Embassy has received updated information regarding the composition of the Omani delegation to the Middle East Free Trade Agreement Trade and Investment Conference. The delegation will now be headed by Dr. Salem bin Nasser al-Ismaily, Chief Executive Off [...] | 2007-03-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP MU |
07MUSCAT286 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI REACTION TO PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" and privately owned "Al-Watan" express the importance of acknowledging the new Palestinian national unity government and taking it seriously in order to maintain peace in the region. The dailies suggest that while the Arab world hailed the new Palestinian gove [...] | 2007-03-20 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT29 | BIGGER BUDGET ON TAP FOR OMAN IN 2007 [...] (U) Oman's 2007 budget, recently unveiled by the Minister of National Economy, calls for increased expenditures in anticipation of increased revenues. The government intends to plow a significant portion of the budget into investment-related initiatives to boost energy production and to diver [...] | 2007-01-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT298 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER OUTLINES ANTI-TIP ACTIONS; [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request (see paragraph 8). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During a meeting in early March with the Ambassador, Minister of Manpower Juma bin ali al-Juma shared elements of his Ministry's initial plans to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In ad [...] | 2007-03-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT303 | MEDIA REACTION: NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, U.S. ROLE IN [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" emphasizes the role of the international community in pushing the peace process forward and not accepting the "obstacles" Israel creates; "Oman" also condemns the latest escalation between Fatah and Hamas. Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses the U.S. of trying [...] | 2007-03-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT305 | OMAN CONSIDERS JOINING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met on March 21 with Mohammad Al-Hassan, Deputy Director of the Office of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs bin Alawi, and Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department at the MFA, to continue ongoing discussions (r [...] | 2007-03-27 08:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT306 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LABOR UNIONS [...] (C) Poloff and Post's MEPI Coordinator met March 24 with the lone female member of the General Federation for Oman's Laborers regarding her ideas to increase women's participation and voice in Oman's nascent labor unions. Aida Hashmya (protect),Assistant Training Manager at the Al Bustan Pal [...] | 2007-03-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT309 | DOD ACTING A/S MARY BETH LONG REVIEWS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with Acting DoD A/S Mary Beth Long, Omani MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi emphasized the need to find a "political solution" to the situation in Iraq, noting that violence there was fueling the spread of extremist ideology. He urged the U.S. to [...] | 2007-03-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT323 | MICROSOFT FIRMS PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT [...] On March 27, Microsoft concluded an agreement with Oman's Information Technology Authority (ITA) to launch an innovation and support center, to be housed at Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM),the government-run technology incubator. The agreement, signed by Mohammed Nasser al-Khusaibi, Chairman of [...] | 2007-04-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT324 | IN AL BURAIMI, FENCES MAKE FRUSTRATED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled residents of the Omani border city of al Buraimi claim that the Abu Dhabi emirate's border security and immigration controls are having a negative effect on their lives and economy. Oman has not responded with stringent border controls of its own, although the Royal O [...] | 2007-04-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MU |
07MUSCAT341 | CITES REMAINS PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) On April 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's accession to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Humud al-Busaidi, Secretary General for the Council of Ministers. Busaidi stated that the Council had a considerable backlog of pending legislatio [...] | 2007-04-09 06:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT344 | OMANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT351 | OMAN FY07 BFIF REQUEST [...] Following a successful FY06 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program, continued BFIF assistance will be essential in helping us implement the recently ratified U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We plan to use the BFIF program to strengthen our relationship with our Commercial S [...] | 2007-04-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MU |
07MUSCAT355 | OMAN MOVING FORWARD ON PRIVATIZATION EFFORTS [...] (U) The Ministry of National Economy's Director of Privatization provided Econoff a status report on the government's various privatization initiatives in the power, water, waste, telecommunications, and postal sectors. The government will continue to proceed with its efforts at a measured pa [...] | 2007-04-11 05:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT357 | INTERNET TRIAL REINFORCES ONLINE CHILL [...] (C) Online discussion in Oman remains muted in the wake of the November 2006 closure of the Sultanate's most popular online forum, "Al-Sablah." In early 2007, the site's founder and nine colleagues were tried on charges including violations of Oman's press and communications laws. Although a [...] | 2007-04-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
07MUSCAT358 | MOU ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS UNDER CHEMICAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on April 10 to Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Riyami stated that he was very well acquainted with [...] | 2007-04-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
07MUSCAT359 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR LAUDS OMANI ROLE IN IRAN’S [...] (C) During a May 11 meeting with the Ambassador, British Ambassador Noel Guckian expressed great satisfaction with Oman's efforts to facilitate the release of the 15 members of the British Royal Navy seized by Iranian forces on March 23. Guckian stated that he had been in near daily contact with Om [...] | 2007-04-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT366 | OMAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN IZ MU |
07MUSCAT368 | FORMER IRAQI PM SHARES VIEWS DURING VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) On April 14, the Ambassador discussed the April 8 visit of Iraq's former premier Iyad Allawi with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Per bin Alawi, the Omani government welcomed Allawi to Muscat as part of its efforts to strengthen relations with Iraq, as requested [...] | 2007-04-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT369 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) The unconditional release of the British sailors and marines by Iran earlier this month was ordered by Supreme Leader Khamenei over the strong objections of President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad, according to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi told the Amb [...] | 2007-04-16 13:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT370 | FOREIGN MINISTER PLANNING MAY VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi indicated he wished to travel to Washington, DC in May to meet with senior USG officials. He noted that his travel dates wo [...] | 2007-04-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MU |
07MUSCAT371 | IAEA CHIEF VISITS MUSCAT [...] (C) Following talks with GCC and Saudi officials in Riyadh on April 12, IAEA Director General Mohammed al-Baradei made an unannounced visit to Muscat en route to Jordan and met with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi informed the Ambassador on April 14 that [...] | 2007-04-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT374 | MEDIA REACTION: FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF BAGHDAD'S FALL, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT375 | MINISTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS EXPECTS ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (C) At an April 15 meeting at the Ministry, the Ambassador pressed Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohammad al Alawi, for information about Oman's proposed anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation and a date when a law could be expected. The Minister stated that his Ministry has begun work on [...] | 2007-04-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT378 | OMAN AIR RAMPS UP FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Officials in the government and the airline industry confirmed press reports that Oman would draw down its stake in Gulf Air to focus on developing its own carrier, Oman Air, with the primary purpose of bringing tourists to the Sultanate. Oman Air faces the near-term challenge of leasing [...] | 2007-04-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT38 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. The Embassy staff and I look forward to your arrival on February 5 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In addition to your planned participation as the keynote speaker at an Oman Chamber of Com [...] | 2007-01-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU |
07MUSCAT387 | ROP STAFFING CONSTRAINTS PRESENT CHALLENGE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Oman currently participates in two USG security programs designed to scan containerized cargo in overseas ports. The Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaports initiative and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Container Security Initiative are scheduled to begin linked opera [...] | 2007-04-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC MU |
07MUSCAT388 | RECONCILING ANTI-TIP POLICY & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 through 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Some expatriate workers who fill Oman's low-paid, low-skill service sector jobs face exploitative conditions and may be victims of trafficking. Workers in the commercial cleaning industry, including those under co [...] | 2007-04-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG AMGT MU |
07MUSCAT400 | MEDIA REACTION: VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, ARAB NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT41 | OMAN DOWNBEAT ON IRAQI PM MALIKI IN ADVANCE OF GCC [...] (C) Ambassador met on January 15 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in advance of the GCC plus 2 meeting in Kuwait to discuss the President's January 10 announcement on Iraqi policy (ref A),as well as the recent visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora to Mu [...] | 2007-01-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT414 | OMANIS TELL IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MALIKI "LEAD ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sultan Qaboos in his two-hour meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki told the visitor that he should set aside parochial and personal interests to "govern all Iraqis." The PM reviewed current challenges facing his government, highlighting the challenges [...] | 2007-04-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT415 | OMANI RESPONSE TO BEHEADING OF CAPTIVE BY CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT416 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (S) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your wife to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to meeting you and hearing your perspective on events in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. As one of our oldest allies in the Mid [...] | 2007-04-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT418 | OMAN ACCEDES TO IPR CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES [...] Local media reported that on April 23 the Omani government acceded to several international conventions and treaties pertaining to the protection of intellectual property. According to government-owned Arabic daily "Oman," Royal Decree 37/2007 directed Oman's immediate accession to the 1974 Co [...] | 2007-04-30 07:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL KPIR MU |
07MUSCAT42 | LEBANESE PM SINIORA IN MUSCAT: REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi to discuss U.S. policy on Iraq (septel),Ambassador inquired about the visit of Lebanese PM Siniora the previous day (January 14) to Muscat. Bin Alawi replied that Siniora's meeting with Sultan Qaboos h [...] | 2007-01-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID LE MU |
07MUSCAT426 | MEDIA REACTION: OMANI VIEW OF SYRIA AND IRAN, MAJLIS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 07:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT427 | OMAN NON-RESPONSIVE ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AL SO MU |
07MUSCAT43 | MEDIA REACTION: NEW IRAQ STRATEGY, ARAB-ISRAELI CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses America of giving "false promises" to Arabs when it needs their support, and also posits that the crises facing America and Israel in the Middle East are increasing as time goes by. Government-owned "Oman" thinks Democrats' objections to a troop inc [...] | 2007-01-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT430 | OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER: "WE ARE SO CLOSE" ON FTA [...] (SBU) On April 26, the Ambassador reviewed the status of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool prefaced the conversation by noting that "we are so close" in wrapping up the outstanding issues needed for the Agreement's imp [...] | 2007-05-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT435 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAPS MOPS PREL PTER IZ MU |
07MUSCAT436 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS OMANIS HE'S EAGER [...] (U) See paragraph 5 action request. 2. (C) On the margins of the Oman-Iran Joint Economic Committee meeting in Muscat May 1, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki met briefly with Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. While the Joint Committee meeting ha [...] | 2007-05-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT439 | FULL SUPPORT FOR CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Omani government has given its full support to constructing a new convention center which, according to the Ministers of Commerce & Industry and Tourism, will enhance the attractiveness of the Sultanate as a tourism destination. Consultants from Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH),under contr [...] | 2007-05-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT441 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MUSCAT [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Muscat from May 1-2 to attend the Oman-Iran Joint Economic Committee. While in Oman, he met briefly with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (reftel) and was received by Sultan Qaboos, who reportedly extended an inv [...] | 2007-05-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD IR MU |
07MUSCAT443 | NOT-SO-FREE EXPRESSION IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of March's mixed verdict in the trial of leaders of Oman's popular Al-Sablah discussion forum (Ref A),post has been gathering impressions on the state of free expression in the Sultanate. Two recent meetings, the first with Al-Sablah's founder and the second with th [...] | 2007-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
07MUSCAT446 | MUSCAT 2007 REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] To build on the past success of the Embassy Science Fellows Program in Muscat, Embassy requests a Science Fellow for FY 2008 in one of the following fields: medical sciences (with an emphasis on diabetes),marine sciences (biology/oceanography),hydrology/water resources, biotechnology/molecu [...] | 2007-05-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AMPR KSCA OTRA SENV MU |
07MUSCAT448 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. Embassy Muscat requests the Department's immediate assistance in performing human rights vetting for BAIT REEHAN, ASHRAF KHALIL RAMADHAN (DOB: August 13, 1972; Omani Passport #: 00561233) [...] | 2007-05-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
07MUSCAT452 | MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH IRAQ SUMMIT, HAMAS [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says that regional cooperation is "vital" to stop violence in Iraq, and said that lifting the "blockade against the Palestinians" can advance the Peace Process. Privately owned "Al-Watan" calls on the EU to be "more understanding" of Arab political concerns, mor [...] | 2007-05-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT453 | BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC MU |
07MUSCAT455 | MORE FRUSTRATION ON FTA IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS [...] (C) DCM, Econoff, and USTR consultant Jennifer Hillman on May 5 reviewed the outstanding issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool welcomed former USTR General Counsel Hillman to Muscat, [...] | 2007-05-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT460 | ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION: OMAN [...] (C) In response to ref A, the Ambassador met May 10 with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to urge the Omani government to support Slovenia and Bosnia for seats on the UN Human Rights Council and to reject the bid of Belarus. (Note: The Ambassador previously raised U.S [...] | 2007-05-10 18:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MU |
07MUSCAT461 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER ON UPCOMING VISIT OF [...] (C) The principal reasons for the visit of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad to Muscat are to give the Sultan an opportunity to meet and talk to the president and to discuss "Iran's image in the international community," according to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bi [...] | 2007-05-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT462 | MINISTRY OF MANPOWER SET TO APPROVE OMAN'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) likely will approve Oman's first labor union by the end of May 2007. The MOM is actively encouraging employee groups currently organized as representative committees (RC) ) Oman's precursors to unions ) to become legally recognized unions. Many of [...] | 2007-05-12 06:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT467 | OMAN'S ALI MAJID COMMENTS ON IRAQ, UPCOMING VISIT [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad visit's to Muscat, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, told me that he had become very pessimistic about Iraq's future. Nevertheless, Om [...] | 2007-05-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT468 | OMAN CONFIRMS DATE FOR GSD TALKS [...] (SBU) The office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi has confirmed that the Under Secretary will be available to conduct the next round of Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks in Washington, D.C. the morning of June 18. Sayyid Badr has requested that he b [...] | 2007-05-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IR MU |
07MUSCAT471 | COMMERCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON FTA AFTER CONSULTANT'S [...] (SBU) Oman's Commerce and Industry Minister and a USTR consultant discussed the progress made on outstanding U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) implementation issues after a week-long set of meetings with relevant stakeholders. The Minister was very appreciative of the consultant's efforts [...] | 2007-05-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT473 | STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at Port of Salalah, Oman's primary transshipment port, went on strike May 11. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) declared the strike illegal under recently issued regulations covering work stoppages, and the private company that manages the port suspended many of the strike [...] | 2007-05-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT474 | MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN PREMIER VISITS MUSCAT, DEMOCRACY [...] SUMMARY: In the leadup to this week's visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Iran's ambassador to Oman calls their bilateral relations "exemplary," adding that American "ships and war fleets" are the real danger to the environment and regional stability, and that he supports a GCC nuclear pro [...] | 2007-05-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT482 | OMANI MINISTER SEEKS BALANCED TOURISM GROWTH [...] (SBU) On May 13, the Ambassador discussed Oman's tourism outlook with Minister of Tourism Rajha bint Abdulameer bin Ali. Rajha prefaced the conversation by outlining the various tourism resort complexes currently under development in Sultanate. Headlining the extensive list is the $1 billion [...] | 2007-05-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT484 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS MUSCAT [...] (U) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Muscat from the UAE on the afternoon of May 14 for a two-day official visit to Oman. He was accompanied by a delegation of ten Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Labor Mohammed Jahromi and Ministe [...] | 2007-05-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT485 | TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS: OMAN [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel request and related information May 15 to Humeid al-Maani, Deputy Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Maani gave no substantive response, but stated that he would forward the information to the Under Secr [...] | 2007-05-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT488 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi is looking forward to his visit to Washington, and particularly to his meeting with the Secretary. As the long-time de facto Foreign Minister for SIPDIS one of our oldest and most reliable friends in the Gulf, he [...] | 2007-05-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT492 | OMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS BOARD ELECTIONS [...] (U) On May 16, Econoff spoke with Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Director General Mohammed bin Nassir al-Shoraiqi regarding the organization's May 15 elections, in which 37 candidates vied for 15 open positions on the chamber's Board of Directors. Shoraiqi commented that the ele [...] | 2007-05-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT493 | AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO MUSCAT "SHORT ON SUBSTANCE" [...] (C) In the late evening of May 16, the Deputy Chief of Mission received a readout of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's May 14-15 visit to Muscat from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Bin Alawi characterized Ahmadinejad's visit as "rather short," noting that the [...] | 2007-05-17 09:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MU |
07MUSCAT503 | CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, Commander of USCENTCOM, received a warm welcome during his first office call with Lieutenant General Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF). The COSSAF expressed a strong desire to continue Oman's close working relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces [...] | 2007-05-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ MU |
07MUSCAT504 | CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON [...] (C) Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin-Said met May 12 with Admiral William Fallon, commander of U.S. CENTCOM. On Iraq, the Sultan spoke positively about Prime Minister Maliki, but noted that Maliki and his ministers needed to do more to govern for "all Iraqis." He also indirectly criticized the atti [...] | 2007-05-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT512 | MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN-OMANI RELATIONS, AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: Iranian President's visit to Muscat garners heavy local media coverage; Ambassador Grappo's op-ed on trafficking published in two local dailies; Ambassador Grappo visit to Dhofar University; president of International Republican Institute visit to Muscat. State-run "Oman" newspaper sa [...] | 2007-05-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT517 | OMAN DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1747 MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 07:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC MU |
07MUSCAT521 | VERIFICATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ELAB MU |
07MUSCAT522 | OMAN TO MAINTAIN DOLLAR PEG [...] (C) On May 27, Econoff confirmed with Central Bank of Oman Examination Manager Mansour al-Raisi that the Omani government remains committed to maintaining its dollar peg after Kuwait's recent decision to utilize a basket of currencies for valuation purposes. Raisi stated that the Central Bank [...] | 2007-05-28 04:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT528 | GOVERNMENT TAKING LIMITED ACTION IN CURBING PRICE [...] (U) The Minister of Commerce and Industry recently held a series of meetings with industry representatives to encourage restraint in price hikes in the wake of prominent media reports on the rising cost of living in Oman. Aside from a wage increase for government workers last November and a pu [...] | 2007-05-29 07:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD MU |
07MUSCAT529 | PSI FOURTH ANNIVERSARY: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 08:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT531 | NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE OVER PORT OF SALALAH STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Port of Salalah are close to reaching an agreement with relevant government ministries and institutions over outstanding issues stemming from the recent strike at the port. Port management has taken steps to protect itself from future work stoppages and assur [...] | 2007-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT532 | ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC MTCRE KSCA ETTC TSPA MU |
07MUSCAT533 | OMAN HAS "STANDING ORDER" TO COMPLETE FTA BY JUNE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) On May 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi (Deputy Minister-equivalent) SIPDIS provided the Ambassador a readout of a May 29 meeting the Ministry held with those Omani agencies inv [...] | 2007-05-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT536 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE, [...] SUMMARY: Government-run daily "Oman" says Israel is the sole beneficiary of inter-Arab strife, whether in Lebanon or Palestine; privately owned "Al-Watan" worries that Likud's "weakness" spawns Israeli military operations in Palestine; "Oman" says that there is a "mutual responsibility" to achi [...] | 2007-05-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT539 | APPOINTMENT REQUESTS FOR OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to conduct Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks with U.S. officials on June 18 (reftel). During his stay in Washington, [...] | 2007-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MU |
07MUSCAT542 | BUSINESS PERCEPTIONS OF US SUPPORT FOR LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Contacts among Oman's business community have commented recently that as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) begins to promote union development (ref A),many of their colleagues feel they are being "forced" to accept unions, and see the USG - often acting through the International Labor Orga [...] | 2007-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT545 | RARE OMANI CANDOR: AMBASSADOR HEARS LOCAL VIEWS OF [...] (SBU) From May 16-22, the Ambassador traveled overland from Muscat to Salalah and on to the Yemeni border - a trip of more than 1,300 kilometers - meeting with tribal sheikhs and other local officials along the way. The trip provided a unique opportunity to reach out to Omanis at the grassroot [...] | 2007-05-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL KPAO KISL IR IS IZ MU |
07MUSCAT546 | CITES VOTE PLACED ON COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AGENDA [...] (C) During a May 30 conversation with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi stated that he had recently completed three telephone calls with senior Omani officials and that as a result, a vote approving Oman's accession to the Convention on the International Trade of Endan [...] | 2007-05-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT548 | NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD MU |
07MUSCAT551 | (S) DELIVERY OF POINTS ON SALE BY OMANI FIRM FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-03 05:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC IR MU |
07MUSCAT553 | INVITATION FOR OMANI DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR MU |
07MUSCAT557 | CITES VOTE IMMINENT [...] (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's pledge to accede to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool predicted that the Council of Ministers would act on implementing legislation [...] | 2007-06-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT559 | OMAN DOWNPLAYS ISA IMPORTANCE AMIDST GAS CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised ref A concerns with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Bin Alawi responded that the Sultanate was in critical need of gas supplies to fuel its ambitious industrialization [...] | 2007-06-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT56 | CENTRAL BANK REAFFIRMS THAT OMAN WILL NOT JOIN GCC [...] (C) The Executive President of Oman's Central Bank noted in a meeting with the Ambassador that rushed timing and the government's reluctance to cede control over monetary and budgetary policy led to the decision to opt out of the proposed GCC monetary union. The Central Bank official expresse [...] | 2007-01-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT560 | COMMERCE MINISTER DOUR ON FTA PROGRESS [...] (U) On June 2, the Ambassador reviewed the status of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) implementation process with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister opened the conversation by acknowledging receipt of USG comments on Oman's draft tender law, which he not [...] | 2007-06-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT561 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT567 | OMAN CONSIDERS PUBLISHING WARNING ON STUDY IN THE [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador during a June 2 meeting that the government is considering publishing an announcement in local media warning Omanis of the possibility of detention by U.S. law enforcement authorities if they choose to study in th [...] | 2007-06-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OEXC SCUL KHLS KPAO CMGT CVIS MU |
07MUSCAT570 | MEDIA REACTION: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, LEBANON VIOLENCE, OMAN [...] SUMMARY: "Oman" government daily compares crises in Somalia and Sudan to violence in Palestine and Iraq; also says national reconciliation in Lebanon is more vital than ever; privately owned "al Watan" says that election Majlis al Shura candidates on a tribal basis is not a solution to challeng [...] | 2007-06-05 11:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT571 | OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...] | 2007-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU |
07MUSCAT576 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING, [...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...] | 2007-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT580 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: [...] Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate Microsoft Oman for the Secretary's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence. Microsoft Oman's strong commitment to actively supporting government efforts to promote greater computer literacy in the Sultanate makes this company the right choice for the 2007 Corp [...] | 2007-06-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ELAB ENRG KSEP AMGT MU |
07MUSCAT581 | OMAN DECLINES U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) On June 9, the Ambassador extended another offer of U.S. humanitarian and other assistance to help Oman recover from tropical cyclone Gonu to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister thanked the Ambassador profusely for the offer, but confirmed that the gove [...] | 2007-06-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KHLS KMDR KPAO KSAC MU |
07MUSCAT582 | OMAN PROPOSAL FOR IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] (U) The Omani government is committed to protecting intellectual property, as evidenced by its efforts to strengthen its legal framework and willingness to work with the USG and other international organizations in raising awareness of the issue. Enforcement concerns remain, however, and Oman [...] | 2007-06-10 07:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT586 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES SEVERE HARDSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Low-skilled expatriate workers - particularly those residing in employer-owned compounds locally known as "labor camps" - were severely affected by tropical cyclone Gonu and continue to face food and water shortages. The number of storm-related fatalities among these workers r [...] | 2007-06-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AEMR ELBA SMIG MU |
07MUSCAT587 | OMANI MEDIA CHALLENGED BY CYCLONE REPORTING [...] (SBU) The profound limitations of Oman's media, public and private, have been thrown into high relief by the challenge of reporting the approach, onset, and aftermath of Cyclone Gonu between June 4 and the present. While basic information regarding the storm's arrival was disseminated on a re [...] | 2007-06-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP KPAO PREL PGOV KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT590 | OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...] | 2007-06-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT595 | OMAN WILL CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN IRAQI WMD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel information on June 11 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi and requested that the Omani government agree to accept Iraqi WMD/missile scientists for one-year professional [...] | 2007-06-12 12:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER IZ MU |
07MUSCAT596 | OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY [...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...] | 2007-06-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS |
07MUSCAT597 | TIP DEMARCHE READ OUT- CONCERN OVER TIER 3 [...] (C) On Monday morning, June 11, Emboffs delivered ref A, the Trafficking in Person's (TIP) demarche on Oman's Tier 3 designation, to the Director of the Under Secretary's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Humaid al-Ma'ani. Al-Ma'ani expressed his disappointment with the lowered [...] | 2007-06-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KWMN KNNP MARR MU |
07MUSCAT60 | ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE CLOUDING IRANIAN JUDGEMENT [...] (C) Arrogance and overconfidence are clouding the judgment of the Iranian leadership, according to Mohammed bin Mafoudh al-Ardhi, former commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). The retired Air Vice Marshall told the Ambassador January 16 that on a recent visit to Iran, he had met w [...] | 2007-01-22 03:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
07MUSCAT600 | DISASTER DECLARATION: CYCLONE GONU [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 5 and 6. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cyclone Gonu: Extent of Damage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. On June 6, Cyclone Gonu hit the coastal areas of northern and central Oman with high winds and rain. The resultant flooding caused signific [...] | 2007-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT602 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) During a June 2 meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador raised ref C concerns over a reported invitation by Iran to GCC states to inspect its Bushehr nuclear reactor. Bin Alawi responded that Iran had not issued a "formal invitation" to conduct such an [...] | 2007-06-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT61 | OMANI DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Iran has embarked on a policy of expansionism in the Arab and Muslim world, using religion to divide Arab Muslims, destabilize the region and threaten U.S. interests, according to Gen. Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Supreme Commander of the Armed Fo [...] | 2007-01-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IR MU |
07MUSCAT613 | OMAN UPDATE TO SABIEX REQUEST [...] (SBU) On June 16, Econoff met with Global Channels' Military Equipment Manager Hamed Salim al-Hakmani to discuss ref B request. Hakmani prefaced the conversation by noting that the company established itself in the spare parts business in September 2005. Its only client in the parts divisio [...] | 2007-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU BE |
07MUSCAT624 | OMAN REACHES OUT TO ASIAN TRADE PARTNERS [...] The Ministers of National Economy and Commerce & Industry recently staged a four-nation Asian tour to strengthen Oman's economic relationships with key energy importers. During the trip to South Korea, Japan, China, and Vietnam, the ministers concluded agreements for joint ventures in the pro [...] | 2007-06-17 06:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT626 | OMAN RESPONSE: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM WIPO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see following paragraph. 2. (SBU) On June 13, Econoff discussed reftel points with Mohammed al-Said of the Economic and Technical Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Said was very interested in the subject and asked the Embassy to pr [...] | 2007-06-17 10:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT627 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER ON U.S. EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] Post delivered ref A non-paper on additional designations under Executive Order 13382 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on June 18, 2007. In accordance with Oman's previous responses to similar notifications, the Central Bank will publish and distribute the names of the i [...] | 2007-06-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER MU |
07MUSCAT634 | ARABSAT BROADCASTS OF AL-ZAWRAA AND AL-MANAR: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT638 | C-NE7-01141: OMAN MOVES FORWARD ON POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) The government of Oman is working diligently to restore roads and public services impacted by tropical cyclone Gonu. Notable progress has been achieved, but thousands of individuals in the Muscat area alone remain displaced and the cost of infrastructure damage is currently estimated at [...] | 2007-06-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS PINR MU |
07MUSCAT64 | MEDIA REACTION: THUMBS DOWN AND UP ON SECRETARY'S TRIP; [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned daily "Al-Watan" denigrates Secretary's Middle East trip while state-owned "Oman" lauds it as a "vital" diplomatic initiative. "Oman" criticizes President Bush's new Iraq strategy and says that the "only choice" is a gradual troop withdrawal. "Oman" also lauds Sultan [...] | 2007-01-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT648 | MEDIA REACTION: VIOLENCE IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ, CYCLONE [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the ongoing violence in Iraq and Palestine. Dailies also reported on the recovery from cyclone Gonu, and elicited local volunteers to clean up cities and beaches. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. All dailies continu [...] | 2007-06-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT651 | SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts claim that the sponsorship system of recruiting and hiring low-skilled and domestic foreign workers contributes to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. The system establishes conditions conducive to exploitation by making many workers dependent on their sponsors for the [...] | 2007-06-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
07MUSCAT652 | OMANI GOVERNMENT AND PRESS QUIET ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) The Omani government and local press has provided scant details on Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Ali Sultan's current visit to Tehran and meetings with Iranian officials. Oman's Ministry of Information reported simply that Maqbool and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mott [...] | 2007-06-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT654 | C-NE7-01141: OMAN THREE WEEKS AFTER GONU [...] (C) Oman and its capital continue to recover from tropical cyclone Gonu. A majority of Muscat residents have returned to their pre-storm lives and daily routines, but a lack of building contractors and heavy flood damage in areas have prevented the re-opening of some businesses and the retur [...] | 2007-06-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AMER AMGT KSAC KHLS PINR MU |
07MUSCAT661 | OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA [...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...] | 2007-07-02 03:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT666 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS [...] On Thursday, June 28, government-owned, Arabic-language daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) covered the President's Islamic Center address in tandem with news of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's appointment as a Middle East envoy. A box in the center of the front page featured the headlin [...] | 2007-07-02 05:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT668 | C-NE7-01141: SULTAN QABOOS ADDRESSES NATION ON [...] (U) On the evening of June 30, Sultan Qaboos delivered a televised speech broadcast by Oman TV to commend the country's response to the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu (refs A - E). The Sultan stated that it was "the Almighty's will" that Oman experienced the powerful storm, whic [...] | 2007-07-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MU |
07MUSCAT669 | MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH INITIATIVES, IRAQ VIOLENCE, [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the efforts of Arab leaders to foster dialogue between Hamas and Fatah through the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, and also lamented the increasing violence in Iraq. There was limited coverage of POTUS Islamic Center address. Dailies reporte [...] | 2007-07-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT671 | STOPPING FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ: OMAN [...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on July 3 to Humaid al-Maani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid al Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: Al-Maani had recently returned to Muscat from Washington after participating in the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue. E [...] | 2007-07-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ MU |
07MUSCAT672 | REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN KNNP IR MU |
07MUSCAT688 | JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT694 | NEW BOARD FOR OMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [...] On May 15, 2007, roughly 20,000 members of Oman's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) cast ballots for the organization's new Board of Directors (reftel). Eight of the fifteen elected positions were reserved for representatives from the Batinah, Buraimi, Dahirah, Dakhiliyah, Sharqiyah, W [...] | 2007-07-16 07:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT700 | OMANI REACTION TO JULY 16 POTUS SPEECH [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 18, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi commended the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East peace process, emphasizing that "this is an opportunity that cannot be missed." He qualified his otherwise optimistic [...] | 2007-07-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MU |
07MUSCAT703 | OMAN PUBLICLY WELCOMES POTUS CALL FOR MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL MU |
07MUSCAT705 | GCC+2 MEETING: OMANI VIEWS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi recommended that the upcoming GCC plus 2 meeting focus primarily on the peace process and Iraq. Bin Alawi hoped that an agreement coul [...] | 2007-07-23 10:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ MU |
07MUSCAT709 | READOUT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador that during his July 17 stop in Tehran, Iranian officials expressed a desire to advance their dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, but were concerned over reports that the U.S. was arming tribal groups in Anbar [...] | 2007-07-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EPET ENRG ECON IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT71 | SURGING MARKET, EXPAT BUYING HOT TOPICS OF HOME [...] On January 16, Mohsin Khamis al-Balushi, Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, opened the 2007 International Property Exhibition. The exhibition showcased various real estate projects under development in Oman. Salam Yiti Luxury Resorts in Oman (which is a member of Sama Du [...] | 2007-01-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MU |
07MUSCAT714 | GOVERNMENT REVENUES DIP ON LOWER OIL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Statistics released by the Ministry of National Economy reported government revenues of 2.21 billion Omani Rials (USD 5.74 billion) from January to April 2007, a 6% drop in revenues over the same time period in 2006. Heading the decline was revenue derived from oil production, which gene [...] | 2007-07-25 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT716 | MEDIA REACTION: PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE, [...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies welcome President Bush's call for a Middle East peace conference; youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" reports final closure of popular online forum "Al-Sablah;" editorial in government-owned "Oman" says proposed peace conference "will not be easy, especially not if Israel is [...] | 2007-07-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT718 | DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE IN WAKE OF GONU [...] (C) The Omani government continues its efforts to assess the damage caused by tropical cyclone Gonu. Construction work remains on track, though questions have arisen regarding the supply of cement. Businesses remain committed to reopening in heavily damaged areas, and the environment appears [...] | 2007-07-28 07:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT72 | LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN OMAN [...] Summary: The recently signed U.S.)Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) presents numerous opportunities for the USG to build the capacity of unions, promote worker rights, encourage greater activity on the part of women, and support our democratization goals. Labor unions likely will be, for the fo [...] | 2007-01-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT720 | PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN OMAN [...] (C) Oman presents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is still in its infancy, the press is constrained by unwritten government redlines and self-censorship, and a large majority of Omanis are content with the political status quo. While t [...] | 2007-07-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT727 | OMAN STANDS FIRM ON DOLLAR [...] (U) Responding to Kuwait's recent decision to revalue the dinar against the dollar, Mohammed Nasser al-Jahadhmy, Executive Vice President at the Central Bank of Oman, stated to the media on July 26 that the government did not intend to revalue the Omani rial (RO),which is currently pegged to t [...] | 2007-07-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT73 | C-NE6-02218: OMAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Oman maintains contacts with the Israeli government and has quietly welcomed official Israeli visitors. Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi has spoken to Israeli Foreign Minister Livni on several occasions, and met with an Israeli delegation in Muscat in D [...] | 2007-01-24 15:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL IS MU |
07MUSCAT734 | EDITORIAL CHALLENGES OMAN'S TIP RANKING [...] (U) An English language daily editorial criticized the USG for ranking Oman as a Tier III country in its trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report and claimed that TIP allegations regarding Oman were not factually supported. The editorial acknowledged, however, that more should be done in Oman to c [...] | 2007-07-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT737 | OMAN DELIVERY OF TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC MU |
07MUSCAT742 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN FORGES AHEAD IN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) A total of 717 candidates, including 20 women, have been certified to run in national elections on October 27 for the Majlis al-Shura. The Omani government has worked aggressively to increase the number of registered voters, including by sending "awareness teams" to address employees at [...] | 2007-08-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT747 | OMANI TOURISM PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) The Omani government continues to press forward on elaborate plans to develop its tourism industry through the construction of a convention center and a number of multi-billion dollar integrated resort complexes. OMRAN, the government's tourism development company, expressed appreciation [...] | 2007-08-01 09:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT755 | OMAN UPDATE TO 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA MU |
07MUSCAT760 | OMAN MEDIA REPORTING ON SECRETARY'S EGYPT VISIT [...] Omani print media outlets generally carried positive, direct news reports on the Secretary's July 31 meetings with Arab ministers in Sharm el-Sheikh. English-language dailies the "Times of Oman" and the "Oman Daily Observer" ran upbeat, front-page headlines on August 2 highlighting the Secreta [...] | 2007-08-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KPAL MU |
07MUSCAT771 | MINISTER PREDICTS SLOWER GDP GROWTH FOR OMAN [...] (U) On August 7, Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki announced that Oman's Gross Domestic Product would grow by 7% over 2007, a projected 8% decline from the 15% growth rate recorded in 2006. Macki highlighted that the economy would continue to expand in spite of the [...] | 2007-08-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT MU |
07MUSCAT773 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE; MILITARY AID; [...] Government-owned daily "Oman", August 4 (circulation 38,000); editorial: "The Weather Changes": The invitation of American president George Bush came yesterday for the great powers to hold a meeting next September in Washington to discuss climate change, in an attempt to put in place long-te [...] | 2007-08-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT774 | MINISTER HOPEFUL OF OCTOBER IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA [...] (C) On August 8, Ambassador telephoned Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan in London (on vacation) to discuss the Omani government's progress on completing the outstanding items required for implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Maqbool appreciated receiving [...] | 2007-08-08 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT778 | OMAN PROGRESS REPORT ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Since being designated by the Department as a "Tier 3" country in the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report, the Omani government has drafted, with the assistance of a prominent U.S.-based expert, an anti-TIP law that both criminalizes the trafficking of individuals and establishes a nation [...] | 2007-08-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
07MUSCAT779 | OMAN RESPONSE TO PA ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] (C) On August 12, the Ambassador raised reftel points with Yusuf bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. Bin Alawi responded that while the Omani government channels all its foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority through the Arab League, he would "take a look" at what the [...] | 2007-08-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL MU |
07MUSCAT781 | OMAN RESPONSE TO 62ND UNGA ATTENDANCE REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA KSEP MU |
07MUSCAT782 | UN AGENCIES FOCUS ON IMPROVING HEALTHCARE IN OMAN [...] Three UN agencies have established constructive working relationships with the Omani government in efforts to promote better healthcare through educational initiatives. Aside from highlighting the importance of child nutrition, the organizations are also raising awareness of community involve [...] | 2007-08-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KOCI MU |
07MUSCAT783 | GCC SUMMIT SHIFTS TO DOHA [...] (U) Media reports on August 6 publicly confirmed the shifting of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) annual summit from Muscat to Doha. The media announced that Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs had delivered a note from the Sultan to the Emir of Qatar requesting that the venue [...] | 2007-08-15 08:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MU |
07MUSCAT784 | MUSCAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STEPHEN COCHI [...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to Steven Cochi, Senior Advisor, CCIS/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Muscat from September 29 - October 3, 2007. The purpose of travel is to participate in the Global Measles Management Meeting. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. [...] | 2007-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SWHO ASEC CDC MU |
07MUSCAT786 | SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S WELCH VISIT TO MUSCAT (AUG [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Omani officials look forward to meeting with you to receive updates on issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, and Iran. While Oman remains a strong friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subject [...] | 2007-08-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP ECON PDEM MU |
07MUSCAT788 | TIP, VISAS TOP LIST OF NEW OMANI CHAMBER OF [...] (U) On August 15, the Ambassador discussed with incoming Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Chairman Khalil bin Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Khunji. Khunji immediately raised his concern that the USG's Tier 3 ranking of Oman in the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report would advers [...] | 2007-08-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PHUM ETRD MU |
07MUSCAT790 | OMAN RESPONSE TO SECTION 527 REQUEST [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy submits one case involving the Omani government that was brought to our attention by a U.S. citizen who works for a Bahraini-based company involved in the dispute. 2. (U) Case summary. The United States Government is aware of one claim against the [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT791 | OMAN FY 07 BFIF UPDATE [...] Embassy reports that it has spent $1454.28 out of the $3515 authorized under reftel B for BFIF-related activities during FY07. The money utilized from this account covered hotel and meal expenses for the Economic/Commercial Officer's attendance at June 26-30 Trade Implementation Agreement co [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP MU |
07MUSCAT792 | HELP WANTED ON NEW WASTEWATER PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Omani government is building a new wastewater services network for Muscat, but the Chinese-based contractor charged with managing its construction has since walked off the job. Opportunities await for U.S. firms to pick up the approximately USD 165 million contract in a proposed Sep [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT804 | DOW STILL INTERESTED IN POLYETHYLENE PROJECT [...] (SBU) On August 22, Louis Vega, Dow Chemical's Director of Public Affairs for India, the Middle East, and North Africa, confirmed with Econoff that the company remained interested in working with the Omani government on constructing a polyethylene plant in the Port of Sohar industrial complex [...] | 2007-08-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL MU |
07MUSCAT810 | IRAN TRANSIT POINT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of illegal immigrants, primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan, enter Oman by boat across the Gulf of Oman from Iran every year. Contacts in the Royal Oman Police (ROP) Coast Guard accuse elements of the Iranian Republican Guard (IRGC) of facilitating the flow of illegal [...] | 2007-08-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ELAB IR MU |
07MUSCAT822 | TIP GETS NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the summer, Oman's press has given negative coverage to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Oman's Tier 3 designation, with multiple articles questioning the report's credibility and U.S. motives. Nevertheless, the government continues to make progress on [...] | 2007-08-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT825 | OMAN AIR TO BEGIN LONG-HAUL OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff discussed Oman Air's long-haul service plans with Alan Arch, the airline's commercial director. Arch confirmed that Oman Air would begin nonstop service from Muscat to London beginning on November 15, though airport selection would depend on obtaining commercially- [...] | 2007-08-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP MU |
07MUSCAT83 | SOMALI MIGRANTS ENTER OMAN THROUGH OPEN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs recently visited sections of Oman's border with Yemen, observing that much of the border lacks fencing and generally is open to illegal traffic. Somali immigrants continue to enter Oman along well-traveled smuggling routes, though not in large numbers. Many of the Somali [...] | 2007-01-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS ETTC MNUC SO YE MU |
07MUSCAT830 | OMANI RESPONSE TO IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT843 | CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER LARGE-SCALE [...] (C) On August 30, the Ambassador met with Oman Oil Company (OOC) Chairman Maqbool bin Ali Sultan (who also serves as Oman's Minister of Commerce and Industry) to discuss the company's joint venture with Dow Chemical in constructing a polyethylene plant in the Port of Sohar industrial complex. [...] | 2007-09-04 10:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON BEXP MU |
07MUSCAT850 | OMAN'S COMMERCE MINISTER REAFFIRMS DRIVE TOWARD FTA [...] (C) On August 30, the Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to discuss outstanding issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Maqbool noted that promulgation of three draft laws remains pending. He stated that the [...] | 2007-09-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL ECPS MU |
07MUSCAT852 | OMAN BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION 050043972 [...] (SBU) On September 3, Embassy received a formal response from Brigadier General Habeeb bin Muhammad bin Habeeb al-Balushi of the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) on the purchase of 93 Vision Block 2510-00-630-0790 spare parts to be used for the M-48 tank, as listed ref C. In his letter, al-Balushi no [...] | 2007-09-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU |
07MUSCAT860 | MINISTER CONFIDENT OF OMAN'S FISCAL POSITION [...] (C) Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki is upbeat on the Sultanate's financial health, despite the significant damage and expense of recovery from Tropical Cyclone Gonu in June. Of greater concern to the Minister is the general rise in prices, which is leading to a lack of affordab [...] | 2007-09-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL EAIR MU |
07MUSCAT870 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Since your visit here four months ago, Oman continues to be concerned with regional issues, especially events in Iraq and Iran, participated in the June Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) meeting in Washington, D.C., and was struck by a m [...] | 2007-09-11 12:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
07MUSCAT879 | LABOR SENDING COUNTRIES DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, chiefs of mission (COM) from trafficking source country embassies in Oman asked for U.S. assistance in pushing the Omani government to improve conditions for foreign workers by: enforcing existing labor and immigration laws; ins [...] | 2007-09-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT881 | A RARE RE-SHUFFLING OF OMANI MINISTERS [...] (C) On September 9, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued Royal Decrees re-shuffling government ministers and splitting off ministerial portfolios to create two new ministries. In accordance with standard Omani practice, no official explanations were given for the re-s [...] | 2007-09-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MU |
07MUSCAT894 | MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW, [...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...] | 2007-09-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT900 | RESPONSE TO 100% SCANNING REQUIREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts at Port of Salalah expressed concern that new scanning requirements for maritime cargo under the USG's 9/11 Act will negatively affect trade at the port. They mentioned specifically that scanning 100% of U.S.-bound cargo for radioactive material and components of weapo [...] | 2007-09-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER MU |
07MUSCAT908 | REQUESTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UN APPEALS FOR IRAQ: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF IZ MU |
07MUSCAT915 | ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETINGS WITH OMANI [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Lieutenant General (LTG) Ahmed bin Harith Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF) and with Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi on 19 September in Muscat. Both the COSSAF and [...] | 2007-09-29 05:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT916 | MEDIA REACTION: TIP INTERVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS AS "AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: "Times of Oman" and "Al-Shabiba" highlight G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon's interview on trafficking; "Al-Watan" criticizes Ambassador Grappo's defense of the Trafficking in Persons report and calls the report part of "American Blackmail." Other "Al-Watan" editorials criticize human ri [...] | 2007-09-29 06:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT919 | ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETING WITH OMANI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi discussed both Iraq and Iran during a September 19 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon. Bin Alawi noted the many challenges facing efforts to stabilize Iraq, including competing factions and militia groups, but [...] | 2007-09-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT920 | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ASSURE AMBASSADOR LAGON OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),visited Muscat on September 22 to engage Omanis on trafficking and encourage the government to execute measures in the USG's anti-TIP action plan for Oman. Top officials in the Roy [...] | 2007-09-29 07:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT931 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A total of 632 candidates are competing in the October 27 elections for the Majlis al-Shura. Contacts indicate that only one of the twenty female candidates stands a good chance of being elected. Final voter registration figures show a substantial increase over corresponding numbers for [...] | 2007-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT932 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT933 | OMAN RESPONSE TO G8-BMENA FORUM REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM MU |
07MUSCAT938 | MICROSOFT SETTLES WITH OMANI SOFTWARE PIRATES [...] (U) On October 7, Econoff discussed Microsoft's conclusion of an out-of-court settlement with four Omani companies engaged in software piracy with Jawad al-Redha, Microsoft's Gulf Anti-Piracy Manager and Co-Chair of the Business Software Alliance. Redha noted that the settlement was the produ [...] | 2007-10-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MU |
07MUSCAT939 | OBSTACLES HINDER SALALAH FREE ZONE GROWTH [...] (SBU) Economic projects continue to emerge at the Salalah Free Zone, where several anchor companies are in the process of establishing operations. Obstacles remain in terms of energy availability and infrastructure suitability, however, which might stunt the free zone's further growth. A prop [...] | 2007-10-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV MU |
07MUSCAT942 | OMAN AIR TO ADD DREAMLINERS TO FLEET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR ECON MU |
07MUSCAT948 | 2007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...] | 2007-10-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT949 | UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) As reported ref B, Oman represents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is under-developed and the registration of new non-governmental organizations and associations (which are limited in their areas of activity) can literally take years. [...] | 2007-10-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT952 | OMAN AGREES TO PROPOSED DATE FOR GULF SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINS PREL MU |
07MUSCAT953 | OMAN OPEN TO MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met on October 10 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver ref A information and inquire on the status of the bilateral host country agreement (HCA) concerning the conduct of cha [...] | 2007-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
07MUSCAT97 | OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...] | 2007-01-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
07MUSCAT970 | UNIONS INCREASING IN NUMBER BUT LACKING IN STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary: The number of labor unions in Oman increased substantially during the second and third quarters of 2007. Contacts claim, however, that despite a few isolated examples, unions remain weak and continue to lack effective organization or leadership. The General Federation of Oman's L [...] | 2007-10-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT972 | OMAN GRAPPLES WITH TELECOM LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government is wrestling with the issue of telecommunications liberalization in the wake of the FTA implementation process and a recent managerial shakeup at Omantel, the majority government-owned fixed line monopoly. The changes at Omantel signify the government's willingness t [...] | 2007-10-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS MU |
07MUSCAT977 | OMANI RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS OTRA IZ MU |
07MUSCAT978 | MINISTER REAFFIRMS ADHERENCE TO MARKET PRINCIPLES [...] (U) On October 7, Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan addressed the Oman Journalists' Association (OJA) in the midst of calls from the public for government action to halt general price increases, especially with regard to housing and food. Aside from the recent Council of M [...] | 2007-10-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MU |
07MUSCAT979 | C-NE7-00774: FINAL ELECTION PUSH IN OMAN AS VOTING [...] (C) Omanis in 10 countries outside Oman voted without incident on October 20 for their representatives in the Majlis al-Shura. The government continues to assert that all will be ready for national elections inside Oman on October 27 and that various safeguards (e.g. secure voting forms and [...] | 2007-10-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT982 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to the Gulf Security Dialogue Team to travel to Muscat on October 30, 2007 for Gulf Security Dialogue meetings. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. 2. Cellular Telephones: For security reasons, all visitors are required to possess [...] | 2007-10-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA AMGT MU |
07MUSCAT984 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes Ambassador Mull and the U.S. delegation to the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat. Post expects that the meeting will increase understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation on mutual security issues facing the Gulf region [...] | 2007-10-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT989 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU MU |
07MUSCAT992 | FEW SURPRISES IN OMAN'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Thanks in part to a relentless government effort to get out the vote, a larger than expected 62.7% of registered Omani voters reportedly cast ballots in the October 27 Majlis al-Shura elections. According to the results of a speedy electronic vote count, newcomers won 46 of the 84 seats in [...] | 2007-10-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT996 | MEDIA REACTION: OMAN'S MAJLIS ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies carry prominent features and articles on elections for the sixth round of the Majlis Ash-Shura (84-member lower house of parliament). "Oman" regrets that no women were elected but anticipates their return in the near future. "Al-Watan" hails the "positive signs" in [...] | 2007-10-30 06:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
07NAHA128 | OKINAWA MAYORS FINALLY REALIZE BASE REALIGNMENT IS REAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 07:43:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA21 | COURTESY CALL BY TOP US COMMANDING GENERAL IN OKINAWA ON [...] (C) Summary: The tone of the January 26 courtesy call by the senior US military official in Okinawa on the new governor of Okinawa Prefecture was warm and friendly. In a break from previous administrations, Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA refrained from lecturing LtGen Joseph Weber on Okinawan his [...] | 2007-01-30 08:52:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS JA |
07NAHA47 | DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA AGREES TO PRESS AHEAD ON FRF PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA TRAVELED TO OKINAWA FOR A ""PRIVATE"" BUT WIDELY REPORTED MEETING WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY (FRF) PLAN THAT HAD BEEN AGREED TO BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AT THE OCTOBER 2005 AND MAY 2006 S [...] | 2007-03-12 08:33:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS PREL JA IZ |
07NAHA49 | WEATHER GIVES OKINAWA GOVERNOR OPTION OF SIDE-STEPPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA CH TW |
07NAHA53 | GOVERNOR NAKAIMA NOT YET READY TO ACCEPT FRF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 08:45:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA MARR PREL |
07NAHA65 | LOWEST OKINAWAN VOTER TURNOUT SINCE REVERSION, CONSERVATIVE [...] Summary: Just 47.8% of Okinawa's eligible voters turned out for the national Diet upper house by-election, the lowest rate of participation in a national-level election since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan. The ruling coalition's young female candidate defeated the consolidated reformist [...] | 2007-04-25 08:50:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR JA |
07NAHA89 | FIRST USN CIVILIAN PORT CALL IN OKINAWA A SUCCESS [...] (S) The mine countermeasures ships USS Guardian (MCM 5) and USS Patriot (MCM 7) conducted the first USN call on a civilian port in Okinawa Prefecture since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan, successfully visiting Sonai Port on Yonaguni Island June 24-26. This port call to Japan's westernmost [...] | 2007-06-27 11:29:00 | Consulate Naha | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA90 | OKINAWAN GOVERNOR SUFFERS STROKE, 2 WEEKS CONVELESCENCE [...] (U) On June 25 Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) officials and the local media reported that Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA suffered a mild stroke, and would convalesce for two weeks before returning to public responsibilities. According to the press, the stroke might have occurred as early as [...] | 2007-06-28 08:42:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA94 | MEDIA PAPERS OVER OKINAWANS' DIFFERENCES ON MASS SUICIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's (MOE) decision on March 30, 2007 to delete references to "military ordered" mass suicides from high school textbooks has met a strong reaction in Okinawa, where the large majority assumes the over 700 suicides t [...] | 2007-07-05 04:27:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | JA PREL PGOV MARR |
07NAIROBI10 | SOMALIA - LETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT [...] Ambassador Ranneberger was presented the following letter today. The letter is dated December 30, 2006 Text of letter: Mr. President, I am writing to communicate with you the situation in Somalia in the light of the recent developments that, in my view present a better opportunity to ac [...] | 2007-01-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI1002 | China in Kenya: No Appetite for Investment, But a Thirst [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese companies appear to have little appetite for making significant investments in Kenya. One reason: Kenya's investment climate still leaves a lot to be desired. Another: Chinese companies probably figure it's easier to export goods efficiently made in China than it is to [...] | 2007-03-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET EINV ENRG KE CH |
07NAIROBI1009 | U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to ref B, Embassy Nairobi directs Washington to refs A, C, and D. Ref D is a baseline cable on the economic dimensions of the China-Kenya relationship. Refs A and C contain additional new information on the same topic, and in so doing responds to many of the issues raised r [...] | 2007-03-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
07NAIROBI1015 | AML BILL TO BE TOP GOK PRIORITY IN MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Anti-Money Laundering Task Force (AMLTF) officials say they adopted many of USDOJ's suggested amendments to the anti-money laundering bill, including the critical definition of criminal offense, and that the bill will be one of the Government of Kenya's top priorities in th [...] | 2007-03-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1026 | Kenya: New Central Bank Governor Appointed [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has appointed a new Central Bank Governor, academic Njuguna Ndung'u. The 48-year old economic professor appears to have the credentials to run the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) effectively, and also has a reputation for integrity. That said, in an election year, he may face [...] | 2007-03-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1027 | Trafficking in Persons Donor Working Group a Success [...] Summary: The Donor Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and Child Protection, established by the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF and the IOM, has greatly enhanced coordination within the donor and diplomatic community in assisting Kenyan government agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop [...] | 2007-03-05 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON PHUM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI103 | SOMALIA: JANUARY 5 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia centered on supporting Somalia at this crucial moment, in particular with respect to consolidating stability through an inclusive political process, security, and humanitarian and development assistance. Th [...] | 2007-01-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI1035 | SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 18 - UPDATE ON [...] With diplomatic support from the US Ambassador, and persistence from the humanitarian community, the flow of assistance from Kenya to Somalia has improved. However, unpredictable security regulations at El Wak and Mandera continue to delay the movement of humanitarian staff and the transport [...] | 2007-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
07NAIROBI1041 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1042 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1069 | KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN PARTIES STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: While talk of early or snap elections has faded, the political debate has shifted to the main parties' internal leadership struggles. On the opposition side, leaders continue to put on a brave face regarding the viability of their coalition ODM-K party. In the President's NARC- [...] | 2007-03-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KE |
07NAIROBI1077 | FEWSNET REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY PRESENTATION [...] USAID/East Africa Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) and Regional Food for Peace (FFP) Offices have cultivated a productive relationship with the regional FEWSNET Office. In that light, FEWSNET has been holding periodic briefings for USAID's offices (USAID/EA, Kenya, Somalia, Su [...] | 2007-03-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
07NAIROBI1087 | KENYA'S PLANS FOR IGAD MEETINGS ON SOMALIA AND [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Political Affairs Thomas Amolo briefed PolCouns on Kenya's plans as IGAD Chair to host two IGAD meetings in the coming months. The first meeting will focus on Somalia and take place in late April. It is likely to be a ministerial level meet [...] | 2007-03-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KE SO SU |
07NAIROBI1093 | POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN KALONZO COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials and local leaders in Machakos, a medium-sized Kenyan city, are no less engaged in the current general elections debate than their counterparts in the capital, but have a cooler view of what the next 10 months hold. Overwhelmingly populated by members of the Kamba tri [...] | 2007-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI1127 | Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans [...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...] | 2007-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1128 | KENYA ELECTIONS: NARC-K IN THE DARK, ODM ROADSHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day before it was scheduled to kickoff, NARC-Kenya postponed indefinitely its party elections and President Kibaki's expected announcement of his candidacy. The sudden change of plans was accompanied by further protest from one-time government supporter, Health Minister Charit [...] | 2007-03-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI1130 | SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 19 ? CHOLERA [...] The rate of new cholera cases is declining in most areas of southern and central Somalia following repairs to water and sanitation facilities damaged from recent flooding. However, repairs are needed in Lower Shabelle Region and Mogadishu, where insecurity has thus far obstructed response ef [...] | 2007-03-09 10:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL SO |
07NAIROBI1133 | Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO |
07NAIROBI1134 | AMISOM Equipment Plane Afire on Mogadishu Landing [...] (U) A cargo plane carrying military equipment for Uganda's AMISOM contingent reportedly landed while on fire at Mogadishu International Airport this morning, March 9. According to the African Union's representative in Nairobi, who was in contact with Ethiopian and Ugandan military officers a [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1135 | SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1136 | KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...] | 2007-03-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KE |
07NAIROBI1150 | COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...] | 2007-03-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI1173 | TFG Plans To Disarm Mogadishu [...] (C) TFG security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah told EmbOffs on Tuesday (3/13) that TFG troops, in conjunction with Ethiopian and Ugandan military forces, will begin a large-scale security operation on Wednesday (3/14) in Mogadishu aimed at blunting the ongoing insurgency. According to Farah, 1 [...] | 2007-03-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1178 | SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 19 - CHOLERA [...] The rate of new cholera cases is declining in most areas of southern and central Somalia following repairs to water and sanitation facilities damaged from recent flooding. However, repairs are needed in Lower Shabelle Region and Mogadishu, where insecurity has thus far obstructed response ef [...] | 2007-03-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL SO |
07NAIROBI1179 | FOURTH ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEES [...] With USAID support, the largest-ever coffee conference and exhibition in Africa was held from February 15-17 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with approximately 600 participants representing 40 countries from around the world. The Fourth Annual Africa Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition was orga [...] | 2007-03-14 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
07NAIROBI1181 | CANCEL MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PREL |
07NAIROBI1185 | Charterhouse Bank Winding Down [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Court rejected Charterhouse Bank's appeal of High Court rulings supporting the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),which will next advise the Minister of Finance to finalize his Ministry's refusal to renew Charterhouse's license. Charterhouse Bank may still try to appeal to [...] | 2007-03-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1198 | AMISOM Plane Fire--Update [...] Per reftel, an IL-76 cargo plane ferrying equipment for the Ugandan army's AMISOM mission caught fire while landing in Mogadishu on Friday, March 9. Numerous press reports indicate--alternately--that the IL-76 was hit by a "missile" or rocket propelled grenade (RPG) or that it experienced mec [...] | 2007-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1221 | KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...] | 2007-03-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KE PREL SENV |
07NAIROBI1224 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Melissa Ledesma-Leese, arriving April 26 and departing April 28, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after- [...] | 2007-03-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CMGT KFRD OTRA KE |
07NAIROBI1248 | SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 20 - [...] By March 8, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had received reports of more than 40,000 people leaving Mogadishu over the past month. The majority are new internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing escalating insecurity in the capital, however, up to 10,000 of the ID [...] | 2007-03-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
07NAIROBI1286 | Somalia's Labor Sector Needs [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 15, Mr. Abdi Abdille, Technical Advisor to Somalia's Labor Minister, gave LabAtt the following priorities for Somalia's labor sector and asked for assistance in addressing them: Creating jobs quickly through labor intensive projects; rebuilding both vocational and academ [...] | 2007-03-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SO |
07NAIROBI1302 | Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting [...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the [...] | 2007-03-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1303 | Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting [...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the E [...] | 2007-03-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1311 | KENYA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PARM PPA DJ ET PM TU TZ KE |
07NAIROBI1318 | KENYA PRESIDENT REOPENS PARLIAMENT: FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opening the final session of Parliament before December's general elections, President Kibaki on March 20 delivered a speech strongly focused on his government's development accomplishments. While he noted that the government will reintroduce the anti-money laundering bill and [...] | 2007-03-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC PTER KE |
07NAIROBI1322 | Somali Clan Warfare Threatens Reconciliation [...] (C) An analysis of the Mogadishu neighborhoods in which yesterday's fighting occurred (3/21) indicates that the armed Hawiye opposition to the TFG has expanded from primarily the Ayr sub-clan to a variety of sub clans from the Hawiye/Habr Gidr (including the Saad and Duduble) and the Abgal su [...] | 2007-03-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1335 | SOMALIA - HAWIYE/ETHOPIAN "TRUCE" [...] (C) After heavy fighting midweek (reftels),Ethiopia opened talks yesterday with Hawiye leaders in Mogadishu. Reportedly the Hawiye told the Ethiopians they see three options: the Ethiopians can remain in Somalia as a neutral force while Somalis work out their own problems; the Ethiopians can [...] | 2007-03-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1336 | Ambassador?s call to Somali TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador Ranneberger spoke with TFG President Yusuf the evening of March 22 to discuss the security situation and to urge restraint. The Ambassador noted that the TFG draft framework for the national reconciliation conference is positive and a basis for maintaining momentum to build an [...] | 2007-03-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1359 | Somalia--Belarus IL-76 Probably Shot Down [...] (U) A Belarus registered IL-76 crashed after taking off from Mogadishu airport on Friday, March 23. All 11 passengers and crew were killed. Though the plane was not affiliated with AMISOM, it reportedly had brought engineers and parts to repair the AMISOM- chartered IL-76 damaged while land [...] | 2007-03-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC MOPS SO BO |
07NAIROBI1362 | DROUGHT RECOVERY ASSESSMENT ? MARSABIT [...] Following severe drought conditions in 2006, livestock, agriculture, nutrition, and livelihoods are improving in Marsabit District of northern Kenya. A successful short rains season from October through December and coordinated relief efforts combined to boost early drought recovery of affec [...] | 2007-03-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL KE |
07NAIROBI1385 | KENYA ELECTORAL COMMISSION: PRESSURE'S ON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Electoral Commission of Kenya Chairman Samuel Kivuitu is confident his team will be able to successfully administer national elections later this year, but skeptical of the government's conduct and attitude toward the Commission. Kivuitu told the Ambassador during a March 22 mee [...] | 2007-03-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1389 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-03-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1393 | Somalia Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] (SBU) Under cover of Diplomatic Note ESR/1381/N/07 dated March 16, 2007, the Somali Embassy transmitted the following letter from Foreign Minister Hurreh to Ambassador Ranneberger: TFG MFA letterhead Quote. Ref: FA-IC/010097/07 Date: 14/03/2007 Mr. Michael E. Ranneberger Ambass [...] | 2007-03-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
07NAIROBI1407 | Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
07NAIROBI1416 | AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...] | 2007-03-29 09:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE |
07NAIROBI1429 | Somali Truce Breaks Down -- Heavy Fighting [...] (U) According to multiple sources, early this morning, March 29, Ethiopian troops began deploying in Mogadishu neighborhoods while Ethiopian armored vehicles and "technicals" (pick-up trucks with mounted heavy weapons) took up positions at strategic intersections. Around 0530, militia fighte [...] | 2007-03-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1439 | OPPOSITION POLITICS: SUSPICION, ALLIES, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opposition insiders recently shared their views on the current state of play within ODM-Kenya party ranks. While there is plenty of suspicion and alliance-making, there is still no apparent movement towards consensus on a single ODM-K presidential candidate or even on how [...] | 2007-03-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1440 | Somali -- Heavy Fighting Continues [...] (C) Fighting continues today (3/30) in Mogadishu between Ethiopian forces and militia of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir sub-clan, and it appears to remain concentrated around the stadium in the northern part of the city. The Ethiopians do not appear to be advancing and may be surrounded in some loca [...] | 2007-03-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1456 | Somali Security Chief on Fighting [...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...] | 2007-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1463 | Somalia -- Update on Fighting [...] (C) Heavy fighting continued in Mogadishu on Saturday (March 31) resulting in considerable damage to involved neighborhoods and innumerable casualties. Ethiopian forces made more effective use of tanks and artillery to take advantage of the difficulty opposing forces had in countering thes [...] | 2007-04-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1496 | USAID/EAST AFRICA/FFP MONITORING MISSION OF [...] SUMMARY: Regional East Africa FFP Officer and USAID Rwanda Mission conducted a joint monitoring mission February 26 ? March 3, 2007, of Title II Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) World Vision (WV),Catholic Relief Services (CRS),ACDI/VOCA and their sub-grantees: Africare, ADRA and Food for the Hun [...] | 2007-04-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | USAID |
07NAIROBI1514 | KENYA CONSTITUTION: MINIMUM REFORMS, MAXIMUM DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A step back from complete overhaul, the current constitutional review debate in Kenya centers on a slate of "minimum reforms." Supporters of the proposed changes, many of which concern the electoral process, argue that these initial reforms must be made before the next general [...] | 2007-04-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI1603 | BAD GOVERNANCE THE ROOT OF INSECURITY IN MT. ELGON [...] (SBU) Summary: With the death toll approaching 150 and the number of displaced persons rising to above 61,700, the conflict over land settlement in the Mt. Elgon district of Western Kenya has become a major political issue. The Kibaki administration is promoting dialogue among the warring fa [...] | 2007-04-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI161 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/AA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Michael E. Hess, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance from o/a January 16-20, 2007 to meet with Somalia Diaspora, NGO partners and the donor community regarding the humanitarian situation i [...] | 2007-01-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
07NAIROBI1621 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Trainers Ms. Mary Beth Brennan Seng; Ms. Alisia Kachmar and Ms. Katherine Channell to conduct a workshop on USAID/DCHA/OFDA?s Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals for current and potential partners in East and Central [...] | 2007-04-13 07:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
07NAIROBI1622 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANTAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/OFDA Program Assistant, Chantal Ninteretse from o/a April 21 - 29, 2007 to consult on humanitarian issues with the OFDA regional office and consult on administrative issues with the OFDA Administrative Officer. 2. Country c [...] | 2007-04-13 07:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
07NAIROBI1636 | Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting [...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...] | 2007-04-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1639 | MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: HASSAN OLE NAADO [...] (SBU) Summary: The national chairperson of the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) depicts "African Islam" under siege from "Wahabi extremist foreigners." HKMYA favors moderate, modern, indigenous Islam with an emphasis on education as a means of uplifting the Muslim community. He also advoc [...] | 2007-04-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |