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08MONROVIA674 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO MAURITANIAN COUP [...] PolOff met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the GOL had draft language in clearance to publicly condemn the coup in Mauritania but decided not to do so after [...] | 2008-09-02 19:31:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA676 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON EGYPT'S MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the Sirleaf Administration takes pandemic influenza very seriously but that the issue often falls below other pressin [...] | 2008-09-02 19:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL LI |
08MONROVIA677 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that to his knowledge there had been no internal GOL discussions as of yet on formulating a position with respect to Russia [...] | 2008-09-03 08:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID RS GG LI |
08MONROVIA694 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh September 10 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh, who was confirmed by the Liberian Senate September 9 to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said he would ha [...] | 2008-09-10 17:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LI |
08MONROVIA70 | LIBERIA: ELECTRIC COMPANY REQUESTS PARTNERSHIP WITH TVA; [...] (SBU) Harry Yuan, the Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC, the state-owned electricity provider) visited the Ambassador January 17 to request his assistance in arranging an association with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He proposed a partnership between TVA and [...] | 2008-01-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID BEXP AMGT ABLD ASEC OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA701 | STAFFDEL SMITH LOOKS AT RULE OF LAW AND SECURITY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Shannon Smith (Biden) and Sarah Margon (Feingold) visited Liberia August 20-22. Their visit, which focused primarily on rule of law and security issues, included meetings with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary G [...] | 2008-09-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA742 | LIBERIA HOLDS RULE OF LAW RETREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than a year of rancor between Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis and Minister of Justice Phillip A.Z. Banks III over issues of separation of powers, the two came together to hold Liberia's first rule of law retreat September 15-16. In a mostly cordial atmosphere, the Judic [...] | 2008-09-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
08MONROVIA753 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the Chinese Embassy, China has committed $88,347,400 in assistance to Liberia since 2006, contributing to all sectors of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) except Governance and Rule of Law. We understand that China was uncharacteristically outspoken during [...] | 2008-09-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY LI |
08MONROVIA765 | LIBERIAN WAR CRIMES COURT ADVOCATE DETAINED FOR [...] (SBU) The National Security Agency (NSA) arrested Mulbah Morlu, leader of the "Forum for the Establishment of a War Crimes Court in Liberia," September 27 for calling President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf a "rebel" on local television September 26. Morlu was held at NSA headquarters until the Presi [...] | 2008-10-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM LI |
08MONROVIA772 | LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 12,000-strong UNMIL deployment. The first 2,000 [...] | 2008-10-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD LI |
08MONROVIA793 | SCENESETTER FOR LIBERIA FOREST INITIATIVE RETREAT [...] SUMMARY: In the next few months, the GOL intends to award the last timber concessions on some of the largest tracts of the nation's forests for a generation. The revenue and employment these long-term timber concessions will provide is urgently needed. Regrettably, resumption of commercial ti [...] | 2008-10-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI |
08MONROVIA87 | LIBERIA: PROGRESS ON DEBT, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's fiscal picture is rosier in 2008 but there are still challenges. The July-September first quarter of FY 2007-08 saw revenue increase more than 50% from the same period the previous year, thanks to the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program (GEMAP). The [...] | 2008-01-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA891 | LIBERIA: GOL SUBMITS PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL submitted a comprehensive Public Financial Management (PFM) Act to the Legislature August 28 that consolidates public financial management, and supports the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The PFM Act governs management of Liberia's public finances and provides the le [...] | 2008-10-31 17:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA896 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIBERIA UNGA VOTING RECORD [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Sirleaf October 31, stressing that while the USG is appreciative of Liberia's support on some critical votes at the UNGA, Liberia in fact has voted with the U.S. only 15% of the time overall. The Ambassador noted that with the impending ar [...] | 2008-11-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA LI |
08MONROVIA906 | LIBERIA: IMF PREVIEWS ARTICLE IV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting IMF mission leader Robert Powell told Ambassador October 30 that Liberia was on track to reach HIPC Completion Point (CP) in mid-2010. The schedule for the CP is largely dependent upon implementation of the PFM Act (ref A) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ref C) for [...] | 2008-11-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA91 | LIBERIA: EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) does not currently have the will or resources to fight drug-trafficking. Liberia is not presently a major transshipment point for cocaine bound for Europe, but is likely to become so as infrastructure improves and UNMIL draws down. A small number [...] | 2008-01-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SOCI LI |
08MONROVIA914 | LIBERIA: CHANGES IN THE SENATE: ONE PARTY CHANGE AND ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disputed Acting Senate President Pro Tempore Lahai Lasannah has resigned from the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) and joined the Liberty Party of Charles Brumskine. Suspended Pro Tempore Isaac Nyenabo is also a member of the NDPL. The case of who is the legitimate le [...] | 2008-11-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM LI |
08MONROVIA916 | SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN UNMIL TROOP [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Ellen Loej is concerned that UNMIL's ability to respond to threats will be impaired if the peacekeeping force is drawn down further than agreed to by the UNSC on September 29, and is seeking continued USG support for maintaining current troop levels for the foreseeable futur [...] | 2008-11-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEC MARR LI |
08MONROVIA931 | LIBERIA: FIRESTONE WORKERS' LEADERSHIP IN CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: Firestone workers have accused the leadership of the Firestone Agriculture Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) of failing to account for over US$150,000 of their dues. FAWUL leaders deny the allegations and the Ministry of Labor has instructed the union to resolve the matter through th [...] | 2008-11-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV ECON LI |
08MONROVIA936 | LIBERIA: GOL AUDITS REVEAL PROBLEMS BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an important display of improved economic governance, Liberia's independent General Accounting Commission (GAC) completed and published the first audit reports of GOL institutions since the re-establishment of the GAC in 2005. Audits of several other key government institution [...] | 2008-11-19 17:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
08MONROVIA952 | ANOTHER LAND DISPUTE TURNS VIOLENT [...] (U) According to several sources, violence broke out November 18 between two adjacent towns in the Tapeta District of Nimba County, Dumpa Town and Zoaplaye, over disputed communal farm land. The Tapeta District is primarily Gio whereas Dumpa Town is predominantly Mano. For some time the resi [...] | 2008-11-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC LI |
08MONROVIA963 | LIBERIA TO SOFTEN ITS VOTING PRACTICES ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOL will likely change some or all of its "yes" votes on resolutions with anti-Israel bias to "abstain" or be absent. It will support the resolution on compliance on nonproliferation, arms limitation, disarmament in the plenary (Japan lobbied heavily for Liberia's vote in th [...] | 2008-11-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL MNUC PARM IAEA PA LI |
08MONROVIA964 | LIBERIA: LAWMAKER CAUSES STIR AT TRC HEARING, COMMISSIONER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Margibi County lawmaker Saah R. Gbollie accused TRC Commissioner John H.T. Stewart of being a cause of the Liberian crisis at the ongoing Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearing. Representative Gbollie, testifying before the TRC, denied that he had committed any atrocit [...] | 2008-11-25 17:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS LI |
08MONROVIA965 | LIBERIA: TAYLOR CONFIDANT MAURICE COOPER DIES [...] (SBU) Maurice Cooper, a confidant and informal advisor to former President Charles Taylor, died on August 10, 2008 and was buried at Cooper Farm, Cinta, Margibi County on August 20, 2008. Maurice Cooper's name has been on the UN Travel Ban List concerning Liberia since 2001 as an "associate of [...] | 2008-11-25 18:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UN LI |
08MONROVIA970 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSIONS PREP FOR 2011 RACE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the National Elections Commission (NEC) November 28 to discuss preparations for the 2011 presidential election. NEC shares our view that a free, fair, and on-time election is a crucial milestone in Liberia's democratic transition, but remains concerned any fur [...] | 2008-11-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID LI |
08MONROVIA976 | LIBERIA: 2008-09 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Attached is the text of Liberia's 2008-09 INSCR report. The text has been e-mailed as instructed reftel. Monrovia POC is economic officer Lucy Abbott abbottlk@state.gov. (Note: URLs exceeding 55 characters have been removed but are included in the text sent via e-mail. End note.) 2. B [...] | 2008-12-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ECON LI |
08MONROVIA977 | JAILBREAK AT MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON [...] A reported 135 prisoners escaped from the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) December 1. Liberia National Police (LNP) immediately set up roadblocks and searched neighborhoods around the MCP and up to 68 prisoners have reportedly been recaptured. The LNP Emergency Response Unit has been deployed [...] | 2008-12-01 17:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT'S 2008 ANNUAL MESSAGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her Annual Message to the Legislature January 28, President Sirleaf called corruption Liberia's "number one enemy" and asked the Legislature to pass the draft bills establishing the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Code of Conduct for Public Servants soon. She also asked th [...] | 2008-02-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR EAID ECON LI |
08MONROVIA986 | CALM RETURNS TO MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON AFTER [...] (SBU) Calm has returned to the Monrovia Central Prison following a jailbreak December 1 (reftel). UNMIL Police (UNPOL) Commissioner Henrik Stiernblad told Emboffs December 2 that a total of 202 prisoners escaped the prison. A total of 64 people were arrested in the ensuing search, but in fact [...] | 2008-12-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KCRM LI |
08MONROVIA993 | LIBERIA: LEDFC AT ONE -- LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OPIC-funded Liberia Enterprises DevQopment Finance Company (LEDFC) is faltering but can probably be salvaged. Both the recently-resigned LEDFC General Manager and current CHF International caretakers cite the lack of adequate business service support and mentoring as a facto [...] | 2008-12-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA999 | LIBERIA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her new economic management team hosted a well-attended roundtable discussion on the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia. Although Liberia's economic isolation and lack of debt service requirements buffer the economy, the GOL expect [...] | 2008-12-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID EINV ECON LI |
08MONTERREY10 | MONTERREY: A NAFTA SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon and its capital city of Monterrey have benefited greatly from NAFTA, with huge leaps in manufacturing exports and employment. Nuevo Leon faces stiff international competition on basic manufactured goods but hopes to move to higher value added products. [...] | 2008-01-09 20:49:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MX |
08MONTERREY100 | SAN LUIS POTOSI GROWING ECONOMICALLY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with San Luis Potosi Governor Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (PAN),the Governor told the Consul General that the state's current economic situation is strong and growing and projected a 50% increase in jobs by the end of his administration in the summer of [...] | 2008-02-27 22:25:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON KCRM EIND EINV SMIG SNAR SOCI MX |
08MONTERREY101 | MONTERREY CONGLOMERATES FACE GLOBALIZATION WITH MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey's 'Group of 10' is composed of family owned industrial conglomerates that built Monterrey into an industrial powerhouse starting in the 19th century. The Group of 10 had tremendous economic influence and was reputed to have sizable political clout as well. Since th [...] | 2008-02-29 00:42:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV MX |
08MONTERREY121 | DRUG VIOLENCE FOCUSES ON SMALL DEALERS; PUBLIC YAWNS [...] (C) Summary. Although the number of drug executions and kidnappings remains high in Nuevo Leon, the drug violence has shifted its focus to small time drug dealers and people who owe them money. Public interest in this issue is declining as people have become accustomed to drug killings and s [...] | 2008-03-12 19:41:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM ECON MX |
08MONTERREY182 | DRUG WAR BRINGS COMPLAINTS OF ARBITRARY DETENTION; MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of complaints of human rights abuses in Nuevo Leon increased substantially in 2007 according to the state human rights agency and a local NGO, and the majority of these complaints stem from alleged arbitrary detention. The alleged abuses appear to be perpetrated by [...] | 2008-04-10 21:44:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY194 | NUEVO LEON'S AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite statements by President Calderon on down that Mexico needs to fundamentally reform its educational system, to date no reform proposals have been forthcoming at the federal level. While Mexico has achieved nearly universal coverage in primary school education, internat [...] | 2008-04-21 23:32:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY232 | KIDNAPPINGS RISE IN NUEVO LEON; FEDERAL FORCES DECREASING [...] (C) Summary. Kidnapping for ransom has come to Nuevo Leon. Public authorities downplay the problem since few cases are reported to the police, but Post law enforcement officials are aware of at least four cases, with indications of many more. Although top state government officials have urg [...] | 2008-05-15 22:28:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC ECON KCRM MX |
08MONTERREY280 | US ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN WILL IMPACT MEXICO AS INFLATION FEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 13, at the Consulate's periodic Business Roundtable, two leading economists presented their views of the impact of the United States economic slowdown on Mexico and Mexico's growing inflationary concerns. The event, hosted by the Consul General, brought together fifte [...] | 2008-06-18 01:38:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY295 | MONTERREY FIRMS FIND THAT VENEZUELA IS A TOUGH PLACE TO DO [...] Summary. (C) Two large Monterrey-based multinational companies are struggling in the toxic Venezuelan business environment, as one looks for fair compensation to exit and the other hopes to keep their heads down and hold on. President Chavez has nationalized the cement holdings of high-leve [...] | 2008-06-24 20:01:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ELAB PGOV MX VE |
08MONTERREY306 | NUEVO LEON DEVELOPS A HIGH TECHNOLOGY SERVICE INDUSTRY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon continues to pursue higher value added industries through a government led strategy, highlighted by the Research and Technological Innovation Park. The Research and Technological Innovation Park (PIIT for its initials in Spanish) has made substantial st [...] | 2008-07-02 20:01:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY314 | NUEVO LEON'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY LAYING THE GROUND FOR A BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The state of Nuevo Leon is having success building on its manufacturing prowess to develop a substantial aerospace sector, and now hopes to move into more value-added technology. Nuevo Leon's aerospace industry is now the second largest in Mexico, with over $300 million in exp [...] | 2008-07-07 17:50:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY336 | MONTERREY STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY -- BUT IT'S [...] (U) Summary: The Nuevo Leon Attorney General's Office is turning the heat up on vendors of pirated and counterfeit goods with 176 raids and nearly 5 million seized goods within the first three months of the year. The PGR's target for 2008 is to seize 18 million of these goods, a 56% incre [...] | 2008-07-22 16:10:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD MX |
08MONTERREY397 | RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NUEVO LEON: A VIABLE MODEL? [...] Summary: Nuevo Leon is blazing new trails as it seeks to counteract rising energy costs. A public-private initiative known as Simeprode that converts the methane gas from a landfill into biofuel is already lighting up the streets of Monterrey and neighboring municipalities and powering the Me [...] | 2008-08-26 16:15:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY408 | PROMOTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NUEVO LEON [...] Summary. Given the state governor's success in branding Monterrey as Mexico's "City of Knowledge," post has embarked upon an effort to promote intellectual property rights (IPR) and combat piracy in Nuevo Leon. The Consulate has promoted an IPR agreement that would afford the state governme [...] | 2008-09-02 14:05:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MX |
08MONTERREY414 | KIDNAPPINGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME CHALLENGE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few weeks, Conoffs have reached out to various players within Nuevo Leon civil society to gauge the effect that the increase in kidnappings since the beginning of the year has had on local institutions. In our conversations with military and police officials, ma [...] | 2008-09-02 19:45:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PHUM MX |
08MONTERREY433 | NUEVO LEON'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOFTEN THE IMPACT OF [...] Summary: Nuevo Leon is the second wealthiest state in Mexico, yet it has pockets of poverty comparable to those in the less developed and traditionally poorer southern states. Nationwide, the poor face increases in the cost of living and a drop in remittances from the U.S., factors which impa [...] | 2008-09-18 21:00:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV ECON PHUM MX |
08MONTERREY438 | ELECTED OFFICIALS REACT TO PUBLIC PRESSURE FOR IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 30 a large demonstration took place in Monterrey (as did in Mexico City and dozens of other cities) designed to pressure state and local authorities to improve public security. The citizens marched to demand better performance from the police and to encourage peop [...] | 2008-09-22 20:11:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SOCI PGOV ECON MX KCRM |
08MONTERREY444 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USOAS AMBASSADOR HECTOR MORALES'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate General enthusiastically welcomes you to Monterrey, the business hub of Northern Mexico. We are certain that your private sector and academic interlocutors will be very interested to learn more about the upcoming Summit of the Americas. ConGen Monterrey actively [...] | 2008-09-26 17:36:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD MX |
08MONTERREY45 | MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 25, at the Consulate's periodic Business Roundtable, we heard the private sector's perspective on the security situation in Monterrey. That event, organized by FCS and hosted by the Consul General, brought together ten of the Consulate's best private sector contac [...] | 2008-01-31 23:02:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EINV ECON ETRD ASEC PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY455 | SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT OF WHA P/DAS KELLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate General of Monterrey enthusiastically welcomes your October 14-16 trip to Monterrey, the business hub of northern Mexico. We are certain that your participation in the International Conference on Philanthropy and the Non-Profit Sector will advance collaborative wo [...] | 2008-10-08 16:11:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY458 | OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...] | 2008-10-14 18:27:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY459 | OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...] | 2008-10-14 18:27:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY46 | MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 25, at the Consulate's periodic Business Roundtable, we heard the private sector's perspective on the security situation in Monterrey. The event, organized by FCS and hosted by the Consul General, brought together ten of the Consulate's best private sector contact [...] | 2008-01-31 23:18:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC EINV ECON PGOV ETRD MX |
08MONTERREY468 | OCTOBER 16 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) At approximately 11:36 a.m. October 16, a series of 7 to 8 gunshots, in two bursts, were heard near the Consulate. This gunfire comes in the wake of the weekend gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate by assailants unknown (see reftel). Upon hearing the gunshots, Post Acting RSO i [...] | 2008-10-17 01:28:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY473 | SENSE OF GLOOM PERVADES NUEVO LEON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (U) This cable is the first in a two-part series. This first part deals with public perceptions of the worsening security situation while the second will look at the lagging economy. 2. (SBU) Summary. The October 11 gunshot/grenade attack against the U.S. Consulate only deepen [...] | 2008-10-20 22:36:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV ECON SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY475 | OCTOBER 20 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 20 at 1600 in the Consulate building, and was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, ACS, Embassy RSO, DHS, DEA, FBI, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remai [...] | 2008-10-22 20:19:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY489 | FALLING REMITTANCES HIT NORTHERN MEXICAN FAMILIES HARD [...] (U) Summary: After years of steady increases in remittances sent by Mexican workers in the U.S. to their families in Mexico, the current U.S. economic slowdown has caused a sudden drop in such payments. The decline in remittances stems from the concentration of Mexican workers in the constru [...] | 2008-10-30 18:18:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV CVIS MX |
08MONTERREY490 | BORDER ENERGY FORUM FOCUSES ON BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATION [...] Summary. The fifteenth annual Border Energy Forum held in Monterrey emphasized cross-border energy cooperation and the potential of renewable energy. EEB officer Matt McManus praised Mexico as a reliable energy producer, and announced the signing of a Presidential Permit to allow a PEME [...] | 2008-10-30 20:33:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECIN ECON PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY493 | AMCONSULATE MONTERREY 'ELECTION NIGHT' EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 29 at 1100 in the Consulate building, and the meeting was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, FAS, DHS, DEA, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remain on hi [...] | 2008-10-31 19:22:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM CASC SNAR PINS MX |
08MONTERREY495 | U.S. FINANCIAL WOES SPILL OVER INTO MONTERREY'S REAL [...] (U) Summary. The Monterrey business community has begun to be affected by the U.S. financial crisis, including large derivative losses, abrupt changes in currency values, and restricted credit access. Several large Monterrey companies incurred significant losses due to derivatives con [...] | 2008-11-04 14:52:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY496 | MONTERREY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS WHA POSITIVE AGENDA [...] Summary: On October 15-17, a conference in Monterrey entitled, `Philanthropy and the Non-Profit Sector - The Road to Developing Multinational Strategic Alliances,' highlighted the USG positive agenda for Latin America. WHA PDAS Kelly, the keynote speaker, outlined USG efforts to strengthen civ [...] | 2008-11-04 17:12:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PGOV SOCI ECON MX |
08MONTERREY504 | MEXICAN AUTO PRODUCTION DECLINES REFLECT DECREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's key automotive industry has suffered serious declines in automotive production and exports, reflecting the weakness of U.S. car demand and the declining fortunes of the Big Three U.S. automakers. While automakers might move some car production to Mexico to red [...] | 2008-11-19 17:15:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ELTN ELAB MX |
08MONTERREY506 | MEXICAN BUSINESS SUMMIT TOUTS LIMITED ENERGY REFORM; [...] Summary. Approximately 200 business leaders and government officials attended the sixth annual Mexican Business Summit in Monterrey, and they discussed energy reform, the impact of the U.S. financial crisis on Mexico, whether Mexican can increase its economic development, President Calde [...] | 2008-11-21 05:52:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG ETRD EINV SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY508 | MEXICAN CENTRAL BANK REGIONAL DELEGATE PAINTS A GRIM PICTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 14 the Nuevo Leon regional delegate of the Mexican Central Bank briefed the local American Chamber of Commerce on the U.S. financial crisis and its impact on Mexico. His analysis reflects many negative trends and portrays a much more negative picture of the Me [...] | 2008-11-21 16:26:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY519 | NOVEMBER 25 EAC AMCONSULATE MONTEREY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 19:26:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC |
08MONTERREY522 | ECONOMIC CRISIS HASTENS AIRLINE FAILURES [...] (U) Summary. Since July, six Mexican airlines have ceased operations or declared bankruptcy and at least three other airlines remain vulnerable. With the privatization of the two major Mexican airlines in 2005 and the subsequent entry of low cost carriers in the national airline market [...] | 2008-12-03 16:03:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV BTIO MX |
08MONTERREY548 | MEXICAN CREDIT CRUNCH AFFECTING INTEREST RATES, CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Mexican financial system remains well capitalized, credit has become more expensive and more difficult to obtain for certain sectors such as for car purchases and small and medium sized enterprises. Our contacts all agree that the Mexican financial system wil [...] | 2008-12-12 15:41:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY558 | NUEVO LEON CASE STUDY: GRAFTING ORAL TRIALS ON TOP OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon was the first Mexican state to experiment with oral trials, but the reform effort has stalled because of limited implementation. The respected NGO Renace conducted an empirical study of how the oral trials reform has fared in Nuevo Leon. Renace found that ora [...] | 2008-12-17 16:03:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM MX |
08MONTERREY559 | PAN AND PRI TEST MEXICO'S NEW ELECTION REFORM LAWS IN NUEVO [...] (U) Summary. Nuevo Leon is the largest of the six Mexican states holding gubernatorial elections in 2009 and will be the first major test of the federal electoral reform passed in November 2007. The race will also be an important measure of the relative strength of the national PAN an [...] | 2008-12-18 16:05:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX |
08MONTERREY565 | AMCIT ANTI-KIDNAPPING EXPERT KIDNAPPED IN COAHUILA STATE [...] (C ) Summary. On December 10, Felix Batista, an American citizen, disappeared (apparently kidnapped) in Saltillo, Coahuila and has remained missing ever since. Batista is an anti-kidnapping expert and had given several anti-kidnapping presentations to the business community while in Saltil [...] | 2008-12-19 21:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY67 | MONTERREY'S UNIVERSAL FORUM OF CULTURES: A HIT LOCALLY, A [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 00:06:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD ECON PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY96 | NAFTA DEPUTIES MEETING REVIEWS SMOOTH NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION, [...] (SBU) Summary. At their annual meeting NAFTA deputy trade ministers discussed the proposed agenda for a NAFTA ministerial to be held later in 2008. Agreed items include a trilateral workplan to enhance North American economic competitiveness, analysis to compare the NAFTA with more recent f [...] | 2008-02-22 20:47:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR PGOV MX CA |
08MONTEVIDEO101 | NO GOU COMMENT ON CASTRO CONFIRMATION [...] (U) While Raul Castro's confirmation as President of Cuba was reported prominently in the media, as of February 26, the GOU had not made an official statement. Major dailies El Observador, El Pais, and Ultimas Noticias ran columns critical of the Castro "dynasty," and the lack of any move to [...] | 2008-02-26 19:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO103 | MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE NETS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKERS AND 142 [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The Uruguayan National Police arrested 11 alleged drug traffickers and seized 142 kilos of cocaine in the third significant bust since 2006. The plane used to transport the cocaine was also seized. DEA Buenos Aires-Southern Cone was actively involved in the investigation an [...] | 2008-02-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UY MX BL BR PA XM XR |
08MONTEVIDEO112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR AU UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Dr. Elsa Borges, on February 29, 2008. The GOU did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. Post will provide any further response septel. Baxter [...] | 2008-03-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO130 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but the problem still exists. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts have met some of these shortfalls. In [...] | 2008-03-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO132 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but still needs help in strengthening its enforcement capabilities. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts h [...] | 2008-03-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO134 | URUGUAYAN REACTIONS TO FARC COMMANDER'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOU's balanced response to the killing of FARC secretariat member Raul Reyes by Colombian forces inside Ecuadorian territory was remarkable given the internal and external pressures to side with Ecuador and Venezuela. On March 3, the GOU issued a measured statement calling for [...] | 2008-03-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CO VE EC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO14 | URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE [...] (U) Ambassador Baxter delivered reftel invitation to Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Jorge Lepra and Undersecretary for Industry, Energy and Mining Martin Ponce de Leon via e-mail, with hard copy following via embassy courier, on Tuesday, 8 January. 2. (U) On 9 January, embassy recei [...] | 2008-01-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA |
08MONTEVIDEO144 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros and Director for the Americas, Laura Dupuy on March 13 and mentioned that the WHA Front Office was intending to reach out directly to Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez in t [...] | 2008-03-13 20:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO154 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DPRK [...] On March 24, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Julio Moreira, the MFA's new Deputy Director General for Political Affairs and to Laura Dupuy, the MFA's Americas Desk Director. The officials acknowledged the poor human rights record in North Korea (DPRK) and implied that U [...] | 2008-03-24 20:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO155 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RETAINING THE MANDATE OF THE [...] (C) On March 24, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's acting Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and to the MFA's Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. The officials acknowledged that Uruguay had once voted for the UNGA defamation but then abstained [...] | 2008-03-25 21:00:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNHRC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO169 | URUGUAY LIKELY TO BACK SWING FOR IOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Swing was well-received by the Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Fernandez, and other key GOU officials during his March 27-28 visit. Fernandez confirmed that Uruguay would give the utmost consideration to Ambassador Swing's candidacy. Other key MFA officials were very ple [...] | 2008-04-02 19:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM SMIG MARR MOPS UY |
08MONTEVIDEO18 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) A/DCM urged Uruguay to recognize Kosovo's independence once it is declared, per reftel instructions. The demarche was delivered on January 15 to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Barros and his Chief of the International Organizations Department, Daniel Pareja. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO186 | WEAPONS AUGMENTATION AT POST [...] (SNF) RSO met with COM and DCM. Post has no objections to M-4 augmentation at our post. DSS ROE and/or MSG policies, whichever are more stringent, will be rigorously adhered to and deadly force, alcohol use, storage, transport, etc. will be addressed. Post has a suitable alarmed vault, wh [...] | 2008-04-08 19:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC |
08MONTEVIDEO190 | U/S PADILLA "SETS THE TABLE" WITH URUGUAYAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 30-31, Commerce U/S Chris Padilla led the U.S. delegation (along with Commerce, State, USDA and TDA reps) attending the Americas Innovation Forum (AIF) in Punta del Este, Uruguay, the GOU's follow-up to the June 2007 Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta. Over 1,100 [...] | 2008-04-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD UY |
08MONTEVIDEO195 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND [...] (C) On April 4, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Carlos Barros, following up with a telephone call on April 8. Barros said that the MFA is undergoing a major internal restructuring as the result of the change in Foreign [...] | 2008-04-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO197 | PRESIDENT ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE FILES ON POISON [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Foreign Minister delivered to the Ambassador on April 2 a letter from President Vazquez to President Bush requesting his assistance in the further declassification of USG documents related to the poisoning death of Cecilia Fontana de Heber in September 1978, duri [...] | 2008-04-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO206 | SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST TAX ON PENSIONS TRIGGERS [...] Summary: A ruling in March 2008 by the Supreme Court that declared as unconstitutional a new tax on pensions has triggered unprecedented attacks on the Judiciary and caused significant political turmoil. So far, the GOU has refused to revoke the tax, in a stance that is being harshly criticiz [...] | 2008-04-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO213 | AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFICIENCIES AND FAST-TRACKING PROPOSED SECURITY UPGRADE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Embassy Montevideo is extremely concerned about the continued slippage in the start date for the embassy security upgrade projects first proposed and approved in 1999 and now delayed until 2013. The Ambassador is unable to meet his manda [...] | 2008-04-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC ABLD PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO220 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED FOR ENDORSEMENT OF STATEMENT OF [...] (U) Polcouns joined representatives from the Embassies of Spain (Charge Maria Teresa Daurella) and the Russian Federation (DCM Dimitri Belov) to deliver subject troika demarche on April 18. The demarche was delivered to the MFA's Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Julio [...] | 2008-04-21 20:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO223 | JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS CONFIRMS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE [...] (U) On April 22, a joint session of the Uruguayan Congress unanimously confirmed Judge Jorge Larrieux as a compromise candidate for the Supreme Court, thereby putting an end to the political turmoil generated by this vacancy (reftel). The vacancy occurred when a Supreme Court Justice reached m [...] | 2008-04-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS KDEM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO232 | OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY (BLANCOS) POISED FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political observers consider the opposition National Party (Blancos) well-positioned to compete against the governing in the 2009 national elections. The Blancos are polling a close second to the governing Frente Amplio, with 35% and 42% respectively in March. The poll result [...] | 2008-04-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO235 | CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING -- DVC LESSONS LEARNED [...] Post appreciates the CME we recently received and the opportunity to provide lessons learned. 2. Comments/answers are keyed to questions A-H in reftel. A. DVC FORMAT: DVC format was effective and video/audio quality was good, with the exception of one or two brief periods of lag. Thr [...] | 2008-04-30 18:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT AR ASEC BL CI PA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO239 | GOU THWARTS ALLEGED ASSASSINATION THREAT [...] (SBU) According to media reports, police detained a man April 29 suspected of planning to assassinate President Vazquez. Family members of the unnamed suspect reportedly told police they believed he planned to try to kill the President when Vazquez visited the Dolores Hospital in the Departm [...] | 2008-04-30 19:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO249 | REPORT ON OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Per reftels, please find below a summary of Embassy's outreach and activities over the last year on the President's Freedom Agenda. Context ------- 2. (U) Uruguay is a free and democratic country. A 2007 survey by "the Economist" magazine rated Uruguay as the only country in South Ame [...] | 2008-05-05 19:35:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO266 | BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...] | 2008-05-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO27 | VAZQUEZ REELECTION: TARGET OF PROPOSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Talk of President Tabare Vazquez seeking reelection in 2009 has been a central theme in media and political circles in recent weeks. While whispers could be heard as far back as early 2007, the cacophony of voices has increased notably since the start of the New Year. The Urug [...] | 2008-01-23 18:33:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO274 | URUGUAY: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO275 | URUGUAYAN AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA IS UNUSUALLY [...] (U) On May 8, reputed Uruguayan business weekly "Busqueda" reported on remarks, unusually critical of President Chavez, made by Uruguay's Ambassador to Venezuela Geronimo Cardozo to a group of visiting Uruguayan legislators during a gathering at his residence. The group, in Caracas for a sessi [...] | 2008-05-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AR VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO276 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREPCOM: U.S. PROPOSED [...] (U) PolCouns delivered reftel demarches to the MFA's Assistant Director for Multilateral Affairs (MLAT),Dr. Elsa Borges on April 30. PolCouns also followed up with the Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Julio Moreira, to discuss Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) issues mention [...] | 2008-05-12 17:22:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO289 | URUGUAY: FOLLOW-UP ON PROGRAM FOR DAY OF [...] Embassy Montevideo has arranged for Amherst College Professor and Cuban Affairs expert Javier Corrales to discuss the situation on the island live via telephone in a ten-minute radio interview with Radio Monte Carlo. The program is scheduled for the afternoon of May 21st. Radio Monte Carlo re [...] | 2008-05-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO300 | GOU REPEALS CONTROVERSIAL INCOME TAX ON [...] On May 19, President Vazquez announced that the GOU would repeal the controversial income tax on pensions (reftel),and replace it with an ?Assistance Tax to Social Security? (IASS in Spanish) that will cut taxes for all but the highest levels of pensions. The unexpected decision to repeal t [...] | 2008-05-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO303 | URUGUAY RESERVED ON SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] (C) This telegram responds to reftel action request for information on insights into the views of host government officials on Brazil's proposed South American Defense Council (CSD) initiative prior to the May 23 South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) Summit in Brasilia. 2. (U) Local medi [...] | 2008-05-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO306 | URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarches to Ricardo Nario, MFA Director for International Economic Affairs, on May 22. Nario commented that the GOU is in full agreement on the need for a robust agriculture agreement through Doha. He praised U.S. flexibility in agricultural talks and saw the EU a [...] | 2008-05-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UY |
08MONTEVIDEO308 | 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO313 | SAO PAOLO FORUM: ANTI-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY AT IT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: 844 participants from 35 countries gathered on May 22-25 for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Forum of Sao Paulo (FSP) in Montevideo. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) tried to distance itself. Paraguayan president elect Fernando Lugo was in town but did not attend. The final declar [...] | 2008-05-28 19:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO314 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS RESPONSE ON POISONED WINE CASE [...] (C) On May 14, the Ambassador delivered a letter on behalf of President Bush to the Foreign Minister which responds to President Vazquez' earlier request (reftel) for USG cooperation in the release of pertinent documents related to the death of Mrs. Cecilia Fontana de Heber in Uruguay in 1978. Fou [...] | 2008-05-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO327 | URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED [...] Per reftel request, post provides the following information regarding forced and child labor in the production of goods for mandatory congressional reporting requirements. 2. Uruguay has no significant incidence of forced or child labor. Uruguay exports primarily agricultural/raw materials, [...] | 2008-05-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO34 | BOTNIA OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY; ENCE PREPARES TO [...] (SBU) After a turbulent start, Finnish Botnia - the largest foreign investor in Uruguay - celebrated its second month of smooth operations on January 9. The firm is operating at 70% of its capacity and has already exported 148,000 ton of cellulose, worth $112 million, to China and Europe. Th [...] | 2008-01-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL SOCI SENV AR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO345 | URUGUAY TAKES TIP REPORT IN STRIDE; WANTS TO DO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs provided a copy of the 2008 report and discussed trafficking in persons in separate meetings with the MFA Office of Human Rights, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Education and the Director of Immigration. GOU officials were ready for positive dialog about the report, [...] | 2008-06-09 11:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO349 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URUGUAY AGREES THAT HRC NEEDS [...] (SBU) On June 10, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Alejandra de Bellis. She said the GOU was disappointed in the USG decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and that it preferred to pursue reform and improve human rights from w [...] | 2008-06-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO356 | URUGUAY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE STRONG ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: Uruguay continued to experience exceptional economic growth in the first quarter of 2008, fostered by robust consumer spending, high commodity prices and the start-up of operations by Botnia's giant paper pulp mill. Over the past couple of months, Economy Minister Danilo Astori and Ce [...] | 2008-06-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
08MONTEVIDEO365 | SECURITY PLANNING FOR MONTEVIDEO JULY 4 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC to discuss the security for our planned 4th of July events. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL, and RAO. There is no known country-specific or regional terrorist threat in Uruguay at this time. 2. (SBU) Both of our July 4th functions [...] | 2008-06-24 19:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08MONTEVIDEO372 | FINAL/TRANSFER LEAP CABLE - MILLIE HOPES DOMINGUEZ [...] Millie Hopes Dominguez, ARSO AmEmbassy Montevideo departed post 6/26/08. Following home leave and consultations, she will arrive at her new post, Georgetown, Guyana on September 19, 2008. 2. As reported via fax, Millie reported 55 regular work days, 119 total LEAP hours, 0 OT hours, 2 RD [...] | 2008-06-27 18:55:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
08MONTEVIDEO393 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (MFA) Maria del Carmen Menoni Ocampo, and Uruguayan Communication Services Regulatory Unit's (URSEC) Dr. Carol Dolinkas, on July 3. 2. (U) The MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs accepted the diplomatic note and m [...] | 2008-07-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO UY |
08MONTEVIDEO394 | BACHELET'S VISIT TO URUGUAY MARKS CLOSER [...] (SBU) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's visit to Uruguay on July 7-8 highlighted Chile and Uruguay's shared trade interests and vision for South America. The short visit was well-received by the Uruguayan media and public, and underscored the countries' like-mindedness in politics and trad [...] | 2008-07-11 19:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD CI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO395 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Director general for Political Affairs Enrique Fischer told Ambassador that the situation in Kosovo today was the result of many historical decisions in which Uruguay did not participate, and that Uruguay preferred the issue of recognition of Kosovo be h [...] | 2008-07-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO400 | MAJOR PDVSA PROJECTS FALL APART, BUT VENEZUELA COMMERCIALLY [...] (SBU) German Riet, Vice President of Uruguay's state-owned oil company ANCAP, updated emboffs on the status of ANCAP4s business with Venezuelan oil company PDVSA on July 8. His comments, on the margins of a meeting with U/S Dobriansky to discuss bio fuels, emphasized that while some high profi [...] | 2008-07-15 12:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ARG VZ UY |
08MONTEVIDEO404 | VERY LITTLE ANTI-SEMITISM IN URUGUAY, BUT NEED FOR [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...] | 2008-07-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UY |
08MONTEVIDEO417 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM BILL FOOD [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Leonardo de Leon, President of Uruguay's state-owned sugar producer (ALUR) to inquire about Uruguay's plans to use its TRQ by September 30, per request in ref A. 2. (SBU) De Leon explained that the TRQ remains very important to ALUR but that during recent years they h [...] | 2008-07-22 17:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO422 | PRESS ALLEGES "CIA" TIES WITH URUGUAYAN-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) On July 24, the leftist weekly Brecha published an investigative article asserting that former Uruguayan police photographer, Nelson Bardesio Marzoa, was now living in Argentina and had entered the country in June 2006 with a U.S. passport. The article asserts that Bardesio was abducted [...] | 2008-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PREL CASC AR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO43 | URUGUAY RESPONSE: S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO432 | DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC DELIVERED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Nelson Fernandez, Secretary General of the MFA on July 23. Fernandez did not offer an immediate response (preferring to discuss the issue with FM Gonzalo Fernandez) but confirmed that the GOU was interested in avoiding a situation in Colombia whe [...] | 2008-07-29 17:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PREL CO UY |
08MONTEVIDEO435 | DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR RSO MAXWELL [...] (U) RSO William Maxwell will be on AL and training from July 31 through August 29, 2008. A. TRAVELER: William A. Maxwell III B. TITLE: RSO C. CONTACT INFO: 10031 Scenic View Terrace Vienna, VA 22182 Telephone: (703) 759-7551 Cell: N/A Email: rsogre [...] | 2008-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC APER OTRA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO436 | REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR NEW SURVEILLANCE DETECTION [...] (S) The new SD command post is 1.5 kilometers from the Chancery. It is a one-story row house with a two-car garage and office space. It is being renovated, but the landlord is installing grillwork, privacy screening, emergency exit, and substantial doors/locks. The RSO has inspected the pr [...] | 2008-07-31 17:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ABLD |
08MONTEVIDEO438 | URUGUAY'S ATTENDANCE PLANS FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 15 and 24, poloff contacted the MFA's Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Elsa Borges, and Third Secretary in the Department of International Organizations, Maria Fernanda Garcia regarding reftel. The MFA was unable to officially confirm the attendance or travel pla [...] | 2008-08-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
08MONTEVIDEO444 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS - AUG 7-9 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit on August 7-9 comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government, which won elections for the first time at the end of 2004. President Vazquez steers a moderate course which includes act [...] | 2008-08-05 19:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON UY |
08MONTEVIDEO445 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS (OR MEMBERS) OF THE [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records and local agency records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Uruguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assista [...] | 2008-08-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS UY |
08MONTEVIDEO449 | URUGUAY,S ANTI-DRUG CHIEF RECOUNTS SUCCESSES, [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Baxter met August 6 with Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and President of the Counter-narcotics commission Jorge Luis Vazquez to discuss options for a [...] | 2008-08-08 10:28:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PINR PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO454 | URUGUAY AT THE VIII DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE [...] (C) Reftel asked WHA posts to report on host country attendees, objectives, and relevant issues for the VIII Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA),scheduled for September 2-6 in Alberta, Canada. The following information was obtained by Embassy's DAO, which is forwarding a more detailed [...] | 2008-08-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO46 | URUGUAY REPORTER FOR TRIPWIRE REPORTING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 18:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR |
08MONTEVIDEO463 | DUE DILIGENCE FOR URUGUAY'S NOMINATION FOR THE [...] Post has reviewed its May 2008 nomination for the Secretary,s Corporate Excellence Award and is confident that Weyerhaeuser remains an ideal candidate (ref A). Weyerhaeuser has created a strong and consistent reputation in Uruguay for economic transformation, social responsibility and best pra [...] | 2008-08-15 19:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO469 | MERCOSUR'S PARLIAMENT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Rosinha, President of the MERCOSUR Parliament, wrote to Ambassador Baxter on July 30 to convey the text of the declaration of the MERCOSUR Parliament voicing disapproval of the reactivation of the Fourth Fleet. As in this case, the Uruguayan delegates to the Mercosur Parliam [...] | 2008-08-18 18:46:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP UY |
08MONTEVIDEO470 | VENEZUELAN FM PLEDGES IMMEDIATE TARIFF CUTS FOR [...] (U) During a brief visit to Uruguay, Venezuelan FM Maduro announced August 18 that 214 Uruguayan products -- representing around 60 percent of Uruguayan exports to Venezuela -- would be granted duty-free entry into Venezuela effective immediately. Uruguay's trade with Venezuela has increased [...] | 2008-08-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD VZ UY |
08MONTEVIDEO479 | URUGUAY'S MILITARY ENHANCES ITS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) There has been a significant increase in Uruguay-U.S. military cooperation since the Cabinet shake up on March 1. The Uruguayan Navy is participating for the second year running in the PANAMAX exercise August 11-22, 2008. U.S. SOUTHCOM provided critical support by providing USD 573,000 to [...] | 2008-08-22 18:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO48 | ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ) - [...] Annual Crime Evaluation Questionnaire - the following responses are keyed to REFTEL 07551. 2.Crime Mobility (into Emboff neighborhoods): A. Criminal elements roam freely day or night and target Emboff and affluent residential areas for burglary. 3. Crime Ambiance (around Emboff neighb [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO486 | ILEA LATIN AMERICA - STUDENT SELECTION: SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 17:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08MONTEVIDEO488 | URUGUAY: NO RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff passed Ref A & B points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca on August 22 and 26, respectively. Malmierca noted that Uruguay had issued a public statement August 14 deploring the use of violence in Georgia and calling for a peaceful solution that respects the principles [...] | 2008-08-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG UY |
08MONTEVIDEO489 | URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON'S SEPT 6-8 [...] This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit on September 6-8 comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay. President Vazquez steers a moderate course that includes active e [...] | 2008-08-27 18:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO49 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The spring 2008 Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and EAC concern over a very porous border. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Uruguay and the U.S., and the visit of POTUS/SECSTATE in March 200 [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO494 | URUGUAY: NO DECISION YET ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca told Emboff September 2 that Uruguay has not yet decided how it will respond to Serbia's proposal to refer the question of the lawfulness of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion. Ur [...] | 2008-09-02 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNGA KV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO504 | URUGUAY ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN UNGA'S [...] (C) Emboff raised reftel points with MFA Director of Human Rights Alejandra de Bellis September 4. De Bellis said that Uruguay would oppose any "no-action motions" raised in the Third Committee; would likely support country specific resolutions against Burma, the DPRK, Zimbabwe, Sudan, but wo [...] | 2008-09-04 19:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO505 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH URUGUAYAN FM FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 16:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CJAN TBIO GG UY |
08MONTEVIDEO512 | URUGUAY'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] Uruguay's Head of State, President Dr. Tabare Vazquez, will not attend. 2. Attendance of the Foreign Minister: Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Fernandez, will lead the Uruguayan delegation to the 63rd UNGA. He will be traveling without his wife, and will require interpretation in Spa [...] | 2008-09-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO515 | SUCCESSFUL EXTRADITION TO URUGUAY OF JUAN PEIRANO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) The extradition from the U.S. of Uruguayan fugitive Juan Peirano Basso was successfully concluded September 10. The financial implosion of businesses controlled by Juan [...] | 2008-09-11 18:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CFED SOCI KCRM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO527 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attack in Yemen today AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. The RSO provided details on our additional security measures. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, RAOL, DAO, ODC, POL/ECON, MGMT, and MSG. 2. (S/NF) Shortly after learning [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO534 | URUGUAY'S TAKE ON PNG DECLARATIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) DCM made reftel points to MFA Secretary General Ambassador Nelson Fernandez September 17. Fernandez acknowledged the U.S.'s positive regional agenda, and expressed regret over the persona non grata designations of our ambassadors to Bolivia and Venezuela. Looking for a bright side, Ferna [...] | 2008-09-18 18:25:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO535 | BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEFS MERCOSUR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (U) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim outlined Brazil's vision for a South American Defense Council (CODESUR) for Mercosur's parliament September 16 in Montevideo. CODE [...] | 2008-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MCAP PINS UY |
08MONTEVIDEO539 | SOLID ECONOMIC TEAM TAKES OVER MINISTRY OF ECONOMY [...] (U) On September 18, Alvaro Garcia replaced Danilo Astori as Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance, allowing Astori to begin in earnest his campaign for the Presidency. In his market-friendly inaugural speech, Garcia committed to continue sound macro policies and fight inflationary pressur [...] | 2008-09-19 16:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO543 | URUGUAYAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 24 HAITI KEY [...] Uruguay will be represented at the September 24 Haiti Key Players meeting by MFA Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Enrique Fischer. The Uruguayan MFA has been made aware of the shift in timing to 16:00 from 16:40. 2. MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Juli [...] | 2008-09-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL UNGA HA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO561 | URUGUAY INCLINED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Emboff made Ref (A) points October 6 to MFA Europe director Minister Alvaro Malmierca, who said Uruguay is inclined to support Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. Malmierca noted that Uruguay has no real i [...] | 2008-10-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNGA KV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO569 | EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO BRIEFS URUGUAY'S [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Following up the September 25th signing of a bilateral Letter of Agreement, Embassy Montevideo's interagency counter-narcotics team met October 7 with Uruguay's Counter- [...] | 2008-10-10 10:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PINR PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO580 | EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO CONTACTS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC [...] Per ref A, Embassy Montevideo is pleased to provide contact information regarding embassy officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations. 2. The embassy officer in charge of coordinating any such requests is Political/ESTH Officer Erin Markley, mar [...] | 2008-10-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT UY |
08MONTEVIDEO583 | GOU CONCERNS ABOUT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remembering well their own devastating economic crisis of 2002, the GOU is anxiously watching how the current worldwide financial crisis will affect the previously booming Uruguayan economy. The country is in a better position than before, but vulnerabilities remain. In the fir [...] | 2008-10-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO586 | SCENESETTER FOR TRIP TO URUGUAY OF DASD STEPHEN JOHNSON AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government. Our areas of focus include trade, [...] | 2008-10-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON UY |
08MONTEVIDEO587 | SCENESETTER FOR TRIP TO URUGUAY OF DASD STEPHEN JOHNSON AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government. Our areas of focus include trade, [...] | 2008-10-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON UY |
08MONTEVIDEO595 | SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY [...] (SBU) On 28 October, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the 233rd U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Birthday Ball. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparati [...] | 2008-10-29 15:16:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KMSG UY |
08MONTEVIDEO596 | SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE ELECTION NIGHT EVENT [...] (SBU) On October 28, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the election night event to be held at the COMR. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparatio [...] | 2008-10-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT UY |
08MONTEVIDEO597 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF URUGUAYAN FORCES [...] Rank: Mayor (GC) Name: Gabarrot Gabarrot, Oscar Omar DOB: 8/12/1965 ID: 3.050.962-4 2. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Botto Lemos, Martin Jose DOB: 7/08/1960 ID: 2.818.474-9 3. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Munoz Pineiro, Hector DOB: 11/09/19 [...] | 2008-10-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ILEA ASEC DS IP WHA |
08MONTEVIDEO608 | NEW CHARTER FOR CENTRAL BANK RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament approved a new Central Bank charter on October 22 that expands the number of Board members, spins off the Superintendency of Saving Protection into an independent entity and consolidates the remaining superintendencies. The new charter falls short of giving more indep [...] | 2008-10-31 08:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO626 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP UY |
08MONTEVIDEO627 | Uruguayan Economists Weigh In on Global Crisis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguayan economists expect the global financial crisis, lower commodity prices and economic slowdown to slow growth in Uruguay to an anemic 1-3% in 2009. Despite this, observers believe the GOU is in a good position to weather the downturn, with government spending financed t [...] | 2008-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO649 | WHA DAS MCMULLEN STRESSES VALUE OF BILATERAL [...] (U) The October 27-30 visit of WHA DAS Christopher McMullen to Uruguay reaffirmed to the GOU and ordinary Uruguayans the importance of the U.S.-Uruguay bilateral relationship. McMullen came to Uruguay accompanying DOD DAS for Western Hemisphere Affairs Stephen Johnson, who was following up a [...] | 2008-11-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO65 | FRENTE AMPLIO DELIVERS HEALTHCARE REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 15:30:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV ECON UY |
08MONTEVIDEO663 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attacks in India, AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, ARSO, RAOL, ODC, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe this threat extends to South America. EAC will continue to remain [...] | 2008-11-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO666 | AN URUGUAYAN REACTION TO THE EXPULSION OF DEA FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Baxter made reftel points November 28 to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and head of Uruguay's drug-fighting agency (JND) Jorge Vazquez. Vazquez agreed that the possibility of an increase in the flow of drugs from Bolivia is a concern, and said he hopes to continue to wo [...] | 2008-12-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO679 | URUGUAYAN ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay will hold presidential elections in October 2009, and its campaign season has begun. This cable offers a brief explanation of the electoral process and introduces the li [...] | 2008-12-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO68 | VAZQUEZ ANNOUNCES A MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) Summary: President Vasquez announced a major cabinet reshuffle in a February 11 televised address. His long-anticipated changes began in earnest when he convoked several ministers to his residence over the weekend to inform them of their departure. The current Ministers of Foreign Affai [...] | 2008-02-12 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR EAGR ETRD UY |
08MONTEVIDEO685 | URUGUAY SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT, FIRES [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution Summary - - - - 2. (U) Uruguay is currently experiencing a severe drought that is affecting its dairy and beef industries and causing forest fires and human suffering in certain areas due to unavailabilit [...] | 2008-12-11 11:46:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO693 | DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR RSO MAXWELL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC APER OTRA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO696 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...] | 2008-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO697 | AN OPTIMISTIC GOU PASSES STIMULUS PACKAGE TO SUPPORT THE [...] The GOU's economic team, composed of Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia, Central Bank President Mario Bergara and Director of Planning and Budget Enrique Rubio presented its economic policy guidelines for 2009 to a large business audience on December 3. Official 2009 economic projections include [...] | 2008-12-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO704 | FRENTE AMPLIO CONGRESS FAILS TO CHOOSE OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 13-14 Frente Amplio (FA) party congress designated Former Agriculture Minister and ex-Tupamaro guerrilla, Jose Mujica, as the coalition's official nominee, while still allowing the remaining candidates to compete in internal elections (primaries) in June. The Congr [...] | 2008-12-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO708 | URUGUAY: PLANNED PARTICIPATION IN MARCH 2009 [...] Per reftel request, embassy Montevideo provides notification of Uruguay's intent to send candidates to the March 9-20, 2009 G/TIP & INL course, "Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals", to be held at ILEA Regional Training Center in Lima, Peru. Embassy is in the process of id [...] | 2008-12-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08MONTEVIDEO709 | EDUCATION REFORM LEGISLATION DIVIDES FRENTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The governing Frente Amplio party (FA; "Broad Front") proposed legislation to restructure Uruguay's public education system at all levels, seeking to fulfill its campaign promise to modernize the system and make it more accountable. The bill was approved in the Chamber of Deputi [...] | 2008-12-19 17:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO716 | URUGUAY PREPARING FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW BY [...] (U) On December 16 and 17, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Laura Dupuy and President of Amnesty International Marisa Ruiz. Both parties reported wide-spread awareness of the May review. The MFA indicated that they are currently compiling their submission. [...] | 2008-12-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO721 | Uruguay: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The level of cooperation and intelligence sharing on counterterrorism related issues greatly improved in 2008, especially at the working level where officers in law enforcement and security services recognized the importance of conducting proactive investigations, sharing intelligence with the [...] | 2008-12-29 17:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO726 | URUGYAY TO BE FOUNDING MEMBER OF IRENA [...] Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining Daniel Martinez announced to the press on December 29 that Uruguay will participate in the launching of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Both the Minister and National Director of Energy Ramon Mendez will travel to Bonn, marking Urugu [...] | 2008-12-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO75 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) A/POL Chief delivered reftel points on February 14 to MFA Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy. Dupuy confirmed that Uruguay would participate in the Olso Process following up on its participation in the regional meeting held in Costa Rica in September 2007. In addition to the other poi [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO76 | KOSOVO: EARLY RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] (C) The MFA's Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy told A/POL Chief that Uruguay would be unlikely to make a quick decision to recognize Kosovo, especially in light of the current transition at MFA before the new Foreign Minister takes the helm on March 1 (ref A). If Kosovo declares independe [...] | 2008-02-14 17:43:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO78 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF): Summary: Per Reftel, on February 15, Charge Peter Harding chaired an EAC to discuss the local impact of the aftermath of Hizballah Leader Imad Mughniyeh's death. The EAC determined that security posture is appropriate given the current threat, and no other action needs to be taken at t [...] | 2008-02-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO82 | URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...] | 2008-02-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY |
08MONTEVIDEO83 | URUGUAY ON U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S [...] (C) On February 19, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera, Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo and Political Advisor Federico Gomensoro. (Note: Embassy consciously chose not to meet with the anti-American Foreign Minister R [...] | 2008-02-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KVPR UNMIK UN YI EU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO92 | IOM PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-FUNDED PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: IOM proposed a third-phase of its successful previous G/TIP-funded projects. The Embassy fully endorses the proposal, which is summarized in this cable. The GOU has also emphasized its support for continued cooperation in this vital area. Post submitted the full proposal with [...] | 2008-02-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB KTIP EINV SOCI UY |
08MONTREAL180 | CANCELLATION OF TERP CIRCUIT [...] (C) AmConsul Montreal has just been converted to an EACT post and disconnected its TERP circuit. Post no longer requires this circuit and requests that it be cancelled. Circuit: 2.4 IPC TERP circuit RIN: IPC0405 DATE: Immediate 2. (U) Post appreciates all assistance w [...] | 2008-06-20 18:10:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ANET ACOA AFIN AADP KRIM |
08MONTREAL28 | ICAO ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. OFFER CONTINUING GPS SERVICES [...] The President of the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO),Roberto Kobeh, sent a reply to the FAA Administrator, copied to USICAO, affirming ICAO's acceptance of the September 10, 2007 United States' offer to continue worldwide access to the U.S. Global Posi [...] | 2008-02-07 21:11:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ICAO CA |
08MONTREAL48 | QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...] | 2008-02-22 19:52:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KVIR YI EU CA |
08MONTREAL58 | ICAO Registry of U.S. BILATERAL AERONAUTICAL AGREEMENTS [...] U.S. Mission ICAO has received a February 20, 2008 letter confirming registration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of various United States' bilateral agreements. The registrations include the following Air Services Agreements(ASAs),amendments, and extensions. --1989 [...] | 2008-03-04 15:14:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICAO EAIR KTIA XX |
08MONTREAL59 | ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...] | 2008-03-05 19:54:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX |
08MONTREAL67 | ANALYSIS: CHAREST GAINS FROM OPPOSITIONSQ STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest received unprecedented support from his party last weekend, giving cause to predict his budget will pass without inciting a provincial election. Coupling the relative disarray of both opposition parties with the election apathy of a public literally [...] | 2008-03-11 21:19:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08MOSCOW1001 | MFA COOL TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT GAZPROM INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) On April 10, per ref A, we raised USG concerns about potential Gazprom investment in Iran's petroleum sector to MFA Iran Desk Director Maxim Baranov. We noted that such investment runs counter to the international effort to bring Iran into compliance with UNSC resolutions and that it cou [...] | 2008-04-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC IR RS |
08MOSCOW1002 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-0087908 TO BE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW1003 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING PRST ON BURMA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PHUM BM |
08MOSCOW1004 | DEMARCHE ON TRAVEL BAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC |
08MOSCOW1005 | GOR AT A LOSS AT GEORGIA'S REACTION TO THE JUSTICE [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us April 11 that the GOR was surprised at the GOG's "hysterical reaction" to the Russian Justice Ministry's letter to the GOG regarding the 35 Russian citizens detained in Abkhazia. According to Pavlovskiy, faced with a concrete case [...] | 2008-04-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW102 | RUSSIAN DUMA TAKES ON AGGRESSIVE AGENDA [...] (U) The Duma has planned an aggressive legislative agenda for its spring session. The lower body of parliament has decided that more than 600 bills will be considered by its committees during the session that runs through July. Of these bills, a much smaller number are considered to be high [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW1028 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO NORTH [...] (C) We delivered April 14 reftel demarche to Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and GOR representative to the Six-Party Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group. Davydov reaffirmed Russia's continued commitment to the Six - Party Process and provided the following official res [...] | 2008-04-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW103 | BRITISH COUNCIL CONFLICT CONTINUES TO WORSEN [...] (C) Summary: The British Embassy told us January 16 that its efforts to call a "time out" in the spiraling conflict between HMG and the GOR over the status and presence of the offices of the British Council in Russia have seemingly been rejected. In January 15 - 16 meetings British Ambassador [...] | 2008-01-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1030 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APRIL 16 THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1033 | RUSSIAN DFM DENISOV ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov, the Ambassador expressed strong concern over Russian actions towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including reports of the opening of "offices" in the two territories. Denisov said Russia did not seek a re [...] | 2008-04-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW104 | ATOMSTROYEXPORT TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN BULGARIA [...] (SBU) Summary: AtomStroyExport will sign a six billion dollar contract to construct two third-generation nuclear reactors in Bulgaria. The signing will take place on January 18 during President Putin's visit to Bulgaria. As part of a joint venture with Areva and Siemens, AtomStroyExport wi [...] | 2008-01-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ENRG BU RS |
08MOSCOW1043 | ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...] | 2008-04-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1052 | RUSSIANS EXPLAIN VIEWS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Together with UK and French colleagues, we delivered reftel demarche April 16 to Aleksandr Deyneko, Senior Counselor in the MFA Department of Disarmament and Security Issues, responsible for UNSCR 1540 issues. Deyneko stressed that, as a co-sponsor of UNSCR 1540, Russia was very [...] | 2008-04-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC UK FR RS |
08MOSCOW1054 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to White House Fellows Delegation to Russia from May 18-23, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Joseph Moone, tel. (7-495) 728-5165; (7-499) 243-9604 (hm); (7-926) 456-5383 (cell); E-mail is MooneJE@state.Gov. Control Officer in St. Petersbu [...] | 2008-04-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1055 | PUTIN'S "INSTRUCTIONS" ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Russia's new move on Abkhazia and South Ossetia was announced on April 16, not as a presidential decree but as instructions by Putin to the Russian government to protect the rights of residents of the two republics (including Russian passport holders) and to establish economic a [...] | 2008-04-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1061 | MFA CALLS DISAPPOINTING ITS MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) In an April 16 meeting, MFA Section Chief for Strategic Stability Head Vladimir Yermakov characterized the April 8 MD talks between Russian DFM Kislyak and Polish DFM Vashikovski as "worrying and disappointing." Yermakov explained that Russia "simply could not understand" Poland's refusa [...] | 2008-04-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD NATO RS |
08MOSCOW1073 | RUSSIA UNMOVED BY CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In April 18 conversations with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko, the Ambassador conveyed reftel concerns and urged Russia to repeal its Presidential Instructions and engage directly with Georgia to reduce tensions. Denisov p [...] | 2008-04-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1077 | CLOSELY WATCHED BIRDS: RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has been effective in stamping out nearly 150 outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) among poultry over the last three years through a combination of strict quarantines and mass cullings in outbreak areas, and large-scale vaccinations of commercial and backy [...] | 2008-04-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR TBIO PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1079 | GICNT: RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT INFORMATION PORTAL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) On April 14, we passed reftel information on the June 2-4 meeting in Tallinn of the Information Portal Advisory Committee of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR). On Ap [...] | 2008-04-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1086 | UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S MOSCOW COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban's April 9-11 Moscow visit was high on atmospherics and included meetings with a cross-section of Russia's political and business elite, contributing to speculation that the trip was intended to soothe Russian concerns that the SYG was too close to the U.S [...] | 2008-04-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC RS |
08MOSCOW1087 | RUSSIA-JAPAN: FUKUDA TO MOSCOW AND MEDVEDEV TO [...] (C) Summary. According to Russian officials, PM Fukuda's April 25 visit to Moscow is designed to continue the positive bilateral dialogue and prepare for the G8 Summit. The Japanese Embassy described it as an all-out effort to maintain the momentum, however small, for the talks on the terri [...] | 2008-04-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RS |
08MOSCOW1090 | RUSSIA "LOSES" BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary. There is broad agreement in the Russian expert community that Russia suffered a foreign policy blow at Bucharest due to the future promise of membership for Ukraine and Georgia and Alliance solidarity on missile defense, with several arguing for a necessary change in tone with t [...] | 2008-04-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1118 | RUSSIA PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PNA LEADER ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 22 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Ozerov positively assessed the April 16-18 visit of PNA Leader Abbas to Moscow. Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian and Fatah-Hamas talks, stressing that there was room for cau [...] | 2008-04-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1122 | GOR REACTION TO DOWNED GEORGIAN DRONE OVER ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. On April 22, the Ambassador raised the shootdown of a Georgian UAV over Abkhazia with DFM Denisov. Denisov offered no explanation but reiterated Russia's willingness to engage directly with the Georgians. Official Russian statements predictably put the best face possible on the [...] | 2008-04-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1124 | MOSCOW TABLOID SHUT DOWN BY OWNER AFTER BREAKING [...] (C) Summary. The Moscow-based tabloid Moskovskiy Korrespondent suspended its operations on April 18 at the request of its owner after being the first Russian newspaper to report the rumor on April 11 that Putin had divorced in February and planned to marry 24-year old rhythmic gymnast and Duma memb [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1133 | MFA DOWNPLAYS RESULTS OF PUTIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Putin's April 16-17 visit to Tripoli signified improved Russia-Libya relations while producing fewer concrete results than reported by the press. Russia and Libya signed memoranda of understanding for closer economic, energy and military cooperation, includi [...] | 2008-04-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG LY RS |
08MOSCOW1135 | RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES TOBACCO CONTROL CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a significant step forward for anti-smoking regulation, on April 11, the Russian Duma overwhelmingly voted to ratify the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Observers expect the FCTC will be quickly approved by the Federation Counc [...] | 2008-04-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW114 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Official Russian reaction to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was swift but limited, with Putin publicly condemning the attack and the MFA calling for Pakistani parliamentary elections to be held as planned on January 8. MFA officials understood, however, that Musharraf's dec [...] | 2008-01-17 08:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK RS |
08MOSCOW116 | SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS SOUTH STREAM ROUTE KEY TO [...] (C) In a January 16th meeting with Emboffs, Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic said the Serbian government is ready to accept a Gazprom offer to buy state-owned oil and gas monopoly NIS (ref B) if Russia guarantees that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline transits Serbia. Sekulic high [...] | 2008-01-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1160 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMIMPEX, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Comimpex, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license appli [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1161 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: A [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, A Level Aerosystems, Izhevsk, Russia. The company is liste [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1162 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Dalsvyaz, OJSC Far East Telecommunication company, Petropa [...] | 2008-04-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1169 | RUSSIA CONSIDERING U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR NPT PREPCOM [...] (SBU) On April 24, we shared reftel U.S. proposed papers for the April 28-May 9 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT Prepcom) meeting in Geneva with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR) Senior Counselor Aleksey Karpov and Second Secretary Aleksandr T [...] | 2008-04-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA RS |
08MOSCOW1170 | RUSSIA: U.K. U/S RICKETT PROPOSES INCREMENTAL [...] (C) According to an April 25 debrief by the U.K. Embassy, the April 23-24 Moscow visit of U.K. Permanent Under Secretary Peter Rickett was "reasonably positive" in SIPDIS beginning the process of reducing tensions in the Russian-U.K. relationship. Rickett's visit built on the exchange of [...] | 2008-04-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU UK |
08MOSCOW1171 | RUSSIA'S ROSATOM TO PREPARE ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In separate meetings April 23, we discussed the nuclear fuel fabrication transaction between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia with Senior Counselor Aleksey Karpov and Second Secretary Aleksandr Trofimov from the MFA's Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, and with Konstant [...] | 2008-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1173 | GOR UNMOVED BY UPROAR ON UAV INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: According to a debrief by the UK Embassy, UK Under Secretary Rickett used his April 24 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov to express concern over the UAV shoot-down and presidential "instructions," drawing from the four Friends' statement issued at the April 23 UN [...] | 2008-04-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1180 | PUTIN PAYS HOMAGE TO YELTSIN [...] (U) Summary: In what may be the continuation of a reconsideration of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin's legacy that began with Yeltsin's death last year, President Putin and president-elect Medvedev joined family members, several government ministers, Patriarch Aleksiy II and hundreds o [...] | 2008-04-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1187 | MOSCOW'S RUMORMILL ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) Putin's actions since the March elections have heightened political uncertainty about the shape of the Medvedev-Putin tandem. Lacking hard information, everything from Putin's decision to head United Russia to administrative changes at the White House is seen by the chattering class through the [...] | 2008-04-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1192 | JUST RUSSIA FLOUNDERS [...] (C) Summary: On April 25 the pro-Kremlin Just Russia (SR) party held its third party convention at the State Kremlin Palace amid speculation that its days as even a limited a political force were numbered. Just Russia Chairman Mironov offered assembled delegates at the listless convention lit [...] | 2008-04-29 07:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1195 | GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR SATISFIED WITH PROGRESS [...] (C) In an April 28 meeting, Russian Special Negotiator for Transnistria Nesterushkin reviewed the results of his "positive" April 21-22 consultations in Chisinau and Tiraspol, stressing that talks between Moldova and Transnistria appeared to be moving in the right direction. Nesterushkin's me [...] | 2008-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1197 | CONFUSING PICTURE FOR NGOS [...] (C) Summary: Three recent developments suggest that both the Federal Registration Service (FRS),which is charged with enforcing much of the amended NGO law, and the NGOs themselves continue to struggle with the law and the sometimes confusing requirements it has imposed. On the one hand, [...] | 2008-04-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1200 | ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOR FAVORS HANDS OFF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us Russia's "usual position" of noninterference in the internal matters of sovereign states applied in the case of Zimbabwe and that only the South African Development Community could legitimately engage on the results of the recent elections. MFA officials said the [...] | 2008-04-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PINS PREL |
08MOSCOW1211 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "FRIENDS" DEMARCHE; MORE TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Russia responded to the April 29 joint demarche on Abkhazia by the four Friends with the well-rehearsed recitation of its policy and announcement of a plan to increase the number of CIS peacekeepers in Abkhazia to 3000. MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin expressed displea [...] | 2008-04-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1213 | PROGRESS, PROBLEMS FOR RELIGIONS IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with representatives of Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations show that the rapid growth in membership that accompanied the turbulent '90s has come to an end. Most representatives ascribe the current stagnation to the unprecedented prosperity which, th [...] | 2008-04-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1214 | MEDVEDEV ON THE MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Medvedev's April 29 public endorsement of Russian television as among "the best in the world" coupled with his advocacy of the unregulated internet are consistent with his more extended, but as-yet unpublished, interviews. His comments leave the impression that [...] | 2008-04-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1215 | MORE FROM THE RUMOR MILL: READING PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Among some Kremlin-critics and establishment figures, speculation has grown over the past month that Putin and his entourage may be laying the groundwork for a return to the Kremlin, rather than safe-guarding the transition of President-elect Medvedev. While our contacts speculate that [...] | 2008-04-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1216 | GREEK PM SIGNS SOUTH STREAM AGREEMENT, POLITICAL [...] (C) Greek Embassy Political Counselor Dimitrios Ioannou told us the South Stream (reftels) gas pipeline deal signed during Prime Minister Karamanlis's April 29-30 visit to Moscow contains "almost no specifics." He said the agreement calls for 50-50 ownership on Greek territory and for a decis [...] | 2008-04-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1217 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - RUSSIA [...] 1. (SBU) In Russia, basic commodity prices for products have spiraled in recent months, with price increases registered of up to 70 percent nationwide for vegetable oils, and 50 to 100 percent for potatoes in some regions in Russia. The poorest in Russia, who spend nearly two-thirds of their [...] | 2008-04-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW1221 | MFA ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE AND ICI [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia was disappointed over the failure of Arab states to expand their engagement with Iraq at the April 22 Iraq Neighbors' Conference, but understands their reluctance considering the Iraqi government's inability to stabilize the country. Russia remains sk [...] | 2008-05-02 03:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1222 | NPT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 03:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA |
08MOSCOW1233 | RUSSIA PUSHES TO COMMERCIALIZE SPACE [...] (SBU) Despite delays in the development of Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system as an alternative to U.S. GPS, the GOR is pressing forward to make GLONASS global by 2010 and to develop Russia's commercial space industry. To achieve these goals, the GOR has granted Russia's Federal Spac [...] | 2008-05-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS |
08MOSCOW1238 | A BRIBE TOO FAR? THE SACKING OF CVO NEPOKLONOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's agricultural rumor mill buzzed this winter and spring with word that MinAg's notoriously corrupt Chief Veterinary Officer, Yevgeniy Nepoklonov, was variously in hiding, suffering from gunshot wounds, or under indictment. Nepoklonov eventually resurfaced in Moscow, but on [...] | 2008-05-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1239 | RUSSIA OPPOSES USE OF BONN POWERS FOR SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly opposes use of the Bonn Powers by the High Representative to redress potential Serbian control of the Srebrenica municipal administration following elections in October. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, the MFA believes use of the Bonn Powers woul [...] | 2008-05-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK RS |
08MOSCOW1242 | BLUE SKIES, BALLOONS AND BLATHER - MAY DAY IN [...] (U) Under clear blue skies over most of the country, Russia celebrated the beginning of the spring season amid a cacophony of traditional labor-oriented messages coming from all political perspectives. The holiday, solely dedicated to labor during Soviet times, has become a celebration of spr [...] | 2008-05-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB RS |
08MOSCOW1243 | COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...] | 2008-05-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW1255 | RUSSIA STANDS BEHIND ABKHAZ CLAIM OF MAY 4 [...] (C) The Russian MFA released a statement on May 4 criticizing Georgia for sending two more UAVs over the security zone in Abkhazia and supporting Abkhazia for destroying them. The statement read that "according to information from Sukhumi, Abkhaz air defense forces on May 4 destroyed two Geo [...] | 2008-05-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1256 | BURMA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA DECLARES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM |
08MOSCOW1263 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ENERGO-REMONT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Energo-Remont LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...] | 2008-05-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1264 | ECONOMIC MINISTRIES TAKE ON MEDVEDEV'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Minister Counselor met separately with Deputy Minister for Regional Development (MRD) Vitaliy Shipov and Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) Andrei Klepach in late April to discuss their respective Ministry's roles in the first year of President Medve [...] | 2008-05-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1270 | RUSSIA: NOT SEEKING CONFLICT WITH GEORGIA, BUT [...] (C) In a May 6 farewell call with the Ambassador, Chief of General Staff General Yuri Baluyevskiy said that Russia was concerned by the danger of a military conflict in the Caucasus. Citing Russian intelligence, Baluyevskiy warned that Georgia could "go to the extreme," which could lead to [...] | 2008-05-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1277 | DISSENTERS' MARCH CANCELLED BUT PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, Other Russia attempted to organize a Dissenters' March to put the opposition's mark on the inauguration of Russia's new President, Dmitriy Medvedev. When Moscow City authorities refused to issue permits for the march or a static demonstration, Other Russia decided to ca [...] | 2008-05-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1278 | MEDVEDEV TAKES PRESIDENTIAL OATH [...] (SBU) Presidential power passed from Putin to Medvedev at the stroke of noon today. The simple but majestic ceremony of oath-taking took place in the Kremlin's ornate Andreyevskiy Hall before two thousand of the political elite. Putin gave his farewell address, using the occasion for a final [...] | 2008-05-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1280 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW RS |
08MOSCOW1282 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS G8 INITIATIVE AGAINST ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1283 | OPIC FINANCING FOR CREDIT MOSCOW BANK [...] Embassy has no objection to the proposed USD 5 million OPIC loan guaranty to expand Credit Moscow Bank's SME lending program. 2. Embassy has no adverse information regarding Credit Moscow Bank or its shareholders. Embassy has no information that could adversely affect the long-term prosp [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1285 | RUSSIA CONTINUES TO OVERPLAY HAND WITH GEORGIA: [...] (C) Summary: In the May 6 wake of FM Lavrov's "extreme concern" over Georgian military intentions, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin warned the Ambassador that Saakashvili was unstable; while Russia did not seek conflict, if Georgia was intent on provoking hostilities, Russia would respond. R [...] | 2008-05-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1294 | TNK-BP PRESIDENT OUTLINES CONTINUING INTERNAL [...] (C) TNK-BP President Bob Dudley (strictly protect) informed the Ambassador May 6 of recent legal actions taken against the company that he believes are part of the on-going internal struggle (reftel) for control of TNK-BP. Dudley and BP are concerned that the story, which has been kept quiet s [...] | 2008-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1295 | RUSSIAN OIL PRODUCTION: STAGNATING UNDER HEAVY TAX [...] (SBU) The rate of growth in Russian oil production has dropped significantly in recent years and output may actually decline in 2008. Production growth has slowed as declines in output from existing fields have not been adequately replaced by production from new fields. Investment in these " [...] | 2008-05-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1296 | UK INFORMALLY PROPOSES G8/RUSSIA FOOD INITIATIVE [...] (C) During a recent Quad lunch, the British informally floated the idea of a G8 initiative advocating increased production amongst major agricultural economies. The UK Ambassador said his government specifically believes that Russia, historically a grain exporter, could ramp up agricultural p [...] | 2008-05-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EINV RS |
08MOSCOW1297 | RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1298 | RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] (C) Summary: Abkhaz saber rattling, Tbilisi's war rhetoric, and the reinforcement of Georgia's lingering separatist problems - these are the hallmarks of Russia's policy of keeping Saakashvili's government off-balance and undermining European confidence that Georgia can be a reliable partner [...] | 2008-05-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1302 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov on May 8, emphasizing the U.S. desire to cooperate with Russia on counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and military equipment assistance to Afghanistan. Khokhlov agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared similar goals w [...] | 2008-05-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MARR MASS MCAP OSCE PGOV PINS |
08MOSCOW1303 | NO SURPRISES - PUTIN CONFIRMED AS PREMIER [...] (SBU) Putin's castling move from Kremlin to White House concluded today with his two-hour confirmation hearing as Premier. Hours after yesterday's inauguration, President Medvedev and Putin made their opening moves, with the former taking steps to tackle his goals of economic reform and innov [...] | 2008-05-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1304 | RUSSIA TO GEORGIA: SABER RATTLING STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that measures by Georgia to deploy more forces in the zone of conflict could lead to an additional deployment of 500 Russian peacekeepers -- up to the 3000 limit in the 1994 Moscow Agreement. MFA Director Kelin told us there w [...] | 2008-05-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1318 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Senior Counselor for International Organizations Petr Ilichev on May 12. Ilichev said that owing to the long Russian holiday weekend, the MFA was unaware of the French draft resolution on Burma. After reading a copy of the draft we provided, Ilichev th [...] | 2008-05-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS |
08MOSCOW1320 | RUSSIA'S ELITIST VICTORY DAY CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia on May 9 celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of the end of World War II with a parade on Red Square that featured approximately 8,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles. For the first time since 1990, the parade showcased military hardware such as empty ballistic miss [...] | 2008-05-13 03:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP |
08MOSCOW1321 | Medvedev Names New Government [...] (SBU) In a government marked by experience and continuity, President Medvedev nominated a new cabinet today that leaves the "Zubkov" cabinet largely intact and our main interlocutors Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry and Finance Minister Kudrin at their posts. Some of the more notable cha [...] | 2008-05-13 03:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1329 | RUSSIA WANTS STREAMLINED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia is interested in expanding its ties with the European Union, including within the context of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),as well as on trade and security issues. However, MFA officials stress that there are "huge differences" between Russia and the EU [...] | 2008-05-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1330 | MAYOR NON GRATA: MOSCOW REACTS [...] (U) Amid ample press reports on "Mayor Non Grata," the MFA issued a statement on May 12, expressing puzzlement over Ukraine's decision to bar Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov from entering Ukraine, following his speech during the May 12 celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Russian Black Sea [...] | 2008-05-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
08MOSCOW1334 | RUSSO-BELARUSIAN POLITICAL-MILITARY RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 visit to Belarus, Minister of Defense (MOD) Anatoliy Serdyukov met with MOD Leonid Maltsev and proclaimed that close ties between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members were more important than ever before because of the threat posed by NATO enl [...] | 2008-05-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINS PREL MASS |
08MOSCOW1335 | RUSSIA REACTS TO DAS BRYZA'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Russian officials continue to respond sharply to public statements by DAS Bryza in Tbilisi and Sukhumi on responsibility for the increased tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia. On May 13, MFA Fourth CIS Department Deputy Director Dmitriy Tarabrin told us that the GOR was "surprised" th [...] | 2008-05-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1336 | COMMENTATORS UNDERSCORE CONTINUITY IN ASSESSING [...] (C) Summary: On the day after the unveiling of Prime Minister Putin's new cabinet (reftel),commentators almost unanimously underscored the continuity it represented and pointed to the effort made to provide a bridge between the Kremlin and the White House in the form of the likes of Presiden [...] | 2008-05-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1340 | LEBANON: RUSSIA SENDS SIGNAL TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) On May 15, MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Sergey Vershinin said that in the wake of FM Lavrov's May 13 conversations with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit, Russia had sent a "signal" to Damascus and Tehran that it was necessary to create the "most positive [...] | 2008-05-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1342 | RUSSIA MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, we discussed Russia's progress in implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR) with Deputy Director Oleg Chestnov of the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and with Aleksandr Kucherenko, head of the International Department at [...] | 2008-05-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL WHO RS |
08MOSCOW1344 | KADYROV DECLARES VICTORY OVER YAMADAYEV CLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: What started on April 14 as a simple case of Chechen "road rage" and escalated into a conflict between the two remaining factions led by Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and the "Vostok" (East) battalion led by the powerful Yamadayev clan has resulted in Kadyrov neutralizing the [...] | 2008-05-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1345 | LAWYERS' REVOLT - RUSSIAN PUBLIC CHAMBER CONDEMNS [...] (C) Opposition to changes in Russia's media law that would allow the authorities to close media outlets accused of libel without a court hearing highlights fractures within the elite. Yesterday, a Public Chamber working group held hearings and issued a finding that condemned the draft law and [...] | 2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1356 | BORIS JORDAN: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PUTIN/MEDVEDEV [...] (C) American businessman Boris Jordan, a long-term fixture in Moscow, told ECON MC May 6 that he was beginning to worry about the ability of the arrangement between President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to preserve political stability. He was skeptical that Putin was prepared to share p [...] | 2008-05-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1357 | BORIS JORDAN: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PUTIN/MEDVEDEV [...] (C) American businessman Boris Jordan, a long-term fixture in Moscow, told ECON MC May 6 that he was beginning to worry about the ability of the arrangement between President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin to preserve political stability. He was skeptical that Putin was prepared to share p [...] | 2008-05-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1361 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1374 | SIX PARTY: HFO TO DPRK AND RAKHMANIN TO BRUSSELS [...] (C) Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and one of the GOR representatives to the Six-Party Talks, told us May 16 that Russia would complete the current tranche of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) shipments to North Korea by the end of May. According to Davydov, the GOR has purchased a little [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW1375 | MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...] | 2008-05-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1384 | PUTIN PUSHES OIL TAX RELIEF [...] (SBU) In his first few days as Prime Minister, Putin has publicly called for tax relief for the oil sector twice. In his introductory speech as Prime Minister and again in Primorsk on May 14th, Putin recommended a reduction in the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET),along with other proposals to su [...] | 2008-05-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1385 | LOW-KEY RUSSIAN REACTION TO SERBIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia has maintained a low-key reaction to Serbian Parliamentary elections May 11, in which the pro-Western party of President Boris Tadic won a plurality of votes, insisting that Russia does not get involved in the internal affairs of other countries. Several members of Russia [...] | 2008-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR RS |
08MOSCOW1396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PEVZNER'S TRIP TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Pevzner's visit to Russia from May 24-26, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Margaret Hawthorne, tel. (7-495) 728-5347; (7-495) 234-2395 (hm); (7-495) 410-3088 (cell); E-mail is HawthorneMD@state.gov. 3. Control Officer will [...] | 2008-05-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM LG RS |
08MOSCOW1403 | GOVERNMENT/PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION RE-SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: With most major appointments to the Kremlin administration completed as of May 16, continuity remains the watchword, with observers arguing that the same old faces mean a new "nomenklatura" has been formed. Medvedev's Kremlin has been largely purged of the "siloviki," who stalked [...] | 2008-05-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1404 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1406 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1407 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1408 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...] | 2008-05-20 03:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW141 | RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND INVESTMENT RULES, PART I [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov signed a government resolution that sets the investment parameters for part of the country's sovereign wealth fund. On February 1, the GOR will divide the current Oil Stabilization Fund into two parts: the Reserve Fund and the National Prosperity [...] | 2008-01-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW142 | SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...] | 2008-01-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS |
08MOSCOW1420 | HHS DELEGATION HEARS RUSSIAN VIEWS ON JOINT SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness Gerald Parker visited Moscow and St. Petersburg May 4-7 to meet with senior GOR health officials to discuss the current state of smallpox research and avian an [...] | 2008-05-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL PGOV WHO RS |
08MOSCOW1424 | MARKET BOMBERS RECEIVE SEVERE SENTENCES [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, the ultra-nationalist perpetrators of a 2006 Moscow bombing, in which 14 people were killed, were given severe sentences up to life imprisonment, by a Moscow court. Cherkizovskiy market, where the bombing took place, is known to be frequented by Chinese, Vietnamese, a [...] | 2008-05-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1425 | MEDVEDEV CULTIVATES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Medvedev's first official state visit will be to Astana on May 22-23, underscoring Russia's overarching focus on its neighborhood and particular attention to Kazakhstan. Previewing the visit, MFA Third CIS Director Peshkov stressed protocol over deliverables, emphasizing that Me [...] | 2008-05-21 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL PTER |
08MOSCOW1430 | MEDVEDEV'S FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: EASTWARD TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Russian analysts argue that Medvedev's May 22-24 visit to Kazakhstan and China -- the first foreign trip as the new Russian President -- carries both symbolic and substantive significance. Specialists welcomed the choice, saying that Medvedev's decision to go eastward would remi [...] | 2008-05-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP CH RS |
08MOSCOW1432 | P&G TAKES ON THE TAXMAN AND WINS VAT CASE [...] (C) On April 28, Russian tax authorities cancelled a $28 million back taxes claim lodged against Procter & Gamble Russia in late 2006. The case involved royalty payments to P&G's headquarters for trademarked brands sold in Russia, which the GOR'S tax authorities disputed as a legitimate dedu [...] | 2008-05-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1440 | RUSSIA BAITS GEORGIA ON N. OSSETIA; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, MFA officials reiterated Russian respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and said there was no plan to recognize South Ossetia's independence, or annex the republic, despite the May 20 appeal by North Ossetian President Mamsurov for unification. The appeal, issue [...] | 2008-05-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1443 | DESPITE STRONG TELECOM AND IT SECTORS, MINISTER REIMAN [...] (SBU) The May 12 GOR cabinet reshuffle replaced IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman with longtime Presidential Protocol Chief Igor Shchyogolev. The move surprised observers, who thought Reiman's long personal relationship with Putin and successful development of Russia's communication [...] | 2008-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PGOV EINT TINT ECPS RS |
08MOSCOW1444 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1445 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1447 | MOSCOW CONSENSUS - MEDVEDEV ASCENDANT [...] (C) Summary: The political class is still digesting the changes in government, the first steps of the Medvedev-Putin tandem, and the reactions of the elite and media over the past few weeks, but five of Russia's top political analysts see power accruing to Medvedev -- with Putin's blessing. Th [...] | 2008-05-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1448 | GERMAN FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES RUSSIAN-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's week-long visit to Russia May 12-16, which will be followed by Medvedev's first trip to Europe as President, to Berlin on June 5-6, reinforced Germany as Russia's principal European partner. Steinmeier led a large German busines [...] | 2008-05-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ENRG GG GM IR RS |
08MOSCOW1450 | UNLOCKING RUSSIA'S HOUSING MARKET POTENTIAL: VIEWS [...] (SBU) Improving Russia's housing sector is often mentioned as one of the new government's highest economic priorities. To better understand the issues at play, we met with a series of experts in April and May. Sergey Riabokobylko, Senior Executive Director, and Denis Sokolov, Head of Research [...] | 2008-05-23 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW146 | BUSHEHR TIMELINE: ATOMSTROYEXPORT PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Bushehr reactor could be ready for initial start-up by the end of 2008 if there are no major supply or technical problems, Atomstroyexport representatives told the Embassy. Initial start-up would be followed by about four to five months of tests before the reactor (assuming [...] | 2008-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL RS IR |
08MOSCOW1460 | NEUTRON GENERATOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS |
08MOSCOW147 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION TO UKRAINIAN NATO MAP UNCHANGED [...] (C) Russia's reaction to Ukraine's announcement that it would seek a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO Summit in Bucharest (reftel) has been negative, but relatively low-key, reflecting the GOR's assessment that MAP is unlikely. MFA Counselor for NATO issues Gregoriy Sumkin told us Ja [...] | 2008-01-18 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE UP RS |
08MOSCOW1473 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Elcus Electronic Company, St. Petersburg, Russia. The co [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1474 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Monitoring Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1475 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Infraspek LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is li [...] | 2008-05-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1478 | RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE [...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...] | 2008-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1486 | POLICE BRUTALITY IN RUSSIA DOES NOT YET ENGENDER [...] (C) Summary: Recent high profile instances of alleged police brutality have sparked isolated public demonstrations that expert believe are not likely to lead to broader grass-roots political activism among Russians. Our interlocutors point out that many victims fear further harassment or ret [...] | 2008-05-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1487 | AFGHAN FM VISITS MOSCOW, DIPNOTE REGARDING TRANSPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan FM Spanta's May 26 visit to Moscow focused on expanding cooperation on economic and counter narcotics issues, without making progress on the Russian proposal to provide military assistance to Afghanistan. On May 21 Moscow DAO received a diplomatic note from the MOD regard [...] | 2008-05-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL ELTN AF RS |
08MOSCOW1489 | RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW: PCA AND EFFORTS TO FIND [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials believe the long haggling within the EU over the mandate for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) has eroded the credibility of the process, and hold out the option of reverting to a framework closer to the U.S.-EU agenda if negotiations fail. EU o [...] | 2008-05-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EUN RS |
08MOSCOW149 | RUSSIA PREPARES FOR A KOSOVO COLLISION [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Russia has dug a deeper line in the sand on Kosovo. Putin recently reaffirmed Russia's "extremely clear" position that Kosovo's status must be negotiated and will serve as a "precedent" for other conflicts. Russia's differences with us remain largely principled [...] | 2008-01-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from May 29-31. 2. Control Of [...] | 2008-05-28 06:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS |
08MOSCOW1493 | ROSATOM GIVES ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER [...] (SBU) On 28 May we received the requested (Ref A and B) official response from State Corporation Rosatom Deputy Director Kamenskikh providing assurances for the transfer of nuclear fuel fabrication technology between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia. Embassy will email a scanned copy of [...] | 2008-05-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1496 | JUDGING DIMA - MEDVEDEV STEPS OUT AGAINST LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Two seemingly unrelated events -- Medvedev's launch of two commissions to tackle corruption and judicial reform and the unprecedented public exposure of Kremlin pressure on the courts -- have re-kindled optimism about tackling "legal nihilism" under the new president's leadership [...] | 2008-05-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDEM |
08MOSCOW1499 | GEORGIA: RUSSIAN REACTION TO UNOMIG REPORT; GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of meetings in Moscow, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told the Charge that the Russians seemed to be trying to send a more positive, forward-leaning message in an effort to begin a process that would lead to an agreement on non-u [...] | 2008-05-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1500 | RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (U) Summary. In response to Department request for information contributing to a country review for Title III suspension of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act, GOR support for the development of democracy in Cuba has been marginal, and Russia's economic relations with C [...] | 2008-05-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP |
08MOSCOW1501 | MOSCOW BANK'S VIEWS ON MORTGAGE MARKET [...] (SBU) As part of our series of cables on Russia's real estate sector, Econoffs met with representatives from Moscow Credit Bank to better understand Russia's developing mortgage market. Moscow Credit Bank is a mid-size lender that is increasingly active in the mortgage market. According to it [...] | 2008-05-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW1502 | DEMARCHE ON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY |
08MOSCOW1503 | INSIDE THE FEDERAL SERVICE FOR MILITARY-TECHNICAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) explained how their organization coordinates Russian military-technical cooperation with over 20 GOR entities and works with 84 countries. The FSVTS manages RosOboronExport (ROE),issues expor [...] | 2008-05-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL RS MASS |
08MOSCOW1508 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KHRUNICHEV [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, Russi [...] | 2008-05-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1512 | WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...] | 2008-05-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1513 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1514 | WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1515 | PROGRESS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA BODES WELL FOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Oleg Ozerov told us on May 28 that positive developments in Lebanon and Syria justified revisiting dates for the GOR's planned Moscow Middle East conference. The GOR believed that settlement of the Lebanese political crisis with the [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1516 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1517 | RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS MONOPOLIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: The consensus here is that Yushchenko's "clearly anti-Russia" agenda and his "blind pursuit" of NATO membership have hijacked Russian-Ukrainian relations. MFA officials confirmed that Russia's top issue in bilateral contacts with Ukraine, including Lavrov's meeting with Ukrainia [...] | 2008-05-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1519 | TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW153 | A KREMLIN "SPARE:" PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOGDANOV [...] (SBU) Summary: Freemason Grand Master and leader of the Democratic Party of Russia, Andrey Bogdanov expects to make the presidential ballot despite the party's infinitesimal showing in the December Duma elections and lack of any public appeal or party machinery that would suggest how he coll [...] | 2008-01-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1532 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN - SEEK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1536 | RUSSIAN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR NGO EXPLAINS HIGH [...] (SBU) Numerous reasons have been cited for Russia's lack of affordable housing, an issue of increasing importance for the country's new government. Continuing our series of cables on the topic, Econoffs met with Vladimir Ponomarev, Vice President and Head of Housing and Mortgage Finance at th [...] | 2008-05-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW156 | SENATOR HAGEL'S JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH FORMER RUSSIAN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a January 16 meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and the Ambassador, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) Yegor [...] | 2008-01-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1564 | RUSSIA ON KOSOVO/EULEX; BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko noted "immediate and serious" concerns with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's proposal to Belgrade regarding EULEX, with an MFA statement highlighting FM Lavrov's June 2 telephone conversation with Ban underscoring the n [...] | 2008-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1568 | BLACK SEA FLEET STIRS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over the termination of Russia's Black Sea Fleet basing in Sevastopol by 2017 has only grown more intense since Russia celebrated the fleet's 225th anniversary on May 12. In response to Ukrainian President Yushchenko's order to draw up a draft law by July 20 to ter [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD WTRO |
08MOSCOW1569 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1570 | RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE-MEMOIRE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW1576 | FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE RUSSIAN MORTGAGE MARKET [...] (SBU) Continuing our series of cables on Russia's real estate sector, Econoffs met with Dmitri Galkin, Director of Mortgage Lending at BINBank, a leading retail lender. According to Galkin, although most Russians cannot yet afford mortgages, even those who can shy away from them out of fear of [...] | 2008-06-04 06:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW158 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS TUMBLE AMID GLOBAL CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russian investors prolonged the downward slide of the benchmark RTS Index that began last week. Although the market reported minor gains today, the RTS Index had fallen 15 [...] | 2008-01-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1587 | DFM BORODAVKIN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Borodavkin was pleased Congressman Rohrabacher valued Russian cooperation in Afghanistan, but explained that Russia was disappointed in the response received so far to its offers of assistance. Borodavkin and Rohrabacher agreed on t [...] | 2008-06-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP CH PK TX RS AF |
08MOSCOW159 | RUSSIA: XENOPHOBIA REMAINS SERIOUS PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Xenophobia continues to be a problem in the Russian Federation. In the last year, the number of violent incidents against those who are not Russian or who do not look Russian did not increase as dramatically as it has in the past, but the small but steady increase reveals an intractable [...] | 2008-01-23 03:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS |
08MOSCOW1594 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Arsenal Hunting Equipment representatives confirmed their company wanted to import reftel firearms under license 050104476. The company was established in 1994 under the name V.V.V. Ltd., and the three original owners still serve as the company President and Vice Presidents. Ar [...] | 2008-06-05 03:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW1595 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PTK [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, PTK Electrosteel LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...] | 2008-06-05 06:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1597 | FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KRAD PREL PTER RO RS TBIO |
08MOSCOW1598 | CTWG BIOTERRORISM TABLETOP EXERCISE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO RU |
08MOSCOW1599 | PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Medvedev's visit to China on May 23-24 is seen as confirmation of Russia's desire to project a new foreign policy focus towards other major partners, such as China. At the same time, Putin's visit to Paris (septel) and Medvedev's upcoming trip to Berlin ensure that Russ [...] | 2008-06-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP |
08MOSCOW1604 | CODEL ROHRABACHER EXPLORES FUTURE PATHS OF U.S.-RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher discussed potential areas of U.S.-Russian space cooperation with Russian officials in Moscow May 30 to June 2. The Russians were receptive to the Congressman's proposals for a joint mission to the Moon. Energiya Space Corporation President Vitaliy Lop [...] | 2008-06-05 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PREL OREP RS |
08MOSCOW1605 | GICNT MADRID MEETING: RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR INVITATIONS TO [...] (SBU) On June 4 we reviewed with Olga Kuznetsova, MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, actions (ref) to invite countries to make presentations at the June 16 - 18 GICNT Madrid conference. Kuznetsova noted she had already discussed the approaches with Washington, and that Russ [...] | 2008-06-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC RS |
08MOSCOW1606 | NONPAPER ON PROPOSED JDEC EXPERTS MEETING PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1607 | DUMA RESOLUTION CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM BIG [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the State Duma adopted a nonbinding resolution calling for the GOR to withdraw from the "Big Treaty" with Ukraine, should a NATO MAP be extended to the GOU. Prior to the vote, FM Lavrov said Ukraine's NATO accession would represent a "colossal geopolitical shift" that [...] | 2008-06-05 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1608 | POLLING IN RUSSIA: UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia has three home-grown stalwarts in the field of public opinion polling with another trying hard to break into the exclusive club. These three all share a history leading back to the godfather of public opinion surveys in Russia, Yuriy Levada. They, along with new-entry [...] | 2008-06-06 03:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1610 | UNITED RUSSIA'S CONFERENCE RAISES MORE QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sound bites from top Kremlin and government leaders over the past week about United Russia gave mixed signals to an already confused elite about the party's significance in the emerging "tandem" system. At the May 29 United Russia conference, PA Head Sergey Naryshkin and his De [...] | 2008-06-06 05:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1616 | RUSSIA'S INFLATION AND THE STAGES OF GRIEF: [...] (C) The World Bank and the IMF, echoing much of Russia's business community and economic elite, cite Russia's spiraling inflation, which reached an annual rate of 15 percent in May, as the Achilles heel of the country's economy. However, senior Russian officials dismiss these concerns and ap [...] | 2008-06-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1623 | RUSSIA CLOSE TO U.S. POSITION ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) MFA First Secretary for International Organizations Sergey Zhdanov told us on June 6 that Russia agreed that UNMEE cannot play an effective role in the region and should either be terminated or its mandate not renewed when it ends on July 31. He explained that before the UNSC took action o [...] | 2008-06-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER RS |
08MOSCOW1624 | ANNUAL OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The annual OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multilateral Nuclear Environment Program in Russia (MNEPR) Committee Meeting took place May 13 in Moscow. Russian officials reviewed the status of the new Rosatom State Corporation. Participants also reviewed the Strategic Master Plan for Nort [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH FR RS |
08MOSCOW1625 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1626 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE RS UNRWA |
08MOSCOW1631 | Transformation of the International Science and Technology [...] (SBU) On June 6, we discussed the need to begin bilateral discussions about the transformation of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) with Senior Counselor Sergey Shestakov and Counselor Galina Kramarenko from the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. We note [...] | 2008-06-08 09:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP TBIO TSPL RS |
08MOSCOW1634 | THE MOSCOW TO ST. PETERSBURG ROAD: CHALLENGE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nowhere is the dilapidated state of Russia's roads more evident than with the highway connecting the country's two largest cities: Moscow and St. Petersburg. The crumbling, pot-holed, congested, two-lane M10 is called the "highway of death" by Russia's Head of Traffic Police. The [...] | 2008-06-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RS |
08MOSCOW1640 | MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...] | 2008-06-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL |
08MOSCOW1643 | ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to President MedvedevQs rhetoric about the rule of law and anti-corruption, the EmbassyQs Law Enforcement Section (LES) and Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) conducted two programs last week focused on strengthening RussiaQs capacity to combat corruption. The first, a rou [...] | 2008-06-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW1645 | JCIC-DIP-08-003 PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW1647 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1648 | MFA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: At the working-level, the MFA remains hopeful the latest P5 1 proposals will lead to progress on the Iranian nuclear issue, but believes Tehran is likely to use elements of the package Solana will deliver to delay negotiations. The MFA dismissed the IAEA DG's latest report, which [...] | 2008-06-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IR LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1649 | HR OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON HR DIALOGUE, POWER TANDEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with EUR DAS Merkel, Russia's HR Ombudsman Lukin expressed satisfaction with the informal human rights dialogue with Carnegie, with the next meeting scheduled for September 23, but conceded that the dialogue should raise its profile. Lukin argued strongly for [...] | 2008-06-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW165 | DEMOCRACY OR STABILITY, RUSSIA'S FAUSTIAN BARGAIN [...] (C) Recent polling results from the Levada Center have highlighted Russians' satisfaction with the country's economic and political stability and a desire for a continuation of the status quo. The polls have also demonstrated over several years a preference for a strong government hand in th [...] | 2008-01-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1653 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 05:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | DA ETTC RS KOMC UK |
08MOSCOW166 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Radio-Navigator Co., Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company i [...] | 2008-01-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1669 | RUSSIAN EXPERT EXPRESSES "RESERVED OPTIMISM" ON [...] (SBU) Continuing our series of cables on Russia's housing sector, Econoffs met with Alexander Puzanov, General Director of the Institute for Urban Economics. Puzanov told us that the obvious solution was to increase the supply of housing. He was optimistic that this would occur eventually thro [...] | 2008-06-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW167 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Radio-Navigator Co., Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company i [...] | 2008-01-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1672 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1673 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1676 | Challenges of Doing Business in Russia: Visa Regime Changes [...] (SBU) Summary: Late last year Russia implemented a new visa regime which limits foreigners with business or humanitarian (i.e., students, missionaries, and individuals traveling for scientific, cultural, or sporting activities) visas to a 90-day stay in any 180-day period. Standard work perm [...] | 2008-06-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1680 | MEDVEDEV'S MESSAGE LADEN TRIP TO BERLIN [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA assessed Medvedev's June 5 trip to Berlin - his first European trip as President - as having successfully demonstrated the importance of Russia-German and Russia-EU relations. Although the short, eight-hour visit yielded little on substance, it provided Medvedev an oppo [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM RS |
08MOSCOW1681 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary. In a June 5 meeting, DAS Bryza and Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov reviewed the latest developments in Abkhazia and discussed a possible joint effort to improve relations with Georgia. Both agreed that a military solution was not an option. DAS Bryza briefed Zu [...] | 2008-06-13 05:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1683 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NORTH-WESTERN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, North- Western Industrial Safety Expert Center, St Petersburg, Russi [...] | 2008-06-13 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1688 | REP. ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH ROSATOM'S KIRIYENKO [...] (SBU) Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko welcomed Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's strong support for the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement during a June 3 meeting at Rosatom. Congressman Rohrabacher highlighted the potential for bilateral collaboration in the development of a high temperature g [...] | 2008-06-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP OREP PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1689 | INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTIONS OF CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent studies of Russian public opinion demonstrate the extent to which corruption is a part of every Russian's daily life. Due to red-tape, weak government oversight and poorly thought-out reforms, corruption has expanded in various fields, such as health care educa [...] | 2008-06-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1691 | RUSSIA-SAUDI TIES REMAIN FIRM BUT PUZZLING [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Russia-Saudi relations remain "firm" despite the tough stance the Saudis took during bilateral negotiations on Russia's WTO accession. Agreement was reached only after a personal phone call from Putin to King Abdullah. The MFA said that Russian Railways' fai [...] | 2008-06-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SA RS |
08MOSCOW1699 | MEDVEDEV ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND THE RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev has publicly spoken out twice in recent weeks about supporting press freedom in Russia and the rule of law. While maintaining that the government would be responsible for upholding the rule of law with respect to the mass media, he also stressed that publisher [...] | 2008-06-16 08:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1703 | Russia--No New Investment Disputes for 2008 Report [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
08MOSCOW1705 | EXPERTS ON MEDVEDEV'S PRESIDENCY, ONE MONTH ON [...] (C) One month into the job, Medvedev has fulfilled all of the essential functions as president: he has initiated legislation, signed laws, engaged with foreign leaders, and traveled to regional stops to promote his policies. Although most analysts here see Putin as still "large, and in charge, [...] | 2008-06-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1708 | TERRORISM WORK PLAN POINTS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1709 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER QA UNSC KTFN |
08MOSCOW1710 | GOR TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1713 | TNK-BP UPDATE: NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT AS DEADLINE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1714 | MEDVEDEV'S NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY? [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak confirmed to Charge that Medvedev's call for a new European security treaty, made during his June 5 Berlin visit and repeated subsequently, was an amorphous concept, with the GOR still studying next steps in Russia-European security relations. Wh [...] | 2008-06-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1723 | Third Annual Embassy IPR Roundtable Highlights Progress in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge on May 23 hosted a roundtable for over 90 participants to discuss IPR protection and innovation in the Russian software industry. Participants indicated that the software piracy situation in Russia has dramatically improved thanks to a combination of government and [...] | 2008-06-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WTO RS |
08MOSCOW1725 | MOLINK PROPOSAL PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1729 | A FIRST LOOK AT MEDVEDEV'S REGIONAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Regional policy and center-periphery relations have not enjoyed primacy of place for President Medvedev thus far, as the new president focuses on judicial reform; his anti-corruption campaign; and building a team of supporters in Moscow. Events on the ground, however, could fo [...] | 2008-06-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW173 | UNION OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS SEES LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee in Russia Valentina Melnikova told us that, despite her organization's efforts, the lives of soldiers in the Russian military has not changed very much in the past year. What her organization has achieved, she a [...] | 2008-01-24 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PHUM |
08MOSCOW1732 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPERIAL DEBTS [...] The MFA's response to the dipnote delivered per Ref A argues that the Russian Federation is not responsible for satisfying claims on obligations dating back to the Russian Empire. An unofficial translation of the dipnote's entire text follows. Begin Text: "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of [...] | 2008-06-18 07:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1739 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1740 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1742 | OSCE: INPUT FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Post proposes the following areas of concern for the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw: conduct of elections, xenophobia, migrant labor, and the treatment of refugees. Framing the discussion in forward-leaning terms, by taking Medvedev's call for stren [...] | 2008-06-18 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1743 | RUSSIA - GEORGIA: NO PEACE ON PEACEKEEPING FORCES [...] (C) The GOR reacted angrily to the June 17 incident in Abkhazia involving Russian peacekeepers, calling it another senseless "provocation" by the GOG. In a short and curt exchange, MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Tarabrin told us that the Russian peacekeepers were engaged in a "rou [...] | 2008-06-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1748 | Russian Labor Market: Good Talent is Hard to Find (and [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with U.S. companies operating in Russia, executives highlighted the increasing difficulty they face in attracting talented Russian employees. Competition has been largely among foreign companies operating in Russia. Recently, however, Russian companies have [...] | 2008-06-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CASC RS |
08MOSCOW1756 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1757 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1758 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, ZAO MP Diagnost, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed o [...] | 2008-06-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1765 | AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT RUSSIA'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) We have reported extensively on the residential real estate sector. Last week Econoffs returned to Cushman & Wakefield to gain a better understanding of the flip side of the coin: commercial real estate. Denis Sokolov, Head of Research, said the commercial real estate market is "hot," e [...] | 2008-06-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1767 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a recent interview, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin outlined his concerns and views on religious freedom in Russia, including his opposition to mandatory classes on religion in public schools, his liberal stance allowing "non-traditional" religious groups to register as l [...] | 2008-06-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV RU |
08MOSCOW1768 | VOLGOGRAD FOCUSES ON LOCAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A June 16 - 17 visit found Volgograd contacts consumed with local politics, and with little to say about the transition from Putin to Medvedev or on-going friction with Georgia. Provisions in the 2003 Law on Local Self-Administration, now coming into force, had created the expec [...] | 2008-06-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1769 | MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...] | 2008-06-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP |
08MOSCOW177 | ICRC HOPES ITS PRESIDENT'S MOSCOW VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow January 14-16, the International Committee of the Red Cross President sought to "upgrade" relations between the Geneva- based organization and the Russian Federation as well as encourage a more systematic, concerted Russian approach to solving the cases of the countr [...] | 2008-01-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
08MOSCOW1770 | DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH DUMA CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting, DAS Merkel and Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev discussed missile defense, NATO enlargement, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the EU, and Russia's foreign policy structure. DAS Merkel briefed Kosachev on the status of missile de [...] | 2008-06-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UP GG MD RS |
08MOSCOW1771 | DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) In a short June 19 meeting, GOR Special Negotiator for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin briefed EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Merkel on recent developments. Nesterushkin said that the conflict was entering an "exciting" period, and highlighted Security Council Deputy Secre [...] | 2008-06-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS |
08MOSCOW1772 | U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Prior to the CTWG Core Group consultations, on June 19, U/S Burns met with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and covered Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin described to U/S Burns Russia's reaction to the increasing distance between Russia and Ukraine [...] | 2008-06-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GG UP MD RS |
08MOSCOW1774 | SECURITY COUNCIL'S NAZAROV HOLDS FIRM ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, EUR/DAS David Merkel and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly, Russian Federation Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov repeated the now well worn list of grievances against U.S. policy on Iran and [...] | 2008-06-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW1775 | INSIDER VIEWS OF TNK-BP DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1776 | PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT TAKES TOUGH LINE ON TNK-BP [...] (C) In a June 18 meeting Presidential Assistant and G8 Sherpa Arkady Dvorkovich told NSC Senior Russia Director Warlick, EUR/DAS Merkel and EUR/RUS Director Kelly that both sides in the TNK-BP dispute were at fault and that the GOR would not intervene. He agreed that a negotiated outcome that [...] | 2008-06-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL RS EINV |
08MOSCOW1777 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Technological Institute of Applied Microelectronics, Novoi [...] | 2008-06-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1789 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Electrony Components, St Petersburg, Russia. The company [...] | 2008-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW179 | MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) Russians have few doubts that Dmitriy Medvedev will be the next president, but there is considerable uncertainty within the political class about the structure of power after his inauguration - particularly since this transition is complicated by questions about the role for a young, heal [...] | 2008-01-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1790 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Electrony Components, St Petersburg, Russia. The company [...] | 2008-06-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1793 | G-8 HEALTH INITIATIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 23, Acting DCM shared the USG's health-related priorities for the 2008 G-8 Summit with MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. Post also shared the USG health priorities with Deputy Minister of Finance Dmitriy Pankin (Russia's G-8 Sous-Sherpa),and with GOR officials [...] | 2008-06-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV PREL WHO RS |
08MOSCOW1794 | MTCR CANBERRA PLENARY INVITATION PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA |
08MOSCOW180 | FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...] | 2008-01-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1809 | COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS'S HISTORICAL VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary. Moscow officials and experts viewed Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos's visit to Russia as a turning point in the bilateral relationship. Santos used the visit to strengthen economic ties and to explore the possibility of increasing Russian arms sales to Colombia. He met [...] | 2008-06-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP PGOV MASS ETRD EPET EINV |
08MOSCOW181 | FRAGILE STABILITY IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) Summary: At the end of 2007, a mixed picture emerged in Chechnya with relative stability in the form of fewer abductions and terrorist acts offset by near absolute control by President Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov has achieved a greater deal of autonomy for Chechnya from Moscow than one might [...] | 2008-01-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI KISL RS |
08MOSCOW1810 | BIC MEETING PROPOSAL PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | JCIC KACT PARM RS US START |
08MOSCOW1811 | RUSSIAN ANALYST WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Dmitriy Trenin of the Moscow Carnegie Center told NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly on June 19 that there was nothing the U.S. could do to convince Russia to accept Ukrainian membership in NATO. He thought that the GOR could abide by [...] | 2008-06-24 20:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR GG UP RS |
08MOSCOW1816 | RUSSIA STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MERCURY [...] (SBU) On June 24, we discussed the October 2008 UNEP-hosted Mercury Working Group Meeting with Oleg Shamanov, Head of the Global Environment and Health Section of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Shamanov said that the GOR had not yet formulated a definitive position on the be [...] | 2008-06-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1817 | RUSSIA CONCERNED WITH UNSCR 1267 DELISTING OF [...] (C) MFA Department of International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov told IO DAS Brian Hook on June 19 that Russia was concerned with the process of reconciling Taliban with the Afghan government and would continue to approach 1267 delisting cautiously. He explained that the GOR did not [...] | 2008-06-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KTFN UNSC AF RS |
08MOSCOW1818 | YABLOKO TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: The fallout from founding father Grigoriy Yavlinskiy's decision at the 15th Yabloko Party Congress to resign as its head in favor of Sergey Mitrokhin is still being examined. Yavlinskiy hoped that his resignation (while staying engaged as a member of a new 12-person Political [...] | 2008-06-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW182 | LAVROV'S UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's annual public review of the impact of Russia's foreign policy reprised familiar themes, but was surprisingly less confrontational in tone. In his January 22 article, Lavrov characterized Putin's February 2007 Munich speech as a pivotal moment in interna [...] | 2008-01-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1822 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS STRONG MEASURES AGAINST PAKISTANI [...] (C) MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov told us on June 25 that Russia continued to advocate the use of strong measures against terrorists in Pakistan, and was concerned by the new government's "weak" approach to securing the tribal regions on the border with Afghanistan. Starkov did not b [...] | 2008-06-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS |
08MOSCOW1823 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POLIO ERADICATION IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) On June 25, we passed reftel information on polio eradication and vaccination in Nigeria to Alexander Zakharov, Counselor and Director of the Bilateral Relations Section of the MFA's North America Department, and to Vasiliy Pospelov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department for External Po [...] | 2008-06-26 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV KOCI KISL NI RS |
08MOSCOW1828 | LINKS TO MOSCOW BOOST NIZHNIY NOVGOROD [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with members of the regional government, journalists, NGO representatives, party members, and academics during a June 23 - 24 visit to Nizhniy Novgorod suggested that the city's economic fortunes were generally improving under Governor Valeriy Shantsev. Most observer [...] | 2008-06-26 23:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1832 | FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1835 | DEMARCHE ON NTI PROPOSAL FOR A NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] On June 27, we delivered reftel demarche requesting GOR support for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank proposal to Aleksandr Trofimov, Nuclear Affairs Officer in Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, MFA. Trofimov asked if this was an effort to coordinate joint USG [...] | 2008-06-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW1836 | SIBERIA SHOWS SUCESS, FAILURE OF APPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fate of two regions, Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Kray, encapsulates the success and failure of Putin's system of appointing governors. In Irkutsk, Putin appointee Aleksandr Tishanin failed to consolidate the regional elite and resigned in disgrace for "personal reasons" [...] | 2008-06-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1837 | NON-PAPER ON NASA - CNSA CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 27 we delivered reftel non-paper regarding the June 30 - July 1 initial meeting on Earth and space science between NASA and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to Georgiy Barsegov, Space Affairs Officer, Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, MFA. Barsegov sa [...] | 2008-06-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL CH RS |
08MOSCOW184 | RUSSIA INTERESTED IN LIBYA'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's recent visit to Libya is part of a concerted GOR effort to improve relations with Tripoli and win contracts as Libya develops economically. The GOR is particularly interested in Libyan hydrocarbon resources, infrastructure projects, and possible constru [...] | 2008-01-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON LY RS |
08MOSCOW1859 | PUBLIC CHAMBERS CARVE NEW ROLE IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's regional elite are taking cues from the center and establishing "Public Chamber" bodies to provide a forum for societal organizations -- human rights, ecological, social advocacy -- to make their voices heard by regional administration and legislatures. Given the incre [...] | 2008-07-01 07:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1861 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA HOPES TO CONVENE, BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on June 30 that Russia was satisfied with the June 24 meeting of the Quartet, which agreed that its September session would include discussion of the timing and agenda of the GOR's proposed Moscow Middle East conference. Simakov [...] | 2008-07-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1862 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1864 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. Both the MFA and the Georgian Embassy rejected as "nonsense" Kommersant Daily's June 27 report that Georgia had proposed dividing Abkhazia into two separate zones, one controlled by Russia and the other by Georgia. The MFA termed Georgian DFM Vashadze's June 23 visit to Moscow a [...] | 2008-07-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1865 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1866 | SUMMARY OF 5TH ANNIVERSARY PSI SENIOR LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
08MOSCOW1867 | CFE: MORE ON BALUYEVSKIY'S EXPANDED FLANK REGIME [...] (C) Sergey Federyakov, Counselor in the MFA's Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs, provided some details to us on the proposal to expand Russia's flank area under the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) floated by former Chief of the General Staff Baluyevskiy after the May 15 Nat [...] | 2008-07-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE MARR RS |
08MOSCOW1868 | AFGHANISTAN: GOR PROPOSES MEETING IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov conveyed to us on July 1 a GOR proposal to send four officials to Washington in August to discuss an expanded Russian role in stabilizing Afghanistan. Their agenda would include the GOR plan to provide military assistance to the Afghan National Army (AN [...] | 2008-07-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR PGOV PREL AF RS |
08MOSCOW1871 | COZY PARTY POLITICS IN KURSK AND BELGOROD [...] (C) Summary: United Russia dominates local politics in Belgorod and Kursk regions. Politicians first and foremost push for continued economic growth, and United Russia, the Communists, LDPR and Just Russia work together with no major disputes among them. Businessmen enter politics to preserv [...] | 2008-07-03 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM RS SMIG SOCI |
08MOSCOW1875 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...] | 2008-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW189 | ELECTION COMMISSION SEEMS UNLIKELY TO GREENLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ex-Prime Minister Kasyanov's uphill battle to be registered as a contender in the March 2 presidential elections, seemed unlikely to succeed January 25 with the Central Election Commission (CEC) contending that 13 percent of the required two million signatures submitted were in [...] | 2008-01-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1894 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ IN ST. PETERESBURG, [...] (U) On June 6 and 7 in St. Petersburg, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez delivered remarks at the opening plenary session of the annual International Economic Forum as well as a U.S.-Russia CEO roundtable, held talks with Russia's leading economic officials, and led a President's Export [...] | 2008-07-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1899 | G8: MEDVEDEV'S COMING OUT PARTY [...] (C) MFA First Secretary Mikhail Kokorev told us on July 3 that the G8 summit in Japan would be an important opportunity for Medvedev to establish himself among world leaders, many of whom would have bilateral meetings with the new Russian President. In addition to sessions with the G8 leaders, [...] | 2008-07-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID OVIP RS |
08MOSCOW190 | GOR ON TRANSNISTRIA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan President Voronin's January 20-21 visit to Moscow prompted much speculation about an alleged "Putin plan for Transnistria." Following the visit, GOR officials denied that any new GOR proposal had been offered to Voronin and continued to insist that the only way to move [...] | 2008-01-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
08MOSCOW1900 | RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO NEW PCA [...] (C) Summary. The principal outcome of the Russia-EU Summit held June 26-27 in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk was, as expected, the approval to start negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)(to begin July 4 in Brussels). MFA and European diplomats confirmed that [...] | 2008-07-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD EAGR PGOV NATO RS |
08MOSCOW1904 | RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY AND [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's proposal for a new European Security Treaty is not intended to create a new institution to replace NATO or other existing Euroatlantic organzations, but to eliminate remaining dividing lines in Europe and provide a mechanism for dealing with new threats and challenges [...] | 2008-07-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1908 | UNION OF SOLDIERS MOTHERS DOES MUCH WITH LITTLE IN [...] (C) Summary: The Kursk representative of the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee Olga Dovenskaya does much to help conscript soldiers and their families, despite her lack of resources. She has achieved some impressive victories, helping families prosecute abusive officers and win settlement [...] | 2008-07-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MCAP SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1909 | PUTIN WANTS TIGHTER REGULATIONS ON SPECIAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Premier Putin issued a decree dated June 28 annulling tax-free status for grants issued by most foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Putin swept away seven existing regulations (most dating from 2001-2003) providing international NGOs tax-exempt grant-making [...] | 2008-07-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW191 | MFA ON LEBANESE POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting (other topics reported septel),MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Vershinin told us that Russia supported the Arab League's attempts to mediate Lebanon's political impasse over electing a new President. The GOR was pushing, both in public and in private, fo [...] | 2008-01-25 16:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE RS |
08MOSCOW192 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: A SMALL THAW? [...] (C) Summary. Amid abundant press coverage of FM Lavrov's attendance at Saakashvili's January 20 inauguration in Tbilisi, the MFA January 21 issued a terse statement reporting that Lavrov had met with the Georgian president, opposition leaders and the Catholic Patriarch during his visit. GOR [...] | 2008-01-25 16:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1921 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IEG [...] 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, IEG RAS (INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE, RUSSIAN [...] | 2008-07-07 08:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1928 | RUSSIAN POSITIONS ON ZIMBABWE, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC BM KV ZI RS |
08MOSCOW1935 | RUSSIA FAVORS FLEXIBLE APPROACH ON MERCURY [...] (SBU) On July 3, we discussed the October 2008 UNEP-hosted Mercury Working Group Meeting with Vladimir Lenev, Counselor in the Global Environment and Health Section of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Lenev confirmed, as discussed in Ref B, that a consensus had not yet emerged [...] | 2008-07-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1936 | MFA ON KARASIN VISIT TO TBILISI; DENIES SUPPLYING [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin's July 4 visit to Tbilisi focused on Russia's response to Georgia's June 23 proposals (reftel),as well as the situation in South Ossetia. MFA officials told us Russia's response was "in line with" the Friends of Georgia proposals, with the GOR emphasizing the need f [...] | 2008-07-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1951 | THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...] | 2008-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO |
08MOSCOW1952 | 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, Golden East-Siberia, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...] | 2008-07-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW1959 | DORM-TO-DORM FIGHTING FOR WORKING-CLASS HOUSING IN [...] (C) Summary: The June 24 eviction melee between residents of a communal apartment building on one side and police and employees of the Federal Prison Service (FSIN) on the other was the latest round of the ongoing struggle for working-class housing in Moscow. The housing rights advocates, led [...] | 2008-07-09 12:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1960 | RUSSIA - UKRAINE RELATIONS: STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. In recent conversations, both the MFA and the Ukrainian Embassy characterized the Russia - Ukraine bilateral relationship as at an all time low. Ukraine's NATO aspirations dominate and negatively affect all aspects of the relationship. Other disputes, including the sluggish, c [...] | 2008-07-09 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
08MOSCOW1961 | RUSSIA URGES ARAB GROUP TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1963 | UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 25, we passed reftel information on the U.S. priorities for the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress to be held July 23 to August 12 in Geneva to GOR officials at the MFA's North America Department, the International Department of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, an [...] | 2008-07-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW1964 | BP PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, AND LEGAL ACTION IN TNK-BP BATTLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1965 | RUSSIA REQUESTS DELAY IN VOTE ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov and Counselor Vitaliy Liplinskiy July 9. They expressed concern at the information that the U.S. intended to seek a vote on the resolution on July 9, noting that Russian UN Ambassador Churkin had re [...] | 2008-07-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI RS |
08MOSCOW1971 | GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL |
08MOSCOW1972 | NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08MOSCOW1973 | PEPFAR HIV/AIDS DISCUSSIONS IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Assistant Administrator for Global Health, Dr. Kent Hill, visited Moscow and St. Petersburg June 18 to 22 to discuss President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) HIV/AIDS program in Russia with representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Development ( [...] | 2008-07-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID EINV EAGR ETRD PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1975 | RUSSIA THREATENS TECHNICAL VETO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Gennadiy Gatilov told us July 10 that Russia would most likely use a technical veto citing lack of instructions if the U.S. called for a vote on the Zimbabwe resolution today. He reiterated the GOR's request to delay the vote until tomorrow, so a [...] | 2008-07-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI RS |
08MOSCOW1977 | OPIC FINANCE: INDEPENDENT LEASING [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed direct loan to Independent Leasing LLC for the purpose of expanding the company's capital equipment leasing activity to small and medium enterprises across Russia. Post is not aware of events that may adversely impact the project. Post also has no ad [...] | 2008-07-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1979 | RUSSIA - GEORGIA RELATIONS: SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOR's Special Envoy to the South Ossetian conflict worried to us July 8 about the potential for increased instability in Tskhinvali and urged that the Joint Control Commission be re-started as soon as possible in order to provide a forum for the parties to the dispute. Popov h [...] | 2008-07-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1980 | GOR REACTS TO SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. While affirming that the GOR welcomed U.S. high-level visits to Tbilisi as a stimulus to facilitate the negotiation process, MFA officials expressed unease over the message delivered by Secretary Rice during her visit to Tbilisi. They were particularly "alarmed" by her support f [...] | 2008-07-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW1982 | RUSSIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RS |
08MOSCOW1988 | ADDENDUM TO "RECREATING THE STATE GRAIN MONOPOLY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message is a classified supplement to REFTEL. Aside from some personal financial interests in resurrecting the state grain trade monopoly in Russia, a combination of personalities and old-style thinking at the top of Russia's agricultural policy apparatus appear to be pushin [...] | 2008-07-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1990 | MOSCOW SALVATION ARMY STILL UNABLE TO REGISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow Branch of the Salvation Army has been unable to re-register with the Federal Registration Service despite repeated attempts following their March 2007 victory at European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The Salvation Army continues to function in Moscow under the umbrel [...] | 2008-07-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW1991 | RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...] | 2008-07-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS |
08MOSCOW1995 | BATTLING CORRUPTION: RUSSIA NEEDS TIME FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting, Transparency International-Russia's (TI-R) General Director Yelena Panfilova outlined to us a new USG-funded program for combating corruption in Russia, focused on public education and strengthening rule of law. Panfilova believes the Russians are changing in [...] | 2008-07-11 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1996 | RUSSIA WILL VETO UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director of International Organizations Gennadiy Gatilov (the senior-most available officer in the MFA),told us July 11 that if the current U.S. draft UN Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe were put to a vote "with the current language," Russia would veto. When asked if [...] | 2008-07-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI RS |
08MOSCOW201 | 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, Tverregiongas, Tver, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...] | 2008-01-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2012 | MEDVEDEV TELLS RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO AVOID [...] During a July 15 address to an assembly of Russian diplomats in Moscow, Medvedev provided an overview of Russia's foreign policy and called upon the diplomats to protect Russian interests while avoiding confrontation. His address coincided with the release of the paper Concepts of Russian For [...] | 2008-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2013 | U.S.-RUSSIA JDEC MEETING REQUEST PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2019 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY [...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to stress our shared interest in a productive and efficient Russian energy sector. Russia is the world's largest producer and exporter of energy. We believe a Russia that does business in multiple markets in well-regulated and modern jurisdictions will be les [...] | 2008-07-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON RS |
08MOSCOW202 | 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, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, R [...] | 2008-01-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW203 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute [...] | 2008-01-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2032 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FEDERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Mikhail Margelov discussed Georgia, Iran and the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement, NATO Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and Georgia, Missile Defense, Medvedev's proposal for a new European security architecture, Afgha [...] | 2008-07-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2033 | MOSCOW VIEWS ON KOREA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR expressed satisfaction with the latest round of Six-Party meetings, with chief negotiator Aleksey Borodavkin confirming Russia's continued commitment to its Six-Party obligations. Most analysts thought that the success of the process depended on the U.S., the only Six-Pa [...] | 2008-07-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN KS JA RS |
08MOSCOW2034 | NGOS STILL STUDYING PUTIN'S NEW NGO GRANT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Most international NGOs and their local Russian partners who have analyzed Putin's June 28 decree that initially reduced the number of organizations able to give tax-free grants from 101 to 12 and tasked federal ministries to come up with new regulations governing grants by fore [...] | 2008-07-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2039 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW2041 | KHODORKOVSKIY'S LAWYERS PETITION FOR PAROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lawyers for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy filed legal papers July 16 with the local court in Chita requesting that he be paroled after serving four and a half years of his eight year sentence. His lawyers took great pains to state that this was a normal legal filing f [...] | 2008-07-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2045 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev July 16, Ambassador highlighted the many areas where the U.S. and Russia worked together cooperatively and constructively, such as non-proliferation, civil nuclear energy, space, and business. He emph [...] | 2008-07-18 11:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2047 | POINTS ON RALLYING SUPPORT FOR THE INDIA-IAEA [...] (C) On July 17 we delivered reftel points regarding rallying support for the India - IAEA safeguards agreement to Alexander Trofimov, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. Trofimov thanked us for the information and stated that Russia continues [...] | 2008-07-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP RS |
08MOSCOW2048 | U.S.-RUSSIA COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: [...] (C) Summary. At the June 19-20 meeting of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG),both sides agreed to exchange a list of follow-up items (reftel A). This cable presents Post's contributions to Washington's thinking on CTWG next steps. Post and MFA officials discussed th [...] | 2008-07-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV AF RS |
08MOSCOW2053 | WHAT'S BEHIND THE OIL CUTOFF TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC? [...] (C) It is impossible to know whether last week's abrupt drop in oil supplies to the Czech Republic was driven by politics or not. Some analysts see pure politics behind the move. Others say it was likely driven by private, if non-transparent, profit motives. The GOR vehemently denies any po [...] | 2008-07-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2054 | MORMONS SUSPEND SENDING AMERICAN MISSIONARIES TO [...] (C) Summary: The LDS Church (Mormons) have suspended sending new missionaries to Russia, citing the financial and logistical difficulty of complying with new Russian visa regulations. The LDS Church, which currently has an estimated 450 missionaries in Russia, will now rely upon Russian and U [...] | 2008-07-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF CASC SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2055 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...] | 2008-07-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW2056 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DFM DENISOV TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov July 17. Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that stronger economic ties could provide for a more stable overall relationship. Denisov said the bilateral economic dialogues envisioned in the Sochi [...] | 2008-07-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS EINV |
08MOSCOW2058 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW206 | 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, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, R [...] | 2008-01-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW207 | NORTHERN CAUCASUS: INGUSHETIYA BOILS OVER, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Violence in Ingushetiya is growing, which threatens to have impact neighboring North Ossetiya and Kabardino-Balkariya. Following a week of violence, police on January 26 dispersed an unsanctioned opposition meeting, but not before demonstrators set fire to nearby buildings housin [...] | 2008-01-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2093 | ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings held in Moscow July 16-17, 2008, the GB approved funding for the first pilot institute self-sustainability plan. This marked an important milestone in ensuring that [...] | 2008-07-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
08MOSCOW2094 | GEORGIA: STEINMEIER FAILS TO GET RUSSIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Despite FM Lavrov's positive press spin about German FM Steinmeier's meetings in Moscow July 18, German colleagues characterized the trip as a "failure," and said Steinmeier made no progress in securing Russian support for direct Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations on security issues in [...] | 2008-07-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2095 | RUSSIA COMMENTS ON IAEA BOG MESA SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC RS |
08MOSCOW2098 | (S) LUKOIL'S ALEKPEROV PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, and Ambassador Steven Mann, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov welcomed greater U.S.-Russian business cooperation, praising his company's successful partnership with ConocoPhillips as a model for others. He said Central [...] | 2008-07-22 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW210 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, Rus [...] | 2008-01-29 07:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2106 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Geomarketing, Yaroslaveskoe Shosse, 29B Str, 3, Moscow, Ru [...] | 2008-07-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2117 | CTWG: S/CT LETTER AND DRAFT REPORT TO PRESIDENTS [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Dailey to Ambassador Safonov, as well as a draft Report to the Presidents on the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG). Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Counselor in the MFA's Office of New Threats and Challenges, conf [...] | 2008-07-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2118 | MEDVEDEV DENIES RENEGING ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. President Medvedev vehemently denied July 22 that he committed to agree on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on Zimbabwe at the G8 meeting in Japan. While acknowledging concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe, Medvedev maintained that he had insisted that all mention of the [...] | 2008-07-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ZI RS |
08MOSCOW2119 | RUSSIA - INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION - DEPENDENT ON [...] (C) Atomstroyexport, Russia's construction firm for nuclear power plants outside of Russia, has agreed to build a total of six nuclear reactor units for India at Kudankulam. Currently, two nuclear reactor units are under construction and four more are planned. The future of the four reactors [...] | 2008-07-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL PINR ETTC TRGY IN RS |
08MOSCOW2120 | SEA BREEZE 2008 SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The Sea Breeze 2008 exercises have sparked controversy and heated debate among Russia's politicians and defense experts. GOR officials characterized them as "anti-Russian" in nature and contend that demonstrations against the exercises were evidence of the Ukrainian population's [...] | 2008-07-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
08MOSCOW2122 | MEETING WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII DEPUTY GENERAL [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Econ Minister Counselor, Deputy General Director of state corporation RosTekhnologii (RosTekh),Aleksey Aleshin said the GOR created RosTekh to revive Russia's industrial manufacturing base, particularly its high-tech defense-related industries. Aleshin said th [...] | 2008-07-24 07:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EPET RS |
08MOSCOW2125 | RUSSIA'S "SAFE HAVEN" STATUS SLIPPING? [...] (C) In contrast to Russia's record-setting financial performance for 2007 and high hopes for 2008, the results from the first half of 2008 have revealed signs of strain. Net capital inflows are down substantially, as are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs),which through June have totaled only US [...] | 2008-07-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2127 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO MOSCOW YIELDS LITTLE BEYOND TALK [...] (C) Summary: Russia's self-professed "multivector diplomacy" and a keen interest in picking Hugo Chavez's pocket resulted in a full program of meetings on July 22 with Medvedev and Putin, flanked by an array of senior Russian officials, even as Russia took steps to lower the profile of the hy [...] | 2008-07-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS EPET ETRD RU VN |
08MOSCOW2132 | SERBIAN FM JEREMIC REAFFIRMS TIES TO RUSSIA; GOR [...] (C) Summary. Russia welcomed Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic's July 17 visit to Moscow as reaffirming the importance of Russia as a partner in the face of the new Serbian government's pro-European integration policy. The GOR reiterated full support for Serbia's stance on Kosovo, and agreed to back Be [...] | 2008-07-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SR RS |
08MOSCOW2137 | TNK-BP UPDATE: BP PULLS STAFF AS AAR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2142 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Rotek TTC, Enthoziastov Highway, Moscow, Russia. The compa [...] | 2008-07-25 11:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2146 | MIXED SIGNALS AS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. Leading up to this year's OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted positively to US concerns and, despite a July 23 MFA statement reiterating criticisms of ODIHR, was positively disposed to the upcoming visit of ODIHR Dire [...] | 2008-07-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2152 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA MAY NOT ATTEND BERLIN FRIENDS' [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us July 25 that Russia had "nobody appropriate" to send to the Friends' meeting in Berlin next week. German Embassy officials confirmed that MFA 4th CIS Director Kelin told German envoy Lukas July 24 that they would try to find someone to attend the meeting, but wit [...] | 2008-07-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2153 | TNK-BP UPDATE: CEO DUDLEY LEAVES TOWN, BP BRACES FOR AAR'S NEXT MOVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 18:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2170 | NASHI SUMMER CAMP 2008: SEX, THUGS, AND THE ROC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kremlin-sponsored Nashi youth group may not enjoy the same prominence under Medvedev, but its fourth annual summer conference at Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast reinforced continued and significant Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) sponsorship. Billed as an "Innovation F [...] | 2008-07-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2171 | RUSSIA PROTESTS "PROCLAMATION ON CAPTIVE NATIONS" [...] (C) In a July 25 meeting with the Charge, MFA North America Director Igor Neverov raised Russian concerns over the 2008 presidential "Proclamation on Captive Nations Week." Noting that the GOR had not made an issue of the proclamation before, Neverov said that the annual statement had caugh [...] | 2008-07-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2172 | USTR Delegation Discusses IPR in Moscow [...] (SBU) A USTR delegation, led by AUSTR for Intellectual Property and Innovation Stanford McCoy, visited Moscow June 23-24 for meetings with GOR officials and industry representatives on IPR protection and enforcement. USTR focused on implementation of the U.S. ? Russia IPR side letter, and in [...] | 2008-07-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RS |
08MOSCOW2178 | UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On July 28, MFA chief of the UN Security Council section Peter Ilyichev confirmed that Russia supports the US position on termination of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) because there is no longer agreement by both parties. He said the GOR is reviewing a draft resolution ci [...] | 2008-07-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC RS ET ER |
08MOSCOW2179 | RUSSIA: NO CONTRACT YET ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Zimbabwe desk Andrei Stolyarov. He said that at this time he was not aware of any request by the GOZ to obtain bank note paper from the Russian State Mint, and would take into account US concerns if the GOZ did approach Russia on this issue. He [...] | 2008-07-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV SADC ASEC EFIN ECON ZI RS |
08MOSCOW2180 | RUSSIA ON SARG: OPTIMISM BEFORE REALISM [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Syria and Lebanon desk chief Andrei Panov, emphasizing US concerns over the possibility of Russian arms being diverted to Hizballah. Overall, Panov characterized Syria's recent engagement with the international community as positive a [...] | 2008-07-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE RS |
08MOSCOW2181 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITE OR SEEK KREMLIN COVER? [...] (C) Summary: While an informal convocation of opposition leaders, engineered by former PM Kasyanov, fueled rumors of a united opposition movement, recent conversations suggest that Russia's mainstream liberal parties seek accommodation or "constructive" relations with the Kremlin. Following [...] | 2008-07-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2182 | MFA WALKS BACK THREAT OF BUDGET CUT FOR ODIHR [...] (SBU) Summary: While reiterating its frequent complaint that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has performed poorly, on July 26 the Russian MFA walked back the assertion by the Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of an imminent budget cut [...] | 2008-07-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2183 | CPC UPDATE: EXPANSION MOU "INITIALED", AWAITING [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Russia Vice President (and CPC Chairman) Andrew McGrahan told us July 28 that Chevron has negotiated a new MOU on CPC expansion with Transneft and Kazakhstan,s KazMunaiGaz (KMG). The new MOU has been circulated to other shareholders for approval. McGrahan said the new MO [...] | 2008-07-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2200 | AMBASSADORS GRAY AND MANN AT THE RUSSIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting with Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky, Ambassadors Gray and Mann raised the TNK-BP dispute, which they said was undermining investor confidence. Yanovsky responded that the GOR saw it as strictly a commercial dispute over the development of the company [...] | 2008-07-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2201 | RUSSIA'S MARKETS PLUNGE AFTER PUTIN'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's public criticism of Mechel, Russia's largest specialty steelmaker and second-largest coking coal producer, has highlighted the fragility of Russia's stock market, exposed possible divisions within the country's leadership, and spooked investors -- some of whom see t [...] | 2008-07-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW222 | ENI RUSSIA CHIEF ON SOUTH STREAM, GAZPROM [...] Summary: (C) Ernesto Ferlenghi, Chief Representative of ENI Russia/CIS, told us January 28 that South Stream is not a competitor to Nabucco because European demand will absorb gas from all currently planned pipelines, "and even more." He said he will say as much to the EU Energy Commission wh [...] | 2008-01-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2237 | AAR AND BP NEGOTIATING A "CEASE-FIRE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2239 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ROLE IN ENERGY [...] (C) On August 1 PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Asia Department Second Secretary Dmitriy Kulkin, a Russian delegation member at Six-Party meetings. Kulkin emphasized that Russia continues to support the "action for action" principle outlined by the Six-Party Talks Economy and E [...] | 2008-08-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EAID ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS KN JA CH KS |
08MOSCOW2240 | RUSSIA RISES AS MAJOR CENTER FOR CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the volume of clinical drug trials in Russia enjoying rapid growth over the past few years, Russia has become the market leader for clinical drug trials among the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Russia enjoys numerous advantages in conducting trials, incl [...] | 2008-08-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD EINV EIND RS |
08MOSCOW2241 | KHODORKOVSKIY'S WARDEN FILES PAROLE REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: The warden of the prison in which former YUKOS Oil Company head Mikhail Khodorkovskiy is being held submitted to the local court in Chita the parole report required as part of Khodorkovskiy's July 23 request for early release (reftel). His St. Petersburg-based lawyer Yuriy Shmid [...] | 2008-08-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2261 | UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...] | 2008-08-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI |
08MOSCOW2262 | (C) CZECH OIL SUPPLIES UPDATE: RUSSIA OFFERS TO [...] (C) Czech DCM Hynek Pejcha told us on August 4 that the GOR has offered to negotiate a complete removal of intermediaries from the oil trade between the two countries in order to prevent future supply problems. Pejcha said oil is still flowing at reduced levels and normal flows have not been [...] | 2008-08-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2263 | MFA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, MFA Afghanistan Deputy Director Khokhlov noted his office's support for two OSCE border guard initiatives, suggesting that GOR reservations were driven more by its broader unhappiness with the OSCE. Khokhlov undertook to make another bureaucratic push for the [...] | 2008-08-04 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MASS RS AF OSCE |
08MOSCOW2268 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO CALM SITUATION IN SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials told us August 4 they were working to get direct talks between Georgian and South Ossetian leaders by the end of the week, in efforts to calm the situation there following the violence over the weekend. While acknowledging "provocative actions" by the South Ossetian [...] | 2008-08-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2269 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S JULY 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The main themes of Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud's visit to Moscow on July 21 were development of Russia's high-tech sectors and opportunities for official as well as informal exchanges. Chairman of the Onexim Group investment fund Mikhail [...] | 2008-08-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC ENRG RS |
08MOSCOW2270 | A CLOSER LOOK AT RUSSIA'S MECHEL INCIDENT [...] (C) Putin's sharp attack against steelmaker Mechel on July 24 and the nature of the Kremlin's response has created a spasm of new assessments and commentary during Moscow's usual dull summer vacation season. The Mechel incident (reftel) has provided a prism to critically assess the effective [...] | 2008-08-06 03:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2273 | TNK-BP UPDATE: CFO LEAVES DUE TO ONGOING DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2274 | RUSSIA DENIES VOLUNTEER FLOW TO SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. The MFA denied August 6 that "volunteers" were traveling from the North Caucasus to South Ossetia to join the fighting in case of conflict with Georgia, noting that the situation remained quiet. They said they could not answer whether the GOR or local authorities in North Ossetia [...] | 2008-08-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RS |
08MOSCOW2275 | CUBA: RUSSIA NOT INCREASING MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials insist that Russia is not interested in military cooperation with Cuba and deny any interest in establishing a Russian missile defense site in Cuba. The July 30-31 trip to Cuba by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and high-level economic and security advisors [...] | 2008-08-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EAIR RS CU |
08MOSCOW229 | RUSSIA'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As Russia's new Institute for Democracy and Cooperation prepares to open its New York and Paris offices, Institute Chairman Kucherena claimed to us that its purpose was not "propaganda," but to provide a Russian perspective on human rights and democracy and to aid in the creat [...] | 2008-01-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2297 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH GENERAL BUZHINSKIY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza August 1 that Russia shared the U.S.'s desire to avoid an armed conflict in Abkhazia. If there were such a conflict, Russia would likely not become directly involved, h [...] | 2008-08-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO KCFE GG RS |
08MOSCOW2301 | FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...] | 2008-08-08 05:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS |
08MOSCOW2302 | FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...] | 2008-08-08 05:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS |
08MOSCOW2303 | FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...] | 2008-08-08 05:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS |
08MOSCOW2306 | SVETLANA MEDVEDEVA STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Dmitriy Medvedev's election to the post of president, a degree of uncertainty permeated the press as the public tried to figure out what role his wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, would play in the new administration. The role of First Ladies in Russia and the Soviet Union has o [...] | 2008-08-08 06:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2308 | WHAT DOES THE MECHEL INCIDENT MEAN? [...] (C) The Mechel incident (Ref A) has been a sobering initial test of the new administration's management of the economy. On the heels of the TNK-BP dispute, Mechel unleashed precipitous stock market losses and struck a blow to previously bullish sentiment on Russia's investment climate. Opti [...] | 2008-08-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW2312 | RUSSIA REMEMBERS SOLZHENITSYN [...] (SBU) Summary: In bidding farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia took a moment to honor a great writer and dissident, and remember an historical period often glossed over in this era of gangbuster economic growth and public trumpeting of Russia's resurgent geopolitical power and pride. Pr [...] | 2008-08-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2315 | BITTER HARVEST: JOHN DEERE ON RUSSIAN TRADE CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deere & Company Russia Country Director Sidney Bardwell told us August 5 that Deere believes the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) have conducted a fair investigation, but will likely determine that domestic producers have been in [...] | 2008-08-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2316 | MINFIN OFFICIAL ON KUDRIN RUMORS, INVESTMENT [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with ECMIN, Finance Minister's Kudrin,s Assistant, Vadim Grishin, dismissed rumors of Kudrin's impending departure, which he said were the result of sharp internal GOR budget negotiations. He said Kudrin had arranged a delay in the BONY case, providing time for a co [...] | 2008-08-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2317 | RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP AUGUST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA claims Russia's principal goal in taking military action in South Ossetia is to stop the bloodshed. Blaming the current crisis on Georgia, alluding to (but not confirming) the dispatch of Russian military to South Ossetia, accusing Tbilisi of "ethnic cleansing" in South [...] | 2008-08-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2319 | TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. demarche will be delivered to the Russian MFA at 1400 Moscow time (0600 EDT). The Russian government continues to characterize its actions as "peace enforcement," with Russian media claiming that troops have reached Tskhinvali's outskirts. Officials emphasize they have a responsib [...] | 2008-08-09 08:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2321 | TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 3 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to deny that Russia was waging war, claiming Russia was "performing a peacekeeping mission," while Russian media reported the MOD had confirmed that 2,000 more paratroopers would be sent to South Ossetia. Reaction in Moscow to the conflict generally s [...] | 2008-08-10 06:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2323 | SCO SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOR ARGUES SCO NOT [...] (C) Summary: On August 7 we delivered reftel demarche to MFA Third Secretary Maksim Chernyshov, who told us the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) would not accept any new members at the August 28 summit in Dushanbe because no mechanism to do so exists. Possible Iranian membership enjoy [...] | 2008-08-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS AF |
08MOSCOW2324 | TFGGO1: THE VIEW OF THE WAR IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. PM Putin moved into the spotlight with his visit to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia late August 9, though he and President Medvedev appeared jointly this morning to emphasize the "humanitarian tragedy" in South Ossetia and the need for legal consequences. The GOR has not veered from [...] | 2008-08-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2333 | ROSATOM STATE CORPORATION - REORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: The Rosatom State Corporation's new U.S./EU Section Head reports that the reorganization of the Corporation and its subdivisions is still underway. Although no longer a Federal Agency, Rosatom will retain some of its export control functions. Rosatom will continue to pursue co [...] | 2008-08-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PINR ENRG ETTC IR IN RS |
08MOSCOW2343 | Russian TV paints Georgia-US plot in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian broadcast coverage of the events in South Ossetia has placed the onus of the conflict on Georgia. We have noticed signs that some broadcast and electronic media outlets are distorting coverage to suggest that the conflict is part of a U.S./NATO plot against Russia. Broa [...] | 2008-08-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW235 | RUSSIA CONTINUES TO RESIST KOSOVO CDI [...] (C) Summary. Russia claims that it has developed a "roadmap" in its continuing efforts to forestall a CDI by Kosovo, and to tempt wavering EU states away from recognition. However, the GOR has also prepared an "action plan" in anticipation of a CDI in coordination with Belgrade. Consistent [...] | 2008-01-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KV RS |
08MOSCOW2351 | TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT SITREP 4 [...] (C) Summary. An American journalist was reported injured in South Ossetia and taken to North Ossetia for medical treatment. Post is working to contact him. PM Putin said Russia would continue its mission to "its logical end," and lashed out at the West, and the U.S. in particular, for suppo [...] | 2008-08-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW236 | RUSSIA LIMITS ELECTION OBSERVERS AGAIN [...] (C) Following the same course it took in the December Duma elections, on January 28, the GOR issued a limited number of invitations to international organizations to observe the March 2 presidential election. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov specified that the OSCE's [...] | 2008-01-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2360 | TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA: ANTI-US BACKLASH; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Putin's harshly critical August 11 remarks about U.S. interference and bias in the Russian-Georgian conflict have set the tone for public and private accusations of U.S. encouragement or stage-managing of Saakashvili's decision to attempt to take Tskhinvali by force. The absenc [...] | 2008-08-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS GE |
08MOSCOW2364 | RUSSIAN ONLINE OPINIONS LARGELY ANTI-AMERICAN, [...] (C) An analysis of Russian blogs and online fora on the South Ossetia conflict showed large resentment towards U.S. policy, and approval of Russia's handling of the conflict. However, a few online contributors spoke critically of Russia's military operations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, co [...] | 2008-08-12 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2365 | TFGG01: MEDVEDEV CONFIDANT FLOATS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) In an August 12 meeting with ECMIN, Igor Yurgens, head of the Institute for Contemporary Development, President Medvedev's think-tank for economic and social issues, said Georgia needed to be punished for attacking South Ossetia and that Georgian President Saakashvili should go, but Russia [...] | 2008-08-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2366 | (SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...] | 2008-08-13 03:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2370 | TFGG01: MINIMAL BACKLASH FOR GEORGIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: Despite current hostilities, we see no evidence of a repeat of the fall 2006 anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. On August 12, Georgian Charge in Moscow told us that the Georgian community in Russia was suffering no backlash from the outbreak of hostilities. We also have not hea [...] | 2008-08-13 03:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2380 | DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR EAID PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2383 | TFGG01 Russian media on ceasefire and U.S. interference in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media treated the ceasefire with Georgia as a Russian victory that sent a message of strength to Georgia and the West, but noted that the conflict was far from settled. Broadcast images of shelled homes and weeping victims underlined the human costs of the conflict. [...] | 2008-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2384 | RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON PREPARATIONS FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On August 13, we met with MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Nuclear Issues Officer Alexander Bolychov to deliver reftel points regarding outreach activities prior to the NSG Plenary August 21-22. Bolychov reiterated Russia's support for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG [...] | 2008-08-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN RS |
08MOSCOW2386 | TFGG01: DOOM, GLOOM, AND WISHFUL THINKING: THE [...] (C) The Russian markets ticked up slightly August 12, with news that President Medevev had ordered military operations in Georgia to cease and with French President Sarkozy's mediation efforts appearing to gather steam. However, the markets are down over 30 percent from their mid-May peak, a [...] | 2008-08-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2387 | TFGG01: RUSSIA MAINTAINING HARD LINE, FOCUSING ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued their hard line towards Georgia August 13, repeating demands for a legally-binding non-use of force agreement between Georgia and the two zones of conflict, reiterating that Georgian peacekeepers could not be allowed to return to South Ossetia and Abkh [...] | 2008-08-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2396 | AMBIGUITY OVER RUSSIA,S FUTURE RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. During the past week's hostilities in Georgia, the Russian MFA harshly criticized the positions of Poland and the Baltics. Despite this criticism, the GOR has taken no action against these countries and some Polish and Baltic diplomats in Moscow do not believe that their relat [...] | 2008-08-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EN LG LH |
08MOSCOW2407 | TFGG01: Russian Media on Humanitarian Situation, Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in South Ossetia remained a front-page, top-of the news hour topic for Russian media, but the focus shifted from breaking events to refugees and humanitarian needs, and the long-term regional and geopolitical implications. In contrast to CNN's images of tanks and R [...] | 2008-08-14 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2408 | TFGG01: UNION OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS SAYS GOR SHOULD [...] (C) Valentina Melnikova of the Moscow Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee told us August 14 that her organization's only criticism of Russia's conduct on the South Ossetia conflict is that it waited too long to help the peacekeepers. She said the GOR should have intervened in South Ossetia w [...] | 2008-08-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MOPS GG RS |
08MOSCOW2410 | TFGG01: PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT SIGNALS NEW, [...] (C) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Presidential Assistant Arkadiy Dvorkovich signaled that the GOR anticipated being denied WTO accession this year and was looking to cast blame on the U.S. and others for politicizing the process. He warned that Russia would take steps to protect do [...] | 2008-08-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2411 | TFGG01: EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT ON GOR [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with the war in Georgia. Russia has decried Ukrainian announcements, including a presidential decree, calling for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) command to notify Ukraine about ships and aircraft returning to the Ukrainian [...] | 2008-08-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP |
08MOSCOW2412 | YOUTH-DOMINATED RUSSIAN BLOGOSPHERE CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the onset of violence in South Ossetia, Russian bloggers have utilized internet sites to blaspheme the U.S. and Georgia, organize opposition events, and call for extreme measures. Dominated by Russia's youth, these online fora remain decidedly pro-Russia with little sym [...] | 2008-08-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2413 | TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...] | 2008-08-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2414 | TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...] | 2008-08-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2415 | TFGG01: SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA LEADERS SEEK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08MOSCOW2416 | IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...] | 2008-08-15 02:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW242 | RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH TO INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On January 24, we delivered reftel points regarding the status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Russia's MFA Directorate of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). In a January 29 meeting, DVBR Division Chief Aleksey Karpov told us that he understood the U.S. [...] | 2008-01-31 10:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PREL IN RS |
08MOSCOW2425 | PRESS BIAS SHIFTS IN FAVOR OF MEDVEDEV, BUT PUTIN [...] Summary: xxxxx reported the results xxxxx in a recent meeting with PolOff. While Medvedev dominated Russian programming on four of five surveyed stations, his appearances were disproportionately ceremonial in contrast to Putin's hands on control of the Russian government. The virtual absence of air [...] | 2008-08-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2426 | TFGG01: ENERGY AND THE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET GG PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2428 | TFGG01: Russian media declares war over - now what? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media decreased its coverage of the South Ossetian conflict, shifting the focus to a post-game analysis of the war. Many media reports examined the future of U.S.-Russian relations after the conflict, responding to statements by President Bush and other senior USG o [...] | 2008-08-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2429 | TFGG01: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SPLIT OVER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Moscow offices of internationally-based human rights organizations have publicly questioned the GOR's figures for the number of dead and wounded from the conflict in South Ossetia. In an August 14 roundtable with Charge, home-grown activists have hewn m [...] | 2008-08-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2434 | TFGG01: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CONFLICT ON RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov stated August 14 that Western threats over WTO contradicted previous promises and that Russia was now convinced it would never be accepted into the WTO. These comments track with what GOR officials have told us privately (reftels). Local experts believe WTO accessi [...] | 2008-08-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON EAGR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2437 | TFGG01: RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ON GEORGIA, INVESTOR [...] (C) During an August 14 meeting with the Charge and ECMIN, Central Bank (CBR) First Deputy Chairman Aleksey Ulyukaev expressed hope that the conflict with Georgia would be short-lived, thus helping restore battered investor confidence. He said controlling inflation was the country's top econ [...] | 2008-08-15 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2438 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR EAID PREL PHUM RS GG |
08MOSCOW2439 | TFGG01: RUSSIA FOCUSES ON SEALING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. As German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Sochi, the GOR is focusing on sealing the deal reached during French President Sarkozy's trip, and signed by the Abkhaz and South Ossetia leaders in Moscow on August 14. Despite press speculation whether Russia would recognize Abkhazia and S [...] | 2008-08-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2440 | TFGG01: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR SOUTH OSSETIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross operating in Russia report that conditions for Ossetian conflict victims who have fled to the North Caucasus remain satisfactory. While the UN is still at the needs assessment stage, in part because the Ru [...] | 2008-08-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
08MOSCOW2452 | TNK-BP UPDATE: COURT BARS DUDLEY FROM POST FOR SHAM LABOR VIOLATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2453 | TFGGO1: RUSSIA REACTS TO GEORGIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Summary: Russian leaders have downplayed Georgia's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Russian Duma Deputies and Federation Council members have argued that Georgia was only hurting itself by withdrawing from the CIS, and that neither Russia nor the or [...] | 2008-08-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MOPS RS GG CIS |
08MOSCOW2460 | MFA SAYS RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE STRAINED, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. While continuing to accuse Ukraine of supplying weapons to Georgia, and objecting to Kyiv's recent decrees on the Black Sea Fleet (BSF)(ref A),the MFA insisted to us that Russian relations with Ukraine were not threatened. Saying that Russia and Ukraine were interdependent in t [...] | 2008-08-19 06:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG UP RS |
08MOSCOW2472 | RUSSIA'S DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON OUTER SPACE [...] (U) On August 19 MFA Department of International Security and Disarmament (DVBR) passed Embassy Moscow English and Russian versions of a draft UN General Assembly resolution on transparency and confidence-building measures (TCBMs) in outer space activities. DVBR told us they would like to sub [...] | 2008-08-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL TSPA UN RS |
08MOSCOW2473 | ECONOMIC LIBERAL CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion of broad economic issues, former Economic Development Minister Yevgeniy Yasin told ECON officers he believes PM Putin's comments on Mechel were made following poor economic advice from Deputy PM Sechin; neither Putin nor Sechin had foreseen that the Mechel [...] | 2008-08-20 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW2477 | BUSINESSWOMAN VS CORRUPT DRUG AGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) recently met with Yana Yakovleva, financial director of Sofeks Chemical Company. Yakovleva and her business partner were the subjects of an extortion attempt by the Federal Service for Narcotics Control (FSKN). When they refused, they were char [...] | 2008-08-20 12:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW2479 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI RS |
08MOSCOW2484 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche and the list of U.S. military equipment in Poti to MFA North America on August 20, following the Ambassador's August 19 discussion of this issue with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. The MFA reaffirmed DFM Karasin's commitment to look into the issue. DATT de [...] | 2008-08-20 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG |
08MOSCOW2486 | TFGG01: RUSSIAN MODERATES' VIEWS ON THE CONFLICT [...] (C) In separate meetings August 19 with the Ambassador, former PM Yegor Gaidar and Igor Yurgens, Director of a think tank closely tied to President Medvedev, argued that a reform-oriented Medvedev presidency, with its promise of a freer Russia, could be a victim of the conflict over South Osse [...] | 2008-08-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2488 | TFGG01: NO SYSTEMATIC HARASSMENT OF ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian diplomats and a representative of the Georgian community in Moscow confirmed to us August 20 that they have not yet observed any significant or systematic increase in anti-Georgian harassment by Russian authorities or from the Russian public at large. While noting that th [...] | 2008-08-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL RS GG |
08MOSCOW2489 | Public Chamber Discusses Potential War Crimes in South [...] (SBU) Russia's public chamber -- a largely Kremlin-appointed consultative body of civil society organizations -- formed two committees to address questions about the conflict in South Ossetia, both of which met on August 20 to discuss their two-day exploratory trip to Vladikavkaz and Tskhinva [...] | 2008-08-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2490 | TFGG01: NORTHERN CAUCASUS REPUBLICS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's northern Caucasus republics have supported Moscow's intervention in South Ossetia by offering to take in refugees from the conflict, donating humanitarian assistance and sending volunteer fighters. An internet-based news service, however, has picked up discontent from [...] | 2008-08-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2491 | DUMA, FEDERATION COUNCIL LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Summary. Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev confirmed to Ambassador August 20 that Russia's Duma and upper chamber, the Federation Council, were likely to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during an extraordinary session of the two chambers that ha [...] | 2008-08-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2496 | TFGG01: MIXED SIGNALS ON RUSSIAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia continues to send mixed signals on when Russian troops will withdraw from Georgia, as well as the size of the peacekeeping force it expects to leave behind in South Ossetia and in the security zone located in Georgia proper. Despite Medvedev's promises to withdraw Russian [...] | 2008-08-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08MOSCOW2497 | TFGG01: Russian media focuses on American hostility toward [...] (SBU) Summary: In the week since the signing of the six-point agreement, the Russian media concentrated largely on the conflict's aftermath, U.S. antagonism towards Russia, the division in Europe over how to deal with Moscow, and continued Western media bias. Outrageous characterizations of Sa [...] | 2008-08-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW2502 | RUSSIA CONCERNED POST-MUSHARRAF INSTABILITY HARMS [...] (C) MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev told us on August 21 that Russia was concerned that Musharraf's resignation as President of Pakistan would contribute to the country's existing political instability and draw attention from Pakistan's efforts to fight its extremist insurg [...] | 2008-08-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF IN PK RS |
08MOSCOW2503 | PRIVATE HEALTHCARE IN RUSSIA STILL IN ITS INFANCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fears of the demise of Russia's system of state-sponsored health care are premature. The country has an enormous potential market for private health care, but the sector is still growing. Private care is primarily available in outpatient fields such as cardiology, dentistry and [...] | 2008-08-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI SCUL RS |
08MOSCOW2507 | TFGG01: RUSSIA REACTS STRONGLY TO NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly condemned the North Atlantic Council's August 19 statement on the conflict in Georgia, and said NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin would be returning to Moscow for consultations on the future of NATO-Russian relations. In addition, the creation of a NATO-Georgia Comm [...] | 2008-08-22 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MARR RS GE |
08MOSCOW251 | SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS NO SURPRISES IN GAZPROM DEAL [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us January 29th that the recently signed energy deal between the GOS and the GOR would route the South Stream pipeline through Serbia, result in Gazprom's construction of a gas storage facility in Serbia, and sell Gazprom a 51 percent stake in N [...] | 2008-02-01 03:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2514 | RUSSIA'S ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE FINES MECHEL, [...] (C) The Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) announced on August 13 that it had found Mechel's coking coal operations to have violated competition law through its monopolistic domestic pricing practices. On August 19, FAS announced that it would assess a $32 million fine, or 5 percent of the [...] | 2008-08-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW252 | PM ZUBKOV RUMORED TO BE NEXT GAZPROM CHAIR, [...] (SBU) Gazprom is currently reshuffling its board of directors as a result of chairman Dmitri Medvedev's nomination as President Putin's successor. The company's senior leadership was apparently sequestered January 30 in an extended board meeting to review nominees. The current make up of the [...] | 2008-02-01 03:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2521 | RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...] | 2008-08-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SY RS |
08MOSCOW2523 | TFGG01: FURTHER DETAILS ON RUSSIAN "WITHDRAWAL" [...] (C) Summary: In private comments by MFA officials and the public statements of Deputy Chief of General Staff Nogovitsyn, the limits to the Russian withdrawal, as DFM Ryabkov explained to the Ambassador on August 22, are being spelled out: the peacekeeping presence will expand significantly wi [...] | 2008-08-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2530 | RUSSIA'S WORKING LEVEL WTO NEGOTIATORS IN DENIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Trade Negotiations Director Andrey Kushnirenko of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) told us August 21 that Russia still believes it could accede to the WTO by the end of 2008. In his view, there are few issues that remain to be resolved with WTO members. He said [...] | 2008-08-25 07:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2534 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Elvira Production Co., Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Region, Ru [...] | 2008-08-25 09:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2535 | TFGG01: PARLIAMENT TO URGE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian upper (Federation Council) and lower (Duma) houses of parliament will hold simultaneous but separate emergency sessions at 10 a.m. local time on August 25 to review developments in South Ossetia and to consider steps in support of independence for both South Ossetia and [...] | 2008-08-25 10:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2545 | TFGG01: PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a solid show of support, both the Federation Council and the Duma voted unanimously to urge that President Medvedev recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Parliamentarians blasted Georgia for having launched a military campaign against South Ossetia, and po [...] | 2008-08-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2546 | RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAILING TO MEET LABOR MARKET DEMAND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. It is the first in a series examining Russia's university reform process. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russia's universities are failing to keep pace with today's labor market demands. Instead, they [...] | 2008-08-26 05:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL RS |
08MOSCOW255 | RUSSIA BEGINS ONE-YEAR CONSCRIPTION REQUIREMENT [...] (U) Summary. Russia has adopted a multipronged approach to the professionalization of its military: seeking to enhance the quantity and quality of its conscripts by reducing the numbers of exemptions and limiting the draft to one-year; shifting the balance of forces within the military betw [...] | 2008-02-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR RS |
08MOSCOW2550 | DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TEST DRIVES UNITY, [...] (C) Summary: Liberal opposition party SPS, former PM Kasyanov, and the unregistered Republican Party have attempted to increase cooperation through joint statements, public rallies, and opposition to the conduct of the war against Georgia. Although Yabloko did not sign the joint statement, so [...] | 2008-08-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2556 | TFGG01: MEDVEDEV WILL RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIAN, [...] (C/NF) On August 26 at 12:00 p.m. local time, Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin handed DCM a letter from President Medvedev to President Bush announcing Medvedev's intention to sign an order on August 26 recognizing the independence of the Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A f [...] | 2008-08-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS |
08MOSCOW2561 | TFGG01: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FINALLY GET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to heavy criticism in the Western press about the lack of access by representatives of international humanitarian and human rights groups to South Ossetia, the Russian government relented and allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR and the Counc [...] | 2008-08-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2563 | MEDVEDEV LOSES OUT IN RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR [...] (C) Summary. Unlike Putin, whose leadership during the Chechen war strengthened his political power, Medvedev's performance to date has reinforced his status as junior member of the tandem. Two anecdotal reports suggest that Putin was displeased with the President's performance at the start of the [...] | 2008-08-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2564 | TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION [...] (C/NF) Text of Medvedev letter to Bush (Unofficial translation from the Russian) PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION August 26, 2008 No. 1765 Dear Mr. President, Dear George: In the spirit of the existing candid relations between us, I would like to inform you that the Russian [...] | 2008-08-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OPDC GG RS |
08MOSCOW2565 | TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION; AID AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convoking the DCM on August 26 to convey Medvedev's letter informing President Bush of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, DFM Karasin said Russia had tried for many years to find a peaceful solution to the conflict territories, and was deeply disappointed by t [...] | 2008-08-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS |
08MOSCOW2566 | TFGG01: OSSETIAN IRREGULAR MILITIAS PRIMARILY [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been numerous reports of violence against ethnic Georgians both in South Ossetia and around the town of Gori committed by "irregulars" -- unorganized militias who followed behind the Russian army into South Ossetia. A human rights activist who was in South Ossetia [...] | 2008-08-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2571 | RUSSIAN MILITARY PERFORMANCE IN GEORGIA CRITICIZED [...] (C) Summary. Several of Moscow's leading military analysts offered mixed assessments of Russia's military performance in Georgia. Although many praised the Russian Armed Forces' (RAF) quick response to Georgian aggression and its decision to strike targets inside Georgian territory, allowing [...] | 2008-08-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | RS MCAP PGOV MOPS |
08MOSCOW2578 | RUSSIA RETHINKS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russia attempted to beat NATO to the punch, preemptively announcing that it would suspend military cooperation with NATO and individual NATO members, but would continue supporting the Alliance's mission in Afghanistan for the time being. The announcement followed consultations b [...] | 2008-08-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO RS |
08MOSCOW2579 | PLAYING (WITH) CHICKEN: RUSSIA SIGNALS WTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting August 26, Russian Chief WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov told ECON M/C that Russia would be consulting with its WTO partners, including the United States and EU, to renegotiate or reopen certain agreements made as part of Russia's WTO accession that have had "negativ [...] | 2008-08-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW2580 | KOSOVO DEVELOPMENTS IN LIGHT OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting immediately prior to Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko justified the independence of the territories, arguing that the "genocide" of Ossetians exceeded the suffering of Kosovars in [...] | 2008-08-28 06:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SE RS |
08MOSCOW2582 | SAMODUROV DEPARTS SAKHAROV CENTER UNDER LEGAL, [...] (C) Summary: Sakharov Center Director Yuri Samodurov quit his position after facing mounting financial shortfalls, legal difficulties, and strategic differences with the Sakharov Foundation leadership. Arguing that his fate was in the hands of a Kremlin leadership heavily influenced by the R [...] | 2008-08-28 08:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW2583 | CAUCASUS EXPERTS PRESAGE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a roundtable discussion with the DCM August 21, Russian experts on the Caucasus foreshadowed some of the arguments that Russian government officials are now making in defense of the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. All supported Russian mil [...] | 2008-08-28 09:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG |
08MOSCOW2584 | DFM KARASIN: CONCERN OVER PAKISTAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) At the end of an August 27 meeting focused on Georgia (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told the Ambassador that Russia was very concerned about events in Pakistan. In the wake of Musharraf's resignation, and with the departure of Nawaz Sharif from the coalition, "chaos [...] | 2008-08-28 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNDP PGOV PTER RS PK |
08MOSCOW2586 | HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial but contentious discussion August 27, Ambassador Beyrle reviewed the Georgian-Russian conflict with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Ambassador Vladimir Lukin. Lukin, a liberal on the Russian political scene, said he had refused to label Georgian actions in South Osset [...] | 2008-08-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG |
08MOSCOW2590 | RUSSIANS REACT TO RECOGNITION: CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Public and elite opinion in Russia is split into two, unequal camps over the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The overwhelming majority of the population considers recognition unavoidable (87 percent),given the Georgian "aggression" and the [...] | 2008-08-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2596 | LATEST SALVO IN OLIGARCH FRIDMAN'S DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A $2.8 billion judgment against Norwegian telecom company Telenor in a Khantiy Mansiisk court is the latest salvo from oligarch Mikhail Fridman in his years-long battle with Telenor for control of VimpelCom, Russia's second biggest mobile phone provider. Given the dubious nature [...] | 2008-08-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2599 | CASUALTY FIGURES IN SOUTH OSSETIA VARY, STILL [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of active fighting in South Ossetia, numerous leaders and agencies from Russia, Georgia, the United States, international agencies, and the self-proclaimed South Ossetian government have reported varying death toll figures. While there is no consensus, publis [...] | 2008-08-29 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW26 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from January 11-12, 2008. 2. [...] | 2008-01-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN KS RS |
08MOSCOW2601 | MFA HANDS OVER PACKAGE DOCUMENTING GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin passed to the Ambassador a package of photos and a video documentary meant to document Georgian aggression in South Ossetia. The documentary argued that Georgians intended to kill the South Ossetian people and destroy the [...] | 2008-08-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08MOSCOW2602 | PRESSURING RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY: DIFFICULT CHOICES [...] (C) As Washington contemplates next steps toward Russia in the aftermath of the conflict with Georgia, including possible economic punishment, the Mission would like to share its perspective. First, the U.S.-Russia economic relationship has been growing fast in recent years and was showing g [...] | 2008-08-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2603 | FORMER PM KASYANOV DOWNBEAT ON COSTS OF WAR, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting, Ambassador and former PM Mikhail Kasyanov discussed the Russian-Georgian conflict, its economic consequences, and the future electoral prospects for liberal opposition parties. Kasyanov, who heads the liberal Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS) part [...] | 2008-08-29 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS BO UP |
08MOSCOW2615 | AFTER THE WAR WITH GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) That Russia is "back," at least economically, has been an insistent theme of the Kremlin the last few years. Russia's economic recovery from the depths of its financial crash in 1998 is indeed impressive. High growth, burgeoning international reserves, and rising living standards were the resul [...] | 2008-09-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EINV RS |
08MOSCOW2618 | RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...] | 2008-09-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF |
08MOSCOW262 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING ARF MEMBERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARF PTER RS |
08MOSCOW2628 | MURDER OF INGUSHETIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE YEVLOYEV [...] (C) Summary. The August 31 murder of www.ingusetia.ru website owner Magomed Yevloyev, while in the custody of Ingushetian officials, sparked wide criticism within Russia and beyond its borders. While Ingushetian authorities remained relatively tacit, Kremlin leaders, opposition parties, huma [...] | 2008-09-03 06:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2629 | RUSSIA CAMPAIGNS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister fanned out in an effort to gain support for the Russian decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Medvedev met with Armenian President Sargsyan in Sochi on September 2, while Putin went to Uzbe [...] | 2008-09-03 06:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AM GG TU UZ RS |
08MOSCOW2632 | XXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXX is seeking information about the companies' relations with shadowy and reportedly Kremlin-connected oil trader Gunvor. XXXXXXXXXXX he just wants to shed light on the fundamental need for transparency in Russia, where no one seems to care about "massive corruption." XXXXXXXXXXX End s [...] | 2008-09-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2633 | PUTIN GETS VERBAL AGREEMENT ON UZBEK GAS, PIPELINE [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy Pol Counselor Kaib Bergenov told us September 3rd that the widely reported gas pipeline and price agreement emerging from PM Putin's September 2nd trip to Tashkent was "just verbal" at this point but that technical specialists would now begin working on a formal document. He [...] | 2008-09-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW264 | RUSSIA COMPLAINS AFGHANS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO [...] (C) Russia is concerned by Afghanistan's failure to respond to its offer of military assistance, which the GOR believes is indicative of larger problems in the Karzai Government. MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuriy Khokhlov told us on January 30 that the GOR invited Afghan Defense Minister Warda [...] | 2008-02-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS AF RS |
08MOSCOW2649 | JORDANIAN KING'S VISIT FOCUSED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian King Abdullah's August 24 meeting with Medvedev focused on bilateral issues and was not intended to demonstrate Jordan's support for Russian actions in Georgia, according to both Russian and Jordanian diplomats. The agenda was heavy on economic issues, including ways t [...] | 2008-09-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR GG JO RS |
08MOSCOW265 | NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA'S NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a muted first reaction to Ukraine's intent to seek a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit (ref A),Foreign Minister Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as [...] | 2008-02-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS |
08MOSCOW2653 | RUSSIA OPEN TO ANY TRANSNISTRIA SOLUTION BOTH [...] (C) Summary: Russian Special Negotiator for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin said Moscow was both open to the format of renewed conflict resolution negotiations, as well as the outcome, as long as both sides could be brought to agree on the outcome. He mentioned that the timin [...] | 2008-09-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS |
08MOSCOW2655 | RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...] | 2008-09-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG |
08MOSCOW2656 | RUSSIA READY TO AUDIT U.S. BEEF AND PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is ready to participate in joint inspections of 31 U.S. pork facilities beginning September 29. In addition, VPSS stated its readiness to send a team of inspectors [...] | 2008-09-04 18:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW266 | New USAID Mission Director's January 24 Meeting with MFA's [...] (SBU) USAID's New Mission Director called on Alexander Konuzin, Director for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 24th to discuss the GOR's upcoming visit to the United States to learn about the USG approach to development assistance and identify areas [...] | 2008-02-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW267 | POLISH FM SIKORSKI PREPARES FOR TUSK VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish FM Sikorski visited Moscow January 21 in preparation for Prime Minister Tusk's February 8 consultations. No new ground was broken in discussions with FM Lavrov on missile defense; the GOR reiterated that it had no "veto" power over Poland's cooperation with the U.S., wit [...] | 2008-02-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PL RS |
08MOSCOW2670 | RUSSIA POCKETS EU COUNCIL STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials and observers pocketed the September 1 EU statement as a mild rebuke for Russian aggression in Georgia, with Putin and Medvedev praising Europe's "reasonable approach." While Sarkozy reportedly delivered tough messages to Medvedev on September 3, EU commission [...] | 2008-09-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XG GG RS |
08MOSCOW2671 | TNK-BP UPDATE: BP AND AAR SIGN MOU, BP INFLUENCE DILUTED, DUDLEY OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW268 | RUSSIA ON COUNCIL OF EUROPE REFORM [...] Summary. (C) The GOR told us Russia supported the January reforms to PACE's presidential election process, stressing that it did not perceive the resulting delay until 2010 of Federation Council Deputy Margelov's presidency as a slight against Russia, although recognizing that some member-st [...] | 2008-02-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL COE RS |
08MOSCOW2686 | MEDVEDEV'S MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN AND AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov shared with us his insights on Medvedev's August 28 meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Karzai on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, during which Kholkhov served as Medvedev's Persi [...] | 2008-09-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF IR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2687 | RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTINUE COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 5 that the GOR wanted to continue cooperating with the U.S. and NATO on achieving stability in Afghanistan, an issue that was too important to be sidetracked by tensions over Georgia. Kholkhov explained that there was a consensus wi [...] | 2008-09-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF GG RS |
08MOSCOW2688 | RUSSIA LOSING PATIENCE WITH TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is running out of patience with the amount of errors being discovered on veterinary documentation accompanying U.S. poultry and pork shipments to Russia. VPSS accu [...] | 2008-09-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2689 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK UKRAINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche on the U.S.'s human rights priorities at the UNGA Third Committee on September 5 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev, who told us that Russia would continue to oppose country specific human rights resolut [...] | 2008-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UN UK RS |
08MOSCOW2690 | U.S., RUSSIA DISCUSS DETAILS OF FUTURE JOINT DATA [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. interagency delegation, led by U.S. STRATCOM Senior Adviser for Policy, Doctrine, and International Affairs Bradley Martin, conducted talks on August 5 at the Russian Ministry of Defense to brief the Russians on U.S. site and building requirements for the future U.S.-Russia [...] | 2008-09-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR RS |
08MOSCOW2692 | UNHCR WORRIES TRADITIONAL CASELOAD WILL SUFFER DUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Refcoord, UNHCR Russia's new Deputy Country Representative worried that donors' focus on recent displacements in the Caucasus will undermine the refugee agency's efforts to provide life-sustaining support to its core caseload of urban refugees. He agreed [...] | 2008-09-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2696 | RABBI LAZAR SEES ANTI-SEMITISM DOWN DURING TENSE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar on September 4 to discuss anti-Semitism in Russia and the aftermath of the South Ossetian conflict, including perceptions of Russia's international intentions. Lazar said that potential for a worsening in relations existe [...] | 2008-09-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2697 | RUSSIAN CUSTOMS HOLDS UP TURKISH IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Turkish imports appear to be the latest target of Russian scrutiny following heightened trade tensions with the United States, EU, and Ukraine. Russian customs officials have imposed 100-percent inspections of every Turkish truck at the Russia [...] | 2008-09-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PREL TU RS |
08MOSCOW27 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ZOLOTARENKO [...] 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, Agat Moscow Research Institute, Zhukovsky, Russia. The company is li [...] | 2008-01-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW270 | RUSSIA'S KINDER, GENTLER FACE TO THE WORLD? [...] (C) During the opening session of the 2008 Russia Forum organized by Troika Dialog, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin called for "a shift in the GOR's foreign policy goals" to ensure a more stable, more attractive investment climate. His comments followed, but did not [...] | 2008-02-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2700 | MOSCOW TOLERANCE MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 2011 [...] (U) Summary. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia announced its plans for the opening of the world's largest museum of Jewish history and culture in Moscow in 2011. Financed by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and Israeli diamond broker Lev Levaev, the museum evolved from 2004 [...] | 2008-09-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2701 | NEW SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV AGREEMENT: QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: While achieving some key concessions from Russia on next steps in the Georgia conflict, the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement from September 8 still leaves open questions about the nature and size of Russian troops, role of EU observers, and the format of October security talks. After [...] | 2008-09-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2702 | ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...] | 2008-09-10 03:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2713 | AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY SAYS RUSSIAN OFFER TO BUY GAS [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Israfil Ahmadov, Economic Counselor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan, told us that the GOAZ is "considering" Gazprom's offer to buy Azeri gas at "European" prices. He said the GOAZ has not made a decision yet, but that it would have to respond to Russia's offer at so [...] | 2008-09-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2714 | RUSSIA REMAINS CONCERNED BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Following recent comments by Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prihodko and DFM Karasin to the Ambassador expressing concern over the security implications of political instability in Pakistan, we met with MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev on September 9, and stressed that M [...] | 2008-09-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK RS |
08MOSCOW2715 | NIGERIAN EMBASSY SAYS GAZPROM DEAL "JUST AN [...] (C) Gazprom announced on September 3 that it has signed an MOU with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to implement joint exploration, production, and transportation projects in Nigeria's hydrocarbons sector. According to Gazprom's statement the two sides will establish a joint ve [...] | 2008-09-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2716 | ATTACK OF THE ANTI-RAIDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Corporate raiding, the takeover of businesses by criminal means, is a plague on the Russian economy (REFTEL A) and combating it must be a central part of any anti-corruption program. Last week, the National Anti-Corruption Committee (NACC),an NGO which has been tasked by the go [...] | 2008-09-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW2719 | CSTO SUMMIT HAILED AS VICTORY FOR RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: In what many here perceive to be a diplomatic victory for Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) issued a statement at the end of its September 5 summit that blamed Georgia for recent events in South Ossetia. The organization also expressed its support for an [...] | 2008-09-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PNAT MARR MOPS GG RS |
08MOSCOW272 | MEETING WITH NEW OSCE MOLDOVA HEAD OF MISSION [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, recently appointed OSCE Head of Mission for Moldova Philip Remler reviewed the highlights of his round of meetings with the "5 2" partners on Transnistria status negotiations. In Moscow, Remler discussed possible ways forward with DFM Karasin, [...] | 2008-02-04 07:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2720 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE TRADE RELATIONS STRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what many observers see as a sign of Russia's increasingly belligerent trade policies, Russian First Deputy PM Shuvalov announced September 1 that Russia would consider imposing restrictive trade measures on Ukraine now that Ukraine had acceded to the WTO. The GOR is consider [...] | 2008-09-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON UP RS |
08MOSCOW2721 | MFA ON SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV PLAN; DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, MFA Director Kelin said the September 8 Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement clearly limited new deployments of OSCE and EU monitors to Georgia proper, with Lavrov dismissing the Sarkozy-Barosso letter as an "unscrupulous attempt" to do Saakashvili's bidding. Ru [...] | 2008-09-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2731 | INGUSH OPPOSITION STILL HOPES ZYAZIKOV'S DAYS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Colleagues of slain Ingush opposition leader Magomed Yevloyev, in Moscow to tell their version of Yevloyev's August 31 death (reftel),told us September 10 that Ingushetiya president Murat Zyazikov has lost all local support and the opposition movement will continue its efforts [...] | 2008-09-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2735 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...] | 2008-09-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS |
08MOSCOW2740 | CONSULTATION REQUESTED ON 2005 MEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter from Economic Development Minister Nabiullina to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab that the embassy received on September 11, the GOR proposes expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid [...] | 2008-09-12 05:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2751 | A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...] | 2008-09-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2752 | A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...] | 2008-09-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2754 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: Diagnost representatives told us they plan to purchase the reftel item to use as a demonstration model for prospective customers, including Zenit. Diagnost was established in 1991 and the five original owners still run the company. Diagnost operates as a broker of monitoring and [...] | 2008-09-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
08MOSCOW2759 | RUSSIA -- BRINGING SECHIN INTO FOCUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2761 | RUSSIA ON NEW MONITORS, RELATIONS WITH WEST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed DFM Karasin on September 12 to agree to the text authorizing the additional OSCE monitors with access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Karasin blamed Georgia for holding up the mandate, acknowledged eight OSCE monitors in the two zones were not many, and ind [...] | 2008-09-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2762 | RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP CONTINUES OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The Russian leadership September 10 and 11 continued to justify Russia's actions in South Ossetia, while saying that Russia was not seeking a new Cold War. Putin told Western experts that Russia had no intention of invading any other former Soviet republics, and strongly refuted South O [...] | 2008-09-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2769 | GOR AIMS TO CUT U.S. MEAT IMPORTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Russian Economic Development Minister Nabiullina sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab requesting expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid to join the WTO (REF A). [...] | 2008-09-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2774 | RUSSIA'S PROPOSED "COOPERATION" WITH OPEC [...] (C) Deputy Premier (and Rosneft chairman) Igor Sechin headed a Russian delegation to the OPEC meeting in Vienna on September 9 and reportedly talked openly, in a session attended by the press, about expanding Russian "cooperation" with OPEC. According to press and a GOR website that posted a [...] | 2008-09-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2777 | RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR REGULATOR STRIPPED OF INDEPENDENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials believe that Russia is no longer meeting some of its commitments in the IAEA Nuclear Safety Convention and the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. After Ru [...] | 2008-09-16 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL KTIA ENRG RS |
08MOSCOW2779 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. RESPONSE TO NONPAPER PASSED BY FM LAVROV DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW ETTC RU |
08MOSCOW2785 | RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...] | 2008-09-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS |
08MOSCOW2787 | PURSUING NORMALCY, LAVROV VISITS WARSAW [...] (C) Summary: Polish diplomats tell us it was a "miracle" that FM Lavrov visited Warsaw September 10-11, citing Poland's signing of the missile defense agreement and support for Georgia as justifications to cancel. The MFA reported that Lavrov never considered canceling the visit, and Russia [...] | 2008-09-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
08MOSCOW2789 | RUSSIA SENDS BOMBERS TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 MFA officials announced that two Russian Blackjack bombers had landed in Venezuela. While the MFA focused its remarks on the regularity of long-range aviation (LRA) flights, MOD officials were more upbeat, arguing that these bomber flights proved the Russian Air [...] | 2008-09-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP ENRG RS VE |
08MOSCOW2790 | IEEPA SANCTIONS: POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) At a meeting with Russian businessmen September 15, President Medvedev said any Western sanctions would be met with a "symmetrical" response. U.S. sanctions, even targeted IEEPA sanctions, are likely to be met with Russian counter-measures. There are indications, here at least, that the [...] | 2008-09-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2791 | RUSSIA LEANS TO THE RIGHT AFTER GEORGIAN CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's analytic community has embraced the idea that the Georgian conflict inaugurated a "new reality," not only for Russia's foreign policy, but also for Medvedev's domestic agenda. Our contacts, ranging from pro-Western to quasi-fascist, described a lurch towards a more author [...] | 2008-09-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW2795 | 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, Radel Ltd, 20 Novaya Basmannaya St., Moscow, Russia. The [...] | 2008-09-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW28 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KBP, TULA, [...] 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, KBP Instrument Design Bureau, Tula, Russia. The company is listed on [...] | 2008-01-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW280 | LIFE AS A RUSSIAN CONSCRIPT [...] (C) Summary: Aleksandr Igorevich Matushov, a 21-year old conscript soldier from Smolensk Oblast, related his experiences in the Russian army to us January 28. He ran away from his unit, the 252 Support Company, on January 24 to escape the much-publicized hazing that plagues the Russian milit [...] | 2008-02-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PHUM |
08MOSCOW2800 | KUDRIN: "RUSSIAN BUDGET FACES TOUGH THREE YEARS" [...] (C) Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced at hearings in the Duma and Federation Council on September 11 that "Russia faces a difficult three-year budget cycle." The 2009-2011 budget plan he presented assumes GDP surpassing $2 trillion in 2009, with real growth of 6.7 percent but with de [...] | 2008-09-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2802 | SECHIN AS ENERGY CZAR: MORE POWERFUL, MORE VULNERABLE [...] (C) In ref A, we examined questions about Deputy Prime Minister Sechin's career and reputation and discussed whether his current, more public duties, would bring him into better focus. In this cable, we look at those new duties and the possible effects Sechin may have on Russia's all-important ener [...] | 2008-09-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2804 | RUSSIA'S WORSENING FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Russia's stock markets closed at noon today, September 17, after a 5.5 percent fall in the benchmark RTS index in the preceding 15 minutes. This spectacular fall followed one of the worst days in the history of Russia's markets. On September 16, the RTS dropped 11.5 percent and its sister [...] | 2008-09-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2805 | RUSSIA SIGNS TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary. The treaties signed by Medvedev on September 17 with the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaders give signatories the right to build military infrastructure and bases on each other's territory; call for joint consultations in the event of an attack or threat of attack on any party; pro [...] | 2008-09-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW2808 | RUSSIA-CHINA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PAYING REAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government continues to claim publicly a diplomatic victory over what it declares as tacit Chinese support on Georgia despite Beijing's traditional emphasis on national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is the latest example of successful coordination betwe [...] | 2008-09-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD RS CH GG |
08MOSCOW281 | DFM SALTANOV ON UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON CHAD [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov (other issues covered septel),the Ambassador underscored the urgency of the situation in Chad and urged Russia to remove its objections to the draft UNSC Presidential Statement on Chad. The Ambassador reminded Saltanov that F [...] | 2008-02-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2813 | OPPOSITION PARTY CONSOLIDATION SPEEDS UP, LIBERALS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidation of political parties has accelerated with reports that the Agrarian Party will merge with United Russia and that the Party of Social Justice (PSS) and the ecological Zelenye ("Green") Party will merge with Just Russia. Agrarian and PSS leadership claimed ideological [...] | 2008-09-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2815 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS CLOSED, TRADING TO RESUME [...] (SBU) In an unprecedented development, Russia's leading stock markets remained closed September 18. Limited transactions to close out overnight lending were allowed on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) but the exchange was otherwise closed all day, as was the benchmark, dollar-d [...] | 2008-09-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2816 | GAZPROM OFFICIAL DESCRIBES THE COMPANY AS A SOCIALIST RENT-SEEKING MONOPOLIST [...] (C) Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov, told us September 12 that the company's top three priorities are to: fulfill domestic gas demand, fulfill "social obligations," and to maximize control over domestic and international oil and gas resources. Zolotov expressed confidence that [...] | 2008-09-19 07:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW282 | DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov expressed concern that interest in Russia's proposed post-Annapolis conference was waning. Russia hoped the Quartet members would follow through on their commitment to relay their proposals for the conference by the end of [...] | 2008-02-04 16:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
08MOSCOW2822 | GOR PROPOSES RECORD DEFENSE BUDGET AND CSTO'S [...] (C) Summary. Criticism of the Russian military's performance in the South Ossetian crisis factored into the GOR's decision to propose a record defense budget for 2009-2011 (reftel). After the conflict in South Ossetia, President Medvedev admitted that the Russian military was not yet an effe [...] | 2008-09-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS MCAP ECON EFIN MARR |
08MOSCOW2823 | MOD ON AID DELIVERIES INTO SECURITY ZONES IN [...] (U) On September 16, the Russian MOD delivered to Embassy Moscow's Defense Attache Office a response to U.S. Note 570, dated August 27, 2008, on the security zones in Georgia, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia that are controlled by Russian peacekeeping forces. The MOD reiterates that travel to the [...] | 2008-09-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV RS GG MARR PBTS |
08MOSCOW2824 | RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...] | 2008-09-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS |
08MOSCOW2825 | MFA DID NOT CLEAR VPSS REFUSAL TO REGISTER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told us on September 19 that they were unaware of the subject letter from Russia's veterinary service. The letter refused to add U.S. poultry, pork and beef facilities to the list of eligible exporters due to doubts about the continued validity of the U.S.-Russia b [...] | 2008-09-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2827 | MINAG RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Ministry of Agriculture expressed several specific concerns regarding the quality and safety of U.S. poultry via official letter received on September 16. The letter included a reminder that Russia will ban the use of chlorine in poultry production as of Jan 1, 2009 [...] | 2008-09-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2831 | EKHO'S VENEDIKTOV ON SHIFTING MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) On September 22, Ekho Moskvy Chief Editor Aleksey Venediktov elaborated on his brush with Putin (reftel),arguing that Prime Minister's August 29 attack on the radio station during a private gathering of editors and television producers in Sochi was a "demonstrative signal" that freedom [...] | 2008-09-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL RS GG |
08MOSCOW2835 | RUSSIA'S VIEW ON GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (S) On September 22, DCM and ESToff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. opposition to potential Iranian or Syrian membership on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov. Rozhkov said that this [...] | 2008-09-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | IAEA PARM MNUC AF SY IR KZ RS |
08MOSCOW2836 | UNION OF RIGHT FORCES: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of Right Forces (SPS) party leader Nikita Belykh painted a very pessimistic picture for the Ambassador September 22 of the chances of uniting democratic opposition parties and of electoral prospects for Kremlin opponents in the next 5-7 years. Belykh said that either the p [...] | 2008-09-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS GG |
08MOSCOW2837 | RABBIS SHAYEVICH AND GOLDSCHMIDT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with xxxxx during the week of September 15. xxxxx probed for potential U.S. sanctions against investors in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and flagged concern over Iran's nuclear program. Both xxxxx agreed that manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia had fal [...] | 2008-09-22 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2840 | SVERSTAL,S MORDASHOV OPTIMISTIC ON GEORGIA AND THE [...] (C) Sverstal's CEO Alexander Mordashov told the Ambassador September 18 that he was confident U.S.-Russia relations would improve; the relationship was too strategically important for tensions to persist and as tempers calmed, it might be possible to find a compromise in the South Caucasus. M [...] | 2008-09-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2841 | SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS "DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS" [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us September 16 that his government expects "difficult negotiations" with Gazprom over its planned purchase of 51% of Serbian oil and gas monopoly NIS and the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline over Serbian territory. Sekulic maintain [...] | 2008-09-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2843 | RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...] | 2008-09-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS |
08MOSCOW2844 | NESTERUSHKIN CONFIRMS IMMINENT 2 PLUS 1 TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: Russian Special Negotiator for the Transnistria Conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin confirmed that Moldovan President Voronin and Transnistrian leader Smirnov would meet the week of September 22 in 2 plus 1 talks, with Russia mediating, though a specific time and date had not yet been [...] | 2008-09-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS |
08MOSCOW2845 | PAPER ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM RS |
08MOSCOW285 | BARSHCHEVSKIY BULLISH ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) Mikhail Barshchevskiy, leader of the political party Civic Force that co-sponsored ruling party candidate Dmitriy Medvedev, described Russia's next president as shrewd, highly intelligent, and independent, and predicted he would master the presidency - allowing Putin to bow out. While Civ [...] | 2008-02-05 08:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2852 | RUSSIA CONFIDENT AT PACE [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA and Duma representatives are confident that a proposal to strip the Russian delegation of its voting rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will fail. However, the MFA has developed a back-up plan to respond "tactically" to developments. [...] | 2008-09-24 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV COE RS |
08MOSCOW2853 | MFA SAYS "FOREIGN ADVISORS" IN AFGHANISTAN SEEK TO [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 23 that the MFA did not believe it was official U.S. policy to tell the Afghan government not to send law enforcement officials to counter-narcotics training in Russia, but suspected U.S. military officials in Kabul had persuaded the [...] | 2008-09-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF RS |
08MOSCOW2855 | (C) CHEVRON CEO SAYS PUTIN "MISSED OPPORTUNITY" IN [...] (C) Chevron Chairman and CEO David O'Reilly told the Ambassador September 19 that Putin "missed an opportunity" to engage with and get input from the 10 international CEOs with whom he met in Sochi on September 18. He said he told Putin that rhetoric "from both sides" on derailing commercial a [...] | 2008-09-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2856 | GOR SILENCE ON KIM JONG IL'S HEALTH SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. Moscow has had little to say about the reported illness of North Korean leader Kim Jong IL. Russian experts believe this is due to the fact that Russia no longer has real influence over or interest in the DPRK beyond the six-party talks. North Korea watchers here are divided on [...] | 2008-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS CH KS KN |
08MOSCOW2857 | MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRIGORIEV ON THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director Semyon Grigoriev told us September 23 that any technical rollover of the UNOMIG mandate would need to be followed later by core revisions, by changing the name, splitting it into two units in Georgia proper and in Abkhazia, and renegotiating its mandate, inclu [...] | 2008-09-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2863 | 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, Kadah Electronics, Zelenograd 445, Moscow Region, Russia [...] | 2008-09-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2864 | UNION OF INDUSTRIES SHOKHIN PUSHES FOR INCREASED [...] (C) President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin told the Ambassador that it was important to expand U.S.-Russia business dialogues. On WTO, he said he and many of his counterparts in RSPP supported accession, but added that a one or two year "pa [...] | 2008-09-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2865 | KUDRIN ON RUSSIA'S RISING DEFENSE BUDGET AND [...] (C) During a September 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said defense spending in 2009 would increase only slightly. He acknowledged that there was pressure for greater increases because of the current tensions, but said Russia did not want and could not win a n [...] | 2008-09-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2868 | RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT: TEETERING, NOT FALLING [...] (C) Summary. On the heels of the Russian stock markets' precipitous free fall, the publication of August's industrial output figures, marginally lower than analysts had predicted, contributed to calls for government intervention, mainly in the form of increasing liquidity and tax breaks. A m [...] | 2008-09-26 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
08MOSCOW2869 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVO [...] 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, Novo Corporation, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The co [...] | 2008-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2870 | 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 Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...] | 2008-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2871 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MICROS [...] 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, Micros Engineering, Str 200 Letija Goroda Bldg 62-CNITI, Noginsk, Mo [...] | 2008-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW2878 | PROTECTIONISTS WINNING WAR OF WTO (NON-)ACCESSION? [...] (C) The Georgia conflict and increased international tensions have strengthened the hand of protectionist forces opposed to Russia's WTO accession. As the GOR slows down the accession process by unwinding previous commitments with the United States and the EU, and reviewing duties on Ukrainian [...] | 2008-09-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW288 | MEDVEDEV: MANAGING A FOREIGN POLICY NOVICE [...] (C) Summary: Given Dmitriy Medvedev's foreign policy inexperience and disastrous initiation in Russia's Ukrainian policy, we are likely to see a period of extended "regency," with Putin strongly influencing the shape and direction of the Medvedev administration. The awkwardness inherent in [...] | 2008-02-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2880 | CZECH DCM SAYS PRESS REPORTS OF DIRECT OIL SALES [...] (C) Czech DCM Hyneck Pejcha told us September 25 that recent press reports suggesting that Russia and the Czech Republic had agreed to eliminate middlemen in the oil trade are premature. He said his government has offered to negotiate a framework for direct oil sales (reftel),but that the Ru [...] | 2008-09-29 06:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2885 | NORD STREAM EXECS ADMIT PIPELINE DELAYED REF: BERLIN 1258 Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting, Nord Stream CFO Paul Corcoran and Moscow Representative Vitaly Yusufov told us the pipeline project is about a year behind schedule due to continued fine-tuning of the route. According to Corcoran and Yusufov, the company currently expects to file all required environ [...] | 2008-09-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2889 | MOSCOW SKINHEAD TRIALS PLACE RUSSIAN TOLERANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow City Court sentence of 13 skinheads, including 12 minors, on September 22 for the murder of two people in 2007 served as a manifestation of Russia's growing struggle with racism and extremism. While press outlets reported a 50 percent decrease in hate crimes committe [...] | 2008-09-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2893 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIAN AND VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC |
08MOSCOW2895 | DEPUTY FONMIN GRUSHKO ON NATO, OSCE MANDATE IN [...] (C) Deputy Fonmin Aleksandr Grushko (whose portfolio includes NATO, OSCE, EU, COE) told the Ambassador that despite tensions, cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan remained strategically important to Russia. Grushko criticized U.S. support for Saakashvili and a MAP for Georgia. He shed no new [...] | 2008-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE RU GA |
08MOSCOW290 | APPLICATION OF THE U.S. - RUSSIA CTR AND MPC&A DIPLOMATIC [...] On January 29, Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note and the suggested response note regarding the application of the U.S. - Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement and Materials Protection Control and Accounting (MPC&A) agreements to DOE's Second Line of Defense (SLD) [...] | 2008-02-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2900 | RUSSIAN MARKETS CLOSE BRIEFLY AFTER "BAILOUT" [...] (C) One minute after the trading day began on September 30, the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) suspended trading for two hours apparently in anticipation of a meltdown in reaction to the Congressional vote against the Paulson Plan. According to press reports, the FFMS "special orde [...] | 2008-09-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2901 | RUSSIAN POLICE RAID COLLECTING SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Moscow police raided the offices of the Russian Phonographic Association (RPA),a royalty collecting society for the music industry, including U.S. rights holders. The raid occurred just four days before the GOR's deadline for RPA to participate in the tender to [...] | 2008-09-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2902 | MEDEVEDEV'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, President Medvedev's Economic assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, told the Ambassador that Russia was also in the midst of a serious financial crisis and that the U.S. and Russia needed to work together to restore confidence to the world financial system. He defended [...] | 2008-10-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW2905 | MFA: UNSC RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATED UNITY ON IRAN [...] (C) MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Iran specialist Alexander Trofimov told us on September 30 that the passage of UNSCR 1835 demonstrated P5 1 unity on Iran and should dispel fears that tension over Georgia has diminished the ability of the U.S. and Russia to cooperate on [...] | 2008-10-01 11:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA IR RS |
08MOSCOW2907 | RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
08MOSCOW2910 | KEMEROVO'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION FINDS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: In Kemerovo Oblast, no party can muster a viable opposition to United Russia's (ER) stranglehold on local politics. Led by charismatic governor Aman Tuleyev, ER holds a supermajority in the regional parliament that likely will grow in the upcoming October 12 elections. Liberal p [...] | 2008-10-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW2913 | DEMARCHES ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL UNGA MNUC RS |
08MOSCOW2915 | MIXED REACTION TO 2008 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The release of the 2008 International Religious Freedom report sparked criticism from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; however, off-the-record, officials in the Russian Human Rights Ombudsman's office expressed approval, agreeing on the accuracy and validity of the majority [...] | 2008-10-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF RS |
08MOSCOW2916 | DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref B concerns in a meeting with DFM Karasin September 30, reported ref A. Separately, MFA Director for General European Cooperation Vladimir Voronkov told us October 1 that press reports that Russian forces were not allowing EU forces into the "security zone" were the [...] | 2008-10-01 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2917 | DOES RUSSIA WANT THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post understands that the Department is considering the future direction of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC),in consultation with ISTC international partners. Key local contacts over the past month have indicated that although powerful forces would like to [...] | 2008-10-02 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP TBIO TSPL MNUC EAID TRGY PGOV OSCI |
08MOSCOW2919 | GOR AGREES TO EXTENSION OF U.S. RUSSIA 1988 AGREEMENT ON [...] Post received on September 19th, 2008, Government of Russia (GOR) Diplomatic Note in reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of March 28, 2008 (REFTEL). Embassy courtesy translation follows: No. 4244 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the [...] | 2008-10-02 05:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV KTIA RS |
08MOSCOW2935 | RUSSIA WORKING THE EU TO INFLUENCE THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, MFA European Cooperation Director Voronkov sketched a Russian strategy to improve relations with the U.S. by working through Europe. Russia's "pragmatic cooperation" with German Chancellor Merkel, Spanish PM Zapatero, Italian PM Berlusconi, and the French leadershi [...] | 2008-10-03 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN COE RS |
08MOSCOW2938 | ALEKSEYEVA DECRIES EVENTS IN INGUSHETIYA, SLAMS [...] (C) Summary: Moscow Helsinki Group Chairperson Lyudmila Alekseyeva described to Ambassador on September 30 her conclusions from a recent fact-finding trip to Ingushetiya. She said that special forces there -- possibly on orders from Moscow -- routinely take people from the street and torture d [...] | 2008-10-03 06:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2940 | NABIULLINA: DE-POLITICIZE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) In a 1 October meeting with the Ambassador, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said WTO accession was still a GOR priority and urged that the process move forward in a &depoliticized8 manner. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. still supported accession as a strategic goal [...] | 2008-10-03 07:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR EINV ETRD WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2941 | TNK-BP COO: WE DID THE BEST WE COULD; FUTURE OF [...] (C) TNK-BP COO Tim Summers (protect) told the Ambassador October 1 that BP and AAR are moving forward with the deal on the future of the company (ref A) and should come to agreement on details by the end of December. He called the negotiations "one-sided" but better than continued "open warfa [...] | 2008-10-03 08:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2943 | RUSSIA HAS NO INFORMATION ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on October 2 to MFA Africa Counselor Andrei Stolyarov, who said that the GOR did not have any information regarding a report that either a Russian company or individuals had contracted with a Zimbabwean company to produce Zimbabwean bank notes. This did not m [...] | 2008-10-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EFIN PGOV RS ZI |
08MOSCOW2944 | RUSSIA INCREASES COOPERATION WITH CHAVEZ? [...] (C) Summary: Two months since President Hugo Chavez's last visit to Russia, and two weeks after Tu-160 bombers flew to Venezuela, Chavez and a delegation of Venezuelan officials were warmly received by President Medvedev in Orenburg on September 26. They observed military exercises and contin [...] | 2008-10-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG ETRD EINV MASS RS VE |
08MOSCOW2946 | RUSSIA DELISTS 2 MORE U.S. POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it had delisted 2 U.S. poultry facilities after tests results ostensibly revealed the presence of Salmonella. Original scanned copy and courtesy translation were sent [...] | 2008-10-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW295 | RUSSIA EMPHASIZES STABILITY IN GOTX RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and think tankers argue that Russia is comfortable with its relationship with the Berdimuhamedov regime, with the GOR emphasis on Turkmen stability over rapid democratic reform. Russia is pushing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) membership on an indi [...] | 2008-02-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENR EPET PGOV PREL PTER |
08MOSCOW2951 | COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...] | 2008-10-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS |
08MOSCOW2959 | RUSSIAN OLIGARCH ON U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS, PUTIN'S [...] (C) In an October 1 meeting, Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin, whose Interros-holding company controls much of Norilsk Nickel, told the Ambassador that the existence of shared strategic interests was not enough to help U.S.-Russian relations recover. What was needed was a constructive change [...] | 2008-10-06 11:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS EINV |
08MOSCOW296 | ELECTION COMMISSION MAKES COMPROMISE OFFER TO ODIHR [...] (C) Summary: At a February 5 lunch meeting Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Churov told Ambassador he had suggested to ODIHR in talks February 3 - 4 that it send five logisticians to Moscow February 5, twenty longer-term observers February 7, and 55 observers February 20 to observe [...] | 2008-02-05 16:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2961 | WMD COMMISSION'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission),chaired by former Senator Bob Graham, met with Russian Special Envoy on Counterterrorism Anatoliy Safonov September 25. The Commissioners focused their questions on bioterrorism and the security [...] | 2008-10-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL OVIP PINS PARM RS |
08MOSCOW2964 | SECRETARY'S LETTER TO LAVROV ON KUZNETSOV TRANSFER [...] (C) On Qober 2 we delivered the Secretary's letter to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov concerning the conditions for the return of Russian diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov to Russia to serve out his sentence for money laundering. 2. (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Aleksandr Zakharov had [...] | 2008-10-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2969 | RUSSIA-VIETNAM: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NO [...] (C) Summary. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem's September 13-16 visit to Moscow resulted in a public Vietnamese endorsement of Russia's role in strengthening peace and cooperation in the Caucasus, but no recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The visit also included an a [...] | 2008-10-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD RS VM |
08MOSCOW2970 | PUTIN'S PENSION REFORMS: BUSINESS BURDEN OR [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's recent announcement that social security taxes paid by businesses will increase eight percent over the next two years has alarmed segments of the business community, particularly the cash-starved small and medium sized enterprises. On the other hand, market analysts [...] | 2008-10-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI RU |
08MOSCOW2971 | U.S. PROPOSAL FOR 10TH MEETING OF THE BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM START US RS |
08MOSCOW2972 | GOR HOLDS ON TO TROOP WITHDRAWAL DESPITE RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has termed the October 3 bombing in Tskhinvali, which killed eight Russian troops, a terrorist act. Variously calling the blast an attempt to provoke new military action, destabilize South Ossetia, or prevent Russia from fulfilling its Sarkozy-Medvedev obligations, GOR [...] | 2008-10-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2975 | GOR STILL SEEKS SOLUTION TO MD CONUNDRUM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Russian officials have stepped up their verbal assaults on U.S. missile defense (MD) systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, with Medvedev reiterating the need for Russia to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. As if to underscore this point, [...] | 2008-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC RS |
08MOSCOW2977 | MEDVEDEV ANNOUNCES CREATION OF AIR-SPACE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. As part of his five-point plan for modernizing the Russian military, President Medvedev announced September 28 that Russia would create an air-space defense system to bolster its nuclear deterrence by 2020. Its creation could transform the chain of command for Russia's strategic a [...] | 2008-10-08 03:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW2978 | RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS' DOWNWARD SPIRAL STEEPENS [...] (SBU) Russia's main stock indices posted their largest one-day losses at the end of the trading day on October 6. The benchmark Russian Trading System (RTS) Index plunged 19.1 percent, and the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) Index fell 18.7 percent. Russian stock prices fell amid [...] | 2008-10-08 03:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW2979 | RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO EXPLAIN RECENT VETERINARY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Chief Russian WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov told us that he views the October 1 letter from the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) as a request for consultations on the effectiveness of the implementation of the November 2006 U.S.-Rus [...] | 2008-10-08 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW2989 | VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...] | 2008-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS |
08MOSCOW2990 | DETAILS ON SWEDISH REPRESENTATION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: While the Russian MFA must still officially concur, it appears certain that Sweden will represent Georgian interests in Moscow. Per Russian request, the Georgian interest section will contain both Georgian diplomatic and consular officers, instead of only consular officers, as [...] | 2008-10-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW2991 | RUSSIAN MFA SOUTH OSSETIA ENVOY ON KOKOITY, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, MFA Envoy for South Ossetia Popov reiterated that Russia would meet its October 10 withdrawal deadline. Predicting difficulty in establishing the framework for the October 15 Geneva meeting, Popov described Russia's South Ossetian clients as "elated" b [...] | 2008-10-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM RS GG |
08MOSCOW2992 | RUSSIA'S NEW PLAN FOR RESERVES FAILS TO HALT [...] (SBU) Russia's Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) ordered a one-and-a-half day closure of Russia's exchanges early in the October 8 trading day after they resumed their steep declines, with the benchmark RTS Index dropping more than 11 percent and the MICEX Index more than 14 percent. A [...] | 2008-10-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3009 | ZAPATERO MEETS MEDVEDEV [...] (C) In his October 1 visit to Konstantinovsky Palace outside of St. Petersburg, Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero met Medvedev for the first time in what Spanish diplomats here report was a session short on substance. While no agreements were signed and the talks covering economic, cultural, [...] | 2008-10-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP RS |
08MOSCOW3010 | ICELAND EMBASSY: RUSSIAN LOAN "STRICTLY [...] (C) Iceland's Moscow Deputy Chief of Mission, Magnus Hannesson, told us that the proposed loan from Russia is a strictly financial transaction. He insisted Iceland's economic fundamentals are sound but said the country needs assistance providing liquidity to its banking sector. Iceland's mon [...] | 2008-10-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL RS IC |
08MOSCOW3011 | S-300 DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RUSSIA PROMISES TO [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A demarche on the possible transfer to Iran of an S-300 anti-missile system and Igla-S MANPADs to MFA Director for North America Igor Neverov on October 9. Neverov said the MFA would disseminate the information and convey the USG's concern through the appropriate chan [...] | 2008-10-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS IR RS |
08MOSCOW302 | GOR SPECIAL ENVOY'S OUTLOOK ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 meeting, MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko laid out the GOR's view of splits in the Serbian government, emphasizing that Russia believed the EUDP mission was illegal without UNSC approval, but that it did not object to Serbia's closer [...] | 2008-02-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU KV SR RS |
08MOSCOW3020 | RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS BECOME STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...] | 2008-10-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08MOSCOW3025 | CORRECT COPY: RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...] | 2008-10-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08MOSCOW3026 | OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...] | 2008-10-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS |
08MOSCOW303 | CEC MULLS RESPONSE TO ODIHR'S CONDITIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) February 6 continued to mull over the latest proposal from ODIHR Director Strohal to monitor the March 2 presidential elections. The Ambassador told DFMs Yakimenko and Grushko February 6 that the USG supported ODIHR's desire to have its miss [...] | 2008-02-06 16:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3031 | ZABAIKALSKY KRAI FACES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Officials in the Trans-Baikal territory (Zabaikalsky Krai),a new federal subject of Russia created on March 1, 2008 as a result of a merger of the Chita region and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area, prepared for the krai's first elections on October 12. Ahead of the elections, Green [...] | 2008-10-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3032 | LIBERAL OPPOSITION TO REGROUP AS "SOLIDARITY" AT [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, democratic opposition and human rights groups will hold a conference to unite into a movement tentatively called "Solidarity." Participants will include a who's who of opposition leaders, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Nikita Belykh, and Lev Ponamarev. [...] | 2008-10-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW3035 | SPS POST-MORTEM: PLAYERS, MOTIVES, AND DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Since the Union of Right Forces (SPS) announced October 3 that it would dissolve and merge with the Democratic Party and Civil Force, details have emerged about the party's re-invention as a loyalist opposition party. SPS Acting President Leonid Gozman and other SPS activists de [...] | 2008-10-14 05:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW3042 | WINNERS AND LOSERS IN POST-CONFLICT RUSSIA'S ELITE [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian war and recent financial crisis have highlighted intensified competition within the Russian elite and demonstrated the continued volatility among the Kremlin clans. Many here saw the Georgian conflict weakening the "internationalists" -- those who promote economic int [...] | 2008-10-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3051 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...] | 2008-10-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS |
08MOSCOW3054 | UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: October 12 regional elections produced predictably large victories for United Russia in Chechnya, Kemerovo Oblast, Zabaikalskiy Krai and Irkutsk Region (see Ref A for Sakhalin election details). Kemerovo and Chechnya each delivered United Russia tallies over 80 percent; Just Rus [...] | 2008-10-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW3055 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...] | 2008-10-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3059 | HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...] | 2008-10-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR |
08MOSCOW3060 | PIRATED DISKS STILL WIDELY AVAILABLE IN MOSCOW MARKETS [...] (SBU) A recent visit by econoffs to two of Moscow's electronics markets revealed that despite recent progress, Russia still has a long way to go to reduce the availability of pirated compact disks, DVDs and software to Russian consumers. Vendors at the working-class Savelovskiy market openly s [...] | 2008-10-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3062 | ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: INVESTMENT BROWNOUT? [...] (C) A mere three months after RAO UES completed its privatization program, efforts to bring Russia's electricity sector into the post-Soviet period are being crippled by a lack of investment financing, sagging industrial demand, and a new "energy" team that includes state-centrists, such as D [...] | 2008-10-16 09:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG RS |
08MOSCOW3064 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...] | 2008-10-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS |
08MOSCOW3068 | Novosibirsk - Stability Above All Else [...] (SBU) Political stability is the watchword in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, even more so as financial crisis threatens the rapid economic growth that had been the justification for a narrowing of the political landscape. Officials from the city and regional administration emphasized the "c [...] | 2008-10-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3070 | BURYATIAN ELITE RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary. The Republic of Buryatia, located between Siberia and the Russian Far East, stewards of 60 percent of Lake Baikal's shoreline and the center of Siberian Tibetan Buddhism, remains largely overlooked by Moscow. Run by reputedly corrupt United Russia officials, the Buryatian capit [...] | 2008-10-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3075 | SIGNING OF HOTLINE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT DIPNOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3076 | USAID Team Examines Situation on the Ground in North [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KDEM RS GG |
08MOSCOW3078 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS [...] (S) In the absence of MFA North America Director Igor Neverov, we conveyed ref A demarche to MFA North America Deputy Director Oleg Burmistrov on October 17. Burmistrov offered little substantive comment, except to acknowledge our previous demarches on the issue stretching back to November 2 [...] | 2008-10-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3080 | FALL DRAFT EXPECTED TO BE SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Because Russia now drafts young men to serve in the military for one year, rather than two years or 18 months, the Russian military must replace all of its conscript soldiers in 2008. Official sources and experts agree that the Russian military will meet its goal of conscripting [...] | 2008-10-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3086 | SEXISM, LOW PAY, AND REAL ESTATE: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Like Russia itself, the MFA is still attempting to come to terms with the vast societal changes that came with the end of the Soviet era. The Russian diplomatic corps of 4,500 is younger and includes more women than previously, but sexism remains very much in the open. The hig [...] | 2008-10-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3088 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STILL NEEDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the North Caucasus, poloff spent three days in Chechnya and two in Ingushetiya monitoring humanitarian assistance programs funded by the Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Beneficiaries of the programs, internally-displace [...] | 2008-10-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3089 | INSURGENTS IN INGUSHETIYA TARGET FEDERAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The internet-based Caucasian Knot has confirmed only three deaths from an attack on a convoy of federal troops in Ingushetiya, not the 50 claimed by the jihadist Kavkaz Center website and the opposition Ingushetiya.org website. While initial reports of major casualties appear [...] | 2008-10-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCRM PREF KS |
08MOSCOW3092 | NEXT STEPS IN MILITARY'S MODERNIZATION: PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary. The MOD plans to reduce the size of the General Staff and MOD Central Apparatus by two-thirds by 2012, a measure that military analysts have championed for years, but political leaders were reluctant to take until the war in Georgia gave them the political capital they could use [...] | 2008-10-21 03:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3097 | MTCR PAPER DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS RS |
08MOSCOW3098 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN FIRM SELLING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM MRCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS PK CH |
08MOSCOW31 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Reftel requested a pre-license end-use check to confirm the bona fides of Okhotnik I Rybolov, the foreign end-user and the foreign consignee listed on application 05-050075752. The commodities in question are 32 HS Precision Pro 2000 Bolt Action Rifles, Caliber .300-146 valued at USD 73,6 [...] | 2008-01-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW3106 | RUSSIA INCREASES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's intensified interest in Latin America stems largely from economic opportunity, while serving to reinforce its multi-polar concept of foreign policy. Following the Georgian conflict, Russia has increased its activity in the region in order to highlight its ability to ex [...] | 2008-10-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS |
08MOSCOW3108 | INITIAL SSL CASES REVEAL LITTLE; SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary. Almost six months after enacting the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL),the GOR has permitted the first two foreign investments under the legislation. Both of the deals had been pre-approved by Prime Minister Putin earlier this year and are thought to have been chosen to go first in o [...] | 2008-10-22 06:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV RS |
08MOSCOW3109 | RUSSIA ON CFE POST-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to press for the resumption of meetings between Russia and the U.S. on the way ahead on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). While acknowledging that the conflict in Georgia has changed the dynamic for such discussions, the MFA has nothing new to offe [...] | 2008-10-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO RS |
08MOSCOW3110 | EXXONMOBIL: CAUTIOUS ON SAKHALIN 1 FUTURE, [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Neil Duffin (protect),President of ExxonMobil Development Company, told the Ambassador that he did not believe the Sakhalin 1 consortium would be able to sell gas to China (ref D) and expressed concern about GOR interference with the consortiu [...] | 2008-10-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3113 | RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...] | 2008-10-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG IS RS |
08MOSCOW3114 | RUSSIA'S "AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE" TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. While noting concerns over the collapse of the October 15 talks, the newly-named Russian "Ambassador" to Abkhazia sees the fact the meeting took place at all as positive and a step towards fulfilling point six of the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan. The GOR is concerned that the security [...] | 2008-10-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW3118 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kumertau Aircraft Production Enterprise representatives told us their company is ultimately controlled by RosOboronExport (ROE). TechPromService representatives told us, however, that the company is a private enterprise not affiliated with ROE. We were unable to conduct site v [...] | 2008-10-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
08MOSCOW3123 | BOSNIA: FOR RUSSIA, SOLUTION LIES WITH THE EU [...] (C) Summary: Dismissing Bosnian PM Dodik's nationalist rhetoric as election-related, the MFA continues to underline to Republic of Srbska (RS) authorities that it will suffer if it violates either the Dayton Accords or the constitution, and that Kosovo was not a precedent for the RS to follow [...] | 2008-10-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
08MOSCOW3125 | RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES HIT BY FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Gazprom announced on October 22 that it may have trouble refinancing some of its debts and obtaining needed new loans. The announcement was the latest in a recent string of news indicating Russia's oil and gas sector may be seriously affected by deteriorating conditions in financial marke [...] | 2008-10-23 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3127 | HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...] | 2008-10-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW3130 | RUSSIAN DFM BORODAVKIN ON NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin provided a readout of North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's October 15 meeting with FM Lavrov and expressed concern that the North Korean interpretation of the October 3 verif [...] | 2008-10-24 03:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM RS KN AF |
08MOSCOW3135 | JCIC-DIP-08-007 DELIVERED: SATISFYING START TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KACT PARM JCIC |
08MOSCOW3137 | HUMANITARIANS WARY AS VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NORTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unknown attackers blew up a local official's car in front of a downtown hotel in the relative safe haven of Vladikavkaz. Expatriate humanitarians living and working in North Ossetia and its neighboring republics acknowledge a generally deteriorating regional security situation [...] | 2008-10-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3148 | LUKIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE END OF HIS TENURE AS RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Federation Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told visiting HFAC Chairman Berman that his term as Ombudsman for the Russian Federation has been a "difficult job of compromises." Lukin said that during his almost five years as Ombudsman, it has been most important for him not to [...] | 2008-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRM KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW315 | RUSSIANS PETITION PUTIN TO RE-OPEN BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, a group of Russian graduates of British universities sent a letter to Putin asking that he allow the British Council offices to reopen. The letter asked that cultural and exchange programs not be held hostage to the current chilly relations between Russia and Br [...] | 2008-02-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3151 | RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE JOLTED BY FINANCIAL [...] (SUB) SUMMARY. Russia's agriculture sector has begun to feel the impacts of the global economic crisis. With some 40 percent of investments in Russian agriculture financed by loans, many observers believe that as many as 20 percent of Russian agricultural enterprises may go bankrupt by June [...] | 2008-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3153 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM RYABKOV: POST-START, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador October 24 the GOR had begun studying the post-START Treaty text delivered that morning. But the need to translate the text and the fact that Russia had not received the missile defense (MD) documents meant November 6 wo [...] | 2008-10-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR IR RS |
08MOSCOW3157 | 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, LIMACO Inc., Boldina St., 94, Tula, Russia. The company [...] | 2008-10-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW316 | JEFFERY-DENISOV MEETING YIELDS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) In a January 31 meeting, Under Secretary Jeffery and Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov agreed to establish a regular USG-GOR economic dialogue under their chairmanship. Both sides agreed that the dialogue should remain relatively informal, include the private sector and not supplant on-goin [...] | 2008-02-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW3175 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE USES TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that correction letters from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will not be considered. Since the beginning of 2008, VPSS has ignored dozens of correction [...] | 2008-10-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3177 | JAPANESE VIEW OF RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS FROM [...] (C) Summary. According to the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russia and Japan currently enjoy a "calm and good" relationship marked by expanding economic ties. The Russian desire to develop its Siberian and Far East regions, as well as infrastructural needs for Vladivostok's ho [...] | 2008-10-29 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD RS JA |
08MOSCOW3179 | GOR STILL FEELING ITS WAY ON TAXING FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has sent a letter to Premier Vladimir Putin identifying the criteria and procedures for including foreign non-commercial organizations on a list of grantors whose grants are exempt from income taxation for Russian recipients. The proposal was hardly a [...] | 2008-10-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PINR USAID RS |
08MOSCOW3181 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE GOES RENEGADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it will no longer accept certifications from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) that U.S. importers meet Russia's sanitary norms and are authorized to [...] | 2008-10-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3184 | COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS FOCUSED ON INSTABILITY IN [...] (C) Summary. With increasing violence directed against law enforcement in Russia's North Caucasus regions (ref. A),the GOR's intelligence agencies are focusing their counterterrorism efforts on domestic radical movements, although they still have some concerns about international terrorist m [...] | 2008-10-30 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER KCRM SNAR RS |
08MOSCOW319 | RUSSIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE BALKANS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting (other subjects reftel),MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told us that High Representative and EU Special Representative Lajcak's January 31 visit to Moscow had "opened the door" to a compromise on closing the Office of the High Represe [...] | 2008-02-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU RS |
08MOSCOW3199 | RUSSIA INTERIM RESPONSE: UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNESCO RS |
08MOSCOW3201 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...] | 2008-10-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW3202 | MOSCOW SPS OPPOSES, REGIONS SUPPORT, SURKOV PLAN [...] Summary: Opposition within the Union of Right Forces (SPS) to the party's impending dissolution is almost non-existent outside of Moscow. Moscow SPS leader Vladlen Maksimov and SPS Federal Political Council member Maria Gaydar have publicly opposed the dissolution and have urged regional bra [...] | 2008-10-31 03:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW3203 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that as of October 28, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-7927) was delisted after routine tests revealed the presence of Salmonella. The letter requests that the USDA Foo [...] | 2008-10-31 13:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3209 | INGUSHETIYA: WIDESPREAD APPROVAL OF ZYAZIKOV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been widespread approval of the October 30 resignation of Murat Zyazikov as president of the northern Caucasus Republic of Ingushetiya. Representatives of one of the major opposition groups there said that they would work with the new president, former paratrooper an [...] | 2008-10-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3210 | WATCHING NORTH KOREA FROM VLADIVOSTOK [...] (C) Summary. North Korea experts in Vladivostok see small signs of economic reforms in North Korea but believe Pyongyang needs more confidence in its regime survival before being willing to take further steps to alleviate the poverty situation in the country. The experts hold varying views [...] | 2008-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08MOSCOW3211 | DIP NOTE PASSED: U.S-PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW3212 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE: JURISDICTION OVER ANTARCTIC TOURIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS RS |
08MOSCOW3213 | WORLD VISION INCREASING ITS INGUSHETIYA SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of a series of incidents (reftels) indicative of a worsening safety picture in Ingushetiya, World Vision Russian Federation is working to improve its staff's security. Unlike some other PRM implementing partners, the agency does not intend to move its North Caucasus [...] | 2008-10-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3214 | BAKHMINA CASE TAKES STRANGE TURN [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Russian daily Vedemosti reported that pregnant jailed Khodorkovsky lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina had withdrawn her request for release and was transferred to a hospital on October 24. According to the article, this was done without the knowledge of her lawyers, who hav [...] | 2008-10-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3215 | RUSSIA ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL MNUC TRGY IR RS |
08MOSCOW3219 | DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, LIBYA, [...] (C) Summary. During an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov provided a positive assessment of the Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks and indicated GOR hopes for concrete progress at the November 9 meeting between the factions in Cairo. Calling [...] | 2008-11-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS IS LY SO |
08MOSCOW322 | ODIHR/PACE WILL NOT OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and ODIHR failed to bridge the five-day difference over the timing of the arrival of an observer mission for the March 2 presidential elections, with the CEC failing to respond to ODIHR's last counteroffer. PACE, which did observe the December Duma elections, also announ [...] | 2008-02-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3220 | STRONG CRITICISM FOR U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials have denounced the U.S. decision to renew sanctions against Rosoboronexport (ROE) and its subsidiaries under the terms of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (reftel). Arguing that ROE's activity with Iran was fully compliant with international [...] | 2008-11-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3222 | FIRST DEPUTY PM SHUVALOV ON G-20 SUMMIT, CRISIS [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov outlined Russia's general positions on the G-20 Summit: coordination of currency policy; opposition in principle to protectionism; and improving the quality of existing government regulatory mechanisms with [...] | 2008-11-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3228 | RUSSIAN RAILWAYS PRESIDENT YAKUNIN: ANALYZING THE [...] (C) During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Railways (RZD) President Vladimir Yakunin held forth on a range of topics, with particular enthusiasm for elaborate economic theories and his assertion that the world had yet to understand the full extent of the financial crisis. Th [...] | 2008-11-03 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS EINV |
08MOSCOW3230 | SOME RUSSIANS GROW UNEASY AS GOR DOLES OUT RESERVES [...] (C) Oligarchs, bankers, and industrialists are vying to receive Kremlin handouts, while ordinary Russians appear to be disengaged concerning the fate of Russia's dwindling "rainy day" reserve funds. The GOR has been injecting billions of dollars into the economy to prevent a collapse as it s [...] | 2008-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
08MOSCOW3236 | 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, Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. [...] | 2008-11-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3237 | 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, Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. [...] | 2008-11-05 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3241 | POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 "WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD" [...] NOMINATION In accordance with a call for nominations for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage, post nominates Veronika Marchenko, head of the "Mother's Right" Foundation, for her exceptional dedication to exposing human rights abuses in the armed forces. [...] | 2008-11-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO RS |
08MOSCOW3242 | KASPAROV SAYS SOLIDARITY AIMS TO DISMANTLE, NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, former world chess champion and United Civil Front (OGF) chairman Garry Kasparov predicted that economic and political pressures will hasten government transformation and the end of the Putin regime before 2012. Kasparov h [...] | 2008-11-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3243 | MEDVEDEV'S STATE OF RUSSIA SPEECH - FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. Medvedev's first address to the legislature on November 5 combined hard-hitting Putinesque criticism of the U.S. role in Georgia and European missile defense, with a raft of domestic reforms, including electoral changes to "strengthen Russian democracy" and a renewed call for a [...] | 2008-11-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3244 | RUSSIA PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security and Disarmament Affairs Second Secretary Alexander Bolichiov on November 5. Bolichiov was clear that the GOR continues to support the revised U.S. criteria-based proposal for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) c [...] | 2008-11-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA RS |
08MOSCOW325 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Ambassador Burns met with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to discuss a range of human rights issues, including the continued detention of former Yukos VP Vasiliy Aleksanyan, new reports of the use of psychological hospitalization of outspoken political activis [...] | 2008-02-08 08:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3252 | RUSSIA-IRAN RELATIONS DRIVEN BY REGIONAL POLITICAL [...] (Summary): MFA Iran desk chief Maksim Ganzey provided us with an overview of Russian relations with Iran that he argued went beyond the nuclear issue and were based largely upon the GOR's need to work effectively with a country that had considerable ability to impact political and economic is [...] | 2008-11-06 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR IR RS |
08MOSCOW3254 | GOR LIMITS NATIONALIST RALLIES ON RUSSIAN DAY OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Approximately 2,000 nationalist activists gathered in different parts of Moscow for the "Russian March," a rally organized by established nationalist groups, on Russia's Day of People's Unity. The holiday, held since 2005 on November 4 as a replacement for events remembering [...] | 2008-11-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3265 | RUSSIA'S LIBERALS SCORN MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Political liberal opposition leaders have rejected President Medvedev's proposed changes to political party laws as attacks against democracy and evidence of further consolidation of power in Russia. The head of the only independent election monitoring organization painted a bl [...] | 2008-11-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3269 | RUSSIA RESPONSE: NO KNOWLEDGE OF RIO-PLUS-20 CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV RS |
08MOSCOW327 | U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH RUSSIA'S CENTRAL [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and the Ambassador, Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Chairman Sergey Ignatiyev provided a generally optimistic outl [...] | 2008-02-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3271 | RUSSIA LOSES NO MATTER HOW THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Russia will lose no matter how the Iranian nuclear controversy is resolved, according to analysts who argue that Russia faces either the prospect of a nuclear Iran causing instability in the Middle East, or a negotiated settlement that will lead Iran to "drop" Russia in favor of [...] | 2008-11-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MNUC IR RS |
08MOSCOW328 | U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elizabeth Dibble, and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kudrin said that the end of Russia's WTO ac [...] | 2008-02-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3287 | SUBJECT: GOOD NEWS AND BAD FROM RUSSIAN ELITE [...] (C) Summary: A study of the Russian elite, conducted by Mikhail Afanasev of the Niccolo-M consulting firm, found that a majority "second tier" leaders and managers supported a system based upon rule of law and a level playing field for economic competition. Except for respondents from the sec [...] | 2008-11-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS PINR |
08MOSCOW3289 | DFM KARASIN AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and EUR DAS and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matt Bryza discussed Georgia, with Karasin striking a more constructive tone but insisting that access for international monitors to Abkhazia and South Ossetia had to be ne [...] | 2008-11-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS AZ |
08MOSCOW329 | FM LAVROV PRESSES FOR 2+2 DATES [...] (C) At the request of FM Lavrov, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak contacted the Ambassador on February 8 to urge the U.S. to confirm the timing for the second round of the 2 2 ministerial dialogue. Noting the outstanding GOR proposal to meet in Washington on March 13, Kislyak said that [...] | 2008-02-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW3290 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Russian Deputy Security Council Secretary Yuri Zubakov insinuated that Georgia started the August conflict with U.S. acquiescence, arms, and funds. He dismissed Bryza's avowal that Georgia was not prepared for war in Aug [...] | 2008-11-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW3297 | (C) TNK-BP END GAME? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3303 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3308 | NERPA DISASTER WILL CHANGE LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 8, 20 people died and 21 were injured on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa when the fire extinguishing system activated, releasing Freon gas. The submarine, which was undergoing tests in the Sea of Japan before being leased to India, was not damaged, [...] | 2008-11-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MCAP RS |
08MOSCOW3309 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: GENEVA PROCESS, PEREVI; [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, MFA fourth CIS directorate chief Andrey Kelin described the procedural difficulties EU Special Representative Morel faced in lining up the November 18 Geneva process talks. Russia's primary goal for the talks was to launch security discussions focused [...] | 2008-11-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW3311 | RUSSIA PUTS OFF PROHIBITIVE DUTY ON TIMBER EXPORTS [...] (SBU) In a major trade concession to the EU, PM Putin announced on November 12 that Russia would delay for 9-12 months the implementation of a prohibitive duty on uncut timber and round wood exports, which was scheduled to take effect as of January 1, 2009. Putin's announcement eliminates, at [...] | 2008-11-17 03:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ENRG ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3314 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 06:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC RS |
08MOSCOW3315 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 06:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
08MOSCOW3321 | THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO GAZPROM'S PIPELINES MAY [...] (C) The GOR's calls for expanded third-party access (TPA) to Gazprom's pipelines reflect the influence of multiple factors, including a desire on the part of Putin and others to boost domestic gas production by independent producers and oil companies. Most analysts believe Gazprom will resist [...] | 2008-11-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3322 | NEW CALLS FOR RUBLE TO BECOME A "RESERVE CURRENCY" [...] (C) President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin have both recently repeated suggestions that the Russian ruble should become a "regional reserve currency" and that to achieve this Russian oil exports should be denominated in rubles. We discussed these proposals with a variety of local analysts [...] | 2008-11-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3323 | RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...] | 2008-11-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF |
08MOSCOW3329 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO - STC AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OOO - STC and ELIM-TLT (OOO - STC),St Petersburg, Russia. The compa [...] | 2008-11-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3330 | RUSSIANS SPLIT ON FUTURE OF RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. The November 4 U.S. presidential elections elicited great media coverage and expert commentary in Russia, but opinions about the incoming Obama administration have been decidedly mixed. While many government leaders welcomed a change in U.S. leadership, others expected the st [...] | 2008-11-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3333 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov told U/S Burns and the Ambassador November 12 in Moscow that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations. He dismissed the contention that Medvedev's state of the union address had been a deliberate slap at President-elect O [...] | 2008-11-18 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3336 | RUSSIA ON PIC AND EULEX [...] (C) Putting down markers on the upcoming Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting in Brussels, Russia's Special Representative on BiH and Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko told us that Russia will seek a "balanced" statement, but would not insist on a timeline for transition. He called the current [...] | 2008-11-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BH KV RU |
08MOSCOW3343 | MEDVEDEV’S ADDRESS AND TANDEM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's address to the Federal Assembly last week provided a prism for viewing the power relationship in the Medvedev-Putin tandem, refracting opinion amongst our contacts into three, very divergent, camps. The first group views Medvedev as ascendant, slowly accruing power as he pla [...] | 2008-11-19 06:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3344 | TAFT GRANT RECIPIENT MARKS PROJECT COMPLETION [...] (U) Summary: The Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy (MPC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony November 17 to celebrate successful renovations on its new Parish Center, a social services office and refuge for mainly African refugees and vulnerable migrants in Russia's capital. Approximately 35 attendees, [...] | 2008-11-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KIRF EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3346 | EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY TREATY: MFA GIVES LIMITED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN RU |
08MOSCOW3347 | GOR MONITORING OF BANKS, ANTI-CRISIS FUNDS [...] (C) During a November 11 meeting with leaders of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI),President Medvedev outlined a plan for Central Bank (CBR) officials to ensure that banks receiving anti-crisis funds turn those resources into loans for domestic firms. At the meeting, RCCI [...] | 2008-11-19 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3350 | YET ANOTHER LIST- RUSSIA TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3352 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV: [...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...] | 2008-11-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM |
08MOSCOW3355 | NEW KREMLIN-BACKED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY EMERGES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, a new Kremlin-supported "liberal" opposition party - Right Cause - emerged from the ashes of 1990s-era liberal standard-bearer Union of Right Forces (SPS),which along with two other vanity political parties (Democratic Party and Civil Force) voted to dissolve on [...] | 2008-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW3356 | LEAD WTO NEGOTIATOR DISCUSSES VETERINARY LETTERS [...] (SBU) In a November 18 meeting with Agricultural Affairs M-C and EconOffs, Russian Chief WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov stated that the November 2006 U.S.-Russia side letter on meat and poultry inspections and certifications was still in force. However, he said Russian and U.S. veterinary an [...] | 2008-11-20 03:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW336 | BP RUSSIA LAWYER DISCUSSES "IMMENSE CHANGES" IN [...] (C) BP Russia's chief lawyer, Michael Drew (protect),said that when TNK-BP was formed in 2003 there were profound differences in the business philosophies of senior Russian management at the former TNK and those of BP. When BP bought 50% of TNK, it found a company with no health, safety, or [...] | 2008-02-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3360 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...] | 2008-11-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3362 | RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OVERCOMES BARRIERS, [...] (C) Summary. Uncertain economic and political circumstances are having an impact on the role that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) plays and steps it must take to ensure its activities continue. In addition to domestic challenges facing the ROC, the financial crisis has compelled Patriarch [...] | 2008-11-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3363 | PANFILOVA STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT MEDVEDEV WILL [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Transparency International's Executive Director Elena Panfilova said President Medvedev was taking concrete steps to follow through on his anti-corruption initiatives, motivated in part by a desire to distinguish his administration from the pr [...] | 2008-11-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SOCI PGOV KCOR RS |
08MOSCOW3364 | RUSSIA INCHES AWAY FROM ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the Georgia conflict, Russian and Armenian officials assert there has been no change in Russian-Armenian relations, and see no detrimental impact of possible improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. Experts however argue that Russia is able to use the [...] | 2008-11-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM AZ RS |
08MOSCOW3365 | MOSCOW'S CHIEF MUFTI STRESSES TOLERANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Kremlin-friendly Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gaynutdin told the Ambassador on November 13 that Russia's Muslims practice a tolerant form of Islam and are receiving increasing support from the GOR. This is most evident, according to Gaynutdin, in the huge [...] | 2008-11-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3366 | TANDEM FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CRISIS AT UNITED RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Both President Medvedev and Premier Putin honed in on economic issues as the main challenge facing Russia today, with Putin outlining a number of measures to bolster economic performance and mitigate the impact of the deepening crisis. Instead of the political intrigue that had do [...] | 2008-11-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3367 | GOR EFFORTS TO AID RETAIL SECTOR RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (C) As Russia,s financial crisis gathered steam in recent weeks and began to spill over into the real economy, the GOR identified food retailers as a critical sector that the state should support. Industry insiders attributed the inclusion of the sector to a desire to support Russian agricultu [...] | 2008-11-21 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR RS |
08MOSCOW3368 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...] | 2008-11-21 07:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3371 | RUSSIA'S DUMA PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, the Russian State Duma passed constitutional amendments proposed by President Medvedev increasing the term of Russia's next president from four to six years, and the terms of State Duma members from four to five years. The proposed amendments must now go to th [...] | 2008-11-21 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3372 | MFA ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF IR PK RS |
08MOSCOW3376 | PUTIN TAKES ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's speech to the United Russia Congress on November 20 was arguably the GOR's most forthcoming public statement to date about the effects of the financial crisis in Russia. Although he reiterated that the cause of the current financial turmoil was the U.S. mortgage ma [...] | 2008-11-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3379 | MFA ON RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ROLES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, MFA officials expressed to DAS Krol Russian concern that the U.S. presence in Central Asia, combined with efforts to expand NATO, gave the appearance that Russia was "surrounded" and called for the U.S. to be transparent in its actions. The GOR understood, howeve [...] | 2008-11-24 06:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV SMIG SNAR AF RS ZK |
08MOSCOW3380 | (C) OIL TRADERS: PIPELINE EXPORTS TO EUROPE STILL \ [...] (C) The oil trading business in Russia has long been \ opaque, benefiting politically connected firms such as the \ secretive oil trading firm Gunvor. Contacts tell us, \ however, that the business has lately become more transparent \ because seaborne trade is now largely conducted via \ commercia [...] | 2008-11-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3386 | GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN/POLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has rejected allegations of Russian involvement in the November 23 shooting at the Georgian-Polish presidential motorcade. In reaction to the incident that garnered little attention in the Russian media, the MFA, MOD and security services unanimously called the incide [...] | 2008-11-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS GG PL |
08MOSCOW339 | LOWER PROFILE FOR KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Recent Kremlin steps to rein in the United Russia-affiliated youth movement Nashi suggest that GOR neuralgia about a possible Orange Revolution has faded. With the Kremlin now confident that operation successor has been successfully launched and will encounter no opposition, Nas [...] | 2008-02-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3390 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 19, we shared reftel non-paper regarding the USG objectives for the UN-organized Doha conference on Financing for Development with Viktor Zagregov, Head of the UN Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, and Grigoriy Ustinov, a second secretary in Zagregov' [...] | 2008-11-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID UNGA RS |
08MOSCOW3391 | RUSSIA WATCHES U.S. WITH A "WARY EYE" IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Russian analysts recently told SCA DAS Krol that while Moscow looked with suspicion upon U.S. activity in Central Asia, it was more concerned about the challenge presented by China, but was not sure how to counter a rival that had more resources at its disposal for winnin [...] | 2008-11-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI AF RS ZK |
08MOSCOW3393 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY |
08MOSCOW3394 | BP VP TELLS AMBASSADOR COMPANY IS IN RUSSIA FOR LONG-TERM, GETTING OUT OF CPC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3395 | ANNUAL GAS ROW WITH UKRAINE HEATS UP [...] (C) Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov, told us November 24 that, despite press reports, there is "no serious discrepancy" between Russia and Ukraine on the amount of the outstanding gas debt, which he claimed is approaching $3 billion. He said negotiations to resolve debt r [...] | 2008-11-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL UP RS |
08MOSCOW3396 | RUSSIA RESISTING YUSHCHENKO'S BAIT, MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: Russian political circles see Ukrainian president Yushchenko attempting to bait Russia in order to improve his domestic popularity and gain support from the West. However, mindful of the strong economic ties between the countries, Russia has so far limited itself to sniping bac [...] | 2008-11-25 03:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UP RS |
08MOSCOW340 | Russian Companies: Emerging Global Players [...] (SBU) Russian companies are increasingly going "global" -- expanding rapidly overseas through acquisitions and investments. Russian companies, flush with cash, are joining their Indian and Chinese counterparts as a new breed of multinationals. Oil and gas companies are the most active but met [...] | 2008-02-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW341 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3410 | GENERAL BUZHINSKIY WARNS DAS BRYZA ABOUT REARMING [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial but firm meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza November 1, Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy articulated what are clearly GOR-wide talking points on Georgia, contending that "someone in the USG outside the State Department" had giv [...] | 2008-11-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG RS |
08MOSCOW3411 | ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS |
08MOSCOW3419 | DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...] | 2008-11-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ |
08MOSCOW3423 | PROPOSED GOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD [...] (SBU) We shared reftel talking points regarding the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF) with GOR officials in the MFA's International Organizations Department and in the International Relations Departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and Social Dev [...] | 2008-11-26 12:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO RS |
08MOSCOW3424 | MFA PREVIEWS RUSSIAN GOALS FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) At the December 4 OSCE ministerial in Helsinki, Russia will formally launch Medvedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST),push its reform agenda, and seek "balance" in any Ministerial Declaration. The MFA tells us that they see the OSCE as a dated body that does not take into accou [...] | 2008-11-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM OSCE RS |
08MOSCOW3426 | DAGESTAN: ATTENTION FOCUSED ON CONTINUED VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial has begun to focus more attention on the simmering violence that permeates Dagestan, one of Russia's most unstable regions. At a November 24 press conference, Memorial head Oleg Orlov said the situation in Dagestan is as bad a [...] | 2008-11-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3429 | RUSSIA'S VIEWS ON THE IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN AND [...] (C) On November 25, ESToff delivered reftel points on the IAEA reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Syria ------ 2. (C) Bolichiov was dismissive regarding the points on [...] | 2008-11-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY RS |
08MOSCOW3431 | RUSSIAN MFA QUESTIONED ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On November 25, ESToff requested clarification regarding the status of the four high-level radioactive sources located in Sukhumi from Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Bolichiov stated that he could not provide a definitive [...] | 2008-11-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS |
08MOSCOW3436 | GOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) The MFA told us that Russia accomplished its objectives at the November 14 EU-Russia Summit in Nice: the normalization of EU-Russia relations after the events of Georgia, and a public endorsement of Medvedev's proposed Euroatlantic security proposal. Russia and the EU will resume negoti [...] | 2008-11-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU RS |
08MOSCOW3437 | CYPRIOT PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During a November 19-20 visit to Moscow, Cypriot President Christofias met President Medvedev but a scheduled meeting with PM Putin was canceled. Russia accomplished two objectives in the eight agreements signed during the visit: an agreement to request information on financial transacti [...] | 2008-11-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN CY RS |
08MOSCOW345 | RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN BILATERAL RELATIONS UNDER MORE [...] (C) Summary. Russia and Estonia's already strained relationship took hits as Estonian contributions to the Schengen "blacklist" went into effect, closely followed by the beginning of trials in Tallinn from last May's Bronze Soldier incident. The MFA blamed new Schengen visa ineligibilites f [...] | 2008-02-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EN RS |
08MOSCOW346 | RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...] | 2008-02-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF |
08MOSCOW3464 | PUBLIC CHAMBER TAKES UP PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the recent attack on independent journalist Mikhail Beketov, the Public Chamber held a hearing on November 25 at which Lawyers Association head Pavel Astakhov proposed a legal amendment to the criminal code increasing the punishment for endangering the life of a jou [...] | 2008-12-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW3465 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE [...] 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, Federal Security Service (FSB),Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...] | 2008-12-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3471 | RUSSIA: AWAITING INTERAGENCY RESPONSE ON ARF [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post reached out to Russian MFA's Department of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Regional Affairs regarding Russian participation in the May 4-8, 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise in the Philippines. According to Counselor Dmitriy Lukiyantsev [...] | 2008-12-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RS |
08MOSCOW3472 | ANNUAL START SLCM DELCARATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM BO KACT KZ RS UP US START JCIC |
08MOSCOW3473 | MINAG DELISTS 7 U.S. PORK FACILITIES. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that it had delisted 7 out of the first 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. The results of the remaining 20 pork facilities are still p [...] | 2008-12-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3475 | POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...] | 2008-12-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW3476 | KEEPING A WARY EYE ON THE STREETS: THE CRISIS [...] (C) Government statements and measures to contain the effects of the economic crisis are beginning to reflect official concern that a prolonged economic downturn could lead to social unrest as was the case in 1998. Senior analysts at two of Russia's leading research institutes claim that a sh [...] | 2008-12-03 06:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW348 | REACTION TO ODIHR/OSCE-PA DECISION ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) As expected, the reaction to the decisions by ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE not to observe the March 2 presidential elections has been loud and swift. Political analysts and members of the Duma from both United Russia and the Communist Party decried the decision not to sen [...] | 2008-02-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3488 | RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ RS |
08MOSCOW3489 | KITSMARISHVILI GETS AIRTIME IN RUSSIA, BRIEFLY [...] (C) Summary: While Russian government officials initially seized on the apparent sensationalism of former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili's November 25 testimony about Georgian responsibility for starting the war in August and his claims of U.S. support for Georgia's use o [...] | 2008-12-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW349 | (C) SAKHALIN ENERGY SEEKS QUIET WITHDRAWAL OF EXIM [...] (C) Shell has informed us that it and the other Sakhalin-2 partners (Gazprom, Mitsu and Mitsubishi) are reconsidering their need for export credit guarantees from a consortium of three export credit agencies: U.S. EXIM, the UK's ECGD, and Japan's JBIC. On February 5, the partnership, Sakhalin [...] | 2008-02-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3492 | SENATOR CORKER'S MEETING WITH DFM GRUSHKO: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko told visiting U.S. Senator Bob Corker the U.S. and Russia should build off the Sochi Declaration to move the relationship forward. The U.S. was trying to impose its security interests on Russia with its missile defense proposal. Grush [...] | 2008-12-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP GG RS |
08MOSCOW3497 | PUTIN CALLS FOR RUSSIAN INVESTOR CLASS [...] (C) In a December 1 cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Putin voiced frustration over the country's reliance on foreign markets to fund domestic growth. He blamed foreign investors for driving down the market value of Russian firms. While Russia would not place restrictions on foreign capital, P [...] | 2008-12-04 10:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3498 | SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS SOUTH STREAM "GUARANTEE" [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us December 1 that Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller will be in Belgrade on December 5 to attempt to conclude an agreement on Gazprom's purchase of 51% of Serbia's national oil company, NIS (reftels). According to Sekulic, however, the Serbian governme [...] | 2008-12-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3507 | CHATTERING CLASS ON WHY PUTIN CAN'T FAIL [...] (C) Summary: Putin remains the linchpin of the Russian political system, with rumors over his return to the Kremlin or departure from the White House serving to keep all options open and everyone off balance. Despite disagreements over whether and why Putin might contemplate a "spring scena [...] | 2008-12-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3508 | RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...] | 2008-12-05 06:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3519 | (C) OLIGARCH VEKSELBERG TELLS AMBASSADOR RUSSIAN [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Viktor Vekselberg, billionaire Chairman of Renova Group and major partner in TNK-BP, said the worst is yet to come for the Russian economy. He suggested needed economic reforms, including for the oil sector, would have to wait as the government [...] | 2008-12-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3522 | DEATH OF PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Aleksey II, 79, died December 5 of heart failure. A temporary leader of the Church will be named on December 6, and a funeral is expected as early as December 7, but perhaps December 8 or 9. As a result, President Medvedev canceled a pla [...] | 2008-12-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL RS |
08MOSCOW3525 | RUSSIAN VET SERVICE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Chief Veterinary Officer Nikolay Vlasov has requested, via official letter, consultations with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in Moscow before December 20, 2008 to discuss Russian concerns with the quality and safety of U.S. meat and poultry shipments [...] | 2008-12-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3526 | MEDVEDEV BOLSTERS RUSSIA?S LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA and experts saw President Medvedev?s November 22-28 trip to Latin America as pragmatic, and focused on trade and economic issues, not driven by ideology or efforts to compete with the U.S. or China. In a meeting with the Ambassador December 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ser [...] | 2008-12-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM |
08MOSCOW3527 | MFA PREVIEWS POST-START ISSUES FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (C) Vladimir Yermakov, head of the START Treaty section in the MFA Office of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),told us December 3 that the GOR was looking forward to a "frank discussion" of all the issues related to a post-START Treaty agreement at the December 15 meeting between the de [...] | 2008-12-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KACT START RS |
08MOSCOW353 | DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin strongly cautioned against the Ukrainian government's push for NATO membership, underlining that a decision by the Alliance would be met with counter measures that would test our strategic relationship. Karasin urged the [...] | 2008-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG UP MD AM BO RS |
08MOSCOW354 | GAZPROM SAYS UKRAINE CUTOFF THREAT JUST A "WARNING [...] (C) Gazprom's international affairs director Ivan Zolotov told us February 8th that press accounts of Gazprom's threat to cutoff gas to Ukraine on February 11th were correct. However, he added that his "personal opinion" was that this was just a "warning shot" to Ukraine in the run up to upcom [...] | 2008-02-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3544 | MEDVEDEV'S JUDICIAL PROPOSALS: WORDS OR ACTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: At the seventh All-Russian Congress of Judges, from December 2-5 in Moscow, Medvedev proposed a series of measures to restore public trust in the legal system. His stated goal was to improve transparency and judicial professionalism and impartiality, which, he said, would have th [...] | 2008-12-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW3546 | SCENARIOS FOR RUSSIAN POLITICS IN ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. An INDEM survey of top analysts suggests that the economic crisis has shifted elite opinion on Russia's course over the coming year, with a growing expectation that the Medvedev-Putin tandem will either muddle through or accelerate existing trends toward a "Pinochet" model - a d [...] | 2008-12-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI EFIN |
08MOSCOW3547 | RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...] | 2008-12-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO |
08MOSCOW355 | GAZPROM SAYS UKRAINE CUTOFF THREAT JUST A "WARNING [...] (C) Gazprom's international affairs director Ivan Zolotov told us February 8th that press accounts of Gazprom's threat to cutoff gas to Ukraine on February 11th were correct. However, he added that his "personal opinion" was that this was just a "warning shot" to Ukraine in the run up to upcom [...] | 2008-02-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3552 | SCA DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Summary: In a 13 November lunch with visiting SCA DAS George Krol, Gazprom head of foreign relations Ivan Zolotov said that Gazprom seeks "market-based" relationships with its suppliers and customers, including in Central Asia; that he expected more continuity than change in the U.S.-Russi [...] | 2008-12-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3555 | INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Russia's MFA has not yet issued a formal statement on the results of the OSCE ministerial, but the Russian press focused on President Medvedev's proposal for a new European security treaty and hailed the ministerial as an endorsement of it. Commentators were more restrained on the concept [...] | 2008-12-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM OSCE RS |
08MOSCOW3556 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLYLAL TECHNICS, [...] 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, FLYLAL Technics, Vilnius, Lithuania. The company is listed [...] | 2008-12-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3557 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UAB ARNIKA, [...] 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, UAB Arnika, Gardino g. 55, LT-66191, Drushkininkai (Vilnius [...] | 2008-12-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3558 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLYLAL TECHNICS, [...] 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, FLYLAL Technics, Vilnius, Lithuania. The company is listed [...] | 2008-12-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3559 | MINAG DELISTS 7 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 5, 2008, that it had delisted an additional 7 out of 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. These results immediately follow [...] | 2008-12-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3563 | G20 DEMARCHE: RUSSIA IS CONSIDERING "SOME" [...] (SBU) In response to subject demarche Andrey Kushnirenko, Deputy Director of the Economic Development Ministry's Trade Negotiations Department, told us December 4 that Russia will make decisions related to duty increases based on "all relevant factors." He acknowledged that Russia had committe [...] | 2008-12-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3564 | SPOT REPORT: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 9, numerous religious leaders, government officials, and Orthodox faithful gathered at Christ the Savior cathedral in central Moscow for the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksey II who died on December 5. Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, [...] | 2008-12-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3572 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARVEKA UAB, [...] 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, Arveka UAB, L. Stuokos Guceviciaus 9-6, Vilnius, Lithuania. [...] | 2008-12-10 08:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3573 | UNITED TO FLY DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON TO MOSCOW BY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Oracio Marquez, United Airlines' Manager for International Regulatory Affairs, confirmed to Embassy Moscow's FAA Attache that United would start direct, non-stop flights as of March 29, 2009 between Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Moscow's Domodedovo International A [...] | 2008-12-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3574 | RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES EAGER TO PROMOTE TRAVEL TO THE [...] (U) Summary: RussiaQs recent economic growth has brought about a dramatic rise in Russian tourist travel to foreign destinations. While traditional beach resorts in Turkey and Egypt still attract the bulk of Russian travelers, Russians are traveling to more varied destinations, including to the [...] | 2008-12-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PGOV ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW3575 | SMOLENSK: HOPE IN GOD AND PUTIN, APATHY IN ALL ELSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with government, political, business, religious and NGO officials in Smolensk revealed the divisions between official messages of calm and stability and the nervousness and discontent among citizens. Senior United Russia officials, speaking in their capacity [...] | 2008-12-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW3576 | RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Both President Medvedev and Deputy PM Sechin have visited Cuba within the last six months, but the visits produced no major political or economic agreements. Despite these efforts to strengthen [...] | 2008-12-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU RS |
08MOSCOW3581 | UNION STATE AND JOINT AIR DEFENSE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) The Kremlin and Russian White House have provided no details on why the Union State has postponed, for the second time, the State Supreme Council meeting scheduled for December 1. Both sides reported that there is an ongoing dispute over the council's agenda, which will now require a mee [...] | 2008-12-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BO RS |
08MOSCOW3582 | THE GOR'S ECONOMIC CHOICES: RESERVES AND THE RUBLE [...] (C) As Russia's economic downturn deepens, it is forcing the GOR to make difficult economic choices. One of the first of these choices is what to do about the deteriorating ruble, which has lost roughly 20 percent of its value to the dollar since August. Initially, the GOR strongly defended t [...] | 2008-12-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3584 | MFA Discusses the Kiril Islands with Codel Rohrabacher [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) met with Russian MFA's Director of Asia-Pacific Regions Mikhail Galuzin on December 6 to discuss the Kiril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan. The Congressman presented to Galuzin his proposed solution to the dispute, whil [...] | 2008-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS JA |
08MOSCOW3585 | CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIA'S SECOND-LARGEST BANK SAYS U.S. [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with the Ambassador, VTB Chairman Andrey Kostin said next year would be very difficult for Russia's economy and that the U.S. economy's recovery would be the key to an economic turnaround in Russia. Kostin praised the GOR's response to the financial crisis to date [...] | 2008-12-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3586 | DEUTSCHE BANK CHIEF ECONOMIST ON CRISIS IN RUSSIA, [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting with EEB Special Representative Frank Mermoud, Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Yaroslav Lissovolik said that investors, foreign and Russian, were concerned about increased GOR control over the economy. He said the GOR's intervention in support of the ruble was a mis [...] | 2008-12-12 07:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3588 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM FGUP QTSENKIQ, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM FGUP QTSENKIQ, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...] | 2008-12-12 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW359 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Mikhail Andreyev, Director General of Okhotnik and Rybolov, confirmed the delivery of rifles imported under license 05-1009959. Subsequently, we verified the bona fides of Okhotnik and Rybolov and recommend it as a reliable end-user of United States Munitions List (USML) items. [...] | 2008-02-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW3590 | RUSSIA DENIES CYBER-ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA issued a strong denunciation on December 4 of press reports accusing Russia of attacks on the DoD's classified computer network and of denial of service attacks on Georgia and Estonia. The GoR has not yet responded to December 10 press accusations and statements [...] | 2008-12-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT TINT MOPS PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3591 | CPC EXPANSION AT HAND? [...] (SBU) Andrew McGrahan, Chevron Russia's Vice President in charge of CPC, told us December 10 that an MOU on CPC expansion will be signed on December 17. McGrahan said BP, which is attempting to divest itself of shares in CPC, may not sign the MOU but is likely to allow the expansion plans to [...] | 2008-12-12 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3592 | DFM RYABKOV ON RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov explained that while the GOR looked upon the advent of a new U.S. administration as an opportunity to improve bilateral ties, Moscow did not necessarily expect a sea [...] | 2008-12-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3595 | Scenesetter [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3597 | SENIOR ANALYST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF IGNORING [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Carnegie Center Director Dmitri Trenin provided an overview of Russia-U.S. relations for visiting Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, explaining that Moscow was troubled by U.S. indifference toward Russian security concerns, and that Washington failed to [...] | 2008-12-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3599 | RUSSIAN COAL: PRODUCERS WAITING FOR SIGNS OF DEMAND [...] (C) Summary. Russian coking coal producers on 27 November appealed to the government for assistance as they grapple with unpaid bills owed to them by Russia's struggling steelmakers. Although coal producers' most immediate priority is to remain solvent in the face of their customers' non-paym [...] | 2008-12-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW36 | A WINDOW ON CORRUPTION: THE CASE OF VETERINARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November arrest and indictment of Moscow Oblast's chief veterinary officer briefly opened a window on the scope of corruption in Russia's legendarily crooked federal veterinary service. Accused along with three colleagues of extortion, the now ex-CVO's case is scarcely one of [...] | 2008-01-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR KCRM PGOV PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3603 | INFO ON LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information on the recent amendments to the Lacey Act and the phased-in implementation of new U.S. import requirements for plant and wood products, with Russian officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economic Development, and Natural Resources and Ecology, and in [...] | 2008-12-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV TBIO RS |
08MOSCOW3604 | RUSSIA ON PREVENTING IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) On December 12, ESToff delivered the reftel non-paper urging Russia to support efforts to prevent the implementation of a Syria-requested Technical Cooperation (TC) Project to conduct a feasibility study and site selection for a nuclear power plant in Syria to First Secretary Olga Kuzne [...] | 2008-12-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY RS |
08MOSCOW3605 | SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On December 12, ESToff requested an update on the four radioactive sources located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia from First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. While she was aware of the issue and its history, she said that [...] | 2008-12-12 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNP ENRG IAEA PARM PREL GG RS |