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07MASERU81	INITIAL POST ELECTIONS VIEWS [...] (C) In reviewing the outcome to date, Ambassador has met with counterparts in the diplomatic corps, heads of observer missions, and primary opposition leader Thabane to further analyze the implications of Lesotho's February 17 elections. The major observer groups and the Independent Electoral [...]	2007-02-20 14:48:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LT

07MASERU86	POST ELECTION UPDATES [...] (C) While the 2007 national elections in Lesotho are over, the questions that remain post election are still lingering throughout the country and particularly in the capital city of Maseru. The overwhelming victory between Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) (61 national assembly seats -- al [...]	2007-02-22 15:38:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR LT
07MEXICO1068	ANTI-DRUG OPS EXTENDED TO EIGHT STATES [...] (C) In the first three months of his presidency, President Calderon has initiated "surge operations" involving the mass deployment of federal police and troops in anti-drug operations in a total of 8 of Mexico's 32 states. When measured strictly by the quantity of drugs seized and the number [...]	2007-03-02 13:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO1180	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 6 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related SIPDIS Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez appreciated learning the U.S. views regarding the IAEA's report on Iranian compliance with UNSCR 1737 and [...]	2007-03-07 23:45:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR MX IAEA
07MEXICO1209	DEMARCHE TO MEXICO ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Benavides, Director of International Policy on Political and Civil Rights, and Mariana Salazar, Director of International Policy on Cultural, Social, Economic and Minority Rights, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. 2. (C) Con [...]	2007-03-08 23:51:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR MX
07MEXICO1256	SENIOR MEXICAN ENERGY OFFICIAL SEES CRISIS COMING [...] (C) The Mexican Undersecretary for Energy Planning, Jordy Herrera, told a Department of Energy (DOE)-led USG delegation that Mexico's oil production could decline from 3 MBD to 2.5 MBD before stabilizing within two years. We were told President Calderon is planning a March 18 public address [...]	2007-03-12 21:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO1581	ZOCALO RALLY SHOWS AMLO'S CONTINUED STRENGTH -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Until the March 25 closing rally in Mexico City's central square or "Zocalo," many political analysts and observers, including many PRDistas, were writing off Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) 2nd National Democratic Convention (NDC) as an utter failure. Although AMLO manage [...]	2007-03-28 23:31:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO1815	MEXICO HOSTS PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from seven Central American nations, plus Colombia, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Campeche April 9-10 for a two day summit aimed at revitalizing the long-stagnant Plan Puebla Panama (PPP),a regional development initiative proposed by former President Vic [...]	2007-04-12 18:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MX PGOV
07MEXICO1854	ONDCP WALTERS MEETINGS WITH MEXICAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 27 visit by John Walters (ONDCP) helped initiate coordination with the newly installed Calderon Administration. In separate meetings with Attorney General Medina Mora and Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna, Director Walters emphasized the importance of information [...]	2007-04-13 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL MX
07MEXICO186	FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION: IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of Mexico's 60th Congress concluded on December 23 with a trajectory defying easy characterization. The session could not have begun in a less auspicious manner, with PRD legislators seizing the podium in the Chamber of Deputies to prevent President Fox from [...]	2007-01-16 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO213	MEXICO ENERGY REFORM [...] (C) Embassy Mexico is supporting the establishment of a Mexican private sector working group to promote serious, in-depth discussion of the future of energy in Mexico. Energy is at the core of debates affecting the Government of Mexico's fiscal future. President Calderon and other leaders hav [...]	2007-01-16 21:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO2235	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, Secretary Guillermo Galvan spent nearly two hours fielding questions and offering comments to 19 legislators in a public hearing called by the Chamber of Deputies' Defense Committee to discuss the military's growing role in counter narcotics operations. Galvan's f [...]	2007-05-07 15:02:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO2653	MEXICO NOT LIKELY TO VOICE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Political Counselor met with Mario Arriola Woog, SRE's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, on May 21 to emphasize that growing political, economic and commercial ties between Venezuela and Iran not only served to undermine international sanctions against the l [...]	2007-05-23 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR MX
07MEXICO2886	HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...]	2007-06-04 18:35:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO2947	NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...]	2007-06-06 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO3302	VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (C) Summary: Widespread narco-violence in Mexico continues unabated since the Embassy reported on soaring Cartel-related bloodshed in mid-May. While there have been no spectacular, multi-fatality shootouts matching the spate that characterized the early spring, 37 federal, state and local of [...]	2007-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MEXICO351	MEXICAN FINANCE SECRETARY DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA, [...] (C) Ambassador Garza met with Mexican Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens on January 22, 2007. The Ambassador began the meeting by congratulating Carstens for the Calderon administration's strong start -- highlighting their counterdrug and anticrime efforts. Carstens told the Ambassador that [...]	2007-01-24 14:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PGOV PTER PINR MX
07MEXICO4815	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES FISCAL AND PEMEX REFORM [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, Under Secretary of Finance Alejandro Werner expressed confidence SIPDIS that changes to the proposed Mexican Single Rate Income Tax for businesses (CETU) would allow the tax to be [...]	2007-09-06 22:04:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO483	CALDERON, ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE, STAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week, President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a six day official visit to Europe, his first since taking office. The visit took him to Berlin, Madrid and London and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Calderon's team successfully used the tour to mount a major i [...]	2007-01-31 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO508	CALDERON CRITICS MARCH ON THE ZOCALO [...] (SBU) On January 31, demonstrators thronged Mexico's central square or "Zocalo" to protest the rising cost of staple foods, and call for wage increases. Participating organizations, mainly labor and peasant groups, issued a statement called the "Zocalo Declaration," demanding food and energy [...]	2007-02-02 13:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5243	MEXICAN SENATORS PLANNING U.S. VISIT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior-level Mexican Senators are considering traveling to Washington for the purpose of meeting with their counterparts from the U.S. Congress. We understand President Calderon and PAN Party stalwarts in the Mexican Congress seek to use these trips to lay the groundwork for a [...]	2007-10-01 12:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM MX PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO5395	U.S. AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK COMMON GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CODEL Reyes met with representatives from Mexico's leading political parties October 8 to exchange views on enhanced USG/GOM security cooperation. Reyes understood the security package under consideration could come before the U.S. Congress within weeks but was ambivalent ab [...]	2007-10-10 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM MASS MX
07MEXICO544	THE BRADLEY WILL CASE, AND OAXACA ITSELF, STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the streets of Oaxaca have been quiet recently, the crisis lingers on, with many underlying issues remaining unresolved. Despite consistent post pressure on both the state and federal government, the Bradley Will case remains an open investigation, with no one yet charg [...]	2007-02-03 00:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5466	MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...]	2007-10-16 17:08:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV
07MEXICO5535	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S TRIP TO MEXICO [...] (C) Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and our appreciation for Calderon's demonstrated leadership. His administration is prioritizing security and economic [...]	2007-10-20 18:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER PINR ECON ELAB ENRG PHUM
07MEXICO5620	MIGRATION, POVERTY AND OTHER DYNAMICS IN CHIAPAS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Econoff explored current political, social, and economic dynamics in Chiapas during recent visits to the state, among Mexico's most culturally and geographically distinct. Although the Zaptista movement of the mid-1990s raised the profile of Chiapas and resulted in inc [...]	2007-10-26 21:38:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO57	A CHAT WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ZEDILLO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 visit to the embassy to renew his visa, former President Ernesto Zedillo cheerfully shared his views on Mexico's post-electoral crisis, Felipe Calderon's debut as President, and the future of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He seemed unworried [...]	2007-01-05 17:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5846	FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...]	2007-11-14 22:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX
07MEXICO5964	SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...]	2007-11-29 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
07MEXICO5981	MEXICO ON VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor met with Landy Esquivel, from SRE's Latin American Office, November 28, to convey U.S. concerns as relate to the anti-democratic changes Chavez seeks to make with its constitutional reform package coming up for a vote on December 2 and urge Mexico to join us in [...]	2007-11-30 18:45:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA VE MX
07MEXICO5982	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) The Deputy Political Counselor met with Julian Juarez, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of its United Nations office, November 28 to urge Mexico reconsider its long-standing support for a long list of UN resolutions on the Middle East that undermine UN credibility and do little t [...]	2007-11-30 18:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS MX
07MEXICO5984	CALDERON EYING EXPANDED CONTROL OVER PAN [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon is poised to take control of the PAN--a party shaken by his rivalry with PAN President Manuel Espino--with the uncontested election of former cabinet member German Martinez for party president on December 8-9. Tensions between Calderon and Espino reflect a broa [...]	2007-11-30 21:00:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO6043	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS [...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...]	2007-12-05 21:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6049	CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON [...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...]	2007-12-06 13:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO6186	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...]	2007-12-14 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE
07MEXICO656	MEXICO EAGER TO REVISE NAFTA ORIGIN RULES; STILL [...] (C) According to Mexico's top trade official, many of the NAFTA's provisions need to be updated, and she wants North American political leaders to consider re-opening the chapters dealing with market access, rules of origin, and customs treatment, despite the political challenges such an initi [...]	2007-02-12 16:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON MX
07MEXICO695	MEXICO'S PRI PONDERS A PERILOUS FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: A divided and debilitated Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) will conduct internal elections on February 18 to select a new party President and Secretary-General. While five slates of candidates are SIPDIS contending for the party leadership, only two have any real chanc [...]	2007-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO719	OAXACA CRISIS FADES THOUGH TENSIONS REMAIN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Oaxaca is slowly returning to normal after more than eight months of political, social, and economic crisis, although underlying tensions--particularly in Oaxaca City--remain significant and could reignite conflict if one of the sides makes a serious miscalculation. Visible [...]	2007-02-14 17:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO847	PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]	2007-02-21 13:33:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO860	PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]	2007-02-21 17:16:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO869	PRI ELECTS BEATRIZ PAREDES AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the pundits and polls predicted, Beatriz Paredes, a former PRI Secretary General, Senator, Deputy and Tlaxcala state Governor, easily defeated her rivals in the race for the PRI party presidency, with a margin of better than two-to-one over her nearest rival, former Senate P [...]	2007-02-21 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO939	KEY ECONOMIC THEMES FOR THE MARCH VISIT OF [...] (C) The President,s visit comes at critical time as the new Mexican government seeks to set and implement its priorities across many fields. Our common border with Mexico gives us strong common interests, including security and North American economic success. The United States has a great [...]	2007-02-23 23:05:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON MX
07MINSK10	ELECTION SITREP 2: GOB OBSTRUCTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) This is a second situation report covering the Belarusian local council elections scheduled for January 14. With ten days left until Election Day, authorities are preventing opposition candidates from printing campaign materials and meeting with voters and restricting radio airtime. Opp [...]	2007-01-05 10:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK1004	KOZULIN CONTEMPLATES NEW HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) Aleksandr Kozulin plans to begin another hunger strike in March 2008, his wife Irina told the Charge in a meeting December 7. Upset with the legitimacy that he felt Lukashenko had gained through appeals for dialogue with the regime by some opposition figures and European officials, Kozul [...]	2007-12-07 16:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR BO
07MINSK1006	OPPOSITION BPF ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Opposition Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) Chair Vintsuk Vyachorka was unexpectedly replaced by former Acting BPF Chair Levon Barshchevskiy after Vyachorka twice fell short of the absolute majority needed for re-election at the December 8-9 BPF party conference. BPF members remain evenly [...]	2007-12-10 17:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK1009	BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY NOT UNDER THREAT FROM PUTIN [...] (C) With the December 13-14 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk imminent, official Minsk has moved to tamp down wild rumors in the local and international media about the end of Belarusian sovereignty through the signing of a Union State Constitution. According to a report from [...]	2007-12-11 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
07MINSK1011	MULTIPLE ARRESTS AFTER HUNDREDS PROTEST ON OCTOBER [...] (C) Nine activists have been sentenced to up to ten days in jail and opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko received minor injuries when security services cracked down after the conclusion of a successful protest against restrictions on small businesses December 10. The demonstration itself [...]	2007-12-11 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BO
07MINSK1018	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK BEATEN, NOW SAID [...] (C) On December 12, authorities violently dispersed a pro-sovereignty demonstration by opposition forces on the eve of Russian President Putin's December 13-14 visit to Belarus. During the crackdown, police severely beat opposition youth leader Dmitriy Fedaruk just days after he returned from [...]	2007-12-13 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1020	EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...]	2007-12-13 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO
07MINSK1024	AMBASSADOR VISITS HOSPITALIZED YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK [...] (U) On December 13, Ambassador and DCM, accompanied by the Slovak Head of Mission Lubomir Rehak (representing the local EU presidency),visited with opposition youth organization Malady Front Acting Chairman Dmitriy Fedaruk at a local hospital, where Fedaruk has remained since GOB police seve [...]	2007-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1032	PUTIN IN MINSK: MORE OR LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE? [...] (C) After Putin's December 13-14 visit to Minsk, Belarus appears to have secured attractive loan terms and a lower than expected gas price increase beginning in January 2008. Lukashenko did not appear particularly pleased, however, suggesting that Putin presented unattractive conditions to the [...]	2007-12-17 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL EFIN BO RS
07MINSK1035	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION INVIGORATED BY U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Following a Belarusian opposition delegation's December 3-8 visit to the United States, party leaders from the United Democratic Forces (UDF) met with the Ambassador December 13. All expressed gratitude for the meetings with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and said that the private co [...]	2007-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK104	BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES [...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...]	2007-02-02 10:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD BO IR
07MINSK1044	BELARUSIAN BANKING'S MIXED BALANCE SHEET [...] (C) The Belarusian banking sector continues to grow and generate considerable interest from potential foreign investors. Nonetheless, the ability of banks to drive the Belarusian economy remains limited due to the slowing pace of foreign investment into the sector and the reduced quality of i [...]	2007-12-21 10:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN BO
07MINSK1047	AMBASSADOR'S RECEPTION IN HONOR OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador hosted her second annual holiday reception for former political prisoners and the family and friends of currently jailed opposition activists. In the wake of the December 3-8 visit to Washington of a senior Belarusian opposition group, attendees expressed their appreciation of [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO
07MINSK1048	INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER LOSES LIBEL SUIT; DAMAGES [...] (SBU) On December 20, a Minsk court ordered independent newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich to pay USD 22,223 and USD 465, respectively, to top Belarusian MP Nikolay Cherginets for libel (reftel). Despite defense arguments during the proceedings, which were observed by P [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1049	22-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER TO BE HELD 18 [...] (SBU) Following a nine-hour trial, political prisoner and Malady Front youth activist Artur Finkevich was sentenced December 21 to eighteen months of detention in a penal colony for violations of the terms of his May 2006 hard labor ("khimya") sentence for graffiti. Finkevich, who was nearing [...]	2007-12-21 17:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK106	BELARUS, PROTESTANTS CONSOLIDATE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador, several Belarusian Pentecostal pastors laid out their plans to encourage Christian churches' participation in political and social activities to promote change in Belarus. These pastors, who represented several small, yet committed and energetic re [...]	2007-02-05 06:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF BO
07MINSK1060	IOM BULLISH ON GOB TIP COOPERATION [...] (SBU) DCM, USAID, and poloffs met with Dejan Keserovic, Minsk Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),to discuss GOB cooperation with the organization's anti-trafficking efforts. Keserovic expressed a generally favorable attitude towards the GOB and government [...]	2007-12-28 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK1061	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE [...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...]	2007-12-28 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR BO RS
07MINSK1064	LUKASHENKO THREATENS TO EXPEL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) While addressing the press following a holiday visit to an orphanage December 30, Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko threatened to expel the Ambassador should the USG impose additional economic sanctions on Belarus. GOB contacts have been reached by the Embassy but have not pr [...]	2007-12-31 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OFDP APER BO
07MINSK110	LUKASHENKO'S "REACHING OUT" TO THE WEST: POSTURING [...] (U) In his latest public appearances on January 25-30, the Belarusian President slammed Russia's energy prices and indicated that his country was ready for a dialogue with the West. In usual form, Lukashenko deflected blame for poor relations with Belarus' neighbors. He admitted that Belarus' [...]	2007-02-06 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK113	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-06 14:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK125	THE "GOOD FELLAS" IN LUKASHENKO'S CIRCLE [...] (C) A Russian-based internet newspaper has been publishing a series of reports on alleged criminal rackets organized and/or headed by Lukashenko's former Minister of Interior Sivakov and commander of the President's personal special forces unit Pavlichenko. Reliable Embassy contacts asserted that t [...]	2007-02-09 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK13	LUKASHENKO GIVES RUSSIA BLACK EYE OVER BLACK GOLD [...] (C) On January 3, Belarusian PM Sergey Sidorskiy announced duties of USD 45/ton on Russian crude oil shipped via pipeline through Belarus effective from January 1. If crude shipments were to continue at their 2006 volume, Transneft would pay the GOB USD 3.1 billion in duties. Lukashenko expl [...]	2007-01-05 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK150	MILINKEVICH AND PARTISAN LEADERS SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Since the January 14 municipal elections, the United Democratic Forces (UDF) have focused almost exclusively on organizing another democratic opposition congress, tentatively set for March 17-18. However, the coalition seems ill-prepared to hold a forum by that date. The UDF has yet to [...]	2007-02-16 17:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK158	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONVICTED FOR ALLEGED POLICE [...] (C) A Minsk court recently convicted the half-brother of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Vyacheslav Sivchik for allegedly assaulting a police officer last year. Highlighting a previous assault against Sivchik by attackers who impersonated Embassy personnel during March 2006 pro-demo [...]	2007-02-22 15:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK159	ILO SUPPORTS POSTPONING GSP SUSPENSION FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Independent trade union leaders have warned Poloffs in recent meetings that the GOB's "progress" in implementing the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations on improving labor rights is purely cosmetic. However, the ILO has noted some willingness from the GOB to reform [...]	2007-02-22 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK161	AMERICAN BUSINESSES WARY OF COZYING UP TO DICTATOR [...] (C) Executives from two American businesses, Microsoft and American Express Bank, asked post about the advisability of expanding their presence in Belarus. Microsoft asked for advice on which GOB officials were off-limits, and on whether to move forward with talks on upgrading the regime's co [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK162	PARTY LEADERS ANGRY WITH MILINKEVICH, FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) Political party leaders tried to assure Ambassador that the opposition coalition remained united, despite de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's refusal to participate in the upcoming congress of democratic forces tentatively scheduled for March 17-18. Calling his decision a big mistake, [...]	2007-02-23 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK163	SCENESETTER FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS' [...] (C) The delegation of leading Belarusian political and civil society activists to the U.S. will provide USG policy makers an insightful and balanced view of the current state of affairs in the democratic opposition camp. The Lukashenko regime's desperate struggle to adapt to significantly hig [...]	2007-02-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK177	MILINKEVICH PROVES HE IS A DIVIDER, NOT UNITER [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on February 27 told Ambassador that coalition was fragmented but denied he was at fault for the divisions and accused left-wing coalition parties of hijacking the agenda of the upcoming congress of democratic forces. The coalition leader also noted [...]	2007-02-28 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK178	GOB ALLOWS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (C) Ambassador's participation in a press conference on humanitarian assistance to a regional children's hospital gave the USG unusually good coverage in Belarusian state media. Child Health International also continues to successfully provide humanitarian assistance by training local medical [...]	2007-02-28 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK179	RESOLUTION OF NEW LIFE CHURCH POSTPONED AGAIN [...] (U) On February 26, members of the Protestant-based New Life Church (NLC) began a week-long hunger strike following another postponement of its appeal to overturn a lower court's decision to strip the church of its property (ref A). (Note: In October 2006, more than 100 NLC members went on h [...]	2007-03-01 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
07MINSK183	FRUSTATED MILINKEVICH SUPPORTERS SAY, &JUST LEAD, [...] (C) De facto opposition coalition leader Milinkevich's supporters say that the former presidential candidate has tremendous potential as the head of a broad opposition movement. However, his support base, which is made up of civil society groups and sympathetic opposition party activists in [...]	2007-03-02 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK187	KOZULIN'S LAWYER TALKS POLITICS, SHOWS IMPRESSIVE [...] (C) On March 1, Ambassador met with former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin's attorney, Igor Rynkevich, as an act of moral support following politically motivated threats against Rynkevich's law license and person. Rynkevich, himself a member of Kozulin's party, confirmed [...]	2007-03-05 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK188	GOB SEARCHES FOR EASY MONEY AS OIL EXPORTS VANISH [...] (C) Two months after the loss of Belarus' privileged status as a de facto offshore for Russia oil companies, the GOB has yet to find a way to sustain the economy. The duty on refined oil product exports from Belarus, established at Russia's behest, currently makes refining oil profitable only [...]	2007-03-05 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK19	ELECTION SITREP 3: DESPITE REPRESSION, REGIONAL [...] (C) Despite omnipresent surveillance by GOB agents and state media, the opposition political party leaders and independent media candidly discussed the politically repressive conditions in which they are conducting their local election campaigns in the run up to local elections on January 14. [...]	2007-01-09 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK198	UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...]	2007-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07MINSK199	LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...]	2007-03-06 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS
07MINSK2	ELECTION SITREP 1: CANDIDATE REGISTRATION A LOSS [...] (C) The Belarusian Central Election Committee announced December 23 that 23,791 people were registered as candidates for the January 14 local council elections. The CEC results showed signs of manipulation, such as a candidate per seat coefficients identical to past local council elections and [...]	2007-01-03 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK206	LEADING SCIENTISTS DEBATE NECESSITY OF A NUCLEAR [...] (C) As GOB plans to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) gain steam, Pol/Econ Chief hosted a first-ever roundtable discussion with prominent scientists opposed to and supportive of an NPP in Belarus. Deputy Chair of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Timoshpolskiy promoted NPP co [...]	2007-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO
07MINSK209	LEFTIST OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITED, BUT BARELY [...] (C) Three opposition political parties have formed a Union of Leftist Parties as a means of combining their resources and advancing their social-democratic economic agenda at the next democratic congress. Recently, however, high-level members of Aleksandr Kozulin's Social Democratic Party an [...]	2007-03-12 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK216	ENTREPRENEURS HOLD SMALL ANTI-GOB RALLY [...] (C) On March 12, 300 small entrepreneurs, mostly market vendors, gathered peacefully to protest new regulations. Executive order number 760, in particular, would force all but the smallest business to re-register and potentially put many out of business. Despite the unanimous opposition to th [...]	2007-03-13 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK217	AMBASSADOR VISITS IMPRISONED OPPOSITION ACTIVIST [...] (C) On March 9, Ambassador met with Belarusian political prisoner and Social Democratic party leader Nikolay Statkevich at his place of internal exile. Though isolated, Statkevich remains politically engaged and offered Ambassador a sharp critique of de facto coalition leader Aleksandr Milin [...]	2007-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK218	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK ARRESTED, STILL MISSING [...] (C) Belarusian security forces on March 13 arrested Belarusian National Front leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and kept them overnight at an undisclosed location. Relatives, colleagues, and DCM and Poloff waited hours at the Sovetskiy courthouse to learn mor [...]	2007-03-14 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK219	BELARUS' INDEPENDENT MEDIA: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Several independent websites and newspapers each reach thousands of Belarusians despite the GOB's continued use of time-tested harassment methods to disrupt the flow of objective information. The regime has also employed new tactics, such as requiring newspapers to assist the state tax [...]	2007-03-15 09:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK221	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK RELEASED; TRIAL MARCH 23 [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik were unexpectedly released on March 14 at 18:00 from the Okryestina detention facility. However, they are scheduled to appear in court on March 23 on "petty hooliganism" charges. Human rig [...]	2007-03-15 12:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK222	RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE NEW BELARUS POLICY - IS IT [...] (C) Last December, Russia delivered a body blow to the Lukashenko regime by ending years of cheap energy and easy profits. Observers here generally agree that several objectives prompted Russia to significantly raise energy prices for Belarus. First, Russia is forcing Belarus through the ne [...]	2007-03-15 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG RS BO
07MINSK228	BELARUSIAN KGB ATTACKS MALADY FRONT [...] (SBU) Belarusian security services in the last few days have interrogated dozens of activists from the youth organization Malady Front (MF) and threatened many with criminal charges. Human rights lawyers and journalists fear that many MF activists could face extended jail time. All who have [...]	2007-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK239	KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA'S NEW CHIEF EDITOR SEEMS [...] (C) Yelena Mironova, the new Editor-in-Chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Belarus' largest independent newspaper, admitted to Pol/Econ Chief that upon accepting the position she signed an agreement acknowledging that she would accept "certain editorial guidelines." However, Mironova convincingly [...]	2007-03-20 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK249	MARCH 25 OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION TO OCCUR WITHOUT [...] (SBU) On March 25, the opposition will hold its annual "Day of Freedom" demonstration on October Square commemorating the creation of the short-lived Belarusian National Republic. As in previous years, the Minsk city authorities denied permission to hold the event on October Square and promis [...]	2007-03-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK250	GOB LIKELY TO SEEK LOANS BEFORE FDI [...] (C) While higher energy prices have not immediately impacted all firms significantly, Belarusian manufacturers have become less competitive. As a result, the GOB will seek to reduce imports. Bureaucratic and philosophical barriers will prevent drawing foreign investment into Belarus via ser [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK255	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK256	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK257	OPPOSITION PARTY YOUTHS REPRESSED AND DIVIDED, YET [...] (C) Though divided by ideology and ambivalent about their national leaders, Belarus' opposition political party youth organizations uniformly plan to participate in the March 25 demonstration and will attend the tentatively scheduled April 21-22 democratic congress. The groups remain hopeful t [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK258	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK259	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK262	MARCH 25 DEMONSTRATION SUCCESSFUL DESPITE LARGE [...] (C) Approximately 3,000-5,000 demonstrators gathered on March 25 at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) to mark the opposition's annual "Day of Freedom". Originally the demonstration was to occur at the site of the March 2006 presidential election demonstrations, but security fo [...]	2007-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO

07MINSK270	DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...]	2007-03-29 12:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK273	LUKASHENKO RESURFACES AFTER SUSPICIOUS 17-DAY [...] (C) President Lukashenko made a point to quell rumors about his health after a suspicious 17-day absence from the media spotlight. On March 28, a pale and balding Lukashenko appeared at a state-owned greenhouse and livestock farm and admitted to journalists that he was a bit tired, but comple [...]	2007-03-30 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK275	ACTIVIST ALLEGES BKGB ABDUCTION ON EVE OF MARCH 25 [...] (U) At a March 28 press conference organized by human rights NGO Vyasna, opposition activist Kristina Shatsikava described how unknown assailants abducted and interrogated her about ties with Malady Front (MF) leaders. Shatsikava claimed that on March 23, just hours after the BKGB had summon [...]	2007-03-30 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK28	KOZULIN RECOVERING, CALLS FOR ELECTION BOYCOTTS [...] (C) On January 8, Irina Kozulina, wife of imprisoned opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) Chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, visited with Charge at his request to discuss the condition of her husband after ending his 53-day hunger strike on De [...]	2007-01-11 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK285	GOB'S FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO TACKLING HIV/AIDS [...] (C) Belarus has been fairly successful in fighting HIV/AIDS. Our contacts expect the rate of new infections to continue to decline; TB co-infection continues to be a key problem. The GOB also seems committed to treating those living with HIV/AIDS, and seems to appreciate the role of NGOs in [...]	2007-04-04 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV BO
07MINSK286	OPPOSITION PARTY DEPUTIES COMMITTED TO UNITY AND [...] (C) Following the March 25 opposition demonstration, party deputies and regional party representatives are trying to rebound with a call for unity for all. In recent discussions, they admitted to us that unanswered questions remain -- particularly regarding coalition leadership -- but they ha [...]	2007-04-04 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK289	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK CONVICTED WITHOUT JAIL TIME [...] (C) Summary: Joined by several EU Heads of Mission, Ambassador observed the April 4 politically-motivated trials of Belarusian opposition party leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and human rights activist Vyacheslav Sivchik. The court convicted but released them following highly contradictory prosecu [...]	2007-04-05 15:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK29	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS SEEK SUPPORT, MAY [...] (C) Charge met with two recently released Belarusian political prisoners who remained politically engaged despite their isolation and substandard conditions. While downplaying the significance of Belarus' upcoming local elections and opposition congress, both emphasized the need for more pre [...]	2007-01-11 12:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK294	COALITION STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME IMPASSE ON [...] (C) We are seeing gathering indications of disagreement in Belarus' democratic opposition. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin warned of a potential split in the coalition in the next week if the parties fail to reach a compromise with coalition leader Milinkevich's camp on procedure [...]	2007-04-06 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK296	GOB MOVING SLOWLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT [...] (C) The government of Belarus announced its hopes to attract greater investment and to expand the share of foreign investment in the economy. However, the GOB has not undertaken any new initiatives to make the business climate more favorable for foreign investors. Systemic barriers and overa [...]	2007-04-06 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK3	GAS FLOWS TO BELARUS, BUT ECONOMY STILL AT RISK [...] (C) Negotiations in Moscow over gas prices and a Russian stake in Beltransgaz (refs A and B) resulted in a last minute deal, averting a potential gas cutoff. Belarus managed to knock an additional USD 5 of the price per thousand cubic meters for 2007. In return, Belarus agreed to sell Gazprom [...]	2007-01-03 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK304	LUKASHENKO SEEKS TO ASSUAGE CONCERNS OVER PERSONAL [...] (SBU) During his latest speeches on April 4-9, Lukashenko emphasized that he remains in firm control of the country. Lukashenko stated that while the recent oil and gas conflict had caused problems for the economy, these problems would soon be overcome and forgotten. He declared that recent e [...]	2007-04-12 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
07MINSK306	COALITION REACHES A COMPROMISE ON DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In a surprising move, the leaders of the opposition coalition reached an agreement on the purpose and format of the democratic congress. During a recent conference co-sponsored by U.S. NGO IRI, coalition leaders agreed to let the regional coalitions decide on the issues currently paralyzi [...]	2007-04-13 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK31	ELECTION SITREP 4: FAMILIAR THEMES CHARACTERIZE [...] (C) Despite claims from authorities in Brest that the local election process is proceeding smoothly, opposition political party leaders confirmed that the GOB unabashedly continues to employ the full arsenal of administrative resources at its disposal to influence the electoral process. Par [...]	2007-01-12 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK310	OPPOSITION BEGIS PREPARATIONS FOR CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) The oppositio has begun preparations for the annual ChernobylPath demonstration on April 26. The organizing ommittee already approved a resolution on the objecive of the march, submitted an application to the city authorities for permission to hold the demonstration in downtown Minsk, a [...]	2007-04-16 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK312	BELARUSIAN WOMEN UNITE TO NETWORK, NOT PROTEST [...] (C) Belarusian women's groups are working together to establish a women's network and a large women's coalition that would eventually focus on democracy promotion and increasing women's activism in Belarus. However, many obstacles, including fear, economic instability, and social attitudes, p [...]	2007-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK319	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES REMAIN IMMOBILIZED [...] (SBU) GOB tactics force some churches to break the law in order to practice their religion. Hare Krishna members face ongoing harassment for fulfilling religious duties. Even "traditional" religions face restrictions. In addition, limitations on religious activity severely hamper the growth [...]	2007-04-19 15:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK32	ON THE EVE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS MILINKEVICH COMMENTS [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on January 11 expressed to Ambassador his concern for Belarus' sovereignty in the wake of the Russian-Belarusian gas and oil crisis. Milinkevich opined Russia had given up on Lukashenko and would achieve its goals in Belarus using strong economic pre [...]	2007-01-12 14:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK327	NEW OPPOSITION PARTY SEEKS TO UNITE CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Belarus Christian Democracy (BCD),a newly emerged opposition party, seeks to create a democratic Belarus based on Christian principles and Belarusian patriotism. Pursuant to those goals, the unregistered BCD is cooperating with Christian leaders and religious NGOs to launch a signature c [...]	2007-04-23 10:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK331	AUTHORITIES REDIRECT THE CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Minsk authorities denied permission to Chernobyl Path organizers to hold their April 26 demonstration at Yakub Kolas Square in downtown Minsk and march to the new national library, but "suggested" that demonstrators gather at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) and march to [...]	2007-04-24 09:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK336	GOB STILL FINDS ENERGY SOLUTION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Press speculation that the government will institute measures to make refining oil in Belarus for export profitable despite export duties masks the fact that the country cannot support its two refineries in the long-term. Moreover, recent official GOB visits to oil exporting countries will [...]	2007-04-25 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK337	BELARUSIAN ECONOMY WEAK BUT STABLE, VISITING DAS [...] (C) Belarusian economists and business leaders told visiting EUR DAS Kramer the Belarusian economy, while weak, would remain stable. The slightly dampened economy might cause Lukashenko finally to consider one or two multibillion-dollar privatizations this year to raise revenues. Corruption, [...]	2007-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK342	DAS KRAMER ASSUAGES CONCERNS OF CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) On April 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with representatives of Belarusian civil society NGOs during his visit to Minsk. The NGO leaders concurred that the Lukashenko regime appears anxious following the conflict with Russia over energy prices earlier in the year and seeks to better relati [...]	2007-04-26 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK343	OPPOSITION REMAINS UNITED AHEAD OF CONGRESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Kramer, opposition leaders emphasized the importance of intense cooperation and successful strategy implementation going into and following the upcoming congress of democratic forces. After the congress, the coalition plans to increase its [...]	2007-04-26 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK347	POLICE KEEP HANDS TO THEMSELVES AT CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Although smaller than in 2006, this year's April 26 "Chernobyl Path" demonstration in Minsk enjoyed a turnout of approximately 3,000 people and was not marred by the authorities' typical violence and mass arrests. Using loudspeakers and a heavy police presence, authorities made sure dem [...]	2007-04-27 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK352	VISITING DAS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO CLOSE [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer and Ambassador were invited to an informal meeting with Presidential Administration Deputy Head and close Lukashenko advisor Natalya Petkevich. Following a disappointing meeting with Foreign Minister Martynov and an unequivocal endorsement from the oppositio [...]	2007-04-30 09:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK357	GOB SHOWED RESTRAINT AT LABOR DAY DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Despite inclement weather and heavy police presence, approximately 500 opposition activists gathered at Bangalore Square for a peaceful Labor Day rally and concert on May 1. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin condemned the GOB efforts to suppress labor activists, including the use [...]	2007-05-02 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK36	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALL WELL BELOW DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) As expected, Belarus January 14 municipal elections failed to meet any international democratic standard. The U.S. Embassy and EU released statements January 15 criticizing the GOB for failing to observe democratic principles. The election authorities have not released preliminary vote t [...]	2007-01-16 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK362	LEADERSHIP OF OPPOSITION EMERGES AS KEY ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) The opposition coalition held its first two regional conferences in the Gomel and Minsk oblasts on April 29 to decide on the agenda for the national congress of democratic forces scheduled for May 26-27. Congress organizer Bukhvostov explained to Pol/Econ Chief that the main issue at th [...]	2007-05-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK363	LAWYERS WILL ENCOURAGE POLITICAL PRISONERS TO SEEK [...] (C) Prominent human rights lawyers and the family members of political prisoners expressed cautious optimism after hearing the outcome of the April 25 meeting between EUR DAS Kramer and Presidential Administration Deputy Head Natalya Petkevich in Minsk. Pol/Econ Chief relayed to the group of [...]	2007-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK37	BELARUS BACKS OUT OF ITS OIL JAM, FOR NOW [...] (C) On January 12, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement on oil, giving both sides some of what they wanted. While Russia will finally see budget revenues from its oil exports to Belarusian refineries, Lukashenko has preserved, albeit in a weakened form, his country's status as an offshore d [...]	2007-01-16 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK373	EMBASSY VISITS POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) DCM and Poloff met with opposition youth leader Artur Finkevich on April 26 in the eastern city of Mogilyov, where Finkevich is serving two years of internal exile on trumped up charges of malicious hooliganism and large-scale property damage (ref A). Upon our arrival at his detention fac [...]	2007-05-08 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK382	LUKASHENKO, PALE AND BOMBASTIC, SLAMS U.S. AT [...] (SBU) President Lukashenko on May 9 delivered a war-like Victory Day speech to WWII veterans and the diplomatic corps at Victory Square in Minsk. After leading a short march of WWII veterans and laying a wreath at the eternal flame, Lukashenko praised the heroism and sacrifice of the Belarusi [...]	2007-05-10 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK395	YOUTH ACTIVISM DECLINING ABSENT UNIFYING NATIONAL [...] (C) At a recent meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, youth leaders listed fear, GOB propaganda, and general complacency with the quality of life in Belarus as the main reasons for the decline in youth activism. Indifferent to contrived political maneuvers such as the opposition,s upcoming congress, t [...]	2007-05-14 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK399	DELEGATE CONFERENCE RESULTS IN MILINKEVICH LOSS [...] (SBU) The coalition of United Democratic Forces held seven regional delegate conferences April 29 - May 13 in which 620 regional delegates voted on agenda items for the May 26-27 opposition congress. Delegates voted against de facto leader Milinkevich's campaign for a single chairperson of the [...]	2007-05-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK400	CHARGE MEETS WITH INDICTED PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH [...] (C) Charge met May 15 with three Belarusian opposition youth leaders facing two years in prison for their pro-democracy activities. The activists expressed their gratitude for EUR DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk and encouraged the Embassy to continue USG efforts to highlight the plight of [...]	2007-05-16 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK414	MILINKEVICH LOOKING AT LONG-TERM ROLE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) One week away from the May 26-27 congress of democratic forces, it appears that current coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich will participate -- if half-heartedly -- in the event. Opposition coalition leaders and activists had been wondering whether Milinkevich would withdraw from the [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK415	BELARUSIAN NATIONAL FRONT LEADER FACES INTERNAL [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) activists in recent days have noted that BNF leader Vyachorka's support rating within his party is wavering. All agree that Vyachorka's inactivity contributes to the decrease in support, but those still backing the leader also blame the situation on party f [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK416	MR. AHMADINEJAD COMES TO MINSK MAY 21 [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit Minsk starting May 21. Post understands Tehran will seek to equip its military -- through purchases of weapons and dual-use technologies, expanding the presence of Belarusian companies producing dual use manufactures, and training Ira [...]	2007-05-18 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET BO IR
07MINSK424	MILINKEVICH CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESS [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with de facto opposition coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, who pledged his active participation in the May 26-27 democratic congress. Milinkevich described the coalition as occupied with organizational issues and divided on questions of international support. N [...]	2007-05-22 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK430	ACTIVISM LIVES ON IN THE SOUTHERN MINSK REGION [...] (C) A trip to Belarus' most prominent mining town, Soligorsk, and neighboring areas revealed significant opposition activism despite the usual repression by local authorities. The independent union at the potash mining giant Belaruskaliy boasted that over 20 percent of the company's employees [...]	2007-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON BO
07MINSK431	CHARGE MEETS 16-YEAR-OLD FACING PRISON FOR [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with 16-year-old Anastasiya Palazhanka, one of seven Malady Front (MF) members who face up to two years in prison for "running an unregistered organization" (ref A). Like her four MF compatriots with whom Charge had visited earlier (refs B and C),Palazhanka express [...]	2007-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK438	OPPOSITION COMMUNIST LEADER ENJOYS STRONG INTERNAL [...] (C) With his recent uncontested re-election as head of the Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC),Sergey Kalyakin clearly enjoys strong support from within his party going into the May 26-27 opposition congress. According to BPC deputy Skrigana, Kalyakin and the 185 BPC delegates will defend v [...]	2007-05-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK439	UNITED CIVIC PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP NOT CHANGING HANDS [...] (C) No one within the United Civic Party appears capable of challenging current Chair Anatoliy Lebedko for the party's leadership. Lebedko saw his already formidable position within the party strengthened by the battles within the opposition in the run up to the May 26-27 congress. Influentia [...]	2007-05-24 14:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK440	TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS FREE, KOZULIN TO REMAIN IN [...] (C) On May 22, authorities granted parole to opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets and opposition politician Nikolay Statkevich whom a Minsk court had sentenced in May 2005 to internal exile for leading unauthorized demonstrations against the official results of [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK453	OPPOSITION HOLDS CONGRESS, MILINKEVICH STEPS DOWN [...] (C) The opposition's May 26-27 democratic congress was filled with debate and accusations, but the nearly 600 attending delegates from all around the country reaffirmed their commitment to work together in their struggle for freedom. The highlight of the event was former coalition leader Ale [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK454	KOZULINA NOT HUNGERSTRIKING [...] (C) Summary: During a May 25 meeting with Ambassador, the wife of imprisoned opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin denied rumors that she will go on political hunger strike. Irina Kozulina described her husband as politically engaged and his health as slowly improving following his two-month h [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK457	MALADY FRONT LEADERS FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (U) On May 29, a Minsk courtconvicted five opposition youth organization Maldy Front (MF) leaders on politically motivated carges of running and/or acting in behalf of an uregistered organization (refs A, B, and C). Despit the prosecutor's request for "corrective labor"for Anastasiya Palazha [...]	2007-05-30 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK458	CUTS TO SOCIAL BENEFITS ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) Cuts to in-kind benefits scheduled to take effect in 2008 would reduce subsidies to two-thirds of Belarusians. The government likely undertook the measure in light of its budgetary savings, however modest. While affected groups have mounted small protests, the overall reaction to the cuts [...]	2007-05-30 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK463	BELARUSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: MORE HYPE THAN [...] (C) Lukashenko has referred to China as its most important strategic partner with increasing regularity. Not only do GOB officials routinely claim that trade between the countries is developing rapidly, they note that Beijing's ability to spur economic growth while maintaining "political sta [...]	2007-06-01 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK465	MINISTER-LEVEL PETROCHEMICAL BOSS JAILED BY BKGB [...] (C) On May 29, the Belarusian State Security Committee arrested Aleksandr Borovskiy, Director of Belarusian government-owned petrochemical holding company, Belneftekhim. Authorities will likely file corruption charges against Borovskiy, although any corruption he engaged in apparently came wi [...]	2007-06-01 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK466	LIDA AUTHORITIES ALLOW NON-PARTY AFFILIATED [...] (C) Opposition and civil society activists in Lida are permitted to conduct most activities without hindrance and sometimes in cooperation with the local authorities so long as they refrain from organizing such events in their capacity as political party activists. The local Belarusian Nationa [...]	2007-06-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK476	FORMER IMPRISONED OPPOSITION LEADERS BACK [...] (C) On June 4, Ambassador met with two recently-released political prisoners. Opposition youth leader Pavel Severinets and Belarusian Social Democratic Party chair Nikolay Statkevich expressed their gratitude to the USG for pressuring the GOB to free them. They also noted their dissatisfact [...]	2007-06-05 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK477	POLITICAL PRISONERS APPLY FOR CLEMENCY AFTER GOB [...] (C) The GOB in recent weeks has shown some signs of progress by dropping charges against youth activists and giving Malady Front members on trial a fine rather than a jail sentence. In light of these events, human rights lawyer Labkovich informed Pol/Econ Chief that lawyers for several politi [...]	2007-06-05 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK478	NEW LAW TAKES AIM AT INDEPENDENT INTERNET SITES [...] (C) The GOB lower house recently passed legislation that appears to empower the regime to further repress independent and opposition Belarusian media. Despite its laissez-faire language, independent journalists fear that the bill could permit the regime to investigate the growing number of p [...]	2007-06-06 13:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK484	GOB RATCHETS UP HARASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS [...] (C) The GOB recently increased its harassment of Protestants. On June 3, Protestant Pastor Bokun, who had been arrested two times in eight days, was sentenced to three days in jail for organizing an unauthorized religious service in his home. Bokun's co-pastor, Polish citizen Yaroslav Lukasi [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK489	MFA WARNS EMBASSY NOT TO INTERFERE IN BELARUS' [...] (C) On June 7, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Viktor Gaisyonok called Ambassador to the MFA to complain that Embassy officials' regional travel was one-sided and interfered in the internal affairs of Belarus. He warned that if such activities continue, the GOB could "take appropriate measures [...]	2007-06-08 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK490	NEW COALITION CO-CHAIRS ON OPPOSITION, POLITICAL [...] (C) The new co-chairs of the opposition coalition outlined for Ambassador their plans through the fall. The co-chairs will each take responsibility for a segment of the coalition's work but leave the door open for former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich to become a fifth co-chair [...]	2007-06-08 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK497	OSCE ACTIVELY WORKS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) According to Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Vahram Abidjan, the mission's democracy promotion efforts in Belarus focus primarily on monitoring the GOB's actions to fulfill its OSCE commitments. In order to evaluate the GOB's progress, Minsk OSCE Office representatives attend tria [...]	2007-06-11 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK502	60-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) On June 8, Ambassador met with Yekaterina Sadovskaya, whom authorities recently released from prison after cutting short her two-year sentence for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko (reftel). Sadovskaya expressed her deepest gratitude to the USG for leading the international effort [...]	2007-06-12 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK508	THE SURVEY SAYS SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO STILL HIGH [...] (C) Independent pollster Oleg Manayev presented post the results of the latest IISEPS survey conducted May 5-15. Aleksandr Lukashenko's rating fell slightly, although support for opposition leaders remained low. Manayev's findings suggest public openness to an opposition and support for negot [...]	2007-06-14 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK51	ELECTION AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE LOCAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Central Election Commission (CEC) on January 18 announced the final results of the January 14 municipal elections. Allegedly 79 percent of the electorate voted, but only 16 out of 166 pro-democracy candidates won council seats. The CEC rejected all complaints from election particip [...]	2007-01-19 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK522	MILINKEVICH OPTS FOR FREEDOM OF ACTION [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Aleksandr Milinkevich pointed to the release of political prisoners as a sign Lukashenko's opponents could successfully put pressure on the regime. He outlined ideas for his new "For Freedom" movement, insisting it would complement rather than compete [...]	2007-06-18 12:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK539	AUTHORITIES FIRE OPPOSITION LEADER'S MOTHER [...] (U) On June 18, a judge in the northern city of Vitebsk rejected a civil suit filed by Tatyana Severinets against the local school district for terminating her employment on April 3 after she had gone to Poland for a teacher training conference during her school's official spring break. Sever [...]	2007-06-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK546	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK550	WOMEN LEADERS DIVIDED ON POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN'S [...] (C) In a recent lunch with Ambassador, several prominent women leaders praised the creation of a newly formed U.S. NGO-sponsored women's network that seeks to promote both women and democracy in Belarus. However, a number of prominent women leaders were quite discouraged about the network's a [...]	2007-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK551	BELARUS HOPES TO REVERSE GSP SUSPENSION [...] (U) The GOB has responded relatively tamely to the June 21 suspension of the EU's General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus. Although a loss to the country's budget, independent analysts doubt the annual impact will amount to more than USD 67 million. However, Belarus' image will suffe [...]	2007-06-28 09:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK562	POLITICAL PRISONERS GET NO AMNESTY [...] (SBU) On June 29, the conclusion of the Belarusian parliament's 2006-2007 session dashed hopes of a general amnesty that might release several Belarusian political prisoners. On June 25, GOB Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov announced that the GOB's Presidential Administration (PA) had been [...]	2007-06-29 14:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK57	PACE PRESIDENT MANIPULATED BY REGIME DURING VISIT [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders and civil society activists continue to communicate disappointment regarding the recent visit to Minsk by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rene van der Linden. In contrast, top GOB officials and state media seem pleased with the vis [...]	2007-01-23 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK575	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GOMEL STRESSFUL, REWARDING [...] (SBU) Ambassador on June 20-21 made an introductory visit to Gomel and Rechitsa to deliver a shipment of western medicines to an oncology center and meet with authorities and civil society activists. Hospitable authorities praised local economic growth and sought greater U.S. investment. Poli [...]	2007-07-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK576	CHAVEZ IN MINSK, THE NEW CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE [...] (C) Belarusian coverage of Hugo Chavez's visit to Minsk focused on the Venezuelan's "anti-imperialist" rhetoric. The militaristic tone of the trip lends credence to suggestions Venezuela will acquire Belarusian dual-use technologies with applications for anti-aircraft systems. As for non-mili [...]	2007-07-06 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK609	KOZULIN'S PARTY SPLINTERING ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (C) One year after the politically motivated imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's party appears to be splintering over rivalries among his party's deputies and disagreements regarding Belarusian relations with Russia and the West. These differe [...]	2007-07-16 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK620	LUKASHENKO REMOVES BELARUSIAN KGB CHIEF [...] (C) As predicted, President Lukashenko replaced Belarusian KGB (BKGB) Chief Sukharenko with Major General Zhadobin, the former head of the presidential security service. Lukashenko also removed Sukharenko's deputy Dementei, but no replacement has been made. Official statements claim the dismissal [...]	2007-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK650	GOB EXPLORES TARGETS FOR THREATS TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Belarusian authorities have begun preliminary investigation into options for carry through on threats made by Lukashenko to retaliate against U.S. businesses if the USG strengthens its sanction regime. Officials claiming to represent the tax authorities asked Coca-Cola and McDonald's to d [...]	2007-07-26 07:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK652	LESSON FROM MOLODECHNO: DO NOT BUY BRICKS [...] (SBU) During a July 19 visit to Molodechno, city officials informed Acting Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff about their city's booming economy, cultural richness, and attractiveness to foreigners. Local political party representatives painted a different picture and lambasted the same city officials [...]	2007-07-27 07:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK656	PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...]	2007-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK66	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-01-26 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK674	TWO DAYS FOR LUKASHENKO TO FIND A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Gazprom's surprise announcement that it will reduce gas transfers to Belarus by 45 percent effective August 3 follows the company's longstanding policy of publicly stating it wants to move its dealings with Minsk to a market basis. Unlike negotiations over gas and oil pricing for 2007, def [...]	2007-08-01 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK676	LUKASHENKO ORDERS GOB TO PAY UP [...] (C) Lukashenko publicly announced he ordered his government to withdraw money from its foreign reserves to pay off its debt to Gazprom. GOB officials and independent commentators alike predicted that Minsk would seek to avoid escalating the gas crisis with Moscow. Belarusian state media outl [...]	2007-08-02 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK681	GASTRIC REFLUX: NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) On August 3, Belarus made initial payment on its debt to Gazprom as ordered by Lukashenko. GOB foreign reserves remain sufficient to preserve economic stability in the short term, although Belarus likely will seek foreign credits in advance of further increases in gas prices in 2008. Poli [...]	2007-08-06 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK685	ISA DEMARCHE: MFA FURTHER DETAILS GOB POSITION [...] (C) MFA officials presented DCM further points in response to the demarche on the Iran Sanctions Act August 7. They claimed Belarusneft's oil exploration in Iran would not violate international norms, and noted that Western investors, including oil companies, are already engaged in Iran. The [...]	2007-08-09 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO
07MINSK687	GRODNO OPPOSITION UNIFIED, LOCAL GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' western Grodno region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were predictably optimistic about Belarus' economic development and foreign investment. Meanwhile, local pro-democracy forces rem [...]	2007-08-09 13:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK696	PINT-SIZED PRIVATIZATIONS UNDER WAY WHILE [...] (C) August could become a relatively significant month for privatizations. An Austrian company apparently fronting for Belarusians will purchase a controlling packet in an ailing bicycle factory. More significantly, potential investors submitted bids for one of the country's largest breweries [...]	2007-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK710	REPLACING PM SIDORSKIY EASIER SAID THAN DONE [...] (C) Once again, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorksiy has survived rumors of his imminent political demise. Dismissing Sidorskiy with economic indicators still holding up, and with further gas negotiations with Russia just around the corner, would seem ill-timed. Instead, Lukashenko may [...]	2007-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK717	UNITED CIVIC PARTY SET TO REMOVE FOR FREEDOM [...] (C) The United Civic Party (UCP) will require anyone holding a leadership position both within the party and in former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's "For Freedom" movement (FF) to choose one spot of the other. While this decision attempts to focus the energies of UCP leaders, [...]	2007-08-21 11:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK72	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-01-30 09:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK724	JUDICIAL ASSAULT ON BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS [...] (C) On August 23, a GOB court sentenced opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets to his second 15-day jail sentence since his recent release from internal exile. Severinets' deputies believe the Lukashenko regime is attempting to prevent the youth leader from organ [...]	2007-08-24 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK727	TRUSTBANK REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION BY TREASURY [...] (C) Trustbank requested a meeting with post to seek a means to remove the bank from the Department of Treasury's list of money laundering concerns. Bank officials conceded its continued profitability remained highly doubtful without rehabilitation, and they offered to consider any recommendat [...]	2007-08-24 12:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL BO
07MINSK733	VITEBSK OFFICIALS' OPTIMISM SHROUDS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Vitebsk region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were generally optimistic about the region's economic performance and potential for foreign investment, particularly in its Free Economic Zo [...]	2007-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK738	GOB DISPUTES U/S BURNS' STATEMENTS ON BELARUSIAN [...] (C) On August 28, Director of the MFA's North America office Sergey Sergeyev, accompanied by Counselor Andrey Rzheuskiy, presented to Charge and Acting Pol/Econ Chief the GOB's official reaction to Under Secretary Burns' characterization during a August21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interv [...]	2007-08-28 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC BO IR
07MINSK739	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK SPECULATES ON [...] (U) In an Interfax interview that has circulated widely through the international media beginning on August 27, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Aleksandr Surikov was asked whether Russia might station new military assets on Belarusian territory in response to USG moves to enhance European anti- [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MNUC BO RS
07MINSK740	SOSNY TRUST AND COOPERATION HIGH, SECURITY LOW [...] (C) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team continued its project with Belarus' Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR)--Sosny on the design of an upgraded Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) system for the facility's nuclear material. The team also began explori [...]	2007-08-28 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC PGOV BO
07MINSK745	MILINKEVICH UPBEAT, FOCUSING ON EUROPEAN FUTURE [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich complained to post that GOB authorities' repression of freedom of association reached new heights. Despite the harassment, he will continue to try to meet supporters and civic activists throughout Belarus. Milinkevich remains clearly foc [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK746	BELARUS'"FREE THEATER" DEFIES REPRESSION [...] (C) On August 29, Charge met with representatives of the Belarus' independent Free Theater (FT) to express the Embassy's moral support after authorities raided a private residence where they were performing the play "Eleven Vests." Police detained and later released over 40 Belarusian actors [...]	2007-08-31 11:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK747	YOUTH MOVEMENT CHAIR DEFIANT AHEAD OF SHOW TRIALS [...] (C) On August 31, Charge and Poloff met with opposition youth organization Malady Front (MF) Chair Dmitriy (Zmitser) Fedaruk on the eve of the trials of three MF regional leaders (ref A). When Charge pledged the Embassy's presence at the trials, Fedaruk expressed his deepest gratitude to the [...]	2007-08-31 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK754	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ON TRIAL: REGIME LIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk sent poloffs to separate trials of two Malady Front (MF) activists September 4 (refs A and B). In Nesvizh, the judge found Anastasiya Azarka guilty of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization (Article 193),and sentenced her to a USD 572 fine. The Slovak DCM, repr [...]	2007-09-04 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK767	IAEA/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC BO IR
07MINSK768	PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO ERODING [...] (SBU) The latest independent public opinion poll confirms a trend of slowly declining support for Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko. Most respondents termed the economy as fair, but showed slightly less optimism about economic developments. Cuts in social benefits to take effect in De [...]	2007-09-07 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK780	LOVING FOR LUKA IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: A GLIMPSE [...] (C) Recent travel to Lukashenko's birthplace revealed Shklov and environs to be a veritable Potemkin village. Thanks to the dictator's largesse, the town of less than 15,000 sported brightly painted houses -- at least on the main streets -- and a number of new public institutions. The vaunte [...]	2007-09-12 08:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO

07MINSK787	DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HIRING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 10, several hundred small entrepreneurs gathered peacefully to protest an executive order which will limit entrepreneurs to employing only family members. The Perspektiva small business association and retail vendors' councils from several cities throughout the country organ [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK788	17-YEAR OLD YOUTH LEADER FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (C) After hearing possibly coerced testimony, a Belarusian court recently fined 17-year-old opposition youth leader Yaroslav Grishchenya USD 435 for running an unregistered organization. Outside the trial, police forcibly detained 24 protesters, including a prominent opposition youth leader [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK797	OPPOSITION'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN PLANS MOVE [...] (C) The opposition coalition made substantial progress in August in agreeing to a formula for choosing a single democratic candidate per district for the 2008 parliamentary elections. Parties signing the agreement identified nearly 300 potential nominees for the 110 electoral districts, with [...]	2007-09-17 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK799	MOGILYOV OFFICIALS PLAY NICE, REQUEST ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Mogilyov region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities emphasized stability and were generally optimistic about the region's development, at the same time taking every opportunity to solicit mone [...]	2007-09-19 07:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK805	BELAYA RUS-IFICATION OF PARTY POLITICS? [...] (C) Belaya Rus, a group created two years ago to support Aleksandr Lukashenko, may soon formalize its status as a national social organization. Most likely, Belaya Rus will provide pro-presidential local election commission members and monitors for the 2008 parliamentary vote. Members of Bel [...]	2007-09-19 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK808	GEORGIA ON LUKASHENKO'S MIND [...] (C) During a visit by Georgia's Minister of Defense to Minsk, Lukashenko said he wanted to make relations between the two countries "better than during the Soviet Union." While Georgian officials mostly focused on trade in public statements, the GOB most likely sought to signal independence fr [...]	2007-09-21 11:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GG
07MINSK810	WORLD BANK: BELARUS ECONOMY NOT IN DANGER -- YET [...] (SBU) In a World Bank Country Assistance Team meeting with the diplomatic corps, World Bank Country Director Paul Bermingham stated that the macroeconomic situation in Belarus is "serious, but not life-threatening", that economic growth is real, but foreign reserve levels are not ideal. Bermin [...]	2007-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK811	LUKASHENKO'S ARMS DEALER BACK FROM MALTA? [...] (C) A Minsk businessman claims suspected Belarusian arms dealer Vladimir Peftiyev just returned to Minsk permanently after several years residing in Malta. The move, if true, suggests Lukashenko may have transferred ill-gotten assets elsewhere. End summary. Major Weapons Trader Returns to [...]	2007-09-21 11:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PINR BO MT
07MINSK812	BREAST CANCER ADVOCACY SUMMIT IN BELARUS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs attended the Third Biannual Eastern Europe and Central Asia Breast Cancer Advocacy Summit in Minsk on September 15. The summit, which received Democracy Commission funding, gathered the full spectrum of breast cancer specialists from the region and the United Stat [...]	2007-09-21 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI BO
07MINSK831	IPR PROTECTION FOR SOFTWARE: AROUND THE BEND? [...] (C) A Minsk conference highlighted the need for improved IPR protection for software in Belarus. Despite reasonable legislation, piracy rates for software remain above 80 percent. Previously the small size of the Belarusian market meant little pressure to improve enforcement, but the industr [...]	2007-10-01 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR EINT PGOV SCUL BO
07MINSK833	HUMAN-RIGHTS NGO DODGES LIQUIDATION FOR NOW [...] (C) On September 26, authorities ended, at least temporarily, their effort to liquidate Supolnost, one of Belarus' few remaining registered independent human rights NGOs. However, civil society and opposition leaders believe the reprieve may be only temporary given Supolnost's plans to observ [...]	2007-10-01 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK853	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: SEVERAL PATHS, ONE GOAL [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders expressed confidence for a large turnout at the October 14 demonstration in favor of European values and asked for international support. Differences of opinion over a second demonstration planned for November suggest it may not fare as well. The four main co [...]	2007-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
07MINSK857	OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS JAILED AHEAD OF EUROPEAN [...] (U) Ahead of the democratic opposition's October 14 European March (reftel),GOB security services have detained several opposition leaders and activists. On October 8, Minsk police arrested march organizer Yevgeniy Afnagel soon after he met with authorities to discuss the European March and [...]	2007-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK858	GSP SUSPENSION NOT PRODDING GOB TO IMPROVE WORKER [...] (C) The EU's suspension of the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus over the government's unwillingness to follow recommendations from the International Labor Organization (ILO) has not triggered any improvement in worker rights. To the contrary, the Presidential Administration ann [...]	2007-10-11 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK865	LEFTIST LIQUIDATION: WOMEN'S PARTY NADZEYA [...] (U) The Belarusian Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of the Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzeya." Following the suspension of the opposition Communist Party in August, Nadzeya is now the second of the three members of the Union on Leftist parties to have its activities curtailed. End summar [...]	2007-10-12 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK875	HEALTHY TURNOUT FOR MINSK'S EUROPEAN MARCH [...] (C) The Belarusian opposition gathered a diverse crowd of up to 6,000 for the October 14 European March, the largest mass demonstration since March 2006. While there were arrests before the march (refs B, C) the large security presence policing the protest demonstrated restraint. In a statem [...]	2007-10-16 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK882	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES PUTIN, BACKS [...] (U) At an October 12 press conference with Russian journalists, President Lukashenko criticized the Putin government for limiting the GOB's access to Russian mass media and stalling Belarusian-Russian integration. Lukashenko advocated a "multi-directional" GOB foreign policy emphasizing close [...]	2007-10-17 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO RS
07MINSK883	AMBASSADOR FINDS OUT WHAT'S NEW IN STARIYE DOROGI [...] (C) Ambassador presided over a ceremony presenting humanitarian assistance to a hospital in Stariye Dorogi on October 16. The well-tended small town benefited recently from regime's largesse, but still faces demographic concerns. The existence of a private museum glorifying Belarusian nation [...]	2007-10-18 12:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK889	MFA REPLIES TO IRAN DEMARCHES (ILSA) [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Head of the MFA's North America Department Sergey Sergeyev met with the DCM to discuss a host of topics, chief among them issues related to Belarusian relations with Iran. While little new information was offered, Sergeyev's approach enabled the DCM to deliver [...]	2007-10-22 16:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG EFIN MNUC IR BO
07MINSK893	NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC COLLAPSE UNLIKELY - ANALYSTS [...] (C) Belarusian economic experts do not foresee the imminent collapse of the Belarusian economy, in spite of price hikes for imported Russian natural gas. During an October 18 meeting with the Ambassador, economic analysts predicted that the Belarusian economy could sustain expected gas price [...]	2007-10-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN PINR BO
07MINSK894	OPPOSITION CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT BUILDS NEW PARTY [...] (C) On October 19, DCM met with opposition party leader Pavel Severinets, who described an inter-generational rift within the opposition movement before, during, and following the October 14 European March. Severinets articulated his goal of transforming his newly-created Christian Democracy [...]	2007-10-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK898	AMNESTY LEAVES FATE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS UNKNOWN [...] (U) On October 24, the lower house of parliament passed both readings of a bill granting amnesty to over 3,000 common criminals. To enter into force the bill must still pass the upper house and be signed by Lukashenko. At this point the amnesty does not cover political prisoners. Prison aut [...]	2007-10-24 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK901	COALITION LEADERS UNITED ON MESSAGE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The four leaders of the opposition coalition asked Ambassador to signal to the GOB that the international community would watch closely the planned November 4 Social March. They expressed relief that the recent visit by a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe official apparently [...]	2007-10-25 15:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK915	FORMER PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON LUKASHENKO AND CRONIES [...] (C) Former Presidential Administration Press Advisor Aleksandr XXXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ Chief on October 23 that Lukashenko has not decided whether to run again in 2011. The dictator's inner circle does not fear a managed transition, but still wants to avoid significant steps toward democratiza [...]	2007-11-01 15:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK916	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-007, 008 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 15:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT KREL START JCIC US BO
07MINSK920	PROTESTS OVER SOCIAL BENEFITS CUT SMALL BUT NOVEL [...] (C) November 4 witnessed two demonstrations in Minsk against upcoming cuts in social benefits. A total of up to 600 participants took part. The smaller demonstration was the first one held in the center of October Square since March of 2006. Government-organized skinheads marred the larger [...]	2007-11-05 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK93	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-02-01 18:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK935	MODEST GAS PRICE HIKE LIKELY FOR BELARUS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Gazprom is likely to raise natural gas prices for Belarus by roughly 25 percent for 2008. Such a modest hike would rule out Russia granting Belarus a stabilization loan. Still, analysts term the predicted 2008 price less than called for by the New Year's agreement between Minsk and Mosc [...]	2007-11-13 16:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK949	REGIME FAILING TO DEAL WITH POPULATION DECLINE [...] (C) A recent conference demonstrated that official Minsk recognizes that economic migration to Belarus could help counterbalance the country's significant natural population decline. Weak policies and modest goals for attracting workers from abroad suggest the GOB will continue to focus on we [...]	2007-11-16 13:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB BO
07MINSK95	GOB RENEWS LEASE OF LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (C) On January 31, the GOB reversed a December 2006 decision and announced that it would renew the lease contract for the offices of the prominent human rights organization the Belarus Helsinki Committee (BHC) for one more year. The GOB denied any political motivation in its original cancell [...]	2007-02-01 19:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK96	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK968	MESSAGE FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITY, ACTION, [...] (C) An opposition visit to Washington just weeks after the OFAC listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim offers an ideal opportunity both to reconfirm USG support for the opposition and to express USG expectations for 2008. The opposition will no doubt take heart from a restatem [...]	2007-11-23 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
07MINSK97	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK976	UDF FALLING BEHIND ON JOINT CANDIDATE LIST [...] (C) Belarus' United Democratic Forces (UDF) have fallen significantly behind their self-imposed timetable for formation of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections. While UDF co-chairs had hoped a candidate list would be complete by mid-November (refs B, D),USAID-funded [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID BO
07MINSK99	MFA WARNS EUR/UMB DIRECTOR AGAINST FURTHER USG [...] (C) Visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme and DCM met with the MFA U.S. and Canada Desk Director Sergey Sergeyev on January 26. Sergeyev expressed the GOB's concern about the potential impact of the recently passed U.S. legislation, the Belarusian Democracy Reauthorization Act, stressing that new [...]	2007-02-02 07:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK992	VITAL VOICES PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SEMINAR WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with participants of a summit held recently by Vital Voices in Ukraine. The conference, "Vital Voices of Eurasia: A Leadership Summit for Women and Girls," took place in Kyiv October 14-18 and highlighted successful practices that women leaders have undertaken to advance the [...]	2007-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BO
07MINSK993	NATIONAL BANK CHAIR MAY SUCCEED SIDORSKIY AS PM [...] (C) While talk of the imminent sacking of Belarusian Premier Sergey Sidorskiy has circulated for some time, rumors are increasing regarding one likely successor, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Pyotr Prokopovich. A civil engineer by training, Prokopovich is a long-time [...]	2007-12-05 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR BO
07MINSK997	INDEPENDENT PAPER FACES DEBILITATING LIBEL SUIT [...] (SBU) On December 5, Minsk Judge Alena Anannich agreed to hear a libel suit filed by vitriolic Belarusian parliamentarian Nikolay Cherginets against the independent weekly newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich. Cherginets' suit demands the paper withdraw Tamkovich's Septem [...]	2007-12-06 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MONROVIA1354	COM NSDD-38 RESPONSE TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) The Chief of Mission does not at this time approve the establishment of the GG-10 Intelligence Technician position requested in reftel. The COM does not disagree with DIA,s assessment of DAO Monrovia,s staffing growth needs nor with the value this new position would provide. However, Emba [...]	2007-11-20 15:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	AODE KMRS AMGT LI
07MONROVIA1359	LIBERIA: GOL AND UNMIL RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Executive Mansion has called the murder of Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) General Manager Michael Bruno "unacceptable" and vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible in order to protect Liberia's investment climate. The Mansion also expressed concer [...]	2007-11-21 15:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC AMGT EAGR PTER LI
07MONROVIA1375	FORMER REBEL LEADER DENIES HARBORING FIGHTERS [...] (C) Summary: Former MODEL rebel group leader and NTGL foreign minister Thomas Nimely Yaya rejected accusations that he was training 150 Burkinabes at his family plantation in Grand Gedeh County. He told Ambassador that he has no political designs whatsoever, and supports the Sirleaf governme [...]	2007-11-30 16:08:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1393	LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS KEEN ON LIBERIA HOSTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador briefed Senators and Representatives serving on key legislative committees on the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM),and responded to their questions. The legislators expressed overwhelming support for the initiative and reiterated President Sirleaf's request tha [...]	2007-12-06 07:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AMGT ASEC PHUM LI
07MONROVIA1438	VICE ADMIRAL MOELLER'S DECEMBER 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful visit December 18-19, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations (DCMO) Vice Admiral Michael T. Moeller attended the activation of the first companies of the new Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) formed since the AFL was disbanded and restructured two [...]	2007-12-28 10:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PGOV LI
07MONROVIA221	LIBERIAN LEGISLATIVE CRISIS: SPEAKER SNOWE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Edwin Snowe resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives February 15, but retained his position as a member of the House. At a press conference announcing his resignation, Snowe urged the international community and the Council of Churches to investigate allegations of bri [...]	2007-02-16 17:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV LI
07MONROVIA280	LIBERIA: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...]	2007-03-01 09:14:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR LI
07MONROVIA282	LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 1 VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Liberia for a one-day visit February 1. According to Chinese Embassy Political Counselor Gou Hao Dong, it was the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Liberia since the two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1977. Gou to [...]	2007-03-01 10:37:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LI CH
07MONROVIA289	LIBERIA: US/CHINA DIALOGUE ON AFRICA [...] (C) In general, Chinese assistance to Liberia tends to be well-publicized one-off contributions of goods, technical assistance, infrastructure, and exchanges, rather than sustained donor engagement in strengthening specific institutions or sectors. Since 2003, China has provided peacekeepers [...]	2007-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL CH LI
07MONROVIA599	LIBERIA'S CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY ACT [...] (SBU) The Senate introduced a bill entitled "An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Legislative Law to Provide Financial Autonomy to the Legislature," which it passed on April 23, 2007. The House of Representatives passed the bill on April 24, 2007. (See text of Act in paragraph 5). The j [...]	2007-05-21 18:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON LI
07MONROVIA623	LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MOVES [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been working with the international community to put policies and practices in place that will instill donor confidence and permit resumption of funding of the TRC's activities. Many strides have [...]	2007-05-24 17:11:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID LI
07MONROVIA863	LIBERIA: CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WEAH AND CDC [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, George Weah, leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change and unsuccessful Presidential Candidate in 2005, met with the Ambassador to discuss his views of the current government led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He spoke at length about problems the CDC has with the Sirle [...]	2007-07-18 14:31:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI LI
07MONROVIA902	VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...]	2007-07-25 18:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP
07MONTERREY828	NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]	2007-09-07 15:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTEVIDEO1001	CHAVEZ UNDER FIRE IN URUGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been a favorite subject of the media and political columnists in Uruguay, who more often than not highlight his faults. This was exemplified by a flurry of recent articles and editorials that have cast Chavez in a negative light. Several ar [...]	2007-11-27 18:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO1017	URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, SOUTHCOM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission in Montevideo welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a turbulent region. Your arrival [...]	2007-12-04 16:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR MASS UY
07MONTEVIDEO1052	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS [...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...]	2007-12-19 21:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO1061	FRENTE AMPLIO: UNABLE TO ELECT A LEADER, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) failed to elect a new leader to head the coalition's political apparatus during its semi-annual congress December 13-16. Coalition leaders worked late into the night before and during the meetings, seeking consensus as to who would lead the FA, an importa [...]	2007-12-27 15:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD UY
07MONTEVIDEO121	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY SUPPORTIVE OF ONE-YEAR [...] (C) On February 8, DCM met with the MFA's Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo regarding reftel demarche aimed at impressing on China the need to support a one-year renewal for MINUSTAH at current authorized force levels, with the intention of further renewals. The demarche w [...]	2007-02-08 16:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC MASS UN HA UY
07MONTEVIDEO189	URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome your participation in President Bush's historic visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a tu [...]	2007-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON UY
07MONTEVIDEO216	LULA ATTEMPTS TO REKINDLE RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Lula, accompanied by a high-level delegation, came to Uruguay on February 26 for a 6-hour visit to repair a strained relationship with President Vazquez. The two presidents met in a cordial atmosphere at the presidential retreat in Anchorena, the same venue whe [...]	2007-03-05 21:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD UY
07MONTEVIDEO253	POTUS VISIT TO URUGUAY A RESOUNDING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bush's March 9-11 visit to Uruguay was overwhelmingly positive for our bilateral relations and we believe very successful in spreading the message that the U.S. favors good relations with governments in the region that respect democracy, the rule of law and human right [...]	2007-03-14 13:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP BUSH GEORGE PREL PGOV ECON UY
07MONTEVIDEO345	URUGUAY ON THE PEACEKEEPING CHALLENGE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: This telegram provides local context on the challenge of finding enough troops, military observers and police to staff new UN peacekeeping missions in Africa (ref A). Uruguay is likely to maintain its unmatched per capita contributions to PKO, and it appears well disposed to join [...]	2007-04-04 17:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MARR UY
07MONTEVIDEO376	THREATS HIGHLIGHT STAKES IN PULP MILL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Threats against Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill were largely discounted this week, but they highlight the regional tension which surrounds upcoming mediation between Uruguay and Argentina in Madrid beginning April 17. One international bridge remains blocked since November 20 and ano [...]	2007-04-13 20:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI ETRD AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO440	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On May 8, Charge raised reftel demarche with the MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, stressing the SIPDIS need to keep human rights violators such as Belarus off the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Cancela who appeared keenly interested in the subject said that Uruguay " [...]	2007-05-08 17:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UY
07MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) We have taken ref B demarche very seriously. Embassy Montevideo has adequately covered allof the bases with the exception of Foreign Minister Reinaldo Gargano. He is very anti-US and I fear it would be counterproductive for me to directly approach him on this topic. Gargano is the only one [...]	2007-05-10 16:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UY
07MONTEVIDEO483	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]	2007-05-16 20:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
07MONTEVIDEO569	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON CUBA, BELARUS AND PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Per instructions, PolCouns orally presented reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Fernando Lugris at the first available opportunity. Lugris said that Human Rights Office Director Alejandra De Bellis was in Geneva attending the Human Rights Council's Fifth Session along [...]	2007-06-14 19:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UY
07MONTEVIDEO611	SCENESETTER FOR U/S NICHOLAS R. BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 10-11 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the eve of Secret [...]	2007-06-27 14:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PHUM ECON OVIP OTRA UY
07MONTEVIDEO629	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY HENRY M. [...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 12-13 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the heels of U/S Burns' and A/S Shannon's po [...]	2007-07-02 19:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN OVIP ECON OTRA ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO699	CONSTRUCTIVE GOOD WILL: U/S BURNS' JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, densely-packed visit to Uruguay substantially advanced our bilateral relations and key U.S. foreign policy objectives. Trade, the fight against poverty, UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),MERCOSUR, Venezuela, WTO, e [...]	2007-07-27 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO707	SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...]	2007-07-31 18:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO714	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO URUGUAY JULY [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Paulson's July 11-12 visit to Uruguay was viewed as a positive follow-up to the President's March visit and to Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon's visits the same week. The Secretary's SIPDIS initiatives on small businesses and infrastructure finan [...]	2007-08-03 14:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV UY
07MONTEVIDEO836	CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) Issues contained in reftel demarche request were raised with Third Secretary Gabriela Sibila, Department of Multilateral Affairs, on September 19, 2007. The GOU had no comment. 2. (C) Concurrently, Acting DCM contacted the Dutch Ambassador to Uruguay, who indicated that the Dutch had [...]	2007-09-21 12:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PTER LE UY
07MONTEVIDEO846	DEAL OR NO DEAL? PULP MILL END GAME APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. A deal may be in the offing that would finally resolve the long-running bilateral dispute between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of a giant pulp mill on a shared river. Over the past weeks, GOU leaders have publicly and privately hinted that such an agreement was ten [...]	2007-09-25 20:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO89	THE MERCOSUR RIO SUMMIT: USELESS FOR URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: The following was gathered from press reports and from our close contacts within the GOU. It represents the view from Uruguay, where dissatisfaction with Mercosur has been steadily growing. President Vazquez's expectations for the Rio Mercosur Summit were reportedly "very low" [...]	2007-01-24 20:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO890	URUGUAY "LIKELY" WILL URGE BEIJING'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On October 9, A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the MFA's Acting Director General for the Secretariat Daniel Castillo. Castillo was familiar with outcome of the Haiti Key Players Group meeting on September 26, 2007, in New York, but was unaware of the October 4 meeting of UN Security exp [...]	2007-10-09 19:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV UN HA UY
07MONTEVIDEO917	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE HALFWAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) government of President Vazquez passed its halfway mark last month. This cable provides our assessment of the first half of the Vazquez administration as it relates to foreign relations, economic policy and domestic issues. Our overall assessment is posit [...]	2007-10-23 19:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
07MONTEVIDEO947	URUGUAY ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION [...] (C) Introduction: This telegram responds to reftel action request for information. Methodology and sources used to compile this report included an in-depth interview by regional LEGATT (Buenos Aires) with Dra. Carmen Conte, Director, Direccion Nacional de Migracion and with Comisario Jorge Sce [...]	2007-11-01 16:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PBTS
07MONTEVIDEO965	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO URUGUAY: DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) On November 9, 2007, A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros. He listened attentively and said that "officially" the GoU registered U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the BRV's constitutional reform package and [...]	2007-11-09 20:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU UY
07MONTEVIDEO98	DUSTR VERONEAU SIGNS TIFA WITH URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: DUSTR John Veroneau came to Uruguay on January 25-26 to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Presidential Chief of Staff Gonzalo Fernandez. Accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat, Director Sue Cronin and Ambassador Frank Baxter, Veroneau met with Economy [...]	2007-01-30 13:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN UY
07MONTEVIDEO992	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]	2007-11-26 15:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
07MOSCOW10	DEFENSE REFORM: IVANOV ANNOUNCES TWO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Spurred by public concern over the widespread abuse of conscripts, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov outlined two initiatives to improve the quality of life in the military when he met November 16 with senior commanders of the Armed Forces. Ivanov called for the creation of Parents' Com [...]	2007-01-08 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1023	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS THIRTEEN; [...] (SBU) Summary: Preliminary, unconfirmed results from regional elections held March 11 in fourteen Russian regions show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party in first place in thirteen of the fourteen contests. United Russia did not win more than forty percent of the votes in all contests, a [...]	2007-03-12 12:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
07MOSCOW103	RUSSIAN SUSPECT BEHIND CENTRAL BANKER'S MURDER [...] (SBU) Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika announced on January 11 the arrest of a Russian citizen believed to be the mastermind behind Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrey Kozlov's murder in September 2006. Chaika's statement did not mention Aleksey Frenkel by name, but Frenkel's atto [...]	2007-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW105	RUSSIA REACTS TO IRAQ STRATEGY, IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOR publicly reacted to the President's policy address by repeating the need for "broad and real" dialogue among Iraqi groups and neighboring countries, including Iran and Syria, and indicating concern over the perceived reliance on a military solution. The MFA told us it r [...]	2007-01-12 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR IZ IR
07MOSCOW1079	RUSSIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ECHR JUDGMENTS ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. In early March, Russia notified the Salvation Army that it accepts the ECHR judgment and will pay the monetary damages awarded. The GOR remains within the 90-day appeal period of the ECHR ruling in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and will likely adhere to its practice of accept [...]	2007-03-14 07:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KIRF PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1098	RUSSIA ENERGY: MORE ON LUKOIL AND IRAN AND THE ISA [...] (C) In response to reftel A, we have raised our concerns about Lukoil's investment in the Anaran field with Acting Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov and Lukoil President Alekperov. In a March 12 meeting with Deputy Energy Secretary Sell (septel),Alekperov reiterated his clear SIPDIS underst [...]	2007-03-14 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR NO RS
07MOSCOW1100	SIX-PARTY TALKS: GOR VIEWS ON THE FIFTH WORKING [...] (C) On March 14, Aleksandr Ignatov, MFA Deputy Director of the ASEAN Department and a participant in the Fifth WG on the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism, shared with us GOR expectations for the upcoming talks. Ignatov, who has served in South Korea, will be deputy to Ambassador V [...]	2007-03-14 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1104	RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...]	2007-03-14 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GG RS
07MOSCOW1105	CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...]	2007-03-14 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS
07MOSCOW1129	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON JOINT INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 26, a team led by A/S John Rood met with a team led by Oleg Rozhkov, MFA Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),to discuss the joint initiative to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation outlined in a January 10 letter from U/S Joseph [...]	2007-03-15 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PARM RS
07MOSCOW1143	KOSOVO: HARDLINE RUSSIAN DFM TITOV URGES PHASED [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated to the Ambassador that the Russian bottomline remained unchanged: the Ahtisaari plan was unacceptable absent Serbian endorsement, and Serbs remained united in their opposition to the proposal. Titov expressed ange [...]	2007-03-16 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
07MOSCOW1144	SERGEY IVANOV'S MIXED LEGACY AS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov leaves behind a mixed legacy as Defense Minister. He can claim credit for increased defense funding and launching a multi-year modernization program for the armed forces. He also sparked some reform initiatives, like the Ministry's revi [...]	2007-03-16 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1145	AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL - "FROZEN" NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite reports that Aeroflot will sign a deal for 22 A350's with Airbus in the next few weeks, the Boeing deal with Aeroflot is not off the table. If anything, this week's visit by Boeing CEO for Civil Aircraft Scott Carson appears to have improved the chances for a Boeing 787 [...]	2007-03-16 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW1149	ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell visited Moscow March 11 - 14 to participate in the bilateral Energy Working Group (EWG) and to meet with U.S. energy companies as well as Lukoil and Gazprom. At the EWG, there was a good exchange of views on information exchanges, energy effi [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1198	RUSSIA: PRIVATIZATION OF POWER SECTOR ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. Privatization of Russia's electricity power sector, the fourth largest in the world, is set to accelerate this year. Electricity monopoly RAO UES is currently preparing final reform measures needed to sell off its power companies to the private sector, and hopes to close its door [...]	2007-03-20 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW1210	RUSSIA: PWC FINED IN YUKOS TAX AUDIT CASE [...] (SBU) On March 20, the Moscow District Federal Arbitration Court (FAC) ruled against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),agreeing with the Federal Tax Service that PWC had falsified its 2002-2004 audits of former oil giant Yukos. The panel rendered its decision after only four hours of testimony an [...]	2007-03-21 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1236	RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...]	2007-03-22 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS
07MOSCOW124	RUSSIAN ENERGY: LUKOIL, ISA, AND IRAN [...] (C) In response to reftels, Post has approached Lukoil three times over the past two months about the firm's possible investment in the Azadegan oil project in Iran. In Mid-November, econoff drew on reftel A points to express USG concern about press reports suggesting a possible Lukoil invest [...]	2007-01-16 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1248	BURMA: RUSSIAN MFA SEES BURMA HEADING IN RIGHT [...] (C) In a recent discussion with Anatoliy Borovik, Chief of the MFA's Burma, Cambodia and Laos Section, we underlined the U.S. commitment to continue actively promoting national reconciliation, respect for human rights and a transition to democracy in Burma. Borovik told us that Russia did not [...]	2007-03-23 05:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM RS
07MOSCOW1257	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN MFA NEGOTIATOR ON INCIDENTS [...] (C) On March 23 we raised with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-large Nesterushkin the March 16 refusal of Transnistrian authorities to allow diplomats from Amembassy Chisinau into the separatist region. We handed Nesterushkin a copy of Ambassador Finley's March 21 intervention at the OSCE Permanent [...]	2007-03-23 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS

07MOSCOW1285	AEROFLOT "BUYS" A350 AS UAC AND EADS CUDDLE UP [...] (C) Summary. In a March 22 meeting with Airbus, Aeroflot signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 22 Airbus 350XWBs for delivery between 2014 and 2017. In a separate March 22 ceremony EADS promised the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) five percent of the airframe work of the [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAIR RS
07MOSCOW1287	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-23 19:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1288	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-23 19:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1291	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1292	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1305	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]	2007-03-26 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1310	OVERWHELMING POLICE PRESENCE STOPS MARCH IN NIZHNIY NOVGOROD [...] (C) Nizhniy Novogorod authorities used an overwhelming law enforcement presence to thwart the efforts of several hundred "Other Russia" activists to stage a "March of Dissenters" down a central pedestrian avenue on March 24. Eyewitnesses report that a number of would-be marchers were beaten. A [...]	2007-03-26 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1316	RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS
07MOSCOW1319	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) We previewed reftel U.S. initiatives to be tabled at the Helsinki ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting with Dmitriy Lukiyantsev, a Counselor in the MFA's Department of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Regional Affairs. Lukiyantsev said the GOR was interested in encouraging the ARF to be more respons [...]	2007-03-26 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ARF RS
07MOSCOW1326	RUSSIA: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES START TO STAND UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON RS
07MOSCOW1336	GOR REACTS TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) While press reports had indicated that Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov, the chief Russian negotiator in the Six Party Talks, had attributed the breakdown in negotiations to the U.S.'s failure to deliver, the GOR officially termed the latest round as "useful." The MFA statement noted the [...]	2007-03-27 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1339	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to religious freedom advocates, human rights experts, and religious leaders, overall religious freedom in Russia continues to improve, despite continued individual violations documented in our annual Report on Religious Freedom. More than 22,000 religious organizations [...]	2007-03-27 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1354	AMBASSADOR'S 3/27 MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Finance Minister Kudrin, the Ambassador pushed for Russian progress on remaining problem areas in WTO talks and raised our concern over pending legal action against PricewaterhouseCoopers. There are no plans to revoke the audit license of PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]	2007-03-28 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
07MOSCOW1374	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: CALM BEFORE THE STORM? [...] (C) Russian non-official commentators have shown little interest in reacting to the Georgian suit against Russia in the European Court for Human Rights. Even Sergey Markov -- usually the shrillest parrot of any line the Kremlin takes -- called for handling the matter between the foreign minist [...]	2007-03-29 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EU GG RS
07MOSCOW1377	YOUR VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On behalf of the Ambassador, we look forward to your arrival, and offer the following overview of our commercial relationship with Russia. You may want to read also the Ambassador's scenesetter for Foreign Minister Lavrov's last visit to Washington (referenced above),which provides insig [...]	2007-03-29 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV OVIP
07MOSCOW1392	MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON NUG, IRAQ, LEBANON, WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA STRESSED IN A RECENT MEETING THAT THE FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN HAMAS' SLOW EVOLUTION AND SUGGESTED THE QUARTET SHOULD REVISIT ITS POLICIES ON CONTACTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR T [...]	2007-03-29 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ LE MO WI SU RS
07MOSCOW1394	DAGESTAN: "IT IS ENOUGH THAT THE PEOPLE KNOW [...] (C) Dagestan went to the polls March 11, as did many localities in Russia, but the elections bore little relation -- both in process and in meaning -- to what happened elsewhere in the country. The elections were a way for the four main power groupings to test their strength for the first tim [...]	2007-03-29 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW1413	RUSSIA TO REVIEW TALIBAN LIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AF RS EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
07MOSCOW1414	RUSSIA NOTIFIED ABOUT BANK SEPAH, STILL NO DECREE [...] (C) Econoff delivered a copy of Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt's statement (provided in Reftel A) on UNSCR 1747's designation of Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International to Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Counsel for the MFA's Department of New Threast and Challenges. Delivery of [...]	2007-03-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR RS PARM EFIN KTFN
07MOSCOW1442	RUSSIAN CORPORATE STATISM: WATCH THIS SPACE [...] (C) Summary: The rise of corporate statism in Russia has been significant. Since 2004, the government has taken over the world's largest titanium business, consolidated its position in Gazprom, merged 10 aviation businesses into a state-owned conglomerate, and taken controlling positions in ot [...]	2007-04-02 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1478	UKRAINIAN CRISIS: INITIAL REACTIONS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) In the wake of President Yushchenko's decision to disband the Rada, the GOR issued a statement early April 3 urging Ukrainian political forces to demonstrate wisdom and responsibility, and to act within the law. State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev termed Yus [...]	2007-04-03 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1479	OTHER RUSSIA'S MOSCOW MARCH PLANS SIDELINED; KASYANOV NOT FLUSTERED BY PRO-KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP HARASSMENT; MIRONOV'S STUMPING FOR PUTIN DISMISSED [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and "Other Russia (OR)" participant Mikhail Kasyanov's Press Secretary, Yelena Dikun, described April 3 the Moscow city government's decision to sideline a planned April 14 "March of Dissenters" as the by-product of the authorities' uneasiness in the wake of problems [...]	2007-04-03 16:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1499	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH NATURAL [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, accompanied by the Ambassador, met April 2 with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuriy Trutnev. Responding to Gutierrez, Trutnev said that Ministry of Natural Resources' (MNR) inspection of the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin-1 project was " [...]	2007-04-04 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1515	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 4 meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Minister of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) German Gref expressed support for conclusion of a WTO-consistent bilateral uranium suspension agreement that does not discriminate against Russian suppliers. While skirting [...]	2007-04-05 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO KIPR KNNP RS
07MOSCOW1521	RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...]	2007-04-05 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL
07MOSCOW1523	RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...]	2007-04-06 02:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL
07MOSCOW1528	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK [...] Summary. (SBU) In his April 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Central Bank Governor Sergey Ignatiev reiterated the importance placed by the GOR on WTO succession, downplayed the likelihood of the Central Bank losing its supervisory authority over the banking system, and was optimistic about Russi [...]	2007-04-06 09:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW1535	IRAN: SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION DECREE STUCK IN [...] (C) We raised implementation of UNSCR 1747 Sanctions against Iran with Petr Illichev, Senior Counselor of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Illichev reconfirmed that Russia intended to move ahead to comply with the provisions of UNSCR 1747 using existing legal authorities, b [...]	2007-04-06 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN ETTC IR RS
07MOSCOW1537	NEW RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER STILL AN ENIGMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month and a half after his appointment as Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov continues to take a low-key approach to his new job. He has not circulated widely among Defense Ministry officials or military personnel, nor has he publicly articulated a strategic vision for th [...]	2007-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1552	UKRAINIAN CRISIS: "NO SHARP MOVEMENT" FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) The GOR continues to keep a cautious but close watch over the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. In private, Russian leaders urge that the US and Russia advocate quietly for a constitutional resolution. DFM Karasin told the Ambassador and DAS Kramer to expect "no sharp movement" from the Russi [...]	2007-04-06 16:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1579	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MOSCOW TALKS ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) EUR DAS David Kramer held talks on Transnistria/Moldova in Moscow April 6 at the MFA with DFM Grigoriy Karasin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Kenyaikin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Nesterushkin; at the Security Council with Andrey Kuzin; and at the Duma with Andrey Kokoshin. Kramer stressed [...]	2007-04-09 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1606	RUSSIAN ENERGY: GAS OPEC -- NOT QUITE [...] (U) Very few in Moscow believed that the April 9 Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha would result in a decision to set up an OPEC-like cartel. In the run-up to the meeting, Russia's representative Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko said, "the fact that a cartel agreement on price formation f [...]	2007-04-10 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW1608	IRAN: DFM KISLYAK ON VISIT BY IRANIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with DFM Kislyak, the Ambassador expressed disappointment with the April 4-8 Moscow visit by Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, who was designated in UNSCR 1747 Annex I as a key person in the IRGC. The Ambassador pressed for an explana [...]	2007-04-10 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW1631	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CIRCUMSPECT WHILE DUMA [...] (C) GOR officials assured the Ambassador April 10 that the Russian government would continue to be an attentive observer of the Ukrainian political crisis while avoiding direct public involvement. Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko told the Ambassador that Russia w [...]	2007-04-11 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1634	IRAN: PUTIN FRUSTRATED WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) During an April 10 conversation with Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko, the Ambassador again expressed disappointment with Russia's receiving Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, a individual designated on the UNSCR 1747 list of key [...]	2007-04-11 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW1635	DPRK: AMBASSADOR INFORMS GOR ABOUT RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) On April 10, the Ambassador alerted DFM Losyukov to the resolution of the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) dispute and urged the GOR to publicly welcome the breakthrough and to push North Korea to fulfill its February 13 obligations. Losyukov said he understood the significance of the message, welc [...]	2007-04-11 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW1653	RUSSIA-HUNGARY: WARMING TREND [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's late-March visit to Moscow continued the warming trend in relations between Russia and Hungary. Strong economic interests have been sufficient to overcome the historical legacy that dominates Russia's relations with some of its former s [...]	2007-04-12 08:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG HU RS
07MOSCOW1674	OFFICIAL RUSSIA BRISTLES AT SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (C) In its April 11 reaction to the release of the 2006 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs further stoked a fire that was set by an April 7 front-page article in the national daily Kommersant and fed with criticism by State Duma Foreign Affairs Commit [...]	2007-04-12 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1676	RUSSIA: CAN OLD SCIENTISTS LEARN NEW TRICKS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: To assess the changing science climate in Russia and funding implications (especially for institutes employing former weapons experts),ISN/CTR's Jefferson Science Fellow recently visited several scientific institutes in the Moscow area and met with government officials and repres [...]	2007-04-12 16:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL TBIO PINR PGOV ECON RS
07MOSCOW1684	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 3, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman discussed a broad range of topics, including the Russian cell phone market, Motorola, cooperation on information technology, IPR, and biometrics. The Secretary asked [...]	2007-04-13 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR KNNP RS WTO
07MOSCOW1703	MOSCOW GEARS UP FOR WEEKEND OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Saturday, April 14, promises to be a banner day for Moscow, with three major groups --the anti-government Other Russia, the anti-immigrant Movement Against Illegal Immigration, and the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Guard scheduled to stage separate demonstrations around the city. Other Rus [...]	2007-04-13 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW1704	RUSSIAN SCIEN... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a luncheon meeting with EST April 10, Kurchatov Institute Director Mikhail Koval'chuk weighed in on issues ranging from Russia's proposed floating nuclear power stations to the power struggles between the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Ministry of Education and Science (M [...]	2007-04-14 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KNNP KPAO TBIO PREL RS
07MOSCOW1710	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH UAC DG [...] (C) Summary. In a April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Aleksey Federov said that he had joined the industry effort to lobby GOR officials, particularly Presidential Aide Igor Shuvalov, for a "balanced" aviation policy to build good re [...]	2007-04-16 05:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PARM PINR RS
07MOSCOW1717	"OTHER RUSSIA'S" MOSCOW DEMONSTRATION STOPPED BY POLICE [...] (C) As expected, the April 14 anti-government "Other Russia" demonstration, estimated to number several hundred, at the center city Pushkin Square was stopped in its tracks by as many as nine thousand uniformed law enforcement officials. Member of the Other Russia leadership Garry Kasparov an [...]	2007-04-16 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1770	RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with XXXXXXXXXXXX. He described the new embezzlement and money laundering charges -- that Khodorkovskiy engaged in transfer pricing that harmed unwitting minority shareholders in Yukos' three production subsidiaries -- as a re-packaging of the charges in the first case. H [...]	2007-04-18 07:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW178	RUSSIAN TAX, CBR OFFICIALS CAUGHT IN FSB STING [...] (SBU) Summary. Court proceedings began this week in a bribery case brought against two mid-level officials (one from the Federal Tax Service and one from the Central Bank) in connection with what is fairly routine business in Russia -- an attempt by the tax service to extort money from a taxp [...]	2007-01-18 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1780	CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Church of Scientology is growing in Russia, and has established a nationwide network even though it lacks status as a registered religion. The Moscow branch recently won a landmark decision against the GOR at the European Court of Human Rights. The decision should help the M [...]	2007-04-18 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW180	RUSSIA: POWER SHORTAGE OPENING DOORS FOR FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Above average temperatures this winter have given electricity monopoly RAO UES some breathing room as anticipated power shortages this winter have not materialized, but a booming economy and underinvestment in power infrastructure still threaten to slow economic growth, if not add [...]	2007-01-18 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW1809	UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...]	2007-04-19 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1810	POLICE RAID INTERNEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police raided the Moscow offices of Internews April 18, confiscating financial documents and computers, and effectively paralyzing the organization's work with media outlets. While officials attribute the raid to an investigation of Internews' staff failure to declare currency [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM RS
07MOSCOW1835	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2" [...] (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned article [...]	2007-04-20 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1838	OTHER RUSSIA DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO REVERBERATE [...] (C) The April 14 and 15 "Other Russia" demonstrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg (reftels) have been the subject of much commentary by Russian officials and the media. Some in official Russia have admitted that the law enforcement authorities went too far, and in doing so propelled to center [...]	2007-04-20 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW185	IRAQ: MFA INFORMED OF U.S. RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER IZ RS
07MOSCOW1877	US-RUSSIA STRATEGIC SECURITY TALKS, APRIL 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Missile Defense (MD) dominated the all-day Strategic Security talks in Moscow April 17. The Russian side, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, contended that the proposed placement of MD interceptors and a radar in Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, occurred along [...]	2007-04-23 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MARR PINS PREL PTER RS
07MOSCOW1896	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOR ON INTERNEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador emphasized strong USG concerns about Internews/the Educated Media Foundation (EMF) with several senior GOR officials, urging a quick resolution of the case. In separate conversations with First DFM Denisov, DFM Yakovenko, DFM Kislyak, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RS
07MOSCOW1960	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 26 MEETING WITH AUDIT [...] SUMMARY (C) In an April 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Audit Chamber Chairman Stepashin remarked that the presence of former Presidents Bush and Clinton at the Yeltsin funeral will help improve U.S.-Russian relations. He also said that problems with Iranian payments for Bushehr continue to ho [...]	2007-04-27 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW1967	RUSSIA'S BANKING SECTOR REPORT FOR 2007 [...] (U) Macroeconomic conditions of relatively low inflation and double-digit income growth have fueled another year of strong growth in Russia's banking sector. Consumer appetites boosted aggregate assets, and increasing confidence in the sector's stability raised retail deposits. Moreover, for [...]	2007-04-30 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW1974	RUSSIAN SCIENCE: PUTI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 26 address, President Putin announced an unprecedented GOR investment in a single scientific field -- 180 billion rubles (approximately seven billion USD) for nanotechnology to be disbursed over a four-year period. Putin had stressed his personal interest in the growin [...]	2007-04-30 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07MOSCOW1977	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL [...] (SBU) We shared reftel message with MFA Middle East Peace Process Section Chief Sergey Kozlov, who has coordinated participation by Russian civil society in the Forum for the Future. Efforts to contact the civil society leaders who attended the Forum were not successful in advance of reftel [...]	2007-04-30 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS
07MOSCOW1981	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 27 MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov emphasized the GOR's strong interest in WTO accession, mentioning he hoped to have an opportunity to discuss the issue with USG officials participating in a May 21 conference on corporate governance in New [...]	2007-04-30 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW1997	RUSSIA: UPDATE ON PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers is still awaiting a response from the Supreme Arbitration Court on whether it will hear the company's appeal on the expatriate salary issue, PWC's Senior Managing Partner for Russia Peter Gerendasi told us April 26th. PWC continues to cooperate with the Interior Min [...]	2007-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW2062	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. FUNDING OF NGOS WITH DFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. assistance is intended to help Russia develop its governing institutions and not to interfere in Russian partisan politics, the Ambassador told DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko during a May 4 meeting. Yakovenko said that the State Department's Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-05-04 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2063	GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S. assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for various UN boards be discussed at the next international organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said that the [...]	2007-05-04 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KTIA RS
07MOSCOW2065	ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS QUIT ESTONIAN EMBASSY AS [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kremlin youth groups gave up their disruptive protest outside the Estonian Embassy early May 4 as the Estonian Ambassador to Russia returned to Tallinn. However, pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) began a new demonstration against the European Commission on the afternoon of [...]	2007-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS
07MOSCOW2086	ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS SHIFT FOCUS TO EC AS OIL [...] (C) Summary: The Estonian Embassy was quiet over the weekend, and Embassy officials expect their Ambassador to return to Moscow in two weeks. At the 90-minute May 4 demonstration at the European Commission offices, militia outnumbered protesters. Russian Railways has capped shipments of oil [...]	2007-05-07 11:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS
07MOSCOW2093	RUSSIA: NO ANSWER YET ON SMALLPOX RESEARCH [...] (C) On May 7 we met with Oleg Chestnov, Deputy Director of the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and delivered Ref A letter from HHS Special Assistant Steiger to Deputy Health and Social Development Minister Starodubov. NOTE: Chestnov was a last-minute substi [...]	2007-05-07 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PARM TSPL CTR CBW RS
07MOSCOW2125	RUSSIA WILL NOT BID ON IRANIAN REACTOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On May 8 we took advantage of a lunch with Aleksandr Shilin, the MFA's point person for Iran issues in the Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),to discuss Russian intentions regarding Iran's tender to construct two new 1,000-1,600 MW nuclear power plants (REF A). Deliv [...]	2007-05-08 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW2159	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref confirmed plans to travel to the U.S. later this year, expressed hope that high-level representatives from USTR, Commerce and/or Treasury would attend the June 2007 St. Petersburg Economic F [...]	2007-05-10 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO KIPR RS
07MOSCOW2166	PUTIN'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY: MAY 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. President Putin appears determined to come back home from his May 9-12 visit to Astana and Ashgabat with a signed document that will guarantee 25 years of Turkmen gas to Russia -- something that the history of Russian-Turkmen gas relations suggests may be a difficult task. Some [...]	2007-05-11 06:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KZ TX RS
07MOSCOW2189	SCENESETTER FOR RUSSIA CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. This cable lays out some key U.S.-Russian bilateral aviation issues in preparation for the bilateral Civilian-Aviation Negotiations May 16-17 in Moscow. The Russians have told us they are preparing draft updates to the six annexes to our agreement, which they propose to use as t [...]	2007-05-11 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2191	UPDATE ON RUSSIA-ESTONIA STANDOFF [...] (C) Summary. President Putin kept rhetorical pressure on Estonia in a May 9 Victory Day speech, but Russian Railways (RZD) denies that oil product and coal shipments to Estonia have stopped. An RZD spokesperson said that, during its nationwide "annual renovation program," companies would need [...]	2007-05-11 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ET PREL RS
07MOSCOW2197	SLAIN BELARUSIAN JOURNALIST'S SON FLEES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Anton Filimonov, the 17-year-old son of slain Belarusian journalist Veronika Cherkasova, has fled to Moscow accompanied by Cherkasova's stepfather Vladimir Meleshko. Meleshko told REFCOORD that they believed Filimonov was in [...]	2007-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW2201	RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...]	2007-05-11 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS
07MOSCOW2205	DFM LOSYUKOV ON THE SCO, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Losyukov promised "no surprises" at the Bishkek Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit--no membership enlargement, nor any demand for U.S. base withdrawal from the region. He predicted an SCO proposal for engagement in Afghanistan, [...]	2007-05-14 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN IR AF RS
07MOSCOW2206	RUSSIA: COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The information and communications technology sector is the most vibrant in the Russian economy, demonstrating double digit growth year to year since 2000 and contributing more than five percent to total GDP in 2006. Despite the prospect of surging expansion of the IT sector base [...]	2007-05-14 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EFIN EINT ETTC PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW2214	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA "ALARMED" [...] (C) Russian MFA Ambassador at Large for the South Ossetia conflict Yuriy Popov on May 14 assessed the situation on the ground as "alarming." Neither side is willing to blink first, he said. The Russian PKF conducted a monitoring mission after the violence late May 13, and concluded that the [...]	2007-05-14 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW2226	RUSSIAN ENERGY: CPC EXPANSION IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 press conference in Astana, President Putin told the press that he considered the expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) "possible," while President Nazarbayev said that additional oil shipments through CPC (the capacity of which would rise by 17 million t [...]	2007-05-14 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW2253	RUSSIA ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to the MFA's Department of International Organizations and the Department of New Threats and Challenges. Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Advisor in the Department of New Threats and Challenges, responded that [...]	2007-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL ECON RS
07MOSCOW2267	GREAT RUSSIA PARTY: SURVIVAL UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Great Russia (GR) party, launched with some fanfare on May 5 by Duma Deputies Aleksey Savelyev and Dmitriy Rogozin, may not be on the December Duma ballot. While interlocutors concur that GR's nationalistic message should make it relatively easy to find the requisite number [...]	2007-05-16 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2331	CRACKDOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA SAMARA DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Russian airport authorities confiscated the passports and tickets of some Other Russia leaders and two Western journalists, effectively preventing them from attending the sanctioned "March of Dissent" in Samara (reftel). Although authorities agreed to the march, which [...]	2007-05-18 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2332	RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-CENTRAL ASIA GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: During the course of DAS Paul Simons's May 16-17 Moscow visit we spoke with several people about the gas agreements reached between Turkmenistan and Russia during President Putin's recent trip to Russia's southern neighbor. Most of those we spoke to said that they were not surprise [...]	2007-05-18 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2333	RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered REFTEL points on the U.S. proposal to expand and extend the G-8 Global Partnership (GP) to Valeriy Biryukov, Head of the GP Section in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs, and his assistant Tatyana Balykina. Biryukov and Balykina had just retu [...]	2007-05-18 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2334	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...]	2007-05-18 18:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS
07MOSCOW2356	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT: SHARPER RHETORIC, FEWER RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin met with EU representatives near Samara May 17-18 to discuss the future of the Russia-EU relationship, Kosovo and Estonia, and trade and investment flows. Russian and EU participants had low expectations for a positive outcome; the Summit was marked by few deli [...]	2007-05-21 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EU RS
07MOSCOW2383	OUTLOOK FOR RUSSIA'S NEW FINANCIAL MARKETS CHIEF [...] (SBU) On May 9, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov appointed one of his economic advisors, Vladimir Milovidov, as the new Director of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM). Milovidov's appointment came in the immediate aftermath of outgoing FSFM chief Oleg Vyugin's announcement that he [...]	2007-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW2393	THE 2ND ASIAN ENERGY OFFICERS CONFERENCE -- [...] (C) Summary. On April 19-20, Embassy Moscow hosted energy officers from regional Embassies and Washington DC-based USG officials at the 2nd Asia Energy Officers Conference. The conference focused on the still nascent oil and gas linkages between energy-rich Russia and energy-hungry Asia. Rus [...]	2007-05-23 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2419	OSCE: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER [...] (C) We met May 23 with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to discuss the Russian draft OSCE "Charter." Drawing from reftel points, we stressed that while the U.S. favored a Convention on the OSCE's Legal Personality, the negotiating mandate for the Convention was limited and did not exten [...]	2007-05-24 10:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2429	RUSSIAN REACTION TO LITVINENKO MURDER CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR is highly unlikely to extradite former FSB officer Andrey Lugovoy to Britain, citing constitutional and other legal prohibitions against the extradition of Russian citizens. Official and unofficial Russian reaction to the May 22 British announcement that Lugovoy would be charge [...]	2007-05-24 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW2437	IRAN AND DPRK: IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS [...] (C) We discussed Russia's implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 on May 24 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the MFA's UN Political Affairs Section. Drawing from ref A, we urged that Russia take a broad definition of OP 5 of UNSCR 1747 regarding "arms and related materiel." Safronkov noted [...]	2007-05-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR KN RS
07MOSCOW2452	RUSSIA: BANK OF NEW YORK OFFICIALS ON NEW LAWSUIT [...] (C) Bank of New York (BONY) officials confirmed in a meeting with the Embassy on May 24 their understanding that the Moscow Arbitration Court has accepted a case against the company, reportedly filed by the Russian Customs Service. On May 16, A U.S.-based lawyer claiming to act on behalf of th [...]	2007-05-25 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN RS
07MOSCOW2462	RUSSIA BILATERAL CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS: FRUITFUL [...] (C) The U.S. and Russian civil aviation delegations had productive discussions May 16-17 on updates to the Annexes of our 1994 Bilateral Air Transport Agreement, but no deal was reached. On overflights, the GOR continues to bar any use of the Trans-Siberian routes without a commercial agreemen [...]	2007-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2469	MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) The Kremlin or its well-wishers have been making erratic attempts to fine tune the press in an effort to ensure that the looming Duma and presidential elections go according to script. Ownership of key media by the government or by those friendly to it has been consolidated, a code of beh [...]	2007-05-25 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2527	RUSSIA: REYMAN'S RIO-CENTER LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Six months before the Duma elections and nine months before the Presidential contest, several economic think-tankers are laying out strategies for the post-Putin period. Most of these plans are descriptive, not prescriptive: they are critical of the government's record on modern [...]	2007-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW2533	RUSSIA BANS EXPORTS OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Customs Service has temporarily banned all exports of human biological specimens from Russia, including hair, tissue, urine, and blood samples. According to press reports, the ban was imposed after an intelligence report to the Kremlin alleged that Western researchers [...]	2007-05-30 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ETRD RS
07MOSCOW2553	BOEING RUSSIA: CHILLING THE BUBBLY FOR THE "BIG" [...] (C) Boeing Russia and Economics Minister Gref confirmed to us that preparations are underway for three contracts to be signed on June 9 on the margins of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. The contracts include the $4 billion sale of 22 787 Dreamliners to Aeroflot, an "enhanced role" for Boein [...]	2007-05-31 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2562	TAX INSPECTORS UNBLOCK INTERNEWS/EMF BANK ACCOUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, Moscow tax inspectors acknowledged that an earlier decision to freeze the bank accounts of Internews/Educated Media Foundation (EMF) had been a "misunderstanding" and allowed the accounts to be re-opened. The inspectors' decision in the wake of multiple interventions [...]	2007-06-01 03:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV EAID RS
07MOSCOW2563	RUSSIA ENERGY: THE BATTLE OF KOVYKTA -- MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Rumors are rife that TNK-BP will lose its license any day now for the development of the Kovytka gas field, but a more complicated story may be playing out instead. Senior TNK-BP management says the company has offered Gazprom good terms to get the gas monopoly into the project a [...]	2007-06-01 03:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW259	DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]	2007-01-23 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
07MOSCOW2595	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS

07MOSCOW2601	RUSSIAN ENERGY: KOVYKTA UPDATE [...] (C) June 1 has come and gone in Russia without the withdrawal of Rusia Petroleum's license to develop the giant Kovykta gas field. Interfax reports that Rosnedra, the GOR agency charged with license compliance oversight, has prepared a draft protocol confirming that Rusia Petroleum -- the hol [...]	2007-06-04 03:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2631	P-1 REFERRAL FOR BELARUSIAN MINOR ANTON FILIMONOV [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Embassy recommends Anton Filimonov, the 17-year-old son of murdered Belarusian journalist Veronika Cherkasova, for inclusion in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Filimonov fled Belarus on May 9 in fear of renewed police p [...]	2007-06-04 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW2649	KOSOVO: MFA ON VETO, AND UN PERMREP CHURKIN'S LEASH [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting, prior to his June 6 departure for the G8 summit, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko warned that the international community was "close to gridlock" on Kosovo. He expressed concern over a potential effort to push for a quick vote within the S [...]	2007-06-05 11:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI RS
07MOSCOW2651	KASPAROV REVIEWS OTHER RUSSIA MARCHES; KASYANOV [...] (C) In a brief June 1 meeting United Civic Front leader Garry Kasparov reviewed recent Other Russia demonstrations and discussed the efforts of the fragmented, Western-leaning organizations and personalities to agree (to disagree) on a presidential nominee. Whatever the decision of his collea [...]	2007-06-05 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2659	LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...]	2007-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2682	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is planning "no surprises" at the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bishkek summit, according to the MFA's SCO Coordinator. Russia's goal in Bishkek is to enhance the SCO's activity in the economic sphere. Moscow judges that the SCO is not ready for enlarg [...]	2007-06-06 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07MOSCOW2693	RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...]	2007-06-06 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS
07MOSCOW2695	IRAN SANCTIONS: RUSSIA HAS FILED INTERIM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KNNP UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW2741	RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...]	2007-06-08 11:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM RS
07MOSCOW276	RUSSIAN-CHECHEN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY ORDERED [...] (SBU) Russia's Supreme Court on January 23 upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) liquidated based on its executive director's earlier conviction for "extremist" activity. The court deliberated for about 30 minutes before announcing its decision. T [...]	2007-01-23 16:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW2768	MISSILE DEFENSE: POSITIVE REACTION TO PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Putin's offer to collaborate with the U.S. in Missile Defense at the Qabala radar site in Azerbaijan has been hailed by Russian officials and most commentators. Most argue that Moscow's offer of cooperation should be taken at face value and seriously. By proffering Russian coo [...]	2007-06-08 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW2775	BURNS-KARASIN LETTER ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) On June 8 we sent Ref A Burns-Karasin letter to the MFA under cover of a diplomatic note. We also met with Ambassador at Large Nesterushkin to deliver a courtesy copy. 2. (C) Nesterushkin's first reaction was to criticize the U.S. for "leaking" the document; he said the EU had praised [...]	2007-06-11 09:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW2857	KADYROV: SHARP DROP IN KIDNAPPINGS IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kidnappings in Chechnya have dropped substantially this year with Ramzan Kadyrov's ascent to the presidency. The human rights NGO Memorial has recorded 17 abductions during the first five months of 2007, with none in April. This compares with 187 kidnappings in 2006. Human ri [...]	2007-06-14 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR PREF RS
07MOSCOW2860	SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...]	2007-06-15 06:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS
07MOSCOW2924	CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT IN ST.PETERSBURG: TO BE [...] (C) The 45-minute CIS informal summit on June 10 produced no results, but provided a forum for Putin's sidebar meetings with the Moldovan, Ukrainian and Georgian leaders. The MFA touted the summit's full roster of attendees and the Putin-Vornin meeting as noteworthy, but experts see few pros [...]	2007-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW2932	RUSSIA: INVESTMENT BOOMING AT RECORD LEVELS [...] (C) Summary: This year's annual update on Russia's investment trends includes a number of impressive headlines: record foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Russia; record domestic investment; record sums raised by Russian companies through IPOs; and record outward investment by Russian c [...]	2007-06-19 05:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON RS
07MOSCOW296	DPRK: MFA ON ENFORCING UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) We discussed ref A request that Russia take steps under UNSCR 1718 to inspect flights and cargo of proliferation concern from the DPRK on January 23 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We also highlighte [...]	2007-01-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC KN RS
07MOSCOW2966	GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA: POPOV PLEADS FOR ROY REEVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuriy Popov pled with us to ensure that Roy Reeve is extended as OSCE Head of Mission in Georgia until December. He said Reeve is a key brake against armed conflict. The emergence of Sanakoyev has made Kokoity hard to control and pro [...]	2007-06-19 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW2975	KOVYKTA UPDATE: ENDGAME NEAR BUT DEAL LESS [...] (C) TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (please protect) tells us that the deal being negotiated between TNK-BP partners and Gazprom regarding the Kovykta gas field (reftels) could be announced as early as June 20. The final details are not yet worked out, but acco [...]	2007-06-20 03:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2981	SMALL BUSINESSES REPORT SOME EASING IN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Su... C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002981 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2017 TAGS: ECON PREL RS Â [...]	2007-06-20 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW2983	PUTIN ASKS SERBS FOR AHTISAARI ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the June visits of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica and FM Jeremic, Putin apparently pushed them to come up with a counterproposal on Kosovo that he can carry to Kennebunkport. The GOR, however, remains committed to a solution based on a "compromise" between the parties, [...]	2007-06-20 10:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR RS
07MOSCOW2997	"FOR A JUST RUSSIA" STRUGGLES TO FIND ITS PLACE [...] (C) Recent conversations with members of the For a Just Russia (SR) party suggest that the process of forming party lists has set off a struggle that may leave on the sidelines deputies who have less money to spend or less influence with the Kremlin. Some interlocutors worried that SR was in [...]	2007-06-20 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM RS
07MOSCOW3011	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH METROPOLITAN KIRILL [...] (C) At a June 18 private lunch, Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Kirill related to the Ambassador his concerns about social issues, in particular the large gap between rich and poor and Russia's lagging regions. He described reaction, both in the West and in Russia, to the recent merger of the R [...]	2007-06-21 07:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3012	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) A very self-confident Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov sketched for the Ambassador at their inaugural meeting June 19 an electoral process fully controlled by a CEC responsive to complaints of voters and working constructively with all active political parties. The pre [...]	2007-06-21 08:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3023	DFM KISLYAK ON PRE-KENNEBUNKPORT PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting on June 20, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed preparations for the Kennebunkport meeting between the presidents. Kislyak said he was ready during his late-June Washington visit to work through outstanding issues on documents an [...]	2007-06-21 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM RS
07MOSCOW3024	OSCE SYG DE BRICHAMBAUT'S VISIT: "REFORM" [...] (C) We met with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to review OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's June 14-15 visit. De Brichambaut was in Moscow on a working visit and met with FM Lavrov, as well as with the Russian Security Council, Defense Ministry and the Central Electio [...]	2007-06-21 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW3034	KREMLIN NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE COMMUNIST [...] (C) Communist Party (KPRF) contacts suggest that the Kremlin has agreed not to interfere in the party's election campaign efforts, in exchange for the KPRF's agreement to eschew direct criticism of Putin. While some view this as an effort by Kremlin Presidential Administration Deputy Vladisla [...]	2007-06-22 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW305	KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
07MOSCOW3054	GAZPROM TO BUY OUT TNK-BP IN KOVYKTA; COMPANIES TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP and Gazprom announced a deal today on the disposition of the Kovykta gas field in eastern Siberia. Under the agreement, TNK-BP will sell the entirety of its 62.9 percent share to Gazprom for between $700 and $900 million, with the understanding that it may reenter the field as a m [...]	2007-06-23 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
07MOSCOW306	RUSSIA JUSTICE INITIATIVE REFUSED, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Federal Registration Service again refused re-registration (reftel) of the NGO Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) on January 19. There is some evidence that the refusal may be due to greater attention to distinctions among NGO categories that exist in Russian law. Several othe [...]	2007-01-25 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS
07MOSCOW3087	DRAFT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL US RS
07MOSCOW3088	CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...]	2007-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE
07MOSCOW3114	SIX PARTY TALKS: GOR URGES MEASURED PACE ON NEXT [...] (U) The GOR publicly claimed credit for facilitating Monday's transfer of frozen DPRK funds to the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank's account in a Russian bank. Calling it a positive step toward the resumption of the Six-Party process, a short MFA statement said that Russia decided to accommod [...]	2007-06-27 07:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW3137	RUSSIA PREPARED TO DISCUSS IRAQI DEBT DURING [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ RS
07MOSCOW3138	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GARRY KASPAROV: KOSOVO [...] (C) Garry Kasparov on June 26 talked with the Ambassador about the future of his Other Russia movement, the state of other political parties, the Russian presidential succession, the December Duma elections, and Russian foreign policy. He ascribed President Putin's recent hard line with the We [...]	2007-06-27 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3139	HUGO CHAVEZ RETURNS TO RUSSIA SEEKING MORE ARMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern to Security Council Secretary Ivanov and Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko over the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to Moscow, June 28-30, on the eve of Putin's meeting with the President in Kennebunkport. Noting that the visi [...]	2007-06-27 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON RS
07MOSCOW3155	RUSSIA/MOLDOVA: PUTIN-VORONIN MEETING [...] (C) Russian Ambassador at Large for Transnistria Nesterushkin June 26 gave us a brief readout of the June 22 Putin-Voronin meeting. The meeting focused on bilateral issues, making progress on wine and natural gas prices. Putin raised Russian concerns about new Moldovan controls on imports to [...]	2007-06-28 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW3161	RUSSIA: EXXONMOBIL ON SAKHALIN 1 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 26 meeting, ExxonMobil Russia VP Ed Verona (protect) told us that Exxon has agreed with China on "price parameters" for gas deliveries from its Sakhalin 1 project. Reacting to recent press reports that Gazprom may try to force ExxonMobil to sell its gas to Gazprom or to [...]	2007-06-28 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW3164	RUSSIA IPR: PIRATE WEBSITE WWW.ALLOFMP3.COM SHUT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) officials notified us by e-mail and phone June 28 that the pirate music website www.allofmp3.com was no longer operational. According to our contacts, the site's operations were terminated under Article 64 of the Law on Communications, w [...]	2007-06-28 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO KIPR RS
07MOSCOW3168	AMBASSADOR'S ROUNDTABLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (C) In a June 27 discussion, five human rights NGO activists offered the Ambassador their advice for coping with an increasingly assertive President Putin. They suggested that like-minded countries speak with one voice, that the "tools" of international organizations and agreements be used as [...]	2007-06-28 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3207	MOSCOW LOWERS CHAVEZ VISIT PROFILE [...] (C) Summary. Amid media reports that the Kremlin is attempting to keep a leash on the firebrand Venezuelan leader in the lead up to the Kennebunkport summit, Hugo Chavez held a low-key meeting with President Putin on June 28. The tete-a-tete meeting presumably covered two important agenda i [...]	2007-06-29 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON RS
07MOSCOW3232	MAYAK TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENT: JULY ROUND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Both in the meetings of the plutonium disposition negotiations (June 19-20 in Moscow) and on their margins, Ambassador Guhin raised the Mayak transparency agreement with Rosatom Deputy Director Ivan Kamenskikh and Head of the Department of International Relations Vladimir Kuchinov, urging [...]	2007-07-02 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS
07MOSCOW3239	RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SCRIMMAGES WITH MINISTRY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 09:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL TNGD TPHY RS
07MOSCOW3240	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The planned construction of a shopping center on the site of an unkempt park in Nizhniy Novgorod's industrial district and the political and civic response illustrates the difficulties opposition politicians and civic activists have in mounting effective protests against govern [...]	2007-07-03 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW3262	ROGOZIN ON "GREAT RUSSIA;" KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The charismatic and unscrupulous Dmitriy Rogozin is making another political bid to tap Russian nationalism with the attempted registration of a new political party, "Great Russia." Claiming to have siphoned off his previous Rodina supporters, dissatisfied with their merger in [...]	2007-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW3338	POSITIVE REACTION TO "LOBSTER SUMMIT" [...] (C) Summary. While extensive media coverage of the so-called "Lobster Summit" quickly gave way to euphoria over Russia's winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Moscow experts agreed that Putin demonstrated in Kennebunkport a desire to tone down the rhetoric and find ways [...]	2007-07-09 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW3343	RUSSIA: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS WITHDRAWS AUDITS OF [...] (C) Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PwC) Managing Partner Peter Gerendasi confirmed press reports from the week of June 25 that the auditing firm had withdrawn its 1995-2004 audits for former oil giant Yukos. Gerendasi volunteered few details about the circumstances under which PwC's [...]	2007-07-09 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON RS
07MOSCOW3344	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S JUNE 20 [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 dinner meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Ambassador Burns, Finance Minister Kudrin raised the issue of Iraqi debt forgiveness. Kimmitt expressed appreciation for Russia's assistance with the transfer of funds from Banco Delta Asia to the Far Easter [...]	2007-07-09 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW3354	RUSSIA: TATARS CALL NEW FEDERAL TREATY "SYMBOLIC" [...] (C) Tatarstani officials and academics alike told us July 6-7 that the federal treaty between Tatarstan and Russia, now before the Federation Council, is only "symbolic." The issues of practical substance -- primarily division of state property -- were settled in the original 1994 treaty, acc [...]	2007-07-09 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW3399	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION FACES MORE FRACTURE [...] (C) Summary: Other Russia's second annual conference was n... C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 003399 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/2017 TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR RS Â [...]	2007-07-11 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3407	RUSSIA: VLADIMIR TRAVIN NAMED TO HEAD [...] (U) On July 9 PM Mikhail Fradkov signed a government directive approving the charter of the Open Joint Stock Company Atomniy Energopromishlennii Kompleks (AEK) and confirming the membership of its 5-person board of directors. Rosatom director Sergey Kiriyenko will be chairman of the board, wh [...]	2007-07-12 10:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07MOSCOW3425	DEMARCHE ON SWING CANDIDACY FOR IOM DG DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 07:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG RS
07MOSCOW3434	RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...]	2007-07-13 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS
07MOSCOW3445	FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE REQUESTS REFUGEE STATUS; [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Freelance journalists Marina Kalashnikova, who was fired by the Embassy in 2000, and her husband Viktor Kalashnikov (a former Russian intelligence officer) have requested refugee status or other USG assistance in leaving R [...]	2007-07-16 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINR APER RS
07MOSCOW3494	RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...]	2007-07-17 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS
07MOSCOW3495	CHECHNYA REVISITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit by REFCOORD to Grozny, the evidence of Chechnya's economic reconstruction was striking. Scaffolding, initially seen only around government buildings, has appeared everywhere, including private homes. Minutka Square, long a symbol of the city's destructi [...]	2007-07-17 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PINR EAID RS
07MOSCOW3519	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...]	2007-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3521	MIDDLE EAST: RUSSIAN MFA'S INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) The MFA's initial, informal reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East was positive, with particular GOR interest in the President's call for an international meeting on the Middle East. MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East Peace Process Oleg Ozerov told us July 17 [...]	2007-07-18 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3527	LUGOVOY DISPUTE: RUSSIAN RESTRAINT FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The British decision to expel four Russian diplomats and take other diplomatic measures in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite Lugovoy in the Litvinenko murder case has elicited sharp commentary by Russian legislators and pundits. The official Russian reaction, by contras [...]	2007-07-19 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KNUC UK RS
07MOSCOW3530	RUSSIA: KAZAN FAIR VENTURES INTO INVESTMENT ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tatarstan recently hosted a Regional Venture Fair in the historic city of Kazan to showcase the development of local innovative enterprises. The impressive array of high technology companies at the fair and at the regional technopark contrasted with the decaying condition of th [...]	2007-07-19 08:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT RS TNGD
07MOSCOW3531	ABKHAZIA: RUSSIAN MFA DEFENDS STATEMENT, ASKS FOR [...] (C) We took the Russian MFA to task July 18 for its statement on the UNOMIG report on the March 11 Kodori Gorge attack. MFA officials Chernov and Tarabrin said the statement in no way criticized the USG, claiming its criticism was aimed at press commentary after the State Department statement [...]	2007-07-19 09:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW3542	IGOR IVANOV OUT AT SECURITY COUNCIL; VALENTIN [...] (C) On July 18, President Putin accepted Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov's resignation, which had been pending for several weeks (reftel). Ivanov first offered to resign in February, prompted largely by differences over Russia's relations with the West and concerns about the role of [...]	2007-07-19 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW3567	AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...]	2007-07-20 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3574	UNION OF RIGHT FORCES: WHO IS RIGHT? [...] (C) The public display of disaffection between the Union of Right Forces (SPS) national leadership and the party's Moscow organization has momentarily captured the attention of the media. In retaliation for voting to confirm President Putin's re-appointment of Moscow mayor Luzhkov, the nationa [...]	2007-07-20 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS SOCI
07MOSCOW3575	LAWYER LEAVES RUSSIA INSTEAD OF FACING CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well-known lawyer Boris Kuznetsov fled Russia, after being criminally charged for revealing state secrets in defense of a client. Members of the Moscow legal SIPDIS community see these charges as political and as a warning from the Kremlin. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On July 11, th [...]	2007-07-20 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3579	THINKING ABOUT KADYROV [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...]	2007-07-23 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3581	THE SUCCESSION RACE: MEDVEDEV AND IVANOV AT THE [...] (C) Elections for President Putin's successor are slated for March 2008 and two candidates --First Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Ivanov and Dmitriy Medvedev-- have the blessing of the Kremlin and are already campaigning feverishly. This message discusses their recent efforts, while a subseque [...]	2007-07-23 06:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW3625	MAYOR LUZHKOV - THE CONDUCTOR LEADS ON [...] (C) Summary: In early July, Moscow Mayor Luzhkov took the oath of office for his fifth term, bringing to a close a reported power struggle with the Kremlin. For the past fifteen years, Luzhkov's dominance of Moscow politics has made him one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and an im [...]	2007-07-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3650	RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVES TO DUMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 17, PM Fradkov sent the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors (SSL) to the State Duma, currently on summer recess and reconvening September 3. The Ministry of Industry and Energy's (MIE) revised version streamlines the review process, broadens the de [...]	2007-07-26 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EIND ENRG PREL ECON RS
07MOSCOW366	RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF ON U.S. RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, IGOR IVANOV ENCOURAGED A VISIT BY DNSA HADLEY AND INCREASED CONGRESSIONAL CONTACT. HE FLAGGED THE JANUARY 31 VISITS OF BANDAR BIN SULTAN AND SAAD HARIRI TO MOSCOW, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO STABILIZE LEBANON. (BAND [...]	2007-01-30 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS IR LE
07MOSCOW3684	FLY ME TO THE MOON, AND MARS; SHAKE-OUT IN RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 the president of Energia, one of the major Russian space corporations, was suspended by the Board of Directors at the instigation of the Federal Space Agency Roskosmos in a reported dispute over the direction of space exploration. He had urged more market-oriented p [...]	2007-07-27 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ESA KSCA TSPL RS
07MOSCOW3708	RUSSIA: TRADE MINISTRY CONTINUES WORK TOWARD THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD BO RS
07MOSCOW3737	RUSSIAN MFA DISMISSES REPORTS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 16:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL MCAP IR RS
07MOSCOW377	UNITED RUSSIA: CORRUPTION AND THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) As the campaign for the December State Duma election gets underway, the Kremlin-sponsored United Russia (YR) party has announced initiatives to fight Russia's long-festering problem of corruption. Observers expect that, as in past years, the anti-corruption mantra will largely be used to [...]	2007-01-30 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW3775	ANDREY FURSENKO: THE PHYSICIST TURNED MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Minister of Science and Education since 2004, Andrey Fursenko has evoked a storm of controversy with his efforts to reform Russia's tradition-bound science and education establishments. Fursenko is passionate about modernizing Russian science to make it more competitive and m [...]	2007-08-01 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KPAO PGOV PINR RS SCUL SOCI TSPL
07MOSCOW3777	RUSSIA ENERGY: ANOTHER BELARUS GAS STANDOFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a repeat of the New Year's gas standoff between state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom and Belarus (reftel),Gazprom issued a press release on August 1 that Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) has been informed that gas deliveries to Belarus would be reduc [...]	2007-08-02 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW3797	NON-PAPER ON DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS
07MOSCOW3803	ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...]	2007-08-02 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3804	EAP PDAS STEPHENS JULY 27 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 27 meeting, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens and a GOR representative for the Six-Party Working Group on Northeast Asia Peace and Security, Vladimir Rakhmanin, exchanged views on the expectations and goals for the group, including plans up [...]	2007-08-02 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS JA RS
07MOSCOW3805	UPDATE ON UNITED CIVIC FRONT ACTIVIST'S [...] (C) A Consulate St. Petersburg officer in Murmansk has confirmed the substance of media accounts that United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap has been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital in the Murmansk region. Arap was apparently hospitalized by local psychiatric authorities u [...]	2007-08-02 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW381	AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...]	2007-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3817	RUSSIA: GAZPROM'S REACH INTO POWER SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 27 board of directors meeting, electricity monopoly, RAO UES, approved the terms of an asset swap deal giving state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, control over Wholesale Generating Company 2 (WGC-2) and WGC-6 in exchange for Gazprom's UES shares. Power sector reform [...]	2007-08-03 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW382	GERMANY: BUSINESSLIKE PUTIN-MERKEL MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 21 meeting in Sochi between President Putin and Chancellor Merkel was businesslike but not particularly warm. There was a sharper tone in the political exchanges than there had been in the past. Putin told Merkel Russia would not accept a forced solution for Kosovo. [...]	2007-01-30 17:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU GM RS
07MOSCOW3841	SURKOV GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CENTER-RIGHT PARTY [...] (C) At a closed door convention July 31, Presidential Administration Deputy Head Vladislav Surkov reportedly gave the Kremlin's blessing to Mikhail Barshchevskiy's pro-business and economic reform-oriented Civic Force (CF) party's efforts to cross the seven percent threshold and be represented [...]	2007-08-06 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3886	RUSSIA: NEW STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW GETS NOD FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a July 14-20 visit to Moscow, a GAO (Government Accountability Office) delegation conducted meetings with government officials (reftel),business associations, and Western companies to survey the GOR's review process for foreign direct investment in the country's strateg [...]	2007-08-08 11:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW3890	FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN ARAP CASE [...] (C) An Independent Psychiatric Association-composed commission convened by Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin now plans to depart for Murmansk August 9, in order to conduct an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the early July institutionalization of United Civic Front (UCF) acti [...]	2007-08-08 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW3891	RUSSIA'S FINANCE MINISTRY ON IRAQ DEBT AND VISIT [...] (S) Deputy Finance Minister Storchak confirmed with the Embassy that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahrastani will visit Moscow on October 9 to discuss "commercial cooperation" between the two countries. Storchak said FinMin Kudrin and officials in the Presidential Administration have pressed upon their [...]	2007-08-08 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ RS
07MOSCOW3892	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: MOSCOW CONTINUES TO DENY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Special Negotiator for South Ossetia, Ambassador Yuriy Popov, reiterated to Charge August 8 that Russia played "no part" in the August 6 bombing incident in Georgia. Popov emphasized that Russia did not intend to let the incident jeopardize what he characterized as the [...]	2007-08-08 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV RS GG
07MOSCOW3930	IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA NEEDS TO BID ON OIL [...] (SBU) Visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani told the press in Moscow that Iraq's 27 largest producing fields would be transferred to the Iraqi National Oil Company, which could then choose partners on transparent and commercial terms. The news appears to dash the hopes of Russia's Lukoil, whi [...]	2007-08-10 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ
07MOSCOW3935	NON-PAPER ON UN'S ROLE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KTFN RS
07MOSCOW3954	FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...]	2007-08-13 17:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW3978	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials tell us they expect "no surprises" at the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. According to the MFA's SCO coordinator, Russia will seek to use the Summit to focus on improving the functioning of the SCO, especially in setting pr [...]	2007-08-14 16:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07MOSCOW3979	DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS: GOR REACTION TO NON-PAPER [...] (C) Grigoriy Berdennikov, the GOR's representative to the Six-Party First Working Group -- Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula -- told us that the GOR, in principle, agrees with reftel non-paper. However, Berdennikov underlined that the paper should serve not as the starting point, but [...]	2007-08-14 16:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS
07MOSCOW3996	"PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...]	2007-08-15 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER RS CH
07MOSCOW3997	P-1 REFERRAL: DIGAEVA, STELLA ARBIEVNA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has identified Russian citizen Stella Digaeva as a candidate for resettlement in the United States as a Priority One referral. Digaeva is in danger of retaliation by Chechen security forces over criticism of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov through the U.S.-based Amina.com [...]	2007-08-15 11:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW3998	P-1 REFERRAL FOR RUSSIAN CITIZEN GEORGES BLEMOU [...] (C) Post has identified Russian/Guinean citizen Georges Blemou and his family for referral to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Blemou has been subjected to repeated assaults based on his race. In 2001, he was shot and pushed from a balcony, falling four stories, by unidentified attacker [...]	2007-08-15 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW405	RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...]	2007-01-31 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
07MOSCOW4050	KADYROV ORDERS HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: In an effort in increase his control over international humanitarian organizations operating in Chechnya, Chechen President Kadyrov on August 4 demanded that they relocate their offices to Groznyy within two weeks (many currently operate from Ingushetia or South Ossetia). Kadyrov' [...]	2007-08-17 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF RS
07MOSCOW4065	PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...]	2007-08-21 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS
07MOSCOW4088	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...]	2007-08-21 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS

07MOSCOW4091	ARAP RELEASED FROM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap was released from the Apetity psychiatric hospital on August 20, after being hospitalized against her will for more than six weeks. The hospital required her to agree to follow outpatient therapy before they would allow her to leave. Unite [...]	2007-08-21 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW4111	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4113	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4114	NOT JAIL, BUT NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR FORMER HEAD OF [...] (C) Summary. A Nizhniy Novgorod district court on August 17 did not jail former Russian-Chechen Friendship Society head Stanislav Dmitrievskiy for his participation in the April Dissenter's March, but instead placed new restrictions on his parole conditions. Under the new restrictions, Dmitr [...]	2007-08-22 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4118	U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...]	2007-08-22 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4141	"PEACE MISSION 2007": SCO MILITARY LINKS GROWING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts told us that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist exercises, while deemed a success by many Russians, do not necessarily point to increased integration among SCO member states. The 6,500 soldiers involved in the exercises repor [...]	2007-08-24 02:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER RS CH
07MOSCOW4163	MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...]	2007-08-24 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4182	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN ENVOY PESSIMISTIC, PUSHING UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 24th meeting, Russian Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko characterized the first round of Troika talks as satisfactory, but was pessimistic about prospects for the August 30 Vienna session, given entrenched positions over the Ahtisaari plan, which were exacerbated by Serbian and [...]	2007-08-27 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR PBTS KV RS
07MOSCOW4185	SCO: NO PLANS TO EXPAND, BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonid Moisev, President Putin's envoy to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),confirmed that the organization has no plans to expand any time soon and maintained that the SCO would remain an economic club, rather than a military alliance. Experts agreed, telling us that [...]	2007-08-27 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG EPET PINR PREL
07MOSCOW4226	SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN POLITKOVSKAYA CASE [...] (C) Summary: On August 27, Prosecutor General Yuriy Chayka announced that ten people had been arrested for participation in the October 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Chayka alleged that the murder was committed by an organized crime group, and claimed that a known but unnamed [...]	2007-08-29 02:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4232	POLAND, LITHUANIA BREAK CONSENSUS ON EU HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: The EU Heads of Mission Report, prepared for the informal September 7-8 EU foreign ministers meeting on EU-Russia policy, was submitted to Brussels without the endorsement of Poland and Lithuania. In an unexpected move, the Polish embassy refused to sign off on the assessment, a [...]	2007-08-29 09:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL EUN RS
07MOSCOW4240	RUSSIA ENERGY: TNK-BP LOOKING INTO IRAQ, [...] (C) TNK-BP VP for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us on August 24th that the company is venturing into Iraq, has sent a team to Venezuela with mixed results, and is optimistic about prospects in Turkmenistan. Its capital expenditure budget is up $700 million in 2007 to $3.4 billion [...]	2007-08-29 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ TX VE
07MOSCOW4244	RUSSIA ENERGY: YUKOS REDUX FOR RUSSNEFT? [...] (C) Russneft owner Mikhail Gutseriyev has apparently fled Russia as authorities seek his arrest on charges of illegal business activities and tax-evasion. Gutseriyev may be guilty, he has a dubious track record, but this may also be yet another case of selective prosecution against an oligarch [...]	2007-08-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4247	RUSSIA CALLS STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS RECONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-large for Black Sea Fleet issues Vladimir Dorokhin told us its diplomatic spat with Ukraine over alleged statements made by a Russian diplomat regarding Russia's legal claim on the Crimea is a "dead issue." Russia characterized as a misunderstanding the Kyi [...]	2007-08-30 02:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK RS
07MOSCOW4289	NEW LEGAL TROUBLES AROUND FORMER RUSSIAN-CHECHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Regional officials in Nizhniy Novgorod are conducting investigations of organizations affiliated with Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, the head of the banned Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS),including the seizure of computers from the Nizhniy Novgorod Foundation to Support Tole [...]	2007-08-31 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4305	DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...]	2007-08-31 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW4307	RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...]	2007-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW4308	RUSSIA WILL ATTEND EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ RS
07MOSCOW4309	LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION IN EARLY [...] (C) Summary. The State Duma will likely ratify the border treaty with Latvia, but the MFA and the Latvian Embassy raised concerns about the treaty's passage in the Federation Council, where political grandstanding in an election year could possibly result in further delay. FM Lavrov postpon [...]	2007-08-31 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW4315	MFA ON "SIGNIFICANT" SHIFT IN RUSSIA-BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly installed MFA Belarus Section Chief Nikita Matkovskiy told us that since Russia began to "put in order" its relations with Belarus in 2006, Russia has observed "serious but necessary" changes in the behavior of the Lukashenko regime. Matkovskiy underscored Russia's determi [...]	2007-09-04 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MNUC BO RU
07MOSCOW4328	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...]	2007-09-04 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW4347	COMMUNIST PARTY TAKES TO DUMA ELECTION TRAIL [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY. Gennadiy Zyuganov, the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF),headlined a press conference on August 29 to launch the 2007 Duma campaign. He and other party leaders took an often defiant tone for what may be the strongest political organization in o [...]	2007-09-05 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS
07MOSCOW4357	POLISH PRESIDENT REQUESTS PUTIN MEETING AT KATYN [...] (C) Polish President Kaczynski surprised the GOR on September 4 by conveying his interest in a visit to Katyn and Smolensk on September 17, the date the Soviet Red Army seized eastern Poland in 1939, and requesting a meeting with President Putin. Polish Charge d'Affaires Zbigniew Rzonca told [...]	2007-09-06 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL RS
07MOSCOW437	FSB REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AL-QAIDA ACTIVITY [...] (C) On January 22, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) passed a note to Embassy Moscow ORC requesting information the USG might have regarding Al Qaida financial activity in the Russian Federation. Below is an unofficial Embassy translation of the note. A copy of the original Russian-la [...]	2007-02-01 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL RS
07MOSCOW4379	KREMLIN TO ASSESS "EFFECTIVENESS" OF GOVERNORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, all governors were obligated by a June 18 law to turn in a statistical report accounting for 2006 on a host of economic, social, and administrative metrics to a commission headed by Sergey Sobyanin, the chief of the Presidential Administration. This new policy, requir [...]	2007-09-07 07:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS
07MOSCOW4413	RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN RELATIONS: INCHING TOWARD NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. The MFA and Estonian Embassy suggest that Russia-Estonia relations are slowly returning to normal, despite lingering GOR ill will and unhelpful political rhetoric in both countries. Although no high-level visits are on the horizon, the two countries are closely coordinating on m [...]	2007-09-07 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EN RU
07MOSCOW4418	KASPAROV, KASYANOV'S OPPOSITION: LARGELY [...] (C) The movements led by Other Russia's Garry Kasparov and ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov seem to have fallen prey to an inability to forge coalitions with colleagues similarly inclined to reject the limited opportunities offered by the current electoral cycle. Kasparov's Other Russia appe [...]	2007-09-07 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4419	GOR ON OSCE: UNRELENTING BUT MEASURED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos's August 30 visit to Moscow gave the GOR another chance to air its grievances against the OSCE. This time, the GOR's criticisms were less sharp and there was no hint of Russia's departure from the organization. FM Lavrov, while calling the OSC [...]	2007-09-07 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4420	RUSSIA WANTS A STABLE PAKISTAN BUT AVOIDS DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Russia seeks a stable Pakistan, preferably under the leadership of President Musharraf, but is reluctant to weigh in on the country's volatile political situation. The MFA told us that the GOR considers Musharraf capable of maintaining government control of the nation's nuclear w [...]	2007-09-10 02:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN PK RS XD
07MOSCOW4433	RUSSIA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS: NO FRICTION, BUT [...] (C) Summary. GOR officials characterized the August 30-31 Moscow visit by the South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon as "excellent" with no notable problem areas requiring serious negotiation, except the shared concern for North Korea's nuclear programs. FM Lavrov summarized the Russia [...]	2007-09-10 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARMS MNUC KS RS
07MOSCOW4440	IAEA DEMARCHE ON IRAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC
07MOSCOW4447	PUTIN'S INDONESIA TRIP EXPANDS RUSSIAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin's September 6 visit to Indonesia is indicative of the Russian goal of expanding economic ties with Southeast Asia through key industries -- energy and military -- considered crucial both to Russian economic growth and to exerting influence abroad. The pre [...]	2007-09-11 02:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ASEAN ID RS
07MOSCOW4463	RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL RS
07MOSCOW4480	RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA, BUT [...] (C) Russia will consider our request to convene a formal briefing of the UN Security Council by Special Envoy for Burma Gambari (reftel),but believes that the situation is an internal matter not appropriate for the UNSC, according to Alexey Semenikhin of the MFA Department of ASEAN Member Sta [...]	2007-09-12 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS
07MOSCOW4483	PRIME MINISTER'S RESIGNS, FIRST DEPUTY FINANCE [...] (C) On the afternoon of September 12, Prime Minister Fradkov resigned, kicking off the long-expected next phase of Russia's succession process. Putin accepted Fradkov's resignation, which the Prime Minister said he had tendered in order to "give (Putin) full freedom in making decisions, inclu [...]	2007-09-12 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW4490	RUSSIA TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and North Africa Department Aleksandr Kinshak previewed for us preliminary GOR plans for Iraqi FM Zebari's trip to Moscow, currently scheduled for September 18-21. The GOR will seek a commitment from Zebari to reactivate the Russia-Iraq Intergo [...]	2007-09-13 05:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON IQ RS
07MOSCOW4505	FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...]	2007-09-13 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR
07MOSCOW4511	WHAT ZUBKOV'S APPOINTMENT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) President Putin's surprise decision to replace Prime Minister Fradkov with First Deputy Finance Minister Viktor Zubkov seems to have been the product of Kremlin clan rivalries, a wish to keep all options open, a need to ride herd over avaricious elites and a desire to at least temporarily [...]	2007-09-13 16:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW4524	MTCR PROPOSALS AND WHITE PAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC FR KSCA MT MTCRE PARM PREL
07MOSCOW4526	RUSSIA: TURF BATTLE OVER TICKET DISTRIBUTION COULD [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Delta General Representative, Leonid Terasov, told us that Russia-based airline ticket distributor for the CIS countries, Transport Clearing House (TCH),is probably behind the Government of Ukraine's recent actions against the International Air Transport Associat [...]	2007-09-14 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4539	ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW4540	RUSSIA: FINMIN KUDRIN CONFIDENT ABOUT STAYING ON, [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Kudrin expressed confidence that he would remain in office despite the recent change in Prime Ministers. Kudrin's self-assurance seemed to have been boosted by his meeting a little earlier on September 14 with Chief [...]	2007-09-15 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV RU
07MOSCOW4542	ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...]	2007-09-16 17:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW4544	DFM LOSYUKOV ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. In a September 12 meeting with Ambassador DFM Losyukov expressed satisfaction that the Six-Party Talks had made progress toward the ultimate goal-- the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. He believes the Six-Party Beijing Plenary is likely to start on September 19, and wi [...]	2007-09-17 04:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN IR AF IN RS
07MOSCOW4550	MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...]	2007-09-17 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON UK
07MOSCOW4583	RUSSIA ENERGY: A WINDOW ON THE WORKINGS OF A SMALL [...] (C) Describing his experiences working in a small ConocoPhillips(CP)-Lukoil joint venture, a CP employee said his Russian counterparts cling to inefficient central planning approaches to business operations. He also noted problems of favoritism, corruption, and a disregard for principles of w [...]	2007-09-18 09:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4592	IRANIAN FM VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki was in Moscow September 12 for what Russian officials characterized as a visit devoted to the countries' economic relationship. The GOR denied Mottaki's claim that Russia had agreed to finish construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and supply Iran with [...]	2007-09-18 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR RS
07MOSCOW4596	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE [...] (C) On September 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko told Ambassador of Foreign Minister Lavrov's interest in participating in the September 27 - 28 Washington energy security and climate change conference. Yakovenko provided the Ambassador with a non-paper outlining the MFA's traditional c [...]	2007-09-18 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM SENV RS
07MOSCOW4599	ZHIRINOVSKIYâ€™S NEW SIDEMAN: LUGOVOY [...] (C) The mercurial Vladimir Zhirinovskiy staged yet another impressive act of political theater on September 17 with the surprise announcement that the number two position on his party's ticket would be filled by Andrey Lugovoy, the former FSB officer accused by Scotland Yard of orchestrating the mu [...]	2007-09-18 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4601	RUSSIA WILL OPEN A CONSULATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Middle East Department told us that Russia plans to open a consulate in the Kurdish regional city Irbil in October, with the possibility to open another in Basrah. MFA official Elbrus Kutrashev expressed concern that the activities of Russian diplomats in Baghdad remain l [...]	2007-09-19 03:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IQ RS
07MOSCOW4609	KASYANOV ON OPPOSITION PROSPECTS; PUTIN'S PLANS [...] (C) A relaxed, self confident ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told Ambassador September 18 that: -- the appointment of 66-year old Viktor Zubkov as Prime Minister meant that President Putin was determined to leave office in 2008, but remained undecided about the succession; -- if Zubkov [...]	2007-09-19 06:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW4625	SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO'S VISIT TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Spanish President Zapatero's September 28 meeting with President Putin in Sochi will focus on economic cooperation and trade, concentrating on a "big push" to stimulate the interest of Spanish investors. The visit will also reinforce traditionally strong Russian-Spanish relations [...]	2007-09-19 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD SP RS
07MOSCOW4628	DEFENSE MINISTER'S OFFER OF RESIGNATION FUELS [...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov tendered his resignation late September 18 due to his relationship to new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who is his father-in law. Many question whether Putin will accept Serdyukov's resignation, noting that he had just begun his effor [...]	2007-09-20 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR RS
07MOSCOW4633	POLISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KATYN "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. DFM Titov characterized President Kaczynski's visit to Katyn as "constructive," noting that Kaczynski had depicted Katyn as an historical event and focused on the future of Russian-Polish relations. Titov also said that any request by Kaczynski to meet with Putin would have been [...]	2007-09-20 08:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW4634	RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]	2007-09-20 09:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07MOSCOW465	PUBLIC CHAMBER ANNIVERSARY: THE JURY'S STILL OUT [...] (C) January marks the one-year anniversary of the Public Chamber, a body created at the initiative of President Putin in order to provide a channel for communication with the public and, in part it is believed, to compensate for the Kremlin's decision to appoint, instead of elect, governors an [...]	2007-02-02 16:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW4669	(C) RUSSIA ENERGY: EXXONMOBIL OPTIMISTIC ON SAKH 1 [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia claims to be closing in on a deal to sell China gas from the Sakhalin 1 project it operates. However, Gazprom publicly and privately remains opposed and can block the deal regardless of what ExxonMobil,s contract says. We would not be surprised to see a compromise emerge [...]	2007-09-21 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH
07MOSCOW4691	CHEVRON RUSSIA PRESIDENT ON CPC BREAKTHROUGH, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 12:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4693	NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA UNDER INQUIRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things are getting uncomfortable for the leadership at Nezavisimaya Gazeta (NG),one of Russia's leading "opposition" newspapers, in what appears to be an attempt by associates of Agriculture Minister Gordeyev to silence criticism of his business activities. NG deputy editor and [...]	2007-09-24 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4709	RUSSIAN ENVOY ON ABKHAZIA MOVEMENTS [...] (C) On September 24, Russian Envoy for the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict Ambassador Chernov shared with us his views on the developments in Abkhazia. He claimed that the September 20 shooting incident occurred in Tqvarcheli, "not in the Kodori Gorge," and noted that this demonstrated once again [...]	2007-09-25 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG RS
07MOSCOW4712	REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON QABALA RADAR [...] (C) On September 25, we delivered reftel to MFA North America Department Acting Deputy Director Alexei Ivanov, stressing that the U.S. proposal for an October 9 experts-level meeting in Moscow is to discuss further the capabilities of the Qabala radar prior to the October 11 MD talks between [...]	2007-09-25 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM AJ RS
07MOSCOW4713	PUTIN MAKES MINIMAL CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (C) Late evening September 24, President Putin announced the long-awaited cabinet re-shuffle requested by Prime Minister Zubkov. There were few structural changes to the new cabinet unveiled by Putin and much continuity, with government veterans Elvira Nabiullina and Tatyana Golikova replacin [...]	2007-09-25 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON RS
07MOSCOW4723	READOUT OF ZEBARI VISIT: STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Deputy Director Aleksandr Kinshchak characterized Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's September 18-21 visit to Moscow as "successful." Kinshchak, who took part in the meetings, told us that Zebari gave Foreign Minister Lavrov a positive but [...]	2007-09-26 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS IQ
07MOSCOW4727	FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...]	2007-09-26 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD XR RS
07MOSCOW4728	MTCR: UAV/CRUISE MISSILE PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA PARM PREL
07MOSCOW475	ITALY: PRODI AND PUTIN TALK AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Prodi stopped in Sochi January 23 to discuss Afghanistan and Kosovo, bilateral trade and the Russian president's March visit to Italy. On Afghanistan, Putin was critical of President Karzai's contacts with "moderate" Taliban members. Putin voiced concerns [...]	2007-02-05 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU IT AF
07MOSCOW4750	PIONTKOVSKIY EXTREMISM CASE ADJOURNED PENDING NEW [...] (C) The trial of writer and Yabloko member Andrey Piontkovskiy on charges of extremism ended inconclusively at Moscow's Basmanniy District Court September 25, when the prosecutor was unable to prove that Piontkovskiy's book, "Unloved Country," contained passages that violated the law on extre [...]	2007-09-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW476	RUSSIA: VIEWS OF TWO GOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Council and the Deputy Chief of Staff to the GOR Human Rights Ombudsman described a year of democratic retrenchment, with "definite improvement, amidst profound violations," but a more positive long-term prognosis based on changes within [...]	2007-02-05 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW4770	ODIHR AMBASSADOR STROHAL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA DELAYED [...] (C) In a September 26 meeting, MFA OSCE Counselor Denis Goncher told us that ODIHR Ambassador Christian Strohal's visit to Moscow, planned for the first week of October, had been delayed due to "scheduling difficulties." Goncher admitted that the MFA had not yet issued Strohal a formal lette [...]	2007-09-28 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4774	GOR PLAYS DOWN BURMA DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOR again rejected U.S. calls for a strong UNSC response to the Burma crisis, but has urged restraint on both the Burmese government and pro-democracy demonstrators. Warning against "counterproductive" involvement by external forces, GOR officials emphasized publicly and pri [...]	2007-09-29 03:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS
07MOSCOW4786	OTHER RUSSIA NOMINATES GARRY KASPAROV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) About 500 Other Russia loyalists met September 30 in the Concert Hall of the Izmaylovo Hotel Complex to bless an alternative list of Duma deputy candidates and nominate a longshot candidate for President. United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov won the presidential primary race, sque [...]	2007-10-01 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4828	RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...]	2007-10-02 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW4833	PUTIN ENTERS PARTY POLITICS: WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) Vladimir Putin's October 1 announcement that he would head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list and possibly opt to become Prime Minister exhibited the President's trademark preference for the unexpected, and again reminded observers that he is at the center of this managed transi [...]	2007-10-02 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS
07MOSCOW484	ZATOKA CASE: THE POWER OF NGO PRESSURE [...] (C) Unexpected public attention to the arrest in Ashgabat of Russian-Turkmenistani dual citizen and environmental activist Andrey Zatoka (reftel) sparked GOR engagement in the case. An NGO representative raised the Zatoka case with President Putin, which apparently prompted Foreign Minister [...]	2007-02-05 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV TX RS
07MOSCOW4849	CIS SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: GOR EXPECTATIONS [...] (U) On October 2, the Kremlin announced that President Putin will visit Dushanbe October 4-7 to participate in the CIS Summit and two regional organizations' meetings -- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) council meeting and a EurAsEC Interstate council meeting. GOR officials exp [...]	2007-10-03 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TI RS
07MOSCOW4852	RUSSIA ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the GOR requested U.S. assistance in the release of the two South Ossetian PKF personnel in Georgian custody (non-paper emailed to EUR) and in blocking the OSCE's planned October 17 session to re-examine the August 6 South-Ossetia missile incident. GOR officials e [...]	2007-10-03 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW4856	RUSSIA WARNS AGAINST ISOLATING BURMESE REGIME [...] (C) Summary: The GOR responded to U.S. calls for the international community to increase pressure on the Burmese regime by cautioning that further isolating the military junta would result in a backlash that could destabilize Burma and Southeast Asia. The MFA continued to downplay the crisis, [...]	2007-10-04 03:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM RS
07MOSCOW486	REACTION TO FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: IT'S NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of Freedom House's annual report on worldwide freedoms has created a small furor in light of erroneous local press reports that respect for freedom in Russia had declined to being on the same level as North Korea, Cuba, and Libya. The MFA reacted angrily, as expecte [...]	2007-02-05 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW4900	RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA [...] (C) Per ref A, the Ambassador urged Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov on October 4 to support a formal UNSC meeting to hear the report of Special Advisor Gambari on his recent trip to Burma, followed by a UNSC Presidential Statement. Losyukov responded that he would have to consult with collea [...]	2007-10-05 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS
07MOSCOW4909	PREMIER ZUBKOV'S FIRST STEPS SHOW REGIONAL EMPHASIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Putin picked Viktor Zubkov from relative obscurity to serve as Premier, the Russian political elite have been scrambling to figure out who this new figure is and the role he is to play in Putin's plans. Our contacts among political analysts describe Zubkov as an unassuming, [...]	2007-10-05 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON RS
07MOSCOW4910	DUST SETTLES ON PUTIN'S SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Putin's October 1 announcement that he will head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list (reftel) has been portrayed by the opposing Kremlin party's Chairman Sergey Mironov as proof that YR had gone into receivership, and had to be bailed out by the President. In a meeting with the [...]	2007-10-05 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW4912	RUSSIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the September 25 visit to Moscow by Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisyan reaffirmed the historical strong ties between the two countries. Both GOR officials and the Armenian Embassy expressed satisfaction with the direction and extent of bilateral engagement. [...]	2007-10-09 03:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM RS
07MOSCOW4916	RUSSIA: CIVAIR: ENTRENCHED BUSINESS INTEREST TRIES [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional representative Dmitri Shamraev noted the welcome resolution of IATA,s problems in Ukraine (reftels) but cautioned that IATA was not yet out of the woods in Russia given the entrenched position of Transportat [...]	2007-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4929	RUSSIA WILL PROVIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Concern over Afghanistan's deteriorating security has led Russia to propose a significant military assistance program to support the Karzai government. The MFA told us October 5 that a draft military aid package awaits Putin's approval. The program will include the direct trans [...]	2007-10-10 06:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS AF RS
07MOSCOW493	MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...]	2007-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RS
07MOSCOW4931	DUMA DEPUTIES PROPOSE MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: State Duma Defense Committee Advisor Valeriy Ignatiev confirmed that the Russian State Duma deputies who are members of the Inter-party conference on foreign policy proposed on September 26 that members of the U.S. Congress and parliamentarians from the Czech Republic and Poland [...]	2007-10-10 07:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07MOSCOW4932	WINTER CUTOFFS OF RUSSIAN GAS LESS LIKELY THIS YEAR [...] (C) Despite the noise created by the press, Russia seems to have learned from the PR blunder of shutting off gas to Ukraine in the winter of 2006 (ref D) and we expect a relatively quiet winter this year with respect to gas supplies. The immediate resolution of the recent mini-dispute over an [...]	2007-10-10 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4939	RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON MOSCOW'S APPROACH TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: "Balance" is the word used to describe Russia's Iran policy by Moscow's leading Iran watchers. Putin is sufficiently concerned about Iran's nuclear program to keep Russia engaged on the issue. According to the MFA, he will reinforce the point with Ahmadinejad in Tehran October 1 [...]	2007-10-10 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MASS ETRD IR RS
07MOSCOW4949	SIX-PARTY TALKS: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. The Russian Government welcomed the October 3 Six-Party Agreement, terming it the best outcome possible at this stage, although DFM Kislyak cautioned about further "bumps in the road" given the nature of the DPRK regime. Moscow experts largely echoed the official view and encour [...]	2007-10-11 05:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN KS JA RS
07MOSCOW4966	KPRF ZYUGANOV UP ON PARTY, DOWN ON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In discussions with the Ambassador on October 9, Gennadiy Zyuganov -- the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) -- demonstrated the resilience, determination, and political wiles that have kept him on the national stage far longer than any might have imagined. At th [...]	2007-10-12 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4967	SPS CHAIRMAN STAYS OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an October 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Union of Right Forces (SPS) Chairman Nikita Belykh reacted complacently to the effect President Putin's decision to head the pro-Kremlin United Russia list might have on his party's chances to cross the seven-percent threshold into the Duma [...]	2007-10-12 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW4968	DUMA DEPUTY RYZHKOV ON HIS FUTURE WITHOUT A PARTY, [...] (C) Outgoing Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told the Ambassador October 7 that he, unusually for him, backed the GOR's resistance to independence for Kosovo and further NATO expansion, which he termed "real" foreign policy problems. The dispute over anti-missile defenses was for Ryzhkov a "virtu [...]	2007-10-12 08:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5006	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...]	2007-10-15 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5028	A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA
07MOSCOW5039	GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN MOSCOW: IRAN, MD, AND [...] (C) Summary: German Political Director Stanzel's October 9 visit to Moscow touched on most major international issues, including Iran, missile defense, and CFE. During his meeting with Stanzel, DFM Kislyak reaffirmed Russia's interest in maintaining a united front with the EC 3 on Iran. Kisl [...]	2007-10-17 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV GM AF EU IR RS
07MOSCOW5044	REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Summary: Rosatom and MFA officials tell us they are not aware of any plans by Rosatom Director Kiriyenko, or anyone else at Rosatom, to build a nuclear storage facility in Abkhazia to dispose of high threat radioactive sources. We urged that the GOR intervene with the de facto Abkhazian le [...]	2007-10-17 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ENRG PGOV PREL GG IAEA RS
07MOSCOW5045	NONPAPER ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 03:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM UNGA
07MOSCOW5051	RUSSIA COURTS ASIA AND VICE VERSA [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to expand its influence in Asia by taking advantage of Asian eagerness to improve relations with a politically and economically resurgent Russia. Both the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Moscow recently, seeking to increase b [...]	2007-10-18 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG BG VM RS
07MOSCOW5055	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...]	2007-10-18 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5060	ACTING U/S ROODâ€™S MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting October 11 on the margins of the missile defense and 2 2 discussions in Moscow, Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak agreed on the need to encourage key countries to join the Global Initiative to Co [...]	2007-10-18 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MNUC KACT KNNP IR RS

07MOSCOW5066	THE SILOVIKI AND PUTIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5069	GAZPROM HEAD SUGGESTS ELIMINATING "MIDDLEMEN" IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, First Deputy Prime Minister and Gazprom Chairman Dmitriy Medvedev suggested on German television that Russia is willing to bypass middlemen in its gas dealings with Ukraine. The recent gas supply dispute with Ukraine and its subsequent resolution (reftels) raised question [...]	2007-10-19 06:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW508	RUSSIAN ENERGY: SHELL TALKS ABOUT SAKHALIN-2 [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, we met with Alf D'Souza, Shell's External Affairs VP, and Bibi Bautleuova, a Shell government affairs rep, to talk about the Sakhalin-2 deal that Shell and its partners (Japan's Mitsubishi and Mitsui) reached last month with Gazprom. D'Souza said that they got the [...]	2007-02-06 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5082	A DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NARYSHKIN AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin told the Ambassador October 19 that Russia favored expanded two-way trade and investment. The Ambassador said the U.S. did as well and noted that the new CFIUS law was intended to facilitate, not prevent, foreign investment, including Russian, into the Unit [...]	2007-10-19 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW509	RUSSIAN ENERGY: CHEVRON AND CPC - LOOKING AT [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Chevron's Russia chief, Ian MacDonald, contacted us to talk about CPC expansion and the recently-inked Gazpromneft deal. (This discussion follows up on previous meetings with MacDonald with Mark Woloshyn, who Chevron has hired to shepherd along the Bosphorus bypass [...]	2007-02-06 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RU
07MOSCOW5098	RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...]	2007-10-22 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS
07MOSCOW51	RUSSIA REACTS NEGATIVELY TO IMPOSITION OF ISNPA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's first official public reaction was calmly negative to the December 28 imposition of sanctions against four Russian entities under the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. The Foreign Ministry characterized the U.S. action as an "illegal" effort to extend U.S. law to the a [...]	2007-01-10 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS
07MOSCOW5100	FM LAVROV CRITICIZES US-JAPAN MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) In response to a question during a press conference with the Japanese agency "Kyodo Tsusin" on the eve of his October 23-24 trip to Tokyo, Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia was concerned about U.S. - Japanese missile defense cooperation. Saying that Russia was against a missile defens [...]	2007-10-22 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL JA RS
07MOSCOW5101	ULAN UDE, WHERE BEING ASIAN WORKS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 15-19 trip to the Republic of Buryatia, squeezed between Lake Baikal and Mongolia, local government officials, political party representatives, and civil society leaders shared with us their views on the political, economic, and social development of the region [...]	2007-10-22 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PINR MG RS
07MOSCOW5103	RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...]	2007-10-23 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG RS
07MOSCOW5117	LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Russia has set a low bar for the EU-Russia summit, and will go to Lisbon prepared to push back on criticism of its human rights and democracy record, as well as to press for clarity on the implications of EU reform. With the continued stand-off over Polish meat, the Russians see " [...]	2007-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU WTRO ETRD ENRG KO RS
07MOSCOW5147	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...]	2007-10-25 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW5153	PUTIN'S PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Putin's problem is that there is no political or honorific perch that will ensure his ability to check the powers granted by the constitution to his successor and, by ruling out a constitutional amendment allowing a third term, some observers believe that he has boxed himself in [...]	2007-10-25 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5162	LUKOIL VP PREDICTS CHINESE DOMINANCE AND SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) At an October 22 conference session on "U.S.-Russian Relations and Energy Security," Lukoil V.P. Leonid Fedun strongly criticized the U.S. for treating Russia as a "defeated nation." He nonetheless called for more dialogue as "equal partners," and portrayed China as a common threat, pre [...]	2007-10-26 09:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW517	RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVING AGAIN, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. It appears the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors may have legs again. In a January 31 inter-ministerial meeting, PM Fradkov remitted the draft Strategic Sectors Law to the Ministry of Industry and Energy (MIE) for one month to simplify the investment revie [...]	2007-02-06 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW5173	(C) YUKOS FINANCE BUYER: NO PRE-ARRANGED DEAL WITH [...] (C) One of the major investors behind the August 15 purchase of Yukos Finance assets at auction told us October 23 that the investors hoped to "unwind" the various lawsuits and other claims against the company. They planned to use the $1.5 billion in cash assets and the 49% stake in Slovakia' [...]	2007-10-26 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5176	RUSSIA'S SOBER OUTLOOK ON UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's official reaction to the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the likely formation of an orange coalition has been cool, but an MFA official and experts told us that Russia can hardly be satisfied with the developments. Even more worrisome for Russia is [...]	2007-10-26 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON UK RS
07MOSCOW5177	RUSSIA'S SLOW RETURN TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with a visiting INR analyst, Russian experts and MFA officials stressed that Russia is gaining ground slowly in Africa after its post-Cold War retrenchment. Russia is a firmly established player in the mining sector, where its advanced mining technology is [...]	2007-10-26 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN XA RS
07MOSCOW5180	RUSSIA TO INVITE ODIHR OBSERVERS, WANTS SMALLER [...] (C) Russia's invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the December 2 Duma elections will be sent no later than November 2, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov. Churov described the invitation as uncondit [...]	2007-10-29 04:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OSCE PREL RS
07MOSCOW5182	GOR INTERPRETS BURMA DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) On October 25, MFA Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Division Second Secretary Aleksey Semenikhin provided a more nuanced GOR position on recent events in Burma (refs B and C). Displaying refreshing honesty, he acknowledged that earlier claims the GOR had limited information on the Bur [...]	2007-10-29 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM RS
07MOSCOW5183	UPDATED DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS ON COMBATING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN RS
07MOSCOW5190	URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin told us that the GOR had not made a decision on the supply of transportation assets to the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, but emphasized the GOR's ongoing con [...]	2007-10-29 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO UN SU RS
07MOSCOW5191	GOALS FOR UPCOMING EXPANDED IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep the GOR informed of U.S. goals for the upcoming Expanded Iraq Neighbors Ministerial and to seek agreement on estab [...]	2007-10-29 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ RS
07MOSCOW5192	TOMSK OBLAST GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Tomsk Governor Viktor Kress enjoys strong support from the regional population as well as the Moscow elite because he, somewhat like Putin, is seen as a competent steward of his region's economic resources and as a capable manager of the local political system. During discussions with the [...]	2007-10-29 17:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI RS
07MOSCOW520	GOR PICKS AND CHOOSES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS FORA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent fact-finding trip by three noted human rights lawyers to Moscow was largely ignored by GOR officials, in keeping with Russia's long-standing policy to prevent "internationalization" of Chechnya. Russian officials have evinced greater interest in bringing together hum [...]	2007-02-06 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5208	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]	2007-10-30 16:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR
07MOSCOW5218	MFA IRAN DESK ON CASPIAN SUMMIT, ECONOMIC [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Iran Desk Head Maxim Baranov indicated the Caspian Summit and bilateral meetings in Tehran resulted only in generic progress on economic cooperation. He described active engagement with Iran, however, including an upcoming 7th session of the "Joint Commission [...]	2007-10-31 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IR
07MOSCOW522	RUSSIA'S SILENT CONCERN OVER CHINESE ASAT TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's relatively muted reaction to Beijing's test of an anti-satellite missile last month belies its deep concern about a pending arms race in space. Caught offguard by Beijing's action and unprepared to meet the challenge, Russian officials have publicly downplayed the sign [...]	2007-02-06 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MCAP PREL RS CH
07MOSCOW5223	GOR VIEWS ON NO-RESULT JCC ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR's Special Envoy on the South Ossetian conflict expressed disappointment with the October 23-24 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Tbilisi. He attributed the failure to the two parties' widely different views and reluctance to fully engage. The GOR Envoy advised [...]	2007-10-31 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5224	BOSNIA: MOSCOW EVALUATES THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 29 meeting to MFA Third European Department Counselor Ivan Gorbunov, who told us that the U.S. and GOR evaluated the situation differently in Bosnia, but had the same overall goal -- peace and stability for the region (septel reports on the Ambassado [...]	2007-10-31 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK RU
07MOSCOW5225	RUSSIAN DFM TITOV ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, AND POLAND [...] (C) Comment: In an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated Russian complaints over High Representative Lajcak's invocation of Bosnia powers, which ran counter to assurances given during his Moscow consultations, but stressed Russian support for the D [...]	2007-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
07MOSCOW5226	PUTIN COMMEMORATES VICITMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION [...] (SBU) On October 30, President Putin paid an unprecedented visit to the Butovo firing range, on the fringes of Moscow where, from August 1937 to October 1938 about 30 thousand persons were executed by Stalin's regime. Putin's visit marked the seventieth anniversary of the "Day of Memory of th [...]	2007-10-31 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5227	RUSSIA APPRECIATIVE OF OIL-FOR-FOOD EXCEPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 03:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ RS
07MOSCOW523	RUSSIA: IRAQI DEBT RELIEF UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. On February 5, reftel concerns about delays in the signing of Russia's bilateral debt agreement with Iraq were raised with Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prikhodko and Deputy Finance Minister Storchak. Prikhodko told the Ambassador that the GOR was not linking the final signature [...]	2007-02-06 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ KTIA RS
07MOSCOW5230	CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]	2007-11-01 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS
07MOSCOW5231	RUSSIA'S NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY STRATEGY: A KNIFE, A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian activism in recent years to strengthen the "north-south" energy corridor suggests an intention to slice through the conceptual "east-west" corridor, to reassert Central Asia's dependence on Russian energy routes, and to repair Russia's own fumbling gas balance. Russia ap [...]	2007-11-01 09:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5242	RUSSIA-BULGARIA ENERGY: SOUTHSTREAM MOU TO BE [...] (SBU) Bulgarian Economic Officer Kiril Vachev told us October 31 that Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov will visit Moscow November 7-9 to sign an MOU on the proposed Southstream gas pipeline (reftels). The MOU will signal political support in principle but leave all details to the fu [...]	2007-11-01 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5246	AMBASSADOR RAISES OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED BY NGOS [...] (C) Ambassador on November 1 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko problems encountered by Russian and U.S. NGOS as the Duma elections approach, and voiced concerns over the number of ODIHR monitors to be invited to the December 2 Duma election. The Ambassador described to Yakovenko re [...]	2007-11-01 17:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5247	GOR REACTION TO THE GANARDZHIAS-MUKHURI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary. As noted reftel, on October 30, CIS peacekeepers were involved in a confrontation with Georgian forces near the cease fire line in Abkhazia. In a November 1 statement, the MFA insisted that the CIS forces were within their mandate and blamed Saakashvili for provoking a confronta [...]	2007-11-02 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5266	PUTIN'S EU SPECIAL ADVISOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's EU Special Advisor Sergey Yastrzhembskiy characterized the Mafra EU-Russia Summit in generally positive terms. Yastrzhembskiy argued that the summit was a step forward and that EU-Russia relations are "evolving," citing the tw [...]	2007-11-02 17:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
07MOSCOW5269	CFE: RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE MOVEMENT ON REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA welcomed American initiatives during the October 24 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and Deputy FM Kislyak on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)(ref A),as very constructive and positive, and were looking forward to continuing the talks in Geneva next we [...]	2007-11-06 04:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE PARM RS
07MOSCOW5299	RUSSIA NOT LINKING IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS WITH [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak told us November 5th that Russia has not made, and will not make, a link between its debt forgiveness obligation and the Saddam-era Lukoil contract for the West Qurna oil field development. Storchak said Russia's representatives at this month's Par [...]	2007-11-07 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL RS
07MOSCOW5311	RUSSIA: NO POSTPONEMENT OF NEW STATE FLIGHTS [...] (C) The GOR has decided to implement the pre-payment scheme for USG "state" flights despite previous indications from the MFA that last week's informal bilateral discussions might stave off the November 1 implementation of these new rules. Because U.S. policy is neither to pay nor charge for [...]	2007-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW5313	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON INF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: The GOR is interested in working with the U.S. to see how other countries could be encouraged to agree to the norms of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF),but wants to proceed cautiously. Acknowledging that there are no provisio [...]	2007-11-08 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL RS
07MOSCOW5336	RUSSIA EXPELS THREE GEORGIAN DIPLOMATS IN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Russia declared persona non grata two senior counselors and one counselor in the Georgian Embassy in Moscow, in a tit-for-tat response to Georgia's recall of its Ambassador from Moscow and expulsion of three Russian diplomats. While the MFA issued two harshly cri [...]	2007-11-08 18:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5339	STATE DUMA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND CFE TREATY [...] (C) Summary: On November 7 the State Duma unanimously approved a draft law to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The law will come into effect on December 12, pending approval by the Federation Council and President Putin's signature. Objections to the C [...]	2007-11-09 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
07MOSCOW5349	RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON DARFUR AVIATION AND [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting, the Ambassador reiterated to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov the importance of Russian support for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (ref a) and urged the GOR to provide heavy lift assets for the operation. Acknowledging the MFA's cons [...]	2007-11-09 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO UN SU RS
07MOSCOW5350	THE END OF YUKOS [...] (SBU) In a November 7th meeting, Yukos receiver Eduard Rebgun told us the company will cease to exist as soon as the court acknowledges receipt of his final report, which he submitted November 2nd. Rebgun asserted that he had merely performed a professional duty to carry out a Russian court d [...]	2007-11-09 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5354	DFM KARASIN URGES TOUGHER U.S. POSTURE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Prior to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's November 9 meeting with GOG DFM Vashakidze, the Ambassador reinforced U.S. expectations that Russia would do all it could to de-escalate and calm the situation in Tbilisi. Karasin said the U.S. should not underestimate how upset Russia w [...]	2007-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5355	OPPOSITION LAMENT ON RULING PARTY TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Just Russia (SR) candidate and Duma Deputy Aleksey Mitrofanov detailed for us how regional leaders, in their efforts to engineer a mandate for the Putin-led United Russia party, were using administrative resources and other tactics to thwart opposition political campaigns. Mitrof [...]	2007-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5365	RUSSIA'S LATEST CULTURE WAR [...] (C) A paean to President Putin on his 55th birthday by one of culture's grand old men, film director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov, has revealed fault lines in the cultural community similar to those that are all too apparent among the country's political classes. Mikhalkov's film hagiography of [...]	2007-11-13 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCUL KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5368	U/S JEFFERY LETTER: DFM DENISOV OPEN TO JANUARY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN
07MOSCOW5369	RUSSIAN SIX-PARTY HFO COMMITMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG KNNP PARK PREL IN KN RS
07MOSCOW5370	INITIAL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko claimed to Ambassador November 12 that the GOR would invite the 70 ODIHR observers as it had promised and in the timeframe promised, and would expedite visa issuance. In a November 13 conversation (septel),Presidential Administration Deputy Vladislav Surk [...]	2007-11-13 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5371	MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...]	2007-11-13 17:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5378	MFA: "NON-CONFRONTATION" WILL GUIDE IRAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Iran and Afghanistan Ali Mustafabeli told us that the MFA has yet to hear from Tehran after Ahmadenijad assured FM Lavrov on October 30 that he would think about the P5 1 proposal to halt uranium enrichment. Mustafabeli predicted that the November IAEA re [...]	2007-11-14 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ETRD AF IR RS
07MOSCOW5379	FOLLOWING MOSCOW'S LEAD: REGIONAL LEADERS BATTLE [...] (SBU) Regional leaders are following the Kremlin's lead "battling" skyrocketing prices, particularly on foodstuffs, as the inflation issue has gained increased political relevance as an election issue before the December 2 Duma elections. Whereas Moscow thus far has taken a measured approach [...]	2007-11-14 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS ECON EFIN EINV EAGR
07MOSCOW5386	U.S. PROPOSAL FOR BIC-VIII PASSED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT BIC JCIC START US RS
07MOSCOW5387	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, BILATERAL, [...] (C) Summary : In a November 14 meeting (other topics septel),DFM Kislyak told the Ambassador that the postponed Solana-Jalili dialogue, potential Chinese FM visit to Tehran, and imminent IAEA report may have prompted Chinese cancellation of the November 19 P5 1 meeting. Kislyak expected l [...]	2007-11-15 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR EAIR KCRM KJUS RS
07MOSCOW5391	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EUN LE RS SY
07MOSCOW5399	MFA ON RUSSIAN-EU ENERGY RELATIONS REF: A. MOSCOW 5266 B. MOSCOW 4932 Classified By: Econ MC Eric Schultz for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5401	RUSSIA: ODIHR UPDATE; U.S. INVITATION [...] (C) On November 14, Vladimir Churov, head of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) told reporters that the CEC had received the accreditation applications for all 70 ODIHR election observers that morning and had forwarded them to the MFA for visa issuance. ODIHR Observer Mission Head [...]	2007-11-15 16:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5402	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On November 15, Ambassador outlined to Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin both the public and private messages delivered to Saakashvilli and other Georgian officials by DAS Bryza during his November 11-14 trip to Tbilisi. The Ambassador noted that Bryza conveyed to the GOG the Secretary's fi [...]	2007-11-15 16:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS
07MOSCOW5405	REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Rosatom International Affairs Director Vladimir Kuchinov called in EST Counselor November 14 to follow up on our earlier approaches to Rosatom and MFA regarding removal of high-threat radioactive sources from Abkhazia. Kuchinov confirmed that Rosatom Director Sergey Kiriyenko had not agre [...]	2007-11-15 16:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA GG RS
07MOSCOW5410	MEDIA AND THE ELECTIONS: THE DEBATES AND THE ADS [...] (C) The fifteen days of debates that precede the December 2 Duma elections kicked off on November 6 and will wrap on November 30. On most days, a shifting mix of political parties participate in three debates that are broadcast on three separate channels. President Putin's United Russia (YR) [...]	2007-11-16 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5412	GOR SYMPATHIZES WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA tells us that the deteriorating domestic situation and limited political options "understandably" forced Musharraf to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov argued that Musharraf had to prevent the invalidation of his re-election [...]	2007-11-16 11:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN PK RS
07MOSCOW5417	RUSSIA'S RADICAL LIBERALS - SPS PARTY SHIFTS INTO [...] (C) The announcement this week that Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) will take part in "Dissenters' Marches" marks the final step in the party's rapid evolution from a "constructive opponent" to total opposition. Over the past six weeks, SPS leaders have radically changed their electoral [...]	2007-11-16 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5425	MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...]	2007-11-16 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW5429	CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Moscow November 5-6 to close the "Year of China" in Russia. His visit focused on trade and energy. While the Russian MFA portrayed the visit as a successful expression of flourishing economic relations, the Chinese Embassy cautioned that the agreem [...]	2007-11-16 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW5430	MFA ISSUES TOUGH STATEMENT AGAINST SAAKASHVILI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5431	CALM CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIAN REGION [...] (C) Changes in election law have created a "calm" campaign atmosphere in Voronezh, a city south of Moscow where during a November 14-15 visit we found scant evidence that a parliamentary election is about to take place. Local party representatives said the lack of single-mandate candidates ha [...]	2007-11-16 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5432	UNITED RUSSIA MUSCLES ITS WAY INTO STAVROPOL KRAY [...] (C) In Stavropol Kray, United Russia has reasserted itself politically and administratively in the aftermath of the March 2007 elections, in which A Just Russia scored an upset victory. United Russia has stripped the unpopular governor of his party membership, replaced the independent Kray El [...]	2007-11-17 03:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5433	THE WEEK IN POLITICS: PUTIN STUMPS FOR, STOMPS [...] (SBU) With just over two weeks remaining until the December 2 Duma elections, Putin, during a visit to Krasnoyarsk, at last began actively stumping for the United Russia party. On November 15, in Tver, about 700 delegates from 79 of Russia's regions returned the favor by actively stumping for [...]	2007-11-17 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5434	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN FORECAST FOR "THE DAY AFTER;" [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Kosovo Troika Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko told us that FM Lavrov is preparing a letter to Rice, FM Steinmeier, and EU Solana raising concern over a possible unilateral Kosovar declaration of independence on December 11. The letter will also underscore the rise of radical Al [...]	2007-11-17 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KS RS
07MOSCOW5435	PM SINGH'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Losyukov told the Ambassador that Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 trip to Moscow was a "useful visit" that saw progress on a potential agreement for Russia to sell four additional nuclear reactors to India. The visit included the si [...]	2007-11-17 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MASS IN RS
07MOSCOW5451	DFM DENISOV LAUDS ECON DIALOGUE, WELCOMES JANUARY [...] (SBU) In a November 19 meeting with DFM Denisov, the Ambassador raised Undersecretary Jeffery's proposal for a preliminary meeting in Moscow in January at which the two could discuss establishing a low-key, informal but regular economic dialogue. Denisov responded that he welcomed the propose [...]	2007-11-19 16:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG RS
07MOSCOW5453	ODIHR BOYCOTT CONTINUES TO RESONATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR'S November 16 announcement that it would not send election monitors to Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections was the subject of incredulous GOR commentary over the weekend. The Central Election Commission (CEC) saw in the decision confirmation of the GOR's standing [...]	2007-11-19 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5457	RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...]	2007-11-20 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS
07MOSCOW5458	UKRAINE TO PAY $160 FOR GAS IN 2008; MARKET PRICES [...] (C) According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, agreement has been reached on a gas price of $160 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2008. The agreement also calls for a rise to "market prices" by 2011. Separately, Gazprom indicated that final details [...]	2007-11-21 06:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5474	RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...]	2007-11-21 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS
07MOSCOW5475	THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, WITH AN AMERICAN ASSIST [...] (C) Andrew Paulson, an expatriate American businessman in Moscow told Econ MC November 12 that his Russian-based internet company, Livejournal.ru, was preparing to purchase the U.S. version of Livejournal, from which it had sprung eight years ago. Paulson said the USD 100 million or more purc [...]	2007-11-21 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV RS
07MOSCOW5477	IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN MFA VIEWS ON DG REPORT [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy conveyed U.S. views (reftel) on the IAEA Director General's November 15 Report on Iran to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Security and Disarmament Department nuclear non-proliferation section chief. Kondratenkov agreed that Iran has often been reactive rather than proacti [...]	2007-11-21 17:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM RS IR
07MOSCOW5478	DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin requested the USG's understanding of the "erroneous" Ukrainian interpretation of "Holodomor (1932-33 famine)" and other events that happened during WW2. He urged that the USG lift the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasur [...]	2007-11-21 19:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5497	GAZPROM-OWNED STROYTRANSGAZ ON SYRIA, OTHER [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with Econoff, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, First Vice-President of the Gazprom-owned construction firm Stroytransgaz, confirmed that the company had completed a gas treatment facility in Syria as well as a gas pipeline from Egypt to Syria. He indicated that the company wo [...]	2007-11-23 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IR IZ SY
07MOSCOW5505	GAMING RUSSIA'S REACTION TO A KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: The fact that Russia has not confronted the U.S. at the most senior levels over the possibility of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence does not mean that Putin and his advisers are resigned to the outcome. Russian diplomatic self-confidence flows from its sense of E [...]	2007-11-23 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5506	"JUST RUSSIA" STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary: With elections just over one week away, the Kremlin-fostered party Just Russia (SR) seems increasingly unlikely to cross the seven-percent threshold to Duma representation, and the media have begun their death watch. Observers peg SR's problems to Putin's decision to head the Uni [...]	2007-11-23 15:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5516	THE WEEK IN POLITICS: THE PUTIN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The "For Putin" movement continued to percolate, with a November 21 gathering of five thousand supporters in a Moscow sports hall. The event --part U.S. political party convention, part CPSU congress-- featured an extended attack by Putin on his political opponents, a swipe at t [...]	2007-11-26 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW5518	MOD SERDYUKOV VISITS CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov's visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia October 29-30 were part of Russian efforts to strengthen ties with CIS member states. (Note: Serdyukov also made an unofficial trip to Kyrgyzstan. End Note.) Serdyukov and his Uzbek counterpart s [...]	2007-11-26 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL SENV
07MOSCOW5523	MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...]	2007-11-26 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS
07MOSCOW5526	NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...]	2007-11-26 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5527	MOSCOW VIEWS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia recognizes that the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid November 29-30 will be difficult, even though there have been a number of areas of agreement this past year. Russia will press for its package of reforms to the OSCE, arguing the need for equal treatment of all countries. Put [...]	2007-11-26 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5532	NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...]	2007-11-27 03:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5535	RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Australia Group (AG) chair John Sullivan and Russian MFA Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Anatoly Antonov led discussions November 20 on Russia's possible membership in the AG. Russia's high-level delegation indicated its interest in joining [...]	2007-11-27 07:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PGOV PREL
07MOSCOW5540	PICK YOUR POLL: PUTIN'S PARTY WINS BIG [...] (SBU) According to the final public opinion polls published one week before the December 2 Russian Duma elections, United Russia (YR) will garner the vast majority of votes and the Communist Party (KPRF) will easily overcome the seven percent threshold to entry into the Duma. The predictions [...]	2007-11-27 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5542	CIVIL SOCIETY SPEAKS OUT OVER OTHER RUSSIA ARRESTS [...] (C) Liberal politicians and human rights activists praised the President's November 26 criticism of the Russian government's detention of opposition protesters. In response to the Ambassador, Acting FM Denisov described the GOR reaction as "unfortunate" but argued that Other Russian leader G [...]	2007-11-27 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5548	UNITED RUSSIA EXPECTS BIG THINGS FROM ROSTOV-ON-DON [...] (C) The Ambassador's November 19-20 visit to Rostov-on-Don revealed that Russia's fifth most populous region falls squarely in the ruling party vote bank. Governor Vladimir Chub, who has ruled Rostov for sixteen years, appears too busy opening shopping centers and meeting trade delegations to [...]	2007-11-28 08:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI EAGR RS
07MOSCOW5562	DUMA ELECTION OBSERVER UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador November 26 told acting Foreign Minister Denisov that the USG had played no role in ODIHR's decision not to observe the Russian Duma elections. Denisov insisted that the Russian Embassy in Washington believed the USG had "tipped the scales" on the decision during ODIHR [...]	2007-11-28 16:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
07MOSCOW5563	UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST [...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...]	2007-11-29 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW5571	RUSSIA: POWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING ENTERS LAST [...] (SBU) The electricity sector's regulatory and policy framework after July 2008, when holding company RAO UES will cease operations, is taking shape. On October 26, RAO UES shareholders approved the restructuring plan and consented to the appointment of RAO UES' director of strategy as the new [...]	2007-11-29 09:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW5580	SERBIAN FM JEREMIC VISIT UNDERSCORES RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary. Serbian FM Jeremic's November 22 visit to Moscow served to reconfirm Russian-Serbian solidarity in the runup to the end of the Kosovo troika talks. Lavrov reiterated Russia's firm support for Serbia, noting that December 10 was not "the end of history." Jeremic noted that Serbi [...]	2007-11-29 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR KV RS

07MOSCOW5582	RUSSIA - KPRF THREATENS TO PROTEST ELECTION FRAUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Communists are taking the offensive to protect their interests in Sunday's Duma election, establishing their own parallel monitoring program and threatening "mass action" if the administration falsifies the results. Party leaders announced on November 28 that the party wil [...]	2007-11-29 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW5584	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THREE JOURNALISTS BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: In the Ingushetia capital of Nazran on November 24, masked gunmen abducted a human rights worker and three Moscow television journalists from their hotel rooms, robbed them of their equipment and notebooks, and threatened them with execution. The gunmen then took the four victims [...]	2007-11-29 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW5585	"SECURE GAS SUPPLY FOR EUROPE" -- NORD STREAM MOVING FORWARD REF: A. THE HAGUE 1999 B. MOSCOW 5399 C. TALLINN 737 D. HELSINKI 785 E. WARSAW 1975 F. RIGA 430 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5595	UNITED RUSSIA AND THE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With Putin's decision to back United Russia in the Duma race, the prospect, faintly entertained about one year ago of creating something like a real political party system has completely disappeared, and United Russia has become a vehicle for Putin's aspirations to remain influen [...]	2007-11-30 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5596	RUSSIA: INTERPRETING PUTIN'S DUMA VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: The significance of the December 2 Duma elections is the magnitude -- and not the fact -- of Putin's win and how he can use this "vote of confidence" to dictate presidential succession. Having been transformed into a referendum on Putin, the parliamentary elections are a step [...]	2007-11-30 11:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5598	PUTIN AND UNITED RUSSIA DOMINATE MEDIA IN RUN UP [...] (C) Summary. All one has to do is watch the national nightly news to see that President Putin, his administration, and United Russia garner the majority of coverage in the run up to the December 2 Duma elections. Over the past two months, three-fourths of the national television coverage and over h [...]	2007-11-30 12:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW5600	CIVIC FORCE: A KREMLIN EXPERIMENT GONE NOWHERE [...] (C) The political party Civic Force (GS) began life as a Kremlin project and has enjoyed the freedom of action and access to the media that come with that status. Unlike other small, right-wing parties (such as Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces (SPS)),who have encountered problems in cond [...]	2007-11-30 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5609	RUSSIA ENERGY: NO DEAL ON KOVYKTA THIS YEAR? [...] (C) TNK-BP International Affairs Director Shawn McCormick confirmed to us on November 30th that a deal between Gazprom and TNK-BP on Gazprom's purchase of TNK-BP's 62.5% share of the giant Kovykta gas field in East Siberia will likely not be concluded this year. Press reports cited a Gazprom [...]	2007-11-30 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5612	FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...]	2007-11-30 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5615	GREF CONFIRMED AS SBERBANK PRESIDENT: EXODUS OF [...] (U) On November 28, Sberbank's shareholders confirmed former Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref as the bank's new President and Chairman. Gref said publicly he would work to retain key managers and provided a general overview of his plans for the bank. Outgoing chairman Andr [...]	2007-11-30 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW5627	MORE BUSINESS VIEWS ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Boris Jordan, a well-known American businessman of Russian ancestry, said the December 2 parliamentary elections should be seen as part of President Putin's plan to continue to exercise influence after his current term expires, preferably from the sidelines. Jordan expressed hope that bil [...]	2007-11-30 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EINV RS
07MOSCOW5643	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN, GTMO DETAINEE [...] (C) On December 3, DCM demarched MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov on Iranian attempts to procure equipment with nuclear weapons applications through a Russian firm, underscoring that the specialized cameras are possibly controlled by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (ref A). DCM [...]	2007-12-03 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC PARM ETTC IR RS
07MOSCOW5681	RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...]	2007-12-03 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS
07MOSCOW5682	DUMA ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG, COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: With almost all of the votes from the December 3 election counted, Putin's United Russia party has won 64.1 percent, which will give it a constitutional majority in the new Duma. Three other parties: the Communists (11.6%),Vladimir Zhirinovskiy's LDPR (8.2%),and Just Russia (7 [...]	2007-12-03 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW57	RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL STANDOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia and Belarus have not yet found a solution to their row over oil volumes through the Druzhba pipeline. Over the last three days each party has cast blame on the other for initiating the confrontation, with the Russians claiming that the Belarusian transit duty was illegal u [...]	2007-01-10 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5702	DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...]	2007-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW5720	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia is in no hurry to re-evaluate its bilateral relations with Georgia, with the MFA issuing repeated statements slamming Saakashvili's anti-Russia tactics as a "farce." MFA officials confirm that Saakashvili is persona non grata in Moscow, while Duma Chairman Gryzlov raised [...]	2007-12-06 10:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5734	CHECHEN PRESIDENT REACHES OUT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is looking to the Middle East to finance the reconstruction of Chechnya. Kadyrov met recently in Moscow with the visiting Saudi Crown Prince and traveled to Saudi Arabia and Jordan earlier this year. Kadyrov plans to visit Mecca in December, part [...]	2007-12-06 16:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI JO SA RS
07MOSCOW5735	RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...]	2007-12-06 16:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
07MOSCOW5745	GOLOS INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DUMA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 press conference, the USAID-funded voting rights NGO Golos reported widespread violations and irregularities in the December 2 State Duma elections. While much of its information is anecdotal, Golos did provide cursory statistical findings of anomalies, most notab [...]	2007-12-07 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5748	LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF RECENT POLLING DATA [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...]	2007-12-07 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5749	CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...]	2007-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS
07MOSCOW5750	LEVADA CENTER ANALYSIS OF PUTIN'S PULL [...] (C) In polls leading up to the December 2 elections, the Levada Center brought to light some hidden characteristics of the Russian electorate. Based on the Center's data, it was clear that Putin's popularity transcended party affiliation spreading even to the Communist Party (KPRF) and the tr [...]	2007-12-07 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5751	RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...]	2007-12-07 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5761	RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...]	2007-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW5762	AFTER THE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With the messy Duma elections fast fading from memory here (although the final results will not be certified until at least December 10),attention has shifted to the March 2 presidential elections. The four parties in the new Duma have scheduled their congresses for mid-Decembe [...]	2007-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5763	RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS [...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...]	2007-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
07MOSCOW5771	PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Representatives of United Russia, the Agrarian Party, Patriots of Russia, and Just Russia, headed by United Russia Chairman Gryzlov, asked December 10 for Putin's support for the presidential candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. The media report that Putin told Gryzlo [...]	2007-12-10 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW5780	RUSSIA: OHR DECISIONS AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on Russian allegations about the U.S. Deputy High Representative to MFA Counselor for Bosnia Ivan Gorbunov on December 10. Gorbunov undertook to pass the points to his superiors, and suffered no further comment on the matter. The Ambassador will reinforce U.S [...]	2007-12-11 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK SRS RS
07MOSCOW5781	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...]	2007-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5782	MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY - PUTIN [...] (C) Less than a day after Putin came out in support of Dmitriy Medvedev's candidacy for President, Medvedev revealed his campaign strategy: to run on the promise of picking Putin to serve as Premier. Endorsements of a host of regional authorities, as well as representatives of the President's [...]	2007-12-11 16:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW5784	GREF CENTER'S VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC DIRECTION [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting, Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR or the Gref Center),the economic brain trust for the GOR's economic reforms in the early years of President Putin's administration, told econoff that while reform momentum has slowed th [...]	2007-12-12 04:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PREL RS
07MOSCOW579	RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...]	2007-02-09 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP RS IR
07MOSCOW5790	RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...]	2007-12-12 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL RU UK
07MOSCOW5794	UNION STATE PRESIDENCY NOT ON PUTIN'S AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA strongly denied press rumors that Putin's December 13-14 trip to Minsk would create him president of a Russia-Belarus Union State, making it clear that Belarus had a long way to travel before it would be a partner for Russia. Putin's trip will focus on reviewing 2007's " [...]	2007-12-12 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PARM BO RS
07MOSCOW5796	GETTING THE VOTE OUT: HOW UNITED RUSSIA PULLED OFF [...] (C) Summary: A comparison of electoral statistics from the December 2 Duma elections and the previous elections in a number of selected regions shows that United Russia's use of administrative assets to get out an increased number of voters made a difference in the December 2 Duma elections. [...]	2007-12-12 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PREL PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5800	THE MEASURE OF THE MAN - "WHO IS MR. MEDVEDEV?" [...] (C) Despite his prominence as First Deputy Premier, Gazprom Board Chair, and earlier as Head of the Presidential Administration, Medvedev remains only somewhat less an enigma than his mentor Putin was when the latter was picked as Yeltsin's successor eight years ago. In the near unanimous app [...]	2007-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	RS PINR PGOV
07MOSCOW5823	KASPAROV DROPS OUT OF RACE FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Garry Kasparov announced December 13 that he will not be a candidate in the March 2 presidential elections. Kasparov made the decision one day after the Central Election Commission (CEC) held firm on its decision that at least 500 members of the United Civil Front (UCF) which [...]	2007-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW5824	U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...]	2007-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW5825	RUSSIAN ELITES AHEAD OF RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of establishment analysts and Putin critics approach the ruling party's December 17 convention convinced that it is time for liberals, the Kremlin, and the West to come to grips with the changed political landscape following the December 2 Duma elections. With t [...]	2007-12-14 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON RS
07MOSCOW5828	CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...]	2007-12-17 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS
07MOSCOW583	RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS GAZPROM'S MILLER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller praised recent moves on domestic gas price reform, and said gas price rises to FSU countries would move forward in tandem, and assets are a part of the payment mix. Miller stressed plans in play to develop Yam [...]	2007-02-09 10:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5835	ROSNEFT CEO BOGDANCHIKOV OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS PINR
07MOSCOW5845	ROSNEFT'S LEADERSHIP RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: A recent shuffle in the top ranks of Rosneft, rumored to have been engineered by its Chairman Igor Sechin, has spurred speculation that CEO Sergey Bogdanchikov may be on his way out. If true, the company's plans and future may depend as much on politics as the company's plans an [...]	2007-12-18 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5847	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In a December 17th meeting with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Nabiullina acknowledged the GOR faced time pressures to conclude multilateral WTO discussions but was optimistic that a deal could be reached by mid-February. While issues such as state-owned enterprises and agricultur [...]	2007-12-18 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV RS
07MOSCOW5848	GOR NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH TYMOSHENKO'S COMEBACK [...] (C) Summary. Within a few hours after the election of Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, MFA officials welcomed her "return", while expressing relief that many bilateral decisions put on hold in the absence of a "functioning" government in Ukraine could be made and implemented [...]	2007-12-18 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW5849	UNITED RUSSIA ACCEPTS MEDVEDEV AS CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The 511 delegates at the pro-Kremlin United Russia party's December 17 party congress performed to expectations, when they chose First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev as their candidate for President. Putin confounded the expectations of some commentators by agreeing, after a wee [...]	2007-12-19 04:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5850	SPS NOMINATES NEMTSOV, SEARCHES ITS SOUL [...] (C) The Russian liberal-democratic party the Union of Right Forces (SPS) held its party conference in Moscow on December 17 to nominate a candidate for president. A general party soul-searching and consideration of campaign mistakes occupied almost half of the conference agenda. In accepting [...]	2007-12-19 04:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5869	GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN [...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...]	2007-12-19 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
07MOSCOW5879	MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AF RS
07MOSCOW5898	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...]	2007-12-20 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MD RS
07MOSCOW5899	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW5955	RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S END-OF-YEAR REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on December 21, the day after the formal signing of the Tri-Caspian (Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) pipeline agreement, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko called it "a good note" on which to end the year. He commented on domestic en [...]	2007-12-28 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5958	RUSSIAN DFM GRUSHKO ON OSCE DUES [...] (U) Local press seized on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko's December 26 statement about Russia's decreasing contributions to the OSCE budget. During an end-of-year press conference, Grushko said, "Russia is already reducing its financing of the OSCE. If we look at the evol [...]	2007-12-28 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5971	DEMARCHES ON POTENTIAL S-300 SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In response to multiple demarches from the DCM, senior MFA officials have alluded to, but not confirmed a potential sale of the S-300 air defense system to Iran based on an unspecified contract which predated UNSCR 1737. When challenged that a Russian Government agency has publicly [...]	2007-12-31 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR RS
07MOSCOW598	RUSSIANS INFORMED OF NEW COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL RS
07MOSCOW599	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...]	2007-02-09 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS
07MOSCOW601	RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...]	2007-02-09 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA RS
07MOSCOW610	PUTIN WILL GO [...] (C) Although rumors swirl after each major public appearance, even diehard skeptics now agree that President Putin will leave office when his second term expires in May 2008. With each passing month the conspiracy theories, which most recently crested in the wake of the Litvinenko assassinati [...]	2007-02-12 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS
07MOSCOW613	PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...]	2007-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW626	RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...]	2007-02-13 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS
07MOSCOW627	KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...]	2007-02-13 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW628	KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...]	2007-02-13 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW629	PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...]	2007-02-13 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
07MOSCOW644	RUSSIA: LIBERAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO STAY IN GAME [...] (C) Political observers believe that the prospect of a liberal political party winning representation in the State Duma is slim, but statistically possible. However, local efforts by ruling party officials to remove the liberal-minded Union of Rightist Forces and Yabloko from some ballots in [...]	2007-02-14 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW648	RUSSIA AND INDIA: MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Russia's goal is to "revitalize" its ties to India by concentrating on energy security and hi-tech joint projects according to the MFA, which provided a readout on Putin's trip to India and a look ahead at high-level meetings in February. Moscow heralded an agreement to sell f [...]	2007-02-14 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP MASS ETRD IN RS
07MOSCOW655	HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...]	2007-02-14 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS
07MOSCOW673	THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...]	2007-02-15 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW677	RUSSIANS SUPPORT AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SOMALIA [...] (C) On February 15 we delivered reftel points to Oleg Dadayev, chief of the MFA's Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Section, urging support for an African Union force in Somalia. Dadayev said the GOR would support an African Union Force as well as the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. [...]	2007-02-15 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO RS
07MOSCOW692	RE-SHUFFLE ADVANCES SUCCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) President Putin's late February 15 government re-shuffle has brought presidential contender Sergey Ivanov to the same starting line as his rival Dmitriy Medvedev, relieved him of the albatross that is the Ministry of Defense, and given him issues that could potentially resonate with the Ru [...]	2007-02-16 12:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW693	PUTIN DISPOSES: ALKHANOV DISMISSED, KADYROV ACTING [...] (C) President Putin dismissed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov late February 15, acting before the escalating tensions between Alkhanov and strongman PM Ramzan Kadyrov (Ref. A) got out of hand. Alkhanov was given a sinecure as Deputy Justice Minister. 2. (C) Putin named Kadyrov acting Presid [...]	2007-02-16 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS
07MOSCOW695	NGOS: SILVER LINING BUT A LOOMING DARK CLOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After initial difficulties in getting re-registered, our U.S. and foreign NGO contacts have resumed normal activities and express little concern over the follow-on reporting requirements. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) surprisingly has even expressed interest in working [...]	2007-02-16 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID RS
07MOSCOW697	RUSSIA: KHODORKOVSKIY/LEBEDEV CHARGES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Attorney General has charged Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev with two counts of embezzlement and two counts of money-laundering (under Articles 160 and 174 of the Russian Criminal Code),which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 10 years, respectively. The case i [...]	2007-02-16 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV RS
07MOSCOW705	PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...]	2007-02-16 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW707	RUSSIA: OVERSIGHT AGENCY HEAD TAKES STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 14 discussion with the Ambassador, Rostekhnadzor Director Pulikovskiy said Russia will focus on training and safety when it expands its nuclear energy network. No one wants to repeat the "bitter experience" of Chornobyl, he said. He looks forward to a product [...]	2007-02-16 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL ETRD PARM RU KS KN
07MOSCOW754	IRAN: SANCTIONS DECREE SUBJECT OF INTERAGENCY [...] (C) We discussed reftel requests regarding implementation of UNSCR 1737 (Iran) with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov told us that a draft presidential decree necessary to implement the sanctions regim [...]	2007-02-21 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN ETTC KTFN IR RS
07MOSCOW774	RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS COMPLETE KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary. On February 16, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office announced that it had completed the preliminary investigation in the new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev (Reftel). The case file will now be turned over to the defendants and their lawyers for [...]	2007-02-22 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW777	BOSNIA: RUSSIANS NOT KEEN ON EXTENDING OFFICE OF [...] (C) Vadim Gorelov, Chief of the MFA's Bosnia and Herzegovina Affairs Section, told us February 21 that the GOR would not be able agree to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHC) at the February 26-27 Peace Implementations Council's Steering Committee meeting. Gorelov s [...]	2007-02-22 16:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
07MOSCOW827	RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...]	2007-02-27 16:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW828	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...]	2007-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS
07MOSCOW849	DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS [...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...]	2007-02-28 17:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW85	RUSSIA'S VNESHTORGBANK AND EADS (C-RE6-01894) [...] (C) Summary. A Senior Vneshtorgbank (VTB) official tells us VTB's decision in early summer to purchase 5.38 percent of EADS stock was made for investment/financial reasons alone, and without GOR political interference. The public announcement September 12 by Presidential Advisor Sergey Prihod [...]	2007-01-12 08:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN EINV PGOV RS
07MOSCOW870	CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN OFFERS VIEWS [...] (C) Central Election Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on February 28 reviewed with Ambassador the state-of-play in advance of elections to be held in fourteen regions on March 11. Key points: -- average of seven parties registered in each region; -- average of five candidates comp [...]	2007-03-01 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW871	MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...]	2007-03-01 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW873	RUSSIA:AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hard as it may be to believe, the Aeroflot wide-bodied tender is not over, and Boeing has not written off the deal (as speculated in the press). Yet prospects diminish as Boeing's delivery advantage slips with each passing month the contract remains unsigned -- even though Aerofl [...]	2007-03-01 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW875	RUSSIA'S GAS WEAKNESS [...] (C) Summary. Owing in part to rapid economic growth but also in large part to poorly managed resources by Gazprom, Russia is facing a gas production crunch. While this problem was recognized early on by analysts, the GOR seems to have only awakened to the dilemma relatively recently. Gazprom [...]	2007-03-01 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW933	RUSSIAN SCIENCE: TURNING BIOWEAPONS INTO BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A super-secret, elite bioweapons institute during Soviet times, the Institute of Immunological Engineering (IIE) now hosts an American company on its territory in an attempt to replace the state funding that ceased in 1994. Institute Director Dr. Sergey Pchelnitsov, who has spe [...]	2007-03-05 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07MOSCOW953	UZBEKS FREED AFTER HIGH DRAMA IN IVANOVO [...] (C) UNHCR has confirmed that 12 of the 13 Uzbeks held in Ivanovo under an extradition request from Uzbekistan were released by Russian authorities March 5, three days after a court ordered them freed. The other, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, is expected to be released as well, following a separate [...]	2007-03-06 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RS
07MOSCOW966	OTHER RUSSIA'S BOUNCE FROM GOR OVERREACTION [...] (C) An adviser to ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov, and Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Ivanenko told us in the wake of the March 3 Other Russia demonstration in St. Petersburg (reftel) that: -- While reports of violence were overblown, St. Petersbu [...]	2007-03-07 12:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW976	SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL TAKES THE FALL FOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5 Prime Minister Fradkov fired Ramil Khabriyev, head of the Russian Federal Supervision Service for Health Care and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor). Fradkov cited continuing problems with inconsistent supply and deficit spending for drugs provided under the government [...]	2007-03-07 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW978	MUCH SPECULATION, LITTLE PUBLICALLY-AVAILABLE [...] (C) The March 2 death of veteran Kommersant military correspondent Ivan Safronov has sent shock waves through Moscow's journalistic community. Investigations by the Prosecutor General's office and the Kommersant staff have to date produced no serious evidence that would point to suicide, forc [...]	2007-03-07 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW979	DCM RAISES WORLD VISION'S SUSPENSION WITH THE MFA [...] (C) The DCM expressed our concern over the suspension of World Vision's activities in Chechnya with MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov in a March 5 meeting. He noted our continued support for World Vision, its history of excellent work in the region, and asked if MFA could pro [...]	2007-03-07 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW980	RUSSIAN ENERGY: PROSPECTS FOR DEALS IN THE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite increased GOR control over the sector, U.S. majors are involved in several high-profile deals and below-the-radar deals are becoming more common as well. Russia will need western expertise -- most urgently on the gas side -- as it moves to exploit the offshore and the ea [...]	2007-03-09 03:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MUMBAI134	KAKODKAR GIVES POSITIVE HEARING TO U.S. INDUSTRY [...] (C) DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar made a strong positive impression on members of USIBC's nuclear trade delegation during their March 8 meeting in Mumbai. In a briefing following the meeting, most delegation members told us that Kakodkar made compelling arguments to include reprocessing rights i [...]	2007-03-09 14:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV BEXP EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD PREL
07MUMBAI200	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) ConGen Mumbai contacted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to determine what steps it had taken pursuant to India's obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 - to freeze the assets of Bank Sepah (Iran). Prashant Saran, the RBI's Chief General Manager, told us that RBI [...]	2007-04-13 10:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP PARM IR IN
07MUNICH258	MUNICH PROSECUTOR DOES NOT ANTICIPATE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) ConGen Munich contacted Munich Deputy District Attorney August Stern on April 24 in an effort to clarify whether the "request for provisional arrest" by his office in the Al Masri case (Ref A) would lead to a request for extradition under Article 16 of the bilateral extradition treaty b [...]	2007-04-25 09:14:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PTER GM
07MUNICH646	PROPOSED BAVARIAN ISLAMIC ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) A controversial proposal for an Islamic academy in Munich illustrates some of the challenges of balancing integration and security concerns in a conservative German state. The academy, to be funded by the UAE, would be a first-of-its-kind proposal by IVLP grantee Imam Benjamin Idriz of t [...]	2007-12-18 11:18:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	GE KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI
07MUSCAT1004	FOREIGN WORKERS ENGAGE IN VIOLENT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Low-skilled workers from India and Nepal employed by a Muscat-area cleaning company recently protested over alleged contract violations and poor living conditions in the company-owned and operated housing compound. The workers created a disturbance, and Omani security forces repo [...]	2007-10-31 08:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT1007	OMANI BANKS REPORT SOLID PROFITS [...] (SBU) Oman's banking sector reported solid profit growth for January-September 2007, reflecting the economy's continued strong performance as a result of high oil and real estate prices. In spite of the good news, the Central Bank is keeping a wary eye on consumer lending practices. End Summ [...]	2007-10-31 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MU

07MUSCAT101	TERRORIST LIST: OMAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 13:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER MU
07MUSCAT1014	RESOURCE NATIONALISM NOT EVIDENT IN OMAN [...] (C) The growth of resource nationalism is not evident in Oman. The government controls majority stakes in Oman's primary energy production companies in long-term partnerships with foreign firms, and actively seeks further foreign investment to augment output in both the oil and gas sectors. [...]	2007-11-04 06:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV MU
07MUSCAT102	OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al Busaidi told the Ambassador on January 31 that the next Arab League Summit would be held in Riyadh in late March. According to Sayyid Badr, Saudi King Abdullah had insisted that the summit be held in Riyadh, rather than in Sharm [...]	2007-01-31 13:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YE MU
07MUSCAT1026	POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Many Omanis continue to comment favorably on the successful October 27 national elections for Oman's Majlis al-Shura. Approximately 70% of the new Majlis member hold a bachelor's degree or higher. According to contacts, some vote-buying did occur and a few voters in several districts re [...]	2007-11-07 11:49:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINT PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
07MUSCAT103	OMANI-SAUDI INITIATIVE TO CONVENE SOMALIA [...] (C) During a January 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Omani Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al Busaidi said that Sultan Qaboos and Saudi King Abdullah had discussed and tentatively agreed to convene a conference in Riyadh to help stabilize Somalia and shore up the Somali Transitio [...]	2007-01-31 14:40:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SO MU
07MUSCAT1034	SULTAN QABOOS TO NEW OMAN MAJLIS: STATUS QUO JUST [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos delivered his annual address opening the Majlis Oman on November 6. During the relatively rare public speaking engagement, the Sultan tipped his hat to the work of the Majlis and expressed appreciation for voter participation in the recent national elections (refs A, B). How [...]	2007-11-12 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MU
07MUSCAT1035	MINISTER AGREES ONUS ON OMAN TO COMPLETE FTA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) On November 11, the Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to deliver reftel letter from USTR Susan Schwab and gain an update on pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) action items. In [...]	2007-11-13 08:11:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT1036	MINISTER REMINDED OF IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) In light of ongoing discussions between Oman and Iran regarding joint oil and gas projects (reftel),the Ambassador reminded Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan on November 11 of the provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). (Note: The Minister also serves as chairm [...]	2007-11-13 08:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EPET PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT1037	MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE ON PRICE INCREASES [...] (C) On November 11, the Ambassador discussed the impact of recent price increases with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister stated that the government was concerned with the hikes, especially with respect to rents. (Note: For example, one survey reported ren [...]	2007-11-13 08:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI MU
07MUSCAT1040	OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...]	2007-11-13 11:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM MU
07MUSCAT1046	WORKERS INVOLVED IN LABOR PROTEST DEPORTED [...] (C) Three weeks after a reportedly violent demonstration by 500-600 Indian and Nepalese workers of the al-Nebha cleaning company against alleged contract violations and poor living conditions (reftel),contacts report that there have been no further protests and that the situation at the comp [...]	2007-11-14 11:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
07MUSCAT1064	OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On November 20, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi confirmed to the Ambassador that he will lead Oman's delegation to the November 26 Annapolis Conference. The Minister will be accompanied by Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs, Minister's Office, and A [...]	2007-11-20 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV MU
07MUSCAT1091	OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER TALKS UP FTA BENEFITS WITH [...] (SBU) Oman's Commerce and Industry Minister spoke highly of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement's (FTA) potential to strengthen bilateral economic relations during a November 26 visit to Muscat by a U.S. Congressional delegation. The Agreement, according to the Minister, would assist government [...]	2007-12-04 07:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT1092	OMAN CLOSE TO ESTABLISHING FIU, IMPLEMENTING [...] (SBU) Oman continues to move closer toward the formal establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the promulgation of a new "Law to Combat Terrorism Financing." Both initiatives are part of the government's broader efforts to strengthen its anti-money laundering and counter-terrori [...]	2007-12-04 07:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU
07MUSCAT1093	BIGGER BUDGET EXPECTED FOR OMAN IN 2008 [...] (C) The Ministry of National Economy presented the first glimpse of Oman's 2008 budget during a November 26 presentation by its Minister before representatives of the Majlis al-Shura. The budget numbers, which the Ministry characterized as striking a balance between economic development and f [...]	2007-12-04 10:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MU
07MUSCAT1096	CODEL MORAN MEETING WITH OMANI DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister praised U.S.-Oman relations and welcomed U.S. engagement in the region. He characterized Iran as a country determined to win respect from the international community and discounted inf [...]	2007-12-05 06:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KPAL ECON ENRG IR MU
07MUSCAT1099	GAS COMPANY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT, BUT DENIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT1101	OMAN WILL CONTINUE CURRENCY PEG TO DOLLAR [...] (C) On November 26, the Ambassador discussed Oman's monetary policy with Minister of National Economy, and Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance, Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki. Macki stated that Oman was not contemplating, and was adamantly opposed to, changing its rial peg to the dollar. "The d [...]	2007-12-05 12:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT1102	TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN REAFFIRMS [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On December 2, the Ambassador met with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Mohammed al-Khusaibi, along with Committee Members Naashiah al-Kharusi and Colonel Mohsin al-Hafeedh, to discuss progress toward est [...]	2007-12-08 12:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT1116	OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: FOLLOW-UP AND [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the embassies of labor-exporting countries report that some recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to force women who have run away from their Emerati sponsors to accept employment in Oman. Omani sponsors hire the women in the UAE and transport [...]	2007-12-12 07:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT1120	OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT1121	OMANI SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 12 during a meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Sayyid Badr SIPDIS confirmed that Oman supported the holding of timely Lebanese presidential elections without linkage to other issues, bu [...]	2007-12-12 11:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM LE SY MU
07MUSCAT1122	OMAN DOUBTFUL ON IRANIAN SUSPENSION OF NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a December 12 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the Ambassador drew from refs A and C to emphasize continuing U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear enrichment and ballistic missile development programs following the release of the Nation [...]	2007-12-12 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
07MUSCAT1124	OMAN STILL MULLING RE-OPENING OF BAGHDAD EMBASSY [...] (C) In follow-up to discussions at the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (reftel),the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi on December 12 about the status of plans to re-open Oman's embassy in Baghdad. Sayyid Badr replied that the g [...]	2007-12-12 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT1125	OMANI OFFICIALS WARN THAT SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (C) In discussing Oman's plans for the December 17 donors conference in Paris (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi told the Ambassador SIPDIS on December 12 that while financial support for the Palestinian Authority was important, it was "not enough [...]	2007-12-12 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT1136	OMAN REMAINS COMMITTED TO DOLLAR [...] (C) The Central Bank Executive President affirmed to the Ambassador that Oman would maintain its currency peg to the dollar and the current rate of exchange, although he also asked for the USG's support in stabilizing the greenback. He acknowledged that inflationary pressures were calling into [...]	2007-12-17 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT135	OMANI SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-12 11:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EFIN IR MU
07MUSCAT136	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and related documents on February 11 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi. The Ambassador noted that becoming a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (Global Initiative) would complement Oman's cu [...]	2007-02-12 11:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KGIT KNNP MU
07MUSCAT137	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi, the Ambassador delivered the U.S. response to the Omani-Saudi proposal to convene a regional foreign ministers' meeting on Somalia (refs A and B),and also raised ref C points seeking support for [...]	2007-02-12 11:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS SO MU
07MUSCAT152	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS DAMASCUS; PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs reported that Syrian officials were preoccupied with the large number of Iraqi refugees in Syria during his recent visit to Damascus. The Syrians, he contended, were hopeful for an amicable resolution to the political crisis in Beir [...]	2007-02-14 13:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER IR IZ LE MU
07MUSCAT154	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ISRAELI MINISTER LIVNI: [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi met privately this week with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Madrid. Their brief talks focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the announcement of a Palestinian national unity government, which Oman sees a [...]	2007-02-14 14:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT179	UNRESOLVED PASSPORT ISSUES COMPOUNDING AFGHAN [...] This is an action request for Department guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Charge d' Affairs of the Embassy of Afghanistan to Oman, Sayyid Mohammad Gailani, stated that he is facing considerable difficulty conducting his official busi [...]	2007-02-21 15:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF MU
07MUSCAT181	OMAN FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary: Registration for candidates for elections to the Majlis al-Shura began February 10 and concluded February 21. In keeping with the government's efforts to promote the elections, the registration process is more user-friendly than previously, although tribalism will continue to h [...]	2007-02-24 09:14:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI MU
07MUSCAT188	IRAQI DELEGATION RECEIVES ADVICE, SUPPORT FROM [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs visited Muscat from February 16-18. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yousef bin Alawi, told the group that the Iraqi government needed to "speak with one voice" and promote policies that [...]	2007-02-26 08:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT191	FTA PROCESS WEARING ON FRUSTRATED COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Ambassador recently received information via Baker Donelson, Oman's counsel in Washington, that Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan is tiring of the slow pace of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement implement [...]	2007-02-26 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON MU
07MUSCAT193	OMAN PREPARING TO DRAFT ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) The Ambassador and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi had a frank discussion on February 21 about trafficking in persons (TIP) and Oman's lack of progress in addressing the USG's TIP concerns. The Ambassador informed the Under Secretary that the Embass [...]	2007-02-27 07:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN MU
07MUSCAT201	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 13:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU
07MUSCAT206	CORRECTED COPY - OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: PROBABLY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts report that Omanis are hiring domestic employees from recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and bringing them across the border into Oman. The practice of hiring maids from a third-country allegedly is legal, but a number of women who claim to h [...]	2007-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT207	COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY HEARS OMANI FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Commerce Deputy Secretary David Sampson called for forging stronger commercial ties in anticipation of the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during February 6 meetings with Omani government and business leaders. Oman's business community expressed its eagerness to [...]	2007-03-03 09:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT216	OMAN CENTRAL BANK: NO INTENTION OF REVALUING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 10:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MU
07MUSCAT227	OMANI REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATE REPORT ON JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Embassy Muscat recently received a diplomatic note, dated February 28, 2007, from the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the January 8, 2007 collision of a U.S. military submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near the S [...]	2007-03-06 11:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MU
07MUSCAT229	GCC MONETARY UNION WITHDRAWAL CRITICIZED [...] (C) The Omani government's decision to opt out of the proposed GCC currency union received sharp criticism from an Emirati economics professor during a public lecture sponsored by the Oman Economic Association. The well-attended forum provided a unique opportunity for a non-Omani national to [...]	2007-03-07 06:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV MU
07MUSCAT232	CHAIRMAN OF MUSCAT MUNICIPALITY NAMED OMAN'S [...] (SBU) A Royal Decree issued on March 4, 2007, granted the current Chairman of the Muscat Municipality, Abdullah bin Abbas bin Ahmad, the rank of minister. With the addition of Abbas, there are now approximately 50 individuals with ministerial rank in Oman, although only 30 of them have forma [...]	2007-03-07 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL MU
07MUSCAT245	CENTRAL BANK CHIEF REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO ISLAMIC [...] (U) Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamood Sangour al-Zadjali reaffirmed his institution's opposition to permitting Islamic banking operations in Oman during a recent interview with the Middle East Economic Digest. Bucking a regional growth trend in offering such services, Zadja [...]	2007-03-11 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MU
07MUSCAT247	OMAN RESPONSE TO CITES IMPLEMENTATION CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT253	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE KEY TO MOVING FTA FORWARD [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's Investment Promotion and Export Development Executive President identified the Omani bureaucracy's lack of requisite expertise as the primary cause for the delay in the FTA implementation process. He noted that the USG's offering of t [...]	2007-03-12 13:28:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT298	MINISTER OF MANPOWER OUTLINES ANTI-TIP ACTIONS; [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request (see paragraph 8). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During a meeting in early March with the Ambassador, Minister of Manpower Juma bin ali al-Juma shared elements of his Ministry's initial plans to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In ad [...]	2007-03-25 11:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT305	OMAN CONSIDERS JOINING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met on March 21 with Mohammad Al-Hassan, Deputy Director of the Office of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs bin Alawi, and Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department at the MFA, to continue ongoing discussions (r [...]	2007-03-27 08:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU
07MUSCAT306	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LABOR UNIONS [...] (C) Poloff and Post's MEPI Coordinator met March 24 with the lone female member of the General Federation for Oman's Laborers regarding her ideas to increase women's participation and voice in Oman's nascent labor unions. Aida Hashmya (protect),Assistant Training Manager at the Al Bustan Pal [...]	2007-03-27 10:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT324	IN AL BURAIMI, FENCES MAKE FRUSTRATED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled residents of the Omani border city of al Buraimi claim that the Abu Dhabi emirate's border security and immigration controls are having a negative effect on their lives and economy. Oman has not responded with stringent border controls of its own, although the Royal O [...]	2007-04-01 09:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MU
07MUSCAT341	CITES REMAINS PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) On April 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's accession to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Humud al-Busaidi, Secretary General for the Council of Ministers. Busaidi stated that the Council had a considerable backlog of pending legislatio [...]	2007-04-09 06:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT344	OMANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 10:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR MU
07MUSCAT357	INTERNET TRIAL REINFORCES ONLINE CHILL [...] (C) Online discussion in Oman remains muted in the wake of the November 2006 closure of the Sultanate's most popular online forum, "Al-Sablah." In early 2007, the site's founder and nine colleagues were tried on charges including violations of Oman's press and communications laws. Although a [...]	2007-04-11 11:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU
07MUSCAT358	MOU ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS UNDER CHEMICAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on April 10 to Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Riyami stated that he was very well acquainted with [...]	2007-04-11 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU
07MUSCAT359	BRITISH AMBASSADOR LAUDS OMANI ROLE IN IRANâ€™S [...] (C) During a May 11 meeting with the Ambassador, British Ambassador Noel Guckian expressed great satisfaction with Oman's efforts to facilitate the release of the 15 members of the British Royal Navy seized by Iranian forces on March 23. Guckian stated that he had been in near daily contact with Om [...]	2007-04-11 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT368	FORMER IRAQI PM SHARES VIEWS DURING VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) On April 14, the Ambassador discussed the April 8 visit of Iraq's former premier Iyad Allawi with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Per bin Alawi, the Omani government welcomed Allawi to Muscat as part of its efforts to strengthen relations with Iraq, as requested [...]	2007-04-16 12:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT369	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) The unconditional release of the British sailors and marines by Iran earlier this month was ordered by Supreme Leader Khamenei over the strong objections of President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad, according to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi told the Amb [...]	2007-04-16 13:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT370	FOREIGN MINISTER PLANNING MAY VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi indicated he wished to travel to Washington, DC in May to meet with senior USG officials. He noted that his travel dates wo [...]	2007-04-16 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MU
07MUSCAT371	IAEA CHIEF VISITS MUSCAT [...] (C) Following talks with GCC and Saudi officials in Riyadh on April 12, IAEA Director General Mohammed al-Baradei made an unannounced visit to Muscat en route to Jordan and met with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi informed the Ambassador on April 14 that [...]	2007-04-16 13:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR MU
07MUSCAT375	MINISTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS EXPECTS ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (C) At an April 15 meeting at the Ministry, the Ambassador pressed Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohammad al Alawi, for information about Oman's proposed anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation and a date when a law could be expected. The Minister stated that his Ministry has begun work on [...]	2007-04-17 12:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN MU
07MUSCAT378	OMAN AIR RAMPS UP FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Officials in the government and the airline industry confirmed press reports that Oman would draw down its stake in Gulf Air to focus on developing its own carrier, Oman Air, with the primary purpose of bringing tourists to the Sultanate. Oman Air faces the near-term challenge of leasing [...]	2007-04-18 11:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT387	ROP STAFFING CONSTRAINTS PRESENT CHALLENGE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Oman currently participates in two USG security programs designed to scan containerized cargo in overseas ports. The Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaports initiative and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Container Security Initiative are scheduled to begin linked opera [...]	2007-04-21 12:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC MU
07MUSCAT41	OMAN DOWNBEAT ON IRAQI PM MALIKI IN ADVANCE OF GCC [...] (C) Ambassador met on January 15 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in advance of the GCC plus 2 meeting in Kuwait to discuss the President's January 10 announcement on Iraqi policy (ref A),as well as the recent visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora to Mu [...]	2007-01-15 13:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT414	OMANIS TELL IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MALIKI "LEAD ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sultan Qaboos in his two-hour meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki told the visitor that he should set aside parochial and personal interests to "govern all Iraqis." The PM reviewed current challenges facing his government, highlighting the challenges [...]	2007-04-29 11:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT415	OMANI RESPONSE TO BEHEADING OF CAPTIVE BY CHILD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO MU
07MUSCAT42	LEBANESE PM SINIORA IN MUSCAT: REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi to discuss U.S. policy on Iraq (septel),Ambassador inquired about the visit of Lebanese PM Siniora the previous day (January 14) to Muscat. Bin Alawi replied that Siniora's meeting with Sultan Qaboos h [...]	2007-01-15 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID LE MU
07MUSCAT427	OMAN NON-RESPONSIVE ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 10:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AL SO MU
07MUSCAT430	OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER: "WE ARE SO CLOSE" ON FTA [...] (SBU) On April 26, the Ambassador reviewed the status of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool prefaced the conversation by noting that "we are so close" in wrapping up the outstanding issues needed for the Agreement's imp [...]	2007-05-01 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KIPR MU
07MUSCAT435	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 12:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MAPS MOPS PREL PTER IZ MU
07MUSCAT436	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS OMANIS HE'S EAGER [...] (U) See paragraph 5 action request. 2. (C) On the margins of the Oman-Iran Joint Economic Committee meeting in Muscat May 1, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki met briefly with Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. While the Joint Committee meeting ha [...]	2007-05-02 13:11:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT441	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MUSCAT [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Muscat from May 1-2 to attend the Oman-Iran Joint Economic Committee. While in Oman, he met briefly with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (reftel) and was received by Sultan Qaboos, who reportedly extended an inv [...]	2007-05-06 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IR MU
07MUSCAT443	NOT-SO-FREE EXPRESSION IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of March's mixed verdict in the trial of leaders of Oman's popular Al-Sablah discussion forum (Ref A),post has been gathering impressions on the state of free expression in the Sultanate. Two recent meetings, the first with Al-Sablah's founder and the second with th [...]	2007-05-07 05:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU
07MUSCAT455	MORE FRUSTRATION ON FTA IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS [...] (C) DCM, Econoff, and USTR consultant Jennifer Hillman on May 5 reviewed the outstanding issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool welcomed former USTR General Counsel Hillman to Muscat, [...]	2007-05-08 14:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV PREL MU
07MUSCAT460	ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION: OMAN [...] (C) In response to ref A, the Ambassador met May 10 with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to urge the Omani government to support Slovenia and Bosnia for seats on the UN Human Rights Council and to reject the bid of Belarus. (Note: The Ambassador previously raised U.S [...]	2007-05-10 18:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MU
07MUSCAT461	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER ON UPCOMING VISIT OF [...] (C) The principal reasons for the visit of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad to Muscat are to give the Sultan an opportunity to meet and talk to the president and to discuss "Iran's image in the international community," according to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bi [...]	2007-05-11 10:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT462	MINISTRY OF MANPOWER SET TO APPROVE OMAN'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) likely will approve Oman's first labor union by the end of May 2007. The MOM is actively encouraging employee groups currently organized as representative committees (RC) ) Oman's precursors to unions ) to become legally recognized unions. Many of [...]	2007-05-12 06:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT467	OMAN'S ALI MAJID COMMENTS ON IRAQ, UPCOMING VISIT [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad visit's to Muscat, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, told me that he had become very pessimistic about Iraq's future. Nevertheless, Om [...]	2007-05-13 12:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT484	IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS MUSCAT [...] (U) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Muscat from the UAE on the afternoon of May 14 for a two-day official visit to Oman. He was accompanied by a delegation of ten Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Labor Mohammed Jahromi and Ministe [...]	2007-05-15 14:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR MU
07MUSCAT485	TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS: OMAN [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel request and related information May 15 to Humeid al-Maani, Deputy Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Maani gave no substantive response, but stated that he would forward the information to the Under Secr [...]	2007-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IR MU
07MUSCAT488	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi is looking forward to his visit to Washington, and particularly to his meeting with the Secretary. As the long-time de facto Foreign Minister for SIPDIS one of our oldest and most reliable friends in the Gulf, he [...]	2007-05-16 11:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT493	AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO MUSCAT "SHORT ON SUBSTANCE" [...] (C) In the late evening of May 16, the Deputy Chief of Mission received a readout of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's May 14-15 visit to Muscat from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Bin Alawi characterized Ahmadinejad's visit as "rather short," noting that the [...]	2007-05-17 09:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MU
07MUSCAT503	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, Commander of USCENTCOM, received a warm welcome during his first office call with Lieutenant General Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF). The COSSAF expressed a strong desire to continue Oman's close working relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces [...]	2007-05-20 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ MU
07MUSCAT504	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON [...] (C) Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin-Said met May 12 with Admiral William Fallon, commander of U.S. CENTCOM. On Iraq, the Sultan spoke positively about Prime Minister Maliki, but noted that Maliki and his ministers needed to do more to govern for "all Iraqis." He also indirectly criticized the atti [...]	2007-05-20 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT522	OMAN TO MAINTAIN DOLLAR PEG [...] (C) On May 27, Econoff confirmed with Central Bank of Oman Examination Manager Mansour al-Raisi that the Omani government remains committed to maintaining its dollar peg after Kuwait's recent decision to utilize a basket of currencies for valuation purposes. Raisi stated that the Central Bank [...]	2007-05-28 04:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT531	NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE OVER PORT OF SALALAH STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Port of Salalah are close to reaching an agreement with relevant government ministries and institutions over outstanding issues stemming from the recent strike at the port. Port management has taken steps to protect itself from future work stoppages and assur [...]	2007-05-29 10:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT532	ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 12:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC MTCRE KSCA ETTC TSPA MU
07MUSCAT539	APPOINTMENT REQUESTS FOR OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to conduct Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks with U.S. officials on June 18 (reftel). During his stay in Washington, [...]	2007-05-30 12:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MU
07MUSCAT546	CITES VOTE PLACED ON COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AGENDA [...] (C) During a May 30 conversation with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi stated that he had recently completed three telephone calls with senior Omani officials and that as a result, a vote approving Oman's accession to the Convention on the International Trade of Endan [...]	2007-05-30 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT553	INVITATION FOR OMANI DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-03 07:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR MU
07MUSCAT557	CITES VOTE IMMINENT [...] (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's pledge to accede to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool predicted that the Council of Ministers would act on implementing legislation [...]	2007-06-03 12:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT559	OMAN DOWNPLAYS ISA IMPORTANCE AMIDST GAS CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised ref A concerns with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Bin Alawi responded that the Sultanate was in critical need of gas supplies to fuel its ambitious industrialization [...]	2007-06-03 12:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PREL MU
07MUSCAT56	CENTRAL BANK REAFFIRMS THAT OMAN WILL NOT JOIN GCC [...] (C) The Executive President of Oman's Central Bank noted in a meeting with the Ambassador that rushed timing and the government's reluctance to cede control over monetary and budgetary policy led to the decision to opt out of the proposed GCC monetary union. The Central Bank official expresse [...]	2007-01-17 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT560	COMMERCE MINISTER DOUR ON FTA PROGRESS [...] (U) On June 2, the Ambassador reviewed the status of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) implementation process with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister opened the conversation by acknowledging receipt of USG comments on Oman's draft tender law, which he not [...]	2007-06-03 12:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT561	OMANI SUPPORT FOR U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-03 13:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT567	OMAN CONSIDERS PUBLISHING WARNING ON STUDY IN THE [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador during a June 2 meeting that the government is considering publishing an announcement in local media warning Omanis of the possibility of detention by U.S. law enforcement authorities if they choose to study in th [...]	2007-06-04 13:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OEXC SCUL KHLS KPAO CMGT CVIS MU
07MUSCAT571	OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...]	2007-06-05 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU
07MUSCAT576	TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING, [...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...]	2007-06-07 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT581	OMAN DECLINES U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) On June 9, the Ambassador extended another offer of U.S. humanitarian and other assistance to help Oman recover from tropical cyclone Gonu to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister thanked the Ambassador profusely for the offer, but confirmed that the gove [...]	2007-06-09 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KHLS KMDR KPAO KSAC MU
07MUSCAT590	OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...]	2007-06-11 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT596	OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY [...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...]	2007-06-12 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS

07MUSCAT597	TIP DEMARCHE READ OUT- CONCERN OVER TIER 3 [...] (C) On Monday morning, June 11, Emboffs delivered ref A, the Trafficking in Person's (TIP) demarche on Oman's Tier 3 designation, to the Director of the Under Secretary's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Humaid al-Ma'ani. Al-Ma'ani expressed his disappointment with the lowered [...]	2007-06-12 12:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KWMN KNNP MARR MU
07MUSCAT60	ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE CLOUDING IRANIAN JUDGEMENT [...] (C) Arrogance and overconfidence are clouding the judgment of the Iranian leadership, according to Mohammed bin Mafoudh al-Ardhi, former commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). The retired Air Vice Marshall told the Ambassador January 16 that on a recent visit to Iran, he had met w [...]	2007-01-22 03:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT602	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) During a June 2 meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador raised ref C concerns over a reported invitation by Iran to GCC states to inspect its Bushehr nuclear reactor. Bin Alawi responded that Iran had not issued a "formal invitation" to conduct such an [...]	2007-06-12 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KNNP IR MU
07MUSCAT61	OMANI DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Iran has embarked on a policy of expansionism in the Arab and Muslim world, using religion to divide Arab Muslims, destabilize the region and threaten U.S. interests, according to Gen. Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Supreme Commander of the Armed Fo [...]	2007-01-22 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IR MU
07MUSCAT634	ARABSAT BROADCASTS OF AL-ZAWRAA AND AL-MANAR: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER KPAO MU
07MUSCAT638	C-NE7-01141: OMAN MOVES FORWARD ON POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) The government of Oman is working diligently to restore roads and public services impacted by tropical cyclone Gonu. Notable progress has been achieved, but thousands of individuals in the Muscat area alone remain displaced and the cost of infrastructure damage is currently estimated at [...]	2007-06-20 12:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS PINR MU
07MUSCAT651	SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts claim that the sponsorship system of recruiting and hiring low-skilled and domestic foreign workers contributes to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. The system establishes conditions conducive to exploitation by making many workers dependent on their sponsors for the [...]	2007-06-26 12:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT652	OMANI GOVERNMENT AND PRESS QUIET ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) The Omani government and local press has provided scant details on Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Ali Sultan's current visit to Tehran and meetings with Iranian officials. Oman's Ministry of Information reported simply that Maqbool and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mott [...]	2007-06-27 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON EINV MU
07MUSCAT654	C-NE7-01141: OMAN THREE WEEKS AFTER GONU [...] (C) Oman and its capital continue to recover from tropical cyclone Gonu. A majority of Muscat residents have returned to their pre-storm lives and daily routines, but a lack of building contractors and heavy flood damage in areas have prevented the re-opening of some businesses and the retur [...]	2007-06-27 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AMER AMGT KSAC KHLS PINR MU
07MUSCAT661	OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA [...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...]	2007-07-02 03:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU
07MUSCAT668	C-NE7-01141: SULTAN QABOOS ADDRESSES NATION ON [...] (U) On the evening of June 30, Sultan Qaboos delivered a televised speech broadcast by Oman TV to commend the country's response to the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu (refs A - E). The Sultan stated that it was "the Almighty's will" that Oman experienced the powerful storm, whic [...]	2007-07-02 14:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MU
07MUSCAT688	JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-14 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MU
07MUSCAT700	OMANI REACTION TO JULY 16 POTUS SPEECH [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 18, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi commended the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East peace process, emphasizing that "this is an opportunity that cannot be missed." He qualified his otherwise optimistic [...]	2007-07-18 12:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MU
07MUSCAT705	GCC+2 MEETING: OMANI VIEWS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi recommended that the upcoming GCC plus 2 meeting focus primarily on the peace process and Iraq. Bin Alawi hoped that an agreement coul [...]	2007-07-23 10:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT709	READOUT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador that during his July 17 stop in Tehran, Iranian officials expressed a desire to advance their dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, but were concerned over reports that the U.S. was arming tribal groups in Anbar [...]	2007-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EPET ENRG ECON IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT718	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE IN WAKE OF GONU [...] (C) The Omani government continues its efforts to assess the damage caused by tropical cyclone Gonu. Construction work remains on track, though questions have arisen regarding the supply of cement. Businesses remain committed to reopening in heavily damaged areas, and the environment appears [...]	2007-07-28 07:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV MU
07MUSCAT720	PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN OMAN [...] (C) Oman presents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is still in its infancy, the press is constrained by unwritten government redlines and self-censorship, and a large majority of Omanis are content with the political status quo. While t [...]	2007-07-28 11:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO MU
07MUSCAT742	C-NE7-00774: OMAN FORGES AHEAD IN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) A total of 717 candidates, including 20 women, have been certified to run in national elections on October 27 for the Majlis al-Shura. The Omani government has worked aggressively to increase the number of registered voters, including by sending "awareness teams" to address employees at [...]	2007-08-01 05:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
07MUSCAT771	MINISTER PREDICTS SLOWER GDP GROWTH FOR OMAN [...] (U) On August 7, Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki announced that Oman's Gross Domestic Product would grow by 7% over 2007, a projected 8% decline from the 15% growth rate recorded in 2006. Macki highlighted that the economy would continue to expand in spite of the [...]	2007-08-08 10:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EWWT MU
07MUSCAT774	MINISTER HOPEFUL OF OCTOBER IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA [...] (C) On August 8, Ambassador telephoned Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan in London (on vacation) to discuss the Omani government's progress on completing the outstanding items required for implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Maqbool appreciated receiving [...]	2007-08-08 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT779	OMAN RESPONSE TO PA ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] (C) On August 12, the Ambassador raised reftel points with Yusuf bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. Bin Alawi responded that while the Omani government channels all its foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority through the Arab League, he would "take a look" at what the [...]	2007-08-13 10:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PREL MU
07MUSCAT810	IRAN TRANSIT POINT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of illegal immigrants, primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan, enter Oman by boat across the Gulf of Oman from Iran every year. Contacts in the Royal Oman Police (ROP) Coast Guard accuse elements of the Iranian Republican Guard (IRGC) of facilitating the flow of illegal [...]	2007-08-27 10:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ELAB IR MU
07MUSCAT822	TIP GETS NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the summer, Oman's press has given negative coverage to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Oman's Tier 3 designation, with multiple articles questioning the report's credibility and U.S. motives. Nevertheless, the government continues to make progress on [...]	2007-08-29 09:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT83	SOMALI MIGRANTS ENTER OMAN THROUGH OPEN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs recently visited sections of Oman's border with Yemen, observing that much of the border lacks fencing and generally is open to illegal traffic. Somali immigrants continue to enter Oman along well-traveled smuggling routes, though not in large numbers. Many of the Somali [...]	2007-01-28 10:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM MOPS ETTC MNUC SO YE MU
07MUSCAT830	OMANI RESPONSE TO IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 15:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT843	CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER LARGE-SCALE [...] (C) On August 30, the Ambassador met with Oman Oil Company (OOC) Chairman Maqbool bin Ali Sultan (who also serves as Oman's Minister of Commerce and Industry) to discuss the company's joint venture with Dow Chemical in constructing a polyethylene plant in the Port of Sohar industrial complex. [...]	2007-09-04 10:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECON BEXP MU
07MUSCAT850	OMAN'S COMMERCE MINISTER REAFFIRMS DRIVE TOWARD FTA [...] (C) On August 30, the Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to discuss outstanding issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Maqbool noted that promulgation of three draft laws remains pending. He stated that the [...]	2007-09-05 04:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL ECPS MU
07MUSCAT860	MINISTER CONFIDENT OF OMAN'S FISCAL POSITION [...] (C) Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki is upbeat on the Sultanate's financial health, despite the significant damage and expense of recovery from Tropical Cyclone Gonu in June. Of greater concern to the Minister is the general rise in prices, which is leading to a lack of affordab [...]	2007-09-09 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL EAIR MU
07MUSCAT879	LABOR SENDING COUNTRIES DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, chiefs of mission (COM) from trafficking source country embassies in Oman asked for U.S. assistance in pushing the Omani government to improve conditions for foreign workers by: enforcing existing labor and immigration laws; ins [...]	2007-09-12 12:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT881	A RARE RE-SHUFFLING OF OMANI MINISTERS [...] (C) On September 9, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued Royal Decrees re-shuffling government ministers and splitting off ministerial portfolios to create two new ministries. In accordance with standard Omani practice, no official explanations were given for the re-s [...]	2007-09-12 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MU
07MUSCAT915	ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETINGS WITH OMANI [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Lieutenant General (LTG) Ahmed bin Harith Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF) and with Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi on 19 September in Muscat. Both the COSSAF and [...]	2007-09-29 05:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT919	ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETING WITH OMANI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi discussed both Iraq and Iran during a September 19 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon. Bin Alawi noted the many challenges facing efforts to stabilize Iraq, including competing factions and militia groups, but [...]	2007-09-29 07:07:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT920	GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ASSURE AMBASSADOR LAGON OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),visited Muscat on September 22 to engage Omanis on trafficking and encourage the government to execute measures in the USG's anti-TIP action plan for Oman. Top officials in the Roy [...]	2007-09-29 07:28:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT931	C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A total of 632 candidates are competing in the October 27 elections for the Majlis al-Shura. Contacts indicate that only one of the twenty female candidates stands a good chance of being elected. Final voter registration figures show a substantial increase over corresponding numbers for [...]	2007-10-03 12:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
07MUSCAT932	C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 12:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
07MUSCAT939	OBSTACLES HINDER SALALAH FREE ZONE GROWTH [...] (SBU) Economic projects continue to emerge at the Salalah Free Zone, where several anchor companies are in the process of establishing operations. Obstacles remain in terms of energy availability and infrastructure suitability, however, which might stunt the free zone's further growth. A prop [...]	2007-10-08 06:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV MU
07MUSCAT948	2007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...]	2007-10-10 10:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU
07MUSCAT949	UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) As reported ref B, Oman represents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is under-developed and the registration of new non-governmental organizations and associations (which are limited in their areas of activity) can literally take years. [...]	2007-10-10 10:25:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL MU
07MUSCAT953	OMAN OPEN TO MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met on October 10 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver ref A information and inquire on the status of the bilateral host country agreement (HCA) concerning the conduct of cha [...]	2007-10-10 13:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU
07MUSCAT970	UNIONS INCREASING IN NUMBER BUT LACKING IN STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary: The number of labor unions in Oman increased substantially during the second and third quarters of 2007. Contacts claim, however, that despite a few isolated examples, unions remain weak and continue to lack effective organization or leadership. The General Federation of Oman's L [...]	2007-10-22 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT972	OMAN GRAPPLES WITH TELECOM LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government is wrestling with the issue of telecommunications liberalization in the wake of the FTA implementation process and a recent managerial shakeup at Omantel, the majority government-owned fixed line monopoly. The changes at Omantel signify the government's willingness t [...]	2007-10-22 13:32:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ECPS MU
07MUSCAT979	C-NE7-00774: FINAL ELECTION PUSH IN OMAN AS VOTING [...] (C) Omanis in 10 countries outside Oman voted without incident on October 20 for their representatives in the Majlis al-Shura. The government continues to assert that all will be ready for national elections inside Oman on October 27 and that various safeguards (e.g. secure voting forms and [...]	2007-10-23 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU
07MUSCAT989	ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-28 12:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU MU
07MUSCAT992	FEW SURPRISES IN OMAN'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Thanks in part to a relentless government effort to get out the vote, a larger than expected 62.7% of registered Omani voters reportedly cast ballots in the October 27 Majlis al-Shura elections. According to the results of a speedy electronic vote count, newcomers won 46 of the 84 seats in [...]	2007-10-29 12:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU
07NAHA21	COURTESY CALL BY TOP US COMMANDING GENERAL IN OKINAWA ON [...] (C) Summary: The tone of the January 26 courtesy call by the senior US military official in Okinawa on the new governor of Okinawa Prefecture was warm and friendly. In a break from previous administrations, Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA refrained from lecturing LtGen Joseph Weber on Okinawan his [...]	2007-01-30 08:52:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA
07NAHA47	DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA AGREES TO PRESS AHEAD ON FRF PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA TRAVELED TO OKINAWA FOR A ""PRIVATE"" BUT WIDELY REPORTED MEETING WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY (FRF) PLAN THAT HAD BEEN AGREED TO BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AT THE OCTOBER 2005 AND MAY 2006 S [...]	2007-03-12 08:33:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS PREL JA IZ
07NAHA49	WEATHER GIVES OKINAWA GOVERNOR OPTION OF SIDE-STEPPING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 04:01:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA CH TW
07NAHA53	GOVERNOR NAKAIMA NOT YET READY TO ACCEPT FRF [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 08:45:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA MARR PREL
07NAHA65	LOWEST OKINAWAN VOTER TURNOUT SINCE REVERSION, CONSERVATIVE [...] Summary: Just 47.8% of Okinawa's eligible voters turned out for the national Diet upper house by-election, the lowest rate of participation in a national-level election since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan. The ruling coalition's young female candidate defeated the consolidated reformist [...]	2007-04-25 08:50:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR JA
07NAHA90	OKINAWAN GOVERNOR SUFFERS STROKE, 2 WEEKS CONVELESCENCE [...] (U) On June 25 Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) officials and the local media reported that Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA suffered a mild stroke, and would convalesce for two weeks before returning to public responsibilities. According to the press, the stroke might have occurred as early as [...]	2007-06-28 08:42:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA
07NAIROBI1041	Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...]	2007-03-05 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1042	Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...]	2007-03-05 14:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1069	KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN PARTIES STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: While talk of early or snap elections has faded, the political debate has shifted to the main parties' internal leadership struggles. On the opposition side, leaders continue to put on a brave face regarding the viability of their coalition ODM-K party. In the President's NARC- [...]	2007-03-06 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KE
07NAIROBI1093	POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN KALONZO COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials and local leaders in Machakos, a medium-sized Kenyan city, are no less engaged in the current general elections debate than their counterparts in the capital, but have a cooler view of what the next 10 months hold. Overwhelmingly populated by members of the Kamba tri [...]	2007-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI1127	Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans [...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...]	2007-03-09 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1128	KENYA ELECTIONS: NARC-K IN THE DARK, ODM ROADSHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day before it was scheduled to kickoff, NARC-Kenya postponed indefinitely its party elections and President Kibaki's expected announcement of his candidacy. The sudden change of plans was accompanied by further protest from one-time government supporter, Health Minister Charit [...]	2007-03-09 10:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KE
07NAIROBI1133	Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO
07NAIROBI1134	AMISOM Equipment Plane Afire on Mogadishu Landing [...] (U) A cargo plane carrying military equipment for Uganda's AMISOM contingent reportedly landed while on fire at Mogadishu International Airport this morning, March 9. According to the African Union's representative in Nairobi, who was in contact with Ethiopian and Ugandan military officers a [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1135	SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1173	TFG Plans To Disarm Mogadishu [...] (C) TFG security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah told EmbOffs on Tuesday (3/13) that TFG troops, in conjunction with Ethiopian and Ugandan military forces, will begin a large-scale security operation on Wednesday (3/14) in Mogadishu aimed at blunting the ongoing insurgency. According to Farah, 1 [...]	2007-03-13 14:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1322	Somali Clan Warfare Threatens Reconciliation [...] (C) An analysis of the Mogadishu neighborhoods in which yesterday's fighting occurred (3/21) indicates that the armed Hawiye opposition to the TFG has expanded from primarily the Ayr sub-clan to a variety of sub clans from the Hawiye/Habr Gidr (including the Saad and Duduble) and the Abgal su [...]	2007-03-22 15:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1335	SOMALIA - HAWIYE/ETHOPIAN "TRUCE" [...] (C) After heavy fighting midweek (reftels),Ethiopia opened talks yesterday with Hawiye leaders in Mogadishu. Reportedly the Hawiye told the Ethiopians they see three options: the Ethiopians can remain in Somalia as a neutral force while Somalis work out their own problems; the Ethiopians can [...]	2007-03-23 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1336	Ambassador?s call to Somali TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador Ranneberger spoke with TFG President Yusuf the evening of March 22 to discuss the security situation and to urge restraint. The Ambassador noted that the TFG draft framework for the national reconciliation conference is positive and a basis for maintaining momentum to build an [...]	2007-03-23 12:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1385	KENYA ELECTORAL COMMISSION: PRESSURE'S ON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Electoral Commission of Kenya Chairman Samuel Kivuitu is confident his team will be able to successfully administer national elections later this year, but skeptical of the government's conduct and attitude toward the Commission. Kivuitu told the Ambassador during a March 22 mee [...]	2007-03-27 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1416	AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...]	2007-03-29 09:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
07NAIROBI1429	Somali Truce Breaks Down -- Heavy Fighting [...] (U) According to multiple sources, early this morning, March 29, Ethiopian troops began deploying in Mogadishu neighborhoods while Ethiopian armored vehicles and "technicals" (pick-up trucks with mounted heavy weapons) took up positions at strategic intersections. Around 0530, militia fighte [...]	2007-03-29 15:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1439	OPPOSITION POLITICS: SUSPICION, ALLIES, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opposition insiders recently shared their views on the current state of play within ODM-Kenya party ranks. While there is plenty of suspicion and alliance-making, there is still no apparent movement towards consensus on a single ODM-K presidential candidate or even on how [...]	2007-03-30 10:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1440	Somali -- Heavy Fighting Continues [...] (C) Fighting continues today (3/30) in Mogadishu between Ethiopian forces and militia of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir sub-clan, and it appears to remain concentrated around the stadium in the northern part of the city. The Ethiopians do not appear to be advancing and may be surrounded in some loca [...]	2007-03-30 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1463	Somalia -- Update on Fighting [...] (C) Heavy fighting continued in Mogadishu on Saturday (March 31) resulting in considerable damage to involved neighborhoods and innumerable casualties. Ethiopian forces made more effective use of tanks and artillery to take advantage of the difficulty opposing forces had in countering thes [...]	2007-04-02 16:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1514	KENYA CONSTITUTION: MINIMUM REFORMS, MAXIMUM DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A step back from complete overhaul, the current constitutional review debate in Kenya centers on a slate of "minimum reforms." Supporters of the proposed changes, many of which concern the electoral process, argue that these initial reforms must be made before the next general [...]	2007-04-04 09:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI1636	Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting [...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...]	2007-04-13 11:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1639	MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: HASSAN OLE NAADO [...] (SBU) Summary: The national chairperson of the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) depicts "African Islam" under siege from "Wahabi extremist foreigners." HKMYA favors moderate, modern, indigenous Islam with an emphasis on education as a means of uplifting the Muslim community. He also advoc [...]	2007-04-13 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1704	KENYA: JOURNALISTS QUESTIONED OVER ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) Following Kenyan daily The Standard's report of an alleged assassination plot against former President Moi's son, four of the paper's managers were questioned by police on April 16 at police headquarters. Human rights groups rallied to support the newspaper, decrying the six-hour quest [...]	2007-04-18 09:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI1715	Somalia Fight Sharp but Short [...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...]	2007-04-18 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1747	TWO TOP OPPOSITION CANDIDATES LAY OUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent separate lunches with the Ambassador, the two top candidates of the main opposition coalition (the Orange Democratic Movement Kenya, ODM-K),Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, discussed their strategies for the national elections later this year. While both expresse [...]	2007-04-19 12:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1748	KENYA: IMPORTANT VISIT OF SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI [...] (C) Summary: Ensuring success of the April 25-7 visit to Washington of Kenyan Minister of Security Michuki is vitally important to U.S. interests with respect to Somalia, broader efforts to fight insecurity (both crime and terrorism),and keeping the Kenyan democratic process on track. This [...]	2007-04-19 13:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AFIN PINS PREL KE SO
07NAIROBI1830	FRACTURED LUHYA IN WESTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diverse Luhya groups in Kenya's Western Province defy a single characterization. However, disillusionment with the current administration's failure to deliver on its campaign promises is creating fertile ground for eager opposition ODM-K campaigners. END SUMMARY. Divers [...]	2007-04-26 12:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1905	Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments [...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...]	2007-05-02 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1918	Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand [...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...]	2007-05-03 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1930	Somalia-Ambassador's Telecon with Hawiye Elder [...] (U) On May 2, the Ambassador spoke with Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam) Omar, chairman of the Hawiye Leadership Committee. The Ambassador contacted Omar because of the leadership role he and his colleagues are playing in discussions with the Ethiopians and, most recently, with President Abdullahi Yusu [...]	2007-05-04 09:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1931	Somalia-Ambassador's Letters to TFG President and [...] (U) Following telecon with Hawiye Leadership Committee Chairman Haji Abdi Iman Omar, and in an effort to support the critical dialogue process, the Ambassador sent the following letters to Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf and Chairman Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam). 2. (C) [...]	2007-05-04 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1959	Somalia-Telcon with NGRC Chairman Ali Mahdi [...] (SBU) On May 3, Somalia Political Unit staff had a conference call with National Reconciliation and Governance Committee (NGRC) Chairman Ali Mahdi on current developments in the planning for the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress. 2. (SBU) In the conversation, we emphasized that with [...]	2007-05-08 12:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1996	Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...]	2007-05-09 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI2098	Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy [...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...]	2007-05-16 11:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2099	Somalia--Divide and Conquer Dialogue [...] (U) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf met with politicians, intellectuals, and officials of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr sub-clan on May 10 at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Among the Ayr were Justice Minister Hassan Dimbil, political leader Mohamed Ulusow, and two m [...]	2007-05-16 11:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2135	Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] (U) Assassins attempted to kill Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi yesterday (5/18). According to press reports, Gedi and his entourage were returning from a ceremony marking the departure of the bodies of four slain Ugandan peacekeepers at Mogadishu Inter [...]	2007-05-18 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SO
07NAIROBI2136	Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SO
07NAIROBI2151	Somalia - Meeting with Ethiopian State Minister [...] (C) Summary: As requested, the Ambassador met May 20 with Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss a joint U.S.-Ethiopian approach on Somalia. Tekeda pressed on a U.S.-Ethiopia meeting with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf to be held i [...]	2007-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2209	Somalia--Security a Long Way Off [...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...]	2007-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS
07NAIROBI2240	OPINION LEADERS TALK POLITICS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with visiting Ambassador Johnnie Carson, opposition leaders, government officials and civil society interlocutors agreed that there was still much uncertainty surrounding the strength of Kenyan political coalitions and President Kibaki's health, that t [...]	2007-05-25 10:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR PHUM KCOR PTER KE
07NAIROBI2263	Ali Mahdi on the Somalia Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) to discuss planning and preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) that will begin June 14. Mahdi confirmed that the NRC will cover social, political, and tr [...]	2007-05-29 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2281	Meeting with Former Foreign Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with the Ambassador, Somali Education Minister Hurreh discussed the milieu of the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress and confirmed that the pressure to remove Prime Minister Gedi from office is building. The Ambassador emphasized that the Congress must inclu [...]	2007-05-30 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SO ET
07NAIROBI2299	Somalia--NGRC Independence in Doubt [...] (C) Summary. The May 25 resolution passed by Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament originally reported to confirm the independence of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee has proven to be ambiguous, at best, upon review of the actual text. The reported behind-the-scenes [...]	2007-06-01 08:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI23	SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES [...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...]	2007-01-03 18:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2326	Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a June 5 meeting, President Yusuf welcomed as positive the joint A/S Frazer/Lord Triesman letter to him and agreed with its key points, including on the need for inclusive reconciliation on an urgent basis. Yusuf promised to send a written communication to the Contact Group [...]	2007-06-05 08:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI2330	KENYA: PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Enhanced Kenyan-Ethiopian security and administrative coordination at the regional/provincial level is lowering tensions between the feuding Gabra and Borana (Oromo) communities and improving relations at border crossing points. However, Kenya's Provincial Commissioner for Easter [...]	2007-06-05 12:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET
07NAIROBI2351	KENYAN NOTABLES DISCUSS THE NEIGHBORS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Kenya, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, National Intelligence Officer for Africa, discussed developments in Somalia and Sudan with Kenyan interlocutors. From the Kenyan perspective, instability in both countries is of significant concern for Kenya's well-b [...]	2007-06-06 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER KE SO SU
07NAIROBI2375	KENYAN OPPOSITION POLITICS: DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uncertainty and mistrust endure within the opposition coalition. While the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) continues to struggle with its presidential nomination process, it is increasingly clear that back-room deals will be made, egos will be bruised, and ODM-K leaders [...]	2007-06-07 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI2385	EMBU BISHOP: MPS WANT TO KEEP 'EM POOR & IGNORANT [...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Embu Diocese maintains that Mbere District's Members of Parliament purposely undermine efforts to raise educational standards and to develop the economy of the area so as to keep the population poor, dependent and easily manipulated. They also stymie projects with w [...]	2007-06-07 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI2405	POLICE ENGAGE MUNGIKI CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following through on its pledge to destroy the Mungiki criminal organization, the Government of Kenya deployed hundreds of police to Nairobi's Mathare slum this week. Security forces conducted a series of operations to round up suspects. At least 18 people died during the ope [...]	2007-06-08 10:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE

07NAIROBI2406	Travel to Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary. This message lays out proposed plans for travel by USG personnel to Somalia during the next 6 months. End Summary. -------------------------------- National Reconciliation Congress -------------------------------- 2. (C) The Somalia National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) [...]	2007-06-08 15:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET

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