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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08YEKATERINBURG64 |
INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN PREVAILS OVER UNITED RUSSIA MACHINE IN [...] (SBU) The October 12 Municipal elections in Nizhny Tagil resulted in a rare defeat in United Russia's (UR) scorebook, but one which party publicists have sought to characterize as a victory. The campaign demonstrated that UR's overwhelming "administrative" resources do not always guarantee vi [...] |
2008-10-24 10:14:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 08YEKATERINBURG71 |
SNOWY UFA WARMLY WELCOMES CONSULATE TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Consul General and Public Affairs Officer traveled to Ufa November 6-8. The delegation had official meetings with the president of the Bashkortostan Republic Murtaza Rakhimov, Bashkortostan Minister of Foreign Relations and Trade Boris Kolbin, Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev and Supreme M [...] |
2008-11-13 10:10:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS SCUL |
| 08YEKATERINBURG72 |
URAL REGION BRACES FOR ECONOMIC HARD TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Not long ago, Consulate interlocutors believed that the regional economy would not feel the full effects of the world crisis due to Russia's oil and gold reserves and relatively low levels of international investment in the region. They have been proved wrong, however, as a cris [...] |
2008-11-18 23:27:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EFIN PGOV RS |
| 08YEKATERINBURG82 |
URALS AUDIENCE WANTS MORE ON IPR [...] The December 22, 2008 PAS Yekaterinburg DV conference on copyright protection in education, science, and academic research proved to be wildly successful, leaving the audience clamoring for more. Professor Doris Estelle Long of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago was our U.S. expert. The [...] |
2008-12-31 08:09:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON RS |
| 08YEKATERINBURG83 |
HOW TO WEATHER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: A TALE OF TWO FORA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate officers attended a Sverdlovsk oblast Advisory Council meeting on November 28, and the Eighth Urals Investment Forum in Chelyabinsk on December 4. Both meetings were dedicated to discussing ways to weather the economic crisis. Politicians were enthusiastic promoters [...] |
2008-12-31 09:52:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG12 |
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IVLP A SUCCES FOR URALS PARTICIPANTS [...] A group of five professionals from municipal governments, NGO and local legislative bodies of the four Urals cities with over a million residents -- Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Ufa -- took part in the Municipal Good Governance and Promoting Transparency in Decision-Making Internationa [...] |
2009-03-02 05:37:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG13 |
AN EVENTFUL EVENING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY IN THE URALS [...] ConGen Yekaterinburg's Public Affairs Section sponsored an evening of African American Poetry at the Urals Literary Museum on Wednesday, February 25. PAO kicked off the event with an IIP-produced Powerpoint presentation on Black History Month. The presentation provided an introduction to Afri [...] |
2009-03-02 05:37:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG2 |
VARIED REACTIONS FROM RUSSIANS AND AMERICANS AT [...] As the world watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, the Consulate General in Yekaterinburg provided nearly 70 witnesses to the moving event. Among the guests were Russian political analysts, local government officials, high school students, FLEX alumni, university s [...] |
2009-01-23 12:46:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PGOV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG27 |
BILATERAL COOPERATION A BRIGHT SPOT IN AN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Kurgan Oblast April 27-29, the Consul General (CG) found a striking mix of highly visible areas of U.S. -- Russian bilateral cooperation and durable personal relationships forged by exchange programs. Everyone from the Governor on down praised the long-term s [...] |
2009-05-08 05:55:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SCUL RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG29 |
A GLOBAL VILLAGE TACKLES GLOBAL WARMING [...] (U) Summary - The world is truly a global village and nowhere more so than at the U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg. On Wednesday morning, April 16, 2009, the Consulate participated in a Digital Video Conference (DVC) with Kiowa Indian students at the University of North Texas in Dento [...] |
2009-05-14 08:18:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP RS MY SCUL SENV |
| 09YEKATERINBURG3 |
ROUND TABLE REVEALS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES IN RUSSIA'S SMALL [...] (U) On January 20, Consul General attended a round table on small and medium enterprise (SME) in Nizhniy Tagil, 180 km north of Yekaterinburg. The event was organized by the Sverdlovsk Oblast government and hosted by the recently elected maverick mayor of Nizhniy Tagil, Valentina Isayeva (see [...] |
2009-01-26 12:19:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ECON RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG31 |
TYUMEN, TOBOLSK SPARKLE IN THEIR OWN WAYS [...] Summary: Consul General traveled to Tyumen and Tobolsk May 18-20. In Tyumen, we opened a photographic exhibit, saw the newly renovated American Corner, met with the rector of the oil and gas university and visited the offices of the Halliburton oil services company. In Tobolsk, we met the m [...] |
2009-05-23 08:05:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL PGOV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG36 |
SCO AND BRIC SUMMITS IN YEKATERINBURG: ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Meeting in Yekaterinburg July 15 and 16, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the world's biggest emerging markets (BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China) demanded a greater say in the global financial system. Leaders stressed the need to reflect a multipolar real [...] |
2009-06-17 10:04:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON EFIN RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG37 |
CHELYABINSK OBLAST: SOUTHERN URALS REGION COPES WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Consul General, Public Affairs Officer, Department TDYer and LES Pol/Econ assistant traveled to Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk May 26-28. In Chelyabinsk, we met with the leader of the of the Pravoe Delo (Right Force) political party, toured an American investment and met [...] |
2009-06-17 11:02:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV PGOV RS SCUL |
| 09YEKATERINBURG39 |
BLUE LANTERN CHECK - LICENSE 050169035 [...] On June 24, Pol/Econ officer drove to the address provided by the end-user - Pereulok Zvonkiy 12/43. This proved to be on the industrial outskirts of Yekaterinburg where a few Soviet era block apartment buildings are mixed with warehouses, cement and gravel supply companies, etc. It is clearl [...] |
2009-06-26 10:28:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG44 |
BASHKORTOSTAN - WAITING FOR CHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Political/Economic Officer and LES Pol/Econ assistant traveled to Ufa June 29-July 1, meeting with human rights and opposition activists, the rabbi, and exponents of women's rights. We participated in the op [...] |
2009-07-15 03:33:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG46 |
PILORAMA ROCKS THE GHOSTS OF THE GULAG [...] (U) Summary: Frequent showers during the weekend of July 25-27 did not dampen the spirits of an estimated crowd of 6,000 to 9,000 people who attended the 5th annual Pilorama Civic Forum held on the site of the Perm-36 Memorial Museum, located 90 kilometers from Perm. From Friday evening thro [...] |
2009-07-28 13:31:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG54 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: YEKATERINBURG VISIT OF DRL [...] (U) Introduction: Susan Corke, DRL's EUR team leader, visited Yekaterinburg July 26-28, meeting with local human rights activists and sitting in on a blogger's class conducted by the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations. Her visit provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on local [...] |
2009-08-07 09:23:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG55 |
UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF ANDREY SOKOLOV [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pol/Econ officer met with the lawyer representing arrested prisoners' rights activist Alexey Sokolov (see ref A) on August 5 for an update on the case. The court allowed Sokolov's release on bail on July 31 but he was rearres [...] |
2009-08-10 10:21:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG56 |
MINORITY RELIGIONS IN THE URALS - WALK SOFTLY AND YOU WILL [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: In recent weeks, consulate officers have met with representatives of three "minority" religions operating in the Urals: Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Evangelical Lutherans. Jehovah's Witnesses appear to experi [...] |
2009-08-10 10:39:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG60 |
SIBERIAN OASIS BALANCES DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Sustainable economic development, environmental protection, and preservation indigenous northern cultures were the main themes of Consul General's visit to Khanty-Mansiysk September 14-16. The city of 70,000, which is about 650 km northeast of Yekaterinburg and could be d [...] |
2009-09-19 08:15:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET SENV SCUL PGOV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG61 |
YEKATERINBURG OUTREACH TO MUSLIMS EXPANDS - IFTAR 2009 [...] The U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg observed the end of Ramadan by hosting an Iftar for 40 prominent Muslim religious leaders, business people, politicians, diplomats, journalists, teachers, and NGO activists on September 15, 2009 at the Consul General's residence. The Consulate's gue [...] |
2009-10-02 06:16:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG63 |
KURGAN-LAND THAT TIME FORGOT [...] (SBU) Political/Economic officer and Political/Economic assistant traveled to Kurgan September 9-10 to assess the political climate ahead of the October 11 municipal elections. They met with Rotary Club members, an opposition city duma deputy, a Soldiers' Mothers activist, a Golos representativ [...] |
2009-10-09 08:46:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG69 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: YEKATERINBURG PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] As requested Ref A, Yekaterinburg Pol/Econ officer asked Vasiliy Volovod the questions in para 4. His answers (keyed to the questions) were: --End users of the ammunition are: Vasiliy Volovod Dmitriy Terentiev Andrei Lebedev Andrei Kochegarov Vyacheslav Skulin Sergey Lubimov Sergei Shi [...] |
2009-10-23 09:43:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG70 |
SOKOLOV HEARING POSTPONED [...] (SBU) On October 28, Vice Consul and Pol/Econ assistant attended a procedural hearing at Sverdlovsk regional court for imprisoned human rights activist Aleksey Sokolov. A former prisoner turned activist, Sokolov was arrested on May 13 in the run-up to the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Or [...] |
2009-10-30 12:56:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS SOCI |
| 09YEKATERINBURG74 |
URALS REGION GRAPPLES WITH GRIPPE [...] Summary: The H1N1 outbreak is the main topic of the week in Sverdlovsk oblast now that a new governor has been named. A flu epidemic was declared for the oblast last week. Deaths from H1N1 have been confirmed in Chelyabinsk oblast, Surgut, and Bashkortostan. School vacations in many oblasts [...] |
2009-11-13 09:33:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFLU WHO PGOV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG75 |
END OF THE ROSSEL ERA IN SVERDLOVSK OBLAST: NEW GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Rampant speculation swirling around the delayed announcement of the appointment of the Sverdlovsk oblast governor ended late November 10 Urals time with the news that President Medvedev had appointed Aleksandr Misharin to a four-year term as governor. Misharin is scheduled to arrive in [...] |
2009-11-17 07:58:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG79 |
CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT BARRIERS TO INNOVATION AND [...] (U) Summary: At recent events in Yekaterinburg, prominent government, business, and academic representatives discussed issues of the Greater Urals economy. Several presenters from business and government noted signs of improvement in the Russian economy, but called for greater diversification [...] |
2009-12-02 07:39:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG82 |
MUSLIM ENTRPRENEURS WELL INTEGRATED INTO REGIONAL ECONOMOY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Consul General hosted a lunch for Muslim entrepreneurs and an NGO rep. Invitees discussed problems and trends within the local Muslim community and shared their thoughts on the up-coming Presidential Summit on Muslim Entrepreneurship in Washington (Reftel). In [...] |
2009-12-16 10:57:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | RS EAID ECON SOCI XF XI ZR ZP |
| 09YEKATERINBURG83 |
NEW GOVERNOR STRESSES ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION [...] (SBU) Newly appointed Sverdlovsk oblast governor Aleksandr Misharin (see reftel) hosted a holiday toast for the Urals-based diplomatic corps at the governor's residence on December 10. For most of the foreign diplomats present, this was the first face to face meeting with the new governor. Th [...] |
2009-12-16 11:12:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV PGOV PREL RS CH |
| 09YEKATERINBURG84 |
POLITICAL REPRECUSSIONS FOLLOW PERM RESTAURANT FIRE [...] (SBU) The tragic fire at the popular Lame Horse restaurant/club in Perm that claimed 149 lives on December 5 has had political repercussions that are still unspooling as the investigation into the incident continues. According to our contacts in the Perm city administration, the city is still [...] |
2009-12-18 08:38:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV RS |
| 09YEKATERINBURG85 |
REGIONAL APPOINTMENTS BALANCE BUSINESS INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-appointed Sverdlovsk oblast governor Aleksandr Misharin outlined his priorities for journalists in a two-hour press conference on December 25. His initial appointments to the regional government reflect his emphasis on improving Sverdlovsk oblast's infrastructure and a b [...] |
2009-12-29 10:19:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV RS |
| 97YEKATERINBURG43 |
THE SUPREMACY OF "STATE POWERS" [...] THE LOCAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF SVERDLOVSK AND THE MAYOR OF YEKATERINBURG IS MORE THAN A PERSONAL DISPUTE, REVEALING AS IT DOES A FUNDAMENTAL RUSSIAN DISTINCTION BETWEEN "STATE POWERS" AND "LOCAL SELF- ADMINISTRATION" THAT IS OFTEN LOST IN TRANSLATION. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, DEMOC [...] |
1997-02-26 04:44:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 98YEKATERINBURG156 |
THE ROMANOVS: THE FINAL CHAPTER IN YEKATERINBURG [...] ON A SUNNY JULY 16 MORNING, THOUSANDS OF YEKATERINBURGERS WAITED IN LINE TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRIA. EXACTLY EIGHTY YEARS BEFORE, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17, 1918, THE ROMANOVS HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED HERE. THEIR REMAINS NOW LAID IN STATE AT YEKATERINBURG'S ASC [...] |
1998-07-16 12:16:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |