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09LONDON118	UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP [...] (S/NF) Summary. British officials are eager to apply additional pressure on Iran's nuclear program. They are pursuing domestic and multilateral options, including possibly broadening the category of products requiring export licenses, imposing EU sanctions on additional Iranian banks, and testing [...]	2009-01-16 10:33:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM ECON ETTC IR UK

09LONDON1369	UK ANALYSTS ASSERT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Compared to the acutely fragile economic climate in Central and Eastern Europe from November 2008 to February 2009, UK-based market watchers now feel the worst is behind them. Their views are spurred in part by positive news on U.S. and UK banks in recent weeks and assumptions th [...]	2009-06-10 09:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV XG UK
09LONDON1371	UK SUPPORTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Jon Knight (strictly protect) at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Emboffs on June 9 the UK Government supports discussing the nuclear fuel bank concept at the June 15-18, 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors m [...]	2009-06-10 16:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA UK
09LONDON1451	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS AGREE THE U.S. DOLLAR WILL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the decline in the dollar share of global FX reserves over the past decade and recent debates on the creation of a new global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar's reserve status remains in-tact. Gains made by its nearest rivals--the euro, pound sterling, and yen--over th [...]	2009-06-19 14:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON UK
09LONDON1455	"TEMPERATURE LOWERING" UNDER UK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Russia seeks to "work around" its intractable problems with the UK, and not allow them to hold hostage progress on areas such as the robust commercial and financial relationship between the countries. According to new Russian DCM Alexander Sternik, the fact that the UK is the second [...]	2009-06-19 15:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL RU UK
09LONDON1472	VIEWS ON EMERGING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES FROM UK [...] (U) Summary: Economists at major UK-based global banks are keeping a close watch on Eastern European economies. Though generally less pessimistic than several months ago, following significant IMF and European Commission support packages to the region and the beginning of recovery in Western [...]	2009-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN UK
09LONDON1497	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...]	2009-06-25 14:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV UK
09LONDON155	ZIMBABWE: UK SEEKS TO CURB DIAMOND EXPORTS [...] (C) FCO Minister for Africa Mark Malloch-Brown has instructed the Foreign Office to push the Kimberley Process (KP) to investigate Zimbabwe's KP eligibility and issue a statement about Zimbabwe's trafficking of conflict diamonds (reftels). In the interim because KP "is so slow," Malloch-Brown [...]	2009-01-21 14:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN UNSC ZU ZI UK
09LONDON157	SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON ICC INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a January 13 round of UK-France-U.S. (P-3) talks in London, Senior P-3 representatives held a shared assessment of the Darfur peace process: Darfur was at a stalemate and the situation on the ground deteriorated in 2008. The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as well as the Qata [...]	2009-01-21 16:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09LONDON1701	SOMALIA/HOA: PDAS CARTER INFORMED THAT UK TO INCREASE SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT REF: LONDON 1635 Classified By: Acting Political Counselor Daniel McNicholas, reasons [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 13:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS PHUM PINR XW SO KE ER ET UK
09LONDON1750	(S) TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES UK TO TAKE IRAN SANCTIONS; PRESS INTERPAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:50:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER ECON IR UK
09LONDON1817	(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): HMG [...] (C/NF) HMG agrees on the importance of encouraging Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) partners to make presentations at the MTCR Information Exchange (IE) session during the November plenary, Edward Evans, Missile Policy Desk Officer in the WMD Controls Policy Section of the Counterprol [...]	2009-08-07 14:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UK RS
09LONDON1873	UK REACTS STRONGLY TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 10:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BM UK
09LONDON202	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY GAERC: GAZA AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects next steps in bolstering the peace in Gaza and how to strengthen EU energy security to dominate the January 26-27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) Meeting, according to Paul Williams, the Foreign Office EU Correspondent, who spoke with Poloff [...]	2009-01-23 12:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EUN AF ZI BO UK
09LONDON2120	UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]	2009-09-11 13:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON217	AGREEMENT TO LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministers (or representatives) from major energy consuming countries (G8, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico),along with the European Union (EU) and International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on December 18, 2008 to launch the [...]	2009-01-26 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON2180	HMG'S POSITIVE REACTION TO POTUS' EUROPEAN-BASED [...] (S) HMG will adopt a "supportive position" regarding President Obama's decision about European-based missile defense, Judith Gough (Protect),Deputy Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Security Policy Group, told Poloff September 17. (Ref) She said that HMG "would like to help" by [...]	2009-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL RU UK
09LONDON2186	DEFENCE SECRETARY AINSWORTH OUTLINES TOP [...] (C/NF). Summary. In a September 24 initial call by the Ambassador, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth expressed his firm commitment to the international mission in Afghanistan, describing success there as his top priority as Defence Secretary. Ainsworth stressed the importance of demonstrating to [...]	2009-09-21 13:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MCAP PINR UK AF
09LONDON2198	U/S TAUSCHERâ€™S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]	2009-09-22 14:13:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK
09LONDON2199	(C/NF) P5 HEADS OF DELEGATION SIDE-MEETING ON NPT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On Friday, September 4, in conjunction with the UK-hosted P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament, UK Del head, Mariot Leslie, convened a side meeting of the P5 heads of delegation (HOD) to discuss preparations for the UN Security Council Summit on [...]	2009-09-22 14:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP UK CH FR RS IR EG PK
09LONDON2214	U/S TAUSCHERâ€™S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN LONDON WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Ambassador Susan Burk held bilateral consultations in London September 3-4, on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disa [...]	2009-09-23 16:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP CH EG FR IN IR KN PK RS UK
09LONDON222	AFGHANISTAN: FCO AFGHANISTAN DIRECTOR SAYS FS [...] (C) The UK is looking forward to hearing details about the new U.S. Administration's plans for military and civilian efforts in Afghanistan, and sees the weeks remaining before the April 3 NATO summit as critical to coordinating ISAF strategy, particularly in RC-South. FCO Afghanistan Office [...]	2009-01-26 16:19:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF UK
09LONDON2230	CASPIAN ENERGY: UK TELLS AMB MORNINGSTAR THEY ARE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy, and UK government and private officials agreed on the need for continued engagement with Caspian governments on energy issues, while encouraging Europe to increase both its outreach to the region and intern [...]	2009-09-28 11:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON UK
09LONDON227	DECEMBER ENERGY MINISTERIAL IN LONDON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministers and high-ranking officials from 27 countries, leading international energy and financial institutions, pledged to work together to reduce oil price volatility, at the HMG-hosted London Energy Meeting on December 19 in London. Participants agreed that the recent pric [...]	2009-01-26 17:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV UK
09LONDON229	BRITISH LONG VIEW ON CASPIAN GAS: BALL IS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG officials are working with Brussels and other Member States to leverage the Ukraine-Russian gas crisis into an ambitious program to address Europe's deficient internal energy market. While the UK is hopeful of success in the March European Council - which will focus in par [...]	2009-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET UK
09LONDON2339	UK UNABLE TO COMMIT TO SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Together with Russian Embassy colleagues, Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Sharon McDonald, CBRN Terrorism Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on October 14. McDonald told Poloff and Sergei Andiashin of the Russian [...]	2009-10-14 15:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK RS
09LONDON2357	CONSERVATIVES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO CONFRONT "CLEAR AND PRESENT [...] (U) Summary: Conservative plans to cut the UK's spiraling budget deficit were the focus of the recent Tory Party conference. Party leader David Cameron acknowledged painful cutbacks in public spending would be necessary to confront what Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, [...]	2009-10-16 14:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV UK
09LONDON236	INDIA: MILIBAND'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C/NF) Summary. In spite of the significant Indian media criticism of Foreign Secretary Miliband's comments on Kashmir during his January 13-15 visit to India (reftels),he had an opportunity for useful discussions with Indian leaders on key policy and regional issues, including Pakistan, Iran [...]	2009-01-27 14:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID KDEM IN PK IR XD UK
09LONDON2449	LAUNCH OF UK TOP LEVEL GROUP OF PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Fifteen senior UK parliamentarians launched in London October 29 the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation. The group represents a cross party effort to promote British leadership of multilateral disarmament. One of the Gro [...]	2009-10-29 18:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UK
09LONDON2479	(C) UK SANCTIONS ON IRAN FORCE IRISL TO SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KTFN IR UK
09LONDON2499	MILIBAND'S RUSSIA TRIP AIMS TO MOVE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL ETRD KNNP PARM SENV MARR MNUC
09LONDON2535	UK IN BROAD AGREEMENT ON NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Head of the Foreign Office's NATO Team expressed broad UK agreement with U.S. goals for NATO enlargement as regards Bosnia and Macedonia; indicated that HMG ministers were discussing the UK position on MAP for Montenegro, but that the UK would likely align itself with the U.S. [...]	2009-11-10 15:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UK
09LONDON2567	AMBASSADOR MCELDOWNEY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Introduction. During her November 9-11 visit to London, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Nancy McEldowney discussed a range of issues in bilateral meetings with UK officials. Julian Miller, Deputy Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]	2009-11-16 15:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS SOCI ECON PK AF OSCE NATO EU
09LONDON2616	UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 17:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG
09LONDON2617	UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 17:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG
09LONDON2622	UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and Introduction: The United Kingdom (UK) hosted a conference of P5 states on 3-4 September 2009 to discuss confidence building measures (CBMs) on nuclear disarmament and associated non-proliferation issues. The conference originated in a proposal made by then Defence Secre [...]	2009-11-20 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG
09LONDON2623	BARONESS CATHERINE ASHTON UNEXPECTED CHOICE FOR EU [...] (U) This is an Embassy London and U.S. Mission to the European Union joint cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. Baroness Catherine Margaret Ashton was nominated as the first EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on November 19. She is a British Labour politician who is also cur [...]	2009-11-20 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD EUN UK
09LONDON265	SUBJECT: BRITISH PRESS CASE AGAINST IRISL WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK
09LONDON2678	UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...]	2009-12-02 13:49:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS
09LONDON2690	HMG PRAISES U.S. AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN STRATEGY, PREPARES FOR JANUARY CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Brown was "very pleased" by President Obama's December 1 speech describing the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and HMG would like U.S. and UK public statements to remain in synch, Philip Barton, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Cabinet Office's Fore [...]	2009-12-02 17:40:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PTER AF PK UK
09LONDON2743	MONUC/RWANDA: UK HOLDING TO SIX-MONTH RENEWAL, THOUGHTS ON RWANDA IN THE COMMONWEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPKO PINR RW CG ZF FR UK
09LONDON2768	SHADOW DEFENSE MINISTER FOX PLEDGES CLOSE U.S.-UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a December 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Shadow Secretary of State for Defense Liam Fox affirmed his desire to work closely with the U.S. if the Conservative Party wins power in next year's general election. He highlighted the importance of the U.S.-UK Defense Trade and Coop [...]	2009-12-10 16:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF UK PK IR IN CH RS
09LONDON289	UK TO ISSUE UPDATED NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BY [...] (SBU) As part of its National Security Strategy (NSS) updating process, HMG is conducting a series of 12 workshops, with the goal of developing material to update each of the 12 strategic challenges identified in the NSS released in March 2008. The workshops are being conducted by the Cabine [...]	2009-02-03 08:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON301	UK OPPOSES ABKHAZ INVITATION TO FORMAL UNSC [...] (C) HMG concurs with the U.S. position (ref) strongly opposing Abkhaz leadership participation in UN Security Council meetings under Rule 39. According to FCO Director for Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Michael Davenport and Head of Georgia Section Jonathan Dart the UK, like France, [...]	2009-02-03 17:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG UK
09LONDON403	BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD [...] (C) Former UK Perm Rep to NATO and the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry (bio para 4),has been nominated by the UK to be the next High Representative for Bosnia, replacing Miroslav Lajcak, who is leaving to become Slovakia's Foreign Minister. FCO Bosnia desk officer Matthew Andrew Harvey said that [...]	2009-02-13 17:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS BK UK
09LONDON433	HMG AWAITS WORD FROM QSCOW AND BEIJING ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. The UK continues planning to host a two day conference in September 2009 titled "P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) Towards Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament." According to HMG officials, neither Russia nor China have endorsed the proposed conference. Foreign [...]	2009-02-19 11:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV QEL UNGA UK
09LONDON435	AFRICA: HMG'S PRIORITIES TO DISCUSS WITH THE OBAMA [...] (C/NF) Summary. UK officials have highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Brown's priorities in Africa and previewed the core messages which the Prime Minister plans to bring to discussions with U.S. officials. Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain HMG's top p [...]	2009-02-19 13:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID UNSC KPKO PHUM ECON XA SO SU ZI
09LONDON444	"LIFTING THE NUCLEAR SHADOW:" HMG WANTS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary. In the lead up to the April-May 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon),HMG will seek to cooperate closely with the U.S. at both the policy and experts level and will welcome United States leadership to reinvigorate the NPT (ref A). HMG seeks a reenergized and reinforced global [...]	2009-02-19 16:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IR UK
09LONDON445	IRAN: JOURNALIST PROPOSES BASKERVILLE DOCUMENTARY [...] (S/NF) Summary: A UK-Iranian dual citizen journalist and historian told London Iran Watcher (poloff) he seeks USG support to make a 50-minute documentary, to be filmed during 2009 in Iran, UK and the United States, about Howard Baskerville, the American teacher who was in the past beloved in [...]	2009-02-19 16:31:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP IR UK
09LONDON452	UK STUDYING RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is actively considering a wide range of options for the upcoming 1267 Review, from doing nothing and allowing last year's changes from UNSCR 1822 to fully come into effect, to studying the proposal for an independent review body. A challenge for the UK and the U.S., FCO [...]	2009-02-20 14:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC UK
09LONDON492	HMG SHARES U.S. STRATEGY AND CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (S) Summary. The UK shares U.S. concerns and has a similar strategy regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria's nuclear programs (ref): HMG is urging IAEA Board Member countries to advocate strong national statements "at the upcoming Board of Governors meeting (that) will reflect the co [...]	2009-02-25 18:00:00	Embassy London	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SYR UK
09LONDON604	LIBERAL DEMOCRATS LOOK AHEAD TO THEIR ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Emboffs attending the Liberal Democrats' (Lib Dems) Spring Conference heard much in corridor conversations about the Party's strategy for the next general election (which must occur no later than June 2010) and whether participation in an electoral coalition made strateg [...]	2009-03-09 15:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UK
09LONDON617	UK ANNOUNCES IT WILL REENGAGE WITH HIZBALLAH, BUT [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG's decision to publicly announce that it is reestablishing ties with Hizballah was based on domestic considerations, and was not meant to surprise the USG or other allies, FCO and Cabinet Office officials told us March 10. UK officials made the decision to reengage with H [...]	2009-03-10 16:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY UK
09LONDON655	GICNT INVITATIONS DELIVERED TO UNITED KINGDOM [...] (SBU) Poloff, accompanied by diplomats from the Russian and South Korean embassies, shared details of the upcoming Seoul meeting of the Exercise Planning Group (EPG) / Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) (refs A & B) with Sharon McDonald, CBRN terrorism desk officer at the F [...]	2009-03-13 18:10:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK
09LONDON707	PM BROWN PRESSES FOR SAFE NUCLEAR POWER, COMPLIANT [...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Brown affirmed in his March 17 International Nuclear Fuels Conference keynote speech the UK's commitment to a reduction in its nuclear arsenal, eventual global nuclear disarmament, and the use of nuclear power to meet its energy security needs. PM Brown said Iran could be [...]	2009-03-23 10:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA IR UK
09LONDON712	(C) KAZAKHSTAN: OUSTED BTA BANK HEAD ABLYAZOV [...] (C) Summary. After what he labeled a "political ouster" from the Chairmanship of BTA Bank at the behest of President Nazarbayev, Mukhtar Ablyazov maintained to London Poloff that BTA Bank was Kazakhstan's "healthiest bank." Dismissing the recent Kazakh legal case against him as unfounded, Ably [...]	2009-03-23 15:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM KZ UK
09LONDON782	AT NATO SUMMIT AND BEYOND, UK FOCUS WILL BE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: An entrenched financial crisis at home and low, stagnant poll numbers for the Labour Party (ref A) will make it highly unlikely that the UK will announce any large increases for NATO programs at the April 3-4 Strasbourg/Kehl Summit, according to MOD and FCO sources. In genera [...]	2009-03-31 09:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO AF UK
09LONDON811	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN ON ECONOMY AND POLITICS [...] (SBU) Turkish PM Erdogan spoke at a Chatham House event April 3, in which he commented on the accomplishments of the London Economic Summit, Turkey's economic progress, and his party's recent election "success." In response to questions from the audience, he was vague on Turkey's relations wi [...]	2009-04-03 16:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EU NATO TY DA FR RS IZ IS AJ JA
09LONDON843	UK CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH; SUPPORTS STRONG [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG convoked DPRK ambassador to express strong concern over the April 5 North Korean missile launch; supports a strong response to North Korea's violation of UNSCR 1718 to deter other proliferators; and believes Russia may be open to a new UNSCR. FCO contact indicated that DPR [...]	2009-04-08 13:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP UK RU KN EU
09LONDON89	UK VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. The UK seeks a strategy in regard to the separatist regions of Georgia that will maintain EU consensus but will also have substance, Michael Davenport, the Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Russia, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Directorate, told the Poli [...]	2009-01-13 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL MOPS GG RS EZ SW UN UK
09LUANDA159	GRA SLASHES BUDGET AS MACRO OUTLOOK DETERIORATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following steep declines in the oil revenues that generate much of Angola's income, the GRA will cut spending on goods and services across all ministries by 36 percent and subsidies and social transfers by 40 percent from Angola's previously approved 2009 budget. Our contacts tel [...]	2009-03-13 12:51:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ECON EFIN ENIV EPET PGOV
09LUSAKA105	ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the decision of whether or not to recognize Kosovo is still "under consideration" by the Zambian Government (GRZ),imminent action is unlikely. In a February 12 meeting, Foreign Ministry senior officials expressed concerns about the legal precedence that Kosovo recogni [...]	2009-02-18 11:23:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV ZA
09LUSAKA338	ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- Zambia's Inflation Rate Rises -- Chinese Mining Firm Takes Over Operations At Luanshya -- Zambian Airways Debt Position Before It Went Insolvent -- Counterfeit U.S. Dollars Hit the Zambian Market -- Mines Retrench More workers -- GRZ To Issue Oil Exploration Licenses -- Zambia Cel [...]	2009-05-19 07:27:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EMIN EINV ELAB ECON ZA
09LUSAKA748	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ZAMBIA (C-C19-01825) [...] (C) This cable is a response to the reftel information request regarding Russia's economic presence in sub-sarahan Africa. Russia currently does not have a large economic presence in Zambia. We are unaware of significant Russian trade representation in Zambia. Russian trade development is [...]	2009-10-22 13:52:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ZA
09LUSAKA799	OCTOBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY -- October Inflation Rate Continues To Decline -- Eight Firms Interested in Gas Fields In Zambia -- China's Chambishi Copper Smelter Commissioned -- Acute Fuel Shortages Disrupt production -- GRZ Announces Sale Of Zamtel Shares October Inflation Rate Continues To Decline Â [...]	2009-11-16 06:38:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EMIN EINV ELAB ECON ZA
09LUSAKA80	MINING SECTOR MALAISE WORSENS [...] (SBU) Summary. Zambia's mining sector has been hit hard by the fall in commodity prices induced by the global economic recession. Responding to pressure from the private sector, the Zambian Government (GRZ) has announced its intention to withdraw its windfall tax on mining revenue as well a [...]	2009-02-05 10:05:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EFIN ZA
09LUSAKA805	DIALING UP ZAMBIA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR [...] (U) Zambia's under-developed telecommunications sector will undergo fundamental change in 2010. The Information and Communications Technology (ITC) Act enacted into law August 26, 2009, endowed the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority with broad regulatory powers and man [...]	2009-11-17 06:52:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ECPS KCOR BTIO ZA
09LUXEMBOURG11	LUXEMBOURG INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is Luxembourg's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg offers a very favorable and welcoming attitude toward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI reflects how [...]	2009-01-13 12:27:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR LU
09LUXEMBOURG267	LUXEMBOURG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA WALKOUT [...] (U) Charge d'affaires and POL/ECON Counselor Michael Via delivered substance of demarche to Eric Muller, (Acting) MFA Political Director, in the absence of Georges Frieden who has accompanied Foreign Minister Asselborn to New York. 2. (C) Muller clearly understood the intent of the messa [...]	2009-09-21 10:38:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV LU
09LUXEMBOURG288	LUXEMBOURG: SEPTEMBER ISSUE - "DISPATCHES FROM THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Luxembourg presents the September "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international community, and news not otherwise reported during the month. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn joined Charge d'affaires for [...]	2009-10-06 14:52:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PINR PGOV EU LU
09LUXEMBOURG302	LUXEMBOURG: ALBRIGHT-JUNCKER COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker for a brief courtesy call on the margins of the October 15-17 NATO Strategic Concept Conference held in Luxembourg. Juncker committed to maintaining his government's current level of financial and m [...]	2009-10-22 10:34:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	KDRG PGOV PREL MARR LU
09LUXEMBOURG52	LUXEMBOURG'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Post hereby submits the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report for Luxembourg. 2. (U) Post point of contact for the TIP report is Adam Center, phone: 352 46-01-23.x2227; fax: 352 22-64-57. Post spent approximately 30 hours compiling this report: FSO FO-03: 15 hours; FSN-10: 15 [...]	2009-02-25 11:47:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MADRID1003	SPAIN: ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTORS WELCOME USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid POLOFF and POL/GSO Officer from the Barcelona CG on September 29 met Gerardo Cavero, Barcelona's chief prosecutor on counter-narcotics and organized crime, and Fernando Bermejo, the city's prosecutor for anti-mafia, anti-corruption and money laundering issues. They also [...]	2009-10-15 06:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS
09MADRID1006	BRIEFING SPAIN ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy has engaged with Spanish counterparts to learn more about Spanish intentions to support the P5 1 process. While the working level interlocutors are more inclined than in the past to consider the need for sanctions if ongoing discussions do not bring positive results i [...]	2009-10-15 09:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SP
09MADRID1018	SPAIN INTRIGUED BY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) POLOFF and Political Counselor Dmitry Sokolov of the Russian Embassy on October 15 delivered reftel demarche to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for S [...]	2009-10-17 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID1023	DAS BOYER'S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) On October 10 in Valencia, EUR DAS Spencer Boyer and Spanish Foreign Ministry Director General of Foreign Policy for Non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena discussed transatlantic engagement, Spain's hopes for its upcoming EU Presidency, cooperation on climate chan [...]	2009-10-19 12:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EU SP
09MADRID1038	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON DOHA ROUND - GEOGRAPHIC [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marta Blanco, Deputy Director General for EU Trade Policy, and Isabel Pastor, Advisor for EU Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. 2. As this was an initial meeting - Blanco is new to her position, having replaced longtime Deputy [...]	2009-10-23 09:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EUN SP
09MADRID1087	SPAIN CONSIDERS INFORMATION SHARED BY IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iran briefing delegation, with representatives from DOS and Treasury, held discussions with a number of Spanish interlocutors, as well as E3 country resident diplomats, on October 22 and 23 in Madrid. MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Alfonso Lucini (P-equivalent) m [...]	2009-11-06 11:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP IR
09MADRID1133	SPAIN'S KEY PLAYERS IN EMERGENT IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Please refer to Madrid 1087 dated November 6 for more details regarding Spain's evolving policy towards Iran and post's recommendations for future engagement. Questions from ref (A) are detailed in subparagraphs below. (A) Foreign Minister Moratinos does not set Iran policy alone, but [...]	2009-11-25 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL SP
09MADRID1136	SPAIN INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR IAEA RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF on November 25 delivered REF demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, who stated that Spain intends to co-sponsor Russia's resolution on the establishment of a nuclear fuel reserve a [...]	2009-11-27 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP
09MADRID1138	SPAIN INTERESTED IN LEADING ROLE IN RECONFIGURED [...] (C) POLOFF on November 25 formally delivered REF demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism. Dr. Eliot Kang, DAS for Nuclear Nonprolifera [...]	2009-11-27 12:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID1165	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV SP
09MADRID1166	DASD TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend concluded two days of discussions November 18 by telling his counterpart, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta, he was optimistic after what he called a "meeting of the minds." Dur [...]	2009-12-09 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MADRID1181	SPAIN APPRECIATES INPUT ON EU OUTER SPACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA SP
09MADRID1210	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S MADRID ENERGY SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EU RU SP UK
09MADRID13	SPAIN TO STUDY U.S. PROPOSALS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On January 7, Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon shared the U.S. position regarding the way forward with Georgia's separatist regions with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. The DCM outlined the proposal, noting that A/S Fried would [...]	2009-01-07 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS SP
09MADRID150	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID153	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID156	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID157	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID159	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID160	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID163	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID179	SPAIN PROVIDES ITS VIEWS, PRIORITIES ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 replied to Post's faxed list of questions from Reftel A, paragraph 8, with more than two typed pages of answers. He noted that the GOS answers had been cleared by MFA Special [...]	2009-02-20 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MADRID186	SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ISSUES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Torres provided a [...]	2009-02-20 20:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM
09MADRID187	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTELS, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is Political Officer Hugh Clifton, Te [...]	2009-02-20 20:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP KT
09MADRID204	CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL [...] (U) This cable corrects formatting errors in MADRID 186. This is an Action Request. Please see Paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative [...]	2009-02-25 16:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM
09MADRID286	SPAIN AND RUSSIA FORGE NEW AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitri Medvedev visited Madrid March 1 - 3, 2009 at the invitation of King Juan Carlos and signed a number of agreements with the Spanish government aimed at enhancing bilateral relations. The visit and resulting agreements reinvigorated the countries' economi [...]	2009-03-18 12:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP RS
09MADRID298	SPAIN: SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FOR NINTH ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP

09MADRID304	SPAIN MAKING EFFORTS TO ATTEND, PRESENT AT GICNT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Korean and Russian Embassies, Post on March 12 jointly delivered REFTELS A and B demarches to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres responded that the Global Initi [...]	2009-03-24 18:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KGIC MCAP PINS PINR PTER SP
09MADRID373	SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION FOR NINTH ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 06:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID393	SPAIN: SENATOR MEL MARTINEZ MEETINGS WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Martinez met with Acting Foreign Minister Angel Lossada and MOD Secretary General of Defense Policy Luis Cuesta on Wednesday, April 15. Interlocutors confirmed Spain's plan to send a 450-member battalion to help support the Afghan August elections, contribute 5 million [...]	2009-04-17 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OREP PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID425	SPAIN: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON 2009 PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 14:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC SP
09MADRID471	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the May 18-19 GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda May 14. Lopez said that the GUMBO GAERC would include a special meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers to discuss EUFOR ALTHEA and Operation Atalanta [...]	2009-05-14 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID58	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 12-17 [...] (U) On January 16, the GOS announced revised projections for 2009 that included a 15.9 percent average unemployment rate and a GDP contraction of 1.6 percent. The projection for the GOS budget deficit in 2009 is 5.8 percent, almost double the EU Maastricht limit. According to Second Vice Pre [...]	2009-01-16 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP
09MADRID71	SPAIN: DEPARTING AMBASSADOR'S INSIGHTS ON ENGAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre conducted a series of farewell calls on key GOS officials in the weeks before departing Post on January 20. Those meetings contributed to the information in this cable, which offers the Ambassador's final thoughts on how the Obama Administration might best engage key [...]	2009-01-21 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	OVIP PINS PREL PTER OFDP SP PGOV
09MADRID730	SPAIN'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES: ECONOMIC REFORM, SUMMITS, [...] (U) Summary: The Spanish Congress recently approved Spain's EU Presidency priorities as outlined by the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The priorities are threefold: economic recuperation and creating employment opportunities, developing Europe as a global actor, and implementing the Lisbon Treaty. [...]	2009-07-21 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP EU
09MADRID749	SPANISH VIEWS ON JULY 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia July 24. Nuno said that the Foreign Ministers will focus on Somalia, Georgia, Iran and Iceland's application. "Any Other Business" items will include discussion o [...]	2009-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID833	COMBATTING VENEZUELAN DIVERSION OF ARMS TO THE FARC [...] (C) Reftel points were conveyed August 14 to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Javier Triana Jimenez (Triana served as Spanish Deputy Chief of Mission in Caracas from 2002 to 2006.). Triana said the Colombian government had asked FM Moratinos to raise with the GOV the di [...]	2009-08-19 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KBIO XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09MADRID844	SPAIN IS INFORMED THAT UNODC IS A GICNT OBSERVER [...] (SBU) POLOFF and Political Counselor Dmitry Sokolov of the Russian Embassy on August 20 delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres indicated that he and the GOS already were awar [...]	2009-08-20 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID869	UPDATES IN SPAINâ€™S INVESTIGATIONS OF RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable, which should be read in conjunction with Septel analysis, details updates over the past year in Spain's two major operations - codenamed Troika (2008-09) and Avispa (2005-07) - to combat "Russian" organized crime in Spain. In Spain, the term "Russian mafia" usually applies [...]	2009-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MADRID870	ASSESSING SPAINâ€™S EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A year after Spanish security services conducted Operation Troika - which supposedly "decapitated" the Russian mafia in Spain - Madrid is still unraveling the extent to which Russian and other Eurasian organized crime (OC) networks have established themselves in Spain and the extent of [...]	2009-08-31 15:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MADRID902	SPAIN'S ARMS CONTROL AND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Zapatero publicly has pledged that the Obama Administration can count on the "full support" of Spain on arms control and non-proliferation policy. Spain is strongly committed to these goals and is active in multiple fora on these issues. During Spain's EU Presidency in [...]	2009-09-08 05:57:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MADRID913	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 7-11 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-12 09:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KGHG SP
09MADRID936	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 14-18 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID941	SPAIN RECEIVES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA CFE TALKS [...] (C) POLOFF on September 18 orally delivered reftel points to Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Colomer focused on the news that Russian Disarmament Director Anatoly Antonov, in his September 3 informal m [...]	2009-09-22 11:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO SP RS
09MADRID951	SPAIN INFORMED OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY [...] (C) Initial GOS reaction to the USG's new Phased, Adaptive Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) has been positive. Embassy Madrid on September 17 and 18 widely conveyed to GOS officials the reftel points and the White House press release to ensure that the GOS understood the reasons fo [...]	2009-09-24 09:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PREL SP
09MADRID957	GOS SEEKS COMPARABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche on climate change to Deputy General Director for Mitigation and Technologies Eduardo Gonzalez and Senior Advisor for Mitigation and Technologies Sara Aagesen in the Ministry of the Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs on September 22. They are pl [...]	2009-09-25 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SP
09MADRID99	SPANISH OBJECTIVES FOR THE 2010 EU PRESIDENCY: [...] (U) SUMMARY. January 23, Spain's Council of Ministers approved the strategic plan for Spain's January-June 2010 EU Presidency. According to the plan, Spain's Presidency will possess a "marked pro-European character and an open social sensibility, in a year against poverty and exclusion." The [...]	2009-01-29 12:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN KWNN EU SP
09MANAGUA1034	NICARAGUA: TELECOM LICENSE SENDS BAD SIGNAL [...] (C) On September 30, the Nicaraguan Telecommunications and Postal Services Institute (TELCOR) awarded a license allowing a Russian-Nicaraguan joint venture, Yota de Nicaragua (Yota),to offer telephone and internet services via wireless technology. Local reaction to the licensing agreement has [...]	2009-10-20 19:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD PGOV TINT RS NU
09MANAGUA1073	TURBULENT RELATIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Relations between commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes and the GON's airport authority are worsening. On November 3 a representative of Continental Airlines told econoff that the situation at Managua's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is becoming "unbearable." [...]	2009-11-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1083	Libertad Act: Nicaraguan Relations with Cuba [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's association with the Cuban regime spans several decades. Since Ortega returned to power in January 2007, Nicaragua has re-established close relations with Cuba, especially through common membership in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). Or [...]	2009-11-16 15:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ECON CU NU
09MANAGUA1139	Voter Registry Verification Characterized by Low [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 27-30 verification of the voter registration lists for the upcoming Atlantic Coast regional council elections was characterized by low participation and numerous irregularities, both worrisome developments for the climate in which March's regional elections will take [...]	2009-12-11 19:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NU
09MANAGUA163	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO NICARAGUA BY CODEL [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Managua, I want to warmly welcome you to Nicaragua. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore our continuing commitment to the Nicaragua people and willingness to engage with the Nicaraguan government on areas of mutual concern, while emphasizing our growing concer [...]	2009-02-12 00:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR NU
09MANAGUA173	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TIGHTENS HIS BELT, BUT GON [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a withdrawal of European budget support and decreased economic growth as a result of the global economic crisis, on January 20, President Daniel Ortega issued a presidential decree introducing a number of austerity measures to cut $67 million in expenditures from the 2 [...]	2009-02-13 20:41:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA242	NICARAGUAN SEAFOOD SECTOR HIT HARD BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] Seafood is a major industry for Nicaragua and the country's fifth leading export. The industry concentrates on cultivated shrimp and wild-harvested lobster. Seafood production employs 55,000 people nationwide, of whom 20,000 live and work on the Caribbean coast, where the industry is the ma [...]	2009-03-06 17:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ECON ETRD NU
09MANAGUA301	VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...]	2009-03-19 21:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA314	VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]	2009-03-24 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MANAGUA323	CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA [...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]	2009-03-26 17:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA432	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR LEADS DISCUSSION ON DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, Ambassador Callahan hosted ambassadors from Nicaragua's major European donor countries in a discussion about donor actions following the fraudulent outcome of the 2008 municipal elections (reftel) and the continued unwillingness of the GON to address the issue. The me [...]	2009-04-27 12:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV NU
09MANAGUA789	NICARAGUA: NEVER LOOK A GIFT BUS UNDER THE HOOD [...] (SBU) On August 2, the first of 130 Russian buses began to transit the roads of Nicaragua. Several months ago, President Ortega announced that Russia had donated the buses -- at an event where he also blamed United States policies for having impoverished Nicaragua. A financial cooperative fun [...]	2009-08-11 15:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELTN ETRD ECON NU
09MANAGUA912	DEATH TO THE YANQUI - ORTEGA LAMBASTES U.S. AT [...] (U) On September 12, Nicaragua conducted ceremonies to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Nicaraguan Army. Ambassador Callahan, Major General Keith Huber, U.S. Army South, Brigadier General Dominic Cariello, Wisconsin National Guard, USMILGRP, and the Marine Marching Platoo [...]	2009-09-17 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA913	NICARAGUA AND ABKHAZIA ESTABLISH FORMAL DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, more than a year after Nicaragua was the only country (besides Russia) to recognize the "independence" of the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, the two countries have now signed agreements to establish formal diplomatic relations. The agreement also [...]	2009-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG NU PBTS
09MANAMA107	EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]	2009-02-22 13:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MANAMA435	BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ, AND IRAN REF: MANAMA 409 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ENRG IS IR RU BA
09MANAMA483	BAHRAIN PURSUES GAS SUPPLIES FROM QATAR, IRAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL IR QA RS SA BA
09MANAMA55	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. Each paragraph is keyed to the format provided reftel. End Summary. 2. Bahrain Investment Climate Statement 2009 A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- The Governmen [...]	2009-02-01 04:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR BA
09MANAMA611	AFCENT COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During USAFCENT Commander Mike Hostage and CDA's October 12 meeting with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa, the CP assured them that Bahrain would keep the pressure on Iran to live up to the commitments it made in Geneva (reftel). Lt Gen Hostage explained that the t [...]	2009-10-19 10:55:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR IR AF BA
09MANAMA93	BAHRAIN WILL RAISE S-300 TRANSFER WITH FM LAVROV [...] (S) A/DCM delivered ref A points to MFA Bilateral Relations Director Dhafer Al Umran on February 18. Al Umran was particularly receptive to the message given the recent assertion by an Iranian official that Bahrain was "the fourteenth province" of Iran (ref B). He said that he was finalizing [...]	2009-02-18 11:57:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PARM PREL RU IR AE EG JO KU IS BA
09MANILA103	POLICY REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 08:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD RP
09MANILA1128	PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a free-ranging private discussion over breakfast May 28, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo underscored to the Ambassador the gravity with which his government views recent provocative moves by North Korea, and he indicated that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal [...]	2009-05-28 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP KN
09MANILA1262	RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]	2009-06-11 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1497	PHILIPPINES POSITIVE ON U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RP RS
09MANILA1521	PHILIPPINES PUSHES ASEAN ON NORTH KOREA, BURMA [...] (C) In a frank private July 20 discussion over breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed dismay at ASEAN's timid stance on issues pertaining to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Burma. Secretary Romulo related his impression of an [...]	2009-07-20 07:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PHUM PREL RP KN BM
09MANILA1728	PHILIPPINES LOOKS AHEAD TO CHAIRING NPT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to recently-heightened U.S. emphasis on nonproliferation issues, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed to the Ambassador his nation's keen anticipation of chairing the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference to be held in New York next May, and [...]	2009-08-14 10:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MANILA444	PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...]	2009-03-02 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP
09MANILA86	Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...]	2009-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MAPUTO1311	RUSSIAN INVESTMENT; RESPONSE TO C-CI9-01825 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:15:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MZ
09MEXICO1021	MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...]	2009-04-08 18:43:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09MEXICO1185	SITREP 4 - Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico City [...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- The GOM announced that schools across Mexico will remain closed until May 6. Mission Mexico decided to suspend all non-essential public services at Embassy Mexico and the nine Consulates until May 6. The EACs decided on April 27 to defer all non-essential TDY [...]	2009-04-28 16:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO2677	MEXICO ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Poloff discussed Government of Mexico (GOM) views on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),negotiation of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts (ref. A) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Direct [...]	2009-09-09 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MEXICO2830	GOM VALUES USG TRANSPARENCY ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Poloff raised reftel points with Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs' (SRE) Director General for Nuclear, Security, and Legal Issues, who underscored that he appreciated the USG's effort to brief the GOM on this matter. While this issue does not impact directly Mex [...]	2009-09-30 13:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX MARR PREL EG
09MEXICO3455	U/S OTERO LEADS USG TO HRC "REFLECTION GROUP" [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico and France hosted a meeting in Mexico City October 29-30 on strengthening the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and to discuss the 2011 Review of its mandate by the General Assembly. A hand-selected group of HRC Member States, representing its five regional grou [...]	2009-12-09 13:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX PHUM PINR PREL PGOV
09MEXICO958	MEXICO ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 20:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PBTS GG RS MX
09MINSK100	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 27, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - March 25 Protest Passes Without Violence (para. 2) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Leader Fined (para. 4) - Convicte [...]	2009-03-26 18:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK101	BELARUS INFORMED OF U.S. INTENTION TO PURSUE BILATERAL START [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US BO
09MINSK109	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prosecutors Extend Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. 2) - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined (para. 3) - Polish Activists Fined in Absentia (para. 4) - [...]	2009-04-09 08:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK114	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]	2009-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK127	BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE [...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...]	2009-04-22 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK131	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Lukashenka Delivers Annual Address to Nation and Parliament (para. 2) - An Opposition Youth Activist Wanted (para. 3) - Malady Front Member Jailed (para. 4) - Human R [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK132	BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]	2009-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK138	BELARUS: DENIAL OVER DEPTH OF ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) The GOB is realizing more and more that the global financial economic crisis will take a bigger toll on Belarus than originally expected. Senior government officials led by Lukashenka try to look optimistic (and so do the official statistics). The reality, however, is not bright and th [...]	2009-04-29 17:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK14	BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY [...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...]	2009-01-09 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN BO
09MINSK146	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 8, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "Chernobyl March" Marked by Detentions, Raid (para. 2) - "Solidarity" Demonstrations Dispersed (para. 3) - BKGB Harasses Families of Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Oppos [...]	2009-05-07 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK150	BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]	2009-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK160	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 15, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Young Social Democrats Denied Registration (para. 2) - Police Curb Opposition Demonstration (para. 3) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 4) - [...]	2009-05-15 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK164	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]	2009-05-22 18:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK172	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]	2009-06-08 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK173	BELARUS: REGIME CRYING OVER SPILT MILK AS SPAT WITH MOSCOW [...] (SBU) While there is no break between the countries, a Russian block on Belarusian dairy exports is just the latest manifestation of a vitriolic conflict between Minsk and Moscow as traditional Kremlin disdain for President Lukashenka (and the formerly-vaunted "Belarusian economic miracle") re [...]	2009-06-08 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO RS
09MINSK183	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "European Belarus" Activists Fined (para. 2) - Prisoner of Conscience Fined (para. 3) - United Civic Party Activists Fined (para. 4) Domestic Economy ------------ [...]	2009-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]	2009-06-22 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK217	BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES [...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]	2009-07-03 22:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK22	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Independent Newspaper Denied Print, Distribution, then Fined (para. 2) - Grodno Activists Detained and Searched (para. 3) - Brest Activists Detained (para. 4) - Local [...]	2009-01-16 17:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK228	BELARUS POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Investigation Against Volkovysk Activists Extended (para. 2) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist's Associate and Employer Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Fined (para. [...]	2009-07-10 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK244	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 17, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Community Fined (para. 2) - Belarusian Popular Front Youth Member Expelled (para. 3) - Independent Journalists Warned (para. 4) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist [...]	2009-07-17 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK248	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Another Opposition Activist From the 14 Is Amnestied (para. 2) - The Only Jailed Member of the 14 Stops His Hunger Strike (para. 3) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist Charge [...]	2009-07-24 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK255	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Police Disperse Independence Proclamation Rallies (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Warned (para. 3) - Independent Magazine Denied Distribution (para. 4) - Party of Wo [...]	2009-07-31 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK27	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------------ - Opposition Youth's Draft Order Suspended (para. 2) - Opposition Denied Venues (para. 3) - Demonstration Dispersed, Opposition Youth Leader Detained (para. 4) - Pr [...]	2009-01-23 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK274	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]	2009-08-17 14:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK287	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Yuri Leonov Attributes His Release to High Attention of Media and Foreign Embassies (para. 2) - "For Freedom" Activist in Gomel Fined For White-Red-White, EU Flags and [...]	2009-08-21 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]	2009-09-04 18:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK317	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]	2009-09-16 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK322	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB, Lithuania Defer Agreement on Simplified Border Crossing (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Harass and Fine Opposition Activists (para. 3) - Riot Police Disperse an Oppo [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK332	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - New Life Church Still Facing Eviction, Receives Support from Visiting DRL Officer (para. 2) - "European Belarus" Activists Detained, Fined (para. 3) - GOB Continues to [...]	2009-09-25 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK345	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - IISEPS Survey: Despite Growing Pro-European Sentiments, Lukashenka Favored In Elections (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Try to Block Registered Parties from Getting Out [...]	2009-10-13 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]	2009-10-26 18:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382	BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 18:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK385	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 17:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK390	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary. Belarus remains a transit route for illicit drugs and drug precursors. Reports of drug use and drug-related crime in Belarus increased in 2009, although there is no evidence of large-scale drug production in the country. In October 2008 the government adopted a National Action Plan [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415	BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE [...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]	2009-12-23 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
09MINSK426	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]	2009-12-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK69	BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT [...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...]	2009-02-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV BO
09MINSK78	BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH [...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...]	2009-03-05 18:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO
09MINSK86	BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...]	2009-03-16 14:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO
09MINSK87	BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...]	2009-03-17 09:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BO
09MINSK92	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Demonstrate on Solidarity Day (para. 2) - Unregistered Union of Poles Member Fined (para. 3) - Gomel Belarusian Christian Democrats Fined (para. 4) - [...]	2009-03-19 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO

09MONROVIA390	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]	2009-06-02 16:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONTERREY304	MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...]	2009-08-06 19:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTEVIDEO142	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)- [...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...]	2009-03-11 13:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO166	URUGUAY: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff made Ref A points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca March 25. Malmierca stressed that Uruguay's position has not changed since the issue arose. Uruguay does not plan on recognizing the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, in defense o [...]	2009-03-26 19:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO526	URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO625	GOU LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR THE ANGARSK RESERVE [...] (SBU) The GOU has not finalized its position on the Russian proposal to establish a nuclear fuel bank at Angarsk, but is leaning toward supporting the Angarsk reserve. In response to reftel points, the MFA Acting Director of International Affairs Gustavo Somma told emboff on November 20 that [...]	2009-11-20 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO734	INCSR II -- URUGUAY [...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...]	2009-12-17 16:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO758	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Cabinet Taking Shape [...] (U) President elect Jose Mujica has buckled down to the business of appointing his cabinet. Mujica's selection process was complicated slightly by internal unrest within factions of the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, but those problems were resolved quickly. Although the announcement of [...]	2009-12-21 14:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO78	URUGUAY: FM LAUDS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Getting to know officials in the new U.S. administration and helping them understand Uruguay's excellent relationship with the U.S. is a priority for President Vazquez during his last year in office, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told the Charge February 6. Complicating that challenge [...]	2009-02-10 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TBIO UY
09MONTREAL80	ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...]	2009-03-09 23:55:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KS KN IC ICAO
09MOSCOW1	DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY NAZAROV MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CODEL Tauscher, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov called the lack of trust the main obstacle for U.S. and Russian cooperation, followed by ineffective mechanisms to guarantee security. Nazarov claimed that U.S. assistance t [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW1000	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KLIOINVEST, INC., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Klioinvest Inc., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-20 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1001	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KLIOINVEST, INC., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Klioinvest Inc., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-20 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1003	RUSSIA BLAMED FOR BLEAK SOUTH OSSETIA CIRCUMSTANCES [...] (C) Summary: In a recent spate of reports on the situation in South Ossetia, the Russian print and internet media painted a bleak picture of post-conflict living conditions and allowed discontent with Russia to shine through. The press noted the lack of aid and ineffectiveness of reconstruct [...]	2009-04-20 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RS GG
09MOSCOW1004	GOR PROTESTS KUZNETSOV DETENTION BY GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The Russian MFA has sharply protested the detention of Nashi activist Aleksandr Kuznetsov by Georgian authorities on April 16, claiming the Georgian administration was "trying to accuse its external enemy, Russia, of everything" in claiming Kuznetsov had traveled to Georgia to plan prov [...]	2009-04-20 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1005	GOR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA WITH A FM [...] (C) In the wake of North Korea's announced withdrawal from the Six Party Talks and the expulsion of inspectors in response to the UN Security Council's censure of its April 5 missile launch, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang April 23-24 with a stop over in Seoul aft [...]	2009-04-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW101	INCREASED HARVESTERS DUTIES WILL HURT JOHN DEERE [...] (C) Increased duties on imported harvesters and financing problems will cause foreign agricultural equipment sales in Russia to plummet in 2009, affecting major U.S. and EU producers such as John Deere. GOR suggestions that foreign producers could avoid the duty problems by setting up domesti [...]	2009-01-16 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1016	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysts told visiting Senators Carl Levin and Bill Nelson that Russia did not consider Iran a threat, and warned the U.S. against isolating Tehran or countenancing a military option to halt the Iranian nuclear program, which would lead to instability in the Middle East. Russia [...]	2009-04-21 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP IR RS
09MOSCOW1020	RUSSIA CONDEMNS NATO-GEORGIA PFP EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev, Foreign Minster Lavrov, and Russian NATO PermRep Rogozin have sharply condemned the upcoming NATO-Georgia Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise, charging it would be "dangerous" to conduct it in an area where "tensions were running high," and threatening conse [...]	2009-04-21 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO RS GG
09MOSCOW1021	CODEL LEVIN MEETS MARGELOV -- MD, Iran, Afghanistan, DPRK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with CODEL Levin, Russian Federation Council International Relations Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov said momentum on missile defense had been lost when the U.S. did not take up Russia on its offer on using the Gabala and Armavir radar stations, but state [...]	2009-04-21 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW1034	KIRILL CRONIES BENEFIT FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 31, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill presided over the first meeting of Church leaders since his enthronement, introducing significant personnel and structural changes to the ROC. Kirill appointed faithful supporter Bishop Ilarion as the new Chairman of [...]	2009-04-22 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1039	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 1)INSYS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-users, Insys Corporation, Moscow and Tores, Moscow, Russia. 3. I [...]	2009-04-22 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1047	CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES IRAN AND MISSILE DEFENSE WITH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In an April 14 roundtable at his foundation, former President Mikhail Gorbachev expressed to Codel Levin cautious optimism on improving bilateral relations and called attention [...]	2009-04-23 06:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW105	GOR MOTIVATIONS IN THE GAS CRISIS LIKELY PRECLUDE EARLY RESOLUTION REF: MOSCOW 36 Classified By: CDA Eric S. Rubin for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW1051	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S TRIP TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service heads provides an opportunity to help re-build US-Russian relations, following the positive trajectory set by Presidents Obama and Medvedev at their April 1 meeting in London. The Russian leadershi [...]	2009-04-23 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	FBI PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1052	(SBU) GOR AGREES TO ACCEPT DELIVERY OF SEIZED HEU [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Moscow has taken the following actions: 2. (SBU) On April 21, U.S. Embassy Moscow FBI Legal Attache sent a letter to General A.F. Kuzyura, Chief of the FSB's International Relations Department, informing him of the planned delivery of the sample and proposing log [...]	2009-04-23 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC
09MOSCOW1053	MEDVEDEV MEETS ALIYEV: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During President Aliyev's April 17-18 visit to Moscow, Medvedev touted Russia's "mandate" in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict via presidential-level meetings, while Aliyev stuck to support for the Minsk Group process. Russia supported Aliyev's proposal for determining th [...]	2009-04-23 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW106	GOOD MONEY ON METROPOLITAN KIRILL AS THE NEXT [...] (C) Summary. In a two-stage process beginning January 25 and concluding January 29, a new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) will be elected, with the winner determining whether the ROC remains on a conservative course or embarks on a liberal path. Contacts posit six leading co [...]	2009-01-16 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09MOSCOW1060	DEBTS AND LEADERSHIP WOES FORCE YABLOKO TO THINK [...] (C) Summary: Suffering from dwindling membership, fraying internal discipline, and onerous debt, the Yabloko liberal opposition party has failed to resurrect its national prospects since overhauling its leadership structures in June 2008. After failing to register in all nine October regional [...]	2009-04-24 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1072	TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities have been temporarily restricted from exporting to Russia due to concerns that products from these facilities were involved in an illegal [...]	2009-04-24 10:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1073	GOR EDUCATION PLANS MISS LONG-TERM MARK [...] (C) The GOR is responding to reports that 14 percent of 700,000 university graduates in 2009 will not find work by instituting a series of measures intended to reduce labor market stress. Current plans will increase access to publicly funded slots in universities, lower the cost of student lo [...]	2009-04-24 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1075	RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CONCERNS ABOUT UNLICENSED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09MOSCOW1076	MFA ON NATO PFP EXERCISES IN GEORGIA, CHOD MEETING [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting, MFA General European Cooperation Director Vladimir Voronkov said the upcoming NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Cooperative Longbow/Cooperative Lancer 2009 exercises were a "sensitive issue" for Russia. He pointed out that the U.S. and Georgia conducted military mane [...]	2009-04-24 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RS NATO
09MOSCOW1077	RUSSIAN MFA ON UKRAINE, MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin rejected Ukrainian President Yushchenko's call for a "reset" in relations as gimmickry, noting a continued negative trajectory. While Putin and Tymoshenko will discuss USD 5 billion in Russian credits during their A [...]	2009-04-24 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP MD
09MOSCOW1080	CHECHNYA COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION ENDS: CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Consensus across the spectrum of Chechnya observers is that the Kremlin's decision to end its counterterrorism operation in Chechnya has the potential to bolster the republic's economy, but will otherwise effect little change. The opening of the Groznyy airport to international tr [...]	2009-04-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1082	RUSSIA UPBEAT ON INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM; [...] (C) Russia gave upbeat assessments of the April 23 Incident Prevention Mechanism talks, while showing no flexibility on reaching a compromise over the OSCE mission in Georgia. Tatiana Mazanova from the 4th CIS Georgia Desk told us Russia was "very pleased" with the "successful" outcome of th [...]	2009-04-24 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1087	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GOLD GLOBE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Gold Globe Complete, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-04-27 05:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1091	UNITED RUSSIA WINS SOCHI MAYORAL RACE AMID FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: Amid allegations of ballot-rigging and electoral fraud, United Russia's Anatoliy Pakhomov won Sochi's April 26 mayoral election with 77 percent of the "official vote." Opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov took 13.5 percent in the official count, and Communist Party (KPRF) candidate [...]	2009-04-27 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1098	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Andrew Kuznetsov confirmed to us that he ordered the reloading bullets listed on this license. He said that he would personally use all these reloading bullets to train for and participate in a varmint hunting tournament in July. Kuznetsov told us he regularly use [...]	2009-04-28 08:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW11	ARMENIA: STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFY GAPS IN REFUGEE PROTECTION, [...] (U) Summary: A draft UNHCR Armenia conference report on November 2008 stakeholders' consultations identifies significant legal, economic, and social challenges to refugees' integration in the impoverished former Soviet republic. While it makes dozens of recommendations for strengthening prote [...]	2009-01-07 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG AM
09MOSCOW110	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NEXEL ENTERPRISES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business IN cooperation with Ul [...]	2009-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1107	RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII [...] (U) Summary. On April 20, EST officer and senior FSN visited the Class VII pier in Region 4 of the St. Petersburg port. Beginning May 1, all HEU - LEU contract shipments to the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) will commence from this location in Region 4. EST officer was assured by Isotope, [...]	2009-04-29 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM EWWT RS
09MOSCOW111	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NEXEL ENTERPRISES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business with in cooperation wi [...]	2009-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1110	MFA ON OSCE AND UNOMIG MISSIONS, INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin showed no signs of flexibility on the OSCE mandate renewal. He downplayed prospects that a UN mandate for Abkhazia could be extended to South Ossetia, but predicted Russia's proposal for the UN mandate would "surprise" the W [...]	2009-04-29 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG AZ
09MOSCOW1111	FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...]	2009-04-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS
09MOSCOW1112	RUSSIAN JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS AS ECONOMY CONTRACTS [...] (C) According to GOR statistics released this week, actual unemployment surged to 7.5 million workers, or approximately 10% of the workforce, in March 2009. 3.5 million Russians have lost their jobs since last August. Meanwhile, the number of workers on administrative leave and partly employe [...]	2009-04-29 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1113	MFA ON THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND SUDAN [...] (Summary): MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin told us on April 28 that the GOR envisioned the proposed May 11 UNSC ministerial on the Middle East as a general discussion of the situation in the region and a chance to reiterate the Security Council's support f [...]	2009-04-29 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IS IR SU RS
09MOSCOW1115	CODEL Levin with Duma Foreign Relations Chairman Kosachev [...] (SBU) On April 15, State Duma International Relations Chairman Kosachev told Senators Levin, Collins, and Nelson that President Medvedev had issued instructions to finalize a post-START agreement by the end of the year. Although he stated that negotiators must re-link arms control and defensi [...]	2009-04-30 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS
09MOSCOW1116	PATRUSHEV TELLS CODEL LEVIN RUSSIA WANTS CLOSER [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor Patrushev told visiting CODEL Levin on April 15 that Russia wanted closer intelligence cooperation on Iran, and said that the GOR would pass to the USG via intelligence channels a list of Western companies assisting Iran in its nuclear ambitions. Medvede [...]	2009-04-30 06:50:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM PINR PINS MARR MCAP MASS MNUC
09MOSCOW1119	MEDVEDEV'S LIBERAL GESTURES AND PUTIN DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary: A series of liberal political gestures by Medvedev have excited speculation about dynamics within the political tandem, with a couple of analysts going so far as to predict Putin's imminent demise. However, well-connected political observers argue against over-interpreting these [...]	2009-04-30 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW112	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR RS
09MOSCOW1120	RUSSIAN ENERGY CHARTER PROPOSAL: NO RESPONSE [...] (C) President Medvedev issued on April 21 a "Conceptual Approach to the New Legal Framework for Energy Cooperation," putting down on paper the GOR's ideas for, in effect, a new global Energy Charter Treaty, replacing the existing European Energy Charter Treaty (ECT),which Russia has signed, bu [...]	2009-04-30 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN THE ISLAMABAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW1123	THE KHODORKOVSKIY SHOW, UP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, we attended the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial in Moscow's Khamovnikchesky Court, which began on March 31. Although on previous visits we had been restricted to a viewing room for journalists, on this occasion we gained entrance to the courtroom. The prisoners' approxi [...]	2009-04-30 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1124	COMMUNISTS IN OREL EMPOWERED AMIDST TWIN [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party (KPRF) in Orel is gaining support at the expense of United Russia due to the overwhelming level of government corruption there, and the economic crisis in general. Locals [...]	2009-04-30 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCOR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1125	RUSSIAN MFA SAYS RASUL KUDAEV'S HEALTH IS [...] (SBU) On April 23 Post received the following response from the Russian MFA pursuant to our January 23, 2009 demarche concerning the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Rasul Kudaev, currently in pre-trial detention in Nalchik, the capital of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (reftels). [...]	2009-04-30 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW113	RUSSIAN MFA ON GAZA, LEBANON AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin welcomed the U.S.-Israeli Anti-Smuggling MOU, which he thought would help produce the Egyptian brokered cease-fire, and urged early consultations by the Obama Administration on next steps. Vershini [...]	2009-01-20 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR LE IQ IR IS RS
09MOSCOW1136	RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...]	2009-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW1138	30,000 DEMONSTRATORS DESCEND ON MOSCOW FOR MAY DAY [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May Day, some 33 opposition groups, trade unions, and pro-government groups, numbering an estimated 30,000 individuals, took to the streets of Moscow. Protests were generally labor-related an [...]	2009-05-04 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1139	MOSCOW ON ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials look forward to working with Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman, who they believe may be more pragmatic on the peace process than his typically harsh rhetoric suggests. They remain unsure, however, just how large a role he will have in formulating key policy decisio [...]	2009-05-05 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP IS RS
09MOSCOW1140	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISTC-INTERNATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, ISTC - International Science and Technology Center, Moscow, [...]	2009-05-05 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1143	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]	2009-05-05 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1144	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FIRED, REFORM PROGRESSING [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 Medvedev dismissed the 63-year old Chief of the GRU, General Valentin Korabelnikov. No official reason was given for the dismissal, but experts told us Korabelnikov's impending dismissal had been rumored for months. Korabelnikov was known to be a Soviet-style gener [...]	2009-05-05 07:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1145	RUSSIAN MFA SAYS GEORGIAN COUP ATTEMPT A SURPRISE [...] (C) In a 1300 May 5 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed "surprise" at reports of a coup attempt in Georgia, reiterating that the event was unexpected. Karasin dismissed Georgian MinInt Merabishvili's accusations of Russian special services involvement [...]	2009-05-05 09:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG
09MOSCOW1146	RUSSIA AND BULGARIA INITIAL SOUTH STREAM [...] (SBU) Gazprom and Bulgarian Energy Holding initialed an agreement on South Stream during the April 29 visit of PM Stanishev to Moscow, but the two sides are reportedly still working on the details of the agreement. PMs Stanishev and Putin publicly hinted at some of the tensions over South Str [...]	2009-05-05 10:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BU
09MOSCOW1148	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]	2009-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW1149	RUSSIA SURPRISED BY URGENT MEETING OF CONTACT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on May 5 to MFA Department of New Threats and Challenges Attache Azamat Nurgushiyev, who expressed the MFA's surprise at the U.S. proposal to hold a Contact Group meeting on May 29 in New York. The GOR had expected the meeting to be held in July, following th [...]	2009-05-05 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR RS
09MOSCOW1150	RUSSIA BLOCKS IMPORTS OF U.S. MEAT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that several U.S. states have been restricted from exporting meat and poultry to Russia resulting from human cases of influenza A H1N1. California, New York, Texas and Sout [...]	2009-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1153	RUSSIA DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN FAILED GEORGIAN COUP [...] (C) Summary. The MFA, MOD, and Duma members all rejected Georgia's claims of Russian special service involvement in the failed Georgian coup attempt May 5, saying the accusations were meant to distract from internal instability that was the true cause of the uprising. The MFA stated Moscow [...]	2009-05-06 03:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1156	RUSSIA: THE SITUATION IN KALMYKIA IS ANYTHING BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The predominantly Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia in Russia's Southern Federal District, headed by a chess-obsessed autocrat, has not been spared the corruption endemic to the rest of the country or the ethnic strife found in the nearby North Caucasus republics. Both the mayor o [...]	2009-05-06 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KIRF PINR RS
09MOSCOW1161	RUSSIA EASES RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on all pork and pork products from 10 U.S. states, using influenza A H1N1 as justification, have been lifted effective immediately (REF A). As of to [...]	2009-05-06 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1164	MEDVEDEV-SARGSIAN: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a press conference after his April 23 meeting with Armenian President Sargsian, President Medvedev stressed the November 2 Moscow Declaration he personally had brokered as the basis for progress on Nagorno-Karabakh, while the MFA stated its hope the Turkey-Armenia rapprochemen [...]	2009-05-06 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS AM AZ
09MOSCOW1174	TUVA: LONELY REPUBLIC SEEKS STABLE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the remote Siberian republic of Tuva revealed overwhelming support for the ruling United Russia party, but social and economic isolation from the rest of the country. The capital of Tuva trumpeted no major businesses and relied on government allocations, small [...]	2009-05-07 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1177	MORE JOURNALISTS BEATEN AS FREEDOM HOUSE PANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 3, the U.S.-based NGO Freedom House released its report on freedom of speech worldwide in 2008, ranking Russia 174th out of 195 countries and designating Russia's media environment as "Not Free." The report pointed to government pressure on journalists, a large proportion o [...]	2009-05-08 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1181	RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a welcome development, Russian health officials are expressing much more interest in cooperating with the United States on a wide range of health issues, including infectious and chronic disease control and preventi [...]	2009-05-08 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL KCRM PTER KFLU
09MOSCOW1182	RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR'S SECOND CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Russia's banking sector is preparing for a second wave of the financial crisis. Banks have been setting aside a higher-than-required share of in-house resources as provisions against an anticipated rise in non-peforming loans (NPLs). Some observers, including Sberbank President [...]	2009-05-08 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1184	CFE: A WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Although Russian Foreign Ministry officials would like to overcome the impasse over the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE),other Russian interagency voices argue for its annulment. As noted in the non-paper provided to A/S Gottemoeller April 24, the MFA is prepared to c [...]	2009-05-08 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1185	NEW KHAKASSIA GOVERNOR PUSHES ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the small southern Siberian republic of Khakassia revealed strong local government clearly support for the United Russia party, despite difficult economic challenges in the near future. Newly-appointed Governor Zimin has established his reputation as a Medvede [...]	2009-05-08 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1186	RUSSIA'S COMMENTS ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA PREL RS
09MOSCOW1187	RUSSIA MAINTAINS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 8 U.S. states are in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Delaware and (most recently [...]	2009-05-12 03:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1192	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RADIOCOMP, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Radiocomp, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licen [...]	2009-05-12 05:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1193	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DELTA COMPONENT AND FSUE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-users, Delta Component and FSUE RNII KP, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2009-05-12 06:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1199	Russian Experts Give Congressman Rogers a Snapshot of [...] (SBU) On April 10, Russian scholars told Congressman Rogers that there was little popular opposition to the GOR and that any challenges to the government would come from elites, rather than the general populace. However, the leadership could use the threat of popular dissent to scare factions [...]	2009-05-13 04:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW12	RUSSIA AND POLAND HOLD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) On December 19 a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Lieutenant-General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy hosted a Polish delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Ambassador to the United States) Przemyslaw Grudzinski to discuss Polish missile defense (MD) t [...]	2009-01-08 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MCAP RS PL
09MOSCOW1205	HEAT TURNED UP AGAINST JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent written appeals by Russian Federation Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia are facing enhanced scrutiny as local police pursue charges of "extremism" directed at JW religious literature. JW Amcit [...]	2009-05-13 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1206	MEAT AND POULTRY RESTRICTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letters that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 11 U.S. states are currently in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin are res [...]	2009-05-13 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1223	RUSSIA - "TO THE BARRIER" NO MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. The decision in late April to pull Vladimir Solovyev's program, "To the Barrier," from the airwaves stirred controversy among Moscow's commentariat, reflecting the often conflicted attitude toward the host and his contradictory role as both regime advocate and critic. The reaso [...]	2009-05-14 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1224	PUTIN'S ASIAN MEDIA LEITMOTIF: I'M IN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Putin's interview with Japanese media and his briefer exchanges with reporters while in Japan and Mongolia have given pundits a wealth of information to analyze for signs of splits within the ruling "tandemocracy," as well as for indications of Putin's predilections [...]	2009-05-14 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1225	RUSSIA'S HARDENING VIEWS ON SPHERE OF INFLUENCE [...] (C) As the Kremlin's new national security strategy (septel) reasserts the priority of strengthening Russian influence in the CIS, well-connected Russian analysts and government-supported institutniki increasingly call for "positive neutrality" or the "Finlandization" of Russia's neighbors. [...]	2009-05-14 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1226	RUSSIAN PUBLIC TUNES OUT KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary: The Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial resumed on May 12 after a two-week hiatus. A Levada Center poll released on the same day showed that only a third of the Russians polled were aware that the trial was taking place. Of those paying attention, most believed that the GOR will pressure [...]	2009-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1238	RUSSIA: UPDATES ON COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that the working relationship between the USG and the Russian Federation is difficult and there is little information sharing outside of specific cases. Much of the information that follows is anecdotal, based on the Embassy's ex [...]	2009-05-15 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS RS
09MOSCOW1240	MFA ON POSSIBILITY OF REGIME CHANGE IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. MFA Georgia section head Dmitriy Shtodin told us that the GOR would use the prospect of renewed diplomatic relations as a means of encouraging the Georgian people to replace Georgian President Saakashvili, but denied that Russia supported the Georgian opposition's protests or th [...]	2009-05-18 07:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW1250	GAY RIGHTS ISSUE RAINS ON EUROVISION PARADE [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, police arrested more than 50 gay rights activists (80, by some accounts) at Sparrow Hills Park, where they were attempting to gather for an unsanctioned protest march. Organizer Nikolay Alekseyev announced that the march would take place downtown near Pushkin Square, d [...]	2009-05-18 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1259	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATIONS A & B: FSUE FEA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the foreign purchaser, FSUE FEA Radioexport, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2009-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1260	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AMOTEC TECHNOLOGY, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the foreign purchaser, Amotec Technology, Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...]	2009-05-19 07:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1268	RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us May 18 that DFM Karasin was planning to visit Chisinau and Tiraspol May 26-27 to pressure Smirnov to revoke the travel ban on Ambassador Chaudhry and EU negotiator Miszei, in order to make possible the next "3 plu [...]	2009-05-19 12:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS FI MD
09MOSCOW1273	ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS (C-RE8-02675) [...] (S/NF) Economic ties, especially long-term gas contracts, are a pillar of Russia-Italy relations and affect Italy's policies toward Russia. Italian gas company ENI and Russian Gazprom have supply commitments in place until 2035, as well as a joint-construction agreement for the South Stream pipelin [...]	2009-05-20 05:30:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET IT RS
09MOSCOW1276	RUSSIAN EXPERTS OFFER VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Russian experts on the DPRK see Pyongyang's April 5 missile test and subsequent announcement of withdrawal from the Six-Party Talks as a ploy to obtain further concessions from [...]	2009-05-20 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW1280	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary: Russia favors some form of an international tribunal as the best means to ensure that suspected pirates are tried by uniform legal standards and to allow for thorough investigations to help build evidence against the criminal bosses directing piracy operations. Among the options [...]	2009-05-20 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA RS
09MOSCOW1281	RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...]	2009-05-20 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS

09MOSCOW1282	DELIVERY OF MD, JDEC VISIT DOCUMENTS: MFA PROMISES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered draft documents (reftel) and Russian language translations May 19 to Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov. (DCM had earlier also passed copies to MFA North Americas Department Director Neverov, and a copy was also delivered to MOD General Lieutenant Buzhinskiy.) Ryabkov th [...]	2009-05-20 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1283	GAZPROM SIGNS SLEW OF DEALS ON SOUTH STREAM; [...] (C) On May 15, Gazprom signed separate agreements on South Stream with Italy's ENI, Bulgarian Energy Holding, Greece's DESFA, and Serbia's Srbijagas. The most significant of the agreements was an "addendum" to an existing MOU between Gazprom and ENI, calling for capacity expansion from 31 bil [...]	2009-05-20 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW13	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-08 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW132	TURNING RUSSIA INTO A MORE HELPFUL SIX PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Russian Six Party negotiator Grigoriy Logvinov is pressing for closer coordination with the new Administration. Early consultations, in Washington or Moscow (on the margins of the February 19-20 NEAPSM Working Group meeting),could potentially turn the GOR into a more helpful [...]	2009-01-21 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN KS CH RS
09MOSCOW1331	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, OPENING SESSION, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the first meeting between the United States and Russian Delegations to conclude a START Follow-on Treaty, the Russian Delegation reiterated that Russia's approach was provided to the United States in its Aide Memoire, dated December 15, 2008. The Russian Delegation also m [...]	2009-05-22 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1332	NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG'S MEETINGS WITH MEDVEDEV [...] (C) On May 19, Norwegian PM Stoltenberg met separately with Putin and Medvedev for "friendly talks." The discussions focused on cooperation on the Far North and energy, but were not detailed. To the Norwegian delegation's surprise, neither Putin nor Medvedev raised contentious issues like N [...]	2009-05-22 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV NO RS
09MOSCOW1333	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC BM RS
09MOSCOW1336	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 21 to Alexander Pankin, Deputy Director, Multilateral Organizations Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pankin noted that a number of countries, including Russia, had difficulties with the text presented by General Assembly [...]	2009-05-22 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN UNGA
09MOSCOW1337	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1340	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INFINET WIRELESS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2009-05-26 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1341	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OPTICAL ELECTRONIC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Optical Electronic Technologies, Moscow, Russia. The company [...]	2009-05-26 07:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1345	A RUSSIAN MARSHALL PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN? [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference on Russian-Afghan relations organized by a Russian NGO provided Moscow an opportunity to demonstrate its concern over the situation in Afghanistan without committing to provide additional assistance to the country. The event brought together Russian official [...]	2009-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF RS
09MOSCOW1346	RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES [...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]	2009-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1347	CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]	2009-05-26 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1348	MFA CONTEMPLATES RETURN TO CFE [...] (C) Summary: MFA DVBR Counselor Federyakov told us May 21 that recent press reports that Russian intended to propose a "revised version" of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty were referring to the proposals in the aide memoire passed to A/S Gottemoeller on April 24, not a new Russi [...]	2009-05-26 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1349	RUSSIA: BURY HITLER, NOT STALIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Kremlin announced that it had formed a "Commission to Oppose Historical Falsification," to address any attempts to "cast doubt on our people's victory in World War II." This decision followed a May 7 proposal in the State Duma to introduce amendments criminalizin [...]	2009-05-26 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1350	UNITED RUSSIA: SPRING TRAINING FOR FALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In the past week President Medvedev has stepped forward to chastise United Russia, Prime Minister Putin's political creation and vehicle for his political interests, for its reluctance to engage political opponents in public debate. This salvo at United Russia has triggered predic [...]	2009-05-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1354	GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...]	2009-05-26 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW1355	MFA ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. In a May 26 meeting, MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin denied any Russian interference in Georgia's internal situation, and rejected reports of recent troop increases due to the ongoing demonstrations in Georgia. MFA I/O Head of Divis [...]	2009-05-26 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW136	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TON LTD, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Ton Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-01-22 07:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1361	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow in January 2009. The visit produced no major political agreements and only modest strengthening of the limited economic ties between the countrie [...]	2009-05-27 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON PREL CU RS
09MOSCOW1362	READING THE TEA LEAVES ON MEDVEDEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's May 16 proposal to change the way the head, deputy head and secretary of Russia's Constitutional Court are selected passed all three readings by the State Duma on May 20 and 22, received the approval of the Federation Council on May 27, and now appears hea [...]	2009-05-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1363	RUSSIAN MFA ON OSCE IN GEORGIA AND GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin in a May 26 meeting reiterated that a continued OSCE presence in Georgia was contingent on approval of Russia's OSCE proposal for separate monitoring missions in South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Dviny [...]	2009-05-27 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1364	DEMARCHE FOR RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 27, EST Off delivered reftel demarche on strengthening the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Russia's MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova said she was aware of some of the proposed enhance [...]	2009-05-27 15:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC PARM PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1373	IZHORA STEEL WORKS NEEDS INVESTMENT TO REALIZE RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Izhora Steel Works currently is Russia's only producer of nuclear power plant equipment sets for Russia's 1000 megawatt pressurized light water reactors (VVER). Although Izhora claims it can meet current plans for domestic and international nuclear construction, it needs a [...]	2009-05-28 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ENRG PGOV SENV RS
09MOSCOW1386	MEDVEDEV AND THE "GOLDEN MEAN" [...] (C) In a May 25 speech on budget priorities, the first-ever to the Cabinet, President Medvedev acknowledged that the economic downturn was far from over. Medvedev also appeared to side with economic conservatives, who favor sharp reductions in government spending, in the televised May 25 spe [...]	2009-05-28 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW1388	WITH BP'S ACQUIESCENCE, RUSSIAN PARTNER TAKES OVER [...] (C) TNK-BP announced on May 27 that its board had appointed Mikhail Fridman, the senior partner in the AAR consortium that owns 50 percent of TNK-BP, as the company's new interim CEO. The company also announced the board had appointed Russian executives Pavel Skitovich and Maxim Barsky to sen [...]	2009-05-28 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1389	MOSCOW RULES CONSTRAIN NIKITA BELYKH'S "LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary: Our May 20-21 visit to Kirov, one week after President Medvedev's own visit, revealed tight Moscow limits on the ambitions of Governor Nikita Belykh, a former opposition leader who assumed office in January 2009. Unable to implement political or mass media reforms, Belykh has tur [...]	2009-05-28 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1397	RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS [...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...]	2009-05-29 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW1401	MEDVEDEV CAPITALIZES ON MOSCOW POLICE FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An April 27 police shooting spree that was captured on video and placed on the internet rocked Moscow and gave President Medvedev an opportunity to burnish his anti-corruption credentials. In sacking Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin and four other high-level police officia [...]	2009-05-29 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW1402	DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH [...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...]	2009-05-29 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1403	Russia following South Ossetia elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press has been closely following the South Ossetian election campaign over the past several months. Reports cover the election mechanics and Russian assistance, which includes polling stations on Russian soil, election observers, and "methodological" aid. Pressure b [...]	2009-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW1404	CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL NAMED HEAD OF RUSSIAN AIRBORNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Strongly criticized for war crimes committed in Chechnya by troops under his command, Lt. General Vladimir Shamanov's appointment to command Russian airborne troops is considered by some experts to be a message from the Russian leadership in support of not only military reform bu [...]	2009-05-29 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MCAP PREL PINS RS
09MOSCOW1423	GLONASS DEPLOYMENT HAS FULL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At the third International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow from May 12-13, Russian officials took pains to demonstrate high-level government support for the previously behind-schedule Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). They assured the thousand plus government a [...]	2009-06-01 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL PREL ECON KPAO ECIN TNGD PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1424	LATEST RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT, LIKE ITS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The May 21-22 Russia-EU Summit, held in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East (RFE),resulted in no breakthroughs on major energy, political and trade issues. Press reports focused on continuing "tensions" over energy, a topic dominated by Russia's push for the EU to finance Ukraine's gas ne [...]	2009-06-01 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS EU
09MOSCOW1431	DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...]	2009-06-01 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1436	THE MAN WHO WRITES PUTIN'S FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary: Putin has assembled for himself a small foreign policy team after moving from the Kremlin to the Russian White House, according to Yuri Kholkhov, a former MFA official who now prepares briefing papers for the Prime Minister. Russian prime ministers did not previously have a fore [...]	2009-06-02 06:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1439	IPR: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN A NORTHEAST [...] Summary. A delegation of Russian law enforcement officials participated in the 5th annual USPTO Northeast Baltic Regional Conference on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment held in Helsinki, Finland on April 28-29, 2009. Their participation signals [...]	2009-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1440	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-02 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1447	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RADIS LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Radis Ltd., Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2009-06-03 06:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1449	RUSSIA'S ROSATOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL/NUCLEAR WATCHDOG GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Forum-Dialogue on "Nuclear Power, Society and Safety" held April 21 and 22 hosted by Rosatom State Corporation in Saint Petersburg featured Rosatom Director General Kiriyenko's affirmation the current Federal Targeted Plan (FTP) will continue as planned, but [...]	2009-06-03 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL MNUC ENRG KRAD SENV PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1450	COOPERATION ON RUSSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: [...] (C) Despite the economic crisis, in recent months President Medvedev has kept up a steady flow of initiatives to combat corruption, his signature issue in the presidential campaign last year. Medvedev has largely focused these initiatives on corruption by officials, including declarations of [...]	2009-06-03 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1451	WEATHERFORD TO BUY TNK-BP SERVICES UNIT FOR $450 [...] (C) American (but Swiss-registered) oil field services company Weatherford agreed on May 29 to buy TNK-BP's oil field services (OFS) enterprises in a deal worth approximately $450 million. It is one of the largest foreign investments in Russia in recent years and certainly the largest since R [...]	2009-06-03 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1452	PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO [...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...]	2009-06-03 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1457	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS RS
09MOSCOW1459	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-03 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1461	RUSSIAN MFA ON ASSISTANCE TO STRENGTHEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KCRM MNUC ASEC PARM PINR
09MOSCOW1462	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to a lack of funding, we were not able to travel to Surgut, Russia to conduct a site visit of Surgutneftegas's business operations and on-site security. A company representative, however, flew to Moscow to meet us and provided us with corporate reports. He also described t [...]	2009-06-04 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW1464	U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE MEMOIRE ON B-1 HEAVY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:47:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1469	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE BECOMING A REALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will gather in Moscow on June 14 to create a Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). MFA officials and experts agree that Russia's principal motivation for creating KSOR is to counter a possible northern influx [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PINR MCAP MARR RS
09MOSCOW1470	RUSSIA AND BELARUS: A CLOSE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) PM Putin's May 29 visit to Minsk began a sharp exchange on Belarus's financial situation, with the Russian Finance Minister predicting the collapse of the Belarusian economy by the end of the year. According to analysts this latest spat was reflective of a "close but dysfunctional" relat [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
09MOSCOW1473	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNPUOS UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1474	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1475	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 06:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1478	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to MFA Department for Human Rights section chief Andrey Lancjikov, who said that Russia's position on extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan was "still under consideration." He explained that on June 4, the MFA had discussed this [...]	2009-06-05 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW1479	CLINTON-KOUCHNER LETTER AND UNOMIG DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Ambassador delivered Ref B talking points on UNOMIG to DFM Karasin, while post delivered ref A and B demarche and letter to MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin the same day, jointly with French Embassy DCM Philippe Lefort. Karasin said Russia would engage and negotiate on [...]	2009-06-05 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW148	RUSSIA TO SANCTION ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA? [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev signed a decree January 19 prohibiting the supply of military and dual-use items to Georgia, and threatening economic sanctions and the termination of military-economic and military-technical cooperation for foreign countries and entities engaged in such arms [...]	2009-01-22 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS GG RS
09MOSCOW1487	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials expressed genuine interest in overcoming obstacles to conclude an agreement with the U.S. on lethal transit to Afghanistan during May 27 talks, and passed a draft agreement to the U.S. delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that there might be [...]	2009-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1488	ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Lieberman's June 2-3 visit to Russia appears not to have broken new ground diplomatically, but cemented Moscow's impression that the Russian-speaking Lieberman is one of their own. The trip included meetings with Medvedev and Putin, as well as a lengthy discussion with [...]	2009-06-05 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IS SY GG RS
09MOSCOW149	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1490	ALEKSANDR EBRALIDZE--RUSSIA'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. While press reports describe St. Petersburg businessman Aleksandr Ebralidze as "the Kremlin's favorite" to become the next President in Georgia, South Caucasus watchers had not heard of Ebralidze before he announced his aspirations at a Georgian diaspora conference in Sochi in M [...]	2009-06-05 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1491	MISSILE DEFENSE, JDEC, NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary. During interagency delegation discussions in Moscow May 28 on prospects for developing joint cooperation on ballistic missile defense (MD),outstanding issues regarding establishment of the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC),and non-proliferation deliverables for the July summit, [...]	2009-06-05 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW1492	RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Russia's two representatives to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) told Post that Russia fully supports U.S. positions for the upcoming IWC meeting in Madeira. Specifically, the government of Russia (GOR) favors continuing the "Future of the IWC" process to reach a [...]	2009-06-08 06:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC RS
09MOSCOW1496	RUMORS OF DEFENSE MINISTER OUSTER DISCOUNTED [...] (C) Summary: Local press reported that Defense Minister Serdyukov would be dismissed from his post and made Head of the Federal Customs Service (FTS),to be replaced by someone from within the Defense Ministry. A working group of Duma Deputies and military experts submitted a report to Medved [...]	2009-06-08 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1497	NEMTSOV, MILOV: OBAMA MUST SHOW SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov and former Deputy Energy Minister Vladimir Milov -- co-leaders of the Solidarity opposition movement -- outlined for the Ambassador how President Obama should approach his July visit to Moscow. First, they argued, Ob [...]	2009-06-08 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM OVIP RS
09MOSCOW1498	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T-PLATFORMS, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T-Platforms, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-06-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW150	RUSSIA TAKING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Federation is taking the February 2009 review of the human rights situation here under the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) special mechanism seriously. The Senior Human Rights Adviser at the UN's mission in Moscow told us that last summer he [...]	2009-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UNHRC RS
09MOSCOW1500	RUSSIA GRANTS EXTENSION ON NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late January 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) expressed its concerns in both a DVC and in a letter that the veterinary certificate for the export of US pork to Russia does not adequately reflect Russian requirements. VPSS [...]	2009-06-08 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1501	MURDER OF TOP COP SHOWS THAT DAGESTAN IS STILL [...] (SBU) The June 5 shooting of Dagestan's Interior Minister Adilgirei Magomedtagirov by a sniper while he stood outside a banquet hall where he was attending the wedding of a lower-ranking ministry official shows just how uncontrolled the security situation is in this North Caucasus republic. P [...]	2009-06-08 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1503	EXBS: SUPPORTING RUSSIAN CUSTOMS' EFFORTS TO IMPROVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1505	CRISIS FAINTLY BOOSTS PRESS FREEDOM; PUBLIC SNOOZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of GOR policy in some print and internet media has sharpened as the financial crisis has taken hold. This has raised hopes among some liberal observers that the financial crisis will improve press freedom in Russia, by forcing GOR officials to be more open to criticis [...]	2009-06-09 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1506	INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - RUSSIA STILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA RS
09MOSCOW1507	KALUGA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the ruling United Russia-dominated Kaluga Region, local government officials took great pains to portray it as one of the most attractive regions in Russia for foreign investment and, despite the current economic crisis, one that is thriving with virtu [...]	2009-06-09 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM KCOR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1508	RUSSIA SUPPORTS DRPK UNSCR TEXT, SEEKS CLARITY ON [...] (C) Russian DFM Aleksandr Borodavkin called in Ambassador Beyrle late June 8 (Moscow time) to discuss the current draft UNSCR under consideration in New York condemning North Korea for its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. Borodavkin opened by noting that, in principle, Russia is read [...]	2009-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV NK RS
09MOSCOW1509	DFM GRUSHKO ON NATO-RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador June 8 that the GOR could not prepare in time for a formal NRC ministerial June 27, but would support an informal meeting, which would provide the political signal to allow reengagement on military to military cooperation. He was unwill [...]	2009-06-09 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO UP RS
09MOSCOW1512	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Kaliningrad May 5-6 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Contr [...]	2009-06-10 08:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1520	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) The strains of the economic crisis are increasing pressure on the GOR to slow down electricity sector reform. Consumers are concerned about the speed of price reform and generating companies (gencos) are reluctant to modernize generating capacity. The GOR's signals about its intentions ar [...]	2009-06-11 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ENRG RS
09MOSCOW1521	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-06-11 09:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1525	INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY MAKERS [...] (C) In response to ref A request for information on Russian leaders with influence on GOR Afghan policy, we have provided profiles of MFA officials involved in Russian policy toward Afghanistan. Of the MFA officials listed below, we classify the following as experts on Afghanistan: Aleksandr [...]	2009-06-11 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW153	GAS CRISIS RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Confirming press reports, Gazprom told us January 21 that supplies to Europe and Ukraine had been restored "in full." An EU representative told us January 22 that monitors have confirmed flows are "on track" and have reported no problems. As has been widely reported, the gas fl [...]	2009-01-23 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW1530	NORD STREAM CEO SAYS PIPELINE WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2011 -- IF IT STARTS ON TIME Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS GM
09MOSCOW1535	UNITED RUSSIA MANIPULATES PENZA REGION'S MASSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the Penza Region it was apparent that United Russia dominates the region to an extreme degree. Opposition forces, like the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF),the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR),and Just Russia have very little [...]	2009-06-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1536	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5th the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that the VPSS would grant an extension on the negotiation of a frozen pork meat and by-products certificate to August 1, 2009. (Ref A) Howeve [...]	2009-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1537	GOR WITHDRAWS FROM SCHNEERSOHN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, [...] (C) On personal instructions from Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director for the North America Department Khudrin summoned us on June 11 and presented a note (scanned and emailed to EUR/RUS) that announced the GOR's withdrawal from United States court pro [...]	2009-06-11 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1538	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]	2009-06-11 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW154	RUSSIAN MFA ON TREATMENT OF FORMER GUANTANAMO [...] (C) We met with Artem Kudoyarov, Deputy Director in the MFA's North America Department, to convey reftel concerns about reports that the GOR has denied critical medical care to Rasul Kudaev, a former detainee at the Guantanamo detention center currently in Russian custody. In addition to ref [...]	2009-01-23 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDGR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1540	Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations Seeks to Expand [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AORC EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KG TI
09MOSCOW1541	RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] (C/NF) MFA Deputy Director Gorlach welcomed reftel demarche as an important signal and expressed interest in the idea of a joint U.S.-Russian statement for the Corfu ministerial. He said that Russia would not oppose efforts to discuss the human and economic agenda, but asked for specifics an [...]	2009-06-11 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EU NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1542	FM STEINMEIER URGES RUSSIA TO SEIZE THIS HISTORIC [...] (C) On a June 10 visit to Moscow, German FM Steinmeier met separately with President Medvedev, PM Putin, and FM Lavrov. According to the German embassy, the visit bolstered the strategic partnership, with Steinmeier using the opportunity to press Russia on nuclear disarmament negotiations wit [...]	2009-06-11 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG GM RS
09MOSCOW1544	DELIVERY OF U.S.NON-PAPERS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM KACT START JCIC KTIA US RS
09MOSCOW155	MOSCOW GOVERNMENT COPES WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to Moscow city officials, the global economic crisis has not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree that it is impacting the capital's more affluent residents. In order to mitigate its effects and maintain a stable political climate in Moscow, the city gover [...]	2009-01-23 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1556	WORLD GRAIN FORUM IN ST.PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6-7 the Government of the Russian Federation hosted its first World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg. With approximately 1,500 representatives from over 40 countries ranging from Agriculture Ministers to grain industry experts the forum focused on the role of grain produc [...]	2009-06-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1561	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia, which provides an opportunity for us to engage with the highest levels of the Russian government on energy issues, an opportunity that has until recently been largely absent in the relationship. The "reset" of relations and in particular [...]	2009-06-15 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1562	PUTIN, PIKALEVO, AND THE FAILURE OF THE POWER [...] (C) Summary. The events two weeks ago in the northwestern town of Pikalevo, in which frustrated workers in three small, idled plants blocked a federal highway to draw attention to their plight, demonstrated the failures of Russia's "vertical of power" and gave insight into the balance of power [...]	2009-06-15 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1565	2009 REPORT FOR RUSSIA ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Per reftel request, attached is post's draft 2009 Report for Russia on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. We have also e-mailed to EUR/RUS and EEB/OIA the draft report as a Word document marked to show changes from the 2008 Report for Russia. Begin text of draft report: 2. ( [...]	2009-06-15 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1572	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SWEMEL INNOVATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Swemel Innovation Enterprise, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2009-06-16 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1582	MOSCOW CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SIGNIFICANT, [...] Summary: The President's June 4 Cairo speech received a generally positive response in the Moscow press. Russia's Muslim leaders were similarly upbeat, and they expressed hope for better relations between West and East and an inclusive global conversation. Many commentators questioned wheth [...]	2009-06-16 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS RS XF
09MOSCOW1591	IMPLICATIONS OF REARMING GEORGIA FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: A decision to move towards a more robust military relationship with Georgia will imperil our efforts to re-start relations with Russia, if it is not carefully calibrated and deployed. While Medvedev understands the strategic and personal benefits of crafting a productive partnersh [...]	2009-06-17 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1597	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SCIENTOLOGISTS UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign against the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) in Russia, instigated by General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka in early 2009, continued in May and June. While a judge dismissed one case against the JW branch in Tolyatti on insufficient grounds, the situation in Samara Oblast, Sve [...]	2009-06-18 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1599	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NONPAPER ON AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, MFA Legal Department Section Chief Titushkin provided a response to reftel nonpaper laying out U.S. opposition to an international piracy court. He explained that the GOR considered an international tribunal an appropriate forum to prosecute suspected pirates, espe [...]	2009-06-18 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL RS

09MOSCOW160	RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ENDS GRADUAL RUBLE DEVALUATION [...] (C) In a post-trading day press conference on January 22, Central Bank (CBR) Chairman Sergei Ignatiyev announced the end of the CBR's policy of gradual ruble devaluation. The announcement came two months after the CBR embarked on a series of 1-percent devaluations against a currency "basket" [...]	2009-01-23 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1603	"PIKALEVO SYNDROME:" NOT A PANDEMIC, BUT STILL [...] (C) Government officials, business leaders, and economists have become fascinated over the past couple weeks with the potential spread of "Pikalevo syndrome" and the repetition in other single company towns of this month's highly publicized demonstration outside St. Petersburg. As expected, th [...]	2009-06-18 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1605	MEDVEDEV, MOSCOW DEMONSTRATE RESOLVE BY STAMPING [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow and across Russia, radical changes are afoot as gambling businesses scramble to comply with a new federal law restricting gambling facilities to four special gaming zones. Some gambling moguls are planning to move their businesses to other former Soviet republics and [...]	2009-06-18 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1606	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE LAUNCHED WITHOUT BELARUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 14 signed documents to create the Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). Though in attendance at the summit, Uzbekistan did not sign the KSOR agreement, possibly for fear that KSOR may be used to settl [...]	2009-06-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR RS ETRD BO
09MOSCOW1608	RUSSIA UNDECIDED ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1609	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Poneman and DOE Moscow representatives met with Russian Federation Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss future cooperation in areas of mutual interest to include energy and climate change. During the ninety-minute meeting, Shmatk [...]	2009-06-19 05:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1611	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman met with Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss nonproliferation Presidential Summit deliverables, including the Joint Statement on Nuclear Security, the Protocol to amend the Plutonium Ma [...]	2009-06-19 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PARM ENRG
09MOSCOW1612	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Ambassador Beyrle met with Russian Federation Minister of Education and Science (MES) Andrey Fursenko on June 10, 2009, in Moscow to discuss future DOE-MES cooperation in energy efficiency, carbon capture and sequestration, and nanotech [...]	2009-06-19 06:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PREL PTER SENV TSPL TNGD KGHG EAID
09MOSCOW1616	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, Ambassador Beyrle, and Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Jim Timbie met with Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko and his Deputy Nikolai Spasskiy on June 9, 2009 in Moscow to develop a p [...]	2009-06-19 09:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KTIA IR RS ENRG
09MOSCOW1617	GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...]	2009-06-19 10:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN GM RS
09MOSCOW1619	BUSINESS LEADER ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Yanna Yakovleva, the head of Business Solidarity, a NGO dedicated to protecting Russian businesses from government extortion. Yakovleva expressed appreciation for a recent joint project with the Embassy that had changed the law o [...]	2009-06-19 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KJUS SNAR RS
09MOSCOW1620	MEDVEDEV SENDS DUMA WATERED-DOWN AMENDMENTS TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17 President Medvedev sent to the Russian State Duma a packet of proposed changes to the NGO Law enacted in 2006 at the behest of then president Vladimir Putin. The proposed changes are minor -- permitting smaller NGOs to use shorter, less burdensome forms when registe [...]	2009-06-19 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1621	MFA ON UNOMIG FAILURE, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: MFA IVth CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us UNOMIG renewal talks failed in part due to the West's rigid response to Russia's earlier OSCE proposals, which caused Moscow to "tighten" its position on UNOMIG. Dvinyanin described Russia's concurrence with UNSCR 1866, which refer [...]	2009-06-19 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW1625	LOOKING FOR A "NO" FROM WTO ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary. Following Putin's surprise announcement that Russia intends to accede to the WTO as part of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are still trying to figure out how best to proceed. Intensive consultations are underway, with Minister Nabiullina reported [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD RS WTO
09MOSCOW1626	IMF'S MISSION TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. IMF Senior Resident Representative for Russia Odd Per Brekk gave us an overview of the recent Article IV consultations with the GOR. He explained that non-vital spending comprised too much of the country's 2009 fiscal deficit. Right-sizing the deficit and directing more of the [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1642	NO OFFICIAL GOR POSITION ON PATRIOT MISSILES IN [...] (C) MFA North America Desk First Secretary Aleksey Ivanov told us the GOR had no official position on the possible rotating-basis deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems in Poland. He told us that many GOR officials, however privately oppose such a move because they interpret Polish statem [...]	2009-06-22 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MCAP MARR RS PL
09MOSCOW1645	SUMMIT DELIVERABLES: RYABKOV NOTES SPEED AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov confirmed to Ambassador Steve Mull in a June 17 meeting in Moscow that the GOR is working hard to get responses to the "very creative hard work" delivered by Energy DepSec Poneman, A/S Gottemoeller and Ambassador Mull himself during r [...]	2009-06-23 04:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1646	SAMARA - A CITY OF TWO TALES [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has heightened the divide between the Samara oblast administration's relentless assertions of stability and the "non-official" story of growing discontent among the more politically active part of society and within elite circles. Samara officials assured us [...]	2009-06-23 04:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1647	FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN, SURVIVAL TRUMPS RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite liberal laws and official Russian policy protecting women's rights, Russian women routinely suffer rights abuses in their daily lives, including violence and sexual harassment. Centuries-old patriarchal attitudes continue to hold sway. Soviet ideology temporarily and [...]	2009-06-23 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM EFIN SOCI KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1649	MOSCOW SAYS IRANIAN ELECTION AN INTERNAL AFFAIR [...] (U) Moscow has steered clear of the controversy over Iran's June 12 Presidential election, waiting until June 22 for the MFA to release a brief statement declaring the election a "purely internal affair." The statement did acknowledge that the election was being "challenged by other contender [...]	2009-06-23 09:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW1650	RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS ON BLACK SEA FLEET "MOST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA was at pains to stress the success and cooperative tone of the June 10 Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Fleet sub-commission talks. The sides agreed on a mechanism for rapid exchange of information on urgent issues and a scheme to inventory land parcels used by the BSF, plus di [...]	2009-06-23 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP RS UP
09MOSCOW1652	RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER DRAFT U.S.-RUSSIA POINTS OF [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA European Cooperation Section head Pavel Knyazev on June 23. Knyazev said all the points looked fine at first glance, although the point on Trafficking in Persons struck him as "on a different scale," and did not address all of the issues in this area, where [...]	2009-06-23 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE MARR RS
09MOSCOW1653	WOMEN IN MOSCOW CITY LEADERSHIP: AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: As elsewhere in Russia, women in Moscow are underrepresented in high-level positions in politics. On the whole, women do not have equal opportunities as men to run for office because they lack the necessary financial and administrative means and have difficulty overcoming Russ [...]	2009-06-23 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1658	VISIT OF SE MORNINGSTAR: RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) In June 17-18 meetings with visiting Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar, Russian interlocutors welcomed greater cooperation and dialogue with the U.S., including on two-way investment and global strategic issues such as the future of LNG, pipelines, and energy diplomacy. SE Mor [...]	2009-06-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1660	RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement (reftel) to MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy and European Cooperation Deputy Director Yuri Gorlatch June 24. Set forth below are their initial questions and comments on the text. We also pa [...]	2009-06-24 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF US RS
09MOSCOW1661	RUSSIAN MEDIA, OFTEN CRITICAL OF FOREIGN [...] SUMMARY: A recent series of news items in the Russian press has cast an introspective spotlight on the perils that Russian children face in orphanages and domestic adoptive families. The media has increasingly drawn public attention to a spate of incidents in recent months in which Russian [...]	2009-06-25 06:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC KOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1664	START FOLLOW-ON: A/S GOTTEMOELLER PRESENTS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller led an inter-agency delegation that presented U.S. papers on SNDVs and ODSNWs, a draft Joint Understanding (Refs C and D),and the U.S. non-paper containing comments on the Russian "vision" paper to a Russian interagency delegation June 15-16. [...]	2009-06-25 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KACT START MARR KNNP RS
09MOSCOW1665	RUSSIAN AG MINISTER SUPPORTS ACTION ON A/H1N1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik met with Ambassador Beyrle on June 22, 2009. In a short and cordial exchange, Skrynnik instructed Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) leaders present to hold a DVC with USDA technical experts this week in an ef [...]	2009-06-25 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1666	VLADIMIR REGION WEATHERS THE CRISIS [...] (C) Labor, business, and government leaders in Vladimirskaya oblast remain optimistic about their region's future despite recent setbacks caused by the financial crisis. Regional administration officials anticipate the opening of sixteen new enterprises and production lines by the end of 2009 [...]	2009-06-25 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1667	GOR SO FAR LOW KEY ON MANAS [...] (SBU) In the wake of the Kyrgyz announcement that the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan had reached a new agreement on the continued use of the Manas airport in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan, official GOR reaction so far has maintained the consistent line that Manas is a matter of bilateral re [...]	2009-06-25 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1670	VORKUTA: ARCTIC MINING TOWN WEATHERS CRISIS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 13-15 visit to Vorkuta, a former gulag mining town north of the Arctic Circle, revealed a company town (or so-called "monogorod") struggling to define itself amid "optimization" that has hemorrhaged jobs and residents over the past decade. A May 24 rally that attracted 1 [...]	2009-06-25 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1685	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ACQUITTAL OF POLITKOVSKAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the February acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, citing serious procedural violations, and ordered a retrial. The defendants' lawyers called the decision "political," and sta [...]	2009-06-29 09:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1688	SAMADUROV EXPECTS GUILTY VERDICT IN "FORBIDDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former Sakharov Center Director Yuriy Samodurov and former curator of the New Tretyakov Gallery Andrey Yerofeyev has entered its third month of hearings at the Taganskiy district court in the criminal case brought against them for a 2006 modern art exhibit entitle [...]	2009-06-29 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI KJUS RS
09MOSCOW169	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-001: [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1696	FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...]	2009-06-29 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS
09MOSCOW1704	DEMARCHE ON RECENT U.S. NOMINATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ETTC RU
09MOSCOW173	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTEX LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested Post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Autex Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on two (2) [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1730	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1731	RUSSIAN MFA GRANTS MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE WITH [...] On June 29, 2009, via diplomatic note 3217/DSA, MFA authorized a fisheries research survey on pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) by the vessel Oscar Dyson in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Bering Sea during the period July 1 to August 3, 2009, without entering Russian ports. Post has e-m [...]	2009-07-02 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT RS
09MOSCOW1732	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 05:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1733	ALCOA INVESTMENT LIFTS SAMARA'S SAGGING ECONOMY [...] On June 23-24, the Ambassador visited Samara to officiate at the opening of the latest production line of the USD 750 million Alcoa investment in the Samara Metallurgical Plant, Russia's largest aluminum producing facility. The Ambassador met with Samara Governor Vladimir Vladimorovich Artyako [...]	2009-07-02 08:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV SOCI RU
09MOSCOW1738	VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. Russia said Moscow's agreement to meet with Moldovan President Voronin June 22 in Moscow was not election campaign assistance, but only support inasmuch as Moscow sought to maintain good relations with its neighbors and protect the interests of the Russian-speaking (voting) popu [...]	2009-07-02 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS MD
09MOSCOW1742	YAVLINSKIY'S POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador Beyrle met with former Yabloko leader Grigoriy Yavlinskiy prior to the Obama-Medvedev summit to hear his views on U.S.-Russian relations, as well as his thoughts on how the U.S. should best approach bilateral relations. His top five recommendations pertain [...]	2009-07-03 10:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1743	MOSCOW CITY DUMA AMENDMENTS FAVOR A UNITED RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City Duma amended Moscow's Election Code on June 17, strategically changing the rules for its own elections. These measures set up a voting structure that favors United Russia's continual dominance in the October 11, 2009 Moscow City Duma elections. Key legislativ [...]	2009-07-03 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW176	KREMLIN DIRECTS UNITED RUSSIA TO "SPIN" CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: At the instruction of Kremlin officials, United Russia is taking a more active visible role in defending Russian government actions to the Russian public. Countering the anti-import duty protests and messages which have resonated in political and media circles for weeks, United Ru [...]	2009-01-27 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1763	MEDVEDEV IN BAKU: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of President Medvedev's visit to Baku June 29, Russia is optimistic that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved in the near future. To effect that, Moscow plans no actions outside of the Minsk Group Process, which is organizing a meeting between the Armenian [...]	2009-07-08 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AZ
09MOSCOW1764	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH KIRILL PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary. In advance of the July 6-8 visit to Moscow by President Obama, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill welcomed stronger ties between the U.S. and Russia and proposed a religious component to international peace negotiations. Kirill also presse [...]	2009-07-08 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1768	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Vladivostok June 9-10 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Con [...]	2009-07-09 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1772	DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna Yevstegneyeva. Our Bri [...]	2009-07-09 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1780	CODEL BERMAN MEETS WITH CARNEGIE CENTER AND AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings June 30, Codel Berman met with Carnegie Center experts and AmCham members. Carnegie's Trenin told the Codel that missile defense was the "make-or-break" issue for Russia's post-START treaty posture. Russia benefited from U.S. tensions with Iran, although i [...]	2009-07-10 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1781	U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...]	2009-07-10 10:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1787	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SIGM PLUS COMPANY, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Sigm Plus Company, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-07-10 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1790	TATARSTAN'S EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY AWAITS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Beyrle's June 24-25 visit to Kazan, Tatarstan President Mintimir Shaymiyev and members of the central Russian republic's business community told him that the republic's export-oriented local economy (oil and heavy machinery) is suffering greatly from the current [...]	2009-07-10 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR KISL SCUL RS
09MOSCOW1791	UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, WAGE ARREARS & REDUCED HOURS [...] (C) According to GOR data released last week, actual unemployment in Russia fell to 8.5 percent, or 6.5 million workers, in May. Employment was also down 1.9 percent, or 2.1 million workers, from May 2008. Experts predicted that the employment decline would continue because workers leaving t [...]	2009-07-13 06:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1793	ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES SUMMIT WITH ROUNDTABLE OF [...] (C) Summary: A panel of experts told ASD Vershbow the July 6-8 POTUS visit had been a success, with both sides working hard to ensure a positive outcome. Experts praised Obama's rhetoric as defending U.S. values without meddling in Russia's internal affairs. Being Obama's primary interlocut [...]	2009-07-13 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EAID RS
09MOSCOW1794	RUSSIAN MFA DOWNPLAYS DISCORD WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed press speculation that Russia stood to benefit from the de-sovereignization of Ukraine, but said Russia would continue to protest against attempts to "ukrainize" Crimea. While several recent accords showed that Russia-Ukraine relations remained fruitful on the [...]	2009-07-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW1797	"DA, WE CAN": OPTIMISM SWEEPS CIVIL SOCIETY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Civil Society Summit of July 6-7 brought together approximately 100 NGO representatives from both the U.S. and Russia. Although participants were pleased with the detailed results of the Summit's various Working Groups, they saved their most effusive praise for President Ob [...]	2009-07-13 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW180	MOSCOW MULLS SOCIAL UNREST AFTER VLADIVOSTOK [...] (SBU) Summary: The scope and spontaneity of protests last December against the regime's anti-crisis policies sparked speculation about the potential for unrest and political crisis in the coming year. Opponents of the regime and even some loyalists seized upon the protests as a sign of broader [...]	2009-01-27 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1804	EXPERT TELLS ASD VERSHBOW GOR HAS CHANGED ATTITUDE [...] (C) Summary: PIR Center Director Vladimir Orlov told ASD Vershbow on July 8 that the attempts to reset U.S.-Russia relations, culminating in the July 6-8 summit, had improved the GOR's attitude toward the United States. He expressed optimism that genuine U.S.-Russia cooperation would be poss [...]	2009-07-14 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW181	UNHCR SECURITY ADVISOR IN NORTH CAUCASUS HOPEFUL [...] (C) Summary: According to UN security officials based in Vladikavkaz, Ingushetia's new president has made a promising start as he tries to restore calm to the restive North Caucasus republic. Recent attacks on civilians in North Ossetia, meanwhile, do not appear to these observers to portend [...]	2009-01-27 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF MARR UNHCR PINR PTER RS
09MOSCOW1811	NEW BP RUSSIA CEO SAYS TNK-BP DOING "EXTREMELY [...] (C) New BP Russia President Jeremy Huck told the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that his first priority is to maintain and protect BP's investment in TNK-BP. Huck said TNK-BP continues to perform "extremely well" and that despite some tensions, relations with AAR (its Russian partners in TNK [...]	2009-07-15 07:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW182	INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS
09MOSCOW1824	RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]	2009-07-15 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1825	RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]	2009-07-15 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1827	THE GOR'S "SECRET" VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7 Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin made a brief, unannounced visit to Kyrgyzstan to discuss Russia's interest in opening a second Russian military base in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. The base is expected to house [...]	2009-07-15 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP EINV EMIN RS KG
09MOSCOW1828	EXCHANGE OF AFGHAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT NOTES [...] (SBU) On July 15 EmbOff delivered to Russian MFA North America Department Second Secretary Ruben Malayan the original and one copy of Embassy Note No. MFA/104/09, initialed on July 8, referring to the Afghan Transit Agreement signed on July 6. In exchange, Malayan delivered to EmbOff the origi [...]	2009-07-15 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW1835	DFM RYABKOV TAKES STOCK FOLLOWING "VERY GOOD" [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador July 16 that the Russian government viewed the Obama-Medvedev summit as a "very good visit," and said the MFA was preparing next steps for post-START negotiations, the ballistic missile joint threat assessment, and the bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR MARR MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW1836	RUSSIA: COMPETING PRIORITIES, POOR FUNDING INHIBIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Refugee and IDP women in Russia face even greater hurdles to equality than their sisters in the native and local population (refs A and B). Frequently they come from cultures in which women are subordinate to men, and populations in exile appear inclined to cling to outmoded ge [...]	2009-07-17 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SOCI PHUM KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1847	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS: OBAMA'S VISIT FIRST STEP ON LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to President Obama's July 6-8 trip to Moscow have been largely positive among Russia's analytic community and political activists, most of whom saw the summit as setting the stage for a further improvement in the bilateral relationship. The President's approach, parti [...]	2009-07-17 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS US XH MARR MCAP PARM PHUM KMDR
09MOSCOW1858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EFFORT BY RUSSIAN FIRM TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR
09MOSCOW1869	INTERNET PIRACY: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSFULLY TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian law enforcement, in collaboration with local industry, conducted a raid against an Internet piracy release group "Interfilm" and arrested the owners of their bit- torrent site, "Interfilm.ru." The criminal action against this site is not only the first in Russia since th [...]	2009-07-22 03:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW187	U.S. POULTRY FACILITIES PUT ON NOTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) demanded via official letter a list of U.S. poultry facilities that do not use chlorinated anti-microbial washes in poultry production by September 2009. According to the letter a resolution banning t [...]	2009-01-28 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1873	U/S BURNS JULY 7 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with U/S Burns July 7, on the margins of the President's visit to Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin said he was optimistic about the chances of a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He urged the U.S. and Russia to be transparent on dealings in [...]	2009-07-22 09:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG GG AZ AR RS
09MOSCOW1876	ROC ADVOCATES CREATION OF AN INTER-RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) External Church Relations Chairman Archbishop Hilarion advocated to the Ambassador for interfaith dialogue through the creation of an Inter-Religious Council within UNESCO and the strengthening of inter-Orthodox and inter-Christian relationships. [...]	2009-07-22 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1889	EMBASSY MOSCOW CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF H1N1 FLU, RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has confirmed two cases of H1N1 influenza within the Embassy community. Symptoms have been mild, and both patients are recovering well. Aside from these cases, Russian health authorities have publicly confirmed 12 cases of H1N1 throughout the country. However, this number [...]	2009-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL SOCI CASC EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1910	MARKET CLOSURE COMBATS FRAUD BUT UNEMPLOYS [...] (C) Moscow authorities closed the massive, open-air Cherkizovskiy market in the northeastern part of the city at the end of June after inspectors found multiple trade, sanitation, and fire code violations. Although technically closed temporarily pending resolution of the violations, city offi [...]	2009-07-24 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1912	RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...]	2009-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS
09MOSCOW1917	RUSSIAN ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES AND POST-CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 21 meeting characterized by wide-ranging and spirited interchange, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko provided the Ambassador with his vision of Russia's anti-crisis measures and post-crisis reform. Khristenko noted that the crisis hit Russia hard [...]	2009-07-27 05:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1918	RUSSIA: MANDATE RENEWAL FOR THE UNITED NATIONS - [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 08:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW1925	RUSSIA: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
09MOSCOW1926	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DVBR Deputy Director Mashkov told us Russia wanted the upcoming UNSCR 1540 Comprehensive Review to address serious issues, and was concerned that allowing participation of international organizations such as the Australia Group, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [...]	2009-07-28 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RS RU CM
09MOSCOW1936	DFM KARASIN WARNS AGAINST US PARTICIPATION IN EU [...] (C) Summary. In a discussion July 28 that covered Georgia, Central Asia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and VP Biden's WSJ interview, DFM Grigoriy Karasin expressed strong opposition to the idea of U.S. forces participating in the renewed EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, calling the idea "surpri [...]	2009-07-29 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG UK RS
09MOSCOW1939	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ON AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with senior advisers to President Medvedev and PM Putin indicate that Russia is again prepared to pursue accession to WTO on its own, reversing the course seemingly set by Putin,s June 9 statement that Russia would accede only together with Belarus and Kazakhst [...]	2009-07-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1941	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MERCURY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Mercury Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-07-30 04:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1942	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TEHKOM, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Tehkom, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-07-30 04:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1946	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AKNIIPO ANO, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, AKNIIPO ANO, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-07-30 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1953	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-008: RUSSIAN [...] (S) On July 29 Acting A/S Van Diepen delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA DVBR Director Anatoliy Antonov, who acknowledged the seriousness of the GOR's failure to properly notify the United States about its recent missile launch. He promised to convey our concerns to appropriate GOR authorities. [...]	2009-07-30 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09MOSCOW1954	NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1956	NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1958	SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...]	2009-07-30 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW196	RUSSIAN SOLDIER FLEES TO GEORGIA [...] (U) On January 27 Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Colonel Aleksandr Drobyshevskiy announced that Georgian special services had captured Junior Sergeant Aleksandr Glukhov of the Russian army the previous night (reftel). Drobyshevskiy said that Glukhov's statements that he fled his post in th [...]	2009-01-28 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS PBTS RU GG
09MOSCOW1960	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]	2009-07-30 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1964	SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS -- "NOBODY GETS HURT" [...] (SBU) Embassy officers traveled to Sakhalin Island July 21-24 to gain a better understanding of the region's oil and gas operations. The two main hydrocarbon-producing projects in the region, Sakhalin 1 and 2, account for only a small fraction of Russian oil and gas production but are signifi [...]	2009-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW197	KIRILL ELECTED 16TH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) gathered on January 27 at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to elect Acting Patriarch Metropolitan Kirill as the Church's 16th Patriarch. Seventy-two percent of delegates picked Kirill, who deftly used his position and the me [...]	2009-01-28 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW198	GEORGIA: MFA'S HARDLINE VIEW ON OSCE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The MFA told us January 28 that Russia had rejected the Greek proposal on "legal" grounds but stated that Russia would be ready to accept two equal-ranked mission offices (one in Georgia and one in South Ossetia) that reported to a "chapeau" organization in Vienna, but not one that reports [...]	2009-01-28 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG RS
09MOSCOW1981	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]	2009-08-03 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1982	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-08-03 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW199	TRANSNEFT HEAD TELLS AMBASSADOR COMPANY BUILDING [...] (SBU) Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev told the Ambassador January 27 the company is moving forward on its various major pipeline projects as "they are needed to handle new oil supplies" and "because the government has directed them." Tokarev said the company is getting the funding it need [...]	2009-01-29 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1995	TENSIONS WITH GEORGIA: NATO ALLIES PONDER [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, NATO Quad Allies proposed a joint demarche to the GOR regarding the rising tensions with Georgia, accompanied by a similar approach to the GOG. On August 2 and 3, the MFA told us it had no information why Russian forces did not respond to Georgian attempts to contac [...]	2009-08-04 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR SW OSCE
09MOSCOW1999	CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST [...] (U) Post concurs with DOL's inclusion of pornographic products from the Russian Federation on the revised EO 13126 list, see reftel. Both official and non-government sources confirmed that the commercial, sexual exploitation of children in the Russian pornography industry continued to thrive [...]	2009-08-05 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS

09MOSCOW2	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW20	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW2000	RUSSIA: WTO AND CUSTOMS UNION "IN PARALLEL" [...] (C) Summary. Following President Medvedev's announcement that Russia will continue its individual WTO accession process "in parallel" with formation of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are now scrambling to find a way to move forward with the WTO without contradic [...]	2009-08-05 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2001	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES DEMARCHE MFA [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, in response to a NATO Quad Allies' demarche on Georgia, MFA IVth CIS director Kelin insisted that Russia had not been invited to the 31 July Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting, but conceded that the Russian-Georgian hotline was not functioning July 30 [...]	2009-08-05 16:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR
09MOSCOW201	RIGHT CAUSE PARTY SUFFERS FROM INTERNAL RIFTS, [...] (C) Summary: Right Cause, a new Kremlin-friendly party created in November, continues to suffer from internal rifts and an uncertain relationship with the Kremlin that has left the nominated head of its Moscow City branch -- Evgeniy Chichvarkin -- exiled in London. Party leaders told us that [...]	2009-01-29 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2014	RUSSIA AGREES TO NEXT PLENARY MEETING OF IPR [...] (U) During a familiarization visit to Moscow on July 29-31, A/USTR for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson met with his counterpart on the U.S.- Russia IPR Working Group Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy. Voskresenskiy confirmed his commitment to the WG, e [...]	2009-08-07 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2015	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ANGARSK [...] (C) On August 5, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov and Ambassador at Large and IAEA Governor Grigoriy Berdennikov, who expressed appreciation and stated that our demarche showed that the U.S. [...]	2009-08-07 07:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG KNNP RS TRGY IAEA
09MOSCOW2020	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Russia staff contributed to President Obama's successful visit and related events in Moscow July 6-8. Advisor Joan Agerholm worked in the control room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (where the Obama family stayed). Assistant Konstantin Troyan and the EXBS Jeep were pressed into service as pa [...]	2009-08-07 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2021	RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
09MOSCOW203	KUDRIN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY KEY TO RUSSIA'S RECOVERY [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said the U.S. economy's recovery would be critical to a Russian economic recovery this year. He said that policy coordination with the U.S. in particular and among G-20 countries in general would produ [...]	2009-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2045	DELIVERY TO RUSSIA OF UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW2046	MOSCOW'S LEVELS - AND LEVERS - OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government is unique to Russia in that Moscow's Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov exercises near complete control over all aspects of official life, including directly instructing many of the 1000 officials under him, and, by the accounts of some observers, taking the law int [...]	2009-08-10 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2053	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian Foreign Ministry and financial officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, assured Ambassador Philip Goldberg and his delegation that Russia fully supports United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 and was already taking measures regardin [...]	2009-08-11 11:44:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC RU KN
09MOSCOW2055	RUSSIA GETS USED TO THE IDEA OF A NON-COMMUNIST MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow is coming to terms with the Moldova election outcome, and has reached out via its ambassador to liberal party leaders. Experts, who describe the elections as a "peaceful example of post-Soviet countries' forging new political identities," assume Russia will cooperate wit [...]	2009-08-11 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MD RS
09MOSCOW2057	SELIGER-2009 IN RUSSIAN "YEAR OF YOUTH" STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Seliger-2009, the highly visible Russian government-run summer camp for young adults, has come to a close. This is the first year that Seliger has not been operated directly by the nationalist youth group "Nashi." However, during the first week of August the official youth wing [...]	2009-08-11 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2061	IPR: RUSSIA ACCREDITS ROYALTIES COLLECTING SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Law Observance in Cultural Heritage Protection (ROK) granted All-Russia Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) accreditation as Russia's sole royalty collecting society in both the performer and phonogram producer [...]	2009-08-12 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR KCRM RS WTO
09MOSCOW2064	GOR APPROVES 2010-12 BUDGET PARAMETERS: ARE THEY [...] (C) The GOR has approved the macroeconomic parameters of the 2010-12 federal budget based on a moderately conservative assessment that the oil price will remain at $55-57/bbl for Urals. Revenues are expected to grow slightly in line with nominal GDP and expenditures are planned at near current [...]	2009-08-12 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2065	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) On August 12, CDA conveyed to Igor Neverov, Director North America Department and Acting Deputy Minister, reftel points urging GOR cooperation on a UN Security Council Presidential Statement. Neverov stated that the U.S. and Russian delegations would likely discuss the issue in New York. [...]	2009-08-12 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09MOSCOW2067	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. MARINES TO TRAIN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG AF
09MOSCOW2068	PATRIARCH KIRILL'S UKRAINE TRIP: DOMESTIC AND [...] (C) Summary: In light of the escalating diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, the objectives of Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill's July 27-August 5 visit to Ukraine are receiving renewed scrutiny, with an emphasis on his engagement with President Yushchenko and his amended [...]	2009-08-13 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW2070	HARDLY WORTH THE TRIP: MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant result of President Medvedev's recent trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he attended an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),was the signing of an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the intention to establish another Russi [...]	2009-08-13 09:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI KG RS
09MOSCOW2071	MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]	2009-08-13 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW2073	NONPAPER ON JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT RECEIVED [...] (S) On August 12 MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostychenko passed us a nonpaper response to ref request for potential dates for further joint threat assessment consultations. 2. (SBU) Begin unofficial translation of nonpaper text: To be passed to the U.S. side Given the information [...]	2009-08-13 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC RS
09MOSCOW2074	LATEST MURDER OF CHECHEN CHARITY ACTIVISTS LEAVES [...] (C) Summary: The August 10 abduction and murder in Grozniy of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, activists with the children's charity "Save the Generation," has left many wondering who carried out the attack and why it occurred. Commentators agree that the murders bring ad [...]	2009-08-13 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2088	RUSSIA SUPPORTS BMENA AND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points to Third Secretary Yevgeniy Kudrov of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He stated that the GOR viewed as important the upcoming G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Forum for the Future and that Russia intended to participate. He indicated tha [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2102	MOSCOW OBLAST GOVERNMENT: ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow Oblast Government is on the verge of financial collapse. While the economic crisis is a contributing factor, corruption on a massive scale plays an equally significant role. Deputy Governor Aleksey Panteleyev, Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov's top ally, left his [...]	2009-08-17 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2106	RUSSIA IN DENIAL OVER GEORGIA'S CIS EXIT [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow officials speculate that Georgia under a new leadership might choose to reapply for CIS membership, analysts take Georgia's departure from that organization as an indication that the CIS only has "symbolic" importance, as former Soviet Union countries increasingly d [...]	2009-08-18 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW2108	RUSSIAN CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, NOT PRESSURE AT [...] (C) Per reftel request, we delivered USG views on Russia's human rights and democracy performance to Tatyana Sulitskaya, Head of the European Division of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Sulitskaya called for a real dialogue on human rights at the upcoming OSCE H [...]	2009-08-18 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2115	GOR ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On August 18, we, along with a representative from the British Embassy, conveyed reftel points to Afghan Section Counselor Movladjon Makhkamov of the MFA's 2nd Asia division. Makhkamov stated that Russia was interested in stability in Afghanistan and hoped that the elections would be open [...]	2009-08-19 03:32:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF KPAO RS
09MOSCOW212	OSCE CIO'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During the January 29 visit of Greek FM and OSCE CiO Bakoyannis to Moscow, Lavrov suggested Mevedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST) be discussed at the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). He proposed that the ASRC be held at the minister-level, and in Athens, instead of V [...]	2009-01-30 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2121	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) POCS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW2122	(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: RUSSIAN FIRM INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR CH
09MOSCOW2125	(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2127	(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2138	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-VENEZUELA OIL [...] (C) A senior ConocoPhillips executive (protect) told us on July 20 that the JV set up between a consortium of Russian companies (state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP, and Surgutneftegaz) and Venezuela's national oil company, PDVSA, is unlikely to yield the results Russian and Venezu [...]	2009-08-20 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS VE
09MOSCOW2141	RUSSIA'S QUARTERLY GDP DROP WORST EVER: HAS IT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2151	STAFFDEL BRANEGAN IN MOSCOW: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2179	IRKUTSK: TOUGH TIMES FOR WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS, [...] (C) Summary: In Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast, businesses and their owners/managers, in particular prominent oligarchs such as Oleg Deripaska, also constitute the region's political elite, and everyone is scrambling dealing with the crisis. The Russian economic downturn may influence how and who ne [...]	2009-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SENV SOCI
09MOSCOW2180	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ARF EAID MARR RS
09MOSCOW2187	RUSSIA ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA, MOD, and RosAtom are the GOR entities most heavily involved with nonproliferation issues, including the NPT. The MFA leads the interagency process, with the Prime Minister's office issuing the final orders (with little Kremlin involvement). Russia works most cl [...]	2009-08-25 10:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MOSCOW2199	RUSSIA DECLINES USG REQUEST TO EXTEND JOINT SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, Russian federal authorities informed the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) that the government will not support resumption of three U.S.-funded smallpox projects at the Vector Center for Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk. In a curt letter [...]	2009-08-26 05:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI SCUL TSPL TNGD PREL PARM EAID OSCI RS
09MOSCOW22	OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN EAID IR RS
09MOSCOW220	REDEFINING RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary. Current Russian policy toward Central Asia seeks to maintain Moscow's historical dominance while recognizing the need to cooperate with the U.S. and NATO on stabilizing Afghanistan and managing the transnational challenges confronting the region. A not-so-secret agenda to lock [...]	2009-01-30 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS ZK AF
09MOSCOW2204	THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT [...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]	2009-08-27 05:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2205	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 05:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP RS
09MOSCOW2208	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russi [...]	2009-08-27 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2209	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POTENTIAL HIZBALLAH-IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECCT RS IR SY
09MOSCOW2210	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMENTS BY INGUSH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) On August 26, Ambassador delivered demarche (Ref A) to DFM Sergey Ryabkov regarding Ingush President Yevkurov's public claim that the United States supports instability in Russia. 2. (SBU) In response, Ryabkov stated that the Government of Russia (GOR) greatly appreciated President Ob [...]	2009-08-27 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2211	RUSSIA'S ALTAI REPUBLIC FACES ECONOMIC PROMISE AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rising tourism presents an economic opportunity for the Altai Republic's mostly rural population, but also threatens its unspoiled wilderness. Threats include desecration of ancient cultural sites, poaching of endangered wildlife, and, to a lesser extent, illegal logging. Develop [...]	2009-08-27 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAID SOCI PGOV KCRM KDEM PREL RU
09MOSCOW2229	MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN CALLS ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed Moscow's role in Moldova's coalition talks, saying Moldovan President Voronin's August 21 meeting with President Medvedev in Sochi was motivated instead by the upcoming CIS summit. Liberal-Democratic leader Filat's positions on NATO and the CIS do not worry Mos [...]	2009-08-28 05:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2230	EMPLOYEES OF FAILING BUSINESSES SEEK [...] (C) On August 6, AvtoVaz workers rallied to demand the nationalization of their employer, which suspended production in August and planned to reduce the workweek in September. Demands for nationalization by workers and unions increased in frequency, particularly in industrial areas, owing to th [...]	2009-08-28 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2238	GOR PLANS $10 MILLION DONATION TO PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel letter to Aleksandr Nikolayevich Rudakov, Palestine Desk Senior Counselor from the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Rudakov stated that, in March, Russia pledged a $10 million biannual donation to the Palestinian Authority (PA),but he also admitted that [...]	2009-08-28 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW224	ANALYSTS QUESTION PAVEL FELGENHAUER'S CREDIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: While Russian analyst Pavel Felgenhauer's prediction of an August war with Georgia has been seized upon by Georgian decisionmakers as proof of Russian responsibility for the war (reftels),he is held in low regard by other respected Russian military analysts. Felgenhauer enjoys [...]	2009-01-30 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2240	PUTIN TO VISIT GDANSK TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) PM Putin will attend the commemoration of the outbreak of World War II in Gdansk, Poland on September 1. During a meeting with PM Tusk, the sides are expected to sign agreements on cultural exchanges, transit of the Kaliningrad Bay, and the transfer of Polish HEU to Russia for reprocessin [...]	2009-08-28 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW2241	SOLIDARITY LEADER MILOV DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (U) Summary: Leading member of Solidarity and candidate for Moscow City Duma Vladimir Milov outlined for us his election platform and personal vision for the movement. Milov predicted overwhelming victory for ruling United Russia in city elections. He expects to lose election for his district [...]	2009-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2242	DFM RYABKOV: GOR ENERGIZED ON SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP, [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy and substantive discussion August 26, Ambassador reviewed with DFM Ryabkov a wide range of bilateral issues, including senior USG visits to Moscow in the coming months, high-level engagement on critical summit follow-up issues such as START follow-on and cooperation on [...]	2009-08-28 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2248	Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...]	2009-08-31 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS
09MOSCOW226	PROVOCATIONS FROM RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES [...] (S) Summary. With their usual light touch and unique sense of timing, the security services appear to be tightening the screws on what they see as Russia's internal and foreign enemies along three fronts. First was a confidential letter from the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanding that USA [...]	2009-01-30 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2262	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OJSC RPE KVANT, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OJSC RPE Kvant, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-09-02 05:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2277	GAZPROM SAYS PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO "AGREEMENT" JUST [...] (SBU) According to press reports quoting unnamed sources, PM Putin and Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko reached an agreement in their meeting in Poland that Russia would allow Ukraine to buy less gas than it has contracted in exchange for lower transit fees and contracts for Russian nuclear energy comp [...]	2009-09-02 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2281	DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2294	SENATOR MARGELOV ON COOPERATING, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov said Russia is hesitant to work outside the P5 plus 1 format when discussing possible sanctions against Iran. Margelov invited Ambassador Beyrle to present U.S. [...]	2009-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC IR MARR PARM PGOV PREL RS SU UP
09MOSCOW2295	UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]	2009-09-04 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2296	REGARDLESS OF OPEL DECISION, GM PREPARING TO [...] (C) Despite press histrionics about GM "refusing" to sell to Russians, indications are that -- in one corporate form or another -- GAZ' Nizhny Novgorod plant will start producing GM cars in the next 12-24 months. According to sources at GM CIS, regardless of the GM Board's decision about Opel, [...]	2009-09-04 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS EU GE
09MOSCOW2298	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON [...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...]	2009-09-04 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW230	MEDVEDEV CALLS BACK NEW LAW ON TREASON FOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev ordered his administration to rework legislation submitted by the White House on December 12 containing amendments to the sections of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Codes before the State Duma and Federation Council could [...]	2009-01-30 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2305	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 4 to MFA DVBR Attache Roman Ustinov, who said that Russia considered the latest IAEA report to be "better than the previous two." Noting that Iran had accepted safeguard measures in both Natanz and at the conversion facility in Isfahan, Ustinov [...]	2009-09-04 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL RS
09MOSCOW2312	RUSSIAN BAPTISTS SEEKING MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Russian Union of Gospel Christian Baptists (RUGCB) focuses on interfaith cooperation and targeted outreach to Russian elite to overcome mainstream biases toward non-traditional religions. The main venue for their outreach is an annual National Prayer Breakfast, modeled on W [...]	2009-09-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2319	APPOINTMENT OF NEW U.S. OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIR [...] (C) We met with MFA Minsk Group Counselor Yelena Kravchenko September 7 and 8 to discuss reftel announcement. Kravchenko told us Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov remains on leave through the end of the week, but looks forward to receiving Ambassador Bradtke's phone call at his dacha. Best ti [...]	2009-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW232	WORKING WITH RUSSIA TO STABILIZE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The February 10 interagency consultations led by SCA DAS Moon should launch a sustained effort to engage Russia on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia that reduces the zero-sum nature of U.S.-Russian relations in the region and increases the chances of our success in Afghanis [...]	2009-02-02 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW2321	GEORGIA: RUSSIA HAS LOW HOPES FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin told us September 8 that he had just finished all the papers for DFM Karasin to use at the Georgia-South Ossetia/Abkhazia talks in Geneva September 17. He reported that the Russian side expected no breakthroughs, no progress, but ho [...]	2009-09-09 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2324	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2329	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On August 21st, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant had a very constructive, positive meeting with the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). MFA had contacted the Federal Customs Service, the Ministry of Defens [...]	2009-09-10 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2330	VENEZUELA TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Venezuela's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during a meeting with Russian President Medvedev in Moscow September 10. The decision was possibly sweetened by the conclusion of a number of agreements to develop energy resources [...]	2009-09-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS VZ
09MOSCOW2336	MAGNA/SBERBANK: CLOSER TO ACQUIRING OPEL [...] (C) The Magna/Sberbank bid has cleared the most recent hurdle in acquiring European Opel and received a green light from the GM Board. Approval from the Opel Trust does not appear to be an obstacle. The GOR, however, appears to have unrealistic expectations about the impact of this acquisitio [...]	2009-09-11 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS GE
09MOSCOW2339	DELIVERY OF THE AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT -- GENERAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel General Authorization Agreement to Nikolay V. Sofinskiy, Deputy Director, Alexey Lisenkov, Counselor, and Alexander Pashedko, Third Secretary, of the MFA's North America department. U.S. Air Force Colonel Ray Schultz, Air Attache, also attended. 2. (S) Sofinskiy wel [...]	2009-09-11 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR PREL US RS AF
09MOSCOW2340	MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTIONS: STILL EARLY, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On October 11 candidates will compete in elections for all 35 seats in the Moscow City Duma. August 26 was the deadline for submitting signatures, and over the following week the electoral committee proceeded to deny registration to 23 candidates of the 141 candidates competing [...]	2009-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2347	RUSSIA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KACT ENRG MNUC PARM RS
09MOSCOW2349	MEDVEDEV'S DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON DEFENSE [...] (U) On September 9, the Duma passed the first reading of President Medvedev's draft amendment the Law on Defense. Medvedev's proposed amendment addresses the operational use of Russia's armed forces outside Russia. Current legislation only allows the use of the armed forces outside Russia fo [...]	2009-09-14 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2350	POVERTY GROWTH REPORT UNDERESTIMATES THE PROBLEM [...] (C) The number of Russians living in poverty rose for the first time in seven years in the first quarter of 2009. Families with multiple children, single pensioners, and migrant laborers suffered most acutely. Experts and legislative officials accused the government of using an insufficient b [...]	2009-09-14 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2353	TNK-BP COO SAYS COMPANY'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT; MODERNIZING RUSSIA'S OIL SECTOR WILL TAKE TIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2354	MEDVEDEV'S CALL FOR REFORM: ANYONE LISTENING? [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's article "Russia Forward," released on the Internet with little fanfare September 10, launched a vociferous debate among politicians and analysts about the feasibility and probability of the kinds of reforms needed to implement his vision for a more diverse eco [...]	2009-09-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2360	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin September 14 -- Quad partners had been instructed to deliver the points separately. Dvinyanin welcomed the U.S. engagement with Georgian authorities, and confirmed that the GOR had been weighing on th [...]	2009-09-15 07:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG GM FR UK
09MOSCOW2366	RUSSIAN ILLEGAL LOGGING -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG has an opportunity to work with Russia to combat illegal logging, and increasing reasons to do so. Russia contains more of the world's forested area than any other country -- approximately 20 percent -- and between 10 and 30 percent of wood is harvested illegally. Illeg [...]	2009-09-15 11:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR KGHG EAID KCRM SOCI PREL RS
09MOSCOW2367	MAYOR DALEY VISIT: MOSCOW AND CHICAGO PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley, accompanied by advisors and business leaders, visited Moscow September 2-6, 2009. The purpose of the visit included promoting commercial and cultural exchange between the cities, reaffirming the Moscow-Chicago Sister City relationship, and d [...]	2009-09-15 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2368	EDF TO JOIN SOUTH STREAM? [...] (C/NF) French Embassy Energy Attache Vincent Pringault (protect) confirmed to us on September 15 that Electricite de France (EDF) is negotiating to participate in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Pringault told us that the deal, reported the same morning by Russian daily Kommersant, had [...]	2009-09-15 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2369	PUTIN ADVISOR USHAKOV: FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting cut shorter when Ushakov was called away, Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy advisor Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov kept his cards close to his vest on Putin's views about U.S.-Russian relations and issues having a direct impact on those ties, including cooperation [...]	2009-09-16 04:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2371	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TELL A/S GORDON ANTI-AMERICANISM [...] (C) On September 10, prominent Russian analysts and commentators questioned whether Russia's leadership had changed its approach to the U.S. and removed anti-Americanism as a "pillar" of its foreign policy. One analyst expressed her concern that the "reset" in relations would end up like the [...]	2009-09-16 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP IR AJ AM RS
09MOSCOW2372	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov met with A/S Gordon and the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss bilateral economic cooperation in advance of his trip later this month to Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit. Shuvalov agreed that the July Summit and the Bilateral Presidentia [...]	2009-09-16 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2373	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RYABKOV TELLS A/S GORDON [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting with A/S Gordon, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said he saw no political barriers in the way of the START Follow-on Treaty or the October meeting of Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov. He pressed for concluding the composition of the Bilateral Preside [...]	2009-09-16 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS
09MOSCOW2376	HR ACTIVISTS: SURKOV, NORTH CAUCASUS NOT A PRETTY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting at the Embassy, human rights activists told Assistant Secretary Gordon the GOR had poured cold water on hopes for a meaningful way forward by appointing Kremlin Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov to represent Russia on the planned bilateral commission on civi [...]	2009-09-16 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2378	RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2381	MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]	2009-09-17 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2388	DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL ANNEXES [...] (S) We delivered draft new START Treaty Inspection Protocol Annexes and Telemetry Protocol (reftels),and the courtesy Russian translation of the Telemetry Protocol, on September 17 to MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko. Kostyuchenko had no substantive comment. 2. (S) We receiv [...]	2009-09-17 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2389	YOU'VE GOT MAIL - MIND IF WE HAVE A LOOK? [...] (C) Summary: The federal Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has issued a decree allowing eight law enforcement agencies access to citizens' mail and electronic correspondence, and to customer databases of postal and internet services. The decree found opposition inside and outside of t [...]	2009-09-17 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW239	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-02 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2391	RUSSIA AND MD: AWAITING CONFIRMATION [...] (C) Official Moscow took the news that the U.S. would "shelve" MD plans in the Czech Republic and Poland calmly, awaiting an official confirmation. Neither President Medvedev nor PM Putin have commented on the purported decision. Duma, defense, and commentators did not pass up the opportuni [...]	2009-09-17 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL RS
09MOSCOW2393	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Nikita Zhukov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, and First Secretary Galina Khvan of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Second Secretary Anna Evstigneeva of the International Organiz [...]	2009-09-17 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM PREL CG IO RS KWMN
09MOSCOW24	RUSSIAN DEPUTY PERMREP WILL ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN PTER RS
09MOSCOW240	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN JANUARY 30: [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told Ambassador January 30 that the GOR hoped for more flexibility and a move away from "unilateralism" by the new Administration. He said, while the international community could discuss the status and future of the region, Georgia neede [...]	2009-02-02 10:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG AF KG UP RS

09MOSCOW2400	DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED NEW START TREATY MEETING [...] (S) We delivered on September 18 the U.S.-proposed new START Treaty meeting schedule (reftel A) to MFA North America director Igor Neverov and, separately, to DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko; neither made any substantive comment of the meting schedule 2. (S) We also delivered to [...]	2009-09-18 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2401	RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel points to Maxim Baranov, Head of the Iranian Desk in the MFA's Second Asia division. He indicated that he would pass the message to the relevant offices within the MFA as well as those attending the upcoming UNGA meetings. Baranov informed us that he planned to attend [...]	2009-09-18 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2402	RUSSIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Valery I. Yudin, Administrative and Budgetary Expert in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Yudin stated that Russia fully supported the U.S. position advocating for zero nominal growth in the FAO budget cycle 2010-2011. He commente [...]	2009-09-18 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN RS
09MOSCOW2406	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]	2009-09-21 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2409	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]	2009-09-21 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2412	INCORPORATING UKRAINE INTO U.S.-RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is shaping up as a key challenge in U.S.-Russian relations. The risk of serious trouble remains as long as the two governments are at loggerheads, and as long as Russian leaders engage in periodic bouts of historical propaganda aimed at undermining Ukraine's claim to na [...]	2009-09-21 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PNAT PBTS ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2413	"CULTURE" IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSES [...] (SBU) Meeting with us to discuss a GOR attempt to water down UN Human Rights Council work by introducing a resolution on "respect for traditional values" (reftel),a member of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Cooperation acknowledged deep flaws in Russia's protection of rig [...]	2009-09-21 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2416	"RUSSIA, FORWARD!" 10 DAYS LATER: TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Debate over President Medvedev's "Russia, Forward!" article continues unabated, though focus has turned from content and prospects for realizing his vision to consequences for the tandem. Medvedev's defense of his presidential authority in interviews with foreign correspondents - [...]	2009-09-22 09:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2417	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD HEEDS THE CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On the sidelines of meetings of the U.S. - Russia Foundation in Nizhniy Novgorod September 15-16, Ambassador Beyrle emphasized the overall "reset" in U.S.- Russia relations to develop trust by promoting economic cooperation and face-to-face exchanges, a message that local author [...]	2009-09-22 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS ECON EFIN PINR
09MOSCOW2420	DELIVERY OF U.S. PROPOSALS FOR START FOLLOW-ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2442	DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START FOLLOW-ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 09:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2443	RUSSIA SEEKS TO BALANCE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on September 25. Lanchikov said that the GOR had not yet developed an agreed position on the Goldstone report, but commented that the U.S. and Russia shared common positions on the way f [...]	2009-09-25 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS RS
09MOSCOW2446	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VIEW OF SEPTEMBER 17 GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us that the status question was the biggest obstacle for progress in the September 17 Geneva talks. Russia rejected the co-chairs' drafts in the security working group, as they did not proceed from the starting point of Russian troops a [...]	2009-09-25 11:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2448	PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Lack of GOR coordination with Gazprom reportedly preceded PM Putin's September 25 meeting in Yamal with executives from eleven global energy giants. Press reports, industry newsletters and postings on the PM's website provide only general information on the meeting's outcomes without stat [...]	2009-09-25 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2450	UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO SWEEP ELECTIONS IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: United Russia has a great advantage and is poised to sweep the elections in the Moscow Oblast, where opposition groups have little support and laws are easily broken. The hot button political issues in the October 11 elections are taxes, land distribution, and corruption. End [...]	2009-09-26 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2458	FIVE YEARS AFTER BESLAN, GOR STAYS TIGHT-LIPPED [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after the Beslan terrorist attack, frustration continues about the GOR's handling of the crisis as it unfolded. While public focus on this issue has dissipated, a small but vocal minority of Russians has continued to agitate for the GOR to open an investigation of wh [...]	2009-09-28 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2471	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL ON NON-MEMBERS IN NPAFC [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS RS
09MOSCOW2483	AMBASSADOR BEFORE FED COUNCIL: "RESET" WITH [...] (C) Summary: On September 21, Ambassador Beyrle addressed the Federation Council's International Relations Committee, highlighting President Obama's visit to Moscow and the importance of developing closer relations between the U.S. and Russia. Questions from committee members focused on how t [...]	2009-09-30 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2490	STAFFDEL BRUDER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Staff Delegation Bruder visited Moscow August 31-September 4 to seek ways to sustain momentum in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the successful July 2009 Presidential meeting in Moscow. While Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Margelov suggested re [...]	2009-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV OREP RS
09MOSCOW2494	RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] (S) On September 29, MFA DVBR Second Secretary Alexey Chumichev handed Poloff a non-paper response to Ref A. The non-paper said that Russian firm "Ctroymashintorg" did not and does not have any contacts with the DPRK's KOMID, and asked for any further information we could provide to the GOR [...]	2009-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW2496	RUSSIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and non-paper to MFA Asia-Pacific Region Division Chief Anatoly Borovik on September 30. Borovik said that Russia appreciated the conclusions of the Burma policy review and that USG plans for engagement were a "positive step." Inquiring about the nature of [...]	2009-10-01 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RS
09MOSCOW2497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUGGESTED LIST OF EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered the reftel suggested equipment list to Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. Rugalyov said that he would disseminate the list to the appropriate offices in the MFA and the MOD. He indicated that, in order to give the list fair cons [...]	2009-10-01 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2498	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to MFA DVBR 1st Secretary Olga Kuznetsova and Attache Roman Ustinov. Kuznetsova said that Russia was awaiting information from the IAEA before determining if Iran had violated its international obligations. Noting that it was unclear when constructio [...]	2009-10-01 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW2499	DOE PDAS ELKIND'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Jonathan Elkind, visited Moscow September 21-22 to meet with his counterparts at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Science and Education, Economic Development and Natural Resources. As Coordinator for [...]	2009-10-01 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2504	BELARUSIAN EMBASSY: NO GOR PRESSURE TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow Olga Dolgopolova told Poloff that Russia was not pressuring Belarus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She insisted that a decision either way on the issue would not a [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09MOSCOW2509	PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING OFFERS FEW DETAILS FOR IOCS, [...] (C) According to representatives of international oil companies (IOCs) that attended a meeting with PM Putin to discuss potential development of the gas resources of the Yamal Peninsula (reftel),the event was little more than a "road show." Our contacts said neither Putin nor anyone else fro [...]	2009-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2512	KIROV: STRONG LEADERSHIP V. TOO MANY PROBLEMS [...] (C) The ailing, industrial economy of Kirov oblast shows little sign that the peak of the crisis has passed. With few exceptions, the region suffers from falling production, low levels of consumption, and inaccessible financing. Local SMEs continue to face heavy administrative burdens and hig [...]	2009-10-02 13:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2518	Did Russia and Georgia both lose the war? [...] (SBU) Summary: Official Russia hailed the EU's report on the August 2008 Georgia war, considering the core conclusion to be that Georgia started the armed hostilities. Duma and Federation Council officials reacted similarly, claiming the report called Russia's actions "legitimate." Analysts [...]	2009-10-02 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU GG RS
09MOSCOW252	GOR SUPPORTS ISAF TRANSIT OF GOODS TO AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In response to ref A dipnote, the MFA has indicated that, provided all usual requirements for commercial shipments on Russia's rail network are met, there should be no difficulties with the proposed shipment of non-military goods to ISAF in Afghanistan using [...]	2009-02-02 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MARR MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW2520	U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER AT SOCHI [...] (SBU) Summary: During his trip to Sochi on September 16-18 Ambassador Beyrle attended the Eighth International Sochi Investment Forum (the Forum) where he led a delegation of U.S. executives at a meeting with the Krasnodar Region and Sochi officials. He also visited the main venues and for the [...]	2009-10-05 05:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW2522	NEW OPEL RUSSIA: WORKING OUT THE DETAILS [...] (C) It remains unclear how management, production, distribution, or sales will be handled by the Magna/Sberbank consortium, which was selected to purchase European Opel. GM CIS confirmed that both of its Russian production sites (the greenfield factory in St. Petersburg and the joint-venture [...]	2009-10-05 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS
09MOSCOW2524	YAKUNIN CONSULTANT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) We recently met with Consuelo de Haviland (aka Dussya Kostolevskaya),at the introduction of the French Embassy in Moscow. She presented herself as a consultant to Vladimir Yakunin, general director of Russian Railways (RZhD),and RZhD's representative in France. Her purpose in meeting wi [...]	2009-10-05 10:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ENRG PINR RS
09MOSCOW2527	RUSSIA SUPPORTIVE ON BOSNIA (C-RE9-01807) [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 2 delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov, who said that he had already heard broad outlines of the proposal from EU representatives and supported the overall approach. Titov appreciated that the U.S. and Russia shared the same strategi [...]	2009-10-05 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK EU RS
09MOSCOW2528	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is the first of a two-part report on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- summary ------- 2. (SBU) Far from reaching its ambitions of becoming "the most valuable company in the world," Gazprom's fortunes have reversed dramatically in [...]	2009-10-06 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2529	ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S SEPTEMBER 30 VISIT TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations with GOR officials on September 30, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed ways to implement bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised progress since t [...]	2009-10-06 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS IR AF UP GG
09MOSCOW253	RUSSIA CONSIDERING EXPENSIVE PATH TO FREE-FLOATING [...] (C) Summary. The ruble will almost certainly breach the level at which the Central Bank (CBR) has pledged to intervene to prevent further depreciation tomorrow. Experts are divided as to whether the Central Bank will implement its pledge to intervene. One school of thought holds that the r [...]	2009-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW2530	POLLSTERS EXPLAIN MEDVEDEV AND "TEFLON VLAD'S" [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Moscow polling firms told PolOff that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are almost certain to maintain high public opinion ratings--barring a calamity--due largely in part to Putin's almost mythical status, reinforcing the consensus that Putin remain [...]	2009-10-06 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2531	MEDVEDEV, PUTIN, AND RUSSIA'S IRAN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite Russian President Medvedev's September 24 remarks that sanctions against Iran might be necessary, other government officials and experts here caution that Russia will remain, for the time being, reluctant to pursue a tougher line against Tehran. The consensus among the R [...]	2009-10-06 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW2537	AmbassadorQs Meeting with Chief Justice Lebedev [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2538	RUSSIA'S CHUKOTKA REGION YEARNS FOR A BERINGIA PARK AND AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Russian government is advocating for stronger economic, scientific, and cultural ties between its easternmost province of Chukotka and Alaska (ref A). The poster child for these aspirations, a "shared heritage area" -- in effect, a bilateral national parks partnership -- spann [...]	2009-10-07 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV CVIS ECON TSPL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2539	WORKER SAFETY PROGRAM SHIFTS FROM REACTION TO [...] (SBU) Recent GOR statistics show modest progress in ensuring worker safety but also underscore the need for continued improvement. In 2008, over 50 percent of Russian workers labored in conditions that were dangerous to their health, according to a report on worker safety published by the Mi [...]	2009-10-07 13:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW254	DISSENTERS' DAY EVENTS IN MOSCOW RALLY CROWDS FOR, [...] (SBU) Summary: January 31 Dissenters' Day rallies in Moscow proved a failure for democratic and radical opposition groups, which focused more on attracting press coverage than domestic support. Not a single major leader of the liberal democratic opposition appeared at the amateurish "flash mob [...]	2009-02-02 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2541	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE PART TWO; COMEBACK UNLIKELY [...] (U) This is part two of a two-part cable on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Gazprom faces many external and internal constraints to renewed growth, following a dismal year in which all main indicators of its perform [...]	2009-10-07 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2542	BELYKH FACES ROUGH YEAR AHEAD IN KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Our September 23-25 visit to Kirov revealed a newly-settled government slowly expanding its influence within the region. Strict limitations placed on Governor Belykh and his staff by local security services six months ago appear to have eased significantly, and the new government remai [...]	2009-10-08 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2543	PUTIN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued Resolution #761, which calls for Russian restrictive, non-science-based sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) measures to be harmonized with international norms. However, the details of Resolution #716's implementation remain unclear as officials i [...]	2009-10-08 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW2548	GOR CLAIMS DIPLOMATIC COURIERS IN KABUL OBSTRUCTED [...] (C) On October 8, MFA North American Desk Second Secretary Sergey Kuznetsov passed us a nonpaper detailing GOR complaints that their diplomatic couriers in Kabul were stopped and searched by a private security firm at Kabul Arport on October 5. He added that FM Lavrov may raise this issue wit [...]	2009-10-08 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ADPM ASEC RS AF
09MOSCOW2550	MFA CONTENT WITH EU REPORT ON AUGUST 2008 CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that Russia was content with the EU's Report on the Conflict in Georgia. Major takeaways included that the August 7-8 aggression had been undertaken by Georgia, and that, in attacking peaceful South Ossetia [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EU GG
09MOSCOW2551	MFA ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that the Geneva talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia need to become more productive and produce recommendations that the UN or OSCE could approve. Georgia needs to sign non-use of force agreements with the b [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2555	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) delegation visited Russia September 11-23 to deliver a groundbreaking seminar and to hold meetings with Russian officials on a variety of strategic issues. This was the first time in many years that a senior-ranking member of CBP has led a group to Rus [...]	2009-10-09 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2559	TOMSK: ANN ARBOR ON THE STEPPE - BUT CYNICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: As a university town and a former SPS bastion, Tomsk has a small but stable liberal electorate, and shows greater press freedom and tolerance for foreigners than many other regions in Russia. This press freedom has had little influence on local politics; most articles exposing [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2560	RELIABLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN ABSENT [...] (SBU) An unpredictable legal system, specifically as it relates to resolving business disputes, has undermined foreign (and domestic) investor confidence in Russia. Some investors have focused on international arbitration and private dispute resolution to resolve commercial disputes involving [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2564	RUSSIA: NON-PAPER ON ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR DAS Dan Russell October 12, MFA North America Acting Director Oleg Burmistrov passed the U.S. a non-paper on the Israeli-Arab conflict resolution. A scan of the non-paper has been e-mailed to EUR/RUS. An unofficial translation follows below. 2. (C) Unofficial tr [...]	2009-10-12 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISR IS RS
09MOSCOW2567	DAS RUSSELL'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told visiting DAS Dan Russell September 28 that the U.S. decision on missile defense created trust in the U.S.' "reset" intentions with Russia, although U.S.-Russia cooperation in some areas of the post-Soviet space would not be easy. The Russian [...]	2009-10-13 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ BO
09MOSCOW2571	TULA REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA CUTS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With new, less democratic voting rules in place, Tula Oblast elections were held October 11. Discussions with opposition party groups revealed that United Russia has a firm grip on the region and United Russia-backed governor Viacheslav Dudka had already orchestrated a massive [...]	2009-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2579	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 12, 2009 Time: 10:05 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting of the two delegations to the START Follow-on (SFO) Treaty ne [...]	2009-10-14 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	JCIC KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2586	ACTIVISTS ON PODRABINEK AND WHERE THE FAULT LINES [...] (C) Summary: At a roundtable gathering at Spaso House, a group of leading activists told the Ambassador that they continued to face an uphill battle in their work to promote civic freedoms. They said that their relationship with conservatives inside and outside of the GOR remained adversarial [...]	2009-10-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2600	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 13, 2009 Time: 4:10 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The second meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Minis [...]	2009-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2602	DUMA THEATRICS: OPPOSITION STAGES WALK OUT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, deputies from all three "nominal" opposition parties of the State Duma, typically moderate in their criticism of the Russian government, walked out of the State Duma's plenary session in protest over vote rigging during October 11 local elections across Russia an [...]	2009-10-16 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2603	Ambassador and NASA Administrator Attend Launch and Docking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From September 28 through October 3, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden traveled to Russia and Kazakhstan for the first time as the NASA Administrator to participate in the launch and docking activities for the Soyuz 20S (TMA-16) flight to the International Space Station (ISS). [...]	2009-10-19 04:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KNNP ENGR TSPL SENV PREL KZ RS
09MOSCOW2605	FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIR MIRONOV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Federation Council Chairman and Just Russia political party head Sergey Mironov offered frank analysis of recent national elections, as well as focused criticism of the ruling United Russia party. Just Russia is not considered to repre [...]	2009-10-19 09:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2607	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 14, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: MFA Guest House (Osobnyak),Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Guest [...]	2009-10-19 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2608	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S ENERGY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Morningstar, representatives from TNK-BP, Rosneft, and the MFA independently indicated that the recent financial crisis has opened up opportunities for greater foreign participation in Russia's hydrocarbon sector. Each noted the impact of lower Europea [...]	2009-10-20 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2609	HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...]	2009-10-20 05:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2611	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]	2009-10-20 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW2614	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers the timeframe of March 1, 2009 to 31 August 2009. Consular officers referred 389 cases of suspected fraud to the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) at Embassy Moscow. Fraud was confirmed in approximately 12 percent of the referred cases, mostly for fraudulent emplo [...]	2009-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW2618	ANTI-JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CAMPAIGN ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (C) Summary: A recent Gorno-Altaysk court ruling that Jehovah's Witness publications are "extremist" adds a new layer of complication to persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the country. Harassment and court cases continue apace, and the fact that the only two recent court decisions [...]	2009-10-21 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2619	POPULAR PUTIN CAN'T HELP GOVERNOR AND UNITED [...] (C) Summary: A two-day visit to the upper Volga city of Saratov gave us the opportunity to hear about the "power vertical," by which federal government and United Russia political party authorities exercise control over oblast-level activities. The very top-down approach to decision-making ha [...]	2009-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2620	UNION COALITION TO REPORT WORKERS' RIGHTS [...] (C) An independent coalition of Russian unions plans to submit a complaint to the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding alleged freedom of association violations at various industrial, educational, and service enterprises, including Ford Motor Company and General Motors (GM). The I [...]	2009-10-21 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2623	LANDSLIDE FOR UNITED RUSSIA IN MOSCOW, TULA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling United Russia party dominated October 11 elections across Russia, thanks to the government's high ratings, its use of overwhelming administrative resources, and voting irregularities in the party's favor. Although official results for the Moscow City Duma elections [...]	2009-10-21 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2624	RUSSIA-CHINA GAS DEAL UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN [...] (C) A gas "deal" signed during PM Putin's recent trip to China is very unlikely to result in significant gas flows from Russia to China anytime soon. Obstacles to Russian gas deliveries include a lack of transportation infrastructure, a lack of agreement on the price of gas, and a lack of dev [...]	2009-10-21 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH
09MOSCOW2629	STAGE SET FOR RESOLVING TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOM [...] (C) On October 5, Norwegian government-owned Telenor and Russian-controlled Altimo announced the creation of a new mobile operator, potentially ending a half-decade feud over control of their current joint venture, Vimpelcom. Telenor's Corporate Affairs Director in Russia called this a positiv [...]	2009-10-22 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD RS EINV BEXP
09MOSCOW2643	SAKHAROV PRIZE "BITTERSWEET" FOR ORLOV, MEMORIAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, the European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize to the rights group Memorial, specifically activists Oleg Orlov, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, and Sergey Kovalev. This is the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union that the prize, which includes a cash award of 50, [...]	2009-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW265	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE STOPS SHIPMENTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has halted trade of U.S. pet food, animal feed and animal feed additives as of January 1, 2009. VPSS officials have advised that trade can resume only after USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se [...]	2009-02-03 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2651	VOLGOGRAD: STING OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SOFTENED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2652	RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE DROPS LAWSUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation announced on October 22 that it had dropped its USD 22.5 billion RICO lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon (BONY),filed in the Moscow City Arbitration Court, in exchange for BONY paying USD 14 million to Russia to cove [...]	2009-10-26 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2653	MURDERED INGUSHETIYA OPPOSITIONIST BURIED AS [...] (SBU) Former Ingushetiya oppositionist Maksharip Aushev was buried October 26 according to strict Muslim practice, one day after he died in a hail of gunfire October 25 while driving near Nalchik, the capital of the northern Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Ingushetiya president Yu [...]	2009-10-27 04:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2658	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-004. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: October 12 and 14, 2009 Times: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Osobnyak, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During two receptions - October 12 and October 14 [...]	2009-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW266	(C) EXXONMOBIL TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICS HOLDING [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia President Stephen Terni (protect) and ExxonMobil's Sakhalin 1 project manager Zeljko Runje (protect) told the Ambassador on January 31 that GOR refusal to approve project budgets has halted development of new Sakhalin 1 fields. Runje said Deputy Energy Minister Stanislav [...]	2009-02-03 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW267	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 9 MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 9 additional U.S. pork facilities will be delisted as of February 10 ostensibly due to clerical errors found on documentation that accompanied meat shipments to Russia. [...]	2009-02-03 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW268	WHY MEDVEDEV MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: While Prime Minister Putin remains the linchpin within the Russian leadership, it is President Medvedev whose success as a political leader can tip the balance of power towards the elite faction that supports Russia's political and economic modernization. A series of crises hav [...]	2009-02-04 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2686	IRF REACTIONS: MFA GETS NASTY, ROC NICE [...] (C) Reactions to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) varied among official entities, indicating that not all of Russian officialdom had compared talking points before hitting the airwaves. In a scathing communique, the MFA sneered that "it seems that the authors decided not [...]	2009-10-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2688	IS STALINâ€™S GHOST A THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM? [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to sanitize Stalin's role in Soviet history may be potentially damaging to academic freedom and linked to GOR efforts to increase authoritarian rule. Although some recent incidents have caused concern among human rights monitors, thus far GOR efforts to enlist academics to help [...]	2009-10-30 11:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2690	U.S. EXPLORES ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two conferences organized the week of October 2 in Vladivostok and Moscow highlighted both the importance of and challenges to increasing U.S.-Russian cooperation on environmental crimes. A 2007 prosecution of an Amcit for illegal hunting in Kamchatka failed in part because of [...]	2009-10-30 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS
09MOSCOW2693	GOR RESPONSE TO CHILD LABOR LISTS [...] (U) Per reftel, on September 9 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department, on the release of the Department of Labor's list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to belie [...]	2009-10-30 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2696	U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Russia Binational Commission's Arms Control and International Security Working Group, held October 12 in Moscow, U/S Tauscher and Russian D/FM Ryabkov reviewed Missile Defense, nonproliferation issues, CFE, and START. Lt General O'Reilly of th [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE KNNP KTIA PARM PREL START RS US
09MOSCOW2697	U.S. EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TOURIST VISA VALIDATION STUDY: A [...] SUMMARY: This is the first installment of a quarterly rolling validation study of B1/B2 tourist visas issued by U.S. Embassy Moscow covering the period of March 2008 to May 2008. It is our intent to track adverse incident rates of travelers who were issued visas over a fairly tumultuous econ [...]	2009-11-02 04:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW2708	RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Summary: In response to our demarche per reftel A, MFA representative Natalia Zolotova told us that Russia planned to support the "defamation of religions" resolution sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the UN General Assembly. Zolotova said that absolute free speech [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW271	MORE AUDITS OF U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) requested via official letter that the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) organize another joint audit of U.S. pork, beef, and poultry facilities that are eligible to export to Russia begin [...]	2009-02-04 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2710	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH KOREA WILLING TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Koreas Division Director Alexander Minaev said that recent Chinese and Russian overtures and the political heat of UN sanctions have made North Korea more willing to return to multiparty talks, although the regime may require a face-saving measure to do so. Eager to [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW2711	RUSSIA PONDERING NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow discussed Russia's Afghanistan policy with Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. He indicated that Russia remained committed to building a stable Afghanistan, although much depended on the new government and the U.S. strategy that w [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2712	RUSSIAN STEPS TO EXPAND ODA PROGRAMS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In 2007, then-President Putin called for the expansion of the GOR's Official Development Assistance (ODA) system, including the development of bilateral assistance programming. Putin mandate [...]	2009-11-02 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EIND ELAB PGOV PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2714	RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us that the November 6 talks on Transnistria would be an important first contact between the conflict parties, but expressed concerns about the October 6 "3 plus 2" meeting in Vienna. He said U.S. suggestions at that meeting to [...]	2009-11-02 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2715	PUTIN'S SOUTH STREAM WISHES UNLIKELY TO COME TRUE [...] (C) PM Putin stated during a meeting with Italian PM Berlusconi that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline could be completed before the proposed Nord Stream gas pipeline. His statement followed agreement by Turkey to allow South Stream feasibility studies in its Black Sea waters, and agreeme [...]	2009-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2719	GOR GIVES, GETS LITTLE FROM ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the October 27-29 visit to Moscow of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, several bilateral cooperation and trade agreements were signed, but the meetings did not conclude with the GOR granting any substantive arms deals, nor did President Correa recognize the breakaway r [...]	2009-11-03 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EC
09MOSCOW2720	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on November 3. There was no substantive response. Beyrle [...]	2009-11-03 12:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER RS IS KPAL
09MOSCOW2721	UKRAINIAN FM URGES MOSCOW TO TALK TO YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko urged Russia to resume contact with Ukraine at the presidential level, although both sides agreed there was no need for a "reset" in relations. Economic cooperation dominated the brief meeting, while pundits dis [...]	2009-11-03 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2722	MOSCOW'S CHINESE DIASPORA A WIN-WIN FOR RUSSIA AND [...] 4 (b). Â [...]	2009-11-03 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KCOR SMIG TIP RS
09MOSCOW2723	INTEL'S CRYPTO IMPORTATION WAIVER: LESS THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Intel representatives recently briefed us on the waiver it received to import 1,000 encrypted platforms for the development of software. Intel was able to by-pass the cumbersome licensing process by engaging in high-level lobbying and capitalizing on Russia's desire to become a "know [...]	2009-11-03 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2728	BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO BUTMIR PACKAGE AND LAVROV'S [...] (C) The MFA's BiH desk officer Ivan Gorbunov told us on November 3 that Russia rejected the U.S.-EU Butmir Package and saw it as new conditionality to the Office of High Representative's (OHR's) transition and beyond the scope of international consensus. He challenged our assessment on the i [...]	2009-11-03 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK RS
09MOSCOW2731	MEDVEDEV'S TEAM REMAINS SMALL, CONSIDERING RISKY [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's recent reorganization of the Presidential Administration (PA) was a tiny step toward strengthening his team, but the possible creation of a separate, presidentially-controlled "parallel vertical of power" risked damaging the established balance of power betw [...]	2009-11-05 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS

09MOSCOW2732	GM'S DECISION TO RETAIN OPEL STUNS THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) The GM Board's decision to retain Opel and not sell to the Sberbank/Magna consortium has come as an unpleasant surprise to the Kremlin. Some GOR officials believe the USG, not GM, made the decision for political rather than economic reasons. Sberbank and Russian labor unions have not yet [...]	2009-11-05 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2734	RUSSIA: MOVING BEYOND BILATERAL ISSUES, MILIBAND [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary Miliband's November 1-2 visit, he put an end to the "period of standoff," but had little concrete to show for his visit. In pushing a new framework for cooperation, he set aside the most contentious issues and focused primarily on the international agenda during his mee [...]	2009-11-05 17:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SENV IR AF UK RS
09MOSCOW2735	GOR CONTINUES STOP-GAP BUSINESS MODEL [...] (C) Recent interventions in Pikalevo and Tolyatti demonstrated the GOR's commitment to preventing social unrest but also highlighted its failure to address the underlying problems facing Russian industry. After the enterprises of the Pikalevo production chain were unable to reach a new produc [...]	2009-11-06 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ELAB PGOV RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2737	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: FAILED BORDER CROSSING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Charge Shugarov said the Russia-Georgia talks on opening the Qazbegi-Larsi border post between Russia and Georgia failed because Russia insisted all legal documents governing Georgian border traffic had to be redone because Georgia had departed the CIS. Shugarov could [...]	2009-11-06 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AM
09MOSCOW2738	A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH ON SCHNEERSON COLLECTION [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Special Culture Representative Mikhail Shvydkoy told us that the GOR might be willing to consider a compromise solution to the bilateral impasse over the Schneerson Collection. According to the compromise, the Library of Congress would write a letter requesting Schnee [...]	2009-11-06 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2747	RUSSIA: POLISH PM SIKORSKI REOPENS OLD FIGHTS [...] (SBU) Russian media and officials are concerned with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski's November 4 comments to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. In particular, they noted Sikorski's request for U.S. forces on the ground in Poland to "protect against Russian aggression" a [...]	2009-11-06 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PL RS
09MOSCOW2748	ARRESTS IN MARKELOV MURDER BOOST GOR [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have arrested two suspects in the January 20 murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova. The suspects were allegedly members of an ultranationalist group known as Unified Brigade 88, who murdered Markelov as revenge [...]	2009-11-06 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2749	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER TO [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service officials is a tangible sign that U.S.-Russian relations are improving markedly after hitting bottom in the summer of 2008. Recent visits by President Obama and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated [...]	2009-11-09 05:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINS PREL PTER SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2751	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: EXBS has been approached by Russian Central Customs Administration (Moscow) to support an IVP to US ports of entry. EXBS is working with CBP and ICE on this visit. A new Russian federal agency, Rosgranitsa, has also asked [...]	2009-11-09 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2754	INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The USG and GOR have four existing, formal mechanisms for conducting security dialogues with the Russian Federation; all four are scheduled yearly. 1) Joint Staff Talks (JSTs): This event is hosted annually by U.S. Joint Staff J-5 or the GOR Chief of the Main OPS Directorate on a rotational [...]	2009-11-09 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR
09MOSCOW2755	RUSSIAN MFA ON MOLDOVA ELECTIONS, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA said that in late October, Moscow had urged Moldovan Communist Party leader Voronin and presidential hopeful Lupu to compromise in the November 10 Moldovan presidential election, without proposing specific details for any agreement. Still, Russian officials believed the [...]	2009-11-09 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN RS MD
09MOSCOW2756	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2757	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: TRANSFORMING RUSSIA'S DETROIT [...] (C) Summary: This year's Nizhniy Novgorod Scientific and Industrial Forum focused on President Medvedev's "Five I's" (innovation, investment, intellect, infrastructure and institutions). Nizhniy Novgorod Governor Shantsev, perceived to be business friendly and well connected to the Kremlin, [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND RS
09MOSCOW2764	RUSSIA ON DONATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN: WE ALREADY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow met with Ali Mustafabeily, Deputy Director of the MFA's Second Asia Department, to discuss Russia's contributions to stabilizing Afghanistan. Mustafabeily stressed that the GOR was doing what it could financially and reiterated Moscow's preference for commercial t [...]	2009-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2765	DESPITE USD 6 BILLION 2Q09 PROFITS, GAZPROM FACES [...] (C) Gazprom announced a doubling of its profits in the second quarter of 2009 following anemic first quarter earnings. However, falling demand as well as rising operational costs and debt pose longer-term challenges to the company's competitiveness. Experts warn that more efficient companies [...]	2009-11-10 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2766	NONPAPER DELIVERED: NEXT ROUND OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM ETTC TSPA IR KN RS
09MOSCOW2768	U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2772	SMOOTH RUNNING VERTICAL OF POWER IN KRASNODAR [...] (C) Summary: Longtime Governor Aleksandr Tkachev's efficient, heavy-handed control of Krasnodar Krai has helped the conservative region achieve and preserve political and economic stability, partially by undermining competitors during his first few years in office and preventing potential ch [...]	2009-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PINR PHUM ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2778	CRIME(FIGHTING) DOESN'T PAY FOR BLOGGING POLICEMAN [...] (C) Summary: Novorossisk police Major Aleksey Dymovskiy's November 5 and 10 online video postings, where he accused local police chiefs of illegal and immoral actions, has touched a raw nerve in Russia, where trust in police is already low. Police officials, human rights activists, and journ [...]	2009-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOG KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW2779	UNITED RUSSIA'S NEXT STEPS AFTER TAINTED REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW278	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2780	LAVROV CALLS FOR OHR TRANSITION, LEAVES [...] (C) Russian FM Lavrov pressed for completion of outstanding "5 plus 2" conditions, and discussed trade and Soviet-era debt during his November 5 visit to Sarajevo. Lavrov was very critical of the Butmir package, and told the parties that it was outside of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC [...]	2009-11-12 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BK RS
09MOSCOW2781	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: POLITICAL FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's second annual address to a joint session of the State Duma and Federation Council today built upon the intellectual foundation he had already laid in his September article "Russia, Forward!" (Ref A). Repeatedly citing the article and specific proposals from the [...]	2009-11-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2782	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: ECONOMIC FOCUS SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to his 2008 address, in which he focused first and foremost on foreign policy, the war with Georgia and harsh criticism of the United States, the overwhelming focus of Medvedev's November 12 annual address was on domestic shortcomings and the need to take steps to addr [...]	2009-11-12 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2784	"NO TANGIBLE RESULTS" ON SOUTH STREAM DURING [...] (SBU) Following Prime Minister Putin's meeting with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, media reports cited Austrian "backing" of the proposed South Stream gas pipeline project. As is often the case, however, the reports appear to have been overblown. The visit did not produce any f [...]	2009-11-13 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS AU
09MOSCOW2787	IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING: MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Emboffs recently met with Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Deputy Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy to discuss the upcoming U.S. ) Russia IPR Working Group meeting, scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on November 16. Voskresenskiy emphasized that over the last year, Russia's re [...]	2009-11-13 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2788	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to gain buy-in on our Afghan strategy with a key partner with both close-in experience and wide-ranging interests in Afghanistan. The GOR is looking for genuine consultations on regional strategy and needs to be convinced [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF RS
09MOSCOW28	TALKS RESUME ON GAS IMPASSE; STILL NO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Gazprom's Aleksei Miller and Naftohaz's Oleh Dubyna met January 9 Sochi and will continue talks in Moscow January 10 (with participation of EC reps) on steps to resume Russian gas deliveries to Europe. The Russian and Ukrainian sides have agreed in principle to establishing a multilateral [...]	2009-01-12 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW280	RUSSIA'S CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Moscow has received a diplomatic note dated February 2 requesting U.S. support for Russia's reelection to the UN Human Rights Council UNHRC) for a second three-year term. The note pointed out that the five permanent members of the Security Council generally support each ot [...]	2009-02-05 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2800	RUSSIA SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL ON IRAN, [...] (C) Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Nazarov told NSC Russia Director Solomon November 5 the Russian leadership is committed to concluding the START follow-on negotiations before the treaty expires in December. On Iran, Nazarov believes the U.S. and Russia have a "common la [...]	2009-11-18 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IS RS IR
09MOSCOW2809	RUSSIAN REACTION TO NON-PAPER ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE SECURITY [...] (U) ESTH Counselor met with the representatives of the Security and Disarmament Division of the MFA on November 12 and delivered the non-paper and talking points conveyed reftel B. Our interlocutors were pleased by the interest of the USG in advancing the space security dialogue, requested mo [...]	2009-11-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA NASA TSPL PREL RS UNPUOS
09MOSCOW281	CSTO ESTABLISHES RAPID REACTION FORCE [...] (U) On February 4 the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) agreed at a summit in Moscow to establish the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF),to be based in Russia and under a single command. Medvedev proclaimed the CRRF would be "well-trained" and receive the most modern equipme [...]	2009-02-05 16:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER MARR MCAP ECON RS ZK XG
09MOSCOW282	MOSCOW CHABAD NOT INTERESTED IN SCHNEERSOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 2 visit to the Russian State Library to view the Schneersohn Collection of sacred religious texts of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Judaism, Director of the Library's Oriental Center Sergey Kukushkin told us that Moscow Chabad leaders had not visited the Collecti [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2821	RUSSIANS APPRECIATIVE OF USG SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2823	EXPERTS REMAIN SKEPTICAL OF GOR'S ABILITY TO [...] (C) In a nod to President Medvedev's 2008 anti-corruption legislation, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Russia at 146, up one spot from its 2008 147th ranking. This general lack of progress confirms what analysts have told us. Corruption in Russia remains a serious [...]	2009-11-19 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW2833	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: LASER SYSTEMS LTD, SAINT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Laser Systems Ltd., Saint Petersburg, Russia. The organization is lis [...]	2009-11-20 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2838	MEETING OF DOE/ROSATOM CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERTS IN [...] (SBU) On November 17 and 18, 2009, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives met with technical experts from the Russian State Corporation for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) to discuss next steps in meeting the timelines for preparing a "60 Day Study" to identify specific areas for civil nuclear [...]	2009-11-20 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EU KNNP IAEA RU KU NO AE SW
09MOSCOW2841	GRYZLOV DRIVES INTO TREE WITH PROPOSED NEW AUTO TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, the Federation Council November 18 overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have doubled the basic vehicle registration tax rate and allocated the money for transportation infrastructure projects. On November 13 all United Russia's delegates to the State D [...]	2009-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2843	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Dvinyanin said there would be no more progress in the Geneva Talks on Georgia until Georgia agreed to sign non-use of force agreements with its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In variance with DFM Karasin's public characteriza [...]	2009-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW285	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT UNLICENSED KALASHNIKOVS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) On February 2 MFA DVBR Third Secretary Aleksey Chumichev passed us a nonpaper that alleged a Nevada-based subsidiary of the Bulgarian company Arsenal Inc. was manufacturing Kalashnikov automatic rifles without a valid Russian li [...]	2009-02-06 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09MOSCOW286	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS TWO MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 2 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and food-borne pathogen Listeria. In addition, VPSS info [...]	2009-02-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2865	SELECTION OF NEW TNK-BP CEO ALLOWS COMPANY TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP confirmed on November 19th the long-rumored selection of Maxim Barskiy as its next CEO. The 35-year old Barskiy will take the reins at the oil giant beginning in 2011. Barskiy, who was proposed by BP's Russian partners (AAR),beat out Pavel Skitovich, the candidate proposed by [...]	2009-11-23 15:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2874	PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT [...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...]	2009-11-24 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW2875	RUSSIA: APPRECIATIVE OF U.S. SUPPORT SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2878	GOR NOT INTERESTED IN "TAKING THE NRC FORWARD" [...] (C) Summary: The MFA European Cooperation Desk told us the GOR remains interested in improving the NATO-Russia Council, but believes strategic-level agreement should precede reform of NRC structures, hence Russia's decision to disengage from the "Taking the NATO-Russia Council Forward" paper. [...]	2009-11-24 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2882	UNITED RUSSIA UNVEILS "RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM," [...] (C) Summary: United Russia's national and regional leaders met in St. Petersburg November 20-21 for their annual review of party business. The highlights of the congress were the November 21 addresses by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Medvedev praised United Russia for acting q [...]	2009-11-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2885	INTEGRATING RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION KEY TO INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 8 panel during the Second International NanoForum, Russian policy makers, scientists, educators and entrepreneurs discussed how to develop Russia's high technology economy and its nanotechnology workforce. President Medvedev told Forum participants on October 6 t [...]	2009-11-27 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2886	BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...]	2009-11-27 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS
09MOSCOW2888	PUTIN'S OFFER TO HELP GEORGIA: LESS THAN MEETS THE [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to some media reports about a statement from Prime Minister Putin that Russia would be willing to help Georgia out of its "dead end," we consider the comments to be merely a gesture to try to turn Georgian elites away from Saakashvili and that they do not represent a [...]	2009-11-27 10:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW289	GOR CONCERNED AZERBAIJAN WILL RAISE [...] (C) Summary: Minsk Group Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov told us February 6 the GOR had learned Azerbaijan was planning to make Nagorno-Karabakh an agenda item for the March UNGA session on protracted conflicts in the GUAM area, which ran the risk of halting the conflict resolution process. If this [...]	2009-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW2890	RECIPROCAL REPULSION: MOSCOW MAYOR LUZHKOV VERSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov and Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov are both from the ruling United Russia party. Initially close allies, hostility developed between them as they rose to power and competed for influence, attention, and resources. The two leaders not only have [...]	2009-11-27 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCOR RS
09MOSCOW290	COMMUNIST PARTY SHOWS NEW LIFE, BROADENS [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has benefited from the economic crisis by attracting increased membership and strengthening its position as a populist alternative to the party of power, United Russia. The invigorated Communists demonstrated January 31 that they [...]	2009-02-06 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2900	GOR OPEN TO NRC STRUCTURAL REFORM, BUT NOT NOW [...] (C) DFM Grushko confirmed Russia sees no urgency in completing the NRC "Way Forward" document prior to the NATO ministerial. He claimed this move should not be interpreted as a lack of interest in the NRC, but reflective of Russia's desire to "put substance first" before taking decisions on s [...]	2009-11-27 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2902	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DETENTION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche, the MFA told us that Russia was pressing for the release of the four Georgian minors in South Ossetian custody. Russia expects them to be released within the next few days. The GOR supports a South Ossetian proposal to exchange all detainees, no [...]	2009-11-27 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS GG
09MOSCOW2903	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY ROBERT [...] (C) Your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to strengthen bilateral economic relations at a time when both our economies are beginning to show signs of recovery following an extremely difficult year. Because our economic relations with Russia were relatively stable even prior to the polit [...]	2009-11-27 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2904	FULL GAS PRICE LIBERALIZATION UNLIKELY ANYTIME [...] (C) In 2006, the GOR planned a series of tariff increases to raise domestic natural gas prices for industrial consumers to "market levels" -- that is, European prices minus taxes and transport -- by 2011. However, full liberalization by 2011 appears to be off the table, with the Ministry of E [...]	2009-11-30 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2905	FAR AS A MODEL FOR CIVIL EMPOWERMENT [...] (C) Summary: As the State Duma prepared to vote on legislation that would have doubled the base vehicle registration tax November 18, the Federation of Automobile Owners of Russia (FAR) had already collected 85,000 signatures for a presidential petition against the measure. After unanimous Un [...]	2009-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2906	AMB BEYRLE AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS EURO SECY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov November 30 at the MFA and discussed, inter alia, the European Security Treaty, the Afghanistan transit agreement, and the upcoming visit to Moscow of Under Secretary Tauscher. Ryabkov thanked the Ambassador f [...]	2009-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO RS AF
09MOSCOW291	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH DFM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin told Ambassador February 6 that Russia was prepared to cooperate with the U.S. to "assure American success" in Afghanistan, citing economic and humanitarian assistance, the NATO transit agreement, planned SCO conference in March, infrastructure pr [...]	2009-02-06 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG AF IR KS KN RS
09MOSCOW2912	Russia Adopts Law on Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RS EAID ECON ENRG KGHG OTRA PARM PGOV SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW2918	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA, N-K, MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE: [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, DFM Karasin sounded alarm bells about Saakashvili's "irresponsible" escalation of Russia-Georgia tensions, warning the situation could lead to renewed conflict, partly because the U.S. is sending signals of support -- and, he claimed, weapon [...]	2009-12-01 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2924	RUSSIAN EMPLOYERS FRET OVER WORKFORCE DECLINE [...] (SBU) By 2025, Russia will lose an estimated 14 million members of its working age population. Employers are struggling to cope with intensified competition for available workers and the divergence of labor supply and demand in various sectors and regions. While the GOR's 2025 Demographic Po [...]	2009-12-02 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2931	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO AFGHAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting at the MFA, Ambassador Beyrle previewed the President's West Point speech with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin and Zamir Kabulov, head of the Second Asia Department. Borodavkin noted that the U.S. and Russia both had a stake in stabilizing Afghan [...]	2009-12-02 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF PK
09MOSCOW2932	U.S. SCIENCE ADVISOR AND RUSSIAN SCIENCE MINISTER AGREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and Joan Rolf, Assistant Director for International Relations in OSTP, met Ru [...]	2009-12-03 04:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD SENV KNNP PGOV TBIO CVIS KRVC
09MOSCOW2935	RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX [...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...]	2009-12-03 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PREL RS KN
09MOSCOW2937	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: By mutual agreement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)and the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. will postpone until at least March 2010 an International Visitors Program (IVP)requested by a new Russian federal age [...]	2009-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2943	ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PINR PTER RS UP
09MOSCOW2944	KPRF DEPUTY HEAD MELNIKOV ON ELECTIONS, THE TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Head of the Communist Party in the State Duma Ivan Melnikov and Andrey Petrovich Fillipov, Head of the International Department of the party's Central Committee, met with us December 4. Discussion included the October 11 elections, views of Medvedev's modernization drive, [...]	2009-12-04 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2945	YUKOS DECISION COULD BE MAJOR IRRITANT FOR YEARS [...] (SBU) The November 30 decision by a tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague that Russia is bound by the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) was a major blow to the GOR. According to representatives of the plaintiffs in the case, led by former Yukos shareholders now known as GML Li [...]	2009-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2946	PUTIN EXUDES LEADERSHIP DURING FOUR HOUR Q AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin displayed thorough knowledge of the issues facing Russia during a live, televised question and answer session which highlighted his role as Russia's dominant political figure. Most of the questions were focused on the economic situation and socio-economi [...]	2009-12-04 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2947	PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...]	2009-12-04 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS
09MOSCOW295	RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER KIRILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 4 ecumenical lunch hosted by Ambassador and Appeal of Conscience Foundation Director Rabbi Arthur Schneier, high level officials in Russia's Orthodox (ROC),Muslim, Protestant, and Jewish communities gathered to discuss religious freedom in Russia and honor Patri [...]	2009-02-09 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2954	FEW LEADS ON NEVSKIY EXPRESS BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: Over one week after the reported November 27 bombing of the business class Nevskiy Express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in which 27 people died and almost 100 others were injured, Russian authorities are still searching leads in the case. The neo-Nazi group Combat 18 w [...]	2009-12-08 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2957	RUSSIAN VIEWS OF ELECTIONS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Experts do not see a strong Russian influence in the election campaign in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This is due to Russia's negative experience from getting too involved in the 2005 elections, the dominance of domestic issues in the campaign, and a virtual agreement among [...]	2009-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG
09MOSCOW2958	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TALKS TRAINS, PLANES, [...] (U) November 18-20, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood led the USG delegation to the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Officials from the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA),U.S. Centers for Disease Control a [...]	2009-12-08 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2974	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROTON LLC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Proton LLC, Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-12-09 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2978	RUSSIAN HEALTH MINISTRY AND USG COUNTERPARTS REFINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Russia's Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova expressed strong interest in broadened cooperation with the United States through the Bilateral Presidential Commission and related health agreements in meetings with officials of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),the Cente [...]	2009-12-09 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL RS
09MOSCOW2983	DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN WARNS START [...] (C) In a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev claimed that an "unequal" START follow-on treaty would expose President Medvedev to criticism from deputies from the Communist Party (KPRF),many of whom have direct expertise in ar [...]	2009-12-10 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2984	CADRE RESERVE LISTS HAVE LITTLE RELEVANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ten months after its publication, the presidential cadre reserve list (reftel) and the ongoing compilation of a United Russia cadre reserve list remain more of a PR tactic than a systemic attempt to modernize the bureaucracy or strengthen President Medvedev's control over it. [...]	2009-12-10 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2993	MAKSHARIP AUSHEV'S FAMILY APPRECIATES POSTHUMOUS [...] (C) The family of Maksharip Aushev greatly appreciates the December 10 post-humous awarding of the State Department's 2009 Human Rights Defender award to the slain Ingush opposition figure. Unknown assailants murdered Aushev in the northern Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on October [...]	2009-12-10 17:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3	DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY NAZAROV MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CODEL Tauscher, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov called the lack of trust the main obstacle for U.S. and Russian cooperation, followed by ineffective mechanisms to guarantee security. Nazarov claimed that U.S. assistance t [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW300	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SKARD ELECTRONIC, KURSK, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, SKARD Electronic, Kursk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3002	RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT INQUIRY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we notified MFA Head of U.S.-Russia Bilateral Desk Alexander Zakharov of our inquiry regarding the ISA. Zakharov said he would pass on the information to his superiors but otherwise did not provide any substantive reaction. ------- GAZPROM ------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...]	2009-12-11 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC RS IR
09MOSCOW3003	NATO-RUSSIA DRAFT TREATY: MFA SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE [...] (C) Summary: MFA European Cooperation Department Deputy Yuriy Gorlach said FM Lavrov's proposal at the NATO-Russia Council ministerial December 4 was not a radical measure, but only made legally-binding the commitments already undertaken in the NRC Founding Act of 1997. The proposed agreement [...]	2009-12-11 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS NATO RS
09MOSCOW3007	SRAP HOLBROOKE - MOD DIR GORBUNOV NOV 16 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Ambassador Holbrooke met Russian MOD Director for International Cooperation Gorbunov to discuss the U.S. strategic approach in Afghanistan. Holbrooke said security was a precondition for the success of U.S. and international efforts at the reconstruction of Afghanistan and [...]	2009-12-14 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3008	AFGHANS WANT MORE THAN EMPTY PROMISES FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Embassy Moscow DAO representatives and Poloff met with General-Lieutenant Mohammad Sharif Akram, Military and Air Attache, and Colonel Abdullah Andar, Deputy Military and Air Attache, of the Embassy of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation to discuss the GOR's support for stabilizing Afgha [...]	2009-12-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW3009	CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...]	2009-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW3010	MOSCOW'S INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Official GOR reports and media have pronounced the Russian-Iranian relationship healthy and Minister of Energy's Shmatko's recent visit to Tehran as a success. Privately, GOR officials and Russian analysts agree that there are serious tensions in the bilateral relationship suc [...]	2009-12-14 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IAEA RS IR
09MOSCOW3012	U/S TAUSCHER-ROSATOM DEP DIR SPASSKIY DECEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 discussion, RosAtom Deputy Director Nikolay Spasskiy thanked Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher for her sustained support for the Angarsk fuel bank initiative, conveyed his thoughts for the way ahead on the Tehran Research Reactor impasse, stated his desire to re-ad [...]	2009-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW3013	RUSSIA SLOW TO MOBILIZE ON ENVIRONMENT WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian working-level coordinator of the Environment Working Group under the Bilateral Presidential Commission told us on December 11 that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) would likely be interested in working with the United States under the Working [...]	2009-12-15 08:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV EAID KCRM KGHG EFIS RS
09MOSCOW3018	MFA AIRS UNSCR 1540 CONCERNS AT EXBS MEETING [...] Begin summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant met with representatives of the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. During this meeting, MFA took the opportunity to raise concerns about issues rela [...]	2009-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ACQUISITION OF FINNISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	AFIN FI MARR MAS PARM PREL RS
09MOSCOW3022	GOR ON UKRAINE ELECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES [...] (C) On December 15, MFA 2nd CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin reiterated that the GOR did not favor any candidate in the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He stated that the current political crisis in Ukraine was the result of problems in the governmental system caused by President Yushc [...]	2009-12-16 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW303	MFA ON SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA official in charge of organizing the Russian-hosted March 25-27 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan told us on February 3 that the GOR would welcome U.S., G8, NATO, and EU participation. The conference will focus on combating narco-traffick [...]	2009-02-09 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3030	EXBS: RUSSIA FY08, FY09, FY10 PROGRAM PLAN FOR NADR-EXBS [...] Relevant Post officials approve of the Program Plan with no further comments. 2. MFA, FSTEK, and other Russian federal agencies have yet to weigh in. 3. EXBS Russia anticipates some minor adjustments following Program Review in February. 4. CONTACT INFORMATION. Joan Agerholm, th [...]	2009-12-17 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3032	RUSSIA ACCUSES GEORGIA OF MILITARY PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin expressed to Ambassador Beyrle concern over Georgian "military preparations" near Bazaleti, southeast of Akhalgori. Ambassador Beyrle responded that the U.S. did not see any reason for concern, as these were routine redeployments, which were observed and verified by [...]	2009-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW3033	ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE WANE IN RUSSIA REF: MOSCOW 2586 [...] (C) Summary: Russia has recently shown clear signs of throwing off its long and tragic history of anti-Semitism. In the past several years, official GOR policy has involved an aggressive campaign against anti-Semitism, coupled with positive official statements towards the Jewish community. Societal [...]	2009-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3034	SAKHAROV'S PRAGMATIC LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after his death, at a December 14-15 conference in Moscow, approximately 100 human rights leaders discussed the legacy of activist and Nobel Laureate Andrey Sakharov. Given the numerous blows dealt the Russian human rights community during the past several years, many [...]	2009-12-17 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3035	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN RUSSIA [...] (C) In meetings with Russia's Foreign Ministry and Security Council, SRAP Holbrooke stated that "history and destiny" have given the United States and Russia the common problem of Afghanistan and it is time to use the new relationship between Washington and Moscow to cooperate more closely in [...]	2009-12-18 05:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS

09MOSCOW3037	OPPOSITION LEADER KASPAROV OPTIMISTICALLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, opposition leader Garry Kasparov gave an upbeat assessment of how his Solidarity political movement is positioned to exploit the "inevitable chaos" that will arise from the current government's course. He argued that authoritarian [...]	2009-12-18 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW3049	MFA SAYS RUSSIA-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS STRONG; GAS [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to emphasize Russia's stable political relations and growing economic and cultural ties with Turkmenistan, despite the recent impasse over gas shipments. Eager to maintain influence in the region despite Gazprom's gas glut, President Medvedev has agreed with T [...]	2009-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TX RS
09MOSCOW3050	U/S HORMATS MEETINGS ON RUSSIAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry offic [...]	2009-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3051	U/S HORMATS'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told U/S Hormats that he welcomes better relations with the U.S. and that Gazprom seeks to expand its presence in North America. He blamed last year's gas crisis on President Yushchenko and claimed Russia does not want to politicize the gas trade. He conf [...]	2009-12-18 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3052	ENERGY MINISTER WELCOMES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Minister of Energy Shmatko and Transneft President Tokarev met with Ambassador Beyrle on December 16 to discuss prospects for the Bilateral Presidential Commission's (BPC) Energy working group, particularly opportunities for information exchange and technology transfer on energy efficiency [...]	2009-12-18 15:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3053	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...]	2009-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3055	RUSSIA ON MILITARY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: In parallel with SRAP Holbrooke's visit to Moscow, a U.S.-Russia interagency working group composed of counternarcotics and military experts met to discuss potential areas of cooperation and assistance to Afghanistan. Although the GOR counternarcotics programs for Afghan police [...]	2009-12-21 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3056	MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...]	2009-12-21 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW3072	Russia's Chief Medical Officer Wants to Expand Cooperation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, Ambassador Beyrle met with Dr. Gennadiy Onishchenko, Russia's Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Consumer Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor). The almost 90-minute meeting was cordial [...]	2009-12-21 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD EAGR ECON PARM
09MOSCOW3078	EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...]	2009-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD RS
09MOSCOW308	MFA'S SPECIAL REP ON BIH, KOSOVO, EULEX [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) The MFA Special Representative Botsan-Kharchenko told us February 5 that Russia would be satisfied with a technocratic replacement to Office of High Representative (OHR) Lacjak to oversee what it expects will be the [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BH KV UN RS
09MOSCOW3081	RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL RS
09MOSCOW3082	WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]	2009-12-23 04:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3090	KREMLIN-CREATED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY'S INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The triumvirate leadership of Right Cause has been in conflict since its establishment, with all three struggling to define the future of the party. Right Cause Co-Chair Boris Titov remains doubtful about the viability of his party in future elections, and confirmed that he is co [...]	2009-12-23 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3091	ENGAGING MUSLIM POPULATION ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, Post has produced a plan of action for engaging both the GOR and Russia's Muslim population with the goal of ending support for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s "defamation of religion" resolutions in the United Nations. During our October [...]	2009-12-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3103	MFA SUGGESTS AFGHANISTAN AS A BACK-DOOR MEANS OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to U/S Burns, Stephen Mull, met in Moscow with Zamir Kabulov, Director of the MFA's Second Asia Division, to discuss developments in Iran. Kabulov welcomed the change in American tactics to use both dialogue and pressure, but was downbeat on the prospects for succ [...]	2009-12-24 08:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF IR
09MOSCOW3104	CONSTITUTION'S 15TH BIRTHDAY MORE OF A FUNERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Constitution's fifteenth anniversary passed on December 12 with little fanfare. A VTsIOM poll showed that only 16 percent of respondents had read the Constitution and knew its contents. Many of the Constitution's authors feel disillusioned, noting that its provision [...]	2009-12-24 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3105	LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES TRADE AND IRAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: In Moscow for the Russia-Israel Intergovernmental Commission's first session in three years, FM Lieberman had discussions with Russian counterparts on economic and trade issues. This meeting is further evidence that the bilateral relationship continues its upward trend. Most an [...]	2009-12-24 08:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IS
09MOSCOW3109	SYSTEMIC REFORMS UNLIKELY WITHIN MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary: President Dmitriy Medvedev's high-profile campaign to modernize Russia appears designed to give Russia modest, mostly long-term, economic benefits without altering the basic economic and political structures that Medvedev inherited from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. To the chagrin of [...]	2009-12-24 09:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3120	AFGHAN LETHAL TRANSIT TALKS STALL OVER ICAO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting that lasted longer than three hours, MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy noted that the transit of lethal goods over Russia to Afghanistan had the full support of POTUS and Medvedev. The GOR and USG now had to work out the modalities to mak [...]	2009-12-28 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF
09MOSCOW3122	U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...]	2009-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR
09MOSCOW3123	CHANGING ROLES IN THE TANDEM LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Recent changes in the public messages and actions of President Medvedev have led to increased uncertainty among regional authorities and bureaucrats. Medvedev's recent decisions to dismiss officials in response to public outcries over the Perm nightclub tragedy and remove prison officials [...]	2009-12-28 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3124	WAGERS ON WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The term of Dagestan's current president, Mukhu Aliyev, expires in February 2010. Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev has not shown any haste in either naming a successor or appointing Aliyev to a new term, although he should have made the decision by now. Most money is now on [...]	2009-12-28 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3125	MEDVEDEV'S 2009 YEAR-IN-REVIEW EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev assessed on December 24 the most important achievements of 2009 during an interview in which he cited Russia's social and financial stability as the nation's key successes. He used the nationally-televised, live interview to push his economic modernization [...]	2009-12-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW313	MFA REJECTS CLAIMS OF ARMS TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minsk Group co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov February 6 dismissed charges of recent Russian arms deliveries to Armenia, claiming the supporting documents were forged. Experts agree with that assessment, and join the MFA's January 21 statement that it would not be in Russia's int [...]	2009-02-10 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ AM MARR
09MOSCOW3138	A PREVIEW OF RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE [...] (C) Summary: Experts and media reports suggest Russia's new military doctrine, intended to project defense policy to 2020, will be issued in the near future. News headlines will focus on the fact that the new doctrine lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons if other countries infr [...]	2009-12-29 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW3139	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR TURNER DEC 16-18 MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner visited Moscow December 16-18 to discuss NATO-Russia relations, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the OSCE's Corfu Process, and Russia's proposed European Security and NATO-Russia Council (NRC) treaties. MFA officials played up th [...]	2009-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT KCFE PARM PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW314	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTOMATED CONTROL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested Post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Automated Control Systems, Shosse Entuziatov 64, Moscow, Russ [...]	2009-02-10 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3143	MEDVEDEV USING MVD REFORM TO INCREASE STANDING? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev, capitalizing on several recent high-profile events surrounding the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),introduced on December 24 proposals intended to make the MVD more professional and centralized. Medvedev has frequently discussed the need to reform the MVD since [...]	2009-12-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3144	RULE OF LAW LIPSTICK ON A POLITICAL PIG: [...] (C) Summary: The prosecution in the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial has finished reading its 188 volumes of evidence, and has moved on to questioning witnesses. An observer for the International Bar Association stated his belief that the trial is being conducted fairly. Related events outside of R [...]	2009-12-30 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3147	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: Planning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeds on the reinstituted Program Review and Export Licensing Exchange scheduled for February 2010. EXBS has submitted data on training conducted through the program for th [...]	2009-12-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3151	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES WORKING [...] (SBU) Amid continued uncertainty over its future, the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) held Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings, and celebrated its fifteen-year anniversary December 7-10, 2009 in Moscow. The GB agreed to establish a working group, to [...]	2009-12-30 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
09MOSCOW3154	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MASHCOMPLECS FAKEL LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Mashcomplecs Fakel Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed o [...]	2009-12-31 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW317	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCIENTIFIC AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Scientific and Industrial Concern (SIIC) Nauka, Kiev, Ukraine [...]	2009-02-10 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW323	ICRC Maintains No Humanitarian Crisis in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow February 5, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Russian Delegation officials stated that there is no humanitarian emergency in South Ossetia, despite reports of potential food shortages. Although there are some needs that continue to demand attention, such [...]	2009-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS GG
09MOSCOW328	OSCE FROZEN CONFLICTS ENVOY ON TALKS WITH GOR [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on his earlier meeting with DFM Karasin, OSCE Special Representative Christopoulos told Ambassador Beyrle February 10 that Russia supported the presence of OSCE military monitors inside South Ossetia, and was even considering adding language about such observers to the [...]	2009-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE
09MOSCOW330	RUSSIA FORUM 2009 UNCOVERS POLICY DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary. This year's Russia Forum, hosted by Troika Dialog, highlighted fundamental disagreements in the Russian government on the best policy mix to manage the economic crisis. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, voicing a "conservative" approach, declared the GOR would reduce bu [...]	2009-02-11 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW333	RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]	2009-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW334	CRISIS-RESPONSE MEASURES FOR THE RUSSIAN CAR [...] (SBU) Russia's car companies are heavily indebted and steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. The GOR continues to employ a range of state support measures to help Russia's major vehicle manufacturers cope with the global financial crisis, including direct financial support, subs [...]	2009-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD WTO RS
09MOSCOW337	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RPC OPTOLINK LTD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, RPC Optolink Ltd, Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-02-12 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW355	DFM GRUSHKO ON GEORGIA, ENERGY SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador the GOR had concluded that the only way to guarantee security in Georgia was through the presence of Russian troops. He said a renewed OSCE mandate would have to take into account South Ossetian vi [...]	2009-02-13 08:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL ENRG EU GG RS
09MOSCOW36	RUSSIA-EU GAS UPDATE -- UKRAINE TO "DETACH" [...] (SBU) The EC Delegation in Moscow and Gazprom told us independently on January 12 that they expect a new trilateral agreement (refs A, B, C),without the supplemental "declaration" attached by Ukraine, to be signed as early as the end of the day. Once signed and once monitors are in place, Ru [...]	2009-01-12 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW361	RUSSIAN XENOPHOBIA HAS ROOTS DEEPER THAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The recent wave of high-profile xenophobic violence gripping Russia has raised concerns within Russia's migrant community, second in size only to that of the United States. While diaspora leaders lobbied to protect the interests of their citizens, labor migrants have endured in [...]	2009-02-13 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW364	KUDRIN URGES COORDINATED U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns, the Ambassador, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Michael McFaul, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave a general outline of the GOR's efforts to remedy the crisis domestically, including [...]	2009-02-13 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW365	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON EU-RUSSIA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) The European Commission delegation visit to Moscow February 5-6, headed by EC President Barroso and nine EC Commissioners, made little progress on trade issues with Russia. EC Trade Commissioner Ashton and Transportation Commissioner Tajani raised with Russian Economic Development Ministe [...]	2009-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO EU RS
09MOSCOW367	GAZPROM FACING TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Gazprom's financial outlook for 2009 is increasingly bleak. The company's revenues from exports to Europe are set to decline dramatically as gas prices to Europe, which lag oil prices by about six months, head to one-third their peak price. Unfortunately for Gazprom -- and the GOR, whic [...]	2009-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW369	RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PROPOSES FSB AS BETTER [...] (SBU) During a February 11 meeting with Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Nikolay Laverov, EST counselor and staff inquired about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the RAS on coo [...]	2009-02-13 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS
09MOSCOW38	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) [...] (U) The following is geared to reftel questions paras 6 through 11 Incidence and Nature of Child Labor 2. (U) Child labor in Russia encompasses not only Russian children, but often children from neighboring countries. Some children are brought to Russia for the purpose of exploitation [...]	2009-01-12 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RS
09MOSCOW389	IRC Chief Says Working in Chechnya Getting Easier [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s Russia Country Director spoke with Moscow diplomats February 11 about his work in the North Caucasus, some of it funded by State/PRM, and about the difficulty of functioning amid instability and corruption. Despite the obstacles, IRC's [...]	2009-02-18 06:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW396	AG MINISTER SENT TO PASTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Medvedev recently removed long-serving Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev from his post, nominating him to be governor of Voronezh Oblast as part of a larger shake-up of regional governors. While this action represents a significant demotion for Gordeye [...]	2009-02-18 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW397	CASTRO VISITS MOSCOW TO REJUVENATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow from January 28 to February 4 in an effort to boost trade ties and rejuvenate relations with Russia. Despite some exercises in Communist-era nostalgia, experts were quick to downplay any anti-U.S. angle to the trip. Medvedev and Castr [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
09MOSCOW4	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW403	CEO MILLER TELLS AMBASSADOR GAZPROM HAS NO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; ACCUSES UKRAINE OF "THEFT" WHILE DENYING ANY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GAZPROM [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller acknowledged the difficult economic environment but said his company thought the downturn would last no more than six months and had no intention of altering its long-term plans, including the building of the Nord Stream an [...]	2009-02-18 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW405	RUSSIA DELAYS DELIVERY OF S-300S TO IRAN? [...] (S) In response to media reports surrounding the visit of Iranian Defense Minister Najar to Moscow February 16-18 that Russia would move ahead with the delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, Ambassador expressed strong concern to DFM Ryabkov February 17 (ref A). Ryabkov repl [...]	2009-02-18 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER
09MOSCOW407	RUSSIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO RS
09MOSCOW413	DAS MOON'S FEBRUARY 11 MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. MFA 2nd Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov reiterated Russia's interest in strengthening cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan during a February 11 meeting with SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon. Maryasov said the situation in Afghanistan required "drastic changes," and prais [...]	2009-02-19 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR AF IR RS
09MOSCOW414	POLITICAL OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: PLAYERS AND [...] (C) Summary: Political opposition forces in Russia continue to hold little influence and do not pose any challenge to the ruling regime. In 2008, the number of nationally registered political parties in Russia decreased from 14 to 6, with only one liberal democratic party (Yabloko) among them [...]	2009-02-19 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW416	U.S.-RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia expressed strong support for U.S. and NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and offered practical steps to expand Russian assistance during the February 10-11 U.S.-Russia consultations on Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation, headed by SCA DAS Moon and accompanied by the Amba [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ETRD MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW419	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...]	2009-02-19 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09MOSCOW423	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...]	2009-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09MOSCOW424	EXXONMOBIL DESCRIBES CONTINUED IMPASSE ON SAKHALIN [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil Russia VP in charge of Sakhalin 1, told us on February 18 that the company has begun layoffs at the Sakhalin 1 project due to the absence of an approved budget for new field development (reftel). He stated the company had no role in recent press stories reporting [...]	2009-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW430	LITTLE HOPE FOR RUSSIA'S ATROPHIED INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) The GOR's stated commitments to modernizing and developing Russia's transportation infrastructure are unlikely to materialize soon. With a looming budget deficit, the government has cut infrastructure financing repeatedly. Some investment bankers argue that investing in infrastructure pro [...]	2009-02-20 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW435	RUSSIA'S MFA ON THE U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (S) Summary: On Friday, February 13, EST delivered ref A talking points on the satellite collision to the MFA, following up U/S Burns's and Ambassador's discussion of the issue with DFM Ryabkov (ref B). Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy indicated that Russia is satisfied [...]	2009-02-20 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL TSPA RS
09MOSCOW437	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW439	CATERPILLAR'S GIANT TRUCKS FALL VICTIM TO RUSSIAN [...] (C) The giant trucks that Caterpillar produces for the mining and construction industries have become an apparently unintended victim of Russia's recent duty increases on cars. The heavy duty vehicles, which cost about one million dollars each, currently enter Russia under a customs code reserv [...]	2009-02-20 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW454	RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY PROPOSES MEETING WITH NEW EPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Director of International Cooperation at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) praised past U.S.-Russian environmental cooperation and suggested an initial meeting between EPA Administrator Jackson and MNRE Minister Trutnev this spring. [...]	2009-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW456	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW457	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] (C) Summary. Russia has repeatedly signaled its openness to considering additional transit agreements to Afghanistan, with the implication these could include lethal equipment. As we begin shipments of non-lethal supplies through the Northern Dimension Network (NDN),and with the future of U [...]	2009-02-25 06:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW462	ACEQ - MOSCOW, YEKATERINGBURG, AND VLADIVOSTOK [...] Crime mobility - Response F Gangs and other criminal elements roam freely day or night, and target Embassy officials (Emboff) and affluent residential areas for burglary. Narrative: The increasing number of violent robberies against American and Locally Engaged (LES) employees reported t [...]	2009-02-25 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
09MOSCOW464	MFA ASKS HOW CAN WE AID GAZA WITHOUT INVOLVING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Aleksandr Rudokov, who said that Russia recognized the importance of the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh to address the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, but previous commitments could [...]	2009-02-25 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG RS
09MOSCOW465	MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS [...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...]	2009-02-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS
09MOSCOW467	UPDATE ON RUSSIA'S POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF IGLA-S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER
09MOSCOW471	RUSSIA RESPONSE ON EXTENSION OF RER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, representatives of the MFA, Rosatom, and Russia's Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) told Embassy EST and DOE representatives that Russia is willing to sign an extension of the Agreement on Cooperation in Research on Radiation Effects (RER). However, most of the am [...]	2009-02-26 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA KTIA OTRA PARM TRGY EAID RS
09MOSCOW472	BRYANSK: GOVERNOR BOASTS STABILITY AMID CRISIS, [...] (C) Summary: A February 18-19 visit to Bryansk revealed a regional government enjoying strong Moscow support yet focused on shifting attention away from the growing economic crisis. Isolated investment successes and a pan-Slavic economic forum in Bryansk, featuring an appearance by State Duma [...]	2009-02-26 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON RS BO UP
09MOSCOW473	EU TROIKA TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During the Russia-EU Troika dialogue on February 11, Lavrov charged that Georgian troops were massing on the boundaries with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The MFA later called the EU's reports dismissing these claims as a "snapshot" that did not measure "true" Georgian intentions. Lavrov j [...]	2009-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW474	EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO RUSSIA [...] (C) On February 6, EC President Barroso led a delegation of nine EC commissioners and vice presidents for meetings with counterparts in Russia. This visit was part of an intergovernmental framework delayed since 2005, due to a series of crises in the EU-Russia relationship. Human rights wa [...]	2009-02-26 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW488	RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...]	2009-02-27 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN
09MOSCOW489	REGIONAL ELECTION PREVIEW: UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite party infighting and some notable defections, United Russia is expected to win in all nine regions holding March 1 parliamentary elections. The Communist Party has campaigned vigorously to make the election a referendum on United Russia's handling of the economic crisis [...]	2009-02-27 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW496	RUSSIA SET ON A MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 15-19 visit to the Middle East reinforced Russia's intention to convene a Moscow Middle East conference (and ward off Sarkozy's entry into the race for MEPP summitry). The GOR now aims to hold an April or May meeting that Russian officials argu [...]	2009-02-27 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IR IS SY RS XF
09MOSCOW498	RUSSIAN RECEIPT OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER ON MARINE MAMMAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV RS
09MOSCOW500	LUZHKOV TALKS BIG ON U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Summary: During his introductory call on Moscow Mayor Luzkhov February 26, Ambassador was treated to a tour d'horizon of global challenges - from the Mayor's lofty perspective - confronting Russia: the rise of China and its aspirations for regional power, the potential for conflict arising [...]	2009-02-27 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS CH
09MOSCOW501	FOLLOW-UP TO UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26 we followed up ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Export Control Section Chief Aleksandr Deyneko, who told us the GOR's main priority for the 1540 Committee was to conduct a comprehensive review of the Committee's work. He said Russia was prepared to accept almost all of [...]	2009-03-02 04:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW502	SUBJECT: DVORKOVICH AND A CRISIS OF "PLANETRAY [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, said he predicts the downturn in Russia will be deeper and longer than the GOR had originally thought. He said the GOR would cover a large deficit this year out of the Reserve Fund b [...]	2009-03-02 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW504	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG DESPITE LETHARGIC TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite decreased voter turnout, United Russia unsurprisingly won all nine regional elections held March 1. Although framed by the Communists as a referendum on the regime's anti-crisis measures, KPRF made only modest gains in key regions where it had hoped to break United Russ [...]	2009-03-02 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW508	HIGH-LEVEL GOR PERSONNEL MOVES: SHELL GAME OR [...] (C) Summary: Blessed by the Kremlin, a list of 100 names of potential presidential appointees reflects compromises between elite groups loyal to Medvedev and Putin. While the list pleased some interested in greater transparency in personnel policy, the revised version that includes the son of [...]	2009-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW509	VIOLENCE PERSISTS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW511	RUSSIA AND NATO AFTER GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: As the Alliance debates the nature and future of the NATO-Russia relationship, and with the more positive approach by the U.S. and Russia, we have an opportunity now to set NATO-Russia relations on a new path that acknowledges our common commitment to strengthening transatlantic [...]	2009-03-03 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
09MOSCOW512	ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tende [...]	2009-03-03 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW521	RUSSIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 IPR REVIEW [...] Consistent with U.S. industry recommendations, Embassy Moscow recommends that the USG maintain Russia's Priority Watch List status for the 2009 Special 301 IPR Report. There has been slow but steady progress on some IPR legal and enforcement issues during the past year. However, Russia has ma [...]	2009-03-04 05:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS
09MOSCOW528	RUSSIA/CHINA OIL DEAL: CLEAR AS MUD [...] (C) Following months of negotiations, Russian and Chinese state-owned corporations recently concluded a $25 billion loans-for-oil deal. The China Development Bank will provide Rosneft with $15 billion and Transneft with $10 billion at a relatively low interest rate, while the two Russian compa [...]	2009-03-04 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW531	KOSTROMA: OPPOSITION GROUPS FAIL TO GAIN TRACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to Kostroma revealed that opposition groups have been unable to gain traction in the region. United Russia dominates the political scene and long-standing opposition groups trail far behind in support. United Russia swept the January 25 mayoral elections and dominated [...]	2009-03-04 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW532	QUESTIONING PUTIN'S WORK ETHIC [...] (C) Summary. Rumors about Prime Minister Putin's disengagement from his duties have proliferated in Moscow, suggesting that he has lost his "edge" in making critical decisions on measures linked to the economic crisis. Putin has reportedly been "working from home" on many issues, leaving much of th [...]	2009-03-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW533	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 11 roundtable with visiting SCA DAS Patrick Moon, Russian experts on Afghanistan and Central Asia observed that Russia needed the U.S. to succeed in Afghanistan as it lacked the psychological capacity and the financial and military resources to get directly in [...]	2009-03-04 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW534	GROWING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT [...] (C) Russia's external debt situation has become a source of increasing concern and speculation among local analysts and international bankers. The mid-February tempest over a press report that the GOR planned to coordinate a large-scale restructuring of much of Russia's private external debt [...]	2009-03-04 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW535	INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...]	2009-03-04 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW538	UNEMPLOYMENT AND DECLINE IN REAL WAGES HIT [...] (C) By most accounts, unemployment in Russia has reached 6.1 million. In addition, almost two thousand corporations plan to reduce their work forces in the course of the year. Hardest hit are twenty-five million residents of the single-company towns - primarily in the manufacturing and extrac [...]	2009-03-05 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW541	RUSSIAN OFFICIAL EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASES FOR CARS [...] (C) Alexander Rakhmanov, Director of the Department of Automotive and Agriculture Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged to us that the recent duty increases for cars and harvesters were meant to protect domestic producers from import competition and help them wea [...]	2009-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW543	GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR TALKS DOWN 5 PLUS 2 [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us Russia is still working on setting a date and agenda for planned "2 plus 1" talks in March between Moldovan President Voronin, Transnistrian leader Smirnov, and President Medvedev, as discussed during Foreign M [...]	2009-03-05 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD

09MOSCOW544	RUSSIA SYMPATHIZES WITH PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON [...] The Russian government has criticized the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, which the GOR contends could negatively impact the chances for reaching a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur. According to a MFA statement, Russia "understands" the position [...]	2009-03-05 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW546	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, two regional courts have charged the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) of Russia with distributing extremist literature, and the Russian General Prosecutor has ordered a full investigation of JW religious activity, in coordination with the FSB. Local police [...]	2009-03-05 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW547	PAMFILOVA EXPECTS GREATER RESONANCE WITH MEDVEDEV ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Ella Pamfilova, recently re-appointed by Medvedev as the head of the Presidential Council on Promoting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, admitted on March 4 that the Council had not been very successful during the last year of Putin's presidency, but was optimis [...]	2009-03-05 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS PGOV
09MOSCOW551	NOMINATION OF LARISSA FILIMONOVA-KRIVTSOVA FOR ESTH COURSE [...] (U) Post very much appreciates the opportunity to nominate FSN Larissa Filimonova-Krivtsova to attend to the two-week Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) course (PE 21) for FSNs from April 27-May 8 at NFATC. Post is prepared to fund her airfare, meals, and incidental expenses a [...]	2009-03-06 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON RS
09MOSCOW554	RUSSIA PLAYS DOWN CHERNOMYRDIN FLAP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Ukraine Office Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that Russia considered Ukraine's threat to declare Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin a PNG to be an attempt by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to improve his dismal approval ratings, while President Med [...]	2009-03-06 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW555	YAROSLAVL: AUTHORITIES CONTAIN SOCIAL UNREST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite massive layoffs and public sentiment worries in one of the economic crisis' hardest hit areas, for now, authorities in Yaroslavl have managed to defuse the potential for social unrest in the region. Prime Minister Putin's December visit to the area to promote job deve [...]	2009-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ELAB SOCI RS
09MOSCOW556	RUSSIAN MFA NON-PAPER ON U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (C) On March 6, EST Counselor met with MFA North America Desk Counselor Aleksandr Shilin, at Shilin's request. Shilin provided the Russian government non-paper in Russian (text of unofficial Embassy translation below) on the February 10 collision of U.S. and Russian satellites, information p [...]	2009-03-06 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA PREL RS
09MOSCOW561	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (RUSSIA) [...] (U) Subject of Proposal and General Information: Embassy EST section greatly appreciates the opportunity to request a 2009 science follow, ideally from either NIST or NSF, specializing in the field of nanotechnology who can work with the Russian government, Russian scientists and educators, a [...]	2009-03-06 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO TNGD ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA RS
09MOSCOW572	THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...]	2009-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS
09MOSCOW575	HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who is heading a high-level Russian business delegation to Washington this week, said the GOR had attached great importance to the delegation and its reception. The Ambassador responded that the timing was i [...]	2009-03-11 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD RS
09MOSCOW586	GOR GEARS UP PRINTING PRESS TO FINANCE DEFICIT, [...] (C) While the GOR continues to debate its revised 2009 budget, two aspects of the budget have become clear in recent weeks: the GOR plans to run a substantial deficit and to finance the deficit with foreign currency in the Reserve Fund (RF),which will be sold to the Central Bank (CBR),which [...]	2009-03-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW587	IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...]	2009-03-11 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW592	43 BILLION FOR LABOR UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...] (C) Billions of rubles programmed for regional employment stimulation are unlikely to ease labor market stress owing to unrealistic targets, local government corruption, and poor planning. The Russian federal government intends to use new regional labor programs to create one million jobs, tra [...]	2009-03-12 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW604	RUSSIA PROPOSES TO START DISCUSSIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) and the Federal Agency for Natural Resources Management Supervision (Rosprirodnadzor) told EST that Russia's policies and procedures on access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits are fragmented [...]	2009-03-12 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV TBIO KIPR PREL PGOV KRVC EFIS RS
09MOSCOW611	DFM RYABKOV ON IRANIAN POLICY REVIEW, S-300S [...] (S) Summary: In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Ryabkov said that the March 3 P5 1 joint statement at the IAEA, coupled with Russia's decision to delay delivery of the S-300s, had sent a clear message to Tehran of the international community's common purpose. Ryabkov expressed [...]	2009-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW616	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CJSC SCIENTIFICALLY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, CJSC Scientifically Manufacturing, SALUT 27, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW617	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC LIT PHONON, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Lit Phonon, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW619	RUSSIA'S LOW-KEY RESPONSE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia maintains its opposition to the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, but will not actively pursue the warrant's deferral at the UNSC, according to the MFA. Russian officials met recently with African ambassadors who sought to maintain GOR opposition to the ICC [...]	2009-03-13 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW620	RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...]	2009-03-13 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK
09MOSCOW621	RUSSIA'S 2009 REVISED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced this week that the Russian Cabinet would begin its official review of the revised 2009 federal budget on March 16, almost three months to the day after Prime Minister Putin called for a revised budget. Intense intra-Cabinet negotiations [...]	2009-03-13 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW635	GOR PREOCCUPIED BY TENSIONS WITH SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary: At a time when tensions near the administrative borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are on the rise, Duma officials and well-connected Russian experts do not see signs of a spring offensive between Russia and Georgia. What has generated greater interest are the public signs of [...]	2009-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW640	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitriy Medvedev appointed Elena Skrynnik (Screen-nik) as the Minister of Agriculture on March 12, 2009, succeeding Aleksey Gordeyev, who took over as Governor of Voronezh Oblast after serving for 10 years as Minister of Agriculture. Skrynnik, a 47-year-old [...]	2009-03-17 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PINR WTO RS
09MOSCOW642	RUSSIA'S MIXED REACTIONS TO THE EU'S EASTERN [...] (C) When the EU first tabled the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EPI) in December 2008, the GOR called for transparency on the proposal, while FM Lavrov privately likened it to NATO expansion. To some in Russia, the EU had joined the competition over the post-Soviet space, an assessment that [...]	2009-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EU RS
09MOSCOW643	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ALTONIKA LTD, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Altonika Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW644	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MULTYSERVISNAYA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Multyservisnaya Radioset, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2009-03-17 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW645	GEORGIAN REPRESENTATION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Georgian Charge d'Affaires Givi Shugarov told us March 13 that the new Georgian interest section in the Swiss embassy opened March 5 was running smoothly (see also ref A.) Echoing DFM Karasin's March 6 statement in Izvestia that the GOR hoped the interest sections in Moscow and Tbilisi wo [...]	2009-03-17 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG
09MOSCOW649	RUSSIAN DISSONANCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) FM Lavrov struck a measured tone on Sudan during his March 13 meeting with visiting UK Minister of State for Africa Malloch-Brown, according to a British Emboff. Lavrov said that President Bashir's decision to expel international NGOs in response to the ICC arrest warrant was "unfortunate. [...]	2009-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW652	FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWING MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The current global financial crisis has forced a postponement of Russia's plans for military reform. With financial realities finally forcing the GOR to prioritize Defense Minister Serdyukov's proposed reforms, it is becoming clear that Russia's already-atrophied conventional for [...]	2009-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC ECON RS
09MOSCOW653	DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW659	GOR WALKS A FINE LINE ON POSSIBLE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. The possible test firing of a North Korean long range missile has put the GOR in a delicate position. On the one hand, Moscow appears to be providing North Korea breathing room by urging all parties to exercise restraint and to provide Pyongyang the benefit of the doubt. It has [...]	2009-03-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW669	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that another U.S. pork facility was delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of food-borne pathogen Salmonella. The original scanned copy of the letter a [...]	2009-03-19 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW673	GOR ON MARCH 18 TRANSNISTRIA 2 PLUS 1 TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us that the March 18 statement signed by Presidents Medvedev, Voronin, and Transnistrian leader Smirnov contained "neutralized" points drawn from all three sides' draft statements. Stressing that the statement su [...]	2009-03-19 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW676	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SPECIAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Special Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-03-20 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW677	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Moscow State University, Computational Mathematics and Cybern [...]	2009-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW678	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OAO Nizhegorodskaya Ges, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Zalvolzhye, [...]	2009-03-20 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW68	SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...]	2009-01-14 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
09MOSCOW680	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ELECTROCOMPLECT, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Electrocomplect, Korolev, Moscow Region, Russia. The company [...]	2009-03-20 08:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW683	RUSSIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC ENRG RS
09MOSCOW684	MARCH 11-12 LAVROV VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Summary: MFA Azerbaijan Office Director Yevgeniy Borisov told us that FM Lavrov's March 11-12 visit to Baku was "long scheduled," but hinted it was geared to control the recent damage done to bilateral relations by the allegations of Russian arms sales to Armenia and the creation of a CST [...]	2009-03-20 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW685	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals in shipments to Russia from those pla [...]	2009-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW686	RUSSIA KEEPS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE CHEAP [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche, accompanied by a colleague from the Japanese Embassy, on March 19 to MFA Pakistan desk chief Andrey Starkov, who said that Russia would send a representative to the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. He could not say at what level the GOR would be represent [...]	2009-03-20 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS
09MOSCOW689	MEDVEDEV ASKS RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO HELP RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11, Medvedev convened a joint meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations in Tula, focusing on the moral development and civic education of Russia's youth. Medvedev, coordinating the meeting himself, asked the h [...]	2009-03-20 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW69	RUSSIA UNSURE OF HAMAS' UNITY, WILL NOT MEDIATE [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on January 14 that DFM Saltanov found his recent discussions in Damascus with Hamas political leader Mesha'al "difficult" because of Hamas' "tough position" that called for an immediate Israeli cease-fire and withdrawal of troops [...]	2009-01-14 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW691	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Somalia Valeriy Shibeko, who said that Russia shared the U.S. hope that the election of Sheikh Sharif as President of the TFG offered an opportunity for progress, but cautioned against being overly optimistic as Somalia wa [...]	2009-03-20 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO RS
09MOSCOW693	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MILITARY NOW IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Zimbabwe Andrey Stolyarov, who said that Russia shared U.S. concerns over the illicit diamond trade in Zimbabwe and hoped that the new government in Harare would be able to effectively address the issue. He avoided addressin [...]	2009-03-20 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ECON ASEC ZI RS
09MOSCOW695	GOR TO WOO PUBLIC AFTER COMMUNISTS INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party's (KPRF) vocal and consistent opposition to military reform plans has likely influenced President Medvedev's decision to revise how the GOR approaches the reforms. Communist leaders have criticized the reforms, especially plans to reduce the size of the milita [...]	2009-03-20 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW708	NEW PATRIARCH SOUNDS PRO-AMERICAN AFTER RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle attended a ceremony on March 17 to commemorate the return of 18 bells from Harvard University to the Russian Orthodox Danilovskiy Monastery. Patriarch Kirill shared his appreciation for the U.S. Government's role in the process, proclaiming the ceremony as a [...]	2009-03-23 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW709	RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...]	2009-03-23 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW72	RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO OSCE/UNOMIG COMPROMISE; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting to brief on the U.S.-Georgia Charter, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin welcomed the recent compromise formula proposed by Greece to establish branch OSCE offices in Tskhinvali and Tbilisi, with the mission headquartered in Vienna, although he flagged Russian [...]	2009-01-14 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW741	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVATEST, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Novatest, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-03-25 09:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW742	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ROSHYDROMET, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Roshydromet, Moscow, Russia. Roshydromet is the abbreviated n [...]	2009-03-25 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW743	TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOMS DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] (C) The long-standing battle between Norwegian government owned Telenor and Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for control of mobile phone providers in Russia and Ukraine is heating up again. On March 12, each side secured major judgments against the other. Telenor won a billion-dollar contempt [...]	2009-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW746	MEDVEDEV APPROVES EXPANDED COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev has approved a proposal by FM Lavrov to expand Russian cooperation with the U.S. and NATO to stabilize Afghanistan. Lavrov made the formal proposal to Medvedev following his successful first meeting with Secretary Clinton, drawing the suggested areas for cooper [...]	2009-03-25 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW747	RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...]	2009-03-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET RS
09MOSCOW754	FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...]	2009-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW755	GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS [...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...]	2009-03-26 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW756	ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MOSCOW766	SMOLENSK: CONTESTED MAYOR ELECTION, LIMITED [...] (C) In a March 18-19 visit to the city of Smolensk, journalists, political parties, business people, and local officials told us the economic crisis has had limited effect on the region, but it had hindered future growth and hurt small businesses. Few companies have declared bankruptcy, but [...]	2009-03-27 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW774	AMBASSADOR KENNEDY VISITS MOSCOW IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visited Moscow from March 22 to 25 to meet with Russian counterparts in advance of the June 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. Ambassador Kennedy liaised with GOR representatives, NGO activists, Je [...]	2009-03-27 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW775	POLITICAL INTRIGUE SHAPES TOMSK MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The mayoral campaign in Tomsk, in which ruling party candidate Nikolay Nikolaychuk narrowly defeated the independent Aleksandr Deyev in a run-off election on March 15, crystallized the relative weakening position of the party of power, United Russia, in the face of economic diffic [...]	2009-03-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW778	EU MOREL, HABER DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate meetings in Moscow March 26, EU special envoy Pierre Morel met with DFM Karasin, while head of the EU Observer Mission Hans-Joerg Haber met with General Proshkin of the General Staff to discuss the Geneva Process, EU Monitoring Mission, and other Georgia-related is [...]	2009-03-27 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW784	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PRIST, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Prist, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-30 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW789	UNITED RUSSIA IN DISARRAY AS OPPOSITION REGISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to expectations, Solidarity opposition leader Boris Nemtsov successfully registered March 28 for Sochi's April 26 mayoral election. The most significant of the remaining hopefuls (from the original 24 registrants) are acting mayor and United Russia candidate Anatoliy Pak [...]	2009-03-30 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW797	RUSSIA MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO ACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Russia marked the tenth anniversary of NATO's 1999 NATO bombardment of FRY with an official statement, a State Duma special resolution, political rallies, and extensive media coverage. The MFA called for an assessment of NATO's actions and called for the adoption of Medved [...]	2009-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YI BK SR KV RS
09MOSCOW802	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW809	TUBERCULOSIS REMAINS UNDER-REPORTED PROBLEM IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Medical Corps (IMC) Acting Russia Country Director warned of the continuing spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at a meeting of post's Refugee Assistance Roundtable/Forum on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day. While [...]	2009-04-01 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID TBIO RS
09MOSCOW812	ENCOURAGING U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RUSSIA [...] Resetting relations with Russia is a key foreign policy objective for the Obama administration. We need to reduce levels of tension and mistrust, and refocus the relationship on ways to integrate Russia into regional and global institutions as a responsible player that can dramatically affect [...]	2009-04-01 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV RS
09MOSCOW816	MOSCOW'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, DISJOINTED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a deepening economic crisis and polling data that indicates a readiness to revert to social protest, civil society activists downplay the potential for social movements to coalesce politically in Moscow and note the federal and city government's efforts to make it harde [...]	2009-04-01 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI ECON RS
09MOSCOW817	1ST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubhkov gave a rare interview on March 31 to leading daily newspaper "Izvestia" on agricultural issues. Zubkov is responsible for overseeing overall agricultural development in Russia and implementation of the national priority project in agr [...]	2009-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW818	MFA DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH DAS MOON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Second Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov and SCA DAS Moon covered a range of Afghan-related issues during a March 26 meeting held on the eve of U.S. participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan. Maryasov said that FM Lavrov would be [...]	2009-04-01 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW819	AFGHAN FM SPANTA ON RUSSIA, PAKISTAN AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 27 meeting with SCA DAS Moon, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, who was in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan, expressed concern with the proposal made by the organization to establish a "security belt" around Afghanista [...]	2009-04-01 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS
09MOSCOW821	RUSSIAN MIDDLE CLASS NOT DEAD YET? [...] (C) Leading Russian sociologists concur the GOR missed the chance to invest in the middle class during the economic boom. As a result, the middle class remains only approximately 20 percent of the population. That said, experts assert that the small middle class is nonetheless well positioned [...]	2009-04-01 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW824	ATTACK ON YAMADAYEV DERAILS LIFTING OF GOR [...] (SBU) Summary: While contradictory stories continue to swirl in the Moscow-based media as to whether or not Chechen warlord and Kadyrov opponent Sulim Yamadayev died as a result of a March 28 attack in Dubai, Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) decided on March 31 not to lift th [...]	2009-04-01 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW833	SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Special Conference on Afghanistan convened in Moscow March 27 to discuss the impact of terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan on the country's neighbors, and intensifying international efforts to address these challenges. [...]	2009-04-02 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR UN AF RS ZK
09MOSCOW834	RUSSIA-TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: NO ZERO-SUM [...] (C) Summary: Russia has shown little concern about Turkey's recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus, including the GOT's rapprochement with Armenia, offer to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Russian officials to [...]	2009-04-02 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS TU AJ AM
09MOSCOW835	RUSSIAN EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CIS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In conversations with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland March 23-24, Russian experts on the CIS listed maintaining dominance in the region, protecting Russia's ec [...]	2009-04-02 09:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS CH AF KZ ZK
09MOSCOW837	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW838	RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES LOOK TO THE MEDIUM- TO LONG- [...] (U) Summary: Russian travel agencies who sell trips to America remain optimistic about their medium- to long-term business prospects despite the recent, marked decline in airline passenger volumes. While conceding that their numbers will not be as strong as they were in 2008, particularly amo [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV BEXP EIND RS
09MOSCOW839	MFA DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin reaffirmed GOR readiness to cooperate with the U.S. on Afghanistan but stressed the need for transparency and openness, particularly with regard to U.S. conversati [...]	2009-04-02 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KZ AF ZK
09MOSCOW841	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RTSOFT, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, RTSoft Co., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-04-02 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW842	Engaging Russia on Climate Change - Untapped Opportunities [...] In response to State, USAID, and DOE discussions over the future direction of the Global Climate Change (GCC) and Clean Energy Initiative programs in the Europe and Eurasia region, Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group has reviewed potential approaches to engage Russia. As the country w [...]	2009-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG KGHG KSCA OSCI RS SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW850	MOSCOW REACTS POSITIVELY TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Moscow reacted positively to the first meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1. While cautioning that issues such as missile defense and NATO enlargement remained divisive, most officials and press commentators noted a new, "positive spirit," and [...]	2009-04-02 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG NPT RS
09MOSCOW851	RUSSIA'S ATOMSTROYEXPORT CANNOT FULFILL EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian policymakers are relying on Russia's competitive advantage in civilian nuclear power to help it diversify its natural resources-based economy. Atomstroyexport, Russia's international nuclear power plant constructor is diligently pursuing construction contracts for 11 n [...]	2009-04-03 04:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP BTIO ETRD ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW853	RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR RETRENCHES [...] (SBU) Russian oil and gas companies are cutting back on capital expenditures and trimming costs where possible as they try to ride out the financial crisis and adjust to lower oil prices. Even state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, despite having held to earlier investment plans through the end of [...]	2009-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW854	LONG-FEARED GAS CRUNCH GIVES WAY TO GAS GLUT [...] (SBU) The long-feared Russian "gas crunch" -- an inability to meet domestic and export gas commitments (ref C) -- has given way to a veritable "gas glut" as European and domestic gas demand plummets. As a consequence of the sharp recession in Russia, domestic demand over the next several years [...]	2009-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW859	RUSSIA'S ECONOMY: STABILITY OR THE EYE OF THE [...] (C) The Russian economy shows signs of having stabilized in recent weeks, with oil prices edging up, the ruble stable, and a rally in the Russian stock markets. Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov bullishly proclaimed last week that the economy had reached bottom and predicted a recovery by the en [...]	2009-04-03 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
09MOSCOW861	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...]	2009-04-03 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW869	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SYNERTECH LTD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Synertech Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-06 05:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW873	AUSTR WILSON VISIT OPENS DIALOGUE ON IPR AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher Wilson, co-chaired the first meeting in more than a year of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group during a visit to Moscow March 21-28. In a welcome sign of renewed interest in the IPR Working Group, the [...]	2009-04-06 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW879	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HOLDS ALL CARDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the Russian "Golden Ring" cities of Sergiyev Posad, Suzdal, and Vladimir indicated that despite the existence of four official Russian religions (Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism),the country's traditional religious center is firmly Russian Orthodox. Whil [...]	2009-04-06 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW880	PUTIN'S LECTURES DUMA ON GOR'S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address widely believed to have been postponed so as not to conflict with last week's G-20 London Summit and the meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin presented his first annual report to the Duma. Putin devoted much of his hour-long speech, whi [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW884	RUSNANO'S CHUBAYS SEEKS "NEW LEVEL" OF BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Rusnanotech head Anatoliy Chubays spoke optimistically of a "new window of possibility in bilateral economic relations" that he intends to cultivate during his upcoming May visit to the U.S. Goals for the trip will include learning more a [...]	2009-04-07 07:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TNGD ETRD ECON RS IS
09MOSCOW888	ROSTOV'S TROUBLED ECONOMY: IS DIVERSIFICATION THE [...] (C) Rostov-on-Don, a predominantly agricultural region, has a relatively diversified industrial base dominated by the Soviet-era combine manufacturer, Rostselmash. The economic crisis has increased regional unemployment, and many local government officials long for the days of a more autarkic [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR RS BEXP
09MOSCOW889	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...]	2009-04-07 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW890	RUSSIAN APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Igor Sagitov and North Americas Department Counselor Aleksandr Shilin on April 7 to deliver the reftel points on the need for a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the April 5 DPRK launch of the Taepo-Dong 2 long-rang [...]	2009-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW895	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...]	2009-04-08 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW896	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, NEW [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle on April 8 conveyed to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov and North Americas Department Director Igor Neverov Washington's preference not to link the proposed Moscow conference on the Middle East with President Obama's July visit to Russia. Saltanov in [...]	2009-04-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IS
09MOSCOW897	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT MOLDOVA RIOTS; DUMA COMPARES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOR is concerned about the unrest in Moldova, and the MFA alluded to possible Romanian connections of the protesters, it has not made as direct accusations as Duma members have, who freely compared the riots to a new "color revolution." Experts do not think the West [...]	2009-04-08 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW898	DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...]	2009-04-08 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW907	(C) EXXONMOBIL CREDITS "RESET" WITH PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil's local Vice President in charge of Sakhalin 1, confirmed to us April 9 that the project's budget, after months of delays (reftels),has been approved by the GOR. According to Runje, field development that had been put on hold would be resumed and that about 2000 [...]	2009-04-09 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS

09MOSCOW909	RUSSIA'S MFA ON BAIKONUR TSA STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 3, ESToff presented and discussed the reftel points on steps toward entry into force of the Baikonur Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Outer Space Affairs Senior Counselor Georgiy Yurivich Barsegov. Barsegov co [...]	2009-04-09 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPSA KZ RS

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