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08MOSCOW190	GOR ON TRANSNISTRIA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan President Voronin's January 20-21 visit to Moscow prompted much speculation about an alleged "Putin plan for Transnistria." Following the visit, GOR officials denied that any new GOR proposal had been offered to Voronin and continued to insist that the only way to move [...]	2008-01-25 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS

08MOSCOW1900	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO NEW PCA [...] (C) Summary. The principal outcome of the Russia-EU Summit held June 26-27 in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk was, as expected, the approval to start negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)(to begin July 4 in Brussels). MFA and European diplomats confirmed that [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD EAGR PGOV NATO RS
08MOSCOW1904	RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY AND [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's proposal for a new European Security Treaty is not intended to create a new institution to replace NATO or other existing Euroatlantic organzations, but to eliminate remaining dividing lines in Europe and provide a mechanism for dealing with new threats and challenges [...]	2008-07-03 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS
08MOSCOW1908	UNION OF SOLDIERS MOTHERS DOES MUCH WITH LITTLE IN [...] (C) Summary: The Kursk representative of the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee Olga Dovenskaya does much to help conscript soldiers and their families, despite her lack of resources. She has achieved some impressive victories, helping families prosecute abusive officers and win settlement [...]	2008-07-03 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MCAP SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1909	PUTIN WANTS TIGHTER REGULATIONS ON SPECIAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Premier Putin issued a decree dated June 28 annulling tax-free status for grants issued by most foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Putin swept away seven existing regulations (most dating from 2001-2003) providing international NGOs tax-exempt grant-making [...]	2008-07-03 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW191	MFA ON LEBANESE POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting (other topics reported septel),MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Vershinin told us that Russia supported the Arab League's attempts to mediate Lebanon's political impasse over electing a new President. The GOR was pushing, both in public and in private, fo [...]	2008-01-25 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE RS
08MOSCOW192	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: A SMALL THAW? [...] (C) Summary. Amid abundant press coverage of FM Lavrov's attendance at Saakashvili's January 20 inauguration in Tbilisi, the MFA January 21 issued a terse statement reporting that Lavrov had met with the Georgian president, opposition leaders and the Catholic Patriarch during his visit. GOR [...]	2008-01-25 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1921	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IEG [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, IEG RAS (INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE, RUSSIAN [...]	2008-07-07 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW1928	RUSSIAN POSITIONS ON ZIMBABWE, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC BM KV ZI RS
08MOSCOW1935	RUSSIA FAVORS FLEXIBLE APPROACH ON MERCURY [...] (SBU) On July 3, we discussed the October 2008 UNEP-hosted Mercury Working Group Meeting with Vladimir Lenev, Counselor in the Global Environment and Health Section of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Lenev confirmed, as discussed in Ref B, that a consensus had not yet emerged [...]	2008-07-07 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD RS
08MOSCOW1936	MFA ON KARASIN VISIT TO TBILISI; DENIES SUPPLYING [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin's July 4 visit to Tbilisi focused on Russia's response to Georgia's June 23 proposals (reftel),as well as the situation in South Ossetia. MFA officials told us Russia's response was "in line with" the Friends of Georgia proposals, with the GOR emphasizing the need f [...]	2008-07-07 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1951	THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO
08MOSCOW1952	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Golden East-Siberia, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2008-07-09 11:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW1959	DORM-TO-DORM FIGHTING FOR WORKING-CLASS HOUSING IN [...] (C) Summary: The June 24 eviction melee between residents of a communal apartment building on one side and police and employees of the Federal Prison Service (FSIN) on the other was the latest round of the ongoing struggle for working-class housing in Moscow. The housing rights advocates, led [...]	2008-07-09 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1960	RUSSIA - UKRAINE RELATIONS: STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. In recent conversations, both the MFA and the Ukrainian Embassy characterized the Russia - Ukraine bilateral relationship as at an all time low. Ukraine's NATO aspirations dominate and negatively affect all aspects of the relationship. Other disputes, including the sluggish, c [...]	2008-07-09 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW1961	RUSSIA URGES ARAB GROUP TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1963	UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 25, we passed reftel information on the U.S. priorities for the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress to be held July 23 to August 12 in Geneva to GOR officials at the MFA's North America Department, the International Department of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, an [...]	2008-07-09 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD RS
08MOSCOW1964	BP PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, AND LEGAL ACTION IN TNK-BP BATTLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW1965	RUSSIA REQUESTS DELAY IN VOTE ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov and Counselor Vitaliy Liplinskiy July 9. They expressed concern at the information that the U.S. intended to seek a vote on the resolution on July 9, noting that Russian UN Ambassador Churkin had re [...]	2008-07-09 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI RS
08MOSCOW1973	PEPFAR HIV/AIDS DISCUSSIONS IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Assistant Administrator for Global Health, Dr. Kent Hill, visited Moscow and St. Petersburg June 18 to 22 to discuss President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) HIV/AIDS program in Russia with representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Development ( [...]	2008-07-10 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID EINV EAGR ETRD PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1975	RUSSIA THREATENS TECHNICAL VETO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Gennadiy Gatilov told us July 10 that Russia would most likely use a technical veto citing lack of instructions if the U.S. called for a vote on the Zimbabwe resolution today. He reiterated the GOR's request to delay the vote until tomorrow, so a [...]	2008-07-10 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI RS
08MOSCOW1977	OPIC FINANCE: INDEPENDENT LEASING [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed direct loan to Independent Leasing LLC for the purpose of expanding the company's capital equipment leasing activity to small and medium enterprises across Russia. Post is not aware of events that may adversely impact the project. Post also has no ad [...]	2008-07-10 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW1979	RUSSIA - GEORGIA RELATIONS: SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOR's Special Envoy to the South Ossetian conflict worried to us July 8 about the potential for increased instability in Tskhinvali and urged that the Joint Control Commission be re-started as soon as possible in order to provide a forum for the parties to the dispute. Popov h [...]	2008-07-10 15:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1980	GOR REACTS TO SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. While affirming that the GOR welcomed U.S. high-level visits to Tbilisi as a stimulus to facilitate the negotiation process, MFA officials expressed unease over the message delivered by Secretary Rice during her visit to Tbilisi. They were particularly "alarmed" by her support f [...]	2008-07-10 16:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1982	RUSSIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RS
08MOSCOW1988	ADDENDUM TO "RECREATING THE STATE GRAIN MONOPOLY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message is a classified supplement to REFTEL. Aside from some personal financial interests in resurrecting the state grain trade monopoly in Russia, a combination of personalities and old-style thinking at the top of Russia's agricultural policy apparatus appear to be pushin [...]	2008-07-11 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1990	MOSCOW SALVATION ARMY STILL UNABLE TO REGISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow Branch of the Salvation Army has been unable to re-register with the Federal Registration Service despite repeated attempts following their March 2007 victory at European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The Salvation Army continues to function in Moscow under the umbrel [...]	2008-07-11 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1991	RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...]	2008-07-11 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS
08MOSCOW1995	BATTLING CORRUPTION: RUSSIA NEEDS TIME FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting, Transparency International-Russia's (TI-R) General Director Yelena Panfilova outlined to us a new USG-funded program for combating corruption in Russia, focused on public education and strengthening rule of law. Panfilova believes the Russians are changing in [...]	2008-07-11 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1996	RUSSIA WILL VETO UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director of International Organizations Gennadiy Gatilov (the senior-most available officer in the MFA),told us July 11 that if the current U.S. draft UN Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe were put to a vote "with the current language," Russia would veto. When asked if [...]	2008-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI RS
08MOSCOW201	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Tverregiongas, Tver, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2008-01-28 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2012	MEDVEDEV TELLS RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO AVOID [...] During a July 15 address to an assembly of Russian diplomats in Moscow, Medvedev provided an overview of Russia's foreign policy and called upon the diplomats to protect Russian interests while avoiding confrontation. His address coincided with the release of the paper Concepts of Russian For [...]	2008-07-15 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2013	U.S.-RUSSIA JDEC MEETING REQUEST PASSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2019	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY [...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to stress our shared interest in a productive and efficient Russian energy sector. Russia is the world's largest producer and exporter of energy. We believe a Russia that does business in multiple markets in well-regulated and modern jurisdictions will be les [...]	2008-07-16 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON RS
08MOSCOW202	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, R [...]	2008-01-28 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW203	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute [...]	2008-01-28 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2032	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FEDERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Mikhail Margelov discussed Georgia, Iran and the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement, NATO Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and Georgia, Missile Defense, Medvedev's proposal for a new European security architecture, Afgha [...]	2008-07-16 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2033	MOSCOW VIEWS ON KOREA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR expressed satisfaction with the latest round of Six-Party meetings, with chief negotiator Aleksey Borodavkin confirming Russia's continued commitment to its Six-Party obligations. Most analysts thought that the success of the process depended on the U.S., the only Six-Pa [...]	2008-07-16 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN KS JA RS
08MOSCOW2034	NGOS STILL STUDYING PUTIN'S NEW NGO GRANT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Most international NGOs and their local Russian partners who have analyzed Putin's June 28 decree that initially reduced the number of organizations able to give tax-free grants from 101 to 12 and tasked federal ministries to come up with new regulations governing grants by fore [...]	2008-07-16 18:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2039	MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...]	2008-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU NATO RS
08MOSCOW2041	KHODORKOVSKIY'S LAWYERS PETITION FOR PAROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lawyers for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy filed legal papers July 16 with the local court in Chita requesting that he be paroled after serving four and a half years of his eight year sentence. His lawyers took great pains to state that this was a normal legal filing f [...]	2008-07-17 16:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW2045	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev July 16, Ambassador highlighted the many areas where the U.S. and Russia worked together cooperatively and constructively, such as non-proliferation, civil nuclear energy, space, and business. He emph [...]	2008-07-18 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2047	POINTS ON RALLYING SUPPORT FOR THE INDIA-IAEA [...] (C) On July 17 we delivered reftel points regarding rallying support for the India - IAEA safeguards agreement to Alexander Trofimov, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. Trofimov thanked us for the information and stated that Russia continues [...]	2008-07-18 11:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP RS
08MOSCOW2048	U.S.-RUSSIA COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: [...] (C) Summary. At the June 19-20 meeting of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG),both sides agreed to exchange a list of follow-up items (reftel A). This cable presents Post's contributions to Washington's thinking on CTWG next steps. Post and MFA officials discussed th [...]	2008-07-18 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV AF RS
08MOSCOW2053	WHAT'S BEHIND THE OIL CUTOFF TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC? [...] (C) It is impossible to know whether last week's abrupt drop in oil supplies to the Czech Republic was driven by politics or not. Some analysts see pure politics behind the move. Others say it was likely driven by private, if non-transparent, profit motives. The GOR vehemently denies any po [...]	2008-07-18 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2054	MORMONS SUSPEND SENDING AMERICAN MISSIONARIES TO [...] (C) Summary: The LDS Church (Mormons) have suspended sending new missionaries to Russia, citing the financial and logistical difficulty of complying with new Russian visa regulations. The LDS Church, which currently has an estimated 450 missionaries in Russia, will now rely upon Russian and U [...]	2008-07-18 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF CASC SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2055	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...]	2008-07-18 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2056	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DFM DENISOV TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov July 17. Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that stronger economic ties could provide for a more stable overall relationship. Denisov said the bilateral economic dialogues envisioned in the Sochi [...]	2008-07-18 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS EINV
08MOSCOW2058	MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...]	2008-07-18 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU NATO RS
08MOSCOW206	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, R [...]	2008-01-28 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW207	NORTHERN CAUCASUS: INGUSHETIYA BOILS OVER, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Violence in Ingushetiya is growing, which threatens to have impact neighboring North Ossetiya and Kabardino-Balkariya. Following a week of violence, police on January 26 dispersed an unsanctioned opposition meeting, but not before demonstrators set fire to nearby buildings housin [...]	2008-01-28 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2093	ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings held in Moscow July 16-17, 2008, the GB approved funding for the first pilot institute self-sustainability plan. This marked an important milestone in ensuring that [...]	2008-07-21 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
08MOSCOW2094	GEORGIA: STEINMEIER FAILS TO GET RUSSIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Despite FM Lavrov's positive press spin about German FM Steinmeier's meetings in Moscow July 18, German colleagues characterized the trip as a "failure," and said Steinmeier made no progress in securing Russian support for direct Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations on security issues in [...]	2008-07-21 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2095	RUSSIA COMMENTS ON IAEA BOG MESA SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC RS
08MOSCOW2098	(S) LUKOIL'S ALEKPEROV PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, and Ambassador Steven Mann, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov welcomed greater U.S.-Russian business cooperation, praising his company's successful partnership with ConocoPhillips as a model for others. He said Central [...]	2008-07-22 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW210	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, RAS Institute of Solid Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow, Rus [...]	2008-01-29 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2106	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Geomarketing, Yaroslaveskoe Shosse, 29B Str, 3, Moscow, Ru [...]	2008-07-22 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2117	CTWG: S/CT LETTER AND DRAFT REPORT TO PRESIDENTS [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Dailey to Ambassador Safonov, as well as a draft Report to the Presidents on the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG). Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Counselor in the MFA's Office of New Threats and Challenges, conf [...]	2008-07-23 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2118	MEDVEDEV DENIES RENEGING ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. President Medvedev vehemently denied July 22 that he committed to agree on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on Zimbabwe at the G8 meeting in Japan. While acknowledging concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe, Medvedev maintained that he had insisted that all mention of the [...]	2008-07-23 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ZI RS
08MOSCOW2119	RUSSIA - INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION - DEPENDENT ON [...] (C) Atomstroyexport, Russia's construction firm for nuclear power plants outside of Russia, has agreed to build a total of six nuclear reactor units for India at Kudankulam. Currently, two nuclear reactor units are under construction and four more are planned. The future of the four reactors [...]	2008-07-23 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL PINR ETTC TRGY IN RS
08MOSCOW2122	MEETING WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII DEPUTY GENERAL [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Econ Minister Counselor, Deputy General Director of state corporation RosTekhnologii (RosTekh),Aleksey Aleshin said the GOR created RosTekh to revive Russia's industrial manufacturing base, particularly its high-tech defense-related industries. Aleshin said th [...]	2008-07-24 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET RS
08MOSCOW2125	RUSSIA'S "SAFE HAVEN" STATUS SLIPPING? [...] (C) In contrast to Russia's record-setting financial performance for 2007 and high hopes for 2008, the results from the first half of 2008 have revealed signs of strain. Net capital inflows are down substantially, as are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs),which through June have totaled only US [...]	2008-07-24 09:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2132	SERBIAN FM JEREMIC REAFFIRMS TIES TO RUSSIA; GOR [...] (C) Summary. Russia welcomed Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic's July 17 visit to Moscow as reaffirming the importance of Russia as a partner in the face of the new Serbian government's pro-European integration policy. The GOR reiterated full support for Serbia's stance on Kosovo, and agreed to back Be [...]	2008-07-24 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO SR RS
08MOSCOW2137	TNK-BP UPDATE: BP PULLS STAFF AS AAR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2142	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Rotek TTC, Enthoziastov Highway, Moscow, Russia. The compa [...]	2008-07-25 11:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2146	MIXED SIGNALS AS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. Leading up to this year's OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted positively to US concerns and, despite a July 23 MFA statement reiterating criticisms of ODIHR, was positively disposed to the upcoming visit of ODIHR Dire [...]	2008-07-25 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2152	GEORGIA: RUSSIA MAY NOT ATTEND BERLIN FRIENDS' [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us July 25 that Russia had "nobody appropriate" to send to the Friends' meeting in Berlin next week. German Embassy officials confirmed that MFA 4th CIS Director Kelin told German envoy Lukas July 24 that they would try to find someone to attend the meeting, but wit [...]	2008-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2153	TNK-BP UPDATE: CEO DUDLEY LEAVES TOWN, BP BRACES FOR AAR'S NEXT MOVES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 18:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2170	NASHI SUMMER CAMP 2008: SEX, THUGS, AND THE ROC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kremlin-sponsored Nashi youth group may not enjoy the same prominence under Medvedev, but its fourth annual summer conference at Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast reinforced continued and significant Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) sponsorship. Billed as an "Innovation F [...]	2008-07-28 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2171	RUSSIA PROTESTS "PROCLAMATION ON CAPTIVE NATIONS" [...] (C) In a July 25 meeting with the Charge, MFA North America Director Igor Neverov raised Russian concerns over the 2008 presidential "Proclamation on Captive Nations Week." Noting that the GOR had not made an issue of the proclamation before, Neverov said that the annual statement had caugh [...]	2008-07-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2172	USTR Delegation Discusses IPR in Moscow [...] (SBU) A USTR delegation, led by AUSTR for Intellectual Property and Innovation Stanford McCoy, visited Moscow June 23-24 for meetings with GOR officials and industry representatives on IPR protection and enforcement. USTR focused on implementation of the U.S. ? Russia IPR side letter, and in [...]	2008-07-28 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR RS
08MOSCOW2178	UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On July 28, MFA chief of the UN Security Council section Peter Ilyichev confirmed that Russia supports the US position on termination of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) because there is no longer agreement by both parties. He said the GOR is reviewing a draft resolution ci [...]	2008-07-29 10:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC RS ET ER
08MOSCOW2179	RUSSIA: NO CONTRACT YET ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Zimbabwe desk Andrei Stolyarov. He said that at this time he was not aware of any request by the GOZ to obtain bank note paper from the Russian State Mint, and would take into account US concerns if the GOZ did approach Russia on this issue. He [...]	2008-07-29 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV SADC ASEC EFIN ECON ZI RS
08MOSCOW2180	RUSSIA ON SARG: OPTIMISM BEFORE REALISM [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Syria and Lebanon desk chief Andrei Panov, emphasizing US concerns over the possibility of Russian arms being diverted to Hizballah. Overall, Panov characterized Syria's recent engagement with the international community as positive a [...]	2008-07-29 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RS
08MOSCOW2181	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITE OR SEEK KREMLIN COVER? [...] (C) Summary: While an informal convocation of opposition leaders, engineered by former PM Kasyanov, fueled rumors of a united opposition movement, recent conversations suggest that Russia's mainstream liberal parties seek accommodation or "constructive" relations with the Kremlin. Following [...]	2008-07-29 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2182	MFA WALKS BACK THREAT OF BUDGET CUT FOR ODIHR [...] (SBU) Summary: While reiterating its frequent complaint that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has performed poorly, on July 26 the Russian MFA walked back the assertion by the Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of an imminent budget cut [...]	2008-07-29 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2183	CPC UPDATE: EXPANSION MOU "INITIALED", AWAITING [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Russia Vice President (and CPC Chairman) Andrew McGrahan told us July 28 that Chevron has negotiated a new MOU on CPC expansion with Transneft and Kazakhstan,s KazMunaiGaz (KMG). The new MOU has been circulated to other shareholders for approval. McGrahan said the new MO [...]	2008-07-29 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2200	AMBASSADORS GRAY AND MANN AT THE RUSSIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting with Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky, Ambassadors Gray and Mann raised the TNK-BP dispute, which they said was undermining investor confidence. Yanovsky responded that the GOR saw it as strictly a commercial dispute over the development of the company [...]	2008-07-30 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2201	RUSSIA'S MARKETS PLUNGE AFTER PUTIN'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's public criticism of Mechel, Russia's largest specialty steelmaker and second-largest coking coal producer, has highlighted the fragility of Russia's stock market, exposed possible divisions within the country's leadership, and spooked investors -- some of whom see t [...]	2008-07-30 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW222	ENI RUSSIA CHIEF ON SOUTH STREAM, GAZPROM [...] Summary: (C) Ernesto Ferlenghi, Chief Representative of ENI Russia/CIS, told us January 28 that South Stream is not a competitor to Nabucco because European demand will absorb gas from all currently planned pipelines, "and even more." He said he will say as much to the EU Energy Commission wh [...]	2008-01-30 03:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2237	AAR AND BP NEGOTIATING A "CEASE-FIRE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 12:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2239	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ROLE IN ENERGY [...] (C) On August 1 PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Asia Department Second Secretary Dmitriy Kulkin, a Russian delegation member at Six-Party meetings. Kulkin emphasized that Russia continues to support the "action for action" principle outlined by the Six-Party Talks Economy and E [...]	2008-08-01 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EAID ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS KN JA CH KS
08MOSCOW2240	RUSSIA RISES AS MAJOR CENTER FOR CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the volume of clinical drug trials in Russia enjoying rapid growth over the past few years, Russia has become the market leader for clinical drug trials among the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Russia enjoys numerous advantages in conducting trials, incl [...]	2008-08-01 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ETRD EINV EIND RS
08MOSCOW2241	KHODORKOVSKIY'S WARDEN FILES PAROLE REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: The warden of the prison in which former YUKOS Oil Company head Mikhail Khodorkovskiy is being held submitted to the local court in Chita the parole report required as part of Khodorkovskiy's July 23 request for early release (reftel). His St. Petersburg-based lawyer Yuriy Shmid [...]	2008-08-01 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2261	UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...]	2008-08-04 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI
08MOSCOW2262	(C) CZECH OIL SUPPLIES UPDATE: RUSSIA OFFERS TO [...] (C) Czech DCM Hynek Pejcha told us on August 4 that the GOR has offered to negotiate a complete removal of intermediaries from the oil trade between the two countries in order to prevent future supply problems. Pejcha said oil is still flowing at reduced levels and normal flows have not been [...]	2008-08-04 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2263	MFA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, MFA Afghanistan Deputy Director Khokhlov noted his office's support for two OSCE border guard initiatives, suggesting that GOR reservations were driven more by its broader unhappiness with the OSCE. Khokhlov undertook to make another bureaucratic push for the [...]	2008-08-04 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MASS RS AF OSCE
08MOSCOW2268	RUSSIA SEEKS TO CALM SITUATION IN SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials told us August 4 they were working to get direct talks between Georgian and South Ossetian leaders by the end of the week, in efforts to calm the situation there following the violence over the weekend. While acknowledging "provocative actions" by the South Ossetian [...]	2008-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2269	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S JULY 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The main themes of Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud's visit to Moscow on July 21 were development of Russia's high-tech sectors and opportunities for official as well as informal exchanges. Chairman of the Onexim Group investment fund Mikhail [...]	2008-08-05 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC ENRG RS
08MOSCOW2270	A CLOSER LOOK AT RUSSIA'S MECHEL INCIDENT [...] (C) Putin's sharp attack against steelmaker Mechel on July 24 and the nature of the Kremlin's response has created a spasm of new assessments and commentary during Moscow's usual dull summer vacation season. The Mechel incident (reftel) has provided a prism to critically assess the effective [...]	2008-08-06 03:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2273	TNK-BP UPDATE: CFO LEAVES DUE TO ONGOING DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2274	RUSSIA DENIES VOLUNTEER FLOW TO SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. The MFA denied August 6 that "volunteers" were traveling from the North Caucasus to South Ossetia to join the fighting in case of conflict with Georgia, noting that the situation remained quiet. They said they could not answer whether the GOR or local authorities in North Ossetia [...]	2008-08-06 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RS
08MOSCOW2275	CUBA: RUSSIA NOT INCREASING MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials insist that Russia is not interested in military cooperation with Cuba and deny any interest in establishing a Russian missile defense site in Cuba. The July 30-31 trip to Cuba by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and high-level economic and security advisors [...]	2008-08-06 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EAIR RS CU
08MOSCOW229	RUSSIA'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As Russia's new Institute for Democracy and Cooperation prepares to open its New York and Paris offices, Institute Chairman Kucherena claimed to us that its purpose was not "propaganda," but to provide a Russian perspective on human rights and democracy and to aid in the creat [...]	2008-01-30 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2297	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH GENERAL BUZHINSKIY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza August 1 that Russia shared the U.S.'s desire to avoid an armed conflict in Abkhazia. If there were such a conflict, Russia would likely not become directly involved, h [...]	2008-08-07 11:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO KCFE GG RS
08MOSCOW2301	FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...]	2008-08-08 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS
08MOSCOW2302	FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...]	2008-08-08 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS
08MOSCOW2303	FSVTS RELATIONS WITH ROSTEKHNOLOGII [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told us the Presidential decree transferring the GOR's shares in RosOboronExport (ROE) to state-owned RosTekhnologii (RosTekh) stripped their organization of managing ROE in all areas except military-te [...]	2008-08-08 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND MASS RS
08MOSCOW2306	SVETLANA MEDVEDEVA STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Dmitriy Medvedev's election to the post of president, a degree of uncertainty permeated the press as the public tried to figure out what role his wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, would play in the new administration. The role of First Ladies in Russia and the Soviet Union has o [...]	2008-08-08 06:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR RS

08MOSCOW2308	WHAT DOES THE MECHEL INCIDENT MEAN? [...] (C) The Mechel incident (Ref A) has been a sobering initial test of the new administration's management of the economy. On the heels of the TNK-BP dispute, Mechel unleashed precipitous stock market losses and struck a blow to previously bullish sentiment on Russia's investment climate. Opti [...]	2008-08-08 08:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
08MOSCOW2312	RUSSIA REMEMBERS SOLZHENITSYN [...] (SBU) Summary: In bidding farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia took a moment to honor a great writer and dissident, and remember an historical period often glossed over in this era of gangbuster economic growth and public trumpeting of Russia's resurgent geopolitical power and pride. Pr [...]	2008-08-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2315	BITTER HARVEST: JOHN DEERE ON RUSSIAN TRADE CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deere & Company Russia Country Director Sidney Bardwell told us August 5 that Deere believes the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) have conducted a fair investigation, but will likely determine that domestic producers have been in [...]	2008-08-08 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW2316	MINFIN OFFICIAL ON KUDRIN RUMORS, INVESTMENT [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with ECMIN, Finance Minister's Kudrin,s Assistant, Vadim Grishin, dismissed rumors of Kudrin's impending departure, which he said were the result of sharp internal GOR budget negotiations. He said Kudrin had arranged a delay in the BONY case, providing time for a co [...]	2008-08-08 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2317	RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP AUGUST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA claims Russia's principal goal in taking military action in South Ossetia is to stop the bloodshed. Blaming the current crisis on Georgia, alluding to (but not confirming) the dispatch of Russian military to South Ossetia, accusing Tbilisi of "ethnic cleansing" in South [...]	2008-08-08 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2319	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. demarche will be delivered to the Russian MFA at 1400 Moscow time (0600 EDT). The Russian government continues to characterize its actions as "peace enforcement," with Russian media claiming that troops have reached Tskhinvali's outskirts. Officials emphasize they have a responsib [...]	2008-08-09 08:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2321	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 3 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to deny that Russia was waging war, claiming Russia was "performing a peacekeeping mission," while Russian media reported the MOD had confirmed that 2,000 more paratroopers would be sent to South Ossetia. Reaction in Moscow to the conflict generally s [...]	2008-08-10 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2323	SCO SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOR ARGUES SCO NOT [...] (C) Summary: On August 7 we delivered reftel demarche to MFA Third Secretary Maksim Chernyshov, who told us the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) would not accept any new members at the August 28 summit in Dushanbe because no mechanism to do so exists. Possible Iranian membership enjoy [...]	2008-08-10 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS AF
08MOSCOW2324	TFGGO1: THE VIEW OF THE WAR IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. PM Putin moved into the spotlight with his visit to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia late August 9, though he and President Medvedev appeared jointly this morning to emphasize the "humanitarian tragedy" in South Ossetia and the need for legal consequences. The GOR has not veered from [...]	2008-08-10 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2333	ROSATOM STATE CORPORATION - REORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: The Rosatom State Corporation's new U.S./EU Section Head reports that the reorganization of the Corporation and its subdivisions is still underway. Although no longer a Federal Agency, Rosatom will retain some of its export control functions. Rosatom will continue to pursue co [...]	2008-08-11 10:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PINR ENRG ETTC IR IN RS
08MOSCOW2343	Russian TV paints Georgia-US plot in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian broadcast coverage of the events in South Ossetia has placed the onus of the conflict on Georgia. We have noticed signs that some broadcast and electronic media outlets are distorting coverage to suggest that the conflict is part of a U.S./NATO plot against Russia. Broa [...]	2008-08-11 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW235	RUSSIA CONTINUES TO RESIST KOSOVO CDI [...] (C) Summary. Russia claims that it has developed a "roadmap" in its continuing efforts to forestall a CDI by Kosovo, and to tempt wavering EU states away from recognition. However, the GOR has also prepared an "action plan" in anticipation of a CDI in coordination with Belgrade. Consistent [...]	2008-01-30 15:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KV RS
08MOSCOW2351	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT SITREP 4 [...] (C) Summary. An American journalist was reported injured in South Ossetia and taken to North Ossetia for medical treatment. Post is working to contact him. PM Putin said Russia would continue its mission to "its logical end," and lashed out at the West, and the U.S. in particular, for suppo [...]	2008-08-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW236	RUSSIA LIMITS ELECTION OBSERVERS AGAIN [...] (C) Following the same course it took in the December Duma elections, on January 28, the GOR issued a limited number of invitations to international organizations to observe the March 2 presidential election. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov specified that the OSCE's [...]	2008-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2360	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA: ANTI-US BACKLASH; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Putin's harshly critical August 11 remarks about U.S. interference and bias in the Russian-Georgian conflict have set the tone for public and private accusations of U.S. encouragement or stage-managing of Saakashvili's decision to attempt to take Tskhinvali by force. The absenc [...]	2008-08-12 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW2364	RUSSIAN ONLINE OPINIONS LARGELY ANTI-AMERICAN, [...] (C) An analysis of Russian blogs and online fora on the South Ossetia conflict showed large resentment towards U.S. policy, and approval of Russia's handling of the conflict. However, a few online contributors spoke critically of Russia's military operations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, co [...]	2008-08-12 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2365	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV CONFIDANT FLOATS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) In an August 12 meeting with ECMIN, Igor Yurgens, head of the Institute for Contemporary Development, President Medvedev's think-tank for economic and social issues, said Georgia needed to be punished for attacking South Ossetia and that Georgian President Saakashvili should go, but Russia [...]	2008-08-12 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2366	(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]	2008-08-13 03:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2370	TFGG01: MINIMAL BACKLASH FOR GEORGIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: Despite current hostilities, we see no evidence of a repeat of the fall 2006 anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. On August 12, Georgian Charge in Moscow told us that the Georgian community in Russia was suffering no backlash from the outbreak of hostilities. We also have not hea [...]	2008-08-13 03:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2380	DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR EAID PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2383	TFGG01 Russian media on ceasefire and U.S. interference in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media treated the ceasefire with Georgia as a Russian victory that sent a message of strength to Georgia and the West, but noted that the conflict was far from settled. Broadcast images of shelled homes and weeping victims underlined the human costs of the conflict. [...]	2008-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2384	RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON PREPARATIONS FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On August 13, we met with MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Nuclear Issues Officer Alexander Bolychov to deliver reftel points regarding outreach activities prior to the NSG Plenary August 21-22. Bolychov reiterated Russia's support for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG [...]	2008-08-13 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN RS
08MOSCOW2386	TFGG01: DOOM, GLOOM, AND WISHFUL THINKING: THE [...] (C) The Russian markets ticked up slightly August 12, with news that President Medevev had ordered military operations in Georgia to cease and with French President Sarkozy's mediation efforts appearing to gather steam. However, the markets are down over 30 percent from their mid-May peak, a [...]	2008-08-13 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2387	TFGG01: RUSSIA MAINTAINING HARD LINE, FOCUSING ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued their hard line towards Georgia August 13, repeating demands for a legally-binding non-use of force agreement between Georgia and the two zones of conflict, reiterating that Georgian peacekeepers could not be allowed to return to South Ossetia and Abkh [...]	2008-08-13 16:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2396	AMBIGUITY OVER RUSSIA,S FUTURE RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. During the past week's hostilities in Georgia, the Russian MFA harshly criticized the positions of Poland and the Baltics. Despite this criticism, the GOR has taken no action against these countries and some Polish and Baltic diplomats in Moscow do not believe that their relat [...]	2008-08-14 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN LG LH
08MOSCOW2407	TFGG01: Russian Media on Humanitarian Situation, Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in South Ossetia remained a front-page, top-of the news hour topic for Russian media, but the focus shifted from breaking events to refugees and humanitarian needs, and the long-term regional and geopolitical implications. In contrast to CNN's images of tanks and R [...]	2008-08-14 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2408	TFGG01: UNION OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS SAYS GOR SHOULD [...] (C) Valentina Melnikova of the Moscow Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee told us August 14 that her organization's only criticism of Russia's conduct on the South Ossetia conflict is that it waited too long to help the peacekeepers. She said the GOR should have intervened in South Ossetia w [...]	2008-08-14 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW2410	TFGG01: PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT SIGNALS NEW, [...] (C) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Presidential Assistant Arkadiy Dvorkovich signaled that the GOR anticipated being denied WTO accession this year and was looking to cast blame on the U.S. and others for politicizing the process. He warned that Russia would take steps to protect do [...]	2008-08-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2411	TFGG01: EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT ON GOR [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with the war in Georgia. Russia has decried Ukrainian announcements, including a presidential decree, calling for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) command to notify Ukraine about ships and aircraft returning to the Ukrainian [...]	2008-08-14 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP
08MOSCOW2412	YOUTH-DOMINATED RUSSIAN BLOGOSPHERE CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the onset of violence in South Ossetia, Russian bloggers have utilized internet sites to blaspheme the U.S. and Georgia, organize opposition events, and call for extreme measures. Dominated by Russia's youth, these online fora remain decidedly pro-Russia with little sym [...]	2008-08-14 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2413	TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2414	TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...]	2008-08-14 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2415	TFGG01: SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA LEADERS SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2416	IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-15 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW242	RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH TO INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On January 24, we delivered reftel points regarding the status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Russia's MFA Directorate of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). In a January 29 meeting, DVBR Division Chief Aleksey Karpov told us that he understood the U.S. [...]	2008-01-31 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PREL IN RS
08MOSCOW2425	PRESS BIAS SHIFTS IN FAVOR OF MEDVEDEV, BUT PUTIN [...] Summary: xxxxx reported the results xxxxx in a recent meeting with PolOff. While Medvedev dominated Russian programming on four of five surveyed stations, his appearances were disproportionately ceremonial in contrast to Putin's hands on control of the Russian government. The virtual absence of air [...]	2008-08-15 10:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2426	TFGG01: ENERGY AND THE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG PREL RS
08MOSCOW2428	TFGG01: Russian media declares war over - now what? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media decreased its coverage of the South Ossetian conflict, shifting the focus to a post-game analysis of the war. Many media reports examined the future of U.S.-Russian relations after the conflict, responding to statements by President Bush and other senior USG o [...]	2008-08-15 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2429	TFGG01: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SPLIT OVER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Moscow offices of internationally-based human rights organizations have publicly questioned the GOR's figures for the number of dead and wounded from the conflict in South Ossetia. In an August 14 roundtable with Charge, home-grown activists have hewn m [...]	2008-08-15 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2434	TFGG01: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CONFLICT ON RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov stated August 14 that Western threats over WTO contradicted previous promises and that Russia was now convinced it would never be accepted into the WTO. These comments track with what GOR officials have told us privately (reftels). Local experts believe WTO accessi [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR GG RS
08MOSCOW2437	TFGG01: RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ON GEORGIA, INVESTOR [...] (C) During an August 14 meeting with the Charge and ECMIN, Central Bank (CBR) First Deputy Chairman Aleksey Ulyukaev expressed hope that the conflict with Georgia would be short-lived, thus helping restore battered investor confidence. He said controlling inflation was the country's top econ [...]	2008-08-15 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2438	TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR EAID PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2439	TFGG01: RUSSIA FOCUSES ON SEALING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. As German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Sochi, the GOR is focusing on sealing the deal reached during French President Sarkozy's trip, and signed by the Abkhaz and South Ossetia leaders in Moscow on August 14. Despite press speculation whether Russia would recognize Abkhazia and S [...]	2008-08-15 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2440	TFGG01: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR SOUTH OSSETIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross operating in Russia report that conditions for Ossetian conflict victims who have fled to the North Caucasus remain satisfactory. While the UN is still at the needs assessment stage, in part because the Ru [...]	2008-08-16 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS
08MOSCOW2452	TNK-BP UPDATE: COURT BARS DUDLEY FROM POST FOR SHAM LABOR VIOLATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2453	TFGGO1: RUSSIA REACTS TO GEORGIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Summary: Russian leaders have downplayed Georgia's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Russian Duma Deputies and Federation Council members have argued that Georgia was only hurting itself by withdrawing from the CIS, and that neither Russia nor the or [...]	2008-08-18 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MOPS RS GG CIS
08MOSCOW2460	MFA SAYS RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE STRAINED, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. While continuing to accuse Ukraine of supplying weapons to Georgia, and objecting to Kyiv's recent decrees on the Black Sea Fleet (BSF)(ref A),the MFA insisted to us that Russian relations with Ukraine were not threatened. Saying that Russia and Ukraine were interdependent in t [...]	2008-08-19 06:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP RS
08MOSCOW2472	RUSSIA'S DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON OUTER SPACE [...] (U) On August 19 MFA Department of International Security and Disarmament (DVBR) passed Embassy Moscow English and Russian versions of a draft UN General Assembly resolution on transparency and confidence-building measures (TCBMs) in outer space activities. DVBR told us they would like to sub [...]	2008-08-20 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL TSPA UN RS
08MOSCOW2473	ECONOMIC LIBERAL CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion of broad economic issues, former Economic Development Minister Yevgeniy Yasin told ECON officers he believes PM Putin's comments on Mechel were made following poor economic advice from Deputy PM Sechin; neither Putin nor Sechin had foreseen that the Mechel [...]	2008-08-20 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR RS
08MOSCOW2477	BUSINESSWOMAN VS CORRUPT DRUG AGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) recently met with Yana Yakovleva, financial director of Sofeks Chemical Company. Yakovleva and her business partner were the subjects of an extortion attempt by the Federal Service for Narcotics Control (FSKN). When they refused, they were char [...]	2008-08-20 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR
08MOSCOW2479	RUSSIA SUPPORTS FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI RS
08MOSCOW2484	TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche and the list of U.S. military equipment in Poti to MFA North America on August 20, following the Ambassador's August 19 discussion of this issue with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. The MFA reaffirmed DFM Karasin's commitment to look into the issue. DATT de [...]	2008-08-20 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2486	TFGG01: RUSSIAN MODERATES' VIEWS ON THE CONFLICT [...] (C) In separate meetings August 19 with the Ambassador, former PM Yegor Gaidar and Igor Yurgens, Director of a think tank closely tied to President Medvedev, argued that a reform-oriented Medvedev presidency, with its promise of a freer Russia, could be a victim of the conflict over South Osse [...]	2008-08-20 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2488	TFGG01: NO SYSTEMATIC HARASSMENT OF ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian diplomats and a representative of the Georgian community in Moscow confirmed to us August 20 that they have not yet observed any significant or systematic increase in anti-Georgian harassment by Russian authorities or from the Russian public at large. While noting that th [...]	2008-08-20 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2489	Public Chamber Discusses Potential War Crimes in South [...] (SBU) Russia's public chamber -- a largely Kremlin-appointed consultative body of civil society organizations -- formed two committees to address questions about the conflict in South Ossetia, both of which met on August 20 to discuss their two-day exploratory trip to Vladikavkaz and Tskhinva [...]	2008-08-20 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
08MOSCOW2490	TFGG01: NORTHERN CAUCASUS REPUBLICS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's northern Caucasus republics have supported Moscow's intervention in South Ossetia by offering to take in refugees from the conflict, donating humanitarian assistance and sending volunteer fighters. An internet-based news service, however, has picked up discontent from [...]	2008-08-20 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2491	DUMA, FEDERATION COUNCIL LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Summary. Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev confirmed to Ambassador August 20 that Russia's Duma and upper chamber, the Federation Council, were likely to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during an extraordinary session of the two chambers that ha [...]	2008-08-20 16:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2496	TFGG01: MIXED SIGNALS ON RUSSIAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia continues to send mixed signals on when Russian troops will withdraw from Georgia, as well as the size of the peacekeeping force it expects to leave behind in South Ossetia and in the security zone located in Georgia proper. Despite Medvedev's promises to withdraw Russian [...]	2008-08-21 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2497	TFGG01: Russian media focuses on American hostility toward [...] (SBU) Summary: In the week since the signing of the six-point agreement, the Russian media concentrated largely on the conflict's aftermath, U.S. antagonism towards Russia, the division in Europe over how to deal with Moscow, and continued Western media bias. Outrageous characterizations of Sa [...]	2008-08-21 11:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2502	RUSSIA CONCERNED POST-MUSHARRAF INSTABILITY HARMS [...] (C) MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev told us on August 21 that Russia was concerned that Musharraf's resignation as President of Pakistan would contribute to the country's existing political instability and draw attention from Pakistan's efforts to fight its extremist insurg [...]	2008-08-21 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF IN PK RS
08MOSCOW2503	PRIVATE HEALTHCARE IN RUSSIA STILL IN ITS INFANCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fears of the demise of Russia's system of state-sponsored health care are premature. The country has an enormous potential market for private health care, but the sector is still growing. Private care is primarily available in outpatient fields such as cardiology, dentistry and [...]	2008-08-21 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI SCUL RS
08MOSCOW2507	TFGG01: RUSSIA REACTS STRONGLY TO NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly condemned the North Atlantic Council's August 19 statement on the conflict in Georgia, and said NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin would be returning to Moscow for consultations on the future of NATO-Russian relations. In addition, the creation of a NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-08-22 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW251	SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS NO SURPRISES IN GAZPROM DEAL [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us January 29th that the recently signed energy deal between the GOS and the GOR would route the South Stream pipeline through Serbia, result in Gazprom's construction of a gas storage facility in Serbia, and sell Gazprom a 51 percent stake in N [...]	2008-02-01 03:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2514	RUSSIA'S ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE FINES MECHEL, [...] (C) The Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) announced on August 13 that it had found Mechel's coking coal operations to have violated competition law through its monopolistic domestic pricing practices. On August 19, FAS announced that it would assess a $32 million fine, or 5 percent of the [...]	2008-08-22 11:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW252	PM ZUBKOV RUMORED TO BE NEXT GAZPROM CHAIR, [...] (SBU) Gazprom is currently reshuffling its board of directors as a result of chairman Dmitri Medvedev's nomination as President Putin's successor. The company's senior leadership was apparently sequestered January 30 in an extended board meeting to review nominees. The current make up of the [...]	2008-02-01 03:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2521	RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...]	2008-08-22 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SY RS
08MOSCOW2523	TFGG01: FURTHER DETAILS ON RUSSIAN "WITHDRAWAL" [...] (C) Summary: In private comments by MFA officials and the public statements of Deputy Chief of General Staff Nogovitsyn, the limits to the Russian withdrawal, as DFM Ryabkov explained to the Ambassador on August 22, are being spelled out: the peacekeeping presence will expand significantly wi [...]	2008-08-23 09:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2530	RUSSIA'S WORKING LEVEL WTO NEGOTIATORS IN DENIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Trade Negotiations Director Andrey Kushnirenko of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) told us August 21 that Russia still believes it could accede to the WTO by the end of 2008. In his view, there are few issues that remain to be resolved with WTO members. He said [...]	2008-08-25 07:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW2534	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Elvira Production Co., Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Region, Ru [...]	2008-08-25 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2535	TFGG01: PARLIAMENT TO URGE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian upper (Federation Council) and lower (Duma) houses of parliament will hold simultaneous but separate emergency sessions at 10 a.m. local time on August 25 to review developments in South Ossetia and to consider steps in support of independence for both South Ossetia and [...]	2008-08-25 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2545	TFGG01: PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a solid show of support, both the Federation Council and the Duma voted unanimously to urge that President Medvedev recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Parliamentarians blasted Georgia for having launched a military campaign against South Ossetia, and po [...]	2008-08-25 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2546	RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAILING TO MEET LABOR MARKET DEMAND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. It is the first in a series examining Russia's university reform process. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russia's universities are failing to keep pace with today's labor market demands. Instead, they [...]	2008-08-26 05:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL RS
08MOSCOW255	RUSSIA BEGINS ONE-YEAR CONSCRIPTION REQUIREMENT [...] (U) Summary. Russia has adopted a multipronged approach to the professionalization of its military: seeking to enhance the quantity and quality of its conscripts by reducing the numbers of exemptions and limiting the draft to one-year; shifting the balance of forces within the military betw [...]	2008-02-01 09:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR RS
08MOSCOW2550	DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TEST DRIVES UNITY, [...] (C) Summary: Liberal opposition party SPS, former PM Kasyanov, and the unregistered Republican Party have attempted to increase cooperation through joint statements, public rallies, and opposition to the conduct of the war against Georgia. Although Yabloko did not sign the joint statement, so [...]	2008-08-26 07:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2556	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV WILL RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIAN, [...] (C/NF) On August 26 at 12:00 p.m. local time, Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin handed DCM a letter from President Medvedev to President Bush announcing Medvedev's intention to sign an order on August 26 recognizing the independence of the Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A f [...]	2008-08-26 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2561	TFGG01: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FINALLY GET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to heavy criticism in the Western press about the lack of access by representatives of international humanitarian and human rights groups to South Ossetia, the Russian government relented and allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR and the Counc [...]	2008-08-26 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2563	MEDVEDEV LOSES OUT IN RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR [...] (C) Summary. Unlike Putin, whose leadership during the Chechen war strengthened his political power, Medvedev's performance to date has reinforced his status as junior member of the tandem. Two anecdotal reports suggest that Putin was displeased with the President's performance at the start of the [...]	2008-08-26 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2564	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION [...] (C/NF) Text of Medvedev letter to Bush (Unofficial translation from the Russian) PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION August 26, 2008 No. 1765 Dear Mr. President, Dear George: In the spirit of the existing candid relations between us, I would like to inform you that the Russian [...]	2008-08-26 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2565	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION; AID AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convoking the DCM on August 26 to convey Medvedev's letter informing President Bush of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, DFM Karasin said Russia had tried for many years to find a peaceful solution to the conflict territories, and was deeply disappointed by t [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2566	TFGG01: OSSETIAN IRREGULAR MILITIAS PRIMARILY [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been numerous reports of violence against ethnic Georgians both in South Ossetia and around the town of Gori committed by "irregulars" -- unorganized militias who followed behind the Russian army into South Ossetia. A human rights activist who was in South Ossetia [...]	2008-08-26 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2571	RUSSIAN MILITARY PERFORMANCE IN GEORGIA CRITICIZED [...] (C) Summary. Several of Moscow's leading military analysts offered mixed assessments of Russia's military performance in Georgia. Although many praised the Russian Armed Forces' (RAF) quick response to Georgian aggression and its decision to strike targets inside Georgian territory, allowing [...]	2008-08-27 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	RS MCAP PGOV MOPS
08MOSCOW2578	RUSSIA RETHINKS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russia attempted to beat NATO to the punch, preemptively announcing that it would suspend military cooperation with NATO and individual NATO members, but would continue supporting the Alliance's mission in Afghanistan for the time being. The announcement followed consultations b [...]	2008-08-27 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO RS
08MOSCOW2579	PLAYING (WITH) CHICKEN: RUSSIA SIGNALS WTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting August 26, Russian Chief WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov told ECON M/C that Russia would be consulting with its WTO partners, including the United States and EU, to renegotiate or reopen certain agreements made as part of Russia's WTO accession that have had "negativ [...]	2008-08-27 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW2580	KOSOVO DEVELOPMENTS IN LIGHT OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting immediately prior to Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko justified the independence of the territories, arguing that the "genocide" of Ossetians exceeded the suffering of Kosovars in [...]	2008-08-28 06:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SE RS
08MOSCOW2582	SAMODUROV DEPARTS SAKHAROV CENTER UNDER LEGAL, [...] (C) Summary: Sakharov Center Director Yuri Samodurov quit his position after facing mounting financial shortfalls, legal difficulties, and strategic differences with the Sakharov Foundation leadership. Arguing that his fate was in the hands of a Kremlin leadership heavily influenced by the R [...]	2008-08-28 08:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW2583	CAUCASUS EXPERTS PRESAGE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a roundtable discussion with the DCM August 21, Russian experts on the Caucasus foreshadowed some of the arguments that Russian government officials are now making in defense of the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. All supported Russian mil [...]	2008-08-28 09:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2584	DFM KARASIN: CONCERN OVER PAKISTAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) At the end of an August 27 meeting focused on Georgia (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told the Ambassador that Russia was very concerned about events in Pakistan. In the wake of Musharraf's resignation, and with the departure of Nawaz Sharif from the coalition, "chaos [...]	2008-08-28 09:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNDP PGOV PTER RS PK
08MOSCOW2586	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial but contentious discussion August 27, Ambassador Beyrle reviewed the Georgian-Russian conflict with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Ambassador Vladimir Lukin. Lukin, a liberal on the Russian political scene, said he had refused to label Georgian actions in South Osset [...]	2008-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2590	RUSSIANS REACT TO RECOGNITION: CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Public and elite opinion in Russia is split into two, unequal camps over the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The overwhelming majority of the population considers recognition unavoidable (87 percent),given the Georgian "aggression" and the [...]	2008-08-28 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2596	LATEST SALVO IN OLIGARCH FRIDMAN'S DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A $2.8 billion judgment against Norwegian telecom company Telenor in a Khantiy Mansiisk court is the latest salvo from oligarch Mikhail Fridman in his years-long battle with Telenor for control of VimpelCom, Russia's second biggest mobile phone provider. Given the dubious nature [...]	2008-08-29 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
08MOSCOW2599	CASUALTY FIGURES IN SOUTH OSSETIA VARY, STILL [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of active fighting in South Ossetia, numerous leaders and agencies from Russia, Georgia, the United States, international agencies, and the self-proclaimed South Ossetian government have reported varying death toll figures. While there is no consensus, publis [...]	2008-08-29 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW26	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from January 11-12, 2008. 2. [...]	2008-01-09 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN KS RS
08MOSCOW2601	MFA HANDS OVER PACKAGE DOCUMENTING GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin passed to the Ambassador a package of photos and a video documentary meant to document Georgian aggression in South Ossetia. The documentary argued that Georgians intended to kill the South Ossetian people and destroy the [...]	2008-08-29 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2602	PRESSURING RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY: DIFFICULT CHOICES [...] (C) As Washington contemplates next steps toward Russia in the aftermath of the conflict with Georgia, including possible economic punishment, the Mission would like to share its perspective. First, the U.S.-Russia economic relationship has been growing fast in recent years and was showing g [...]	2008-08-29 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RS
08MOSCOW2603	FORMER PM KASYANOV DOWNBEAT ON COSTS OF WAR, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting, Ambassador and former PM Mikhail Kasyanov discussed the Russian-Georgian conflict, its economic consequences, and the future electoral prospects for liberal opposition parties. Kasyanov, who heads the liberal Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS) part [...]	2008-08-29 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS BO UP
08MOSCOW2615	AFTER THE WAR WITH GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) That Russia is "back," at least economically, has been an insistent theme of the Kremlin the last few years. Russia's economic recovery from the depths of its financial crash in 1998 is indeed impressive. High growth, burgeoning international reserves, and rising living standards were the resul [...]	2008-09-02 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EINV RS
08MOSCOW2618	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...]	2008-09-02 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF
08MOSCOW262	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING ARF MEMBERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF PTER RS
08MOSCOW2628	MURDER OF INGUSHETIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE YEVLOYEV [...] (C) Summary. The August 31 murder of www.ingusetia.ru website owner Magomed Yevloyev, while in the custody of Ingushetian officials, sparked wide criticism within Russia and beyond its borders. While Ingushetian authorities remained relatively tacit, Kremlin leaders, opposition parties, huma [...]	2008-09-03 06:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2629	RUSSIA CAMPAIGNS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister fanned out in an effort to gain support for the Russian decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Medvedev met with Armenian President Sargsyan in Sochi on September 2, while Putin went to Uzbe [...]	2008-09-03 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AM GG TU UZ RS

08MOSCOW2632	XXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXX is seeking information about the companies' relations with shadowy and reportedly Kremlin-connected oil trader Gunvor. XXXXXXXXXXX he just wants to shed light on the fundamental need for transparency in Russia, where no one seems to care about "massive corruption." XXXXXXXXXXX End s [...]	2008-09-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2633	PUTIN GETS VERBAL AGREEMENT ON UZBEK GAS, PIPELINE [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy Pol Counselor Kaib Bergenov told us September 3rd that the widely reported gas pipeline and price agreement emerging from PM Putin's September 2nd trip to Tashkent was "just verbal" at this point but that technical specialists would now begin working on a formal document. He [...]	2008-09-03 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW264	RUSSIA COMPLAINS AFGHANS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO [...] (C) Russia is concerned by Afghanistan's failure to respond to its offer of military assistance, which the GOR believes is indicative of larger problems in the Karzai Government. MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuriy Khokhlov told us on January 30 that the GOR invited Afghan Defense Minister Warda [...]	2008-02-01 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS AF RS
08MOSCOW2649	JORDANIAN KING'S VISIT FOCUSED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian King Abdullah's August 24 meeting with Medvedev focused on bilateral issues and was not intended to demonstrate Jordan's support for Russian actions in Georgia, according to both Russian and Jordanian diplomats. The agenda was heavy on economic issues, including ways t [...]	2008-09-04 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR GG JO RS
08MOSCOW265	NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA'S NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a muted first reaction to Ukraine's intent to seek a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit (ref A),Foreign Minister Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as [...]	2008-02-01 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS
08MOSCOW2653	RUSSIA OPEN TO ANY TRANSNISTRIA SOLUTION BOTH [...] (C) Summary: Russian Special Negotiator for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin said Moscow was both open to the format of renewed conflict resolution negotiations, as well as the outcome, as long as both sides could be brought to agree on the outcome. He mentioned that the timin [...]	2008-09-04 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS
08MOSCOW2655	RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...]	2008-09-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG
08MOSCOW2656	RUSSIA READY TO AUDIT U.S. BEEF AND PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is ready to participate in joint inspections of 31 U.S. pork facilities beginning September 29. In addition, VPSS stated its readiness to send a team of inspectors [...]	2008-09-04 18:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW266	New USAID Mission Director's January 24 Meeting with MFA's [...] (SBU) USAID's New Mission Director called on Alexander Konuzin, Director for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 24th to discuss the GOR's upcoming visit to the United States to learn about the USG approach to development assistance and identify areas [...]	2008-02-01 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS
08MOSCOW267	POLISH FM SIKORSKI PREPARES FOR TUSK VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish FM Sikorski visited Moscow January 21 in preparation for Prime Minister Tusk's February 8 consultations. No new ground was broken in discussions with FM Lavrov on missile defense; the GOR reiterated that it had no "veto" power over Poland's cooperation with the U.S., wit [...]	2008-02-01 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PL RS
08MOSCOW2670	RUSSIA POCKETS EU COUNCIL STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials and observers pocketed the September 1 EU statement as a mild rebuke for Russian aggression in Georgia, with Putin and Medvedev praising Europe's "reasonable approach." While Sarkozy reportedly delivered tough messages to Medvedev on September 3, EU commission [...]	2008-09-05 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XG GG RS
08MOSCOW2671	TNK-BP UPDATE: BP AND AAR SIGN MOU, BP INFLUENCE DILUTED, DUDLEY OUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW268	RUSSIA ON COUNCIL OF EUROPE REFORM [...] Summary. (C) The GOR told us Russia supported the January reforms to PACE's presidential election process, stressing that it did not perceive the resulting delay until 2010 of Federation Council Deputy Margelov's presidency as a slight against Russia, although recognizing that some member-st [...]	2008-02-01 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL COE RS
08MOSCOW2686	MEDVEDEV'S MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN AND AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov shared with us his insights on Medvedev's August 28 meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Karzai on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, during which Kholkhov served as Medvedev's Persi [...]	2008-09-08 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF IR GG RS
08MOSCOW2687	RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTINUE COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 5 that the GOR wanted to continue cooperating with the U.S. and NATO on achieving stability in Afghanistan, an issue that was too important to be sidetracked by tensions over Georgia. Kholkhov explained that there was a consensus wi [...]	2008-09-08 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF GG RS
08MOSCOW2688	RUSSIA LOSING PATIENCE WITH TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is running out of patience with the amount of errors being discovered on veterinary documentation accompanying U.S. poultry and pork shipments to Russia. VPSS accu [...]	2008-09-08 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW2689	RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK UKRAINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche on the U.S.'s human rights priorities at the UNGA Third Committee on September 5 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev, who told us that Russia would continue to oppose country specific human rights resolut [...]	2008-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UN UK RS
08MOSCOW2690	U.S., RUSSIA DISCUSS DETAILS OF FUTURE JOINT DATA [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. interagency delegation, led by U.S. STRATCOM Senior Adviser for Policy, Doctrine, and International Affairs Bradley Martin, conducted talks on August 5 at the Russian Ministry of Defense to brief the Russians on U.S. site and building requirements for the future U.S.-Russia [...]	2008-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR RS
08MOSCOW2692	UNHCR WORRIES TRADITIONAL CASELOAD WILL SUFFER DUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Refcoord, UNHCR Russia's new Deputy Country Representative worried that donors' focus on recent displacements in the Caucasus will undermine the refugee agency's efforts to provide life-sustaining support to its core caseload of urban refugees. He agreed [...]	2008-09-08 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2696	RABBI LAZAR SEES ANTI-SEMITISM DOWN DURING TENSE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar on September 4 to discuss anti-Semitism in Russia and the aftermath of the South Ossetian conflict, including perceptions of Russia's international intentions. Lazar said that potential for a worsening in relations existe [...]	2008-09-09 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2697	RUSSIAN CUSTOMS HOLDS UP TURKISH IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Turkish imports appear to be the latest target of Russian scrutiny following heightened trade tensions with the United States, EU, and Ukraine. Russian customs officials have imposed 100-percent inspections of every Turkish truck at the Russia [...]	2008-09-09 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL TU RS
08MOSCOW27	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ZOLOTARENKO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Agat Moscow Research Institute, Zhukovsky, Russia. The company is li [...]	2008-01-09 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW270	RUSSIA'S KINDER, GENTLER FACE TO THE WORLD? [...] (C) During the opening session of the 2008 Russia Forum organized by Troika Dialog, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin called for "a shift in the GOR's foreign policy goals" to ensure a more stable, more attractive investment climate. His comments followed, but did not [...]	2008-02-01 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2700	MOSCOW TOLERANCE MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 2011 [...] (U) Summary. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia announced its plans for the opening of the world's largest museum of Jewish history and culture in Moscow in 2011. Financed by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and Israeli diamond broker Lev Levaev, the museum evolved from 2004 [...]	2008-09-09 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2701	NEW SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV AGREEMENT: QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: While achieving some key concessions from Russia on next steps in the Georgia conflict, the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement from September 8 still leaves open questions about the nature and size of Russian troops, role of EU observers, and the format of October security talks. After [...]	2008-09-09 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2713	AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY SAYS RUSSIAN OFFER TO BUY GAS [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Israfil Ahmadov, Economic Counselor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan, told us that the GOAZ is "considering" Gazprom's offer to buy Azeri gas at "European" prices. He said the GOAZ has not made a decision yet, but that it would have to respond to Russia's offer at so [...]	2008-09-10 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2714	RUSSIA REMAINS CONCERNED BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Following recent comments by Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prihodko and DFM Karasin to the Ambassador expressing concern over the security implications of political instability in Pakistan, we met with MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev on September 9, and stressed that M [...]	2008-09-10 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK RS
08MOSCOW2715	NIGERIAN EMBASSY SAYS GAZPROM DEAL "JUST AN [...] (C) Gazprom announced on September 3 that it has signed an MOU with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to implement joint exploration, production, and transportation projects in Nigeria's hydrocarbons sector. According to Gazprom's statement the two sides will establish a joint ve [...]	2008-09-10 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2716	ATTACK OF THE ANTI-RAIDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Corporate raiding, the takeover of businesses by criminal means, is a plague on the Russian economy (REFTEL A) and combating it must be a central part of any anti-corruption program. Last week, the National Anti-Corruption Committee (NACC),an NGO which has been tasked by the go [...]	2008-09-10 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR
08MOSCOW2719	CSTO SUMMIT HAILED AS VICTORY FOR RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: In what many here perceive to be a diplomatic victory for Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) issued a statement at the end of its September 5 summit that blamed Georgia for recent events in South Ossetia. The organization also expressed its support for an [...]	2008-09-10 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PNAT MARR MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW272	MEETING WITH NEW OSCE MOLDOVA HEAD OF MISSION [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, recently appointed OSCE Head of Mission for Moldova Philip Remler reviewed the highlights of his round of meetings with the "5 2" partners on Transnistria status negotiations. In Moscow, Remler discussed possible ways forward with DFM Karasin, [...]	2008-02-04 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2720	RUSSIA-UKRAINE TRADE RELATIONS STRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what many observers see as a sign of Russia's increasingly belligerent trade policies, Russian First Deputy PM Shuvalov announced September 1 that Russia would consider imposing restrictive trade measures on Ukraine now that Ukraine had acceded to the WTO. The GOR is consider [...]	2008-09-10 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW2721	MFA ON SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV PLAN; DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, MFA Director Kelin said the September 8 Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement clearly limited new deployments of OSCE and EU monitors to Georgia proper, with Lavrov dismissing the Sarkozy-Barosso letter as an "unscrupulous attempt" to do Saakashvili's bidding. Ru [...]	2008-09-10 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2731	INGUSH OPPOSITION STILL HOPES ZYAZIKOV'S DAYS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Colleagues of slain Ingush opposition leader Magomed Yevloyev, in Moscow to tell their version of Yevloyev's August 31 death (reftel),told us September 10 that Ingushetiya president Murat Zyazikov has lost all local support and the opposition movement will continue its efforts [...]	2008-09-11 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2735	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...]	2008-09-11 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS
08MOSCOW2740	CONSULTATION REQUESTED ON 2005 MEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter from Economic Development Minister Nabiullina to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab that the embassy received on September 11, the GOR proposes expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid [...]	2008-09-12 05:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2751	A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...]	2008-09-12 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2752	A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...]	2008-09-12 11:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2754	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: Diagnost representatives told us they plan to purchase the reftel item to use as a demonstration model for prospective customers, including Zenit. Diagnost was established in 1991 and the five original owners still run the company. Diagnost operates as a broker of monitoring and [...]	2008-09-12 11:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW2759	RUSSIA -- BRINGING SECHIN INTO FOCUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2761	RUSSIA ON NEW MONITORS, RELATIONS WITH WEST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed DFM Karasin on September 12 to agree to the text authorizing the additional OSCE monitors with access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Karasin blamed Georgia for holding up the mandate, acknowledged eight OSCE monitors in the two zones were not many, and ind [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2762	RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP CONTINUES OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The Russian leadership September 10 and 11 continued to justify Russia's actions in South Ossetia, while saying that Russia was not seeking a new Cold War. Putin told Western experts that Russia had no intention of invading any other former Soviet republics, and strongly refuted South O [...]	2008-09-12 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2769	GOR AIMS TO CUT U.S. MEAT IMPORTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Russian Economic Development Minister Nabiullina sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab requesting expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid to join the WTO (REF A). [...]	2008-09-15 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2774	RUSSIA'S PROPOSED "COOPERATION" WITH OPEC [...] (C) Deputy Premier (and Rosneft chairman) Igor Sechin headed a Russian delegation to the OPEC meeting in Vienna on September 9 and reportedly talked openly, in a session attended by the press, about expanding Russian "cooperation" with OPEC. According to press and a GOR website that posted a [...]	2008-09-15 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2777	RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR REGULATOR STRIPPED OF INDEPENDENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials believe that Russia is no longer meeting some of its commitments in the IAEA Nuclear Safety Convention and the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. After Ru [...]	2008-09-16 03:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL KTIA ENRG RS
08MOSCOW2785	RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...]	2008-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW2787	PURSUING NORMALCY, LAVROV VISITS WARSAW [...] (C) Summary: Polish diplomats tell us it was a "miracle" that FM Lavrov visited Warsaw September 10-11, citing Poland's signing of the missile defense agreement and support for Georgia as justifications to cancel. The MFA reported that Lavrov never considered canceling the visit, and Russia [...]	2008-09-16 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
08MOSCOW2789	RUSSIA SENDS BOMBERS TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 MFA officials announced that two Russian Blackjack bombers had landed in Venezuela. While the MFA focused its remarks on the regularity of long-range aviation (LRA) flights, MOD officials were more upbeat, arguing that these bomber flights proved the Russian Air [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP ENRG RS VE
08MOSCOW2790	IEEPA SANCTIONS: POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) At a meeting with Russian businessmen September 15, President Medvedev said any Western sanctions would be met with a "symmetrical" response. U.S. sanctions, even targeted IEEPA sanctions, are likely to be met with Russian counter-measures. There are indications, here at least, that the [...]	2008-09-16 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2791	RUSSIA LEANS TO THE RIGHT AFTER GEORGIAN CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's analytic community has embraced the idea that the Georgian conflict inaugurated a "new reality," not only for Russia's foreign policy, but also for Medvedev's domestic agenda. Our contacts, ranging from pro-Western to quasi-fascist, described a lurch towards a more author [...]	2008-09-16 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM RS SOCI
08MOSCOW2795	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Radel Ltd, 20 Novaya Basmannaya St., Moscow, Russia. The [...]	2008-09-17 06:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW28	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KBP, TULA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, KBP Instrument Design Bureau, Tula, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2008-01-09 11:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2800	KUDRIN: "RUSSIAN BUDGET FACES TOUGH THREE YEARS" [...] (C) Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced at hearings in the Duma and Federation Council on September 11 that "Russia faces a difficult three-year budget cycle." The 2009-2011 budget plan he presented assumes GDP surpassing $2 trillion in 2009, with real growth of 6.7 percent but with de [...]	2008-09-17 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PINR RS
08MOSCOW2802	SECHIN AS ENERGY CZAR: MORE POWERFUL, MORE VULNERABLE [...] (C) In ref A, we examined questions about Deputy Prime Minister Sechin's career and reputation and discussed whether his current, more public duties, would bring him into better focus. In this cable, we look at those new duties and the possible effects Sechin may have on Russia's all-important ener [...]	2008-09-17 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2804	RUSSIA'S WORSENING FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Russia's stock markets closed at noon today, September 17, after a 5.5 percent fall in the benchmark RTS index in the preceding 15 minutes. This spectacular fall followed one of the worst days in the history of Russia's markets. On September 16, the RTS dropped 11.5 percent and its sister [...]	2008-09-17 17:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PINR RS
08MOSCOW2805	RUSSIA SIGNS TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary. The treaties signed by Medvedev on September 17 with the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaders give signatories the right to build military infrastructure and bases on each other's territory; call for joint consultations in the event of an attack or threat of attack on any party; pro [...]	2008-09-18 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2808	RUSSIA-CHINA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PAYING REAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government continues to claim publicly a diplomatic victory over what it declares as tacit Chinese support on Georgia despite Beijing's traditional emphasis on national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is the latest example of successful coordination betwe [...]	2008-09-18 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RS CH GG
08MOSCOW281	DFM SALTANOV ON UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON CHAD [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov (other issues covered septel),the Ambassador underscored the urgency of the situation in Chad and urged Russia to remove its objections to the draft UNSC Presidential Statement on Chad. The Ambassador reminded Saltanov that F [...]	2008-02-04 16:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2813	OPPOSITION PARTY CONSOLIDATION SPEEDS UP, LIBERALS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidation of political parties has accelerated with reports that the Agrarian Party will merge with United Russia and that the Party of Social Justice (PSS) and the ecological Zelenye ("Green") Party will merge with Just Russia. Agrarian and PSS leadership claimed ideological [...]	2008-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2815	RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS CLOSED, TRADING TO RESUME [...] (SBU) In an unprecedented development, Russia's leading stock markets remained closed September 18. Limited transactions to close out overnight lending were allowed on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) but the exchange was otherwise closed all day, as was the benchmark, dollar-d [...]	2008-09-18 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PINR RS
08MOSCOW2816	GAZPROM OFFICIAL DESCRIBES THE COMPANY AS A SOCIALIST RENT-SEEKING MONOPOLIST [...] (C) Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov, told us September 12 that the company's top three priorities are to: fulfill domestic gas demand, fulfill "social obligations," and to maximize control over domestic and international oil and gas resources. Zolotov expressed confidence that [...]	2008-09-19 07:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW282	DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov expressed concern that interest in Russia's proposed post-Annapolis conference was waning. Russia hoped the Quartet members would follow through on their commitment to relay their proposals for the conference by the end of [...]	2008-02-04 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
08MOSCOW2822	GOR PROPOSES RECORD DEFENSE BUDGET AND CSTO'S [...] (C) Summary. Criticism of the Russian military's performance in the South Ossetian crisis factored into the GOR's decision to propose a record defense budget for 2009-2011 (reftel). After the conflict in South Ossetia, President Medvedev admitted that the Russian military was not yet an effe [...]	2008-09-19 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MCAP ECON EFIN MARR
08MOSCOW2823	MOD ON AID DELIVERIES INTO SECURITY ZONES IN [...] (U) On September 16, the Russian MOD delivered to Embassy Moscow's Defense Attache Office a response to U.S. Note 570, dated August 27, 2008, on the security zones in Georgia, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia that are controlled by Russian peacekeeping forces. The MOD reiterates that travel to the [...]	2008-09-19 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG MARR PBTS
08MOSCOW2824	RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...]	2008-09-19 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS
08MOSCOW2825	MFA DID NOT CLEAR VPSS REFUSAL TO REGISTER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told us on September 19 that they were unaware of the subject letter from Russia's veterinary service. The letter refused to add U.S. poultry, pork and beef facilities to the list of eligible exporters due to doubts about the continued validity of the U.S.-Russia b [...]	2008-09-19 12:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2827	MINAG RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Ministry of Agriculture expressed several specific concerns regarding the quality and safety of U.S. poultry via official letter received on September 16. The letter included a reminder that Russia will ban the use of chlorine in poultry production as of Jan 1, 2009 [...]	2008-09-19 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2831	EKHO'S VENEDIKTOV ON SHIFTING MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) On September 22, Ekho Moskvy Chief Editor Aleksey Venediktov elaborated on his brush with Putin (reftel),arguing that Prime Minister's August 29 attack on the radio station during a private gathering of editors and television producers in Sochi was a "demonstrative signal" that freedom [...]	2008-09-22 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2835	RUSSIA'S VIEW ON GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (S) On September 22, DCM and ESToff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. opposition to potential Iranian or Syrian membership on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov. Rozhkov said that this [...]	2008-09-22 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC AF SY IR KZ RS
08MOSCOW2836	UNION OF RIGHT FORCES: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of Right Forces (SPS) party leader Nikita Belykh painted a very pessimistic picture for the Ambassador September 22 of the chances of uniting democratic opposition parties and of electoral prospects for Kremlin opponents in the next 5-7 years. Belykh said that either the p [...]	2008-09-22 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2837	RABBIS SHAYEVICH AND GOLDSCHMIDT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with xxxxx during the week of September 15. xxxxx probed for potential U.S. sanctions against investors in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and flagged concern over Iran's nuclear program. Both xxxxx agreed that manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia had fal [...]	2008-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW2840	SVERSTAL,S MORDASHOV OPTIMISTIC ON GEORGIA AND THE [...] (C) Sverstal's CEO Alexander Mordashov told the Ambassador September 18 that he was confident U.S.-Russia relations would improve; the relationship was too strategically important for tensions to persist and as tempers calmed, it might be possible to find a compromise in the South Caucasus. M [...]	2008-09-23 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2841	SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS "DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS" [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us September 16 that his government expects "difficult negotiations" with Gazprom over its planned purchase of 51% of Serbian oil and gas monopoly NIS and the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline over Serbian territory. Sekulic maintain [...]	2008-09-23 13:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2843	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...]	2008-09-23 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS
08MOSCOW2844	NESTERUSHKIN CONFIRMS IMMINENT 2 PLUS 1 TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: Russian Special Negotiator for the Transnistria Conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin confirmed that Moldovan President Voronin and Transnistrian leader Smirnov would meet the week of September 22 in 2 plus 1 talks, with Russia mediating, though a specific time and date had not yet been [...]	2008-09-23 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS
08MOSCOW2845	PAPER ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL PARM RS
08MOSCOW285	BARSHCHEVSKIY BULLISH ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) Mikhail Barshchevskiy, leader of the political party Civic Force that co-sponsored ruling party candidate Dmitriy Medvedev, described Russia's next president as shrewd, highly intelligent, and independent, and predicted he would master the presidency - allowing Putin to bow out. While Civ [...]	2008-02-05 08:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2852	RUSSIA CONFIDENT AT PACE [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA and Duma representatives are confident that a proposal to strip the Russian delegation of its voting rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will fail. However, the MFA has developed a back-up plan to respond "tactically" to developments. [...]	2008-09-24 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV COE RS
08MOSCOW2853	MFA SAYS "FOREIGN ADVISORS" IN AFGHANISTAN SEEK TO [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 23 that the MFA did not believe it was official U.S. policy to tell the Afghan government not to send law enforcement officials to counter-narcotics training in Russia, but suspected U.S. military officials in Kabul had persuaded the [...]	2008-09-24 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
08MOSCOW2855	(C) CHEVRON CEO SAYS PUTIN "MISSED OPPORTUNITY" IN [...] (C) Chevron Chairman and CEO David O'Reilly told the Ambassador September 19 that Putin "missed an opportunity" to engage with and get input from the 10 international CEOs with whom he met in Sochi on September 18. He said he told Putin that rhetoric "from both sides" on derailing commercial a [...]	2008-09-24 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2856	GOR SILENCE ON KIM JONG IL'S HEALTH SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. Moscow has had little to say about the reported illness of North Korean leader Kim Jong IL. Russian experts believe this is due to the fact that Russia no longer has real influence over or interest in the DPRK beyond the six-party talks. North Korea watchers here are divided on [...]	2008-09-24 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS CH KS KN
08MOSCOW2857	MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRIGORIEV ON THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director Semyon Grigoriev told us September 23 that any technical rollover of the UNOMIG mandate would need to be followed later by core revisions, by changing the name, splitting it into two units in Georgia proper and in Abkhazia, and renegotiating its mandate, inclu [...]	2008-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2863	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Kadah Electronics, Zelenograd 445, Moscow Region, Russia [...]	2008-09-25 10:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2864	UNION OF INDUSTRIES SHOKHIN PUSHES FOR INCREASED [...] (C) President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin told the Ambassador that it was important to expand U.S.-Russia business dialogues. On WTO, he said he and many of his counterparts in RSPP supported accession, but added that a one or two year "pa [...]	2008-09-25 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2865	KUDRIN ON RUSSIA'S RISING DEFENSE BUDGET AND [...] (C) During a September 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said defense spending in 2009 would increase only slightly. He acknowledged that there was pressure for greater increases because of the current tensions, but said Russia did not want and could not win a n [...]	2008-09-25 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2868	RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT: TEETERING, NOT FALLING [...] (C) Summary. On the heels of the Russian stock markets' precipitous free fall, the publication of August's industrial output figures, marginally lower than analysts had predicted, contributed to calls for government intervention, mainly in the form of increasing liquidity and tax breaks. A m [...]	2008-09-26 06:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
08MOSCOW2869	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Novo Corporation, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The co [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2870	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, JSC Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2871	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MICROS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Micros Engineering, Str 200 Letija Goroda Bldg 62-CNITI, Noginsk, Mo [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2878	PROTECTIONISTS WINNING WAR OF WTO (NON-)ACCESSION? [...] (C) The Georgia conflict and increased international tensions have strengthened the hand of protectionist forces opposed to Russia's WTO accession. As the GOR slows down the accession process by unwinding previous commitments with the United States and the EU, and reviewing duties on Ukrainian [...]	2008-09-26 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW288	MEDVEDEV: MANAGING A FOREIGN POLICY NOVICE [...] (C) Summary: Given Dmitriy Medvedev's foreign policy inexperience and disastrous initiation in Russia's Ukrainian policy, we are likely to see a period of extended "regency," with Putin strongly influencing the shape and direction of the Medvedev administration. The awkwardness inherent in [...]	2008-02-05 11:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW2880	CZECH DCM SAYS PRESS REPORTS OF DIRECT OIL SALES [...] (C) Czech DCM Hyneck Pejcha told us September 25 that recent press reports suggesting that Russia and the Czech Republic had agreed to eliminate middlemen in the oil trade are premature. He said his government has offered to negotiate a framework for direct oil sales (reftel),but that the Ru [...]	2008-09-29 06:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2885	NORD STREAM EXECS ADMIT PIPELINE DELAYED REF: BERLIN 1258 Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting, Nord Stream CFO Paul Corcoran and Moscow Representative Vitaly Yusufov told us the pipeline project is about a year behind schedule due to continued fine-tuning of the route. According to Corcoran and Yusufov, the company currently expects to file all required environ [...]	2008-09-29 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2889	MOSCOW SKINHEAD TRIALS PLACE RUSSIAN TOLERANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow City Court sentence of 13 skinheads, including 12 minors, on September 22 for the murder of two people in 2007 served as a manifestation of Russia's growing struggle with racism and extremism. While press outlets reported a 50 percent decrease in hate crimes committe [...]	2008-09-29 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW290	APPLICATION OF THE U.S. - RUSSIA CTR AND MPC&A DIPLOMATIC [...] On January 29, Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note and the suggested response note regarding the application of the U.S. - Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement and Materials Protection Control and Accounting (MPC&A) agreements to DOE's Second Line of Defense (SLD) [...]	2008-02-05 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2900	RUSSIAN MARKETS CLOSE BRIEFLY AFTER "BAILOUT" [...] (C) One minute after the trading day began on September 30, the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) suspended trading for two hours apparently in anticipation of a meltdown in reaction to the Congressional vote against the Paulson Plan. According to press reports, the FFMS "special orde [...]	2008-09-30 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2901	RUSSIAN POLICE RAID COLLECTING SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Moscow police raided the offices of the Russian Phonographic Association (RPA),a royalty collecting society for the music industry, including U.S. rights holders. The raid occurred just four days before the GOR's deadline for RPA to participate in the tender to [...]	2008-09-30 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON RS
08MOSCOW2902	MEDEVEDEV'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, President Medvedev's Economic assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, told the Ambassador that Russia was also in the midst of a serious financial crisis and that the U.S. and Russia needed to work together to restore confidence to the world financial system. He defended [...]	2008-10-01 07:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2905	MFA: UNSC RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATED UNITY ON IRAN [...] (C) MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Iran specialist Alexander Trofimov told us on September 30 that the passage of UNSCR 1835 demonstrated P5 1 unity on Iran and should dispel fears that tension over Georgia has diminished the ability of the U.S. and Russia to cooperate on [...]	2008-10-01 11:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA IR RS

08MOSCOW2907	RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08MOSCOW2910	KEMEROVO'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION FINDS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: In Kemerovo Oblast, no party can muster a viable opposition to United Russia's (ER) stranglehold on local politics. Led by charismatic governor Aman Tuleyev, ER holds a supermajority in the regional parliament that likely will grow in the upcoming October 12 elections. Liberal p [...]	2008-10-01 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2913	DEMARCHES ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA MNUC RS
08MOSCOW2915	MIXED REACTION TO 2008 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The release of the 2008 International Religious Freedom report sparked criticism from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; however, off-the-record, officials in the Russian Human Rights Ombudsman's office expressed approval, agreeing on the accuracy and validity of the majority [...]	2008-10-01 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF RS
08MOSCOW2916	DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref B concerns in a meeting with DFM Karasin September 30, reported ref A. Separately, MFA Director for General European Cooperation Vladimir Voronkov told us October 1 that press reports that Russian forces were not allowing EU forces into the "security zone" were the [...]	2008-10-01 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2919	GOR AGREES TO EXTENSION OF U.S. RUSSIA 1988 AGREEMENT ON [...] Post received on September 19th, 2008, Government of Russia (GOR) Diplomatic Note in reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of March 28, 2008 (REFTEL). Embassy courtesy translation follows: No. 4244 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the [...]	2008-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV KTIA RS
08MOSCOW2935	RUSSIA WORKING THE EU TO INFLUENCE THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, MFA European Cooperation Director Voronkov sketched a Russian strategy to improve relations with the U.S. by working through Europe. Russia's "pragmatic cooperation" with German Chancellor Merkel, Spanish PM Zapatero, Italian PM Berlusconi, and the French leadershi [...]	2008-10-03 03:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN COE RS
08MOSCOW2938	ALEKSEYEVA DECRIES EVENTS IN INGUSHETIYA, SLAMS [...] (C) Summary: Moscow Helsinki Group Chairperson Lyudmila Alekseyeva described to Ambassador on September 30 her conclusions from a recent fact-finding trip to Ingushetiya. She said that special forces there -- possibly on orders from Moscow -- routinely take people from the street and torture d [...]	2008-10-03 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2940	NABIULLINA: DE-POLITICIZE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) In a 1 October meeting with the Ambassador, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said WTO accession was still a GOR priority and urged that the process move forward in a &depoliticized8 manner. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. still supported accession as a strategic goal [...]	2008-10-03 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAGR EINV ETRD WTO RS
08MOSCOW2941	TNK-BP COO: WE DID THE BEST WE COULD; FUTURE OF [...] (C) TNK-BP COO Tim Summers (protect) told the Ambassador October 1 that BP and AAR are moving forward with the deal on the future of the company (ref A) and should come to agreement on details by the end of December. He called the negotiations "one-sided" but better than continued "open warfa [...]	2008-10-03 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2943	RUSSIA HAS NO INFORMATION ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on October 2 to MFA Africa Counselor Andrei Stolyarov, who said that the GOR did not have any information regarding a report that either a Russian company or individuals had contracted with a Zimbabwean company to produce Zimbabwean bank notes. This did not m [...]	2008-10-03 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EFIN PGOV RS ZI
08MOSCOW2944	RUSSIA INCREASES COOPERATION WITH CHAVEZ? [...] (C) Summary: Two months since President Hugo Chavez's last visit to Russia, and two weeks after Tu-160 bombers flew to Venezuela, Chavez and a delegation of Venezuelan officials were warmly received by President Medvedev in Orenburg on September 26. They observed military exercises and contin [...]	2008-10-03 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG ETRD EINV MASS RS VE
08MOSCOW2946	RUSSIA DELISTS 2 MORE U.S. POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it had delisted 2 U.S. poultry facilities after tests results ostensibly revealed the presence of Salmonella. Original scanned copy and courtesy translation were sent [...]	2008-10-03 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW2951	COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...]	2008-10-06 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS
08MOSCOW2959	RUSSIAN OLIGARCH ON U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS, PUTIN'S [...] (C) In an October 1 meeting, Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin, whose Interros-holding company controls much of Norilsk Nickel, told the Ambassador that the existence of shared strategic interests was not enough to help U.S.-Russian relations recover. What was needed was a constructive change [...]	2008-10-06 11:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS EINV
08MOSCOW296	ELECTION COMMISSION MAKES COMPROMISE OFFER TO ODIHR [...] (C) Summary: At a February 5 lunch meeting Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Churov told Ambassador he had suggested to ODIHR in talks February 3 - 4 that it send five logisticians to Moscow February 5, twenty longer-term observers February 7, and 55 observers February 20 to observe [...]	2008-02-05 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2961	WMD COMMISSION'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission),chaired by former Senator Bob Graham, met with Russian Special Envoy on Counterterrorism Anatoliy Safonov September 25. The Commissioners focused their questions on bioterrorism and the security [...]	2008-10-06 12:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL OVIP PINS PARM RS
08MOSCOW2964	SECRETARY'S LETTER TO LAVROV ON KUZNETSOV TRANSFER [...] (C) On Qober 2 we delivered the Secretary's letter to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov concerning the conditions for the return of Russian diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov to Russia to serve out his sentence for money laundering. 2. (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Aleksandr Zakharov had [...]	2008-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2969	RUSSIA-VIETNAM: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NO [...] (C) Summary. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem's September 13-16 visit to Moscow resulted in a public Vietnamese endorsement of Russia's role in strengthening peace and cooperation in the Caucasus, but no recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The visit also included an a [...]	2008-10-07 10:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS VM
08MOSCOW2971	U.S. PROPOSAL FOR 10TH MEETING OF THE BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START US RS
08MOSCOW2972	GOR HOLDS ON TO TROOP WITHDRAWAL DESPITE RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has termed the October 3 bombing in Tskhinvali, which killed eight Russian troops, a terrorist act. Variously calling the blast an attempt to provoke new military action, destabilize South Ossetia, or prevent Russia from fulfilling its Sarkozy-Medvedev obligations, GOR [...]	2008-10-07 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2975	GOR STILL SEEKS SOLUTION TO MD CONUNDRUM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Russian officials have stepped up their verbal assaults on U.S. missile defense (MD) systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, with Medvedev reiterating the need for Russia to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. As if to underscore this point, [...]	2008-10-07 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC RS
08MOSCOW2977	MEDVEDEV ANNOUNCES CREATION OF AIR-SPACE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. As part of his five-point plan for modernizing the Russian military, President Medvedev announced September 28 that Russia would create an air-space defense system to bolster its nuclear deterrence by 2020. Its creation could transform the chain of command for Russia's strategic a [...]	2008-10-08 03:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2978	RUSSIAN STOCK MARKETS' DOWNWARD SPIRAL STEEPENS [...] (SBU) Russia's main stock indices posted their largest one-day losses at the end of the trading day on October 6. The benchmark Russian Trading System (RTS) Index plunged 19.1 percent, and the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) Index fell 18.7 percent. Russian stock prices fell amid [...]	2008-10-08 03:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2979	RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO EXPLAIN RECENT VETERINARY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Chief Russian WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov told us that he views the October 1 letter from the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) as a request for consultations on the effectiveness of the implementation of the November 2006 U.S.-Rus [...]	2008-10-08 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2989	VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...]	2008-10-08 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS
08MOSCOW2990	DETAILS ON SWEDISH REPRESENTATION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: While the Russian MFA must still officially concur, it appears certain that Sweden will represent Georgian interests in Moscow. Per Russian request, the Georgian interest section will contain both Georgian diplomatic and consular officers, instead of only consular officers, as [...]	2008-10-08 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2991	RUSSIAN MFA SOUTH OSSETIA ENVOY ON KOKOITY, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, MFA Envoy for South Ossetia Popov reiterated that Russia would meet its October 10 withdrawal deadline. Predicting difficulty in establishing the framework for the October 15 Geneva meeting, Popov described Russia's South Ossetian clients as "elated" b [...]	2008-10-08 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2992	RUSSIA'S NEW PLAN FOR RESERVES FAILS TO HALT [...] (SBU) Russia's Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) ordered a one-and-a-half day closure of Russia's exchanges early in the October 8 trading day after they resumed their steep declines, with the benchmark RTS Index dropping more than 11 percent and the MICEX Index more than 14 percent. A [...]	2008-10-08 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3009	ZAPATERO MEETS MEDVEDEV [...] (C) In his October 1 visit to Konstantinovsky Palace outside of St. Petersburg, Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero met Medvedev for the first time in what Spanish diplomats here report was a session short on substance. While no agreements were signed and the talks covering economic, cultural, [...]	2008-10-09 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP RS
08MOSCOW3010	ICELAND EMBASSY: RUSSIAN LOAN "STRICTLY [...] (C) Iceland's Moscow Deputy Chief of Mission, Magnus Hannesson, told us that the proposed loan from Russia is a strictly financial transaction. He insisted Iceland's economic fundamentals are sound but said the country needs assistance providing liquidity to its banking sector. Iceland's mon [...]	2008-10-09 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL RS IC
08MOSCOW3011	S-300 DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RUSSIA PROMISES TO [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A demarche on the possible transfer to Iran of an S-300 anti-missile system and Igla-S MANPADs to MFA Director for North America Igor Neverov on October 9. Neverov said the MFA would disseminate the information and convey the USG's concern through the appropriate chan [...]	2008-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS IR RS
08MOSCOW302	GOR SPECIAL ENVOY'S OUTLOOK ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 meeting, MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko laid out the GOR's view of splits in the Serbian government, emphasizing that Russia believed the EUDP mission was illegal without UNSC approval, but that it did not object to Serbia's closer [...]	2008-02-06 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KV SR RS
08MOSCOW3020	RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS BECOME STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3025	CORRECT COPY: RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3026	OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...]	2008-10-10 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW303	CEC MULLS RESPONSE TO ODIHR'S CONDITIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) February 6 continued to mull over the latest proposal from ODIHR Director Strohal to monitor the March 2 presidential elections. The Ambassador told DFMs Yakimenko and Grushko February 6 that the USG supported ODIHR's desire to have its miss [...]	2008-02-06 16:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3031	ZABAIKALSKY KRAI FACES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Officials in the Trans-Baikal territory (Zabaikalsky Krai),a new federal subject of Russia created on March 1, 2008 as a result of a merger of the Chita region and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area, prepared for the krai's first elections on October 12. Ahead of the elections, Green [...]	2008-10-10 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3032	LIBERAL OPPOSITION TO REGROUP AS "SOLIDARITY" AT [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, democratic opposition and human rights groups will hold a conference to unite into a movement tentatively called "Solidarity." Participants will include a who's who of opposition leaders, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Nikita Belykh, and Lev Ponamarev. [...]	2008-10-10 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3035	SPS POST-MORTEM: PLAYERS, MOTIVES, AND DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Since the Union of Right Forces (SPS) announced October 3 that it would dissolve and merge with the Democratic Party and Civil Force, details have emerged about the party's re-invention as a loyalist opposition party. SPS Acting President Leonid Gozman and other SPS activists de [...]	2008-10-14 05:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3042	WINNERS AND LOSERS IN POST-CONFLICT RUSSIA'S ELITE [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian war and recent financial crisis have highlighted intensified competition within the Russian elite and demonstrated the continued volatility among the Kremlin clans. Many here saw the Georgian conflict weakening the "internationalists" -- those who promote economic int [...]	2008-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3051	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...]	2008-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS
08MOSCOW3054	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: October 12 regional elections produced predictably large victories for United Russia in Chechnya, Kemerovo Oblast, Zabaikalskiy Krai and Irkutsk Region (see Ref A for Sakhalin election details). Kemerovo and Chechnya each delivered United Russia tallies over 80 percent; Just Rus [...]	2008-10-15 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3055	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. The company is li [...]	2008-10-15 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3060	PIRATED DISKS STILL WIDELY AVAILABLE IN MOSCOW MARKETS [...] (SBU) A recent visit by econoffs to two of Moscow's electronics markets revealed that despite recent progress, Russia still has a long way to go to reduce the availability of pirated compact disks, DVDs and software to Russian consumers. Vendors at the working-class Savelovskiy market openly s [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON RS
08MOSCOW3062	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: INVESTMENT BROWNOUT? [...] (C) A mere three months after RAO UES completed its privatization program, efforts to bring Russia's electricity sector into the post-Soviet period are being crippled by a lack of investment financing, sagging industrial demand, and a new "energy" team that includes state-centrists, such as D [...]	2008-10-16 09:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG RS
08MOSCOW3064	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]	2008-10-16 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3068	Novosibirsk - Stability Above All Else [...] (SBU) Political stability is the watchword in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, even more so as financial crisis threatens the rapid economic growth that had been the justification for a narrowing of the political landscape. Officials from the city and regional administration emphasized the "c [...]	2008-10-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
08MOSCOW3070	BURYATIAN ELITE RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary. The Republic of Buryatia, located between Siberia and the Russian Far East, stewards of 60 percent of Lake Baikal's shoreline and the center of Siberian Tibetan Buddhism, remains largely overlooked by Moscow. Run by reputedly corrupt United Russia officials, the Buryatian capit [...]	2008-10-16 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3075	SIGNING OF HOTLINE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT DIPNOTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3076	USAID Team Examines Situation on the Ground in North [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS GG
08MOSCOW3078	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS [...] (S) In the absence of MFA North America Director Igor Neverov, we conveyed ref A demarche to MFA North America Deputy Director Oleg Burmistrov on October 17. Burmistrov offered little substantive comment, except to acknowledge our previous demarches on the issue stretching back to November 2 [...]	2008-10-17 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3080	FALL DRAFT EXPECTED TO BE SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Because Russia now drafts young men to serve in the military for one year, rather than two years or 18 months, the Russian military must replace all of its conscript soldiers in 2008. Official sources and experts agree that the Russian military will meet its goal of conscripting [...]	2008-10-17 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP ECON RS
08MOSCOW3086	SEXISM, LOW PAY, AND REAL ESTATE: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Like Russia itself, the MFA is still attempting to come to terms with the vast societal changes that came with the end of the Soviet era. The Russian diplomatic corps of 4,500 is younger and includes more women than previously, but sexism remains very much in the open. The hig [...]	2008-10-20 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3088	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STILL NEEDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the North Caucasus, poloff spent three days in Chechnya and two in Ingushetiya monitoring humanitarian assistance programs funded by the Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Beneficiaries of the programs, internally-displace [...]	2008-10-20 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3092	NEXT STEPS IN MILITARY'S MODERNIZATION: PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary. The MOD plans to reduce the size of the General Staff and MOD Central Apparatus by two-thirds by 2012, a measure that military analysts have championed for years, but political leaders were reluctant to take until the war in Georgia gave them the political capital they could use [...]	2008-10-21 03:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV RS
08MOSCOW3097	MTCR PAPER DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 10:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS RS
08MOSCOW3098	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN FIRM SELLING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 10:12:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MRCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS PK CH
08MOSCOW31	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Reftel requested a pre-license end-use check to confirm the bona fides of Okhotnik I Rybolov, the foreign end-user and the foreign consignee listed on application 05-050075752. The commodities in question are 32 HS Precision Pro 2000 Bolt Action Rifles, Caliber .300-146 valued at USD 73,6 [...]	2008-01-09 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC RS KOMC
08MOSCOW3106	RUSSIA INCREASES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's intensified interest in Latin America stems largely from economic opportunity, while serving to reinforce its multi-polar concept of foreign policy. Following the Georgian conflict, Russia has increased its activity in the region in order to highlight its ability to ex [...]	2008-10-21 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS
08MOSCOW3108	INITIAL SSL CASES REVEAL LITTLE; SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary. Almost six months after enacting the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL),the GOR has permitted the first two foreign investments under the legislation. Both of the deals had been pre-approved by Prime Minister Putin earlier this year and are thought to have been chosen to go first in o [...]	2008-10-22 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV RS
08MOSCOW3109	RUSSIA ON CFE POST-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to press for the resumption of meetings between Russia and the U.S. on the way ahead on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). While acknowledging that the conflict in Georgia has changed the dynamic for such discussions, the MFA has nothing new to offe [...]	2008-10-22 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO RS
08MOSCOW3110	EXXONMOBIL: CAUTIOUS ON SAKHALIN 1 FUTURE, [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Neil Duffin (protect),President of ExxonMobil Development Company, told the Ambassador that he did not believe the Sakhalin 1 consortium would be able to sell gas to China (ref D) and expressed concern about GOR interference with the consortiu [...]	2008-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3113	RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...]	2008-10-22 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IS RS
08MOSCOW3114	RUSSIA'S "AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE" TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. While noting concerns over the collapse of the October 15 talks, the newly-named Russian "Ambassador" to Abkhazia sees the fact the meeting took place at all as positive and a step towards fulfilling point six of the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan. The GOR is concerned that the security [...]	2008-10-22 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3118	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kumertau Aircraft Production Enterprise representatives told us their company is ultimately controlled by RosOboronExport (ROE). TechPromService representatives told us, however, that the company is a private enterprise not affiliated with ROE. We were unable to conduct site v [...]	2008-10-23 05:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW3123	BOSNIA: FOR RUSSIA, SOLUTION LIES WITH THE EU [...] (C) Summary: Dismissing Bosnian PM Dodik's nationalist rhetoric as election-related, the MFA continues to underline to Republic of Srbska (RS) authorities that it will suffer if it violates either the Dayton Accords or the constitution, and that Kosovo was not a precedent for the RS to follow [...]	2008-10-23 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
08MOSCOW3125	RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES HIT BY FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Gazprom announced on October 22 that it may have trouble refinancing some of its debts and obtaining needed new loans. The announcement was the latest in a recent string of news indicating Russia's oil and gas sector may be seriously affected by deteriorating conditions in financial marke [...]	2008-10-23 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3127	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]	2008-10-23 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3130	RUSSIAN DFM BORODAVKIN ON NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin provided a readout of North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's October 15 meeting with FM Lavrov and expressed concern that the North Korean interpretation of the October 3 verif [...]	2008-10-24 03:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM RS KN AF
08MOSCOW3137	HUMANITARIANS WARY AS VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NORTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unknown attackers blew up a local official's car in front of a downtown hotel in the relative safe haven of Vladikavkaz. Expatriate humanitarians living and working in North Ossetia and its neighboring republics acknowledge a generally deteriorating regional security situation [...]	2008-10-24 13:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS
08MOSCOW3148	LUKIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE END OF HIS TENURE AS RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Federation Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told visiting HFAC Chairman Berman that his term as Ombudsman for the Russian Federation has been a "difficult job of compromises." Lukin said that during his almost five years as Ombudsman, it has been most important for him not to [...]	2008-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRM KJUS RS
08MOSCOW315	RUSSIANS PETITION PUTIN TO RE-OPEN BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, a group of Russian graduates of British universities sent a letter to Putin asking that he allow the British Council offices to reopen. The letter asked that cultural and exchange programs not be held hostage to the current chilly relations between Russia and Br [...]	2008-02-07 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3151	RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE JOLTED BY FINANCIAL [...] (SUB) SUMMARY. Russia's agriculture sector has begun to feel the impacts of the global economic crisis. With some 40 percent of investments in Russian agriculture financed by loans, many observers believe that as many as 20 percent of Russian agricultural enterprises may go bankrupt by June [...]	2008-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3153	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM RYABKOV: POST-START, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador October 24 the GOR had begun studying the post-START Treaty text delivered that morning. But the need to translate the text and the fact that Russia had not received the missile defense (MD) documents meant November 6 wo [...]	2008-10-27 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3157	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, LIMACO Inc., Boldina St., 94, Tula, Russia. The company [...]	2008-10-28 12:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW316	JEFFERY-DENISOV MEETING YIELDS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) In a January 31 meeting, Under Secretary Jeffery and Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov agreed to establish a regular USG-GOR economic dialogue under their chairmanship. Both sides agreed that the dialogue should remain relatively informal, include the private sector and not supplant on-goin [...]	2008-02-07 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW3175	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE USES TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that correction letters from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will not be considered. Since the beginning of 2008, VPSS has ignored dozens of correction [...]	2008-10-29 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3177	JAPANESE VIEW OF RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS FROM [...] (C) Summary. According to the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russia and Japan currently enjoy a "calm and good" relationship marked by expanding economic ties. The Russian desire to develop its Siberian and Far East regions, as well as infrastructural needs for Vladivostok's ho [...]	2008-10-29 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS JA
08MOSCOW3179	GOR STILL FEELING ITS WAY ON TAXING FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has sent a letter to Premier Vladimir Putin identifying the criteria and procedures for including foreign non-commercial organizations on a list of grantors whose grants are exempt from income taxation for Russian recipients. The proposal was hardly a [...]	2008-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PINR USAID RS
08MOSCOW3181	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE GOES RENEGADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it will no longer accept certifications from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) that U.S. importers meet Russia's sanitary norms and are authorized to [...]	2008-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3184	COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS FOCUSED ON INSTABILITY IN [...] (C) Summary. With increasing violence directed against law enforcement in Russia's North Caucasus regions (ref. A),the GOR's intelligence agencies are focusing their counterterrorism efforts on domestic radical movements, although they still have some concerns about international terrorist m [...]	2008-10-30 07:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER KCRM SNAR RS
08MOSCOW319	RUSSIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE BALKANS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting (other subjects reftel),MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told us that High Representative and EU Special Representative Lajcak's January 31 visit to Moscow had "opened the door" to a compromise on closing the Office of the High Represe [...]	2008-02-07 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BK EU RS
08MOSCOW3199	RUSSIA INTERIM RESPONSE: UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO RS
08MOSCOW3201	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...]	2008-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3202	MOSCOW SPS OPPOSES, REGIONS SUPPORT, SURKOV PLAN [...] Summary: Opposition within the Union of Right Forces (SPS) to the party's impending dissolution is almost non-existent outside of Moscow. Moscow SPS leader Vladlen Maksimov and SPS Federal Political Council member Maria Gaydar have publicly opposed the dissolution and have urged regional bra [...]	2008-10-31 03:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3203	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that as of October 28, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-7927) was delisted after routine tests revealed the presence of Salmonella. The letter requests that the USDA Foo [...]	2008-10-31 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3209	INGUSHETIYA: WIDESPREAD APPROVAL OF ZYAZIKOV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been widespread approval of the October 30 resignation of Murat Zyazikov as president of the northern Caucasus Republic of Ingushetiya. Representatives of one of the major opposition groups there said that they would work with the new president, former paratrooper an [...]	2008-10-31 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3210	WATCHING NORTH KOREA FROM VLADIVOSTOK [...] (C) Summary. North Korea experts in Vladivostok see small signs of economic reforms in North Korea but believe Pyongyang needs more confidence in its regime survival before being willing to take further steps to alleviate the poverty situation in the country. The experts hold varying views [...]	2008-10-31 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3211	DIP NOTE PASSED: U.S-PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW3212	RUSSIAN RESPONSE: JURISDICTION OVER ANTARCTIC TOURIST [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS RS
08MOSCOW3213	WORLD VISION INCREASING ITS INGUSHETIYA SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of a series of incidents (reftels) indicative of a worsening safety picture in Ingushetiya, World Vision Russian Federation is working to improve its staff's security. Unlike some other PRM implementing partners, the agency does not intend to move its North Caucasus [...]	2008-10-31 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS
08MOSCOW3214	BAKHMINA CASE TAKES STRANGE TURN [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Russian daily Vedemosti reported that pregnant jailed Khodorkovsky lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina had withdrawn her request for release and was transferred to a hospital on October 24. According to the article, this was done without the knowledge of her lawyers, who hav [...]	2008-10-31 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KJUS PHUM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW3215	RUSSIA ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL MNUC TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3219	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, LIBYA, [...] (C) Summary. During an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov provided a positive assessment of the Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks and indicated GOR hopes for concrete progress at the November 9 meeting between the factions in Cairo. Calling [...]	2008-11-03 04:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS IS LY SO
08MOSCOW322	ODIHR/PACE WILL NOT OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and ODIHR failed to bridge the five-day difference over the timing of the arrival of an observer mission for the March 2 presidential elections, with the CEC failing to respond to ODIHR's last counteroffer. PACE, which did observe the December Duma elections, also announ [...]	2008-02-07 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3220	STRONG CRITICISM FOR U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials have denounced the U.S. decision to renew sanctions against Rosoboronexport (ROE) and its subsidiaries under the terms of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (reftel). Arguing that ROE's activity with Iran was fully compliant with international [...]	2008-11-03 04:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3222	FIRST DEPUTY PM SHUVALOV ON G-20 SUMMIT, CRISIS [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov outlined Russia's general positions on the G-20 Summit: coordination of currency policy; opposition in principle to protectionism; and improving the quality of existing government regulatory mechanisms with [...]	2008-11-03 11:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3228	RUSSIAN RAILWAYS PRESIDENT YAKUNIN: ANALYZING THE [...] (C) During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Railways (RZD) President Vladimir Yakunin held forth on a range of topics, with particular enthusiasm for elaborate economic theories and his assertion that the world had yet to understand the full extent of the financial crisis. Th [...]	2008-11-03 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS EINV

08MOSCOW3230	SOME RUSSIANS GROW UNEASY AS GOR DOLES OUT RESERVES [...] (C) Oligarchs, bankers, and industrialists are vying to receive Kremlin handouts, while ordinary Russians appear to be disengaged concerning the fate of Russia's dwindling "rainy day" reserve funds. The GOR has been injecting billions of dollars into the economy to prevent a collapse as it s [...]	2008-11-03 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV RS
08MOSCOW3236	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. [...]	2008-11-05 10:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3237	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. [...]	2008-11-05 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3241	POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 "WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD" [...] NOMINATION In accordance with a call for nominations for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage, post nominates Veronika Marchenko, head of the "Mother's Right" Foundation, for her exceptional dedication to exposing human rights abuses in the armed forces. [...]	2008-11-05 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO RS
08MOSCOW3242	KASPAROV SAYS SOLIDARITY AIMS TO DISMANTLE, NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, former world chess champion and United Civil Front (OGF) chairman Garry Kasparov predicted that economic and political pressures will hasten government transformation and the end of the Putin regime before 2012. Kasparov h [...]	2008-11-05 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3243	MEDVEDEV'S STATE OF RUSSIA SPEECH - FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. Medvedev's first address to the legislature on November 5 combined hard-hitting Putinesque criticism of the U.S. role in Georgia and European missile defense, with a raft of domestic reforms, including electoral changes to "strengthen Russian democracy" and a renewed call for a [...]	2008-11-05 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3244	RUSSIA PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security and Disarmament Affairs Second Secretary Alexander Bolichiov on November 5. Bolichiov was clear that the GOR continues to support the revised U.S. criteria-based proposal for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) c [...]	2008-11-05 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA RS
08MOSCOW325	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Ambassador Burns met with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to discuss a range of human rights issues, including the continued detention of former Yukos VP Vasiliy Aleksanyan, new reports of the use of psychological hospitalization of outspoken political activis [...]	2008-02-08 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW3252	RUSSIA-IRAN RELATIONS DRIVEN BY REGIONAL POLITICAL [...] (Summary): MFA Iran desk chief Maksim Ganzey provided us with an overview of Russian relations with Iran that he argued went beyond the nuclear issue and were based largely upon the GOR's need to work effectively with a country that had considerable ability to impact political and economic is [...]	2008-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3254	GOR LIMITS NATIONALIST RALLIES ON RUSSIAN DAY OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Approximately 2,000 nationalist activists gathered in different parts of Moscow for the "Russian March," a rally organized by established nationalist groups, on Russia's Day of People's Unity. The holiday, held since 2005 on November 4 as a replacement for events remembering [...]	2008-11-06 18:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3265	RUSSIA'S LIBERALS SCORN MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Political liberal opposition leaders have rejected President Medvedev's proposed changes to political party laws as attacks against democracy and evidence of further consolidation of power in Russia. The head of the only independent election monitoring organization painted a bl [...]	2008-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3269	RUSSIA RESPONSE: NO KNOWLEDGE OF RIO-PLUS-20 CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 11:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV RS
08MOSCOW327	U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH RUSSIA'S CENTRAL [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and the Ambassador, Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Chairman Sergey Ignatiyev provided a generally optimistic outl [...]	2008-02-08 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3271	RUSSIA LOSES NO MATTER HOW THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Russia will lose no matter how the Iranian nuclear controversy is resolved, according to analysts who argue that Russia faces either the prospect of a nuclear Iran causing instability in the Middle East, or a negotiated settlement that will lead Iran to "drop" Russia in favor of [...]	2008-11-10 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MNUC IR RS
08MOSCOW328	U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elizabeth Dibble, and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kudrin said that the end of Russia's WTO ac [...]	2008-02-08 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3287	SUBJECT: GOOD NEWS AND BAD FROM RUSSIAN ELITE [...] (C) Summary: A study of the Russian elite, conducted by Mikhail Afanasev of the Niccolo-M consulting firm, found that a majority "second tier" leaders and managers supported a system based upon rule of law and a level playing field for economic competition. Except for respondents from the sec [...]	2008-11-12 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS PINR
08MOSCOW3289	DFM KARASIN AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and EUR DAS and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matt Bryza discussed Georgia, with Karasin striking a more constructive tone but insisting that access for international monitors to Abkhazia and South Ossetia had to be ne [...]	2008-11-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ
08MOSCOW329	FM LAVROV PRESSES FOR 2+2 DATES [...] (C) At the request of FM Lavrov, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak contacted the Ambassador on February 8 to urge the U.S. to confirm the timing for the second round of the 2 2 ministerial dialogue. Noting the outstanding GOR proposal to meet in Washington on March 13, Kislyak said that [...]	2008-02-08 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS
08MOSCOW3290	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Russian Deputy Security Council Secretary Yuri Zubakov insinuated that Georgia started the August conflict with U.S. acquiescence, arms, and funds. He dismissed Bryza's avowal that Georgia was not prepared for war in Aug [...]	2008-11-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3297	(C) TNK-BP END GAME? [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3308	NERPA DISASTER WILL CHANGE LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 8, 20 people died and 21 were injured on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa when the fire extinguishing system activated, releasing Freon gas. The submarine, which was undergoing tests in the Sea of Japan before being leased to India, was not damaged, [...]	2008-11-14 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MCAP RS
08MOSCOW3309	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: GENEVA PROCESS, PEREVI; [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, MFA fourth CIS directorate chief Andrey Kelin described the procedural difficulties EU Special Representative Morel faced in lining up the November 18 Geneva process talks. Russia's primary goal for the talks was to launch security discussions focused [...]	2008-11-14 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3311	RUSSIA PUTS OFF PROHIBITIVE DUTY ON TIMBER EXPORTS [...] (SBU) In a major trade concession to the EU, PM Putin announced on November 12 that Russia would delay for 9-12 months the implementation of a prohibitive duty on uncut timber and round wood exports, which was scheduled to take effect as of January 1, 2009. Putin's announcement eliminates, at [...]	2008-11-17 03:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV ENRG ECON RS
08MOSCOW3314	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 06:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW3315	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 06:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW3321	THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO GAZPROM'S PIPELINES MAY [...] (C) The GOR's calls for expanded third-party access (TPA) to Gazprom's pipelines reflect the influence of multiple factors, including a desire on the part of Putin and others to boost domestic gas production by independent producers and oil companies. Most analysts believe Gazprom will resist [...]	2008-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3322	NEW CALLS FOR RUBLE TO BECOME A "RESERVE CURRENCY" [...] (C) President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin have both recently repeated suggestions that the Russian ruble should become a "regional reserve currency" and that to achieve this Russian oil exports should be denominated in rubles. We discussed these proposals with a variety of local analysts [...]	2008-11-17 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3323	RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...]	2008-11-17 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF
08MOSCOW3329	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO - STC AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OOO - STC and ELIM-TLT (OOO - STC),St Petersburg, Russia. The compa [...]	2008-11-18 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3330	RUSSIANS SPLIT ON FUTURE OF RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. The November 4 U.S. presidential elections elicited great media coverage and expert commentary in Russia, but opinions about the incoming Obama administration have been decidedly mixed. While many government leaders welcomed a change in U.S. leadership, others expected the st [...]	2008-11-18 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3343	MEDVEDEVâ€™S ADDRESS AND TANDEM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's address to the Federal Assembly last week provided a prism for viewing the power relationship in the Medvedev-Putin tandem, refracting opinion amongst our contacts into three, very divergent, camps. The first group views Medvedev as ascendant, slowly accruing power as he pla [...]	2008-11-19 06:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3344	TAFT GRANT RECIPIENT MARKS PROJECT COMPLETION [...] (U) Summary: The Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy (MPC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony November 17 to celebrate successful renovations on its new Parish Center, a social services office and refuge for mainly African refugees and vulnerable migrants in Russia's capital. Approximately 35 attendees, [...]	2008-11-19 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KIRF EAID RS
08MOSCOW3347	GOR MONITORING OF BANKS, ANTI-CRISIS FUNDS [...] (C) During a November 11 meeting with leaders of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI),President Medvedev outlined a plan for Central Bank (CBR) officials to ensure that banks receiving anti-crisis funds turn those resources into loans for domestic firms. At the meeting, RCCI [...]	2008-11-19 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3350	YET ANOTHER LIST- RUSSIA TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3355	NEW KREMLIN-BACKED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY EMERGES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, a new Kremlin-supported "liberal" opposition party - Right Cause - emerged from the ashes of 1990s-era liberal standard-bearer Union of Right Forces (SPS),which along with two other vanity political parties (Democratic Party and Civil Force) voted to dissolve on [...]	2008-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
08MOSCOW3356	LEAD WTO NEGOTIATOR DISCUSSES VETERINARY LETTERS [...] (SBU) In a November 18 meeting with Agricultural Affairs M-C and EconOffs, Russian Chief WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov stated that the November 2006 U.S.-Russia side letter on meat and poultry inspections and certifications was still in force. However, he said Russian and U.S. veterinary an [...]	2008-11-20 03:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW336	BP RUSSIA LAWYER DISCUSSES "IMMENSE CHANGES" IN [...] (C) BP Russia's chief lawyer, Michael Drew (protect),said that when TNK-BP was formed in 2003 there were profound differences in the business philosophies of senior Russian management at the former TNK and those of BP. When BP bought 50% of TNK, it found a company with no health, safety, or [...]	2008-02-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3360	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...]	2008-11-20 08:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3362	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OVERCOMES BARRIERS, [...] (C) Summary. Uncertain economic and political circumstances are having an impact on the role that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) plays and steps it must take to ensure its activities continue. In addition to domestic challenges facing the ROC, the financial crisis has compelled Patriarch [...]	2008-11-20 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3363	PANFILOVA STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT MEDVEDEV WILL [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Transparency International's Executive Director Elena Panfilova said President Medvedev was taking concrete steps to follow through on his anti-corruption initiatives, motivated in part by a desire to distinguish his administration from the pr [...]	2008-11-20 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SOCI PGOV KCOR RS
08MOSCOW3364	RUSSIA INCHES AWAY FROM ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the Georgia conflict, Russian and Armenian officials assert there has been no change in Russian-Armenian relations, and see no detrimental impact of possible improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. Experts however argue that Russia is able to use the [...]	2008-11-20 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM AZ RS
08MOSCOW3365	MOSCOW'S CHIEF MUFTI STRESSES TOLERANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Kremlin-friendly Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gaynutdin told the Ambassador on November 13 that Russia's Muslims practice a tolerant form of Islam and are receiving increasing support from the GOR. This is most evident, according to Gaynutdin, in the huge [...]	2008-11-20 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3366	TANDEM FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CRISIS AT UNITED RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Both President Medvedev and Premier Putin honed in on economic issues as the main challenge facing Russia today, with Putin outlining a number of measures to bolster economic performance and mitigate the impact of the deepening crisis. Instead of the political intrigue that had do [...]	2008-11-20 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3367	GOR EFFORTS TO AID RETAIL SECTOR RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (C) As Russia,s financial crisis gathered steam in recent weeks and began to spill over into the real economy, the GOR identified food retailers as a critical sector that the state should support. Industry insiders attributed the inclusion of the sector to a desire to support Russian agricultu [...]	2008-11-21 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR RS
08MOSCOW3368	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...]	2008-11-21 07:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3371	RUSSIA'S DUMA PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, the Russian State Duma passed constitutional amendments proposed by President Medvedev increasing the term of Russia's next president from four to six years, and the terms of State Duma members from four to five years. The proposed amendments must now go to th [...]	2008-11-21 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3372	MFA ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF IR PK RS
08MOSCOW3376	PUTIN TAKES ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Prime Minister Putin's speech to the United Russia Congress on November 20 was arguably the GOR's most forthcoming public statement to date about the effects of the financial crisis in Russia. Although he reiterated that the cause of the current financial turmoil was the U.S. mortgage ma [...]	2008-11-21 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3379	MFA ON RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ROLES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, MFA officials expressed to DAS Krol Russian concern that the U.S. presence in Central Asia, combined with efforts to expand NATO, gave the appearance that Russia was "surrounded" and called for the U.S. to be transparent in its actions. The GOR understood, howeve [...]	2008-11-24 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV SMIG SNAR AF RS ZK
08MOSCOW3380	(C) OIL TRADERS: PIPELINE EXPORTS TO EUROPE STILL \ [...] (C) The oil trading business in Russia has long been \ opaque, benefiting politically connected firms such as the \ secretive oil trading firm Gunvor. Contacts tell us, \ however, that the business has lately become more transparent \ because seaborne trade is now largely conducted via \ commercia [...]	2008-11-24 06:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3386	GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN/POLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has rejected allegations of Russian involvement in the November 23 shooting at the Georgian-Polish presidential motorcade. In reaction to the incident that garnered little attention in the Russian media, the MFA, MOD and security services unanimously called the incide [...]	2008-11-24 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG PL
08MOSCOW339	LOWER PROFILE FOR KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Recent Kremlin steps to rein in the United Russia-affiliated youth movement Nashi suggest that GOR neuralgia about a possible Orange Revolution has faded. With the Kremlin now confident that operation successor has been successfully launched and will encounter no opposition, Nas [...]	2008-02-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3390	FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 19, we shared reftel non-paper regarding the USG objectives for the UN-organized Doha conference on Financing for Development with Viktor Zagregov, Head of the UN Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, and Grigoriy Ustinov, a second secretary in Zagregov' [...]	2008-11-24 12:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID UNGA RS
08MOSCOW3391	RUSSIA WATCHES U.S. WITH A "WARY EYE" IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Russian analysts recently told SCA DAS Krol that while Moscow looked with suspicion upon U.S. activity in Central Asia, it was more concerned about the challenge presented by China, but was not sure how to counter a rival that had more resources at its disposal for winnin [...]	2008-11-24 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI AF RS ZK
08MOSCOW3394	BP VP TELLS AMBASSADOR COMPANY IS IN RUSSIA FOR LONG-TERM, GETTING OUT OF CPC [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3395	ANNUAL GAS ROW WITH UKRAINE HEATS UP [...] (C) Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov, told us November 24 that, despite press reports, there is "no serious discrepancy" between Russia and Ukraine on the amount of the outstanding gas debt, which he claimed is approaching $3 billion. He said negotiations to resolve debt r [...]	2008-11-24 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL UP RS
08MOSCOW3396	RUSSIA RESISTING YUSHCHENKO'S BAIT, MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: Russian political circles see Ukrainian president Yushchenko attempting to bait Russia in order to improve his domestic popularity and gain support from the West. However, mindful of the strong economic ties between the countries, Russia has so far limited itself to sniping bac [...]	2008-11-25 03:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW340	Russian Companies: Emerging Global Players [...] (SBU) Russian companies are increasingly going "global" -- expanding rapidly overseas through acquisitions and investments. Russian companies, flush with cash, are joining their Indian and Chinese counterparts as a new breed of multinationals. Oil and gas companies are the most active but met [...]	2008-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW341	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3410	GENERAL BUZHINSKIY WARNS DAS BRYZA ABOUT REARMING [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial but firm meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza November 1, Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy articulated what are clearly GOR-wide talking points on Georgia, contending that "someone in the USG outside the State Department" had giv [...]	2008-11-25 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW3411	ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 20:06:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3419	DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...]	2008-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ
08MOSCOW3423	PROPOSED GOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD [...] (SBU) We shared reftel talking points regarding the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF) with GOR officials in the MFA's International Organizations Department and in the International Relations Departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and Social Dev [...]	2008-11-26 12:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO RS
08MOSCOW3424	MFA PREVIEWS RUSSIAN GOALS FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) At the December 4 OSCE ministerial in Helsinki, Russia will formally launch Medvedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST),push its reform agenda, and seek "balance" in any Ministerial Declaration. The MFA tells us that they see the OSCE as a dated body that does not take into accou [...]	2008-11-26 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW3426	DAGESTAN: ATTENTION FOCUSED ON CONTINUED VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial has begun to focus more attention on the simmering violence that permeates Dagestan, one of Russia's most unstable regions. At a November 24 press conference, Memorial head Oleg Orlov said the situation in Dagestan is as bad a [...]	2008-11-26 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3429	RUSSIA'S VIEWS ON THE IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN AND [...] (C) On November 25, ESToff delivered reftel points on the IAEA reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Syria ------ 2. (C) Bolichiov was dismissive regarding the points on [...]	2008-11-26 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY RS
08MOSCOW3431	RUSSIAN MFA QUESTIONED ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On November 25, ESToff requested clarification regarding the status of the four high-level radioactive sources located in Sukhumi from Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Bolichiov stated that he could not provide a definitive [...]	2008-11-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW3436	GOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) The MFA told us that Russia accomplished its objectives at the November 14 EU-Russia Summit in Nice: the normalization of EU-Russia relations after the events of Georgia, and a public endorsement of Medvedev's proposed Euroatlantic security proposal. Russia and the EU will resume negoti [...]	2008-11-28 12:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU RS
08MOSCOW3437	CYPRIOT PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During a November 19-20 visit to Moscow, Cypriot President Christofias met President Medvedev but a scheduled meeting with PM Putin was canceled. Russia accomplished two objectives in the eight agreements signed during the visit: an agreement to request information on financial transacti [...]	2008-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN CY RS
08MOSCOW345	RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN BILATERAL RELATIONS UNDER MORE [...] (C) Summary. Russia and Estonia's already strained relationship took hits as Estonian contributions to the Schengen "blacklist" went into effect, closely followed by the beginning of trials in Tallinn from last May's Bronze Soldier incident. The MFA blamed new Schengen visa ineligibilites f [...]	2008-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EN RS
08MOSCOW346	RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...]	2008-02-08 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF
08MOSCOW3464	PUBLIC CHAMBER TAKES UP PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the recent attack on independent journalist Mikhail Beketov, the Public Chamber held a hearing on November 25 at which Lawyers Association head Pavel Astakhov proposed a legal amendment to the criminal code increasing the punishment for endangering the life of a jou [...]	2008-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3465	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Federal Security Service (FSB),Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2008-12-02 07:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3471	RUSSIA: AWAITING INTERAGENCY RESPONSE ON ARF [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post reached out to Russian MFA's Department of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Regional Affairs regarding Russian participation in the May 4-8, 2009 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise in the Philippines. According to Counselor Dmitriy Lukiyantsev [...]	2008-12-02 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RS
08MOSCOW3472	ANNUAL START SLCM DELCARATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM BO KACT KZ RS UP US START JCIC
08MOSCOW3473	MINAG DELISTS 7 U.S. PORK FACILITIES. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that it had delisted 7 out of the first 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. The results of the remaining 20 pork facilities are still p [...]	2008-12-02 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3475	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...]	2008-12-02 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08MOSCOW3476	KEEPING A WARY EYE ON THE STREETS: THE CRISIS [...] (C) Government statements and measures to contain the effects of the economic crisis are beginning to reflect official concern that a prolonged economic downturn could lead to social unrest as was the case in 1998. Senior analysts at two of Russia's leading research institutes claim that a sh [...]	2008-12-03 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS
08MOSCOW348	REACTION TO ODIHR/OSCE-PA DECISION ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) As expected, the reaction to the decisions by ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE not to observe the March 2 presidential elections has been loud and swift. Political analysts and members of the Duma from both United Russia and the Communist Party decried the decision not to sen [...]	2008-02-08 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3488	RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ RS
08MOSCOW3489	KITSMARISHVILI GETS AIRTIME IN RUSSIA, BRIEFLY [...] (C) Summary: While Russian government officials initially seized on the apparent sensationalism of former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili's November 25 testimony about Georgian responsibility for starting the war in August and his claims of U.S. support for Georgia's use o [...]	2008-12-03 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW349	(C) SAKHALIN ENERGY SEEKS QUIET WITHDRAWAL OF EXIM [...] (C) Shell has informed us that it and the other Sakhalin-2 partners (Gazprom, Mitsu and Mitsubishi) are reconsidering their need for export credit guarantees from a consortium of three export credit agencies: U.S. EXIM, the UK's ECGD, and Japan's JBIC. On February 5, the partnership, Sakhalin [...]	2008-02-08 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3492	SENATOR CORKER'S MEETING WITH DFM GRUSHKO: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko told visiting U.S. Senator Bob Corker the U.S. and Russia should build off the Sochi Declaration to move the relationship forward. The U.S. was trying to impose its security interests on Russia with its missile defense proposal. Grush [...]	2008-12-04 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP GG RS
08MOSCOW3497	PUTIN CALLS FOR RUSSIAN INVESTOR CLASS [...] (C) In a December 1 cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Putin voiced frustration over the country's reliance on foreign markets to fund domestic growth. He blamed foreign investors for driving down the market value of Russian firms. While Russia would not place restrictions on foreign capital, P [...]	2008-12-04 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3498	SERBIAN EMBASSY SAYS SOUTH STREAM "GUARANTEE" [...] (C) Serbian Embassy Counselor Boris Sekulic told us December 1 that Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller will be in Belgrade on December 5 to attempt to conclude an agreement on Gazprom's purchase of 51% of Serbia's national oil company, NIS (reftels). According to Sekulic, however, the Serbian governme [...]	2008-12-04 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3507	CHATTERING CLASS ON WHY PUTIN CAN'T FAIL [...] (C) Summary: Putin remains the linchpin of the Russian political system, with rumors over his return to the Kremlin or departure from the White House serving to keep all options open and everyone off balance. Despite disagreements over whether and why Putin might contemplate a "spring scena [...]	2008-12-04 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3508	RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...]	2008-12-05 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW3519	(C) OLIGARCH VEKSELBERG TELLS AMBASSADOR RUSSIAN [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Viktor Vekselberg, billionaire Chairman of Renova Group and major partner in TNK-BP, said the worst is yet to come for the Russian economy. He suggested needed economic reforms, including for the oil sector, would have to wait as the government [...]	2008-12-05 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3522	DEATH OF PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Aleksey II, 79, died December 5 of heart failure. A temporary leader of the Church will be named on December 6, and a funeral is expected as early as December 7, but perhaps December 8 or 9. As a result, President Medvedev canceled a pla [...]	2008-12-05 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL RS
08MOSCOW3525	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Chief Veterinary Officer Nikolay Vlasov has requested, via official letter, consultations with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in Moscow before December 20, 2008 to discuss Russian concerns with the quality and safety of U.S. meat and poultry shipments [...]	2008-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3526	MEDVEDEV BOLSTERS RUSSIA?S LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA and experts saw President Medvedev?s November 22-28 trip to Latin America as pragmatic, and focused on trade and economic issues, not driven by ideology or efforts to compete with the U.S. or China. In a meeting with the Ambassador December 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ser [...]	2008-12-05 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
08MOSCOW3527	MFA PREVIEWS POST-START ISSUES FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (C) Vladimir Yermakov, head of the START Treaty section in the MFA Office of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),told us December 3 that the GOR was looking forward to a "frank discussion" of all the issues related to a post-START Treaty agreement at the December 15 meeting between the de [...]	2008-12-05 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KACT START RS
08MOSCOW353	DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin strongly cautioned against the Ukrainian government's push for NATO membership, underlining that a decision by the Alliance would be met with counter measures that would test our strategic relationship. Karasin urged the [...]	2008-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP MD AM BO RS
08MOSCOW354	GAZPROM SAYS UKRAINE CUTOFF THREAT JUST A "WARNING [...] (C) Gazprom's international affairs director Ivan Zolotov told us February 8th that press accounts of Gazprom's threat to cutoff gas to Ukraine on February 11th were correct. However, he added that his "personal opinion" was that this was just a "warning shot" to Ukraine in the run up to upcom [...]	2008-02-09 05:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3544	MEDVEDEV'S JUDICIAL PROPOSALS: WORDS OR ACTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: At the seventh All-Russian Congress of Judges, from December 2-5 in Moscow, Medvedev proposed a series of measures to restore public trust in the legal system. His stated goal was to improve transparency and judicial professionalism and impartiality, which, he said, would have th [...]	2008-12-08 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS RS
08MOSCOW3546	SCENARIOS FOR RUSSIAN POLITICS IN ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. An INDEM survey of top analysts suggests that the economic crisis has shifted elite opinion on Russia's course over the coming year, with a growing expectation that the Medvedev-Putin tandem will either muddle through or accelerate existing trends toward a "Pinochet" model - a d [...]	2008-12-08 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI EFIN
08MOSCOW3547	RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...]	2008-12-08 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO
08MOSCOW355	GAZPROM SAYS UKRAINE CUTOFF THREAT JUST A "WARNING [...] (C) Gazprom's international affairs director Ivan Zolotov told us February 8th that press accounts of Gazprom's threat to cutoff gas to Ukraine on February 11th were correct. However, he added that his "personal opinion" was that this was just a "warning shot" to Ukraine in the run up to upcom [...]	2008-02-09 05:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3552	SCA DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Summary: In a 13 November lunch with visiting SCA DAS George Krol, Gazprom head of foreign relations Ivan Zolotov said that Gazprom seeks "market-based" relationships with its suppliers and customers, including in Central Asia; that he expected more continuity than change in the U.S.-Russi [...]	2008-12-09 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3555	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Russia's MFA has not yet issued a formal statement on the results of the OSCE ministerial, but the Russian press focused on President Medvedev's proposal for a new European security treaty and hailed the ministerial as an endorsement of it. Commentators were more restrained on the concept [...]	2008-12-09 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS

08MOSCOW3556	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLYLAL TECHNICS, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, FLYLAL Technics, Vilnius, Lithuania. The company is listed [...]	2008-12-09 12:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3557	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UAB ARNIKA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, UAB Arnika, Gardino g. 55, LT-66191, Drushkininkai (Vilnius [...]	2008-12-09 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3558	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FLYLAL TECHNICS, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, FLYLAL Technics, Vilnius, Lithuania. The company is listed [...]	2008-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3559	MINAG DELISTS 7 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 5, 2008, that it had delisted an additional 7 out of 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. These results immediately follow [...]	2008-12-09 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3563	G20 DEMARCHE: RUSSIA IS CONSIDERING "SOME" [...] (SBU) In response to subject demarche Andrey Kushnirenko, Deputy Director of the Economic Development Ministry's Trade Negotiations Department, told us December 4 that Russia will make decisions related to duty increases based on "all relevant factors." He acknowledged that Russia had committe [...]	2008-12-09 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3564	SPOT REPORT: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 9, numerous religious leaders, government officials, and Orthodox faithful gathered at Christ the Savior cathedral in central Moscow for the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksey II who died on December 5. Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, [...]	2008-12-09 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3572	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARVEKA UAB, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Arveka UAB, L. Stuokos Guceviciaus 9-6, Vilnius, Lithuania. [...]	2008-12-10 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3573	UNITED TO FLY DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON TO MOSCOW BY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Oracio Marquez, United Airlines' Manager for International Regulatory Affairs, confirmed to Embassy Moscow's FAA Attache that United would start direct, non-stop flights as of March 29, 2009 between Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Moscow's Domodedovo International A [...]	2008-12-10 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3574	RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES EAGER TO PROMOTE TRAVEL TO THE [...] (U) Summary: RussiaQs recent economic growth has brought about a dramatic rise in Russian tourist travel to foreign destinations. While traditional beach resorts in Turkey and Egypt still attract the bulk of Russian travelers, Russians are traveling to more varied destinations, including to the [...]	2008-12-10 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW3575	SMOLENSK: HOPE IN GOD AND PUTIN, APATHY IN ALL ELSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with government, political, business, religious and NGO officials in Smolensk revealed the divisions between official messages of calm and stability and the nervousness and discontent among citizens. Senior United Russia officials, speaking in their capacity [...]	2008-12-10 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3576	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Both President Medvedev and Deputy PM Sechin have visited Cuba within the last six months, but the visits produced no major political or economic agreements. Despite these efforts to strengthen [...]	2008-12-10 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU RS
08MOSCOW3581	UNION STATE AND JOINT AIR DEFENSE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) The Kremlin and Russian White House have provided no details on why the Union State has postponed, for the second time, the State Supreme Council meeting scheduled for December 1. Both sides reported that there is an ongoing dispute over the council's agenda, which will now require a mee [...]	2008-12-11 09:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BO RS
08MOSCOW3582	THE GOR'S ECONOMIC CHOICES: RESERVES AND THE RUBLE [...] (C) As Russia's economic downturn deepens, it is forcing the GOR to make difficult economic choices. One of the first of these choices is what to do about the deteriorating ruble, which has lost roughly 20 percent of its value to the dollar since August. Initially, the GOR strongly defended t [...]	2008-12-11 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW3584	MFA Discusses the Kiril Islands with Codel Rohrabacher [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) met with Russian MFA's Director of Asia-Pacific Regions Mikhail Galuzin on December 6 to discuss the Kiril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan. The Congressman presented to Galuzin his proposed solution to the dispute, whil [...]	2008-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS JA
08MOSCOW3585	CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIA'S SECOND-LARGEST BANK SAYS U.S. [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with the Ambassador, VTB Chairman Andrey Kostin said next year would be very difficult for Russia's economy and that the U.S. economy's recovery would be the key to an economic turnaround in Russia. Kostin praised the GOR's response to the financial crisis to date [...]	2008-12-12 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3586	DEUTSCHE BANK CHIEF ECONOMIST ON CRISIS IN RUSSIA, [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting with EEB Special Representative Frank Mermoud, Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Yaroslav Lissovolik said that investors, foreign and Russian, were concerned about increased GOR control over the economy. He said the GOR's intervention in support of the ruble was a mis [...]	2008-12-12 07:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW3588	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM FGUP QTSENKIQ, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM FGUP QTSENKIQ, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2008-12-12 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW359	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Mikhail Andreyev, Director General of Okhotnik and Rybolov, confirmed the delivery of rifles imported under license 05-1009959. Subsequently, we verified the bona fides of Okhotnik and Rybolov and recommend it as a reliable end-user of United States Munitions List (USML) items. [...]	2008-02-11 11:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC RS KOMC
08MOSCOW3590	RUSSIA DENIES CYBER-ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA issued a strong denunciation on December 4 of press reports accusing Russia of attacks on the DoD's classified computer network and of denial of service attacks on Georgia and Estonia. The GoR has not yet responded to December 10 press accusations and statements [...]	2008-12-12 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT TINT MOPS PINR RS
08MOSCOW3591	CPC EXPANSION AT HAND? [...] (SBU) Andrew McGrahan, Chevron Russia's Vice President in charge of CPC, told us December 10 that an MOU on CPC expansion will be signed on December 17. McGrahan said BP, which is attempting to divest itself of shares in CPC, may not sign the MOU but is likely to allow the expansion plans to [...]	2008-12-12 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3592	DFM RYABKOV ON RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov explained that while the GOR looked upon the advent of a new U.S. administration as an opportunity to improve bilateral ties, Moscow did not necessarily expect a sea [...]	2008-12-12 11:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3595	Scenesetter [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3597	SENIOR ANALYST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF IGNORING [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Carnegie Center Director Dmitri Trenin provided an overview of Russia-U.S. relations for visiting Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, explaining that Moscow was troubled by U.S. indifference toward Russian security concerns, and that Washington failed to [...]	2008-12-12 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
08MOSCOW3599	RUSSIAN COAL: PRODUCERS WAITING FOR SIGNS OF DEMAND [...] (C) Summary. Russian coking coal producers on 27 November appealed to the government for assistance as they grapple with unpaid bills owed to them by Russia's struggling steelmakers. Although coal producers' most immediate priority is to remain solvent in the face of their customers' non-paym [...]	2008-12-12 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS
08MOSCOW36	A WINDOW ON CORRUPTION: THE CASE OF VETERINARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November arrest and indictment of Moscow Oblast's chief veterinary officer briefly opened a window on the scope of corruption in Russia's legendarily crooked federal veterinary service. Accused along with three colleagues of extortion, the now ex-CVO's case is scarcely one of [...]	2008-01-09 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KCRM PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW3603	INFO ON LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information on the recent amendments to the Lacey Act and the phased-in implementation of new U.S. import requirements for plant and wood products, with Russian officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economic Development, and Natural Resources and Ecology, and in [...]	2008-12-12 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV TBIO RS
08MOSCOW3604	RUSSIA ON PREVENTING IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) On December 12, ESToff delivered the reftel non-paper urging Russia to support efforts to prevent the implementation of a Syria-requested Technical Cooperation (TC) Project to conduct a feasibility study and site selection for a nuclear power plant in Syria to First Secretary Olga Kuzne [...]	2008-12-12 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY RS
08MOSCOW3605	SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On December 12, ESToff requested an update on the four radioactive sources located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia from First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. While she was aware of the issue and its history, she said that [...]	2008-12-12 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNP ENRG IAEA PARM PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW3606	RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY RS
08MOSCOW3607	RUSSIA RESPONSE ON LRTAP PROTOCOL AMENDMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Maydanov, Director of the Office of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. On December 11, in a written response from the same office, Acting Director Anatoliy Totskiy wrote that Russia is conducting an int [...]	2008-12-12 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV RS
08MOSCOW3609	RUSSIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO COUNTER ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points concerning illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe to Vladimir Borisyuk, Acting Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Boriskyuk told us the GOR was aware of the diamond trading trends in Zimbabwe. He maintained that the GOR would co [...]	2008-12-12 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC RS ZI
08MOSCOW361	TERRORIST FINANCE: RUSSIA TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EFIN ECON RS IZ SY
08MOSCOW3610	OPIC FINANCE: ZAO STAR NETWORKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3611	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3612	RUSSIA'S APPOINTED AMBASSADOR ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev assured us December 11 that Russia would not welcome or condone any Abkhaz effort to redraw boundaries along the Enguri river. In order to improve border security, Russia and Abkhazia planned to sign an agreement on joint b [...]	2008-12-12 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3614	RUSSIA RESPONSE ON ANTARCTIC TREATY ANNIVERSARY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY RS
08MOSCOW3615	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin conceded Russia had lost the p.r. battle in the August conflict with Georgia, but reiterated why Russia had been compelled to respond militarily and then r [...]	2008-12-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3616	Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia [...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...]	2008-12-15 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3624	DEMARCHE ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Department of International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy, who said that the GOR remained concerned about elements of OP4 of the draft UNSC resolution on Somali piracy, but had yet to determine a final position on the [...]	2008-12-15 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW RS
08MOSCOW3628	RECENT VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC WOES SEND TAJIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent murder and decapitation near Moscow of an ethnic Tajik guest worker has added to the insecurity among the ethnic Tajik community whose low-wage, low-skill jobs have been the first casualties of the economic downturn here. The leader of an NGO assisting the Tajik co [...]	2008-12-15 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS TI
08MOSCOW3633	RUSSIA: NEW TELEPHONE AREA CODE FOR MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL AMGT RS
08MOSCOW3636	DISSENTERS' DAY PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Police arrested more than 150 people across Moscow on December 14 in separate Dissenters' Day protests, with an additional 60 protesters arrested in St. Petersburg. In the largest Moscow protest, organized by Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov, police detained approximately 100 Othe [...]	2008-12-15 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
08MOSCOW3637	AT INAUGURAL CONGRESS, SOLIDARITY SELECTS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12-13, the Solidarity opposition movement held its inaugural national congress, bringing together several political opposition and human rights organizations. The congress elected leaders, including Garry Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov, and also elaborated its program to [...]	2008-12-16 03:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
08MOSCOW364	JCIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW3641	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...]	2008-12-16 06:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
08MOSCOW3648	DELIVERY OF DRAFT MOU AND IA BETWEEN DHS AND [...] (SBU) On December 9, ESToff delivered the reftel draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the Russian Academy of Sciences in English and Russian to Oleg Rozhkov, Deputy Director of the MFA Department of Security a [...]	2008-12-16 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS
08MOSCOW3649	WILL RUSSIA JOIN OPEC? [...] (C) President Medvedev recently fed speculation about Russia's intentions to cooperate with or join OPEC, telling the press on December 11 that Russia "must defend" higher oil prices, including by reducing oil production and, possibly, joining "organizations of producers." Most Moscow-based a [...]	2008-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3650	RUSSIAN POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 03:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO RS
08MOSCOW3654	RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...]	2008-12-17 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF
08MOSCOW3655	RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...]	2008-12-17 12:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF
08MOSCOW3656	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN RS
08MOSCOW3657	FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS SEEK COVER AS GOR DITHERS ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the looming January 1, 2009 deadline for the possible end of a tax exemption for recipients of some grants from foreign non-commercial organizations, the GOR has yet to come up with the criteria and procedures for such donors to apply for inclusion on the list of foreign [...]	2008-12-17 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID RS
08MOSCOW3659	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 meeting, MFA Counselor Elena Kravchenko said the Minsk Group planned to organize another meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the new year. She said the major obstacles for a conflict resolution were the Lachin corridor and the unwillingness of [...]	2008-12-17 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AZ RS
08MOSCOW366	GOR ADVISOR ON DIFFICULTIES FIGHTING GROWING [...] (C) Economic Experts Group (EEG) Director Yevsey Gurvich told us February 5 that fighting growing inflation was a GOR priority but that the tools at the government's disposal were inadequate to the task. In particular, the GOR had few levers with which to temper growing demand. Gurvich spec [...]	2008-02-11 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3660	RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION: SERIOUS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For several years, demographics and public health experts have prophesied Russia's demographic demise and warned of a potentially catastrophic loss of population. Russia indeed faces major public health and demographic problems (reftels). However, in certain areas there has bee [...]	2008-12-17 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SCUL SOCI EAID PGOV ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3665	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: S.P.KOROLEV ROCKET [...] 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, S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corp., Korolev, Russia. The comp [...]	2008-12-18 06:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW3669	SURVIVING THE CRISIS: THE RUSSIAN AUTOMOBILE [...] (C) Russia's deepening economic downturn has severely crippled the automobile sector. Car sales are starting to plummet for foreign and domestic companies alike, with the worst still to come. The slowdown in domestic manufacturing portends large job losses. Prime Minister Putin, who before [...]	2008-12-18 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV RS
08MOSCOW3673	CLIMATE CHANGE: RUSSIA'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, Post reports that Russia's lead agency on the political aspects of climate change is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE). The Federal Service for Hydro-meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet),a semi-autonomous agency unde [...]	2008-12-18 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG RS
08MOSCOW3678	JOHN DEERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIGHER DUTIES AND [...] (C) On December 11, PM Putin proposed raising the duties on imported combine harvesters and ending GOR-financing for purchases of foreign agricultural equipment. Deere and Company Russia Country Director Sidney Bardwell told us December 16 that PM Putin's recent proposals would have a catastr [...]	2008-12-19 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3683	MINAG DELISTS 5 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 12, 2008(transmitted to the U.S. Embassy on December 16, 2008) that starting on January 1, 2009, an additional 5 pork facilities will be delisted. This action [...]	2008-12-19 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3684	RUSSIA DOES LITTLE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has taken minimal action to calm tensions between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. While Medvedev stressed that the attacks should not be allowed to jeopardize India's dialogue with Pakistan, and has played up Russia's limited counter-terrorism cooperation [...]	2008-12-19 11:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD MARR IN PK RS
08MOSCOW3685	RUSSIA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THE UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO EG RS
08MOSCOW3687	ROSTOV: TRADE HUB, PRODUCES GRUB, SUPPORTS CHUB [...] (C) Summary. As one of the country's most populous and temperate weather regions, Rostov Oblast in southwestern Russia boasts of being a leading agricultural and trade center. Recent travel to the region's capital, Rostov-Na-Donu (Rostov),gave us the opportunity to see how it has thrived i [...]	2008-12-19 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI ECON EFIN
08MOSCOW3688	NATIONALIST GROUP MARCHES PEACEFULLY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 12, Constitution Day, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the Slavic Union held the second "Russian March" in as many months. The peaceful and authorized gathering, attended by approximately 300 supporters under the banner "Support Your Constitution [...]	2008-12-19 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3689	FEAR, PARANOIA, AND TREASON - MOSCOW PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: As the economic crisis deepens, a GOR-proposed expansion of the definition of espionage is being interpreted as a blatant attempt to further restrict and intimidate critics of the United Russia dominated government from organizing any opposition to the present power structure. In [...]	2008-12-19 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3693	IN MOSCOW, GREEN CONSCIOUSNESS SLOWLY TAKING ROOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slowly but surely, green practices are taking root in Moscow. Even the most ardent of Moscow's capitalist consumerists can no longer ignore the region's rapid environmental degradation as the once fish-chock streams and mushroom-rich forests that attracted flocks to build mini- [...]	2008-12-22 04:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD SOCI EAID PGOV RS
08MOSCOW3707	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...]	2008-12-22 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS
08MOSCOW3708	SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...]	2008-12-22 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF
08MOSCOW371	U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko told U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Burns on January 29th that the GOR expects rising domestic gas prices and a liberalized electricity market to raise energy efficiency in Russia as industries and consumers adopt energy saving technologies an [...]	2008-02-11 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3712	ROSNEFT AND LUKOIL TELL SENATOR LUGAR OIL TAX [...] (SBU) In separate meetings on December 17 and 18, Lukoil Executive V.P. Ravil Maganov and Rosneft V.P. for Finance Peter O'Brien told Senator Lugar that they strongly believe major oil tax reform is inevitable in Russia in order to stop the slide in production (reftels). They both suggested, [...]	2008-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET OREP PREL RS
08MOSCOW3719	GOR CALM ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting, MFA Ukraine desk Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that the GOR had not yet developed a formal position on the proposed U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership agreement, but noted Ukraine had the right to conclude treaties with any country it wanted to. H [...]	2008-12-22 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS GG
08MOSCOW3720	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. DRAFT START TREATY [...] (S) In the course of U.S. and Russian security discussions in Moscow December 15 (septel),DFM Ryabkov handed Acting U/S Rood a seven-page non-paper in Russian with a summary of Moscow's response, which the U.S. could consider as "an authoritative reply" to the U.S. draft text provided on Oct [...]	2008-12-22 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
08MOSCOW3728	DFM Ryabkov meets Codel Tauscher: Iran, Missile Defense, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia wanted improved relations with the U.S., even as he acknowledged the "negative mindset" of the Russian public and the damage that issues like NATO enlargement had p [...]	2008-12-23 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3735	AGMIN DEMANDS ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3736	FREE AT LAST? IVANOVO UZBEKS WIN AT ECHR [...] (U) Summary: Since their June 2005 arrest in connection with violent unrest in Andijan, 13 ethnic Uzbeks have been in limbo, caught between the threat of refoulement to Uzbekistan and an offer of refugee status in Sweden. In a decision announced December 15, the European Court of Human Rights [...]	2008-12-24 06:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG OEXC RS
08MOSCOW3737	VPSS TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR RELISTING PORK AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: US Embassy officials met with the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) to seek clarity on the Russian response to a work plan for relisting U.S. pork and poultry plants as proposed by USTR and USDA during meetings in Moscow on December 17 and [...]	2008-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW374	SOCHI REGION FACES OLYMPIC-SIZED CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) A meeting of Putin and his team on February 5 underscored the Kremlin's recognition that the "eyes of the world" are on Sochi, not only for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games themselves, but also in the way in which Russia manages the preparations. In addition to overcoming significant engin [...]	2008-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3741	PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CRISIS [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Medvedev's Chief Economic Advisor, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, was uncharacteristically pessimistic about Russia's growth prospects over the short and medium term and predicted a protracted global economic slow down. Dvorkovich said that dep [...]	2008-12-24 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV OREP PREL RS
08MOSCOW3742	LUKASHENKO POSTURES IN MOSCOW [...] (C) In a December 22 visit, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President Medvedev concluded an unspecified agreement on gas prices and a new date for the signature of an air defense agreement to unify the two countries' air defense networks. Lukashenko, in a belligerent public per [...]	2008-12-24 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BO RS
08MOSCOW3743	VOLGOGRAD: POLITICIANS CALM BEFORE ECONOMIC STORM, [...] (C) Summary: A December 17-19 visit to Volgograd revealed politicians and observers focused on maintaining political stability amid the deepening economic crisis. One Regional Duma Deputy predicted the crisis will last for up to two more years, with regional production slipping by as much as 3 [...]	2008-12-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ECON RS
08MOSCOW3745	RUSSIA REACTS TO DUTY INCREASES ON CARS [...] (C) In the first sign of open discontent with GOR measures to deal with the financial crisis, protests continue to mount throughout Russia over increased duties on imported cars and tighter restrictions on imported used cars (Refs A, B, C). Thus far, the GOR has largely rebuffed the protesters, [...]	2008-12-29 03:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EINV ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW375	THE INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOR has decided to establish an Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, which will be headquartered in Moscow with branch offices in New York and Paris. The Institute is intended to end what the GOR sees as the western "monopoly" on defining and reporting human rights abus [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3752	IPR ROUNDTABLE: "WORKING WITH RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT" [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, the Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) co-hosted an IPR roundtable, "Working with Russian Law Enforcement on IPR Cases". This was the first joint IPR Roundtable with AmCham and a deliverable of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group. The Ministry of [...]	2008-12-29 10:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW3753	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 24 meeting, Russia's ambassador to South Ossetia, Elbrus Kargiev, told us "president" Kokoity needed to gain experience in running a peacetime government, while making quiet progress on security and economic development instead of overreacting to accusations in the [...]	2008-12-29 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW3754	MOSTLY QUIET IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAUCASUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have largely been spared the violence and instability of their eastern neighbors North Ossetia, Ingushetiya, Chechnya and Dagestan. In view of the sustained improvement in the security situation there, [...]	2008-12-29 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PTER RS
08MOSCOW3755	GOR SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALIA BUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff discussed the draft Security Council resolution on establishing a peacekeeping mission in Somalia with MFA Department of International Organizations First Secr [...]	2008-12-29 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET RS
08MOSCOW3757	MEDVEDEV'S ASSESSMENT - 2008, A YEAR OF DIVERSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Medvedev took to the air on December 24 to speak on the three most important events of the year past: his inauguration, the war in Georgia, and the economic crisis. He reminded the audience of his legal responsibility as commander-in-chief and took personal res [...]	2008-12-29 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3760	RUSSIA THEATENS FODDER TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) raised the bar in requesting a list of U.S. fodder exporters to Russia in its December 26, 2008, letter by threatening to ban U.S. fodder exports if a list is not produced by January 1, 2009. The ori [...]	2008-12-30 07:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3763	RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...]	2008-12-30 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW3766	DEMARCHE: AVOIDING GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM [...] (S) We delivered points per reftel para. 16 to Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov and the Senior Economic Advisor to the MFA's North America Desk, Vyacheslav Moshkalo. Both reported that as of 12/30, negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were underway to resolve the debt [...]	2008-12-30 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3773	GOR NEVER RECEIVED INFO FROM POLAND REGARDING [...] (C) On December 30 we delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA DVBVR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral, who told us the GOR passed a diplomatic note regarding Polish GROM MANPADS sales to Georgia to the GOP via the Russian Embassy in Warsaw in June 2008, prior to the August conflict. To date, the GOR has [...]	2008-12-31 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08MOSCOW3775	Medvedev's Anti-Corruption Package: Two Views [...] (SBU) Summary: Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova praised President Medvedev's anti-corruption bill that was signed into law on December 25 as an "extremely valuable" first step, while recognizing the deep flaws in its content and how it was promulgated. Arguing that waiti [...]	2008-12-31 11:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR SOCI EAID RS
08MOSCOW3776	GENERAL BUZHINSKIY MEETS CODEL TAUSCHER: MD COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Lt. Gen. Buzhinskiy argued the U.S. and Russia could cooperate on short- and medium-range MD systems, but not if the U.S. also moved forward with plans to deploy a long-range MD system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He to [...]	2008-12-31 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3777	DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE FIRST DEPUTY CHAIR BABICH - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with Representatives Ellen Tauscher, Loretta Sanchez, Rick Larsen, and Doug Lamborn, Duma Defense Committee, First Deputy Chair Mikhail Babich said that Russia had high expectations for the incoming Obama Administration. He welcomed the proposal for regu [...]	2008-12-31 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3778	KOSACHEV MEETS CODEL TAUSCHER: MORE DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev told CODEL Tauscher on December 16 that parliamentary dialogue between the U.S. and Russia needed to be revitalized. He suggested that the Duma International Relations and Defense Committees should meet with the H [...]	2008-12-31 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW378	PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN" [...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...]	2008-02-12 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW380	SEPARATISM NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow-based experts believe that the insurgencies in the various North Caucasus republics are different in nature, none think that separatism is their root cause. Experts tell us that while the insurgency in Dagestan may have a religious basis, violence in Ingushetiya a [...]	2008-02-12 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PHUM PTER ECON RS
08MOSCOW387	FORMER PM PRIMAKOV ON US-GOR DIALOGUE, MD, MAP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Primakov praised his dialogue with Dr. Kissinger and pushed for strategic reengagement on missile defense. He related Putin's unhappiness over the perceived shift in the post-2 2 U.S. offer, but argued that a [...]	2008-02-13 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS
08MOSCOW390	KING ABDULLAH'S LOW KEY MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah met Putin and his presumptive successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, during a February 11 visit that focused on maintaining continuity in Russia-Jordan relations. MFA First Secretary Elbrus Kutrashev and Jordanian Consul Hasan Saraireh told us separately [...]	2008-02-13 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW391	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT IN TIES [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia remained committed to improving bilateral relations with Georgia, and was prepared to discuss "anything and everything" with the two Georgian DFMs visiting Moscow on February 15, but stressed that Russia was interested only in concrete action from Geor [...]	2008-02-13 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS

08MOSCOW392	RUSSIA ON UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON CHAD, KENYA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that it would send four helicopters and 200 personnel to Chad, and was concerned over growing tensions on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border, but would take a "wait and see" approach to further UNSC involvement in conflicts in Kenya. The GOR believed that international [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ZF XW RS
08MOSCOW393	U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH SEVERSTAL DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development Elizabeth Dibble and EcMinCoun on January 30, Aleksey Mordashov, General Director of Severstal Gr [...]	2008-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD WTO RS
08MOSCOW394	RUSSIA AND UKRAINE RESOLVE GAS DISPUTE, AGREE TO [...] (SBU) As most watchers expected, Russia and Ukraine came to a last minute agreement to settle the latest gas dispute (reftel) and avert a cutoff of gas flows. Announced by President Putin following a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart just as the 6:00pm February 12th deadline arrived, the [...]	2008-02-14 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW396	INSIDE ROSOBORONEXPORT [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, officials at RosoboronExport (ROE),the Russian government's monopoly arms exporter, made it clear how little control the company has over decisions regarding Russia's military sales. Most of the decisions affecting the company, including what products and to which [...]	2008-02-14 07:16:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RS MASS
08MOSCOW400	ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL ENRICHMENT CENTER: MOVING [...] (SBU) Development of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk continues to move forward, though the center is still a "virtual" one to be carved out of the existing Angarsk Chemical Complex. Embassy was warmly received during a visit to the complex. Embassy toured the ca [...]	2008-02-14 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM RS
08MOSCOW401	RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH BURMA'S ROADMAP FOR [...] (U) The MFA issued a statement February 12, expressing "satisfaction" with the Burmese regime's recent announcement of the next steps in its "Roadmap" for political change (reftel). The MFA said that Russia hoped that the regime's decision to set dates for the "next phases of political change [...]	2008-02-14 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS
08MOSCOW408	ROSATOM STATE CORPORATION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Zubkhov officially appointed Sergey Kiriyenko Director General of the newly formed Rosatom State Corporation on February 4. Natasha Klishina, head of the Bilateral Cooperation Section of Rosatom's International Department, reviewed with us February 5 the state of play in [...]	2008-02-15 04:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW409	AUSTRIAN EMBASSY SASY OMV COMMITTED TO NABUCCO, [...] (C) Austrian Embassy Political-Economic Counselor Reimund Magis told us February 11th that Austria is committed to the Nabucco project and to diversification of Europe's gas sources. That said, Austria viewed Russia as a "strategic partner" on energy issues and planned to continue to carefull [...]	2008-02-15 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW410	POLISH PM TUSK'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REF: A. MOSCOW 267 B. MOSCOW 5585 Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells for reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C) Summary: Polish PM Tusk's trip to Moscow served as a symbol of the thawing of bilateral relations and a willingness on both sides to engage, if not agree. Missile defense discussions produced no new proposals, and Polish diplomats characterized Putin's position as "tough," including pushing for [...]	2008-02-15 05:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR ENRG PL RS
08MOSCOW411	SMOLENSK: SLOWLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE RED BELT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW421	MFA ON MULTILATERALIZING INF, NON-MILITARIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Yermakov, MFA Director of Strategic Capabilities Policy, told us February 13 that FM Lavrov's proposal at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on February 12 to "multilateralize" the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) was necessary t [...]	2008-02-15 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RS
08MOSCOW431	Medvedev's Four "I"s: - The Keys to His Economic Program [...] (U) Summary. In a speech at an economic forum in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia February 15, Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev identified four economic priorities for Russia: infrastructure, innovation, investment, institutions. He called for a smaller state role in the eco [...]	2008-02-15 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW433	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Seversk Business Development Agency, Seversk, Russia. The [...]	2008-02-15 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW434	DFM LOSYUKOV ON IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, DFM Losyukov expressed frustration with the Iranian regime's arrogance and inflexibility. Considering Iranian domestic politics, the GOR foresees no serious political discussion occurring prior to its March 14 parliamentary elections. Lo [...]	2008-02-15 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP PINR AF IN JP IR RS
08MOSCOW435	DFM TITOV: RUSSIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Titov reiterated warnings over the destabilizing consequences of Kosovo's impending UDI, but said Russia would respond "responsibly," including by convoking a UN Security Council special session, and issuing sharp statements of c [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW436	RUSSIA - BELARUS RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SMOLENSK [...] (C) Summary. For Smolensk residents, Belarus spells shared history, friendly ties, the only path to Europe, and affordable goods. In their eyes, union with Belarus would be a plus. For the diehard communists, Belarus is what Russia could still be, while for others it is a backward, anti-de [...]	2008-02-15 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
08MOSCOW442	RUSSIAN CONCERNS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT [...] (SBU) On February 15, we delivered reftel points regarding U.S. support for the IAEA request to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Governments for additional information regarding export denials to Iran or nuclear related items already delivered to Iran. 2. (SBU) Alexandr Bolichiov of the MF [...]	2008-02-15 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC AORC PARM IAEA IR RS
08MOSCOW444	MOSCOW RESPONSE TO STATE 10743 FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] In response to action request in reftel, Embassy Moscow provides the following answers: A. Energy issues in Russia are handled by various sections in Embassy Moscow and the constituent posts. In the Embassy, from the State Department, the Economic Section, the Environment, Science, and T [...]	2008-02-15 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON AFIN ABUD RS
08MOSCOW445	KOSOVO: RUSSIA REACTS PREDICTABLY, STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: Russia responded quickly and negatively to Kosovo's declaration of independence, with the Kremlin and MFA labeling it illegal, illegitimate, and destabilizing. While the joint Duma/Federation Council statement is not expected until later today, both chairs of the international [...]	2008-02-18 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS KV
08MOSCOW459	RUSSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SAVORS SMALL VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: Members of Russia's beleaguered civil society feel that they have achieved a small, but noteworthy victory in the recent court decision to transfer former Yukos Oil vice president Vasiliy Aleksanyan to a medical facility where he can be treated for life-threatening illnesses. Al [...]	2008-02-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW46	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UFA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Ufa Engine-Building Production Association (UMPO),Ufa, [...]	2008-01-10 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW460	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak stressed the importance of setting a date for the next 2 2 meeting. The Ambassador conveyed a copy of the President's letter to Putin (ref a),which he had earlier delivered to Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko ( [...]	2008-02-19 16:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TSPL PARM KNNP CVIS RS
08MOSCOW461	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN INCARCERATION POLICIES [...] (C) In addition to previous discussions with MFA North America Director Igor Neverov and to the concerns raised by the Ambassador with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin and Presidential Human Rights Advisor Ella Pamfilova, on February 19 we passed reftel points on USG concern over harsh i [...]	2008-02-19 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR KJUS RS
08MOSCOW462	RUSSIA'S EXPECTED NEGATIVE REACTION TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. Two days after the announcement of Kosovo's independence, the reaction in Russia has been predictably negative. Russian officials have continued their heated rhetoric, repeating the usual arguments. Public reaction has been limited so far to two tiny peaceful protests at U.S. d [...]	2008-02-19 16:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
08MOSCOW467	IVANOVO: UNITED RUSSIA FRACTURE LEADS TO EARLY [...] (SBU) A simmering dispute in Ivanovo between a Kremlin-appointed Governor and a State Duma Deputy, over control of the local United Russia party and the economic benefits that go with it, reached a boiling point in December 2007 when more than half of the members of the regional Duma resigned [...]	2008-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON RS
08MOSCOW47	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, West-Ural Company of Construction-Engineering Prospectin [...]	2008-01-10 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW470	CHEVRON READY TO GIVE UP ON CPC EXPANSION, SAYS [...] (C) Chevron Europe, Eurasia, and Middle East president Guy Hollingsworth told the Ambassador on February 11th that the company has largely "written off" CPC expansion. Chevron will pursue a trans-Caspian oil shipping route instead. He said the company is generally satisfied with its joint ve [...]	2008-02-21 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW475	RUSSIA'S MILITARY MUSCLE-FLEXING [...] (C) Summary. Russia's recent steps to flex its military muscles are designed both to impress the Russian public in an election year that Putin has reestablished Russia as a major player on the world stage, and to underscore that Russia will no longer engage NATO and the West from a position of [...]	2008-02-21 09:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PARM RS
08MOSCOW479	UNITED RUSSIA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS IN YAROSLAVL [...] (SBU) United Russia finds itself under a microscope in Yaroslavl where its poor showing in the December 2 Duma elections means the national party is closely watching its preparations for the March 2 presidential elections and hoping for better results. During a February 13-14 visit by Emboff, [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW48	GREEN STRUGGLES AGAINST BLACK GOLD IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) With its focus on oil, gas, and nuclear power, Russia has largely ignored the renewable energy sector. The GOR has not yet established a comprehensive renewable energy strategy. Instead, the GOR is targetting ways to reduce wasteful energy consumption. Experts believe renewable sourc [...]	2008-01-10 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ETRD ECON TRGY RS
08MOSCOW481	SUBJECT: MEDVEDEV, COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Medvedev, heir apparent to the Russian Presidency, continued his whistle-stop tour of the country, touting his vision in Krasnoyarsk and Izhevsk of an economically vibrant country, with a strong market system, and without the corruption that permeates society today. His [...]	2008-02-22 06:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW483	KEMEROVO OBLAST: KREMLIN LOYALTY IN SIBERIA [...] (C) In the ten years he has been governor in Kemerovo, Aman-Geldy Tuleyev has garnered vast popular support and been among the most successful of provincial leaders in tacking with the prevailing political winds, delivering a near-Caucasus turnout to the ruling party. During meetings in th [...]	2008-02-22 10:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW484	SHUFFLE AT MEDT DEPUTIES' LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary. MEDT's long expected personnel re-organization is underway. Embassy contact Andrey Klepach was promoted from within MEDT to a Deputy Minister position and another contact, Stanislav Voskrensensky, was transferred from the Presidential Administration and also appointed as a Depu [...]	2008-02-22 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW486	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with Human Rights Watch Moscow Director Allison Gill, the Ambassador confirmed that the Embassy would continue to press the GOR on the denial of a visa to HRW Director Kenneth Roth. Gill noted that the denial had increased publicity for the rollout of HRW [...]	2008-02-22 12:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB RS
08MOSCOW490	JEWISH LIFE IN IVANOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community in Ivanovo is close-knit, active and shrinking, as increasing numbers of its young residents emigrate to Israel. While the Jewish community is generally accepted among the wider oblast community and relations with authorities are good, two Ivanovo residents [...]	2008-02-22 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF SOCI RS
08MOSCOW496	RUSSIA'S RESERVES: A $500 BILLION QUESTION [...] (C) Russian government policy has been to use its windfall from oil and gas revenues to build large reserves, rather than to address the country's many domestic needs. The bulk of Russia's reserves, which are approaching $500 billion, are held in low-yield government bonds in foreign currencie [...]	2008-02-22 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV ENRG PREL RS ETRD
08MOSCOW497	VOLGOGRAD: BUSINESS GROUPS CONTEST CITY DUMA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with politicians and interested observers during a February 19 - 20 visit to Volgograd suggested little interest in the March 2 presidential elections, except among those charged with ensuring a high turnout. According to the Chairman of the Regional Election Commi [...]	2008-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW499	NEW DRAFT OF STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW WOULD TIGHTEN RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW501	RUSSIA REMAINS UNCOMPROMISING ON KOSOVO ILLEGALITY [...] (C) Summary: Russia continued to send an uncompromising message on the illegality of Kosovo's independence and the irresponsibility of international recognition outside a framework of a negotiated solution, with the MFA reacting furiously to former Ambassador Holbrooke's alleged assertion of [...]	2008-02-22 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
08MOSCOW502	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow has proposed the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Russia which, "if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" (ref A). As requested, this message also provides in [...]	2008-02-22 16:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC ECON PTER PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN RS
08MOSCOW503	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Ref A requested a pre-license end-use check to confirm the bona fides of Barnaul Cartridge Plant, the foreign end-user on application 05-050077022. The commodities in question are 10.103000 components for ammunition (.224-.355 caliber) valued at USD 909,270.00. A Barnaul Cartri [...]	2008-02-26 03:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC RS KOMC
08MOSCOW509	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Shelly Han, Senior Advisor, and Mr. Kyle Parker, Staff Advisor, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, from March 1-7. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970-4996 (cell); E [...]	2008-02-26 09:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM RS
08MOSCOW517	MFA ON RUSSIAN-JORDANIAN TIES AND CHECHNYA [...] (C) MFA Jordan Desk Officer Andrey Vavilov explained that Jordan's position as a moderate Arab state, and the growing ties between Jordanians of Chechen descent and Chechnya contributed to Russian-Jordanian relations. Speaking to us following King Abdullah's February 11 Moscow visit, Vavilov [...]	2008-02-26 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW52	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN UPGRADES TO IRANIAN KVADRAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL ETTC PARM IR RS
08MOSCOW530	NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...]	2008-02-27 12:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS
08MOSCOW531	RUSSIAN PRISONS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian prison system combines the country's emblematic features - vast distances, harsh climate, and an uncaring bureaucracy - and fuses them into a massive instrument of punishment. Russia imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any other country in the world (s [...]	2008-02-27 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TBIO RS
08MOSCOW535	CASE CONTINUES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The slander case against "For Human Rights" Chairman Lev Ponomarev that was opened on February 22 continued to move forward the week of February 25 with Ponomarev called in for questioning on February 26 and case materials provided to Ponomarev's lawyer the same day. In conversa [...]	2008-02-27 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW536	RUSSIA'S HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC GROWS STEADILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow, though not at the same fast pace that occurred in 2000-2002. Infections continue to be concentrated among injecting drug users, but the epidemic is also spreading through heterosexual sex, primarily among the partners of high risk gr [...]	2008-02-27 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV TBIO SOCI SCUL RS
08MOSCOW538	KOZAK ON ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak told the Ambassador that the GOR was committed to a policy of economic decentralization but that the pace would vary from region to region depending on local factors, above all local leadership. Kozak said different r [...]	2008-02-27 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW539	MEDVEDEV MENDS BELGRADE FENCES, AFFIRMS CONTINUITY [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of scandalous comments by a Russian TV commentator calling the assassination of former Serbian PM Djindjic "well-deserved," First Deputy PM Dmitriy Medvedev and FM Lavrov traveled to Belgrade on February 25 to mend fences, reiterate Russia's support for Serbian terri [...]	2008-02-27 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR KV RS
08MOSCOW547	RUSSIA AND TURKEY ENERGY COOPERATION: "NOTHING [...] (C) The Turkish Embassy told us February 22nd that while Russia is interested in expanding gas supplies to and through Turkey, as well as participating more broadly in Turkey's energy sector, there were no breakthroughs on energy cooperation as a result of Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan's Fe [...]	2008-02-28 12:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW553	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ON MEDVEDEV'S LEGITIMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Dismissing the March 2 presidential elections as preordained, Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova nonetheless argued that the process accurately reflected Russia's political maturity and conferred the necessary legitimacy on First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev. [...]	2008-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW558	MEDVEDEV AND RUSSIA'S NATIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS [...] (C) President Putin's choice of Dmitry Medvedev as his successor has been cause for optimism among much of Russia's business elite, who point to Medvedev's calls for more economic freedom. However, Medvedev's public record provides little substance to support this rhetoric. In addition to hi [...]	2008-02-28 15:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV RS SOCI
08MOSCOW559	RUSSIAN OFFICIALS REPORT BETTER TREATMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOR officials, including Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin and three members of the Public Chamber visited former YUKOS Vice President Vasiliy Aleksanyan on February 21 in his room in a specialized Moscow hospital. They confirmed that Aleksanyan had initially been chained to his ho [...]	2008-02-29 05:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS RS
08MOSCOW56	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's season for political surprises has ended. The country now looks set to continue Putin's domestic and foreign policies with the expected shift to Medvedev as President and Putin as Prime Minister this spring. The expected Putin-Medvedev team appears set to ensure conti [...]	2008-01-10 17:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON OVIP PGOV RS
08MOSCOW560	RUSSIA DOES NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN [...] (C) In a February 28 meeting, MFA Counselor for Cuba and the Caribbean Victor Koronelli told us that Russia does not expect a significant change in bilateral relations with Cuba after the change in government. Koronelli said that the media had "overplayed the impact" of Casto's retirement an [...]	2008-02-29 05:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU RS
08MOSCOW561	CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. The uncertainty of Kosovo and the lure of meeting heir apparent Dmitriy Medvedev brought all 12 CIS leaders to Moscow for the February 21-22 CIS Informal Summit. While the MFA pitched a new seriousness in its approach to the CIS, Putin used the summit to introduce Medvedev and [...]	2008-02-29 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW564	MEDVEDEV - AND PUTIN - DOMINATE MEDIA LEADING TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
08MOSCOW567	RUSSIA'S SAMARA OBLAST - WHAT ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: For most in Samara oblast, the coming Presidential election is a "non-event," with nearly all interlocutors seeing the campaign as already decided. Excepting the ubiquitous posters and banners calling for people to head to the polls this Saturday, there was little evidence in th [...]	2008-02-29 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW570	RUSSIA UNSURE IF RESOLUTION ON DRC IS PROPER [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy on February 29, who said that he would report the information and notify the Russian UN Mission about the decision. Berezovskiy told us that Russia maintained its long-standing positio [...]	2008-02-29 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC RS
08MOSCOW575	RUSSIA MAKING PROGRESS ON BERLIN TB DECLARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has made effective progress in implementing the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB). The Russian Government's adoption of the Berlin Declaration confirmed Russia's political commitment to TB control. The GOR continues to focus its attention on TB control and treatme [...]	2008-02-29 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SCUL SOCI WHO RS
08MOSCOW585	REGIONAL ELECTIONS OFFER FEWER CHOICES [...] (SBU) Voters in 11 Russian regions will find fewer options on the ballot for their regional parliaments when they go to the polls March 2 in elections to be held concurrently with the selection of a new president. Following a trend that began with changes to the electoral legislation that requ [...]	2008-02-29 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW586	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-01 06:40:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EETC IR PARM PREL PTER RS
08MOSCOW587	RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND [...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-03-01 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW589	MEDVEDEV: WHAT HE SAYS, WHAT HE DOES [...] (C) Summary: During the two months that separate Dmitriy Medvedev's election March 2 from his inauguration, much will become clear about his power-sharing arrangement with outgoing President and incoming Prime Minister Putin. Following keynote speeches by Medvedev before fellow lawyers, civil [...]	2008-03-01 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW591	RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON USG VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND [...] (S) On February 27 we delivered reftel non-paper (Ref B) regarding U.S. views of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activities to Alexander Trifimov of the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. 2. (S) Trifimov contended that Iran had been relati [...]	2008-03-03 07:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA UNGA PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW60	RUSSIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU RS
08MOSCOW602	MEDVEDEV WINS BIG; COMMUNISTS DO BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: With almost 99.5 percent of votes counted, Dmitriy Medvedev, Putin's choice as Russia's next president, has received a landslide 70.23 percent of the vote. His closest competitor was the Communists' Gennadiy Zyuganov with 17.76 percent. Late evening March 2, Medvedev appeared w [...]	2008-03-03 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW603	MOSCOW'S REACTION TO POLITICAL UNREST IN ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA issued a statement on March 3, expressing regret for the unrest in Armenia and support for Kocharian's efforts to reach a peaceful settlement. MFA officials characterized the February 19 presidential elections as free and fair, and told us that although Russia would con [...]	2008-03-03 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM RS
08MOSCOW604	GOR ON GEORGIAN JOURNALISTS DETAINED IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a March 3 conversation, GOR Special Envoy to the Abkhazia conflict Vladislav Chernov took on board our request that Russia communicate to the Abkhaz leadership the need for restraint and speedy release of the Georgian journalists detained in Abkhazia, and welcomed U.S. efforts to lower [...]	2008-03-03 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW605	GAZPROM REDUCES GAS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE BY 25% [...] (C) Gazprom announced on March 3rd that it had reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 25% because of non-payment of debts. Gazprom contacts told us March 3rd that the decision was purely commercial and would not hamstring Ukraine economically but would send a "strong signal" that Ukraine must pay [...]	2008-03-04 04:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW61	GOR ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is watching closely the events in Georgia, and has been critical of the "hasty" stamp of approval given to the January 5 election by international organizations. It will continue to demand clarification of alleged election irregularities. Russian MFA officials stressed [...]	2008-01-11 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW614	INGUSHETIYA'S OPPOSITION: YEVLOYEV REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition to Ingushetiya President Murat Zyazikov is becoming bolder. Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the banned opposition "Ingushetiya.ru" internet site and the force behind the "I Did Not Vote" campaign after the December 2007 Duma elections, came out of hiding long enough to cha [...]	2008-03-04 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS
08MOSCOW619	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (C) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Aleksey II. The Patriarch discussed the relations between the Orthodox Church and the government, and its growing social role. The Patriarch spoke of cooperative relations among the four "tradition [...]	2008-03-05 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PINR KHIV RS
08MOSCOW623	GAZPROM CUTS GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER 25%; [...] (SBU) Gazprom has announced that as of 8:00 pm Moscow time on March 4th it had cut gas supplies to (not through) Ukraine by another 25%, bringing the total reduction of gas to Ukraine in the latest episode of its ongoing dispute (reftels) to 50%. Gazprom demands payment of some $600 million i [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW624	MFA REASSERTS SUPPORT FOR NATO MISSION IN [...] (C) In a March 5 conversation, Deputy Director of the MFA Second Asia Department Ali Mustafabeily dismissed as "ludicrous" possible statements made by Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Kabulov, who reportedly told the press he suspected that U.S. military aircraft were used to ship narcotics o [...]	2008-03-05 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
08MOSCOW626	RUSSIA ATTEMPTS TO FRAME KOSOVO DISCUSSION AS A [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to press the "illegality" of Kosovo's independence, EULEX, and the new International Steering Group for Kosovo, even as it observed that a "de facto" partition of Northern Kosovo was occurring as Russia had predicted. The Russian Duma will hold hearing [...]	2008-03-05 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV SR RS
08MOSCOW629	THE END OF OLIGARCH POLITICS IN SAMARA [...] (SBU) As many expected, the appointment of Vladimir Artyakov as Governor of Samara region has ushered in a new era in regional politics in which previously influential oligarchic groups that had made substantial gains over the past few years are quickly being marginalized. The moves to manage [...]	2008-03-06 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW630	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]	2008-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW635	KASHIN PROTESTS, BUT NOT TO EMBASSY OR MFA [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Kashin, who was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a 1998 traffic accident involving then Consul General in Vladivostok Douglas Kent, traveled to Moscow on March 3 where he reportedly continues a hunger strike, apparently initiated to draw attention to his plight and [...]	2008-03-06 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KJUS
08MOSCOW637	GAS DISPUTE WITH UKRAINE RESOLVED, FOR NOW [...] (C) Gazprom restored full gas shipments to Ukraine March 6 in the wake of an agreement brokered by Presidents Putin and Yushchenko. However, all sides to the dispute as well as industry watchers believe that a long-term solution will prove elusive and more disputes may follow. ------------- [...]	2008-03-06 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW638	RUSSIA'S GLONASS: LOST IN SPACE [...] (SBU) In late 2007, First Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov trumpeted the launch of three new satellites that were to complete the GLONASS system's coverage of Russia and challenge GPS in the commercial navigation market. Soon after, however, news reports revealed that the system had serious flaws, [...]	2008-03-06 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS
08MOSCOW639	SIDELINED DEMOCRATS SPECULATE ABOUT MEDVEDEV, [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Ambassador, three opposition politicians described some of their current difficulties, the prospects for cooperation among western-looking democratic forces, and the future under President Medvedev. The three --ex-PM Kasyanov, ex-Duma Deputy Ryzhkov, and [...]	2008-03-06 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW64	RUSSIA: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] On January 9, 2008 post delivered reftel invitation from Secretary Rice for a Russian delegation to attend WIREC 2008 to the SIPDIS Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Invitation was sent through Mr. Igor Neverov, Director of the North America Department at the Ministry of Foreign A [...]	2008-01-14 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO RS
08MOSCOW648	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 12:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR RS
08MOSCOW649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANNOUNCING THE U.S. SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIC RS
08MOSCOW655	GOR PULLOUT FROM CIS SANCTIONS AGAINST ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 statement, the MFA announced that the GOR would no longer honor the CIS sanctions against Abkhazia. The statement justified the move by detailing the changed situation in Abkhazia since signing of the sanctions agreement in 1996. Consequently, the sanctions regime [...]	2008-03-07 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW656	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SPECIAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Special Purpose Militia Unit, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2008-03-07 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW657	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ADVANCED [...] 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, Advanced Technology Ltd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...]	2008-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW658	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IKI RAN SPACE [...] 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, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute, Moscow, [...]	2008-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW660	DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW662	RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OF BOSNIA PIC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The MFA expressed satisfaction that the February 26-27 Bosnia Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting (ref A) had provided "a clear picture" of the benchmarks to be completed prior to the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),but stressed that Russia still wa [...]	2008-03-07 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
08MOSCOW663	RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OF BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary. The MFA expressed satisfaction that the February 26-27 Bosnia Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting (ref A) had provided "a clear picture" of the benchmarks to be completed prior to the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),but stressed that Russia still wa [...]	2008-03-07 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
08MOSCOW665	DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] (SBU) On March 7, we raised our strong concern over the detention of St. Petersburg Yabloko leader Maksim Reznik with the Ombudsman's office and the Presidential Council on Human Rights. Ombudsman Secretariat Chief Natalia Mirza noted that she had yet to see the open letter sent to HR Ombudsm [...]	2008-03-07 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW682	RUSSIAN FASCINATION WITH U.S. ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Compared to Russia's recent presidential elections, Russian interest in the U.S. presidential elections is hard to miss here. Newspapers are filled with stories on the race and profiles of the leading candidates' views on U.S.-Russia relations. Polling data suggests that 63 per [...]	2008-03-11 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW687	KAZAN REMAINS TIED TO MOSCOW DESPITE TATARSTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite its unique status within the Russian Federation negotiated with the central government under Yeltsin in 1994 and again with Putin in 2007, Tatarstan is firmly part of Russia and seems set to remain so under Medvedev. President Mintimer Shamiyev is currently very much in [...]	2008-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW688	TATARSTAN VIES TO REMAIN LEADER OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Although its image as a center of Islam may have been tarnished somewhat during almost 70 years of obedience to Moscow during the Soviet period, the government of Tatarstan and the religious leadership there are now attempting to shore up their position as not only a leading for [...]	2008-03-12 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINR RS
08MOSCOW694	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IKI RAN SPACE [...] 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, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute, Moscow, [...]	2008-03-13 08:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW701	GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ABKHAZIA MILITARY [...] (C) All MFA Georgia handlers expressed surprise at the GOG's allegation that the GOR was providing military assistance to Abkhazia (ref B). MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us March 12 that he was hearing such news for the first time from us. Pavlovskiy went [...]	2008-03-13 12:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW702	RUSSIA CRIES FOUL OVER 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although press coverage of the 2007 Human Rights Report has been largely straightforward, the Russian MFA and several members of the State Duma have accused the U.S. of having double standards and a "Cold War" mentality. The head of the Helsinki Moscow Group defended the report [...]	2008-03-13 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PINR RS

08MOSCOW703	SPATE OF HATE CRIMES RESULTS IN WORDS BUT LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: A string of deadly hate crimes committed since the beginning of the year has alarmed NGOs and compelled Putin to speak out against xenophobia and nationalism. If the rate of fatalities resulting from hate crimes continues through the end of the year, the total number will be [...]	2008-03-13 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS
08MOSCOW705	RUSSIA AND ALGERIA SEEK CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: President Bouteflika's February visit to Moscow focused on improving Russian-Algerian economic ties and not on Algerian complaints about the quality of MIG-29s purchased from Russia, according to Russian and Algerian diplomats. Neither side wanted the MIG issue to overshadow oth [...]	2008-03-14 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR AG RS
08MOSCOW709	ECONOMIC REFORMS UNDER MEDVEDEV--ANALYSTS' VIEWS [...] (C) The week following Medvedev's election we talked separately with four Moscow-based analysts about the prospects for market reforms under Medvedev: Renaissance Capital Managing Director Roland Nash; IMF Senior Resident Representative Neven Mates; consulting firm FBK's Director for Strategic [...]	2008-03-14 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL RS
08MOSCOW712	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW713	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR NEW SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF RS
08MOSCOW715	GAZPROM AND UKRAINE AGREE ON 2008 PRICES, 2009 [...] (SBU) In what may be the last chapter in the Ukraine-Russia gas trade saga for this year, Gazprom announced a deal was reached on March 13 with Ukraine's NaftoHaz that sets prices for 2008 gas supplies. According to Gazprom, from March to December 2008, NaftoHaz will pay $179.50 per thousand [...]	2008-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW716	RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK DESPITE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ RS
08MOSCOW717	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. EXPERTS FOR CFE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Laurendeau, Donna Phelan, and Michael Q. Powell for the CFE Consultations from March 16-19, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Michael Kelleher, tel. 7-495-728-5311; 7-495-737-5065 (hm); 7-495-774-2573 (cell); E-mail is KelleherMJ@state.G [...]	2008-03-14 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT PARM PREL KFCE RS
08MOSCOW721	MERRIL LYNCH RUSSIA CEO DISMISSES LIKELIHOOD OF [...] (C) Former Central Bank First Deputy Chairman, and current CEO of Merrill Lynch in Russia, Sergei Aleksashenko told us he did not anticipate that President-elect Medvedev would implement any pro-market reforms. Medvedev would be too weak and dependent on Putin to make major changes and would [...]	2008-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL RS
08MOSCOW725	DFM KARASIN ON NATO MAP, BELARUS, GEORGIA, [...] Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin went to great lengths to emphasize the "disastrous consequences" of a NATO MAP offer for Georgia and Ukraine in Bucharest, warning (somewhat theatrically) that the U.S. and NATO had to choose between "peace and stability and anoth [...]	2008-03-15 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW732	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TALWAR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Puneet Talwar, Senior Professional Staff Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from March 19-22, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Dereck Hogan, tel. 7-495-728-5152; 7-495-728-5451 (hm); 7-495-970-4995 (cell); E-mail is HoganDJ@state.Gov. [...]	2008-03-17 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH RS
08MOSCOW74	RUSSIA REPORT FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES PORTION OF 2007-2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. The tracked changes version of this report will be sent to individuals specified in reftel. Post's point of contact for this report is Economic Officer Clayton Hays (hayscp@state.gov). 2. (SBU) Russia's financial system does not attract a s [...]	2008-01-14 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR RS
08MOSCOW744	LAVROV LINKS TIBET UNREST TO KOSOVO [...] Foreign Minister Lavrov linked the recent unrest in Tibet to Kosovo, telling the press that the violence in Lhasa had not occurred "by chance." In an interview published March 18 in Rossiskaya Gazeta, Lavrov used Tibet to demonstrate how Kosovo's independence had "already reverberated" among [...]	2008-03-18 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS
08MOSCOW747	DAS KRAMER'S MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Both governmental and non-governmental human rights figures offered DAS David Kramer March 16 their views on the state of human rights in Russia and prospects for improvement during a Medvedev presidency. They variously identified the state of the judiciary and law enforcement ( [...]	2008-03-18 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW748	ACTING U/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary: In a lively and wide-ranging March 17 meeting with Acting U/S Fried, DFM Karasin underscored the depth of Russian opposition to the "explosive Kosovo precedent" and NATO MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. Karasin claimed that public opinion in Russia toward the U.S. had sharpened and [...]	2008-03-18 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW750	RUSSIAN ECONOMIST PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Yevgeniy Gontmakher, Director of the Center for Social Politics and the Institute of Economy at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told us March 5 that the growth of Russia's middle class was stagnating despite rising incomes. He identified inflation, which for most Russians was twice the [...]	2008-03-19 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW751	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]	2008-03-19 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW756	RUSSIA'S BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW759	ACTING U/S FRIED'S MARCH 17 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the 2 2 in Moscow March 17, Acting Undersecretary for Political Affairs Daniel Fried and Russian Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoliy Antonov led delegations in a long discussion of outstanding issues on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) [...]	2008-03-19 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS
08MOSCOW767	RUSSIA LAUNCHES KYOTO PROTOCOL JOINT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG RS
08MOSCOW768	BP AND TNK-BP OFFICES RAIDED BY AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Russian authorities raided the offices of TNK-BP on the morning of March 19 and, later that day, the offices of BP Russia. TNK-BP VP for International Affairs, Amcit Shawn McCormick, told us late that night that the raid had been conducted by the FSB. McCormick and a contact at BP said th [...]	2008-03-20 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW78	EMERCOM: COOPERATION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) The Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) and a U.S. delegation led by R. David Paulison, FEMA Administrator, met in St. Petersburg December 3-7. The purpose of the meeting, the twelfth in a series, was to review bilateral cooperation in emergenc [...]	2008-01-14 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SENV RS
08MOSCOW780	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RUSSIAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Russian Satellite Communication Company (R.S.C.C.),Moscow, Russia. [...]	2008-03-21 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW783	TWO-STEP REQUEST TO DEMARCHE KHARTOUM AND N'JAMENA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	CD CH FR LY PGOV PREL RS SU UK KPKO
08MOSCOW797	TRANSFER OF HEU SAMPLE TO RUSSIA [...] (S) On March 24, we delivered to MFA reftel paper on logistics surrounding the transfer from the U.S. to Russia of the ten-gram HEU sample seized in Georgia in 2006. Mikhail Kondratenkov of the MFA Security and Disarmament told us he found it "a very interesting document." He expressed reli [...]	2008-03-24 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP ASEC ENRG PTER MNUC AU GG RS
08MOSCOW803	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PREL RS XC
08MOSCOW804	RUSSIAN MEDIA NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BEING LABELED A [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Russell for reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Summary: The Russian Duma approved the second reading of the Strategic Sector draft law regulating foreign investment in 42 so-called "strategic sectors" -- including much of the media -- on March 21. If passe [...]	2008-03-24 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
08MOSCOW805	DUMA LINKS KOSOVO AND NATO MAP TO FROZEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 16:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG RS
08MOSCOW806	RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...]	2008-03-25 04:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS
08MOSCOW812	An Inside Look at a Russian Optical Disc Plant [...] (SBU) On March 18, Embassy and European Commission IPR officers and a representative of the Russian Anti-Piracy Organization (RAPO),toured a successful optical disc production plant, DVD Club - a producer of legitimate DVDs. RAPO has 24 hour access to the plant. Afterward, they discussed pir [...]	2008-03-25 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR RS
08MOSCOW813	YOUNG RUSSIA TAKES AIM AT CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the GOR should "correct" the situation faced by the un-registered Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology in Russia (COS),the COS has been under investigation by the Ministry of Internal Af [...]	2008-03-25 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW815	NEW WRINKLE ON INTERNATIONAL NGO REGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has alleged that 43 international NGOs working here have been inappropriately registered as Russian NGOs, rather than as affiliates of international organizations. At a March 19 meeting, the FRS told representatives of 16 of the NGOs affect [...]	2008-03-25 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW816	UPDATE ON GOR INVESTIGATION OF TNK-BP [...] (C) Pressure on TNK-BP appeared to mount with the announcement that Russia's environmental watchdog was beginning an investigation of the company, fueling further speculation that the government was attempting to hasten and cheapen the transfer of the Russian-owned half of the company to Gazpr [...]	2008-03-25 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW817	MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]	2008-03-25 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MOSCOW818	CONSTITUENCY FOR CHANGE? OBSERVERS HOPEFUL AS [...] (C) Summary: As candidate Medvedev transitions into "President-elect" Medvedev, commentators have begun to speak with increasing frequency about political support for a reform agenda, not only the expected backing from the "liberal" economic elite, but also more broadly amongst Russia's business le [...]	2008-03-25 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS
08MOSCOW820	AUSTRALIA GROUP: RUSSIA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] (SBU) Following is the text of a Russian non-paper FM Lavrov passed to the Secretary on the margins of recent 2 plus 2 talks. English text below is as presented by the GOR. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Pursuant to the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, we have been workin [...]	2008-03-25 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW821	DUMA PASSES STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, the State Duma passed the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) in its second reading, clearing a path for President Putin to sign the law that will regulate foreign investment into Russia's "strategic sectors." The version passed by the Duma increases the number of sectors [...]	2008-03-26 05:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG EPET RS
08MOSCOW829	PROBLEMS FOR TOLERANCE SUPPORT FOUNDATION IN [...] (C) On March 20, law enforcement officials in Nizhniy Novgorod raided the offices of the Fund in Support of Tolerance (FST),the successor organization to the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) and confiscated the organization's computers. At the same time, in what appeared a well-or [...]	2008-03-26 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW831	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ATLANTIS [...] 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, Atlantis Communications, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...]	2008-03-26 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW832	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] 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, JSC Upravlyaushaya Communal Company, Novy Urengoy, Russia. [...]	2008-03-26 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW848	DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]	2008-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW854	RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographic results continued to improve in 2007. Overall births increased by 8.5 percent, deaths declined by four percent, and a surge in migration helped to offset much of the natural population decline. The overall population stood at 142 million as of January 1, 2 [...]	2008-03-28 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW857	RUSSIA CONCERNED POLITICS UNDERCUTS PAKISTANI [...] (C) Summary: Russia is concerned that Pakistan's new coalition government will fail to aggressively pursue Islamic extremists. MFA observers lament the diminished influence of Musharraf, Russia's preferred Pakistani leader, and hope that he could make a comeback if a new government comes to p [...]	2008-03-28 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK RS
08MOSCOW859	RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...]	2008-03-28 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNDP RS IR
08MOSCOW861	THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IN THE JUST RUSSIA PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Four Duma deputies from the left-leaning, Kremlin-sponsored Just Russia party offered us assessments of their party in Russia's fifth Duma, which convened in January after the December 2 parliamentary elections. As expected, Just Russia has found it difficult to have an impact on [...]	2008-03-28 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW864	WHAT'S BEHIND THE RAIDS ON TNK-BP AND BP REF: A. MOSCOW 816 B. MOSCOW 768 C. 07 MOSCOW 3054 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW865	SERDYUKOV VS. BALUYEVSKIY: DISCORD IN THE MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Tensions within the Ministry of Defense erupted in the press the week of March 24, with reports that Chief of the General Staff Baluyevskiy had submitted his latest letter of resignation, and that the General Staff was unhappy with Defense Minister Serdyukov's "intrusion" into mi [...]	2008-03-28 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS
08MOSCOW866	EXPERT VIEWS: MEDVEDEV'S REFORM PROSPECTS SLIM; [...] (C) A swelling number of experts has low expectations that the Medvedev administration will pursue pro-market reforms. In separate conversations the week of March 17, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (aka the Gaidar Institute) Sergei Sinelnikov and Alfa Bank Chi [...]	2008-03-28 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
08MOSCOW870	ROSATOM TRANSITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The transition of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency to the Rosatom State Corporation is moving forward. The uncertainty surrounding the retention of staff has brought anxiety and bureaucratic paralysis as employees wait to learn their fate in the new organization. End Summary. [...]	2008-03-31 06:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG PREL PARM RS
08MOSCOW875	MEDVEDEV'S ECONOMIC THINK TANK: INSTITUTE FOR [...] (C) On March 18, President-elect Medvedev participated in the opening seminar of the Institute for Contemporary Development, the economic think tank that many observers say will become the brain trust for Medvedev's economic policies. Press reports have compared Medvedev's endorsement of the [...]	2008-03-31 11:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW882	NO PUTIN-VORONIN DEAL ON TRANSNISTRIA, SAYS GOR [...] (C) Both MFA Transnistria negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin and Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin denied an impending Putin - Voronin deal to resolving the Transnistria conflict (reftel). On March 27, Nesterushkin told us that there was no change in the GOR position: without the two [...]	2008-03-31 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW883	GOR REACTION TO LUKASHENKO: U.S. REDUCTION "UNWISE" [...] (C) MFA Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin told us March 31 that the GOB did not consult with the GOR about its move and PM Zubkov, during his March 21 visit to Minsk, was briefed on the developments after the fact and was "asked to understand" the GOB's action. Sorokin maintained [...]	2008-03-31 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
08MOSCOW884	RUSSIA ASKS FOR A "STRAIGHT ANSWER" ON AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov called in Poloff on March 31 to tell us Russia sought a "straight answer" from the U.S. on whether there was interest in the Russian offer to provide military aid to Afghanistan (refs). He said that while the GOR has dealt bilaterally with Afghanist [...]	2008-03-31 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
08MOSCOW893	STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW: REIMAN DEFEATS ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE [...] (SBU) Communications Minister Reiman beat back an attempt to include all telecommunications, including the internet and mobile phones, as a "strategic sector" under the draft Strategic Sectors Law now making its way through the Duma. The FSB was apparently behind the broad definition. Reiman [...]	2008-04-01 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON TINT ECPS RS
08MOSCOW911	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: NATO AND HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov, during his April 2 address to the Duma, characterized NATO enlargement as "artificial and unnecessary," while arguing that NATO members could no longer solve important tasks without Russia's help. While the Duma held a special hearing on the friendship agreement with [...]	2008-04-03 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW912	(C) LUKOIL TELLS AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD IRAQ CAN'T [...] (S) Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov told Ambassador Satterfield April 2nd that production sharing agreements (PSAs) are a prerequisite to multi-billion investments needed to modernize Iraq's oil infrastructure and develop fields. Alekperov indicated that Lukoil may still be willing to work in [...]	2008-04-03 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW913	MOSCOW HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON MEDVEDEV, CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: Seven prominent Moscow-based human rights activists offered Ambassador April 1 their expectations for a Medvedev presidency, and their perspectives on the current human rights climate in Russia. The group was skeptical that much would change after Medvedev's May 7 inauguration, a [...]	2008-04-03 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW914	LIBERALS ON LIFE UNDER MEDVEDEV, THE NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, traditional SPS patron and UES Chairman Chubais, beleaguered Yabloko Chairman Yavlinskiy, and radio station Ekho Moskvy Editor Venediktov described a MAP for Ukraine as a "major strategic mistake," but thought that Putin's intention in Bucharest re [...]	2008-04-03 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW916	CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NATIONAL BOLSHEVIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Eduard Limonov's outlawed National Bolshevik Party (NBP) has been frequently in the news recently as a series of relatively high-profile court cases have resulted in the jail sentences for young NBP activists. On March 24, a Moscow court sentenced seven NBP activists to up to [...]	2008-04-03 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW918	Russia's Plan for Long-Term Socio-Economic Development [...] (U) The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) released its program for Russia's socio-economic development through 2020. The policy document, expected to be finalized in May, outlines the GOR's plans for economic diversification away from present levels of reliance on natural res [...]	2008-04-03 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON RS
08MOSCOW924	MORE VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) In a series of meetings March 20, NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick and the Economic Minister Counselor solicited the views of a variety of Russian interlocutors on the prospects for economic reform under President-elect Medvedev. From those meetings, we offer three disparate but represent [...]	2008-04-03 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW927	JOINT DECLARATION FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NONPROLIFERATION: [...] (SBU) On April 3, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Jackie Wolcott on the Joint Declaration for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Kondratenkov said he would convey the letter immediately to Ambassador Berd [...]	2008-04-04 03:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS
08MOSCOW932	SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...]	2008-04-04 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW937	RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES: [...] (C) The GOR's resolution of April 1 to authorize deposits of so-called "temporarily available budget funds" into commercial bank accounts is not being uniformly welcomed by policy makers. During an April 2 conference hosted by the Association of Russian Banks (ARB),representatives of Russia [...]	2008-04-04 11:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW944	RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: WAITING FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary. With the GOJ's abortive efforts to stage a summit before the end of the Putin presidency behind it, both Moscow Japan handlers and the Japanese Embassy say that the GOJ is waiting for the new Russian president to take the reins before trying again. GOR officials and analysts be [...]	2008-04-04 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RS
08MOSCOW945	SIX COUNTRIES AND USG UNITE TO FIGHT CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: From March 10 to March 14, 2008, delegates from Georgia, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova and Kazakhstan, accompanied by Department of Justice (DOJ) Resident Legal Advisors (RLA) and Embassy representatives met in Chisinau, Moldova, to participate in a DOJ sponsored regional c [...]	2008-04-07 06:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC RS MD
08MOSCOW954	KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS
08MOSCOW955	DFM SALTANOV DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with DFM Saltanov in Moscow April 2, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Russia to encourage Iraq's neighbors to play a greater role in helping to stabilize the country, noting that Iraq was important for [...]	2008-04-08 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ENRG IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW956	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]	2008-04-08 07:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957	RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]	2008-04-08 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW962	RUSSIA'S REACTION TO SAAKASHVILI'S NEW ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. The Russians have taken a dim view of Saakashvili's new Abkhazia proposal, dismissing it as a political maneuver designed to make Georgia look better in Bucharest. In their view, the rollout to the international community rather than to the Abkhaz speaks for itself about the in [...]	2008-04-08 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW963	KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS
08MOSCOW965	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On April 8, we delivered reftel inquiries regarding the Estonian Prime Minister's idea to draft a three-way editorial on the importance of international cooperation to combat nuclear proliferation to Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov, MFA Department on New Challenges and Threats. Pro [...]	2008-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL ET RS
08MOSCOW970	GOR PROMOTES "INNOVATION ECONOMY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia continues to promote innovation as a means to harness its scientific expertise and diversify its economy beyond oil and gas exports. The Federation Council and Duma recently held hearings on stimulating innovation. The GOR also promoted innovation through sponsorship of [...]	2008-04-09 05:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD IR RS
08MOSCOW973	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Optolink Ltd., Zelenograd, Moscow Region, Russia. The co [...]	2008-04-09 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW976	GAZPROM OFFICIAL SEES NO END SOON TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Gazprom's International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov believes an agreement with Ukraine on 2009 gas prices is unlikely before December and complained about its refusal to agree to the long-term contract Gazprom seeks. He claimed Gazprom is flexible on all provisions, including the elimin [...]	2008-04-09 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW988	GOR HOPEFUL FOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) GOR Special Envoy for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin told us April 10 that since the April 7 Voronin - Smirnov telephone conversation where the two agreed to meet, the atmosphere has taken a dramatically positive turn. He expected the April 14-16 meeting in Odessa would be [...]	2008-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW989	RAID ON OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES LIKELY A [...] (C) Summary: A late-night raid on the offices housing well-known human rights figures, Karina Moskalenko and Lev Ponomarev, was likely an attempt to seize property in a desirable part of Moscow. The description of events fits an increasingly common phenomenon in Moscow of wealthy Russians hi [...]	2008-04-10 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW990	YOUNG YABLOKO LEADER IVAN BOLSHAKOV DETAINED AND [...] (C) Summary: Ivan Bolshakov, leader of the Moscow branch of Young Yabloko, was detained by police on April 8 for four hours. He was questioned about his alleged assault on a policeman in May 2007, an incident he had been questioned on before without any criminal case filed against him. He wa [...]	2008-04-10 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW991	CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY MOSCOW CENTER LOSES ITS LEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative from the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology (COS) informed us that the lease for its center next to the Bauman State Technical University was not renewed and that the organization must vacate the premises by May 15. The COS representative said that the [...]	2008-04-10 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW997	RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES, [...] (C) Disagreement between Trade Minister Nabuillina and Finance Ministry Kudrin over the right economic prescription - promote growth or control inflation - came into the open at an April 1 conference at the Higher School of Economics. Nabiullina dismissed Kudrin's concern about inflation, cal [...]	2008-04-11 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
08MOSCOW999	DEMARCHES ON IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EUN IZ IR RS
08MUNICH317	RUSSIA/COUNTERTERRORISM: RUSSIAN PLEDGES ETERNAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Anatoliy Safonov and Ambassador Dell Dailey, coordinators of counterterrorism efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States, met privately in Munich on September 17 to discuss counterterrorism issues. Safonov took pains to confirm that bilateral relationship w [...]	2008-09-24 06:20:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN US RS
08MUNICH68	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried noted that Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov's Munich speech was a welcome change in tone from other senior Russian statements. The discussion focused primarily on Kosovo. Fried urged Russia to be constructive with Serbia and Kosovo; the U.S. had a disagreement over Kosov [...]	2008-02-14 09:39:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PARM PREL GM RS
08NAPLES79	SOUTHERN ITALY'S GROWING ENERGY SECTOR [...] Summary: While Italy continues to import up to 90 percent of its energy needs, increasing production in southern Italy has the potential to slightly reduce the country's dependence on oil and gas from Russia and North Africa. Ironically, the growing production in the South has not prevented [...]	2008-10-31 15:59:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP KGHG SENV IT RS
08NEWDELHI1928	GLOBAL INITIATIVE WELCOME DEMARCHE DELIVERED, [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and associated documents welcoming India as a new partner in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 9. (Dharmendra had postp [...]	2008-07-11 07:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS
08NEWDELHI2567	GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 02:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN
08NEWDELHI3114	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]	2008-12-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NICOSIA764	CYPRUS WILL NOT REBUT RUSSIA'S GENOCIDE CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 14:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CY GG RS XG XH
08OSLO321	LAVROV AND STOERE TALK BUSINESS, IGNORE TOUGH [...] (C) In two days of meetings, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov discussed an increased Russian presence on Svalbard, fishing enforcement, eased visa rules for the border area, and environmental questions. Meeting on June 9-10, first in Kirkenes on the Norwegian side o [...]	2008-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS EPET PBTS PGOV PINR PREL RCA RS SENV NO
08OSLO418	NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...]	2008-07-25 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW
08OSLO478	NORWAY AGAINST POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 14:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS NO
08OSLO489	NERVOUS ABOUT RUSSIA, NORWAY STRESSING HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Russian experts in Norway have a realistic and well informed view of negative trends in Russia but public statements by the GON will continue to stress Norway's positive bilateral relationship with Russia. After Georgia the GON will stress the potential for conflict in the High No [...]	2008-09-02 13:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NO
08OSLO513	NORWAY, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA; OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary. The GON is coming to terms with the changing nature of the West's relations with Russia after Georgia. Publicly, the GON has been critical of Russia's (and Georgia's) actions while stressing the need to continue close and productive bilateral relations with Russia. Privately, of [...]	2008-09-16 09:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MARR PREL RS NO
08OSLO559	NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE: GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 08:37:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS NO
08OTTAWA1090	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1092	CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...]	2008-08-15 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1137	CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the international community [...]	2008-08-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1140	CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants to deepen bilateral coordination on support to Georgia. Canadian officials have asked for specific advice regarding the potential deployment of OSCE monitors and separate explosives abatement capability to Georgia. They would also like to coordinate U.S. and Canad [...]	2008-08-27 16:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1243	CANADA EYEING C$10 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 16:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL

08OTTAWA1259	NATO: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW OF NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: Canada agrees with the U.S. position that there should be no business as usual at the NATO Russia Council (NRC),and at the NRC Prep Com, and Canada is making this point to its NATO allies. End summary. 2. (C) On September 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) [...]	2008-09-22 20:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM KCFE RS GG CA
08OTTAWA1343	CANADA TO PLEDGE C$3 MILLION AT GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA418	DELIVERY OF NATO HIGH LEVEL GROUP CHAIRMAN'S LETTER [...] On March 25, the Charge delivered reftel letter to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Swords expressed her thanks. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://w [...]	2008-03-26 14:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA420	CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...]	2008-03-26 14:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA594	CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...]	2008-04-25 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CA
08OUAGADOUGOU791	TFGG01: BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] 1. (C) On August 26, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Saidou Zongo, Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zongo noted that he was aware of the recent remarks made by President Bush concerning Russia's actions and agreed fully with the U.S. [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RS GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU792	BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UV
08PANAMA247	PANAMA: GOP INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 14:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA PM
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1600	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1601	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1616	TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...]	2008-08-21 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1650	TREASURY D/S KIMMITT, FRENCH NSA LEVITTE ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On August 29 President Sarkozy,s Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte and Deputy Advisor for Security Affairs Francois Richier outlined for Treasury D/S Robert Kimmitt GOF thinking on &quick, effective and sharp8 next steps on Iran. The GOF would present its ideas more fully in [...]	2008-08-30 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ECON EFIN FR PREL RS IR
08PARIS1718	FRENCH EXPECT A PRODUCTIVE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, MFA deputy for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said the September 15-16 GAERC will focus on implementation of next steps on Georgia, including deployment of the EU observer mission by October 1. The GAERC will also decide the mandate and n [...]	2008-09-12 18:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG ZI SO SR TU FR
08PARIS1745	MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...]	2008-09-17 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN
08PARIS1750	FRANCE AND RUSSIA: PRIME MINISTERS TO MEET IN [...] (C) Late on September 17, FM Kouchner's adviser on Russia/Georgia/the Balkans Isabelle Dumont told us that a French FM Fillon would go to Sochi September 19-20 for a "governmental seminar" in Sochi where he would also meet Russian PM Putin. The event, scheduled before the Georgia crisis, was [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG FR
08PARIS1875	FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: GAERC PREPARATIONS STILL IN [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona provided an overview of French expectations for the October GAERC. In addition to Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus, the topics of the U.S. demarche, Uzbekistan and Moldova, wil [...]	2008-10-10 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FR EUN
08PARIS1908	FRENCH PRESIDENCY REACTS TO GENEVA MEETING ON [...] (C) French presidency adviser for Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas Damien Loras on October 16 provided DCM an update on French thinking about Russia and Georgia following the October 15 meeting in Geneva. He argued that France preferred to regard the Russian withdrawal from areas adja [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1914	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GENEVA CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, Galharague told us October 17 that the fact that the Geneva meeting took place qualifies it as a success for the French. No one had any illusions that the Geneva meeting would be easy, given the Russian threat not to participate if South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-17 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1948	FRENCH MFA "PRUDENT" ON MOSKALENKO CASE, CITES [...] (C) MFA desk officer for Russian internal issues Arnaud Migoux told us October 23 that the French are paying close attention to the alleged poisoning of Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko in the eastern French city of Strasbourg where she lives. However, French investigators are [...]	2008-10-23 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV PINS PINR FR RS
08PARIS2001	FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S GYMNICH PREVIEW: [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08PARIS2056	FRENCH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 10 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona responded on November 7 to reftel points on the upcoming EU GAERC. He began by observing that this one would be the most complicated of the current French presidency, since it would also involve a joint [...]	2008-11-07 17:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID XA FR RS LE CG CH IZ BK
08PARIS2088	EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSES EU/RUSSIA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 10, French presidency adviser on Russia, Damien Loras, confirmed that the EU/Russia summit will conclude November 14 with the announcement that talks on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will resume, a decision Loras argued was not a "big step" and the mo [...]	2008-11-12 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS MARR UNSC EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS2196	FRANCE-RUSSIA RELATIONS: DIALOGUE IS KEY [...] (C) The France-Russia relationship has been rather turbulent since France assumed the rotating EU presidency in July. The short August war between Georgian and Russian troops heightened tensions in the region and presented President Sarkozy with the perfect opportunity to showcase both his [...]	2008-12-04 12:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RS
08PARIS2343	FRANCE AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref a points December 29 to French MFA acting DAS-equivalent for Russia/CIS Affairs Eric Millet and to the office of vacationing French presidency adviser for Russia/the Americas Damien Loras. Millet said he would distribute the points among interested offices at the MFA bu [...]	2008-12-30 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS
08PARIS513	CHAD/SUDAN: FRENCH AGREEABLE TO P5+1 DEMARCHE BUT [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Helene Le Gal informed us on March 14 that France was agreeable to the two-step P5 1 demarche sequence set forth in Ref A involving Chad and Sudan in order to persuade both to cease supporting the other's rebel factions. However, she said that she doub [...]	2008-03-18 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH UK LY RS CD SU KPKO FR
08PARIS750	AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW -------------------- [...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]	2008-04-18 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PARIS753	FRANCE SUPPORTS OSCE PROJECTS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN; [...] (C) French MFA officials responsible for OSCE affairs told us on April 18 that, in principle, France now supports the idea that training activities for Afghan border security should take place on the border of and/and inside Afghanistan. The GOF clarified, however, that the projects should be [...]	2008-04-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	BMGT GM GR SP RS OSCE PGOV PTER FR
08PARIS976	FOSG PARIS MEETING MAY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8 meeting in Paris, the Western Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia (FOSG),consisting of the U.S., UK, France, and Germany, enthusiastically endorsed EUR DAS Matt Bryza's proposal for reviving the Abkhazia peace process. Bryza laid out a new three-pronged ap [...]	2008-05-22 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS XH RS GG GM UK ZJ FR
08PARISFR2227	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]	2008-12-09 16:39:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PORTLOUIS298	GEORGIA: MAURITIUS UNDECIDED BUT MIGHT ACT AS PART [...] (C) On 25 August, DCM delivered ref points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Cure, the GOM has no considered position on the Georgia/Russia conflict. The GOM, while generally sympathetic to Georgia, would [...]	2008-08-26 07:58:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG MP
08PRAGUE207	PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT ON CFE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 11:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR CG MD EZ
08PRAGUE633	CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 15:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS EZ
08PRAGUE788	CODEL TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 18 MEETINGS IN PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 18 trip to Prague, Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) met with Czech FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and DPM Vondra. Representative Tauscher stressed linking a possible radar site in the Czech Republic to short and medium range missile [...]	2008-12-19 14:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR PREL PGOV NATO RS PL EZ
08PRETORIA774	SOUTH AFRICA-RUSSIAN TRADE: ROOM FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Russia and South Africa have identified each other as important emerging economies, but bilateral trade flows remain minimal. Foreign direct investment between the two countries lingers behind South Africa's other major economic partners. South Africa has shifted its trade di [...]	2008-04-14 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV RS SF
08RABAT1183	MOROCCO RECEIVES JOINT DUTCH, RUSSIAN, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Dutch DCM Frank Keurhorst delivered his country's invitation requesting Morocco's participation in the 5th Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on December 22. Keurhorst del [...]	2008-12-22 18:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL RS MO
08RANGOON793	RUSSIA IN BURMA: UN ROLES; NUCLEAR COOPERATION; [...] (C) Charge's Oct. 7 courtesy call on Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze included discussion of current UN efforts to influence events in Burma and a sketch of Russia's activities in country. Many political observers in Rangoon believe Russia has more access to influential Government [...]	2008-10-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNUC UN RS BM
08REYKJAVIK173	TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...]	2008-08-14 17:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC
08REYKJAVIK256	Iceland's Financial Crisis: The Russia Angle [...] (C) The announcement by Iceland's Central Bank on October 7 that Russia would provide a USD 5.4 billion loan created an international stir, unleashing a wave of speculation as to who had approached Russia, why and when the contact was made, and what the Russians could be contemplating as the q [...]	2008-11-03 16:51:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON PGOV RS IC
08RIGA199	PRESIDENT ZATLERS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers makes his first visit to Washington April 23 - 25 significantly stronger in his job than when he started, but still not the dominant figure in Latvian politics that his predecessor was. Given the strong constitutional limitations on his role, this is on [...]	2008-04-17 09:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS CVIS ENRG MARR NATO RS LG
08RIGA2	LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]	2008-01-02 05:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA22	(S/NF) LATVIA/RUSSIA - INTEL ISSUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Russian diplomat in Latvia, who is a declared SVR officer, will leave his post by the time his visa expires in June because his previous expulsion from France has him on a Schengen blacklist. The GOL has decided not to expel the individual because they do not have informatio [...]	2008-01-11 14:58:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL RS LG
08RIGA270	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY AND OTHER [...] (C/NF) Summary. On May 15, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for discussions on a wide range of issues. Tey discussed energy security, the privatization of Lattelekom, developments in the Latvian economy, and the GOL's invitation for Prime Minister Putin to attend th [...]	2008-05-19 08:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS LG
08RIGA472	TFGG01: LATVIAN FM WANTS STRONG NATO AND EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 09:57:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ENRG NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA478	TFGG01: MFA STATE SECRETARY UNUSUALLY BLUNT IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 13:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID PINR EUN NATO RS GG LG
08RIGA492	TFGG01: PM GODMANIS ON VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) On... C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000492 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2018 TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG [...]	2008-08-14 13:13:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG
08RIGA496	TFGG01: WHAT GEORGIA MEANS TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Georgia have dominated the news and discussion here like few other events in recent memory. Latvians, at least ethic Latvians, look at Georgia and think that this could easily be them. As the EU and NATO have been unable to respond forcefully to Russia -- and many members a [...]	2008-08-15 10:13:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA497	TFGG01: LATVIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:53:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA511	TFGG01: SUPPORTING LATVIA IN LIGHT OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Post leadership met internally to discuss ways the USG could show support for Latvia in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Georgia, both to reassure the Latvians of our security commitment and to help them make policy adjustments to deal with the new international relationship with Ru [...]	2008-08-22 12:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA521	LATVIA SUPPORTS EU OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA [...] (C) DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met for lunch with Edgars Skuja, MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, on August 27. In discussions regarding Georgia, Skuja mentioned that at the August 28 EU COREPER meeting, Latvia would push for a strong, unanimous statement from the September 1 European Council regard [...]	2008-08-27 14:25:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU RS GG LG
08RIGA523	NO THREATS IN RUSSIAN AMB'S MESSAGE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian AMB Veshnyakov did not/not say anything that the Latvians interpreted as a threat in delivering Moscow's line on Georgia and Moscow's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in an August 28 meeting with Latvian FM Riekstins. Veshnyakov said that the planned visit of Rie [...]	2008-08-28 14:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR GG RS LG
08RIGA55	LATVIA/RUSSIA SPY INCIDENT: FALLOUT MORE DOMESTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are very pleased with the reaction to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Riga for espionage. The reaction from Moscow has been limited to a pro-forma expulsion of a Latvian diplomat, but there has been none of the heated rhetoric that many expected. Rus [...]	2008-01-30 16:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR ODIP RS LG
08RIGA570	Latvia/Georgia - countering Russia; deploying in EU [...] Latvia has not directly countered Russian claims of genocide in South Ossetia, but senior officials have always rebutted it when asked. According to MFA contacts, Latvia prefers to work through international organizations to counter such claims rather than risk a bilateral spat with Moscow in [...]	2008-09-18 14:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA641	LATVIA TO PLEDGE AT GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 14:45:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS LG
08RIGA684	LATVIA RESIGNED ON PCA, WORRIED BY MEDVEDEV [...] (C) We have discussed the issues raised in ref A regarding Russia with Latvian officials in the past week. As reported ref B, the Latvian political director was clear that "the PCA discussion was over" and the French were determined to go ahead with the negotiations. Latvia was hoping to get [...]	2008-11-10 08:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS LG
08RIGA813	LATVIA APPRECIATIVE OF US POSITION ON CFE [...] (C) Latvia appreciates US leadership in attempting to bring Russia back into the CFE while not caving to Russian demands to make decisions on the Baltics prior to entry into force of the adapted treaty. That was the main message from Ieva Jirgensone, acting head of the arms control division at [...]	2008-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE RS LG
08RIGA88	AMBASSADOR LARSON'S COURTESY CALL WITH LATVIAN [...] (C) Summary. On February 14, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for introductory discussions on a range of issues. They discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Visa Waiver, and the Latvian economy. End Summary 2. (C) Ambassador Larson paid his courtesy call on Prime Minis [...]	2008-02-15 15:35:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET	PREL PGOV CVIS ECON NATO RS LG
08RIODEJANEIRO346	READOUT OF BRAZIL-EU SUMMIT, DECEMBER 22-23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula hosted the second European Union (EU) - Brazil Summit in Rio de Janeiro on December 22-23, 2008. The EU was represented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. The international financial and economic c [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EPET SENV FR RS EU BR
08RIYADH1190	SAUDIS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to the no. 3 official in the Saudi Foreign Ministry, the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) is slowly moving toward official SAG recognition of Kosovo. He ascribed the SAG's reluctance to recognize the newly independent Balkan republic heretofore to concern over Russian se [...]	2008-08-04 10:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EU EUN FR GR KPKO PGOV PREL RS SA UNC KV YI
08RIYADH1647	RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEFIES LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's footprint in Saudi Arabia - official and unofficial - is relatively small compared to the U.S. and many other countries. While several positions in their Riyadh embassy remain unfilled, Russia seeks an office location in Mecca to house their mission to the Organization o [...]	2008-11-03 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08RIYADH678	US SPECIAL ENVOY TO OIC MEETS WITH SAUDI FM [...] (C) Summary: On April 26 Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber and the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal. Special Envoy Cumber shared with Prince Saud the U.S. role in the OIC and discussed Saudi recognition of Kosovo. Th [...]	2008-04-27 13:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	IO MK MACEDONIA PGOV PHUM PREL RS SA SR SERBIA
08ROME1101	EDISON CONCERNED ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF AZERI GAS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Italian energy company Edison told EconOff on an August 29 meeting that they are facing a tight deadline to fully commit to investing in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) project, planned to bring gas from Azerbaijan into Europe starting around 2012 or 2013. They a [...]	2008-09-02 07:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG GR IR IT RS TU
08ROME1269	YUSHCHENKO DISAPPOINTED BY ITALY'S TEPID SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. During his October 8 visit to Rome, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pressed for strong Italian support of Ukraine's MAP aspirations, EU integration and recognition of the Holodomor. Yushchenko's GOI interlocutors, President Napolitano and PM Berlusconi, told Yushchenko that [...]	2008-10-16 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP RS IT
08ROME1273	ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) On 16 October Econoff delivered reftel A demarche on assistance to Georgia to Stefano Soliman, Deputy Director for Balkans/ Middle East Development Cooperation at the MFA. According to Soliman, Italy will provide a minimum of 1.6 million euros in bilateral general aid for displaced person [...]	2008-10-17 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
08ROME1358	MEDVEDEV SECURITY PLAN GETS AN ITALIAN ROLLOUT [...] (C) A November 5 op-ed in the Italian journal Il Riformista by FM Frattini commenting on Medvedev's proposal for a new security architecture in Europe culminates a several-month-long initiative by high profile Italian officials on both sides of the political divide to support the Russian initi [...]	2008-11-07 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO RS IT
08ROME1386	BERLUSCONIâ€™S COMMENTS ON MISSILE DEFENSE AND KOSOVO CREATE FIRESTORM IN ITALY [...] (C) During a press conference on the margins of the Italy-Turkey summit in Izmir on November 12, Italian PM Berlusconi said that the U.S. had "provoked" Russia by unilaterally recognizing Kosovo's independence, pressing forward on Missile Defense, and inviting Ukraine and Georgia to have a closer r [...]	2008-11-13 19:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO RS IT
08ROME365	ITALY/CFE: GOI "POSITIVE" ON PROPOSED NATO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA OSCE Desk Officer Emilio Giribone on March 25. He said that Italy will be represented at the March 27 HLTF by Brunella Borzi, MFA Envoy for OSCE Political-Military Affairs, who has already seen the draft U.S.-German Statement on CFE. Althoug [...]	2008-03-25 17:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS MD GG IT
08ROME519	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: ITALIANS PREFER DISCUSSING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marco Clemente, MFA Office Director for Russia and CIS affairs. Clemente agreed that Russia's Presidential Instructions on relations with Abkhazia represented a creeping annexation of the separatist region and stated that Italy was concerned by rising tens [...]	2008-04-23 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS IT
08SANJOSE259	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA - DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On April 1 we notified Carlos Cordero Madrigal, Director of Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the MFA of the USG decision to designate Al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. We provided Cordero with the identifiers for Al-Sha [...]	2008-04-04 20:59:00	Embassy San Jose	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA CS
08SARAJEVO1454	BOSNIA--ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA, RUSSIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resurgent Russia and the crisis in Georgia are casting a shadow on politics in Bosnia. In the latest manifestation of Russia's increasingly unhelpful role here, the Russian Ambassador exploited a foreign policy vacuum at the state level to give Republika Srpska (RS) leaders the [...]	2008-09-12 08:26:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK RS
08SARAJEVO1661	RS OIL STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Republika Srpska Government, the Russian Zarubjezneft rehabilitation of the Brod refinery is progressing, despite many internal delays, and the refinery should be producing gasoline by the end of October 2008. (Reftel) As part of the Brod privatization deal, Zar [...]	2008-10-27 15:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL RS BK
08SECTION01OF02CHISINAU976	A LONG-TIME OBSERVER'S IEWS ON TRANSNISTRIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting former OSCE Ambassador to Moldova William Hill told Ambassador Chaudhry that he thought it unlikely that the planned 5-plus-2 meeting in October would gather all participants. Hill blamed Transnistrian President Igor Smirnov for avoiding a meeting with M [...]	2008-10-01 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBS PINR RS MD
08SEOUL1142	KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SIX-PARTY ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the official visit to Seoul of the Six-Party Economy and Energy Working Group (EEWG) during June 10-11, 2008. The EEWG includes National Security Council Director of Asian Economic Affairs Kurt Tong, U.S. Department of Energy Office [...]	2008-06-05 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS
08SEOUL1686	ROKG SUPPORTS USG/INTERNATIONAL POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Kim Eun-joong, Director-General, European Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Dep Pol M/C at an August 25 meeting that the ROKG supports international calls for the Russian Federation to abide by the August 12 ceasefire agreement, in response to reftel [...]	2008-08-26 00:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08SEOUL1688	ROKG AWAITING RUSSIAN SIGNNAL ON RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) In reply to Dep Pol M/C's August 25 presentation of reftel points regarding USG opposition to possible moves by the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of the separatist regions of South Ossetia and/or Abkhazia, Kim Eun-joong, Director-General, European Affairs Bureau of the M [...]	2008-08-26 01:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08SEOUL2061	ROK RESPONSE TO GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 00:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL RS KMCA KCRS KS
08SEOUL2461	ROK-RUSSIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE BUILDS ON CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: ROK Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak and Russian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Denisov discussed strengthening bilateral ties at the first ROK-Russia Vice Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue in Seoul on December 18. Director of MOFAT's Russia and CIS Division [...]	2008-12-23 07:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS
08SEOUL9	REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENERGY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Korea hosted a meeting of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOC) on Jeju Island, December 13-14. The group approved efforts spearheaded by South Korea to produce a set of energy outlook repor [...]	2008-01-02 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ESCAP ZO RS MG JA KN KS
08SHANGHAI253	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS' VIEWS ON THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars described Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states as committed to cooperation on issues of common interest, but divided over any larger role the organization should play over the long term. The August 2008 summit will not break new ground but will [...]	2008-07-01 01:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH RS XD XE IR
08SHANGHAI375	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON GEORGIA: IMPLICATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: Leading Shanghai academics on Russia and international security fault both Russia and Georgia for escalating the conflict, and state that China will not support independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia because of concerns over setting a precedent for Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang [...]	2008-09-08 05:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG MCAP PARM PREL RS TW
08SHANGHAI386	GEORGIA CRISIS TESTS SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 08:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG GG IR PREL RS XD XE
08SHANGHAI410	THE CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful Beijing Summer Olympic Games, international economic stability is now Beijing's top priority, according to Shanghai scholars. They regard U.S. actions leading up to and during the Olympics as having provided a psychological boost to bilateral relatio [...]	2008-09-22 08:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH KN RS TW
08SHANGHAI88	DASD SEDNEY'S SHANGHAI ACADEMIC MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During his February 27-March 2 trip to Shanghai, in addition to leading the U.S. delegation to the Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCT),Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney exchanged SIPDIS views on U.S.-China relations with Shanghai's le [...]	2008-03-07 03:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW BM RS JA
08SHENYANG123	POOR DPRK ATTENDANCE, SOME SHIPPING NEWS, AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pyongyang's delegation to the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, held last week in Jilin Province, appeared smaller that last year's. North Korean diplomats at the expo privately praised China's grain harvest, with one claiming the DPRK's crop was also "good." In a keynote [...]	2008-09-09 23:51:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT ENRG KN KS JA RS CH
08SHENYANG19	SENIOR HEILONGJIANG OFFICIALS ON STABILITY-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inflation is a pressing concern for senior Heilongjiang officials, who are implementing a full range of countermeasures not always made public in order to avoid a panic. Along with new export taxes, the policy of supplying grain and coal nationwide to cover excess domestic demand [...]	2008-02-13 02:58:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH KN RS
08SINGAPORE647	U.S. NEEDS "COUNTER-STRATEGY" FOR CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew discussed regional stability in the face of China's economic, political, and military rise with Senator Joseph Lieberman, joined by the Ambassador, May 30. Lee called on the United States to develop a "counter-strategy" to respond to China's growing [...]	2008-06-06 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OVIP CH IZ RS SN
08SKOPJE434	MACEDONIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 3. 2. (U) PolOff informed MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva, per reftel, that India and Jordan are new partner nations to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). In response to reftel's request f [...]	2008-07-07 13:32:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS MK
08SKOPJE538	MACEDONIA: CRVENKOVSKI POSITIVE ON NAME NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS [...] (C) UN Name Negotiator Nimetz's latest proposals are workable but the clock is ticking, President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador August 22. Macedonia can compromise on the name and its scope of use, but not on the adjective ("Macedonian") to describe the country's language and people. Howeve [...]	2008-08-25 15:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GG RS
08SKOPJE556	GEORGIA: MACEDONIA SUPPORTS GEORGIA QUIETLY, ALSO SEEKS [...] (C) Charge called on FonMin Milososki Sept. 3 to reinforce reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and called on the GoM to make a forceful public statement to that effect. Milososki replied that "we will never recognize" these territories, and Macedonia wan [...]	2008-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS MK
08SKOPJE601	AMBASSADOR MEETS MACEDONIAN LEADERSHIP AS [...] (C) In their first official meeting, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador Sept. 29 that NATO and EU membership remain the GoM's top strategic priorities, adding that despite their political differences he and President Crvenkovski have a similar strategic view of the name issue with Greece. Gruevsk [...]	2008-10-01 18:55:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC ENRG MK GR KV SR MW RS
08SOFIA636	BULGARIA WILL DECIDE ON ASSISTANCE AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:03:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS BU
08SOFIA89	PUTIN'S BULGARIA VISIT: FRICTION AND "FRIENDSHIP" [...] (C) Summary: The whirlwind that was Russian President Putin's January 17-18 visit to Sofia ended up generating as much friction as friendship with the Bulgarians. Heavy-handed Russian pressure in securing the signing of the South Stream deal, plus seven other bilateral agreements, had Bulga [...]	2008-02-12 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ENRG RS BU
08STATE100758	ACTION REQUEST: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) This is an action message for posts in all NATO capitals, USOSCE and USNATO. It follows up on discussion at the September 11 HLTF regarding appropriate CFE contacts with Russia in light of events in Georgia (discussed in detail Ref A). Posts should brief this information orally, not/not [...]	2008-09-19 23:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS
08STATE100790	SEEKING ALLIED SUPPORT FOR NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On August 19, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship, following Russia's brutal military action in Georgia, and Russia's subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Osset [...]	2008-09-20 03:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE100929	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 9 MEETING [...] (U) September 9, 2008; 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon (WHA) Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama Ambassador Federico Humbert 3. (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Panamanian Ambassador Federico Humbert [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS VE RS NU GG KV PM
08STATE100946	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) September 16, 2008; 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Barbara Stephenson Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama President Martin Torrijos First Vice Preside [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS RS GG KV BL PM
08STATE100958	JUNE 25, 2008 U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT DATA EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, a U.S. interagency delegation led by State/L conducted talks at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow to discuss liability provisions in the JDEC Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). Failure to resolve liability and taxation issues has been an impediment to th [...]	2008-09-22 14:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL RS
08STATE102660	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050122921 for the export of infrared searchlights to Russia. Post is requested to complete t [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE103511	NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...]	2008-09-27 03:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08STATE104488	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov on September 26 in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Norov told Burns that the Government of Uzbekistan was satisfied with the U.S.-Uzbek relationship, and hoped the relationship would grow in a balan [...]	2008-09-30 20:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC NATO PHUM KDEM PREL KMAR AF RS UZ

08STATE104547	HALTING SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING OF GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Moscow -- see para. 4. Berlin, London and Paris -- see para. 5. USEU, USNATO, USOSCE, USUN and info addressees -- see para. 6. 2. (U) Notwithstanding the August 12 ceasefire in the Russo-Georgian war, there have been persistent reports of attacks on ethnic [...]	2008-09-30 23:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG
08STATE104778	QUINT POLITICAL DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Political Directors (U.S., France, Germany, UK, and Italy) met on September 26 with EU Special Envoy for Georgia Pierre Morel to discuss the October 15 Geneva talks on Georgia. Morel presented his vision of the talks proceeding along two tracks: a plenary session that is co [...]	2008-10-01 14:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08STATE106338	BACKGROUND AND TALKING [...] (SBU) The United States supports reducing Russia's dominance in European gas markets through development of a Southern Corridor bringing gas from the Caspian region through Turkey to European markets. Nordstream bolsters Gazprom's position in European gas markets and could negatively impact [...]	2008-10-04 00:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET GM SW RS
08STATE108064	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 13. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Georgia/Russia, Belarus, and Uzbekis [...]	2008-10-08 19:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE108136	(S) POSSIBLE NEW RUSSIAN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. BACKGROUND 2. (S/NF) RECENT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE COME TO AN INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO IRAN. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE PROVIDE [...]	2008-10-08 23:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL MASS RS IR
08STATE108236	RUSSIAN FIRM SELLING INTEGRATED OPTICAL CHIPS AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States Government has information indicating that since at least early 2007, the Russian firm Optolink facilitated the sale of integrated optical chips (IOCs) to the Advanced [...]	2008-10-09 13:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS PK CH
08STATE110204	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050097822 for the export of rifles to Canada. Posts are requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...]	2008-10-15 18:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE110623	SIGNING OF HOTLINE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to convey, under cover of a diplomatic note, the information at para 2 to appropriate host government officials. Post assistance is appreciated. 2. Text of diplomatic note: Complimentary opening ...and has the honor to refer to the Embassy [...]	2008-10-16 17:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS
08STATE110756	IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that th [...]	2008-10-16 21:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08STATE111310	SOUTH STREAM - BACKGROUND FOR POSTS' USE [...] (U) Department is aware that posts do or may contend with questions about South Stream. In the interest of keeping posts apprised of Washington thinking on this issue, we offer the below background on South Stream for your use in discussing the issue with host governments. This background su [...]	2008-10-17 23:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EU BG GR HU RS SL SB IT AS
08STATE112253	JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING START TREATY ARTICLE [...] (U) This is an action cable (See paragraph 5). 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XVII of the START Treaty, no later than December 5, 2008, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine must "meet to consider" whether the START Trea [...]	2008-10-21 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE112584	GEORGIA PM LAYS OUT ECONOMIC CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian PM Gurgenidze told U/S Jeffery October 13 that the economic situation in Georgia was still highly fragile because of the now combined effects of the August Russian invasion and the possible regional contagion from the financial crisis. He stated that in light of the glo [...]	2008-10-22 18:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EU GG KCRS KMCA PREL RS
08STATE112713	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Remler to the Permanent Council today. His report bears witness to the continuing energy and focus of [...]	2008-10-22 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PBTS KDEM MD RS
08STATE114173	NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]	2008-10-27 16:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE115017	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]	2008-10-28 23:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE116174	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-7. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]	2008-10-31 11:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE119280	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: The biannual EU-Russia Summit will take place on November 14 in Nice, France. In the wake of the crisis in Georgia, the French EU Presidency has announced that the discussions will focus on the implementation of the provis [...]	2008-11-07 23:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE124950	INSTRUCTION - MINSK GROUP RESPONSE TO SYG RE: [...] The Department instructs USUN to deliver the response below to the Secretary General. The response was jointly drafted and agreed upon by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group (United States, Russia and France). The Co-Chairs agreed that the U.S. would deliver the joint response under U.S. cover [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ FR PREL RS ZJ XJ
08STATE125684	JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: When the START Treaty was signed, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to provide annual declarations concerning their planned deployments of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) for the duration of the [...]	2008-11-27 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC
08STATE126045	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL AND [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Tokyo and Singapore from December 2-6 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. Department thanks posts for assistance. 2. Please arrange accomm [...]	2008-11-28 21:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CH JA KN RS SN KS
08STATE126999	SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) Background: As outlined in Ref C, Washington has long been concerned about the possible existence of improperly secured, highly radioactive sources in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. We worked with the Georgian and Russian governments and the IAEA over the past few years to seek the removal of these so [...]	2008-12-02 21:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PREL GG RS
08STATE128096	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 3 below. 2. (C) On November 26, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed to Embassy Moscow a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itum-Kalinsk (Itumkale),Chechnya. The nonpaper requested from [...]	2008-12-04 23:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG PL RS
08STATE130472	ACTION REQUEST: RESPONSE TO GOR'S DIPNOTE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Department requests Ambassador pass to the Government of Russia (GOR) the results of Multi-National Force Iraq's (MNF-I) investigation into purported U.S. military involvement in a traffic accident with a Russian convoy in Baghdad. The Ambassador may draw upon these talking points: -- A [...]	2008-12-11 23:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ RS
08STATE130577	NOTIFYING ALLIES OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (U) This is an action message for embassies in all NATO capitals and USNATO. USOSCE should follow up as appropriate. 2. (C) Posts should contact appropriate host government authorities (USNATO should inform appropriate members of the International Staff) as soon as possible to let them k [...]	2008-12-12 14:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM RS NATO
08STATE13105	JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]	2008-02-07 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE131552	ADVISING RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OF CONCERN FOR CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 9, DRL A/S David Kramer called Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak in to the Department to discuss civil society in Russia. Kramer expressed his condolences for Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Alexiy II's death. Kramer then gave Kislyak a copy of the Departme [...]	2008-12-16 13:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RS
08STATE131994	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On December 14, Police in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained over 200 peaceful protestors at demonstrations, for which permission was not granted, l [...]	2008-12-17 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS OSCE
08STATE133417	CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...]	2008-12-22 15:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE133419	ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals, Embassy Tbilisi, and Embassy Chisinau are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. For full readout of the con [...]	2008-12-22 15:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE133540	CORRECTED COPY - ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. Department will brief Georgian and Moldovan officials in Washington [...]	2008-12-22 18:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS
08STATE134228	U.S. RESPONSE TO FRENCH GLOBAL INF PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an Action Cable for Embassy Paris, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Background: During a P-3 meeting in Paris on November 7, 2008 (Ref A),the French provided Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Rood, a draft French proposal to globalize the INF Tr [...]	2008-12-24 01:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT JCIC START INF RS US FR
08STATE134444	ENTRY INTO FORCE NOTE FOR PROTOCOLS TO [...] This is an action request; please see para 3 for action. 2. Background: On June 16, 2006, then-Ambassador William Burns and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak signed a protocol extending the U.S.-Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement (formal title: Agree [...]	2008-12-24 17:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS
08STATE134448	SUBJECT: U.S. RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN NON-PAPER: [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Per reftel A, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed a nonpaper which requested any materials the USG has regarding an alleged incident of illegal trafficking of Polish MANPADS in Georgia. The Government of Ru [...]	2008-12-24 18:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08STATE15047	RUSSIAN AIR NAVIGATION FEES POLICY [...] (U) This message provides interim guidance to post on handling diplomatic clearance requests for U.S. official state flights through or into Russian territorial airspace. 2. (C) Background: Effective 1 November 2007, the government of Russia (GOR) implemented a new policy with respect to [...]	2008-02-13 21:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AMGT PREL RS
08STATE15778	DEMARCHE ON INCARCERATION POLICIES IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post express at an appropriate level our serious human rights and humanitarian concerns about certain issues regarding incarceration practices in Russia. For USOSCE, Post should understand that the current demarche is intended to be raised in the course of our [...]	2008-02-15 14:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM RS
08STATE15838	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050087908 for the export of infrared searchlight equipment to Russia. Post is reques [...]	2008-02-15 16:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE18214	U.S-RUSSIA STATE FLIGHTS DISPUTE: RUSSIA REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Russian and American delegations, led by Alexander Neradko, Head of the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA),and PM Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, respectively, reviewed and reaffirmed their existing positions regarding payment of air naviga [...]	2008-02-22 22:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR AMGT FAA RS
08STATE2021	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050077022 for the export of ammunition components to Russia. Post is requested to complete th [...]	2008-01-08 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC RS KOMC
08STATE30504	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal meeting (GYMNICH) in Ljubljana on March 28-29. We expect the agenda to include: Western Balkans (Serbia/Kosovo),Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Lebanon-Syria, China/Tibet, and [...]	2008-03-25 01:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH
08STATE35962	MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...]	2008-04-07 20:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK
08STATE45414	U.S.-RUSSIA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings in Washington, D.C., on March 26-27, 2008, senior-level U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John C. Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, respectively, discussed the draft text for [...]	2008-04-29 20:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MARR RS
08STATE47534	U.S.-RUSSIA AGREEMENT FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR [...] The President has approved the proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russia Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and has authorized its execution (P.D. 2008-19 dated 5 May 2008). A copy [...]	2008-05-05 23:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG KTIA PREL RS
08STATE49795	DEMARCHE REQUEST - POULTRY TECHNICAL REGULATIONS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request - please see para 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request: The GOR issued a draft technical regulation (TR) May 4 that would effectively block imports of poultry meat from (among others) the United States (reftel). The hasty adoption of this TR, coinciding [...]	2008-05-09 22:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
08STATE50705	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]	2008-05-13 19:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	DA ETTC KOMC RS UK
08STATE53922	U/S JEFFERY AND ITALIAN ENI CEO SCARONI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery met with Italian energy firm Eni's CEO Paolo Scaroni on May 6 in Washington. Scaroni came to Washington seeking U.S. views on Eni's activities in Iran and to discuss its growing relationship with Russia's Gazprom. U/S Jeffery pushed back hard when [...]	2008-05-20 21:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN EUN LY AG TU RS IR IT
08STATE55234	(S) POTENTIAL SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO [...] (S) Summary: Russia is planning to ship SA-24 (Igla-S) air defense equipment to Syria in late May. Despite repeated assurances to the U.S. beginning in 2005 that Russia would only provide Syria with vehicle-mounted systems, we have reason to be concerned that Russia may provide man-portable [...]	2008-05-22 22:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY
08STATE55587	U.S. AND RUSSIA LAUNCH ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its first formal meeting, the U.S.-Russia Economic Dialogue reviewed areas of mutual interest on investment, trade and energy. U/S Jeffery and First DFM Denisov fostered a warm and informative exchange of views on such topics as open investment, sovereign wealth funds, and e [...]	2008-05-23 17:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL RS
08STATE55838	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO BEIJING, [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Beijing and Moscow from May 27-31 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. Please arrange accommodations in Beijing and Moscow with beginning [...]	2008-05-23 21:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS
08STATE56861	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...]	2008-05-28 15:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC
08STATE58446	THE WAY FORWARD ON UNMEE [...] This is an action request. Department requests action addressees in London, Paris, Moscow, and Brussels, to approach host governments, as UN Security Council (UNSC) Members, to discuss our proposed way forward on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and a potential follow-on UN pres [...]	2008-05-30 23:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE FR UK RS
08STATE59707	SEEKING GERMAN SUPPORT ON ENDING RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. SUMMARY 2. (C) U.S. officials have provided briefings to countries on Russian arms sales of concern and asked appropriate officials to raise these sales with Russian officials. German Chancellor Merkel is meeting with Russian Preside [...]	2008-06-03 22:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08STATE60043	NON-PAPER ON FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 3. 2. (U) Objective: To advance our bilateral discussions with the Russians on the future of the ISTC. Please pass the non-paper at paragraph 3 to the appropriate host government officials. 3. (U) Begin Text Transformation of the I [...]	2008-06-04 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PBIO RS
08STATE60290	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: SIX-PARTY ECONOMY AND [...] Department requests country clearance for the following U.S. government officials participating in the Six-Party Talks Economy and Energy Working Group meeting in Seoul and Panmunjom June 10 and 11 respectively. Traveler information is listed in para 2. Please designate a control officer and a [...]	2008-06-04 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA AMGT KNNP MNUC PREL KN KS CH JA RS
08STATE62235	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]	2008-06-10 14:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE62452	Under SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- U/S WILLIAM J. BURNS, P PDAS KURT VOLKER, EUR SUMONA GUHA, SPECIAL ASSISTANT, P H. MARTIN MCDOWELL, EUR/NB DESK (NOTETAKER) SWEDEN ------ CARL BILDT, FOREIGN MINISTER AMBASSADOR JONAS HAFSTROM HAKAN MALMQVIST, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, SWEDISH MFA ERIKA F [...]	2008-06-10 19:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS SENV PINR KO RS
08STATE63551	REAFFIRMING RUSSIA,S COMMITMENT TO THE WMD [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 3). 2. (SBU) At the recent weapons of mass destruction terrorism (Wmd-t) sub-group meeting of the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG) in washington in February, the united states and russia adopted a robust work plan that marked a strong [...]	2008-06-12 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OTRA PREL PTER RS
08STATE63960	ACTION REQUEST:P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION: In advance of Javier Solana,s planned June 14 trip to Iran to present the updated P5 1 incentives package, action posts should immediately brief senior host government officials drawing upon the talking points in paragr [...]	2008-06-13 15:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PREL UNSC KNNP PARM FR UK CH RS BA KU MO JO TS
08STATE65280	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL AND [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Tokyo and Beijing from June 19-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. Please arrange accommodations in Tokyo and Beijing with beginning [...]	2008-06-17 23:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS
08STATE66361	DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO CONVEY HELICOPTER FLIGHT [...] This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. Two U.S. citizens have requested USG assistance in transmitting their private request for flight clearance to the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA). These individuals seek to circumnavigate the globe by helicopter and so must fly t [...]	2008-06-20 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE66363	G-8 HEALTH INITIATIVES DEMARCHE [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-6. 2. SUMMARY. During his trip to Europe, the President emphasized the importance of G-8 members following through on pledges on health assistance made at past G-8 summits. The President also asked for our partners' support for new G-8 initia [...]	2008-06-20 01:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EU FR GM IT PREL RS SENV TBIO WHO
08STATE66778	FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] This is an Action request -- see para 3. 2. The Federal Aviation Administration requests that Embassy Moscow transmit the attached text to the appropriate Russian authorities in response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note No. 2307 in which the GOR requests USG assistance c [...]	2008-06-20 20:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE66780	FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. Post is instructed to deliver the following response to the Russian Government's request for an FAA investigation into a safety-related incident at Emelyanovo airport involving a U.S.-registered private aircraft in November 2007. 3. Begin [...]	2008-06-20 20:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE6686	APPLICATION OF THE U.S.-RUSSIA CTR AND MPC&A [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Reference B is a letter dated January 23, 2003 (sic 2004) from V. Kuchinov, director of MINATOM's Department for International and Foreign Economic Cooperation to David Huizenga, (DOE/NNSA). 2. BACKGROUND: By diplomatic note transmitte [...]	2008-01-22 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CTR PARM PREL RS
08STATE67965	FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post relay at a high level a proposal to the Russian government to initiate a follow-up mechanism for our joint commitments to respect the rule of law, international law, human rights, tolerance of diversity, political freedom, and a free market approach to eco [...]	2008-06-24 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RS
08STATE71264	REPLY: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE MV LEHMANN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing from the points in paragraph 3 below, Department requests Posts respond to diplomatic notes from the Embassy of Estonia (received 24 June, 2008) and from the Embassy of Ukraine (received 23 June, 2008) requesting supplies and assistance to Ukrainia [...]	2008-07-02 18:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHSA BM CY EN GM NATO RS SO UK UP
08STATE74888	U.S.-RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETINGS (SITE SECURITY [...] Mr. Brad Martin (Strategic Command - Head of Delegation) 2. Mr. Philip Jamison (Office of the Secretary of Defense - Policy Lead for JDEC) 3. Lt Col Steve Smiley (Air Force - Lead Military Service for JDEC) 4. Mr. Tracy Herbert (Defense Threat Reduction Agency/JSIVA - Physical Secur [...]	2008-07-11 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL RS
08STATE83017	EUR DAS MERKEL,S JULY 1 MEETING WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Batumi GUAM Summit, Ukrainian Foreign Minsiter Ogryzko told EUR DAS Merkel that the most important factors affecting Ukraine,s NATO aspirations are Germany and Russia. The Foreign Minister said that Ukraine is trying to work with Russia but will not accept a [...]	2008-08-01 16:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS BO GM PHUM PGOV MARR
08STATE84105	WMD COMMISSION: RUSSIA TRAVEL [...] This is an action cable - please see paragraph 8 for Embassy assistance requests. 2. Summary: The Commission on Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism will travel to Moscow, Russia during the period of September 22-26, 2008 to assess and update, as appropriate, the Department of Ene [...]	2008-08-05 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY
08STATE84902	U.S.-RUSSIA DIALOGUE ON AREAS OF RULE OF LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests Post relay the proposal in para 7 to the Russian government to establish a government-to-government dialogue on areas of rule of law relevant to anti-corruption and law enforcement with the Russian [...]	2008-08-07 17:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV RS SOCI
08STATE86171	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia. In light of the continued aerial bombings of civilian and military targets in several areas of the country, the Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Georgia and recommends [...]	2008-08-12 10:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER OTRA ASEC GG RS
08STATE87197	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RECENT [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the August 14, 2008, special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, We appreciate so much that you scheduled this special session of the Permanent Council, and express our full support for [...]	2008-08-13 23:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
08STATE88235	TFGG01: ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE TO GAIN SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 08:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
08STATE89919	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118911 for the export of a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera system to Russia. Post [...]	2008-08-21 14:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE90979	DEMARCHE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. TRANSPORTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Moscow is requested to inform immediately appropriate senior Russian officials concerning U.S. ships in the Black Sea transporting humanitarian assistance to Georgia. Currently, USS McFaul is scheduled to reach the Georg [...]	2008-08-23 17:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID GG MARR PHUM PREL RS
08STATE90996	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the return of U.S. Embassy eligible family members to Tbilisi, the resumption of visa services, and the status of roads within the country. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Ge [...]	2008-08-23 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER OTRA ASEC GG RS
08STATE91332	AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE [...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...]	2008-08-25 20:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK
08STATE93447	NATO-RUSSIA: PUTTING "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" INTO [...] (C) Pursuant to the agreement among NATO Foreign Ministers at their August 19 meeting that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship under the current circumstances, Washington supports Mission's view (reftel) that it is important "not to use" the NRC as currently str [...]	2008-09-02 01:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE96598	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-1 [...]	2008-09-10 02:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS
08STATE97574	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-16. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Turkey, and Georg [...]	2008-09-11 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GG RS
08STATE99702	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG RS
08STOCKHOLM452	U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]	2008-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08STOCKHOLM625	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Sweden thinks there is little to fear from a Serbian request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to review the status of Kosovo, according to Hakan Emsgard, Deputy Director General of the EU Department at the MFA. The case would languish there for years, he asserted. Swed [...]	2008-09-15 14:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG SE RS EUN
08STOCKHOLM657	SWEDISH RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KCRS KMCA EUMEM GG RS SW
08STOCKHOLM695	SWEDISH SOC DEM LEADER AHLIN ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman of the opposition Social Democrats told DCM and POL counselor: -- On Afghanistan, he is working to cement Social Democratic support for the Government,s bill to expand troops, but it will be a "tough ride" for the bill. [...]	2008-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SW IR BO GG RS AF
08STOCKHOLM712	SWEDISH MFA ON AESA RELEASIBILITY, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 14:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR RS SW IR AF
08STPETERSBURG135	PANDEMONIUM ERUPTS AT PUBLIC HEARING ON OKHTA CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 27th public hearing on the proposed construction of the Okhta Center degenerated into chaos shortly after its start. An estimated 75% of the audience was recruited by authorities in order to stage enthusiastic public support of the project. Civic and political activi [...]	2008-07-02 11:14:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM RS ECON PGOV
08STPETERSBURG148	ST. PETERSBURGERS HESITANT TO LABEL U.S. AN ALLY, POLL [...] Summary. According to a recent poll, only a minority of St. Petersburg residents consider the U.S. to be a "friend" of Russia, while the perception that China is a close Russian ally is quickly growing. At the same time, however, a majority of residents now deem the U.S. to be closer to a frie [...]	2008-08-05 13:41:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM RS
08STPETERSBURG189	MEMORIAL ST. PETERSBURG RAIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 4 raid on the headquarters of Memorial, an organization dedicated to the documenting and exposing of communist-era human rights violations, the local St. Petersburg prosecutor's office confiscated documents and computer drives while providing thin justification for [...]	2008-12-05 15:46:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PHUM
08STPETERSBURG192	OPPOSITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS THIS WEEK IN ST. PETERSBURG [...] SUMMARY. St. Petersburg was the scene of another Dissenters March December 14, conducted mostly peacefully, but well outside the city center and under control of overwhelming security forces. Some 60 persons were arrested. Human Rights Day December 10 was marked by dueling conferences - one [...]	2008-12-15 16:48:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PHUM
08STPETERSBURG194	CODEL DELAHUNT VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9-10, Representatives William Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher met with several diverse groups of Russian interlocutors in St. Petersburg. Our interlocutors were pleased to be able to meet with such high-level representatives of the U.S. government. ---------------- [...]	2008-12-16 10:44:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS
08STPETERSBURG197	MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...]	2008-12-23 16:04:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC
08TALLINN139	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On April 21, Poloff met with Lauri Kuusing, Russia Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, to discuss points in reftel. According to Kuusing, Foreign Minister Paet has not yet decided whether to issue a statement formally condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Paet is consulting with experts i [...]	2008-04-21 14:21:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN145	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER AND PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT [...] (U) On April 23, after an extraordinary session of Parliament, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and the Parliament released statements in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. The parliament's statement called on Russia to suspend the regulation signed by Presid [...]	2008-04-24 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG EN
08TALLINN231	TALLINN DELIVERS MV LEHMANN TIMBER DIP NOTE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel's points verbally and in the form of a letter from Charge to acting Director General of the Estonian MFA's Consular Affairs Division, Kerli Veski. In the letter, CDA reaffirmed the USG's commitment to combating piracy and to assist the GoE's efforts to resolve the [...]	2008-07-07 14:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHSA BM CY GM NATO RS SO UK UP EN
08TALLINN241	THE DECLINE OF ESTONIA'S ETHNIC RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although ethnic Russians make up about one-third of Estonia's population, they have failed to achieve any significant influence over Estonian politics. Support for Russian parties continues to decline, with most Russians supporting the mainstream Center Party. The small Russia [...]	2008-07-14 13:06:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
08TALLINN279	TFGGO1: ESTONIA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 10:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG AM EN
08TALLINN282	TFGGO1: Estonian President Ilves Issues for [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 09:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN290	TFGG01: ESTONIAN FM PAET'S VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet embarked on a three day visit to Georgia. In addition to meetings with Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, Paet visited injured Georgians in a hospital and toured an Internally Di [...]	2008-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG AM EN
08TALLINN298	TFGG01: ESTONIA AND GERMANY CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Tallinn August 26th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Russia's decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia "completely unacceptable" and "illegal" and stressed the need to maintain EU unity vis-a-vis Russia. Estonian PM Ansip proposed the EU lau [...]	2008-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN393	GAERC: ESTONIA LIKELY TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON PCA [...] (C) MFA European Correspondent Kristina Meius confirmed to Pol/Econ Chief on November 7 that Estonia will not block consensus at next week's GAERC on moving forward with PCA negotiations. Meius said that she believes the member states will find a compromise solution. Estonia will agree to re [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS EN

08TALLINN72	ESTONIA: RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE AN INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Poloff met with Simmu Tiik, Director General of the 3rd Political Department (Russia) and Toomas Tirs, Georgia Desk Officer, at the Estonian MFA to discuss reftel points. Tiik said, based on recent statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, he does not think [...]	2008-02-22 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG EN

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