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09MOSCOW1281	RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...]	2009-05-20 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS

09MOSCOW1282	DELIVERY OF MD, JDEC VISIT DOCUMENTS: MFA PROMISES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered draft documents (reftel) and Russian language translations May 19 to Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov. (DCM had earlier also passed copies to MFA North Americas Department Director Neverov, and a copy was also delivered to MOD General Lieutenant Buzhinskiy.) Ryabkov th [...]	2009-05-20 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1283	GAZPROM SIGNS SLEW OF DEALS ON SOUTH STREAM; [...] (C) On May 15, Gazprom signed separate agreements on South Stream with Italy's ENI, Bulgarian Energy Holding, Greece's DESFA, and Serbia's Srbijagas. The most significant of the agreements was an "addendum" to an existing MOU between Gazprom and ENI, calling for capacity expansion from 31 bil [...]	2009-05-20 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW132	TURNING RUSSIA INTO A MORE HELPFUL SIX PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Russian Six Party negotiator Grigoriy Logvinov is pressing for closer coordination with the new Administration. Early consultations, in Washington or Moscow (on the margins of the February 19-20 NEAPSM Working Group meeting),could potentially turn the GOR into a more helpful [...]	2009-01-21 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN KS CH RS
09MOSCOW1331	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, OPENING SESSION, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the first meeting between the United States and Russian Delegations to conclude a START Follow-on Treaty, the Russian Delegation reiterated that Russia's approach was provided to the United States in its Aide Memoire, dated December 15, 2008. The Russian Delegation also m [...]	2009-05-22 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1332	NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG'S MEETINGS WITH MEDVEDEV [...] (C) On May 19, Norwegian PM Stoltenberg met separately with Putin and Medvedev for "friendly talks." The discussions focused on cooperation on the Far North and energy, but were not detailed. To the Norwegian delegation's surprise, neither Putin nor Medvedev raised contentious issues like N [...]	2009-05-22 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV NO RS
09MOSCOW1333	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC BM RS
09MOSCOW1337	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1340	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INFINET WIRELESS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2009-05-26 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1341	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OPTICAL ELECTRONIC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Optical Electronic Technologies, Moscow, Russia. The company [...]	2009-05-26 07:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1345	A RUSSIAN MARSHALL PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN? [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference on Russian-Afghan relations organized by a Russian NGO provided Moscow an opportunity to demonstrate its concern over the situation in Afghanistan without committing to provide additional assistance to the country. The event brought together Russian official [...]	2009-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF RS
09MOSCOW1346	RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC: POLICY AND COMPETING VOICES [...] (C) In March, Medvedev approved Russia's long-delayed Arctic policy. It defined the region as Russia's strategic energy reserve, called for its promotion as a transportation corridor, and sought to balance cooperation with the country's security needs. The policy itself reflects competing [...]	2009-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1347	CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]	2009-05-26 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1348	MFA CONTEMPLATES RETURN TO CFE [...] (C) Summary: MFA DVBR Counselor Federyakov told us May 21 that recent press reports that Russian intended to propose a "revised version" of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty were referring to the proposals in the aide memoire passed to A/S Gottemoeller on April 24, not a new Russi [...]	2009-05-26 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MARR RS
09MOSCOW1349	RUSSIA: BURY HITLER, NOT STALIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Kremlin announced that it had formed a "Commission to Oppose Historical Falsification," to address any attempts to "cast doubt on our people's victory in World War II." This decision followed a May 7 proposal in the State Duma to introduce amendments criminalizin [...]	2009-05-26 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1350	UNITED RUSSIA: SPRING TRAINING FOR FALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In the past week President Medvedev has stepped forward to chastise United Russia, Prime Minister Putin's political creation and vehicle for his political interests, for its reluctance to engage political opponents in public debate. This salvo at United Russia has triggered predic [...]	2009-05-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON RS
09MOSCOW1354	GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...]	2009-05-26 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW1355	MFA ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. In a May 26 meeting, MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin denied any Russian interference in Georgia's internal situation, and rejected reports of recent troop increases due to the ongoing demonstrations in Georgia. MFA I/O Head of Divis [...]	2009-05-26 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW136	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TON LTD, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Ton Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-01-22 07:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1361	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow in January 2009. The visit produced no major political agreements and only modest strengthening of the limited economic ties between the countrie [...]	2009-05-27 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON PREL CU RS
09MOSCOW1362	READING THE TEA LEAVES ON MEDVEDEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's May 16 proposal to change the way the head, deputy head and secretary of Russia's Constitutional Court are selected passed all three readings by the State Duma on May 20 and 22, received the approval of the Federation Council on May 27, and now appears hea [...]	2009-05-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1363	RUSSIAN MFA ON OSCE IN GEORGIA AND GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin in a May 26 meeting reiterated that a continued OSCE presence in Georgia was contingent on approval of Russia's OSCE proposal for separate monitoring missions in South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Dviny [...]	2009-05-27 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW1364	DEMARCHE FOR RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 27, EST Off delivered reftel demarche on strengthening the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Russia's MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova said she was aware of some of the proposed enhance [...]	2009-05-27 15:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC PARM PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1373	IZHORA STEEL WORKS NEEDS INVESTMENT TO REALIZE RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Izhora Steel Works currently is Russia's only producer of nuclear power plant equipment sets for Russia's 1000 megawatt pressurized light water reactors (VVER). Although Izhora claims it can meet current plans for domestic and international nuclear construction, it needs a [...]	2009-05-28 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ENRG PGOV SENV RS
09MOSCOW1386	MEDVEDEV AND THE "GOLDEN MEAN" [...] (C) In a May 25 speech on budget priorities, the first-ever to the Cabinet, President Medvedev acknowledged that the economic downturn was far from over. Medvedev also appeared to side with economic conservatives, who favor sharp reductions in government spending, in the televised May 25 spe [...]	2009-05-28 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW1388	WITH BP'S ACQUIESCENCE, RUSSIAN PARTNER TAKES OVER [...] (C) TNK-BP announced on May 27 that its board had appointed Mikhail Fridman, the senior partner in the AAR consortium that owns 50 percent of TNK-BP, as the company's new interim CEO. The company also announced the board had appointed Russian executives Pavel Skitovich and Maxim Barsky to sen [...]	2009-05-28 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1389	MOSCOW RULES CONSTRAIN NIKITA BELYKH'S "LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary: Our May 20-21 visit to Kirov, one week after President Medvedev's own visit, revealed tight Moscow limits on the ambitions of Governor Nikita Belykh, a former opposition leader who assumed office in January 2009. Unable to implement political or mass media reforms, Belykh has tur [...]	2009-05-28 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1397	RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS [...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...]	2009-05-29 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW1401	MEDVEDEV CAPITALIZES ON MOSCOW POLICE FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An April 27 police shooting spree that was captured on video and placed on the internet rocked Moscow and gave President Medvedev an opportunity to burnish his anti-corruption credentials. In sacking Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin and four other high-level police officia [...]	2009-05-29 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW1402	DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH [...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...]	2009-05-29 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1403	Russia following South Ossetia elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press has been closely following the South Ossetian election campaign over the past several months. Reports cover the election mechanics and Russian assistance, which includes polling stations on Russian soil, election observers, and "methodological" aid. Pressure b [...]	2009-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW1404	CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL NAMED HEAD OF RUSSIAN AIRBORNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Strongly criticized for war crimes committed in Chechnya by troops under his command, Lt. General Vladimir Shamanov's appointment to command Russian airborne troops is considered by some experts to be a message from the Russian leadership in support of not only military reform bu [...]	2009-05-29 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MCAP PREL PINS RS
09MOSCOW1423	GLONASS DEPLOYMENT HAS FULL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At the third International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow from May 12-13, Russian officials took pains to demonstrate high-level government support for the previously behind-schedule Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). They assured the thousand plus government a [...]	2009-06-01 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL PREL ECON KPAO ECIN TNGD PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1424	LATEST RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT, LIKE ITS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The May 21-22 Russia-EU Summit, held in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East (RFE),resulted in no breakthroughs on major energy, political and trade issues. Press reports focused on continuing "tensions" over energy, a topic dominated by Russia's push for the EU to finance Ukraine's gas ne [...]	2009-06-01 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS EU
09MOSCOW1431	DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...]	2009-06-01 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1436	THE MAN WHO WRITES PUTIN'S FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary: Putin has assembled for himself a small foreign policy team after moving from the Kremlin to the Russian White House, according to Yuri Kholkhov, a former MFA official who now prepares briefing papers for the Prime Minister. Russian prime ministers did not previously have a fore [...]	2009-06-02 06:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1439	IPR: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN A NORTHEAST [...] Summary. A delegation of Russian law enforcement officials participated in the 5th annual USPTO Northeast Baltic Regional Conference on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment held in Helsinki, Finland on April 28-29, 2009. Their participation signals [...]	2009-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1440	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-02 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1447	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RADIS LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Radis Ltd., Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...]	2009-06-03 06:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1449	RUSSIA'S ROSATOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL/NUCLEAR WATCHDOG GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Forum-Dialogue on "Nuclear Power, Society and Safety" held April 21 and 22 hosted by Rosatom State Corporation in Saint Petersburg featured Rosatom Director General Kiriyenko's affirmation the current Federal Targeted Plan (FTP) will continue as planned, but [...]	2009-06-03 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL MNUC ENRG KRAD SENV PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1450	COOPERATION ON RUSSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: [...] (C) Despite the economic crisis, in recent months President Medvedev has kept up a steady flow of initiatives to combat corruption, his signature issue in the presidential campaign last year. Medvedev has largely focused these initiatives on corruption by officials, including declarations of [...]	2009-06-03 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1451	WEATHERFORD TO BUY TNK-BP SERVICES UNIT FOR $450 [...] (C) American (but Swiss-registered) oil field services company Weatherford agreed on May 29 to buy TNK-BP's oil field services (OFS) enterprises in a deal worth approximately $450 million. It is one of the largest foreign investments in Russia in recent years and certainly the largest since R [...]	2009-06-03 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1452	PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO [...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...]	2009-06-03 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1456	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1457	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS RS
09MOSCOW1459	FSVTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with Washington analysts, Aleksandr Y. Skobeltsyn, Chief 2nd Department for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS),reiterated FSVTS's role in Russia's arms export policy (reftel),stressing that his office focused on reviewing proposed arms sales to foreign c [...]	2009-06-03 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW1462	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to a lack of funding, we were not able to travel to Surgut, Russia to conduct a site visit of Surgutneftegas's business operations and on-site security. A company representative, however, flew to Moscow to meet us and provided us with corporate reports. He also described t [...]	2009-06-04 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW1464	U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE MEMOIRE ON B-1 HEAVY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:47:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1469	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE BECOMING A REALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will gather in Moscow on June 14 to create a Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). MFA officials and experts agree that Russia's principal motivation for creating KSOR is to counter a possible northern influx [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PINR MCAP MARR RS
09MOSCOW1470	RUSSIA AND BELARUS: A CLOSE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) PM Putin's May 29 visit to Minsk began a sharp exchange on Belarus's financial situation, with the Russian Finance Minister predicting the collapse of the Belarusian economy by the end of the year. According to analysts this latest spat was reflective of a "close but dysfunctional" relat [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
09MOSCOW1473	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNPUOS UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1474	RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...]	2009-06-05 03:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNGA RS
09MOSCOW1475	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 06:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1478	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to MFA Department for Human Rights section chief Andrey Lancjikov, who said that Russia's position on extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan was "still under consideration." He explained that on June 4, the MFA had discussed this [...]	2009-06-05 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW1479	CLINTON-KOUCHNER LETTER AND UNOMIG DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Ambassador delivered Ref B talking points on UNOMIG to DFM Karasin, while post delivered ref A and B demarche and letter to MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin the same day, jointly with French Embassy DCM Philippe Lefort. Karasin said Russia would engage and negotiate on [...]	2009-06-05 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW148	RUSSIA TO SANCTION ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA? [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev signed a decree January 19 prohibiting the supply of military and dual-use items to Georgia, and threatening economic sanctions and the termination of military-economic and military-technical cooperation for foreign countries and entities engaged in such arms [...]	2009-01-22 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS GG RS
09MOSCOW1487	RUSSIA EAGER TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON LETHAL [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials expressed genuine interest in overcoming obstacles to conclude an agreement with the U.S. on lethal transit to Afghanistan during May 27 talks, and passed a draft agreement to the U.S. delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that there might be [...]	2009-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW1488	ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Lieberman's June 2-3 visit to Russia appears not to have broken new ground diplomatically, but cemented Moscow's impression that the Russian-speaking Lieberman is one of their own. The trip included meetings with Medvedev and Putin, as well as a lengthy discussion with [...]	2009-06-05 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IS SY GG RS
09MOSCOW149	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1490	ALEKSANDR EBRALIDZE--RUSSIA'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. While press reports describe St. Petersburg businessman Aleksandr Ebralidze as "the Kremlin's favorite" to become the next President in Georgia, South Caucasus watchers had not heard of Ebralidze before he announced his aspirations at a Georgian diaspora conference in Sochi in M [...]	2009-06-05 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW1491	MISSILE DEFENSE, JDEC, NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary. During interagency delegation discussions in Moscow May 28 on prospects for developing joint cooperation on ballistic missile defense (MD),outstanding issues regarding establishment of the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC),and non-proliferation deliverables for the July summit, [...]	2009-06-05 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW1492	RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Russia's two representatives to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) told Post that Russia fully supports U.S. positions for the upcoming IWC meeting in Madeira. Specifically, the government of Russia (GOR) favors continuing the "Future of the IWC" process to reach a [...]	2009-06-08 06:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC RS
09MOSCOW1496	RUMORS OF DEFENSE MINISTER OUSTER DISCOUNTED [...] (C) Summary: Local press reported that Defense Minister Serdyukov would be dismissed from his post and made Head of the Federal Customs Service (FTS),to be replaced by someone from within the Defense Ministry. A working group of Duma Deputies and military experts submitted a report to Medved [...]	2009-06-08 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1497	NEMTSOV, MILOV: OBAMA MUST SHOW SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov and former Deputy Energy Minister Vladimir Milov -- co-leaders of the Solidarity opposition movement -- outlined for the Ambassador how President Obama should approach his July visit to Moscow. First, they argued, Ob [...]	2009-06-08 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM OVIP RS
09MOSCOW1498	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T-PLATFORMS, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T-Platforms, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-06-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW150	RUSSIA TAKING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Federation is taking the February 2009 review of the human rights situation here under the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) special mechanism seriously. The Senior Human Rights Adviser at the UN's mission in Moscow told us that last summer he [...]	2009-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UNHRC RS
09MOSCOW1500	RUSSIA GRANTS EXTENSION ON NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late January 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) expressed its concerns in both a DVC and in a letter that the veterinary certificate for the export of US pork to Russia does not adequately reflect Russian requirements. VPSS [...]	2009-06-08 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1501	MURDER OF TOP COP SHOWS THAT DAGESTAN IS STILL [...] (SBU) The June 5 shooting of Dagestan's Interior Minister Adilgirei Magomedtagirov by a sniper while he stood outside a banquet hall where he was attending the wedding of a lower-ranking ministry official shows just how uncontrolled the security situation is in this North Caucasus republic. P [...]	2009-06-08 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW1503	EXBS: SUPPORTING RUSSIAN CUSTOMS' EFFORTS TO IMPROVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1505	CRISIS FAINTLY BOOSTS PRESS FREEDOM; PUBLIC SNOOZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of GOR policy in some print and internet media has sharpened as the financial crisis has taken hold. This has raised hopes among some liberal observers that the financial crisis will improve press freedom in Russia, by forcing GOR officials to be more open to criticis [...]	2009-06-09 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1506	INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - RUSSIA STILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA RS
09MOSCOW1507	KALUGA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the ruling United Russia-dominated Kaluga Region, local government officials took great pains to portray it as one of the most attractive regions in Russia for foreign investment and, despite the current economic crisis, one that is thriving with virtu [...]	2009-06-09 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM KCOR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1508	RUSSIA SUPPORTS DRPK UNSCR TEXT, SEEKS CLARITY ON [...] (C) Russian DFM Aleksandr Borodavkin called in Ambassador Beyrle late June 8 (Moscow time) to discuss the current draft UNSCR under consideration in New York condemning North Korea for its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. Borodavkin opened by noting that, in principle, Russia is read [...]	2009-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV NK RS
09MOSCOW1509	DFM GRUSHKO ON NATO-RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador June 8 that the GOR could not prepare in time for a formal NRC ministerial June 27, but would support an informal meeting, which would provide the political signal to allow reengagement on military to military cooperation. He was unwill [...]	2009-06-09 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO UP RS
09MOSCOW1512	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Kaliningrad May 5-6 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Contr [...]	2009-06-10 08:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1520	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) The strains of the economic crisis are increasing pressure on the GOR to slow down electricity sector reform. Consumers are concerned about the speed of price reform and generating companies (gencos) are reluctant to modernize generating capacity. The GOR's signals about its intentions ar [...]	2009-06-11 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ENRG RS
09MOSCOW1521	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-06-11 09:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1525	INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY MAKERS [...] (C) In response to ref A request for information on Russian leaders with influence on GOR Afghan policy, we have provided profiles of MFA officials involved in Russian policy toward Afghanistan. Of the MFA officials listed below, we classify the following as experts on Afghanistan: Aleksandr [...]	2009-06-11 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW153	GAS CRISIS RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Confirming press reports, Gazprom told us January 21 that supplies to Europe and Ukraine had been restored "in full." An EU representative told us January 22 that monitors have confirmed flows are "on track" and have reported no problems. As has been widely reported, the gas fl [...]	2009-01-23 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW1530	NORD STREAM CEO SAYS PIPELINE WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2011 -- IF IT STARTS ON TIME Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS GM
09MOSCOW1535	UNITED RUSSIA MANIPULATES PENZA REGION'S MASSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to the Penza Region it was apparent that United Russia dominates the region to an extreme degree. Opposition forces, like the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF),the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR),and Just Russia have very little [...]	2009-06-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1536	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5th the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that the VPSS would grant an extension on the negotiation of a frozen pork meat and by-products certificate to August 1, 2009. (Ref A) Howeve [...]	2009-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1537	GOR WITHDRAWS FROM SCHNEERSOHN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, [...] (C) On personal instructions from Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director for the North America Department Khudrin summoned us on June 11 and presented a note (scanned and emailed to EUR/RUS) that announced the GOR's withdrawal from United States court pro [...]	2009-06-11 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1538	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]	2009-06-11 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1539	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JDEC/PLNS NON-PAPER: "RARE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09MOSCOW154	RUSSIAN MFA ON TREATMENT OF FORMER GUANTANAMO [...] (C) We met with Artem Kudoyarov, Deputy Director in the MFA's North America Department, to convey reftel concerns about reports that the GOR has denied critical medical care to Rasul Kudaev, a former detainee at the Guantanamo detention center currently in Russian custody. In addition to ref [...]	2009-01-23 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDGR PTER KJUS RS
09MOSCOW1540	Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations Seeks to Expand [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AORC EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KG TI
09MOSCOW1541	RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] (C/NF) MFA Deputy Director Gorlach welcomed reftel demarche as an important signal and expressed interest in the idea of a joint U.S.-Russian statement for the Corfu ministerial. He said that Russia would not oppose efforts to discuss the human and economic agenda, but asked for specifics an [...]	2009-06-11 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EU NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1542	FM STEINMEIER URGES RUSSIA TO SEIZE THIS HISTORIC [...] (C) On a June 10 visit to Moscow, German FM Steinmeier met separately with President Medvedev, PM Putin, and FM Lavrov. According to the German embassy, the visit bolstered the strategic partnership, with Steinmeier using the opportunity to press Russia on nuclear disarmament negotiations wit [...]	2009-06-11 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG GM RS
09MOSCOW1544	DELIVERY OF U.S.NON-PAPERS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM KACT START JCIC KTIA US RS
09MOSCOW155	MOSCOW GOVERNMENT COPES WITH THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to Moscow city officials, the global economic crisis has not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree that it is impacting the capital's more affluent residents. In order to mitigate its effects and maintain a stable political climate in Moscow, the city gover [...]	2009-01-23 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1556	WORLD GRAIN FORUM IN ST.PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6-7 the Government of the Russian Federation hosted its first World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg. With approximately 1,500 representatives from over 40 countries ranging from Agriculture Ministers to grain industry experts the forum focused on the role of grain produc [...]	2009-06-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1557	MOSCOW CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SIGNIFICANT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 07:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS RS XF
09MOSCOW1561	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia, which provides an opportunity for us to engage with the highest levels of the Russian government on energy issues, an opportunity that has until recently been largely absent in the relationship. The "reset" of relations and in particular [...]	2009-06-15 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1562	PUTIN, PIKALEVO, AND THE FAILURE OF THE POWER [...] (C) Summary. The events two weeks ago in the northwestern town of Pikalevo, in which frustrated workers in three small, idled plants blocked a federal highway to draw attention to their plight, demonstrated the failures of Russia's "vertical of power" and gave insight into the balance of power [...]	2009-06-15 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1565	2009 REPORT FOR RUSSIA ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Per reftel request, attached is post's draft 2009 Report for Russia on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. We have also e-mailed to EUR/RUS and EEB/OIA the draft report as a Word document marked to show changes from the 2008 Report for Russia. Begin text of draft report: 2. ( [...]	2009-06-15 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1572	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SWEMEL INNOVATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Swemel Innovation Enterprise, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2009-06-16 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1582	MOSCOW CONSIDERS THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SIGNIFICANT, [...] Summary: The President's June 4 Cairo speech received a generally positive response in the Moscow press. Russia's Muslim leaders were similarly upbeat, and they expressed hope for better relations between West and East and an inclusive global conversation. Many commentators questioned wheth [...]	2009-06-16 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS RS XF
09MOSCOW1591	IMPLICATIONS OF REARMING GEORGIA FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: A decision to move towards a more robust military relationship with Georgia will imperil our efforts to re-start relations with Russia, if it is not carefully calibrated and deployed. While Medvedev understands the strategic and personal benefits of crafting a productive partnersh [...]	2009-06-17 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV RS GG

09MOSCOW1597	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SCIENTOLOGISTS UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign against the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) in Russia, instigated by General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka in early 2009, continued in May and June. While a judge dismissed one case against the JW branch in Tolyatti on insufficient grounds, the situation in Samara Oblast, Sve [...]	2009-06-18 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1599	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NONPAPER ON AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, MFA Legal Department Section Chief Titushkin provided a response to reftel nonpaper laying out U.S. opposition to an international piracy court. He explained that the GOR considered an international tribunal an appropriate forum to prosecute suspected pirates, espe [...]	2009-06-18 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW160	RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ENDS GRADUAL RUBLE DEVALUATION [...] (C) In a post-trading day press conference on January 22, Central Bank (CBR) Chairman Sergei Ignatiyev announced the end of the CBR's policy of gradual ruble devaluation. The announcement came two months after the CBR embarked on a series of 1-percent devaluations against a currency "basket" [...]	2009-01-23 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1603	"PIKALEVO SYNDROME:" NOT A PANDEMIC, BUT STILL [...] (C) Government officials, business leaders, and economists have become fascinated over the past couple weeks with the potential spread of "Pikalevo syndrome" and the repetition in other single company towns of this month's highly publicized demonstration outside St. Petersburg. As expected, th [...]	2009-06-18 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1605	MEDVEDEV, MOSCOW DEMONSTRATE RESOLVE BY STAMPING [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow and across Russia, radical changes are afoot as gambling businesses scramble to comply with a new federal law restricting gambling facilities to four special gaming zones. Some gambling moguls are planning to move their businesses to other former Soviet republics and [...]	2009-06-18 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1606	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE LAUNCHED WITHOUT BELARUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 14 signed documents to create the Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). Though in attendance at the summit, Uzbekistan did not sign the KSOR agreement, possibly for fear that KSOR may be used to settl [...]	2009-06-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR RS ETRD BO
09MOSCOW1608	RUSSIA UNDECIDED ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV RS
09MOSCOW1609	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Poneman and DOE Moscow representatives met with Russian Federation Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss future cooperation in areas of mutual interest to include energy and climate change. During the ninety-minute meeting, Shmatk [...]	2009-06-19 05:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PTER RS
09MOSCOW1611	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman met with Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on June 10, 2009 in Moscow to discuss nonproliferation Presidential Summit deliverables, including the Joint Statement on Nuclear Security, the Protocol to amend the Plutonium Ma [...]	2009-06-19 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PARM ENRG
09MOSCOW1616	DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, Ambassador Beyrle, and Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Jim Timbie met with Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko and his Deputy Nikolai Spasskiy on June 9, 2009 in Moscow to develop a p [...]	2009-06-19 09:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KTIA IR RS ENRG
09MOSCOW1617	GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...]	2009-06-19 10:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN GM RS
09MOSCOW1619	BUSINESS LEADER ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Yanna Yakovleva, the head of Business Solidarity, a NGO dedicated to protecting Russian businesses from government extortion. Yakovleva expressed appreciation for a recent joint project with the Embassy that had changed the law o [...]	2009-06-19 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KJUS SNAR RS
09MOSCOW1620	MEDVEDEV SENDS DUMA WATERED-DOWN AMENDMENTS TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17 President Medvedev sent to the Russian State Duma a packet of proposed changes to the NGO Law enacted in 2006 at the behest of then president Vladimir Putin. The proposed changes are minor -- permitting smaller NGOs to use shorter, less burdensome forms when registe [...]	2009-06-19 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1621	MFA ON UNOMIG FAILURE, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: MFA IVth CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us UNOMIG renewal talks failed in part due to the West's rigid response to Russia's earlier OSCE proposals, which caused Moscow to "tighten" its position on UNOMIG. Dvinyanin described Russia's concurrence with UNSCR 1866, which refer [...]	2009-06-19 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW1625	LOOKING FOR A "NO" FROM WTO ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary. Following Putin's surprise announcement that Russia intends to accede to the WTO as part of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are still trying to figure out how best to proceed. Intensive consultations are underway, with Minister Nabiullina reported [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD RS WTO
09MOSCOW1626	IMF'S MISSION TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. IMF Senior Resident Representative for Russia Odd Per Brekk gave us an overview of the recent Article IV consultations with the GOR. He explained that non-vital spending comprised too much of the country's 2009 fiscal deficit. Right-sizing the deficit and directing more of the [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW1642	NO OFFICIAL GOR POSITION ON PATRIOT MISSILES IN [...] (C) MFA North America Desk First Secretary Aleksey Ivanov told us the GOR had no official position on the possible rotating-basis deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems in Poland. He told us that many GOR officials, however privately oppose such a move because they interpret Polish statem [...]	2009-06-22 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MCAP MARR RS PL
09MOSCOW1645	SUMMIT DELIVERABLES: RYABKOV NOTES SPEED AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov confirmed to Ambassador Steve Mull in a June 17 meeting in Moscow that the GOR is working hard to get responses to the "very creative hard work" delivered by Energy DepSec Poneman, A/S Gottemoeller and Ambassador Mull himself during r [...]	2009-06-23 04:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1646	SAMARA - A CITY OF TWO TALES [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has heightened the divide between the Samara oblast administration's relentless assertions of stability and the "non-official" story of growing discontent among the more politically active part of society and within elite circles. Samara officials assured us [...]	2009-06-23 04:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1647	FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN, SURVIVAL TRUMPS RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite liberal laws and official Russian policy protecting women's rights, Russian women routinely suffer rights abuses in their daily lives, including violence and sexual harassment. Centuries-old patriarchal attitudes continue to hold sway. Soviet ideology temporarily and [...]	2009-06-23 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM EFIN SOCI KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1649	MOSCOW SAYS IRANIAN ELECTION AN INTERNAL AFFAIR [...] (U) Moscow has steered clear of the controversy over Iran's June 12 Presidential election, waiting until June 22 for the MFA to release a brief statement declaring the election a "purely internal affair." The statement did acknowledge that the election was being "challenged by other contender [...]	2009-06-23 09:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW1650	RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS ON BLACK SEA FLEET "MOST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA was at pains to stress the success and cooperative tone of the June 10 Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Fleet sub-commission talks. The sides agreed on a mechanism for rapid exchange of information on urgent issues and a scheme to inventory land parcels used by the BSF, plus di [...]	2009-06-23 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP RS UP
09MOSCOW1652	RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER DRAFT U.S.-RUSSIA POINTS OF [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA European Cooperation Section head Pavel Knyazev on June 23. Knyazev said all the points looked fine at first glance, although the point on Trafficking in Persons struck him as "on a different scale," and did not address all of the issues in this area, where [...]	2009-06-23 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE MARR RS
09MOSCOW1653	WOMEN IN MOSCOW CITY LEADERSHIP: AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: As elsewhere in Russia, women in Moscow are underrepresented in high-level positions in politics. On the whole, women do not have equal opportunities as men to run for office because they lack the necessary financial and administrative means and have difficulty overcoming Russ [...]	2009-06-23 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1658	VISIT OF SE MORNINGSTAR: RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) In June 17-18 meetings with visiting Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar, Russian interlocutors welcomed greater cooperation and dialogue with the U.S., including on two-way investment and global strategic issues such as the future of LNG, pipelines, and energy diplomacy. SE Mor [...]	2009-06-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1660	RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement (reftel) to MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy and European Cooperation Deputy Director Yuri Gorlatch June 24. Set forth below are their initial questions and comments on the text. We also pa [...]	2009-06-24 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF US RS
09MOSCOW1661	RUSSIAN MEDIA, OFTEN CRITICAL OF FOREIGN [...] SUMMARY: A recent series of news items in the Russian press has cast an introspective spotlight on the perils that Russian children face in orphanages and domestic adoptive families. The media has increasingly drawn public attention to a spate of incidents in recent months in which Russian [...]	2009-06-25 06:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC KOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1664	START FOLLOW-ON: A/S GOTTEMOELLER PRESENTS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller led an inter-agency delegation that presented U.S. papers on SNDVs and ODSNWs, a draft Joint Understanding (Refs C and D),and the U.S. non-paper containing comments on the Russian "vision" paper to a Russian interagency delegation June 15-16. [...]	2009-06-25 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KACT START MARR KNNP RS
09MOSCOW1665	RUSSIAN AG MINISTER SUPPORTS ACTION ON A/H1N1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik met with Ambassador Beyrle on June 22, 2009. In a short and cordial exchange, Skrynnik instructed Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) leaders present to hold a DVC with USDA technical experts this week in an ef [...]	2009-06-25 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1666	VLADIMIR REGION WEATHERS THE CRISIS [...] (C) Labor, business, and government leaders in Vladimirskaya oblast remain optimistic about their region's future despite recent setbacks caused by the financial crisis. Regional administration officials anticipate the opening of sixteen new enterprises and production lines by the end of 2009 [...]	2009-06-25 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1667	GOR SO FAR LOW KEY ON MANAS [...] (SBU) In the wake of the Kyrgyz announcement that the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan had reached a new agreement on the continued use of the Manas airport in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan, official GOR reaction so far has maintained the consistent line that Manas is a matter of bilateral re [...]	2009-06-25 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW1670	VORKUTA: ARCTIC MINING TOWN WEATHERS CRISIS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 13-15 visit to Vorkuta, a former gulag mining town north of the Arctic Circle, revealed a company town (or so-called "monogorod") struggling to define itself amid "optimization" that has hemorrhaged jobs and residents over the past decade. A May 24 rally that attracted 1 [...]	2009-06-25 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1685	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ACQUITTAL OF POLITKOVSKAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the February acquittal of three men charged with the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, citing serious procedural violations, and ordered a retrial. The defendants' lawyers called the decision "political," and sta [...]	2009-06-29 09:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1688	SAMADUROV EXPECTS GUILTY VERDICT IN "FORBIDDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former Sakharov Center Director Yuriy Samodurov and former curator of the New Tretyakov Gallery Andrey Yerofeyev has entered its third month of hearings at the Taganskiy district court in the criminal case brought against them for a 2006 modern art exhibit entitle [...]	2009-06-29 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI KJUS RS
09MOSCOW169	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-001: [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1696	FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...]	2009-06-29 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS
09MOSCOW173	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTEX LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested Post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Autex Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on two (2) [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1730	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1731	RUSSIAN MFA GRANTS MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE WITH [...] On June 29, 2009, via diplomatic note 3217/DSA, MFA authorized a fisheries research survey on pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) by the vessel Oscar Dyson in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Bering Sea during the period July 1 to August 3, 2009, without entering Russian ports. Post has e-m [...]	2009-07-02 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT RS
09MOSCOW1732	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 05:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1738	VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. Russia said Moscow's agreement to meet with Moldovan President Voronin June 22 in Moscow was not election campaign assistance, but only support inasmuch as Moscow sought to maintain good relations with its neighbors and protect the interests of the Russian-speaking (voting) popu [...]	2009-07-02 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS MD
09MOSCOW1742	YAVLINSKIY'S POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador Beyrle met with former Yabloko leader Grigoriy Yavlinskiy prior to the Obama-Medvedev summit to hear his views on U.S.-Russian relations, as well as his thoughts on how the U.S. should best approach bilateral relations. His top five recommendations pertain [...]	2009-07-03 10:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1743	MOSCOW CITY DUMA AMENDMENTS FAVOR A UNITED RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City Duma amended Moscow's Election Code on June 17, strategically changing the rules for its own elections. These measures set up a voting structure that favors United Russia's continual dominance in the October 11, 2009 Moscow City Duma elections. Key legislativ [...]	2009-07-03 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW176	KREMLIN DIRECTS UNITED RUSSIA TO "SPIN" CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: At the instruction of Kremlin officials, United Russia is taking a more active visible role in defending Russian government actions to the Russian public. Countering the anti-import duty protests and messages which have resonated in political and media circles for weeks, United Ru [...]	2009-01-27 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW1763	MEDVEDEV IN BAKU: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of President Medvedev's visit to Baku June 29, Russia is optimistic that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved in the near future. To effect that, Moscow plans no actions outside of the Minsk Group Process, which is organizing a meeting between the Armenian [...]	2009-07-08 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AZ
09MOSCOW1764	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH KIRILL PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary. In advance of the July 6-8 visit to Moscow by President Obama, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill welcomed stronger ties between the U.S. and Russia and proposed a religious component to international peace negotiations. Kirill also presse [...]	2009-07-08 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1768	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Vladivostok June 9-10 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Con [...]	2009-07-09 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1772	DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna Yevstegneyeva. Our Bri [...]	2009-07-09 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1780	CODEL BERMAN MEETS WITH CARNEGIE CENTER AND AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings June 30, Codel Berman met with Carnegie Center experts and AmCham members. Carnegie's Trenin told the Codel that missile defense was the "make-or-break" issue for Russia's post-START treaty posture. Russia benefited from U.S. tensions with Iran, although i [...]	2009-07-10 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1781	U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...]	2009-07-10 10:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1787	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SIGM PLUS COMPANY, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Sigm Plus Company, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-07-10 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1790	TATARSTAN'S EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY AWAITS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Beyrle's June 24-25 visit to Kazan, Tatarstan President Mintimir Shaymiyev and members of the central Russian republic's business community told him that the republic's export-oriented local economy (oil and heavy machinery) is suffering greatly from the current [...]	2009-07-10 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR KISL SCUL RS
09MOSCOW1791	UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, WAGE ARREARS & REDUCED HOURS [...] (C) According to GOR data released last week, actual unemployment in Russia fell to 8.5 percent, or 6.5 million workers, in May. Employment was also down 1.9 percent, or 2.1 million workers, from May 2008. Experts predicted that the employment decline would continue because workers leaving t [...]	2009-07-13 06:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1793	ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES SUMMIT WITH ROUNDTABLE OF [...] (C) Summary: A panel of experts told ASD Vershbow the July 6-8 POTUS visit had been a success, with both sides working hard to ensure a positive outcome. Experts praised Obama's rhetoric as defending U.S. values without meddling in Russia's internal affairs. Being Obama's primary interlocut [...]	2009-07-13 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EAID RS
09MOSCOW1794	RUSSIAN MFA DOWNPLAYS DISCORD WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed press speculation that Russia stood to benefit from the de-sovereignization of Ukraine, but said Russia would continue to protest against attempts to "ukrainize" Crimea. While several recent accords showed that Russia-Ukraine relations remained fruitful on the [...]	2009-07-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW1797	"DA, WE CAN": OPTIMISM SWEEPS CIVIL SOCIETY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Civil Society Summit of July 6-7 brought together approximately 100 NGO representatives from both the U.S. and Russia. Although participants were pleased with the detailed results of the Summit's various Working Groups, they saved their most effusive praise for President Ob [...]	2009-07-13 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW180	MOSCOW MULLS SOCIAL UNREST AFTER VLADIVOSTOK [...] (SBU) Summary: The scope and spontaneity of protests last December against the regime's anti-crisis policies sparked speculation about the potential for unrest and political crisis in the coming year. Opponents of the regime and even some loyalists seized upon the protests as a sign of broader [...]	2009-01-27 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1804	EXPERT TELLS ASD VERSHBOW GOR HAS CHANGED ATTITUDE [...] (C) Summary: PIR Center Director Vladimir Orlov told ASD Vershbow on July 8 that the attempts to reset U.S.-Russia relations, culminating in the July 6-8 summit, had improved the GOR's attitude toward the United States. He expressed optimism that genuine U.S.-Russia cooperation would be poss [...]	2009-07-14 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW181	UNHCR SECURITY ADVISOR IN NORTH CAUCASUS HOPEFUL [...] (C) Summary: According to UN security officials based in Vladikavkaz, Ingushetia's new president has made a promising start as he tries to restore calm to the restive North Caucasus republic. Recent attacks on civilians in North Ossetia, meanwhile, do not appear to these observers to portend [...]	2009-01-27 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF MARR UNHCR PINR PTER RS
09MOSCOW1811	NEW BP RUSSIA CEO SAYS TNK-BP DOING "EXTREMELY [...] (C) New BP Russia President Jeremy Huck told the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that his first priority is to maintain and protect BP's investment in TNK-BP. Huck said TNK-BP continues to perform "extremely well" and that despite some tensions, relations with AAR (its Russian partners in TNK [...]	2009-07-15 07:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW182	INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS
09MOSCOW1824	RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]	2009-07-15 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1825	RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...]	2009-07-15 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO
09MOSCOW1827	THE GOR'S "SECRET" VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7 Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin made a brief, unannounced visit to Kyrgyzstan to discuss Russia's interest in opening a second Russian military base in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. The base is expected to house [...]	2009-07-15 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP EINV EMIN RS KG
09MOSCOW1828	EXCHANGE OF AFGHAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT NOTES [...] (SBU) On July 15 EmbOff delivered to Russian MFA North America Department Second Secretary Ruben Malayan the original and one copy of Embassy Note No. MFA/104/09, initialed on July 8, referring to the Afghan Transit Agreement signed on July 6. In exchange, Malayan delivered to EmbOff the origi [...]	2009-07-15 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW1835	DFM RYABKOV TAKES STOCK FOLLOWING "VERY GOOD" [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador July 16 that the Russian government viewed the Obama-Medvedev summit as a "very good visit," and said the MFA was preparing next steps for post-START negotiations, the ballistic missile joint threat assessment, and the bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR MARR MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW1836	RUSSIA: COMPETING PRIORITIES, POOR FUNDING INHIBIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Refugee and IDP women in Russia face even greater hurdles to equality than their sisters in the native and local population (refs A and B). Frequently they come from cultures in which women are subordinate to men, and populations in exile appear inclined to cling to outmoded ge [...]	2009-07-17 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SOCI PHUM KWMN RS
09MOSCOW1847	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS: OBAMA'S VISIT FIRST STEP ON LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to President Obama's July 6-8 trip to Moscow have been largely positive among Russia's analytic community and political activists, most of whom saw the summit as setting the stage for a further improvement in the bilateral relationship. The President's approach, parti [...]	2009-07-17 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS US XH MARR MCAP PARM PHUM KMDR
09MOSCOW1858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EFFORT BY RUSSIAN FIRM TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR
09MOSCOW1869	INTERNET PIRACY: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSFULLY TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian law enforcement, in collaboration with local industry, conducted a raid against an Internet piracy release group "Interfilm" and arrested the owners of their bit- torrent site, "Interfilm.ru." The criminal action against this site is not only the first in Russia since th [...]	2009-07-22 03:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS
09MOSCOW187	U.S. POULTRY FACILITIES PUT ON NOTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) demanded via official letter a list of U.S. poultry facilities that do not use chlorinated anti-microbial washes in poultry production by September 2009. According to the letter a resolution banning t [...]	2009-01-28 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1873	U/S BURNS JULY 7 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with U/S Burns July 7, on the margins of the President's visit to Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin said he was optimistic about the chances of a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He urged the U.S. and Russia to be transparent on dealings in [...]	2009-07-22 09:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG GG AZ AR RS
09MOSCOW1876	ROC ADVOCATES CREATION OF AN INTER-RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) External Church Relations Chairman Archbishop Hilarion advocated to the Ambassador for interfaith dialogue through the creation of an Inter-Religious Council within UNESCO and the strengthening of inter-Orthodox and inter-Christian relationships. [...]	2009-07-22 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1889	EMBASSY MOSCOW CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF H1N1 FLU, RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has confirmed two cases of H1N1 influenza within the Embassy community. Symptoms have been mild, and both patients are recovering well. Aside from these cases, Russian health authorities have publicly confirmed 12 cases of H1N1 throughout the country. However, this number [...]	2009-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL SOCI CASC EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1910	MARKET CLOSURE COMBATS FRAUD BUT UNEMPLOYS [...] (C) Moscow authorities closed the massive, open-air Cherkizovskiy market in the northeastern part of the city at the end of June after inspectors found multiple trade, sanitation, and fire code violations. Although technically closed temporarily pending resolution of the violations, city offi [...]	2009-07-24 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1912	RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...]	2009-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS
09MOSCOW1917	RUSSIAN ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES AND POST-CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 21 meeting characterized by wide-ranging and spirited interchange, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko provided the Ambassador with his vision of Russia's anti-crisis measures and post-crisis reform. Khristenko noted that the crisis hit Russia hard [...]	2009-07-27 05:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1918	RUSSIA: MANDATE RENEWAL FOR THE UNITED NATIONS - [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 08:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW1926	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DVBR Deputy Director Mashkov told us Russia wanted the upcoming UNSCR 1540 Comprehensive Review to address serious issues, and was concerned that allowing participation of international organizations such as the Australia Group, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [...]	2009-07-28 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RS RU CM
09MOSCOW1936	DFM KARASIN WARNS AGAINST US PARTICIPATION IN EU [...] (C) Summary. In a discussion July 28 that covered Georgia, Central Asia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and VP Biden's WSJ interview, DFM Grigoriy Karasin expressed strong opposition to the idea of U.S. forces participating in the renewed EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, calling the idea "surpri [...]	2009-07-29 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG UK RS
09MOSCOW1939	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ON AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with senior advisers to President Medvedev and PM Putin indicate that Russia is again prepared to pursue accession to WTO on its own, reversing the course seemingly set by Putin,s June 9 statement that Russia would accede only together with Belarus and Kazakhst [...]	2009-07-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1941	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MERCURY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Mercury Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-07-30 04:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1942	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TEHKOM, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Tehkom, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-07-30 04:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1946	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AKNIIPO ANO, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, AKNIIPO ANO, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-07-30 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1953	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-008: RUSSIAN [...] (S) On July 29 Acting A/S Van Diepen delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA DVBR Director Anatoliy Antonov, who acknowledged the seriousness of the GOR's failure to properly notify the United States about its recent missile launch. He promised to convey our concerns to appropriate GOR authorities. [...]	2009-07-30 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09MOSCOW1954	NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1956	NONPAPER DELIVERED: DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW1958	SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...]	2009-07-30 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW1960	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]	2009-07-30 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1961	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DELAY OF START OF WORK IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH FR PK RS UK
09MOSCOW1964	SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS -- "NOBODY GETS HURT" [...] (SBU) Embassy officers traveled to Sakhalin Island July 21-24 to gain a better understanding of the region's oil and gas operations. The two main hydrocarbon-producing projects in the region, Sakhalin 1 and 2, account for only a small fraction of Russian oil and gas production but are signifi [...]	2009-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW197	KIRILL ELECTED 16TH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) gathered on January 27 at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to elect Acting Patriarch Metropolitan Kirill as the Church's 16th Patriarch. Seventy-two percent of delegates picked Kirill, who deftly used his position and the me [...]	2009-01-28 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW198	GEORGIA: MFA'S HARDLINE VIEW ON OSCE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The MFA told us January 28 that Russia had rejected the Greek proposal on "legal" grounds but stated that Russia would be ready to accept two equal-ranked mission offices (one in Georgia and one in South Ossetia) that reported to a "chapeau" organization in Vienna, but not one that reports [...]	2009-01-28 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG RS
09MOSCOW1981	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS l [...]	2009-08-03 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1982	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NPO SP LLC, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NPO SP LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-08-03 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW1989	NONPAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA RS
09MOSCOW199	TRANSNEFT HEAD TELLS AMBASSADOR COMPANY BUILDING [...] (SBU) Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev told the Ambassador January 27 the company is moving forward on its various major pipeline projects as "they are needed to handle new oil supplies" and "because the government has directed them." Tokarev said the company is getting the funding it need [...]	2009-01-29 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1995	TENSIONS WITH GEORGIA: NATO ALLIES PONDER [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, NATO Quad Allies proposed a joint demarche to the GOR regarding the rising tensions with Georgia, accompanied by a similar approach to the GOG. On August 2 and 3, the MFA told us it had no information why Russian forces did not respond to Georgian attempts to contac [...]	2009-08-04 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR SW OSCE
09MOSCOW1999	CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST [...] (U) Post concurs with DOL's inclusion of pornographic products from the Russian Federation on the revised EO 13126 list, see reftel. Both official and non-government sources confirmed that the commercial, sexual exploitation of children in the Russian pornography industry continued to thrive [...]	2009-08-05 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS

09MOSCOW2000	RUSSIA: WTO AND CUSTOMS UNION "IN PARALLEL" [...] (C) Summary. Following President Medvedev's announcement that Russia will continue its individual WTO accession process "in parallel" with formation of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are now scrambling to find a way to move forward with the WTO without contradic [...]	2009-08-05 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2001	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES DEMARCHE MFA [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, in response to a NATO Quad Allies' demarche on Georgia, MFA IVth CIS director Kelin insisted that Russia had not been invited to the 31 July Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting, but conceded that the Russian-Georgian hotline was not functioning July 30 [...]	2009-08-05 16:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR
09MOSCOW2006	MOSCOW'S CRISIS SITUATION DETERIORATES FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In January 2009, Moscow officials claimed that the global economic crisis had not affected the average Muscovite to the same degree as the capital's more affluent residents. Roughly six months later, the situation has deteriorated, but Moscow officials continue to maintain the [...]	2009-08-06 07:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL PINR RS
09MOSCOW2008	DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: GOR WILL APPROACH CHINA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 09:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH FR PK RS UK
09MOSCOW201	RIGHT CAUSE PARTY SUFFERS FROM INTERNAL RIFTS, [...] (C) Summary: Right Cause, a new Kremlin-friendly party created in November, continues to suffer from internal rifts and an uncertain relationship with the Kremlin that has left the nominated head of its Moscow City branch -- Evgeniy Chichvarkin -- exiled in London. Party leaders told us that [...]	2009-01-29 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2013	INVITATION DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-009 U.S. [...] (S) We delivered reftel invitation on August 5 to DVBR Third Secretary Andrey Malyugin. He received the offer without substantive comment. RUBIN [...]	2009-08-06 14:29:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS
09MOSCOW2014	RUSSIA AGREES TO NEXT PLENARY MEETING OF IPR [...] (U) During a familiarization visit to Moscow on July 29-31, A/USTR for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson met with his counterpart on the U.S.- Russia IPR Working Group Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy. Voskresenskiy confirmed his commitment to the WG, e [...]	2009-08-07 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2015	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ANGARSK [...] (C) On August 5, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov and Ambassador at Large and IAEA Governor Grigoriy Berdennikov, who expressed appreciation and stated that our demarche showed that the U.S. [...]	2009-08-07 07:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG KNNP RS TRGY IAEA
09MOSCOW2020	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Russia staff contributed to President Obama's successful visit and related events in Moscow July 6-8. Advisor Joan Agerholm worked in the control room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (where the Obama family stayed). Assistant Konstantin Troyan and the EXBS Jeep were pressed into service as pa [...]	2009-08-07 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW203	KUDRIN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY KEY TO RUSSIA'S RECOVERY [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said the U.S. economy's recovery would be critical to a Russian economic recovery this year. He said that policy coordination with the U.S. in particular and among G-20 countries in general would produ [...]	2009-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2046	MOSCOW'S LEVELS - AND LEVERS - OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government is unique to Russia in that Moscow's Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov exercises near complete control over all aspects of official life, including directly instructing many of the 1000 officials under him, and, by the accounts of some observers, taking the law int [...]	2009-08-10 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2055	RUSSIA GETS USED TO THE IDEA OF A NON-COMMUNIST MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow is coming to terms with the Moldova election outcome, and has reached out via its ambassador to liberal party leaders. Experts, who describe the elections as a "peaceful example of post-Soviet countries' forging new political identities," assume Russia will cooperate wit [...]	2009-08-11 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MD RS
09MOSCOW2057	SELIGER-2009 IN RUSSIAN "YEAR OF YOUTH" STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Seliger-2009, the highly visible Russian government-run summer camp for young adults, has come to a close. This is the first year that Seliger has not been operated directly by the nationalist youth group "Nashi." However, during the first week of August the official youth wing [...]	2009-08-11 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2061	IPR: RUSSIA ACCREDITS ROYALTIES COLLECTING SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Law Observance in Cultural Heritage Protection (ROK) granted All-Russia Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) accreditation as Russia's sole royalty collecting society in both the performer and phonogram producer [...]	2009-08-12 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR KCRM RS WTO
09MOSCOW2064	GOR APPROVES 2010-12 BUDGET PARAMETERS: ARE THEY [...] (C) The GOR has approved the macroeconomic parameters of the 2010-12 federal budget based on a moderately conservative assessment that the oil price will remain at $55-57/bbl for Urals. Revenues are expected to grow slightly in line with nominal GDP and expenditures are planned at near current [...]	2009-08-12 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2065	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) On August 12, CDA conveyed to Igor Neverov, Director North America Department and Acting Deputy Minister, reftel points urging GOR cooperation on a UN Security Council Presidential Statement. Neverov stated that the U.S. and Russian delegations would likely discuss the issue in New York. [...]	2009-08-12 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09MOSCOW2067	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. MARINES TO TRAIN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG AF
09MOSCOW2068	PATRIARCH KIRILL'S UKRAINE TRIP: DOMESTIC AND [...] (C) Summary: In light of the escalating diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, the objectives of Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill's July 27-August 5 visit to Ukraine are receiving renewed scrutiny, with an emphasis on his engagement with President Yushchenko and his amended [...]	2009-08-13 09:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW2070	HARDLY WORTH THE TRIP: MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant result of President Medvedev's recent trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he attended an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),was the signing of an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the intention to establish another Russi [...]	2009-08-13 09:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI KG RS
09MOSCOW2071	MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]	2009-08-13 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW2073	NONPAPER ON JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT RECEIVED [...] (S) On August 12 MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostychenko passed us a nonpaper response to ref request for potential dates for further joint threat assessment consultations. 2. (SBU) Begin unofficial translation of nonpaper text: To be passed to the U.S. side Given the information [...]	2009-08-13 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC RS
09MOSCOW2074	LATEST MURDER OF CHECHEN CHARITY ACTIVISTS LEAVES [...] (C) Summary: The August 10 abduction and murder in Grozniy of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, activists with the children's charity "Save the Generation," has left many wondering who carried out the attack and why it occurred. Commentators agree that the murders bring ad [...]	2009-08-13 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2084	NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS REGARDING THE [...] (S) On August 14 we delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA DVBR Director for Strategic Capabilities Policy Vladimir Yermakov, who reiterated to us the GOR's position that all USG facilities at Votkinsk should be removed December 5. This meant, according to Yermakov, that the U.S. should begin movin [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2085	NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2088	RUSSIA SUPPORTS BMENA AND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points to Third Secretary Yevgeniy Kudrov of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He stated that the GOR viewed as important the upcoming G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Forum for the Future and that Russia intended to participate. He indicated tha [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2102	MOSCOW OBLAST GOVERNMENT: ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) Summary: The Moscow Oblast Government is on the verge of financial collapse. While the economic crisis is a contributing factor, corruption on a massive scale plays an equally significant role. Deputy Governor Aleksey Panteleyev, Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov's top ally, left his [...]	2009-08-17 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2106	RUSSIA IN DENIAL OVER GEORGIA'S CIS EXIT [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow officials speculate that Georgia under a new leadership might choose to reapply for CIS membership, analysts take Georgia's departure from that organization as an indication that the CIS only has "symbolic" importance, as former Soviet Union countries increasingly d [...]	2009-08-18 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW2108	RUSSIAN CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, NOT PRESSURE AT [...] (C) Per reftel request, we delivered USG views on Russia's human rights and democracy performance to Tatyana Sulitskaya, Head of the European Division of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Sulitskaya called for a real dialogue on human rights at the upcoming OSCE H [...]	2009-08-18 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2115	GOR ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On August 18, we, along with a representative from the British Embassy, conveyed reftel points to Afghan Section Counselor Movladjon Makhkamov of the MFA's 2nd Asia division. Makhkamov stated that Russia was interested in stability in Afghanistan and hoped that the elections would be open [...]	2009-08-19 03:32:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF KPAO RS
09MOSCOW212	OSCE CIO'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During the January 29 visit of Greek FM and OSCE CiO Bakoyannis to Moscow, Lavrov suggested Mevedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST) be discussed at the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). He proposed that the ASRC be held at the minister-level, and in Athens, instead of V [...]	2009-01-30 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
09MOSCOW2122	(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: RUSSIAN FIRM INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR CH
09MOSCOW2125	(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2127	(S) POST FOLLOW UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09MOSCOW2138	CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-VENEZUELA OIL [...] (C) A senior ConocoPhillips executive (protect) told us on July 20 that the JV set up between a consortium of Russian companies (state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP, and Surgutneftegaz) and Venezuela's national oil company, PDVSA, is unlikely to yield the results Russian and Venezu [...]	2009-08-20 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS VE
09MOSCOW2141	RUSSIA'S QUARTERLY GDP DROP WORST EVER: HAS IT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2151	STAFFDEL BRANEGAN IN MOSCOW: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2168	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO RS
09MOSCOW2180	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ARF EAID MARR RS
09MOSCOW2188	DIPNOTE DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2189	DELIVERED: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2199	RUSSIA DECLINES USG REQUEST TO EXTEND JOINT SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, Russian federal authorities informed the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) that the government will not support resumption of three U.S.-funded smallpox projects at the Vector Center for Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk. In a curt letter [...]	2009-08-26 05:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI SCUL TSPL TNGD PREL PARM EAID OSCI RS
09MOSCOW22	OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN EAID IR RS
09MOSCOW220	REDEFINING RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary. Current Russian policy toward Central Asia seeks to maintain Moscow's historical dominance while recognizing the need to cooperate with the U.S. and NATO on stabilizing Afghanistan and managing the transnational challenges confronting the region. A not-so-secret agenda to lock [...]	2009-01-30 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS ZK AF
09MOSCOW2202	NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING THE U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL CO RS
09MOSCOW2204	THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT [...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]	2009-08-27 05:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2205	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 05:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP RS
09MOSCOW2208	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russi [...]	2009-08-27 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2209	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POTENTIAL HIZBALLAH-IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECCT RS IR SY
09MOSCOW2210	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMENTS BY INGUSH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) On August 26, Ambassador delivered demarche (Ref A) to DFM Sergey Ryabkov regarding Ingush President Yevkurov's public claim that the United States supports instability in Russia. 2. (SBU) In response, Ryabkov stated that the Government of Russia (GOR) greatly appreciated President Ob [...]	2009-08-27 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2229	MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN CALLS ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed Moscow's role in Moldova's coalition talks, saying Moldovan President Voronin's August 21 meeting with President Medvedev in Sochi was motivated instead by the upcoming CIS summit. Liberal-Democratic leader Filat's positions on NATO and the CIS do not worry Mos [...]	2009-08-28 05:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2230	EMPLOYEES OF FAILING BUSINESSES SEEK [...] (C) On August 6, AvtoVaz workers rallied to demand the nationalization of their employer, which suspended production in August and planned to reduce the workweek in September. Demands for nationalization by workers and unions increased in frequency, particularly in industrial areas, owing to th [...]	2009-08-28 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2238	GOR PLANS $10 MILLION DONATION TO PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel letter to Aleksandr Nikolayevich Rudakov, Palestine Desk Senior Counselor from the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Rudakov stated that, in March, Russia pledged a $10 million biannual donation to the Palestinian Authority (PA),but he also admitted that [...]	2009-08-28 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW224	ANALYSTS QUESTION PAVEL FELGENHAUER'S CREDIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: While Russian analyst Pavel Felgenhauer's prediction of an August war with Georgia has been seized upon by Georgian decisionmakers as proof of Russian responsibility for the war (reftels),he is held in low regard by other respected Russian military analysts. Felgenhauer enjoys [...]	2009-01-30 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2240	PUTIN TO VISIT GDANSK TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) PM Putin will attend the commemoration of the outbreak of World War II in Gdansk, Poland on September 1. During a meeting with PM Tusk, the sides are expected to sign agreements on cultural exchanges, transit of the Kaliningrad Bay, and the transfer of Polish HEU to Russia for reprocessin [...]	2009-08-28 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW2241	SOLIDARITY LEADER MILOV DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (U) Summary: Leading member of Solidarity and candidate for Moscow City Duma Vladimir Milov outlined for us his election platform and personal vision for the movement. Milov predicted overwhelming victory for ruling United Russia in city elections. He expects to lose election for his district [...]	2009-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2242	DFM RYABKOV: GOR ENERGIZED ON SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP, [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy and substantive discussion August 26, Ambassador reviewed with DFM Ryabkov a wide range of bilateral issues, including senior USG visits to Moscow in the coming months, high-level engagement on critical summit follow-up issues such as START follow-on and cooperation on [...]	2009-08-28 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2248	Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...]	2009-08-31 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS
09MOSCOW226	PROVOCATIONS FROM RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES [...] (S) Summary. With their usual light touch and unique sense of timing, the security services appear to be tightening the screws on what they see as Russia's internal and foreign enemies along three fronts. First was a confidential letter from the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanding that USA [...]	2009-01-30 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2262	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OJSC RPE KVANT, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OJSC RPE Kvant, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-09-02 05:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2277	GAZPROM SAYS PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO "AGREEMENT" JUST [...] (SBU) According to press reports quoting unnamed sources, PM Putin and Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko reached an agreement in their meeting in Poland that Russia would allow Ukraine to buy less gas than it has contracted in exchange for lower transit fees and contracts for Russian nuclear energy comp [...]	2009-09-02 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2281	DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 11:33:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2294	SENATOR MARGELOV ON COOPERATING, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov said Russia is hesitant to work outside the P5 plus 1 format when discussing possible sanctions against Iran. Margelov invited Ambassador Beyrle to present U.S. [...]	2009-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC IR MARR PARM PGOV PREL RS SU UP
09MOSCOW2295	UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]	2009-09-04 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2296	REGARDLESS OF OPEL DECISION, GM PREPARING TO [...] (C) Despite press histrionics about GM "refusing" to sell to Russians, indications are that -- in one corporate form or another -- GAZ' Nizhny Novgorod plant will start producing GM cars in the next 12-24 months. According to sources at GM CIS, regardless of the GM Board's decision about Opel, [...]	2009-09-04 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS EU GE
09MOSCOW2298	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON [...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...]	2009-09-04 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW230	MEDVEDEV CALLS BACK NEW LAW ON TREASON FOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev ordered his administration to rework legislation submitted by the White House on December 12 containing amendments to the sections of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Codes before the State Duma and Federation Council could [...]	2009-01-30 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2305	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 4 to MFA DVBR Attache Roman Ustinov, who said that Russia considered the latest IAEA report to be "better than the previous two." Noting that Iran had accepted safeguard measures in both Natanz and at the conversion facility in Isfahan, Ustinov [...]	2009-09-04 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL RS
09MOSCOW2312	RUSSIAN BAPTISTS SEEKING MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Russian Union of Gospel Christian Baptists (RUGCB) focuses on interfaith cooperation and targeted outreach to Russian elite to overcome mainstream biases toward non-traditional religions. The main venue for their outreach is an annual National Prayer Breakfast, modeled on W [...]	2009-09-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2319	APPOINTMENT OF NEW U.S. OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIR [...] (C) We met with MFA Minsk Group Counselor Yelena Kravchenko September 7 and 8 to discuss reftel announcement. Kravchenko told us Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov remains on leave through the end of the week, but looks forward to receiving Ambassador Bradtke's phone call at his dacha. Best ti [...]	2009-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW232	WORKING WITH RUSSIA TO STABILIZE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The February 10 interagency consultations led by SCA DAS Moon should launch a sustained effort to engage Russia on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia that reduces the zero-sum nature of U.S.-Russian relations in the region and increases the chances of our success in Afghanis [...]	2009-02-02 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW2321	GEORGIA: RUSSIA HAS LOW HOPES FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin told us September 8 that he had just finished all the papers for DFM Karasin to use at the Georgia-South Ossetia/Abkhazia talks in Geneva September 17. He reported that the Russian side expected no breakthroughs, no progress, but ho [...]	2009-09-09 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2324	NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2329	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On August 21st, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant had a very constructive, positive meeting with the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). MFA had contacted the Federal Customs Service, the Ministry of Defens [...]	2009-09-10 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2330	VENEZUELA TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Venezuela's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during a meeting with Russian President Medvedev in Moscow September 10. The decision was possibly sweetened by the conclusion of a number of agreements to develop energy resources [...]	2009-09-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS VZ
09MOSCOW2336	MAGNA/SBERBANK: CLOSER TO ACQUIRING OPEL [...] (C) The Magna/Sberbank bid has cleared the most recent hurdle in acquiring European Opel and received a green light from the GM Board. Approval from the Opel Trust does not appear to be an obstacle. The GOR, however, appears to have unrealistic expectations about the impact of this acquisitio [...]	2009-09-11 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS GE
09MOSCOW2339	DELIVERY OF THE AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT -- GENERAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel General Authorization Agreement to Nikolay V. Sofinskiy, Deputy Director, Alexey Lisenkov, Counselor, and Alexander Pashedko, Third Secretary, of the MFA's North America department. U.S. Air Force Colonel Ray Schultz, Air Attache, also attended. 2. (S) Sofinskiy wel [...]	2009-09-11 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR PREL US RS AF
09MOSCOW2340	MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTIONS: STILL EARLY, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On October 11 candidates will compete in elections for all 35 seats in the Moscow City Duma. August 26 was the deadline for submitting signatures, and over the following week the electoral committee proceeded to deny registration to 23 candidates of the 141 candidates competing [...]	2009-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2345	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHILD LABOR LISTS & REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, on September 9 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department on the release of the Department of Labor's list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to believe are produced by [...]	2009-09-14 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2347	RUSSIA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KACT ENRG MNUC PARM RS
09MOSCOW2349	MEDVEDEV'S DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON DEFENSE [...] (U) On September 9, the Duma passed the first reading of President Medvedev's draft amendment the Law on Defense. Medvedev's proposed amendment addresses the operational use of Russia's armed forces outside Russia. Current legislation only allows the use of the armed forces outside Russia fo [...]	2009-09-14 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2350	POVERTY GROWTH REPORT UNDERESTIMATES THE PROBLEM [...] (C) The number of Russians living in poverty rose for the first time in seven years in the first quarter of 2009. Families with multiple children, single pensioners, and migrant laborers suffered most acutely. Experts and legislative officials accused the government of using an insufficient b [...]	2009-09-14 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2353	TNK-BP COO SAYS COMPANY'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT; MODERNIZING RUSSIA'S OIL SECTOR WILL TAKE TIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2354	MEDVEDEV'S CALL FOR REFORM: ANYONE LISTENING? [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's article "Russia Forward," released on the Internet with little fanfare September 10, launched a vociferous debate among politicians and analysts about the feasibility and probability of the kinds of reforms needed to implement his vision for a more diverse eco [...]	2009-09-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2360	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin September 14 -- Quad partners had been instructed to deliver the points separately. Dvinyanin welcomed the U.S. engagement with Georgian authorities, and confirmed that the GOR had been weighing on th [...]	2009-09-15 07:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG GM FR UK
09MOSCOW2361	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM IAEA KNNP IS EG PREL RS
09MOSCOW2366	RUSSIAN ILLEGAL LOGGING -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG has an opportunity to work with Russia to combat illegal logging, and increasing reasons to do so. Russia contains more of the world's forested area than any other country -- approximately 20 percent -- and between 10 and 30 percent of wood is harvested illegally. Illeg [...]	2009-09-15 11:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR KGHG EAID KCRM SOCI PREL RS
09MOSCOW2367	MAYOR DALEY VISIT: MOSCOW AND CHICAGO PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley, accompanied by advisors and business leaders, visited Moscow September 2-6, 2009. The purpose of the visit included promoting commercial and cultural exchange between the cities, reaffirming the Moscow-Chicago Sister City relationship, and d [...]	2009-09-15 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2368	EDF TO JOIN SOUTH STREAM? [...] (C/NF) French Embassy Energy Attache Vincent Pringault (protect) confirmed to us on September 15 that Electricite de France (EDF) is negotiating to participate in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Pringault told us that the deal, reported the same morning by Russian daily Kommersant, had [...]	2009-09-15 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2369	PUTIN ADVISOR USHAKOV: FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting cut shorter when Ushakov was called away, Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy advisor Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov kept his cards close to his vest on Putin's views about U.S.-Russian relations and issues having a direct impact on those ties, including cooperation [...]	2009-09-16 04:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2371	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TELL A/S GORDON ANTI-AMERICANISM [...] (C) On September 10, prominent Russian analysts and commentators questioned whether Russia's leadership had changed its approach to the U.S. and removed anti-Americanism as a "pillar" of its foreign policy. One analyst expressed her concern that the "reset" in relations would end up like the [...]	2009-09-16 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP IR AJ AM RS
09MOSCOW2372	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov met with A/S Gordon and the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss bilateral economic cooperation in advance of his trip later this month to Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit. Shuvalov agreed that the July Summit and the Bilateral Presidentia [...]	2009-09-16 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2373	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RYABKOV TELLS A/S GORDON [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting with A/S Gordon, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said he saw no political barriers in the way of the START Follow-on Treaty or the October meeting of Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov. He pressed for concluding the composition of the Bilateral Preside [...]	2009-09-16 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS
09MOSCOW2376	HR ACTIVISTS: SURKOV, NORTH CAUCASUS NOT A PRETTY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting at the Embassy, human rights activists told Assistant Secretary Gordon the GOR had poured cold water on hopes for a meaningful way forward by appointing Kremlin Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov to represent Russia on the planned bilateral commission on civi [...]	2009-09-16 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2378	RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2381	MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]	2009-09-17 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2388	DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL ANNEXES [...] (S) We delivered draft new START Treaty Inspection Protocol Annexes and Telemetry Protocol (reftels),and the courtesy Russian translation of the Telemetry Protocol, on September 17 to MFA DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko. Kostyuchenko had no substantive comment. 2. (S) We receiv [...]	2009-09-17 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09MOSCOW2389	YOU'VE GOT MAIL - MIND IF WE HAVE A LOOK? [...] (C) Summary: The federal Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has issued a decree allowing eight law enforcement agencies access to citizens' mail and electronic correspondence, and to customer databases of postal and internet services. The decree found opposition inside and outside of t [...]	2009-09-17 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW239	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-02 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2391	RUSSIA AND MD: AWAITING CONFIRMATION [...] (C) Official Moscow took the news that the U.S. would "shelve" MD plans in the Czech Republic and Poland calmly, awaiting an official confirmation. Neither President Medvedev nor PM Putin have commented on the purported decision. Duma, defense, and commentators did not pass up the opportuni [...]	2009-09-17 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL RS
09MOSCOW2393	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Nikita Zhukov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, and First Secretary Galina Khvan of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Second Secretary Anna Evstigneeva of the International Organiz [...]	2009-09-17 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM PREL CG IO RS KWMN

09MOSCOW2394	ONDCP INVITATION TO FSKN DIRECTOR IVANOV [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 05:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR RS
09MOSCOW24	RUSSIAN DEPUTY PERMREP WILL ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN PTER RS
09MOSCOW240	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN JANUARY 30: [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told Ambassador January 30 that the GOR hoped for more flexibility and a move away from "unilateralism" by the new Administration. He said, while the international community could discuss the status and future of the region, Georgia neede [...]	2009-02-02 10:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG AF KG UP RS
09MOSCOW2400	DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED NEW START TREATY MEETING [...] (S) We delivered on September 18 the U.S.-proposed new START Treaty meeting schedule (reftel A) to MFA North America director Igor Neverov and, separately, to DVBR Second Secretary Dmitriy Kostyuchenko; neither made any substantive comment of the meting schedule 2. (S) We also delivered to [...]	2009-09-18 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2401	RUSSIA'S DISSONANT HARMONY IN THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel points to Maxim Baranov, Head of the Iranian Desk in the MFA's Second Asia division. He indicated that he would pass the message to the relevant offices within the MFA as well as those attending the upcoming UNGA meetings. Baranov informed us that he planned to attend [...]	2009-09-18 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR RS
09MOSCOW2402	RUSSIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Valery I. Yudin, Administrative and Budgetary Expert in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Yudin stated that Russia fully supported the U.S. position advocating for zero nominal growth in the FAO budget cycle 2010-2011. He commente [...]	2009-09-18 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN RS
09MOSCOW2406	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]	2009-09-21 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2409	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: MXM Hunting Club received the 99 firearms mentioned in reftel on May 14, 2008, and has since sold them. MXM Hunting Club has been owned by Andrey Shelestov since April 2009, although the company has been in business since 2000. The company sells sporting goods, including firea [...]	2009-09-21 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
09MOSCOW2412	INCORPORATING UKRAINE INTO U.S.-RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is shaping up as a key challenge in U.S.-Russian relations. The risk of serious trouble remains as long as the two governments are at loggerheads, and as long as Russian leaders engage in periodic bouts of historical propaganda aimed at undermining Ukraine's claim to na [...]	2009-09-21 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PNAT PBTS ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2413	"CULTURE" IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSES [...] (SBU) Meeting with us to discuss a GOR attempt to water down UN Human Rights Council work by introducing a resolution on "respect for traditional values" (reftel),a member of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Cooperation acknowledged deep flaws in Russia's protection of rig [...]	2009-09-21 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2416	"RUSSIA, FORWARD!" 10 DAYS LATER: TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Debate over President Medvedev's "Russia, Forward!" article continues unabated, though focus has turned from content and prospects for realizing his vision to consequences for the tandem. Medvedev's defense of his presidential authority in interviews with foreign correspondents - [...]	2009-09-22 09:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2417	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD HEEDS THE CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On the sidelines of meetings of the U.S. - Russia Foundation in Nizhniy Novgorod September 15-16, Ambassador Beyrle emphasized the overall "reset" in U.S.- Russia relations to develop trust by promoting economic cooperation and face-to-face exchanges, a message that local author [...]	2009-09-22 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS ECON EFIN PINR
09MOSCOW2420	DELIVERY OF U.S. PROPOSALS FOR START FOLLOW-ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2442	DELIVERY OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START FOLLOW-ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 09:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US
09MOSCOW2443	RUSSIA SEEKS TO BALANCE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on September 25. Lanchikov said that the GOR had not yet developed an agreed position on the Goldstone report, but commented that the U.S. and Russia shared common positions on the way f [...]	2009-09-25 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS RS
09MOSCOW2446	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VIEW OF SEPTEMBER 17 GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told us that the status question was the biggest obstacle for progress in the September 17 Geneva talks. Russia rejected the co-chairs' drafts in the security working group, as they did not proceed from the starting point of Russian troops a [...]	2009-09-25 11:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2448	PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Lack of GOR coordination with Gazprom reportedly preceded PM Putin's September 25 meeting in Yamal with executives from eleven global energy giants. Press reports, industry newsletters and postings on the PM's website provide only general information on the meeting's outcomes without stat [...]	2009-09-25 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2450	UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO SWEEP ELECTIONS IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: United Russia has a great advantage and is poised to sweep the elections in the Moscow Oblast, where opposition groups have little support and laws are easily broken. The hot button political issues in the October 11 elections are taxes, land distribution, and corruption. End [...]	2009-09-26 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2458	FIVE YEARS AFTER BESLAN, GOR STAYS TIGHT-LIPPED [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after the Beslan terrorist attack, frustration continues about the GOR's handling of the crisis as it unfolded. While public focus on this issue has dissipated, a small but vocal minority of Russians has continued to agitate for the GOR to open an investigation of wh [...]	2009-09-28 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2471	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL ON NON-MEMBERS IN NPAFC [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS RS
09MOSCOW2483	AMBASSADOR BEFORE FED COUNCIL: "RESET" WITH [...] (C) Summary: On September 21, Ambassador Beyrle addressed the Federation Council's International Relations Committee, highlighting President Obama's visit to Moscow and the importance of developing closer relations between the U.S. and Russia. Questions from committee members focused on how t [...]	2009-09-30 07:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2486	REQUEST TO GOR FOR HELICOPTERS TO UNAMID DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 11:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR SU RU RS
09MOSCOW2490	STAFFDEL BRUDER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Staff Delegation Bruder visited Moscow August 31-September 4 to seek ways to sustain momentum in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the successful July 2009 Presidential meeting in Moscow. While Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Margelov suggested re [...]	2009-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV OREP RS
09MOSCOW2494	RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] (S) On September 29, MFA DVBR Second Secretary Alexey Chumichev handed Poloff a non-paper response to Ref A. The non-paper said that Russian firm "Ctroymashintorg" did not and does not have any contacts with the DPRK's KOMID, and asked for any further information we could provide to the GOR [...]	2009-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW2496	RUSSIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and non-paper to MFA Asia-Pacific Region Division Chief Anatoly Borovik on September 30. Borovik said that Russia appreciated the conclusions of the Burma policy review and that USG plans for engagement were a "positive step." Inquiring about the nature of [...]	2009-10-01 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RS
09MOSCOW2497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUGGESTED LIST OF EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered the reftel suggested equipment list to Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. Rugalyov said that he would disseminate the list to the appropriate offices in the MFA and the MOD. He indicated that, in order to give the list fair cons [...]	2009-10-01 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2498	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to MFA DVBR 1st Secretary Olga Kuznetsova and Attache Roman Ustinov. Kuznetsova said that Russia was awaiting information from the IAEA before determining if Iran had violated its international obligations. Noting that it was unclear when constructio [...]	2009-10-01 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW2499	DOE PDAS ELKIND'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Jonathan Elkind, visited Moscow September 21-22 to meet with his counterparts at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Science and Education, Economic Development and Natural Resources. As Coordinator for [...]	2009-10-01 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2504	BELARUSIAN EMBASSY: NO GOR PRESSURE TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow Olga Dolgopolova told Poloff that Russia was not pressuring Belarus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She insisted that a decision either way on the issue would not a [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09MOSCOW2509	PUTIN'S YAMAL MEETING OFFERS FEW DETAILS FOR IOCS, [...] (C) According to representatives of international oil companies (IOCs) that attended a meeting with PM Putin to discuss potential development of the gas resources of the Yamal Peninsula (reftel),the event was little more than a "road show." Our contacts said neither Putin nor anyone else fro [...]	2009-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2512	KIROV: STRONG LEADERSHIP V. TOO MANY PROBLEMS [...] (C) The ailing, industrial economy of Kirov oblast shows little sign that the peak of the crisis has passed. With few exceptions, the region suffers from falling production, low levels of consumption, and inaccessible financing. Local SMEs continue to face heavy administrative burdens and hig [...]	2009-10-02 13:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2518	Did Russia and Georgia both lose the war? [...] (SBU) Summary: Official Russia hailed the EU's report on the August 2008 Georgia war, considering the core conclusion to be that Georgia started the armed hostilities. Duma and Federation Council officials reacted similarly, claiming the report called Russia's actions "legitimate." Analysts [...]	2009-10-02 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU GG RS
09MOSCOW252	GOR SUPPORTS ISAF TRANSIT OF GOODS TO AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In response to ref A dipnote, the MFA has indicated that, provided all usual requirements for commercial shipments on Russia's rail network are met, there should be no difficulties with the proposed shipment of non-military goods to ISAF in Afghanistan using [...]	2009-02-02 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MARR MASS RS AF
09MOSCOW2520	U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER AT SOCHI [...] (SBU) Summary: During his trip to Sochi on September 16-18 Ambassador Beyrle attended the Eighth International Sochi Investment Forum (the Forum) where he led a delegation of U.S. executives at a meeting with the Krasnodar Region and Sochi officials. He also visited the main venues and for the [...]	2009-10-05 05:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW2522	NEW OPEL RUSSIA: WORKING OUT THE DETAILS [...] (C) It remains unclear how management, production, distribution, or sales will be handled by the Magna/Sberbank consortium, which was selected to purchase European Opel. GM CIS confirmed that both of its Russian production sites (the greenfield factory in St. Petersburg and the joint-venture [...]	2009-10-05 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS
09MOSCOW2524	YAKUNIN CONSULTANT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) We recently met with Consuelo de Haviland (aka Dussya Kostolevskaya),at the introduction of the French Embassy in Moscow. She presented herself as a consultant to Vladimir Yakunin, general director of Russian Railways (RZhD),and RZhD's representative in France. Her purpose in meeting wi [...]	2009-10-05 10:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ENRG PINR RS
09MOSCOW2527	RUSSIA SUPPORTIVE ON BOSNIA (C-RE9-01807) [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 2 delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov, who said that he had already heard broad outlines of the proposal from EU representatives and supported the overall approach. Titov appreciated that the U.S. and Russia shared the same strategi [...]	2009-10-05 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK EU RS
09MOSCOW2528	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is the first of a two-part report on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- summary ------- 2. (SBU) Far from reaching its ambitions of becoming "the most valuable company in the world," Gazprom's fortunes have reversed dramatically in [...]	2009-10-06 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2529	ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S SEPTEMBER 30 VISIT TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations with GOR officials on September 30, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed ways to implement bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised progress since t [...]	2009-10-06 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS IR AF UP GG
09MOSCOW253	RUSSIA CONSIDERING EXPENSIVE PATH TO FREE-FLOATING [...] (C) Summary. The ruble will almost certainly breach the level at which the Central Bank (CBR) has pledged to intervene to prevent further depreciation tomorrow. Experts are divided as to whether the Central Bank will implement its pledge to intervene. One school of thought holds that the r [...]	2009-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW2530	POLLSTERS EXPLAIN MEDVEDEV AND "TEFLON VLAD'S" [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Moscow polling firms told PolOff that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are almost certain to maintain high public opinion ratings--barring a calamity--due largely in part to Putin's almost mythical status, reinforcing the consensus that Putin remain [...]	2009-10-06 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2531	MEDVEDEV, PUTIN, AND RUSSIA'S IRAN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite Russian President Medvedev's September 24 remarks that sanctions against Iran might be necessary, other government officials and experts here caution that Russia will remain, for the time being, reluctant to pursue a tougher line against Tehran. The consensus among the R [...]	2009-10-06 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW2537	AmbassadorQs Meeting with Chief Justice Lebedev [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2538	RUSSIA'S CHUKOTKA REGION YEARNS FOR A BERINGIA PARK AND AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Russian government is advocating for stronger economic, scientific, and cultural ties between its easternmost province of Chukotka and Alaska (ref A). The poster child for these aspirations, a "shared heritage area" -- in effect, a bilateral national parks partnership -- spann [...]	2009-10-07 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV CVIS ECON TSPL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2539	WORKER SAFETY PROGRAM SHIFTS FROM REACTION TO [...] (SBU) Recent GOR statistics show modest progress in ensuring worker safety but also underscore the need for continued improvement. In 2008, over 50 percent of Russian workers labored in conditions that were dangerous to their health, according to a report on worker safety published by the Mi [...]	2009-10-07 13:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW254	DISSENTERS' DAY EVENTS IN MOSCOW RALLY CROWDS FOR, [...] (SBU) Summary: January 31 Dissenters' Day rallies in Moscow proved a failure for democratic and radical opposition groups, which focused more on attracting press coverage than domestic support. Not a single major leader of the liberal democratic opposition appeared at the amateurish "flash mob [...]	2009-02-02 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2541	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE PART TWO; COMEBACK UNLIKELY [...] (U) This is part two of a two-part cable on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Gazprom faces many external and internal constraints to renewed growth, following a dismal year in which all main indicators of its perform [...]	2009-10-07 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2542	BELYKH FACES ROUGH YEAR AHEAD IN KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Our September 23-25 visit to Kirov revealed a newly-settled government slowly expanding its influence within the region. Strict limitations placed on Governor Belykh and his staff by local security services six months ago appear to have eased significantly, and the new government remai [...]	2009-10-08 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2543	PUTIN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued Resolution #761, which calls for Russian restrictive, non-science-based sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) measures to be harmonized with international norms. However, the details of Resolution #716's implementation remain unclear as officials i [...]	2009-10-08 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW2548	GOR CLAIMS DIPLOMATIC COURIERS IN KABUL OBSTRUCTED [...] (C) On October 8, MFA North American Desk Second Secretary Sergey Kuznetsov passed us a nonpaper detailing GOR complaints that their diplomatic couriers in Kabul were stopped and searched by a private security firm at Kabul Arport on October 5. He added that FM Lavrov may raise this issue wit [...]	2009-10-08 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ADPM ASEC RS AF
09MOSCOW2550	MFA CONTENT WITH EU REPORT ON AUGUST 2008 CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that Russia was content with the EU's Report on the Conflict in Georgia. Major takeaways included that the August 7-8 aggression had been undertaken by Georgia, and that, in attacking peaceful South Ossetia [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EU GG
09MOSCOW2551	MFA ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Deputy Director Dvinyanin told visiting EUR/RUS desk officer that the Geneva talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia need to become more productive and produce recommendations that the UN or OSCE could approve. Georgia needs to sign non-use of force agreements with the b [...]	2009-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2555	EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) delegation visited Russia September 11-23 to deliver a groundbreaking seminar and to hold meetings with Russian officials on a variety of strategic issues. This was the first time in many years that a senior-ranking member of CBP has led a group to Rus [...]	2009-10-09 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2559	TOMSK: ANN ARBOR ON THE STEPPE - BUT CYNICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: As a university town and a former SPS bastion, Tomsk has a small but stable liberal electorate, and shows greater press freedom and tolerance for foreigners than many other regions in Russia. This press freedom has had little influence on local politics; most articles exposing [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2560	RELIABLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN ABSENT [...] (SBU) An unpredictable legal system, specifically as it relates to resolving business disputes, has undermined foreign (and domestic) investor confidence in Russia. Some investors have focused on international arbitration and private dispute resolution to resolve commercial disputes involving [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2564	RUSSIA: NON-PAPER ON ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR DAS Dan Russell October 12, MFA North America Acting Director Oleg Burmistrov passed the U.S. a non-paper on the Israeli-Arab conflict resolution. A scan of the non-paper has been e-mailed to EUR/RUS. An unofficial translation follows below. 2. (C) Unofficial tr [...]	2009-10-12 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISR IS RS
09MOSCOW2567	DAS RUSSELL'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told visiting DAS Dan Russell September 28 that the U.S. decision on missile defense created trust in the U.S.' "reset" intentions with Russia, although U.S.-Russia cooperation in some areas of the post-Soviet space would not be easy. The Russian [...]	2009-10-13 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ BO
09MOSCOW2571	TULA REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA CUTS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With new, less democratic voting rules in place, Tula Oblast elections were held October 11. Discussions with opposition party groups revealed that United Russia has a firm grip on the region and United Russia-backed governor Viacheslav Dudka had already orchestrated a massive [...]	2009-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2579	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 12, 2009 Time: 10:05 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting of the two delegations to the START Follow-on (SFO) Treaty ne [...]	2009-10-14 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	JCIC KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2586	ACTIVISTS ON PODRABINEK AND WHERE THE FAULT LINES [...] (C) Summary: At a roundtable gathering at Spaso House, a group of leading activists told the Ambassador that they continued to face an uphill battle in their work to promote civic freedoms. They said that their relationship with conservatives inside and outside of the GOR remained adversarial [...]	2009-10-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2600	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 13, 2009 Time: 4:10 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The second meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Minis [...]	2009-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2602	DUMA THEATRICS: OPPOSITION STAGES WALK OUT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, deputies from all three "nominal" opposition parties of the State Duma, typically moderate in their criticism of the Russian government, walked out of the State Duma's plenary session in protest over vote rigging during October 11 local elections across Russia an [...]	2009-10-16 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2603	Ambassador and NASA Administrator Attend Launch and Docking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From September 28 through October 3, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden traveled to Russia and Kazakhstan for the first time as the NASA Administrator to participate in the launch and docking activities for the Soyuz 20S (TMA-16) flight to the International Space Station (ISS). [...]	2009-10-19 04:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KNNP ENGR TSPL SENV PREL KZ RS
09MOSCOW2605	FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIR MIRONOV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Federation Council Chairman and Just Russia political party head Sergey Mironov offered frank analysis of recent national elections, as well as focused criticism of the ruling United Russia party. Just Russia is not considered to repre [...]	2009-10-19 09:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2607	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 14, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: MFA Guest House (Osobnyak),Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Guest [...]	2009-10-19 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2608	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S ENERGY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Morningstar, representatives from TNK-BP, Rosneft, and the MFA independently indicated that the recent financial crisis has opened up opportunities for greater foreign participation in Russia's hydrocarbon sector. Each noted the impact of lower Europea [...]	2009-10-20 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2609	HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...]	2009-10-20 05:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2611	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]	2009-10-20 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW2618	ANTI-JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CAMPAIGN ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (C) Summary: A recent Gorno-Altaysk court ruling that Jehovah's Witness publications are "extremist" adds a new layer of complication to persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the country. Harassment and court cases continue apace, and the fact that the only two recent court decisions [...]	2009-10-21 11:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2619	POPULAR PUTIN CAN'T HELP GOVERNOR AND UNITED [...] (C) Summary: A two-day visit to the upper Volga city of Saratov gave us the opportunity to hear about the "power vertical," by which federal government and United Russia political party authorities exercise control over oblast-level activities. The very top-down approach to decision-making ha [...]	2009-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2620	UNION COALITION TO REPORT WORKERS' RIGHTS [...] (C) An independent coalition of Russian unions plans to submit a complaint to the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding alleged freedom of association violations at various industrial, educational, and service enterprises, including Ford Motor Company and General Motors (GM). The I [...]	2009-10-21 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2623	LANDSLIDE FOR UNITED RUSSIA IN MOSCOW, TULA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling United Russia party dominated October 11 elections across Russia, thanks to the government's high ratings, its use of overwhelming administrative resources, and voting irregularities in the party's favor. Although official results for the Moscow City Duma elections [...]	2009-10-21 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2624	RUSSIA-CHINA GAS DEAL UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN [...] (C) A gas "deal" signed during PM Putin's recent trip to China is very unlikely to result in significant gas flows from Russia to China anytime soon. Obstacles to Russian gas deliveries include a lack of transportation infrastructure, a lack of agreement on the price of gas, and a lack of dev [...]	2009-10-21 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH
09MOSCOW2629	STAGE SET FOR RESOLVING TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOM [...] (C) On October 5, Norwegian government-owned Telenor and Russian-controlled Altimo announced the creation of a new mobile operator, potentially ending a half-decade feud over control of their current joint venture, Vimpelcom. Telenor's Corporate Affairs Director in Russia called this a positiv [...]	2009-10-22 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD RS EINV BEXP
09MOSCOW2643	SAKHAROV PRIZE "BITTERSWEET" FOR ORLOV, MEMORIAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, the European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize to the rights group Memorial, specifically activists Oleg Orlov, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, and Sergey Kovalev. This is the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union that the prize, which includes a cash award of 50, [...]	2009-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW265	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE STOPS SHIPMENTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has halted trade of U.S. pet food, animal feed and animal feed additives as of January 1, 2009. VPSS officials have advised that trade can resume only after USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se [...]	2009-02-03 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2651	VOLGOGRAD: STING OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SOFTENED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2652	RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE DROPS LAWSUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation announced on October 22 that it had dropped its USD 22.5 billion RICO lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon (BONY),filed in the Moscow City Arbitration Court, in exchange for BONY paying USD 14 million to Russia to cove [...]	2009-10-26 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2653	MURDERED INGUSHETIYA OPPOSITIONIST BURIED AS [...] (SBU) Former Ingushetiya oppositionist Maksharip Aushev was buried October 26 according to strict Muslim practice, one day after he died in a hail of gunfire October 25 while driving near Nalchik, the capital of the northern Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Ingushetiya president Yu [...]	2009-10-27 04:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2658	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-004. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: October 12 and 14, 2009 Times: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Osobnyak, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During two receptions - October 12 and October 14 [...]	2009-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW266	(C) EXXONMOBIL TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICS HOLDING [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia President Stephen Terni (protect) and ExxonMobil's Sakhalin 1 project manager Zeljko Runje (protect) told the Ambassador on January 31 that GOR refusal to approve project budgets has halted development of new Sakhalin 1 fields. Runje said Deputy Energy Minister Stanislav [...]	2009-02-03 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW267	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 9 MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 9 additional U.S. pork facilities will be delisted as of February 10 ostensibly due to clerical errors found on documentation that accompanied meat shipments to Russia. [...]	2009-02-03 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW268	WHY MEDVEDEV MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: While Prime Minister Putin remains the linchpin within the Russian leadership, it is President Medvedev whose success as a political leader can tip the balance of power towards the elite faction that supports Russia's political and economic modernization. A series of crises hav [...]	2009-02-04 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2686	IRF REACTIONS: MFA GETS NASTY, ROC NICE [...] (C) Reactions to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) varied among official entities, indicating that not all of Russian officialdom had compared talking points before hitting the airwaves. In a scathing communique, the MFA sneered that "it seems that the authors decided not [...]	2009-10-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2687	SUDAN STRATEGY ROLLOUT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW2688	IS STALINâ€™S GHOST A THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM? [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to sanitize Stalin's role in Soviet history may be potentially damaging to academic freedom and linked to GOR efforts to increase authoritarian rule. Although some recent incidents have caused concern among human rights monitors, thus far GOR efforts to enlist academics to help [...]	2009-10-30 11:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2690	U.S. EXPLORES ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two conferences organized the week of October 2 in Vladivostok and Moscow highlighted both the importance of and challenges to increasing U.S.-Russian cooperation on environmental crimes. A 2007 prosecution of an Amcit for illegal hunting in Kamchatka failed in part because of [...]	2009-10-30 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS
09MOSCOW2693	GOR RESPONSE TO CHILD LABOR LISTS [...] (U) Per reftel, on September 9 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department, on the release of the Department of Labor's list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to belie [...]	2009-10-30 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2696	U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Russia Binational Commission's Arms Control and International Security Working Group, held October 12 in Moscow, U/S Tauscher and Russian D/FM Ryabkov reviewed Missile Defense, nonproliferation issues, CFE, and START. Lt General O'Reilly of th [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE KNNP KTIA PARM PREL START RS US
09MOSCOW2708	RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Summary: In response to our demarche per reftel A, MFA representative Natalia Zolotova told us that Russia planned to support the "defamation of religions" resolution sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the UN General Assembly. Zolotova said that absolute free speech [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW271	MORE AUDITS OF U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) requested via official letter that the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) organize another joint audit of U.S. pork, beef, and poultry facilities that are eligible to export to Russia begin [...]	2009-02-04 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2710	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH KOREA WILLING TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Koreas Division Director Alexander Minaev said that recent Chinese and Russian overtures and the political heat of UN sanctions have made North Korea more willing to return to multiparty talks, although the regime may require a face-saving measure to do so. Eager to [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW2711	RUSSIA PONDERING NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow discussed Russia's Afghanistan policy with Vitaly Rugalyov of the MFA Afghan Desk in the Second Asia Department. He indicated that Russia remained committed to building a stable Afghanistan, although much depended on the new government and the U.S. strategy that w [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2712	RUSSIAN STEPS TO EXPAND ODA PROGRAMS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In 2007, then-President Putin called for the expansion of the GOR's Official Development Assistance (ODA) system, including the development of bilateral assistance programming. Putin mandate [...]	2009-11-02 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EIND ELAB PGOV PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2714	RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us that the November 6 talks on Transnistria would be an important first contact between the conflict parties, but expressed concerns about the October 6 "3 plus 2" meeting in Vienna. He said U.S. suggestions at that meeting to [...]	2009-11-02 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2715	PUTIN'S SOUTH STREAM WISHES UNLIKELY TO COME TRUE [...] (C) PM Putin stated during a meeting with Italian PM Berlusconi that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline could be completed before the proposed Nord Stream gas pipeline. His statement followed agreement by Turkey to allow South Stream feasibility studies in its Black Sea waters, and agreeme [...]	2009-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2719	GOR GIVES, GETS LITTLE FROM ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the October 27-29 visit to Moscow of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, several bilateral cooperation and trade agreements were signed, but the meetings did not conclude with the GOR granting any substantive arms deals, nor did President Correa recognize the breakaway r [...]	2009-11-03 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EC
09MOSCOW2720	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on November 3. There was no substantive response. Beyrle [...]	2009-11-03 12:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER RS IS KPAL
09MOSCOW2721	UKRAINIAN FM URGES MOSCOW TO TALK TO YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko urged Russia to resume contact with Ukraine at the presidential level, although both sides agreed there was no need for a "reset" in relations. Economic cooperation dominated the brief meeting, while pundits dis [...]	2009-11-03 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2722	MOSCOW'S CHINESE DIASPORA A WIN-WIN FOR RUSSIA AND [...] 4 (b). Â [...]	2009-11-03 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KCOR SMIG TIP RS

09MOSCOW2723	INTEL'S CRYPTO IMPORTATION WAIVER: LESS THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Intel representatives recently briefed us on the waiver it received to import 1,000 encrypted platforms for the development of software. Intel was able to by-pass the cumbersome licensing process by engaging in high-level lobbying and capitalizing on Russia's desire to become a "know [...]	2009-11-03 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2724	PAPER DELIVERED: JCIC AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2728	BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO BUTMIR PACKAGE AND LAVROV'S [...] (C) The MFA's BiH desk officer Ivan Gorbunov told us on November 3 that Russia rejected the U.S.-EU Butmir Package and saw it as new conditionality to the Office of High Representative's (OHR's) transition and beyond the scope of international consensus. He challenged our assessment on the i [...]	2009-11-03 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK RS
09MOSCOW2729	PAPER DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 05:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR RS
09MOSCOW2731	MEDVEDEV'S TEAM REMAINS SMALL, CONSIDERING RISKY [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's recent reorganization of the Presidential Administration (PA) was a tiny step toward strengthening his team, but the possible creation of a separate, presidentially-controlled "parallel vertical of power" risked damaging the established balance of power betw [...]	2009-11-05 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2732	GM'S DECISION TO RETAIN OPEL STUNS THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) The GM Board's decision to retain Opel and not sell to the Sberbank/Magna consortium has come as an unpleasant surprise to the Kremlin. Some GOR officials believe the USG, not GM, made the decision for political rather than economic reasons. Sberbank and Russian labor unions have not yet [...]	2009-11-05 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2734	RUSSIA: MOVING BEYOND BILATERAL ISSUES, MILIBAND [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary Miliband's November 1-2 visit, he put an end to the "period of standoff," but had little concrete to show for his visit. In pushing a new framework for cooperation, he set aside the most contentious issues and focused primarily on the international agenda during his mee [...]	2009-11-05 17:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SENV IR AF UK RS
09MOSCOW2735	GOR CONTINUES STOP-GAP BUSINESS MODEL [...] (C) Recent interventions in Pikalevo and Tolyatti demonstrated the GOR's commitment to preventing social unrest but also highlighted its failure to address the underlying problems facing Russian industry. After the enterprises of the Pikalevo production chain were unable to reach a new produc [...]	2009-11-06 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ELAB PGOV RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2737	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: FAILED BORDER CROSSING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Charge Shugarov said the Russia-Georgia talks on opening the Qazbegi-Larsi border post between Russia and Georgia failed because Russia insisted all legal documents governing Georgian border traffic had to be redone because Georgia had departed the CIS. Shugarov could [...]	2009-11-06 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AM
09MOSCOW2738	A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH ON SCHNEERSON COLLECTION [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Special Culture Representative Mikhail Shvydkoy told us that the GOR might be willing to consider a compromise solution to the bilateral impasse over the Schneerson Collection. According to the compromise, the Library of Congress would write a letter requesting Schnee [...]	2009-11-06 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2747	RUSSIA: POLISH PM SIKORSKI REOPENS OLD FIGHTS [...] (SBU) Russian media and officials are concerned with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski's November 4 comments to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. In particular, they noted Sikorski's request for U.S. forces on the ground in Poland to "protect against Russian aggression" a [...]	2009-11-06 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PL RS
09MOSCOW2748	ARRESTS IN MARKELOV MURDER BOOST GOR [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have arrested two suspects in the January 20 murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova. The suspects were allegedly members of an ultranationalist group known as Unified Brigade 88, who murdered Markelov as revenge [...]	2009-11-06 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2749	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER TO [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service officials is a tangible sign that U.S.-Russian relations are improving markedly after hitting bottom in the summer of 2008. Recent visits by President Obama and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated [...]	2009-11-09 05:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINS PREL PTER SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2751	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: EXBS has been approached by Russian Central Customs Administration (Moscow) to support an IVP to US ports of entry. EXBS is working with CBP and ICE on this visit. A new Russian federal agency, Rosgranitsa, has also asked [...]	2009-11-09 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2755	RUSSIAN MFA ON MOLDOVA ELECTIONS, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA said that in late October, Moscow had urged Moldovan Communist Party leader Voronin and presidential hopeful Lupu to compromise in the November 10 Moldovan presidential election, without proposing specific details for any agreement. Still, Russian officials believed the [...]	2009-11-09 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN RS MD
09MOSCOW2756	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2757	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: TRANSFORMING RUSSIA'S DETROIT [...] (C) Summary: This year's Nizhniy Novgorod Scientific and Industrial Forum focused on President Medvedev's "Five I's" (innovation, investment, intellect, infrastructure and institutions). Nizhniy Novgorod Governor Shantsev, perceived to be business friendly and well connected to the Kremlin, [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND RS
09MOSCOW2764	RUSSIA ON DONATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN: WE ALREADY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow met with Ali Mustafabeily, Deputy Director of the MFA's Second Asia Department, to discuss Russia's contributions to stabilizing Afghanistan. Mustafabeily stressed that the GOR was doing what it could financially and reiterated Moscow's preference for commercial t [...]	2009-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2765	DESPITE USD 6 BILLION 2Q09 PROFITS, GAZPROM FACES [...] (C) Gazprom announced a doubling of its profits in the second quarter of 2009 following anemic first quarter earnings. However, falling demand as well as rising operational costs and debt pose longer-term challenges to the company's competitiveness. Experts warn that more efficient companies [...]	2009-11-10 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2766	NONPAPER DELIVERED: NEXT ROUND OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MTCRE PARM ETTC TSPA IR KN RS
09MOSCOW2767	PAPER DELIVERED: COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2768	U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2772	SMOOTH RUNNING VERTICAL OF POWER IN KRASNODAR [...] (C) Summary: Longtime Governor Aleksandr Tkachev's efficient, heavy-handed control of Krasnodar Krai has helped the conservative region achieve and preserve political and economic stability, partially by undermining competitors during his first few years in office and preventing potential ch [...]	2009-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PINR PHUM ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2778	CRIME(FIGHTING) DOESN'T PAY FOR BLOGGING POLICEMAN [...] (C) Summary: Novorossisk police Major Aleksey Dymovskiy's November 5 and 10 online video postings, where he accused local police chiefs of illegal and immoral actions, has touched a raw nerve in Russia, where trust in police is already low. Police officials, human rights activists, and journ [...]	2009-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOG KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW2779	UNITED RUSSIA'S NEXT STEPS AFTER TAINTED REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW278	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2780	LAVROV CALLS FOR OHR TRANSITION, LEAVES [...] (C) Russian FM Lavrov pressed for completion of outstanding "5 plus 2" conditions, and discussed trade and Soviet-era debt during his November 5 visit to Sarajevo. Lavrov was very critical of the Butmir package, and told the parties that it was outside of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC [...]	2009-11-12 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BK RS
09MOSCOW2781	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: POLITICAL FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's second annual address to a joint session of the State Duma and Federation Council today built upon the intellectual foundation he had already laid in his September article "Russia, Forward!" (Ref A). Repeatedly citing the article and specific proposals from the [...]	2009-11-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2782	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: ECONOMIC FOCUS SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to his 2008 address, in which he focused first and foremost on foreign policy, the war with Georgia and harsh criticism of the United States, the overwhelming focus of Medvedev's November 12 annual address was on domestic shortcomings and the need to take steps to addr [...]	2009-11-12 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2784	"NO TANGIBLE RESULTS" ON SOUTH STREAM DURING [...] (SBU) Following Prime Minister Putin's meeting with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, media reports cited Austrian "backing" of the proposed South Stream gas pipeline project. As is often the case, however, the reports appear to have been overblown. The visit did not produce any f [...]	2009-11-13 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS AU
09MOSCOW2787	IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING: MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Emboffs recently met with Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Deputy Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy to discuss the upcoming U.S. ) Russia IPR Working Group meeting, scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on November 16. Voskresenskiy emphasized that over the last year, Russia's re [...]	2009-11-13 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO
09MOSCOW2788	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to gain buy-in on our Afghan strategy with a key partner with both close-in experience and wide-ranging interests in Afghanistan. The GOR is looking for genuine consultations on regional strategy and needs to be convinced [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF RS
09MOSCOW28	TALKS RESUME ON GAS IMPASSE; STILL NO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Gazprom's Aleksei Miller and Naftohaz's Oleh Dubyna met January 9 Sochi and will continue talks in Moscow January 10 (with participation of EC reps) on steps to resume Russian gas deliveries to Europe. The Russian and Ukrainian sides have agreed in principle to establishing a multilateral [...]	2009-01-12 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW280	RUSSIA'S CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Moscow has received a diplomatic note dated February 2 requesting U.S. support for Russia's reelection to the UN Human Rights Council UNHRC) for a second three-year term. The note pointed out that the five permanent members of the Security Council generally support each ot [...]	2009-02-05 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2800	RUSSIA SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL ON IRAN, [...] (C) Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Nazarov told NSC Russia Director Solomon November 5 the Russian leadership is committed to concluding the START follow-on negotiations before the treaty expires in December. On Iran, Nazarov believes the U.S. and Russia have a "common la [...]	2009-11-18 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IS RS IR
09MOSCOW2809	RUSSIAN REACTION TO NON-PAPER ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE SECURITY [...] (U) ESTH Counselor met with the representatives of the Security and Disarmament Division of the MFA on November 12 and delivered the non-paper and talking points conveyed reftel B. Our interlocutors were pleased by the interest of the USG in advancing the space security dialogue, requested mo [...]	2009-11-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA NASA TSPL PREL RS UNPUOS
09MOSCOW281	CSTO ESTABLISHES RAPID REACTION FORCE [...] (U) On February 4 the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) agreed at a summit in Moscow to establish the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF),to be based in Russia and under a single command. Medvedev proclaimed the CRRF would be "well-trained" and receive the most modern equipme [...]	2009-02-05 16:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER MARR MCAP ECON RS ZK XG
09MOSCOW282	MOSCOW CHABAD NOT INTERESTED IN SCHNEERSOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 2 visit to the Russian State Library to view the Schneersohn Collection of sacred religious texts of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Judaism, Director of the Library's Oriental Center Sergey Kukushkin told us that Moscow Chabad leaders had not visited the Collecti [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2821	RUSSIANS APPRECIATIVE OF USG SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2823	EXPERTS REMAIN SKEPTICAL OF GOR'S ABILITY TO [...] (C) In a nod to President Medvedev's 2008 anti-corruption legislation, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Russia at 146, up one spot from its 2008 147th ranking. This general lack of progress confirms what analysts have told us. Corruption in Russia remains a serious [...]	2009-11-19 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW2833	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: LASER SYSTEMS LTD, SAINT [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Laser Systems Ltd., Saint Petersburg, Russia. The organization is lis [...]	2009-11-20 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2839	DELIVERY OF MD AND NON-PRO NON-PAPERS TO DFM [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2841	GRYZLOV DRIVES INTO TREE WITH PROPOSED NEW AUTO TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, the Federation Council November 18 overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have doubled the basic vehicle registration tax rate and allocated the money for transportation infrastructure projects. On November 13 all United Russia's delegates to the State D [...]	2009-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2843	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Dvinyanin said there would be no more progress in the Geneva Talks on Georgia until Georgia agreed to sign non-use of force agreements with its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In variance with DFM Karasin's public characteriza [...]	2009-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW285	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT UNLICENSED KALASHNIKOVS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) On February 2 MFA DVBR Third Secretary Aleksey Chumichev passed us a nonpaper that alleged a Nevada-based subsidiary of the Bulgarian company Arsenal Inc. was manufacturing Kalashnikov automatic rifles without a valid Russian li [...]	2009-02-06 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09MOSCOW286	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS TWO MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 2 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and food-borne pathogen Listeria. In addition, VPSS info [...]	2009-02-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2865	SELECTION OF NEW TNK-BP CEO ALLOWS COMPANY TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP confirmed on November 19th the long-rumored selection of Maxim Barskiy as its next CEO. The 35-year old Barskiy will take the reins at the oil giant beginning in 2011. Barskiy, who was proposed by BP's Russian partners (AAR),beat out Pavel Skitovich, the candidate proposed by [...]	2009-11-23 15:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2874	PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT [...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...]	2009-11-24 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW2875	RUSSIA: APPRECIATIVE OF U.S. SUPPORT SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2876	GOR TO CONTINUE ABSTAINING ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's International Organizations Crisis Management Section Head Viktor Alexandrovich Leplinskiy on November 23. Leplinskiy noted that the GOR will continue to abstain in most votes for anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly, citing the fa [...]	2009-11-24 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL RS IS
09MOSCOW2878	GOR NOT INTERESTED IN "TAKING THE NRC FORWARD" [...] (C) Summary: The MFA European Cooperation Desk told us the GOR remains interested in improving the NATO-Russia Council, but believes strategic-level agreement should precede reform of NRC structures, hence Russia's decision to disengage from the "Taking the NATO-Russia Council Forward" paper. [...]	2009-11-24 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2882	UNITED RUSSIA UNVEILS "RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM," [...] (C) Summary: United Russia's national and regional leaders met in St. Petersburg November 20-21 for their annual review of party business. The highlights of the congress were the November 21 addresses by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Medvedev praised United Russia for acting q [...]	2009-11-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2885	INTEGRATING RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION KEY TO INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 8 panel during the Second International NanoForum, Russian policy makers, scientists, educators and entrepreneurs discussed how to develop Russia's high technology economy and its nanotechnology workforce. President Medvedev told Forum participants on October 6 t [...]	2009-11-27 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2886	BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...]	2009-11-27 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS
09MOSCOW2888	PUTIN'S OFFER TO HELP GEORGIA: LESS THAN MEETS THE [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to some media reports about a statement from Prime Minister Putin that Russia would be willing to help Georgia out of its "dead end," we consider the comments to be merely a gesture to try to turn Georgian elites away from Saakashvili and that they do not represent a [...]	2009-11-27 10:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW289	GOR CONCERNED AZERBAIJAN WILL RAISE [...] (C) Summary: Minsk Group Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov told us February 6 the GOR had learned Azerbaijan was planning to make Nagorno-Karabakh an agenda item for the March UNGA session on protracted conflicts in the GUAM area, which ran the risk of halting the conflict resolution process. If this [...]	2009-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ
09MOSCOW2890	RECIPROCAL REPULSION: MOSCOW MAYOR LUZHKOV VERSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov and Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov are both from the ruling United Russia party. Initially close allies, hostility developed between them as they rose to power and competed for influence, attention, and resources. The two leaders not only have [...]	2009-11-27 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCOR RS
09MOSCOW290	COMMUNIST PARTY SHOWS NEW LIFE, BROADENS [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) has benefited from the economic crisis by attracting increased membership and strengthening its position as a populist alternative to the party of power, United Russia. The invigorated Communists demonstrated January 31 that they [...]	2009-02-06 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2900	GOR OPEN TO NRC STRUCTURAL REFORM, BUT NOT NOW [...] (C) DFM Grushko confirmed Russia sees no urgency in completing the NRC "Way Forward" document prior to the NATO ministerial. He claimed this move should not be interpreted as a lack of interest in the NRC, but reflective of Russia's desire to "put substance first" before taking decisions on s [...]	2009-11-27 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS
09MOSCOW2902	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DETENTION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche, the MFA told us that Russia was pressing for the release of the four Georgian minors in South Ossetian custody. Russia expects them to be released within the next few days. The GOR supports a South Ossetian proposal to exchange all detainees, no [...]	2009-11-27 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS GG
09MOSCOW2903	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY ROBERT [...] (C) Your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to strengthen bilateral economic relations at a time when both our economies are beginning to show signs of recovery following an extremely difficult year. Because our economic relations with Russia were relatively stable even prior to the polit [...]	2009-11-27 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2904	FULL GAS PRICE LIBERALIZATION UNLIKELY ANYTIME [...] (C) In 2006, the GOR planned a series of tariff increases to raise domestic natural gas prices for industrial consumers to "market levels" -- that is, European prices minus taxes and transport -- by 2011. However, full liberalization by 2011 appears to be off the table, with the Ministry of E [...]	2009-11-30 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2905	FAR AS A MODEL FOR CIVIL EMPOWERMENT [...] (C) Summary: As the State Duma prepared to vote on legislation that would have doubled the base vehicle registration tax November 18, the Federation of Automobile Owners of Russia (FAR) had already collected 85,000 signatures for a presidential petition against the measure. After unanimous Un [...]	2009-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2906	AMB BEYRLE AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS EURO SECY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov November 30 at the MFA and discussed, inter alia, the European Security Treaty, the Afghanistan transit agreement, and the upcoming visit to Moscow of Under Secretary Tauscher. Ryabkov thanked the Ambassador f [...]	2009-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO RS AF
09MOSCOW291	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH DFM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin told Ambassador February 6 that Russia was prepared to cooperate with the U.S. to "assure American success" in Afghanistan, citing economic and humanitarian assistance, the NATO transit agreement, planned SCO conference in March, infrastructure pr [...]	2009-02-06 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG AF IR KS KN RS
09MOSCOW2912	Russia Adopts Law on Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RS EAID ECON ENRG KGHG OTRA PARM PGOV SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW2918	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA, N-K, MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE: [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, DFM Karasin sounded alarm bells about Saakashvili's "irresponsible" escalation of Russia-Georgia tensions, warning the situation could lead to renewed conflict, partly because the U.S. is sending signals of support -- and, he claimed, weapon [...]	2009-12-01 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW2924	RUSSIAN EMPLOYERS FRET OVER WORKFORCE DECLINE [...] (SBU) By 2025, Russia will lose an estimated 14 million members of its working age population. Employers are struggling to cope with intensified competition for available workers and the divergence of labor supply and demand in various sectors and regions. While the GOR's 2025 Demographic Po [...]	2009-12-02 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2930	NON-PAPERS DELIVERED FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] We delivered reftel non-paper, draft letter and experts' input in English to MFA DVBR Department Third Secretary Leonid Kozlov on December 2. Kozlov informed us that the higher-ranked MFA officials responsible for this issue were currently in Vienna, but they would return next week and revie [...]	2009-12-02 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS
09MOSCOW2931	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO AFGHAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting at the MFA, Ambassador Beyrle previewed the President's West Point speech with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin and Zamir Kabulov, head of the Second Asia Department. Borodavkin noted that the U.S. and Russia both had a stake in stabilizing Afghan [...]	2009-12-02 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF PK
09MOSCOW2935	RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX [...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...]	2009-12-03 06:41:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PREL RS KN
09MOSCOW2937	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: By mutual agreement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)and the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. will postpone until at least March 2010 an International Visitors Program (IVP)requested by a new Russian federal age [...]	2009-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2943	ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PINR PTER RS UP
09MOSCOW2944	KPRF DEPUTY HEAD MELNIKOV ON ELECTIONS, THE TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Head of the Communist Party in the State Duma Ivan Melnikov and Andrey Petrovich Fillipov, Head of the International Department of the party's Central Committee, met with us December 4. Discussion included the October 11 elections, views of Medvedev's modernization drive, [...]	2009-12-04 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW2945	YUKOS DECISION COULD BE MAJOR IRRITANT FOR YEARS [...] (SBU) The November 30 decision by a tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague that Russia is bound by the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) was a major blow to the GOR. According to representatives of the plaintiffs in the case, led by former Yukos shareholders now known as GML Li [...]	2009-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
09MOSCOW2946	PUTIN EXUDES LEADERSHIP DURING FOUR HOUR Q AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin displayed thorough knowledge of the issues facing Russia during a live, televised question and answer session which highlighted his role as Russia's dominant political figure. Most of the questions were focused on the economic situation and socio-economi [...]	2009-12-04 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2947	PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...]	2009-12-04 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS
09MOSCOW295	RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER KIRILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 4 ecumenical lunch hosted by Ambassador and Appeal of Conscience Foundation Director Rabbi Arthur Schneier, high level officials in Russia's Orthodox (ROC),Muslim, Protestant, and Jewish communities gathered to discuss religious freedom in Russia and honor Patri [...]	2009-02-09 08:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2954	FEW LEADS ON NEVSKIY EXPRESS BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: Over one week after the reported November 27 bombing of the business class Nevskiy Express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in which 27 people died and almost 100 others were injured, Russian authorities are still searching leads in the case. The neo-Nazi group Combat 18 w [...]	2009-12-08 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2957	RUSSIAN VIEWS OF ELECTIONS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Experts do not see a strong Russian influence in the election campaign in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This is due to Russia's negative experience from getting too involved in the 2005 elections, the dominance of domestic issues in the campaign, and a virtual agreement among [...]	2009-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG
09MOSCOW2958	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TALKS TRAINS, PLANES, [...] (U) November 18-20, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood led the USG delegation to the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Officials from the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA),U.S. Centers for Disease Control a [...]	2009-12-08 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2974	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PROTON LLC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Proton LLC, Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-12-09 12:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW2975	DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN WARNS START [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2978	RUSSIAN HEALTH MINISTRY AND USG COUNTERPARTS REFINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Russia's Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova expressed strong interest in broadened cooperation with the United States through the Bilateral Presidential Commission and related health agreements in meetings with officials of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),the Cente [...]	2009-12-09 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL RS
09MOSCOW2983	DUMA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN WARNS START [...] (C) In a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev claimed that an "unequal" START follow-on treaty would expose President Medvedev to criticism from deputies from the Communist Party (KPRF),many of whom have direct expertise in ar [...]	2009-12-10 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2984	CADRE RESERVE LISTS HAVE LITTLE RELEVANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ten months after its publication, the presidential cadre reserve list (reftel) and the ongoing compilation of a United Russia cadre reserve list remain more of a PR tactic than a systemic attempt to modernize the bureaucracy or strengthen President Medvedev's control over it. [...]	2009-12-10 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2993	MAKSHARIP AUSHEV'S FAMILY APPRECIATES POSTHUMOUS [...] (C) The family of Maksharip Aushev greatly appreciates the December 10 post-humous awarding of the State Department's 2009 Human Rights Defender award to the slain Ingush opposition figure. Unknown assailants murdered Aushev in the northern Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on October [...]	2009-12-10 17:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3	DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY NAZAROV MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CODEL Tauscher, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov called the lack of trust the main obstacle for U.S. and Russian cooperation, followed by ineffective mechanisms to guarantee security. Nazarov claimed that U.S. assistance t [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP OREP RS
09MOSCOW300	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SKARD ELECTRONIC, KURSK, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, SKARD Electronic, Kursk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2009-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3002	RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT INQUIRY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we notified MFA Head of U.S.-Russia Bilateral Desk Alexander Zakharov of our inquiry regarding the ISA. Zakharov said he would pass on the information to his superiors but otherwise did not provide any substantive reaction. ------- GAZPROM ------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...]	2009-12-11 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC RS IR
09MOSCOW3003	NATO-RUSSIA DRAFT TREATY: MFA SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE [...] (C) Summary: MFA European Cooperation Department Deputy Yuriy Gorlach said FM Lavrov's proposal at the NATO-Russia Council ministerial December 4 was not a radical measure, but only made legally-binding the commitments already undertaken in the NRC Founding Act of 1997. The proposed agreement [...]	2009-12-11 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS NATO RS
09MOSCOW3007	SRAP HOLBROOKE - MOD DIR GORBUNOV NOV 16 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Ambassador Holbrooke met Russian MOD Director for International Cooperation Gorbunov to discuss the U.S. strategic approach in Afghanistan. Holbrooke said security was a precondition for the success of U.S. and international efforts at the reconstruction of Afghanistan and [...]	2009-12-14 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3008	AFGHANS WANT MORE THAN EMPTY PROMISES FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Embassy Moscow DAO representatives and Poloff met with General-Lieutenant Mohammad Sharif Akram, Military and Air Attache, and Colonel Abdullah Andar, Deputy Military and Air Attache, of the Embassy of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation to discuss the GOR's support for stabilizing Afgha [...]	2009-12-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW3009	CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...]	2009-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW3010	MOSCOW'S INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Official GOR reports and media have pronounced the Russian-Iranian relationship healthy and Minister of Energy's Shmatko's recent visit to Tehran as a success. Privately, GOR officials and Russian analysts agree that there are serious tensions in the bilateral relationship suc [...]	2009-12-14 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IAEA RS IR
09MOSCOW3012	U/S TAUSCHER-ROSATOM DEP DIR SPASSKIY DECEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 discussion, RosAtom Deputy Director Nikolay Spasskiy thanked Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher for her sustained support for the Angarsk fuel bank initiative, conveyed his thoughts for the way ahead on the Tehran Research Reactor impasse, stated his desire to re-ad [...]	2009-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL RS IR
09MOSCOW3013	RUSSIA SLOW TO MOBILIZE ON ENVIRONMENT WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian working-level coordinator of the Environment Working Group under the Bilateral Presidential Commission told us on December 11 that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) would likely be interested in working with the United States under the Working [...]	2009-12-15 08:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV EAID KCRM KGHG EFIS RS
09MOSCOW3018	MFA AIRS UNSCR 1540 CONCERNS AT EXBS MEETING [...] Begin summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant met with representatives of the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. During this meeting, MFA took the opportunity to raise concerns about issues rela [...]	2009-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ACQUISITION OF FINNISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	AFIN FI MARR MAS PARM PREL RS

09MOSCOW3022	GOR ON UKRAINE ELECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES [...] (C) On December 15, MFA 2nd CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin reiterated that the GOR did not favor any candidate in the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He stated that the current political crisis in Ukraine was the result of problems in the governmental system caused by President Yushc [...]	2009-12-16 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW303	MFA ON SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA official in charge of organizing the Russian-hosted March 25-27 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan told us on February 3 that the GOR would welcome U.S., G8, NATO, and EU participation. The conference will focus on combating narco-traffick [...]	2009-02-09 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3030	EXBS: RUSSIA FY08, FY09, FY10 PROGRAM PLAN FOR NADR-EXBS [...] Relevant Post officials approve of the Program Plan with no further comments. 2. MFA, FSTEK, and other Russian federal agencies have yet to weigh in. 3. EXBS Russia anticipates some minor adjustments following Program Review in February. 4. CONTACT INFORMATION. Joan Agerholm, th [...]	2009-12-17 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3032	RUSSIA ACCUSES GEORGIA OF MILITARY PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin expressed to Ambassador Beyrle concern over Georgian "military preparations" near Bazaleti, southeast of Akhalgori. Ambassador Beyrle responded that the U.S. did not see any reason for concern, as these were routine redeployments, which were observed and verified by [...]	2009-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW3033	ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE WANE IN RUSSIA REF: MOSCOW 2586 [...] (C) Summary: Russia has recently shown clear signs of throwing off its long and tragic history of anti-Semitism. In the past several years, official GOR policy has involved an aggressive campaign against anti-Semitism, coupled with positive official statements towards the Jewish community. Societal [...]	2009-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3034	SAKHAROV'S PRAGMATIC LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after his death, at a December 14-15 conference in Moscow, approximately 100 human rights leaders discussed the legacy of activist and Nobel Laureate Andrey Sakharov. Given the numerous blows dealt the Russian human rights community during the past several years, many [...]	2009-12-17 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3035	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN RUSSIA [...] (C) In meetings with Russia's Foreign Ministry and Security Council, SRAP Holbrooke stated that "history and destiny" have given the United States and Russia the common problem of Afghanistan and it is time to use the new relationship between Washington and Moscow to cooperate more closely in [...]	2009-12-18 05:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3037	OPPOSITION LEADER KASPAROV OPTIMISTICALLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, opposition leader Garry Kasparov gave an upbeat assessment of how his Solidarity political movement is positioned to exploit the "inevitable chaos" that will arise from the current government's course. He argued that authoritarian [...]	2009-12-18 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
09MOSCOW3049	MFA SAYS RUSSIA-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS STRONG; GAS [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to emphasize Russia's stable political relations and growing economic and cultural ties with Turkmenistan, despite the recent impasse over gas shipments. Eager to maintain influence in the region despite Gazprom's gas glut, President Medvedev has agreed with T [...]	2009-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TX RS
09MOSCOW3050	U/S HORMATS MEETINGS ON RUSSIAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry offic [...]	2009-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3051	U/S HORMATS'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told U/S Hormats that he welcomes better relations with the U.S. and that Gazprom seeks to expand its presence in North America. He blamed last year's gas crisis on President Yushchenko and claimed Russia does not want to politicize the gas trade. He conf [...]	2009-12-18 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3052	ENERGY MINISTER WELCOMES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Minister of Energy Shmatko and Transneft President Tokarev met with Ambassador Beyrle on December 16 to discuss prospects for the Bilateral Presidential Commission's (BPC) Energy working group, particularly opportunities for information exchange and technology transfer on energy efficiency [...]	2009-12-18 15:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3053	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...]	2009-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3055	RUSSIA ON MILITARY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: In parallel with SRAP Holbrooke's visit to Moscow, a U.S.-Russia interagency working group composed of counternarcotics and military experts met to discuss potential areas of cooperation and assistance to Afghanistan. Although the GOR counternarcotics programs for Afghan police [...]	2009-12-21 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3056	MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...]	2009-12-21 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW307	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: STATE DESIGNING [...] 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, State Design Technological and Scientific Research Institut [...]	2009-02-09 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3078	EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...]	2009-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD RS
09MOSCOW308	MFA'S SPECIAL REP ON BIH, KOSOVO, EULEX [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) The MFA Special Representative Botsan-Kharchenko told us February 5 that Russia would be satisfied with a technocratic replacement to Office of High Representative (OHR) Lacjak to oversee what it expects will be the [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BH KV UN RS
09MOSCOW3081	RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL RS
09MOSCOW3082	WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]	2009-12-23 04:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3090	KREMLIN-CREATED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY'S INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The triumvirate leadership of Right Cause has been in conflict since its establishment, with all three struggling to define the future of the party. Right Cause Co-Chair Boris Titov remains doubtful about the viability of his party in future elections, and confirmed that he is co [...]	2009-12-23 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3091	ENGAGING MUSLIM POPULATION ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, Post has produced a plan of action for engaging both the GOR and Russia's Muslim population with the goal of ending support for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s "defamation of religion" resolutions in the United Nations. During our October [...]	2009-12-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW3093	NONPAPER DELIVERED: U.S. APPROACH TO 2010 NPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT RS
09MOSCOW3103	MFA SUGGESTS AFGHANISTAN AS A BACK-DOOR MEANS OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to U/S Burns, Stephen Mull, met in Moscow with Zamir Kabulov, Director of the MFA's Second Asia Division, to discuss developments in Iran. Kabulov welcomed the change in American tactics to use both dialogue and pressure, but was downbeat on the prospects for succ [...]	2009-12-24 08:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF IR
09MOSCOW3104	CONSTITUTION'S 15TH BIRTHDAY MORE OF A FUNERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Constitution's fifteenth anniversary passed on December 12 with little fanfare. A VTsIOM poll showed that only 16 percent of respondents had read the Constitution and knew its contents. Many of the Constitution's authors feel disillusioned, noting that its provision [...]	2009-12-24 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3105	LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES TRADE AND IRAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: In Moscow for the Russia-Israel Intergovernmental Commission's first session in three years, FM Lieberman had discussions with Russian counterparts on economic and trade issues. This meeting is further evidence that the bilateral relationship continues its upward trend. Most an [...]	2009-12-24 08:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS IS
09MOSCOW3109	SYSTEMIC REFORMS UNLIKELY WITHIN MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary: President Dmitriy Medvedev's high-profile campaign to modernize Russia appears designed to give Russia modest, mostly long-term, economic benefits without altering the basic economic and political structures that Medvedev inherited from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. To the chagrin of [...]	2009-12-24 09:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3120	AFGHAN LETHAL TRANSIT TALKS STALL OVER ICAO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting that lasted longer than three hours, MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy noted that the transit of lethal goods over Russia to Afghanistan had the full support of POTUS and Medvedev. The GOR and USG now had to work out the modalities to mak [...]	2009-12-28 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF
09MOSCOW3122	U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...]	2009-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR
09MOSCOW3123	CHANGING ROLES IN THE TANDEM LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Recent changes in the public messages and actions of President Medvedev have led to increased uncertainty among regional authorities and bureaucrats. Medvedev's recent decisions to dismiss officials in response to public outcries over the Perm nightclub tragedy and remove prison officials [...]	2009-12-28 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3124	WAGERS ON WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The term of Dagestan's current president, Mukhu Aliyev, expires in February 2010. Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev has not shown any haste in either naming a successor or appointing Aliyev to a new term, although he should have made the decision by now. Most money is now on [...]	2009-12-28 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3125	MEDVEDEV'S 2009 YEAR-IN-REVIEW EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev assessed on December 24 the most important achievements of 2009 during an interview in which he cited Russia's social and financial stability as the nation's key successes. He used the nationally-televised, live interview to push his economic modernization [...]	2009-12-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW313	MFA REJECTS CLAIMS OF ARMS TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minsk Group co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov February 6 dismissed charges of recent Russian arms deliveries to Armenia, claiming the supporting documents were forged. Experts agree with that assessment, and join the MFA's January 21 statement that it would not be in Russia's int [...]	2009-02-10 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AJ AM MARR
09MOSCOW3138	A PREVIEW OF RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE [...] (C) Summary: Experts and media reports suggest Russia's new military doctrine, intended to project defense policy to 2020, will be issued in the near future. News headlines will focus on the fact that the new doctrine lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons if other countries infr [...]	2009-12-29 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW3139	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR TURNER DEC 16-18 MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner visited Moscow December 16-18 to discuss NATO-Russia relations, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the OSCE's Corfu Process, and Russia's proposed European Security and NATO-Russia Council (NRC) treaties. MFA officials played up th [...]	2009-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT KCFE PARM PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW314	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AUTOMATED CONTROL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftels requested Post-shipment verifications to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Automated Control Systems, Shosse Entuziatov 64, Moscow, Russ [...]	2009-02-10 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW3143	MEDVEDEV USING MVD REFORM TO INCREASE STANDING? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev, capitalizing on several recent high-profile events surrounding the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),introduced on December 24 proposals intended to make the MVD more professional and centralized. Medvedev has frequently discussed the need to reform the MVD since [...]	2009-12-30 10:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3144	RULE OF LAW LIPSTICK ON A POLITICAL PIG: [...] (C) Summary: The prosecution in the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial has finished reading its 188 volumes of evidence, and has moved on to questioning witnesses. An observer for the International Bar Association stated his belief that the trial is being conducted fairly. Related events outside of R [...]	2009-12-30 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3147	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: Planning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeds on the reinstituted Program Review and Export Licensing Exchange scheduled for February 2010. EXBS has submitted data on training conducted through the program for th [...]	2009-12-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3151	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES WORKING [...] (SBU) Amid continued uncertainty over its future, the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) held Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings, and celebrated its fifteen-year anniversary December 7-10, 2009 in Moscow. The GB agreed to establish a working group, to [...]	2009-12-30 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
09MOSCOW3154	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MASHCOMPLECS FAKEL LTD., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Mashcomplecs Fakel Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed o [...]	2009-12-31 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW317	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCIENTIFIC AND [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Scientific and Industrial Concern (SIIC) Nauka, Kiev, Ukraine [...]	2009-02-10 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW318	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, Scientific-Production Firm VD MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine. The compan [...]	2009-02-10 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW319	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LEKIS, KIEV, [...] 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, Lekis, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2009-02-10 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW323	ICRC Maintains No Humanitarian Crisis in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow February 5, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Russian Delegation officials stated that there is no humanitarian emergency in South Ossetia, despite reports of potential food shortages. Although there are some needs that continue to demand attention, such [...]	2009-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS GG
09MOSCOW324	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LINK EXPRESS, [...] 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, Link Express, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS lic [...]	2009-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW326	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FILUR ELECTRONIC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Filur Electronic Ltd., Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed o [...]	2009-02-11 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW328	OSCE FROZEN CONFLICTS ENVOY ON TALKS WITH GOR [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on his earlier meeting with DFM Karasin, OSCE Special Representative Christopoulos told Ambassador Beyrle February 10 that Russia supported the presence of OSCE military monitors inside South Ossetia, and was even considering adding language about such observers to the [...]	2009-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE
09MOSCOW330	RUSSIA FORUM 2009 UNCOVERS POLICY DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary. This year's Russia Forum, hosted by Troika Dialog, highlighted fundamental disagreements in the Russian government on the best policy mix to manage the economic crisis. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, voicing a "conservative" approach, declared the GOR would reduce bu [...]	2009-02-11 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW333	RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]	2009-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW334	CRISIS-RESPONSE MEASURES FOR THE RUSSIAN CAR [...] (SBU) Russia's car companies are heavily indebted and steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. The GOR continues to employ a range of state support measures to help Russia's major vehicle manufacturers cope with the global financial crisis, including direct financial support, subs [...]	2009-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD WTO RS
09MOSCOW337	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RPC OPTOLINK LTD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, RPC Optolink Ltd, Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-02-12 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW355	DFM GRUSHKO ON GEORGIA, ENERGY SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador the GOR had concluded that the only way to guarantee security in Georgia was through the presence of Russian troops. He said a renewed OSCE mandate would have to take into account South Ossetian vi [...]	2009-02-13 08:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL ENRG EU GG RS
09MOSCOW36	RUSSIA-EU GAS UPDATE -- UKRAINE TO "DETACH" [...] (SBU) The EC Delegation in Moscow and Gazprom told us independently on January 12 that they expect a new trilateral agreement (refs A, B, C),without the supplemental "declaration" attached by Ukraine, to be signed as early as the end of the day. Once signed and once monitors are in place, Ru [...]	2009-01-12 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW361	RUSSIAN XENOPHOBIA HAS ROOTS DEEPER THAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The recent wave of high-profile xenophobic violence gripping Russia has raised concerns within Russia's migrant community, second in size only to that of the United States. While diaspora leaders lobbied to protect the interests of their citizens, labor migrants have endured in [...]	2009-02-13 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW364	KUDRIN URGES COORDINATED U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns, the Ambassador, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Michael McFaul, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave a general outline of the GOR's efforts to remedy the crisis domestically, including [...]	2009-02-13 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW365	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON EU-RUSSIA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) The European Commission delegation visit to Moscow February 5-6, headed by EC President Barroso and nine EC Commissioners, made little progress on trade issues with Russia. EC Trade Commissioner Ashton and Transportation Commissioner Tajani raised with Russian Economic Development Ministe [...]	2009-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO EU RS
09MOSCOW367	GAZPROM FACING TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Gazprom's financial outlook for 2009 is increasingly bleak. The company's revenues from exports to Europe are set to decline dramatically as gas prices to Europe, which lag oil prices by about six months, head to one-third their peak price. Unfortunately for Gazprom -- and the GOR, whic [...]	2009-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW369	RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PROPOSES FSB AS BETTER [...] (SBU) During a February 11 meeting with Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Nikolay Laverov, EST counselor and staff inquired about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the RAS on coo [...]	2009-02-13 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS
09MOSCOW38	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) [...] (U) The following is geared to reftel questions paras 6 through 11 Incidence and Nature of Child Labor 2. (U) Child labor in Russia encompasses not only Russian children, but often children from neighboring countries. Some children are brought to Russia for the purpose of exploitation [...]	2009-01-12 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RS
09MOSCOW389	IRC Chief Says Working in Chechnya Getting Easier [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s Russia Country Director spoke with Moscow diplomats February 11 about his work in the North Caucasus, some of it funded by State/PRM, and about the difficulty of functioning amid instability and corruption. Despite the obstacles, IRC's [...]	2009-02-18 06:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW396	AG MINISTER SENT TO PASTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Medvedev recently removed long-serving Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev from his post, nominating him to be governor of Voronezh Oblast as part of a larger shake-up of regional governors. While this action represents a significant demotion for Gordeye [...]	2009-02-18 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW397	CASTRO VISITS MOSCOW TO REJUVENATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow from January 28 to February 4 in an effort to boost trade ties and rejuvenate relations with Russia. Despite some exercises in Communist-era nostalgia, experts were quick to downplay any anti-U.S. angle to the trip. Medvedev and Castr [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
09MOSCOW4	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW403	CEO MILLER TELLS AMBASSADOR GAZPROM HAS NO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; ACCUSES UKRAINE OF "THEFT" WHILE DENYING ANY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GAZPROM [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller acknowledged the difficult economic environment but said his company thought the downturn would last no more than six months and had no intention of altering its long-term plans, including the building of the Nord Stream an [...]	2009-02-18 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW407	RUSSIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO RS
09MOSCOW413	DAS MOON'S FEBRUARY 11 MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. MFA 2nd Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov reiterated Russia's interest in strengthening cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan during a February 11 meeting with SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon. Maryasov said the situation in Afghanistan required "drastic changes," and prais [...]	2009-02-19 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR AF IR RS
09MOSCOW414	POLITICAL OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: PLAYERS AND [...] (C) Summary: Political opposition forces in Russia continue to hold little influence and do not pose any challenge to the ruling regime. In 2008, the number of nationally registered political parties in Russia decreased from 14 to 6, with only one liberal democratic party (Yabloko) among them [...]	2009-02-19 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW416	U.S.-RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia expressed strong support for U.S. and NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and offered practical steps to expand Russian assistance during the February 10-11 U.S.-Russia consultations on Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation, headed by SCA DAS Moon and accompanied by the Amba [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ETRD MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW424	EXXONMOBIL DESCRIBES CONTINUED IMPASSE ON SAKHALIN [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil Russia VP in charge of Sakhalin 1, told us on February 18 that the company has begun layoffs at the Sakhalin 1 project due to the absence of an approved budget for new field development (reftel). He stated the company had no role in recent press stories reporting [...]	2009-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW430	LITTLE HOPE FOR RUSSIA'S ATROPHIED INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) The GOR's stated commitments to modernizing and developing Russia's transportation infrastructure are unlikely to materialize soon. With a looming budget deficit, the government has cut infrastructure financing repeatedly. Some investment bankers argue that investing in infrastructure pro [...]	2009-02-20 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW435	RUSSIA'S MFA ON THE U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (S) Summary: On Friday, February 13, EST delivered ref A talking points on the satellite collision to the MFA, following up U/S Burns's and Ambassador's discussion of the issue with DFM Ryabkov (ref B). Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy indicated that Russia is satisfied [...]	2009-02-20 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL TSPA RS
09MOSCOW437	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW439	CATERPILLAR'S GIANT TRUCKS FALL VICTIM TO RUSSIAN [...] (C) The giant trucks that Caterpillar produces for the mining and construction industries have become an apparently unintended victim of Russia's recent duty increases on cars. The heavy duty vehicles, which cost about one million dollars each, currently enter Russia under a customs code reserv [...]	2009-02-20 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW454	RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY PROPOSES MEETING WITH NEW EPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Director of International Cooperation at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) praised past U.S.-Russian environmental cooperation and suggested an initial meeting between EPA Administrator Jackson and MNRE Minister Trutnev this spring. [...]	2009-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW456	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW457	RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] (C) Summary. Russia has repeatedly signaled its openness to considering additional transit agreements to Afghanistan, with the implication these could include lethal equipment. As we begin shipments of non-lethal supplies through the Northern Dimension Network (NDN),and with the future of U [...]	2009-02-25 06:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG RS
09MOSCOW464	MFA ASKS HOW CAN WE AID GAZA WITHOUT INVOLVING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Aleksandr Rudokov, who said that Russia recognized the importance of the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh to address the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, but previous commitments could [...]	2009-02-25 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG RS
09MOSCOW465	MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS [...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...]	2009-02-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS
09MOSCOW471	RUSSIA RESPONSE ON EXTENSION OF RER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, representatives of the MFA, Rosatom, and Russia's Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) told Embassy EST and DOE representatives that Russia is willing to sign an extension of the Agreement on Cooperation in Research on Radiation Effects (RER). However, most of the am [...]	2009-02-26 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA KTIA OTRA PARM TRGY EAID RS
09MOSCOW472	BRYANSK: GOVERNOR BOASTS STABILITY AMID CRISIS, [...] (C) Summary: A February 18-19 visit to Bryansk revealed a regional government enjoying strong Moscow support yet focused on shifting attention away from the growing economic crisis. Isolated investment successes and a pan-Slavic economic forum in Bryansk, featuring an appearance by State Duma [...]	2009-02-26 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON RS BO UP
09MOSCOW473	EU TROIKA TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During the Russia-EU Troika dialogue on February 11, Lavrov charged that Georgian troops were massing on the boundaries with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The MFA later called the EU's reports dismissing these claims as a "snapshot" that did not measure "true" Georgian intentions. Lavrov j [...]	2009-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW474	EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO RUSSIA [...] (C) On February 6, EC President Barroso led a delegation of nine EC commissioners and vice presidents for meetings with counterparts in Russia. This visit was part of an intergovernmental framework delayed since 2005, due to a series of crises in the EU-Russia relationship. Human rights wa [...]	2009-02-26 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RS
09MOSCOW488	RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...]	2009-02-27 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN
09MOSCOW489	REGIONAL ELECTION PREVIEW: UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite party infighting and some notable defections, United Russia is expected to win in all nine regions holding March 1 parliamentary elections. The Communist Party has campaigned vigorously to make the election a referendum on United Russia's handling of the economic crisis [...]	2009-02-27 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW496	RUSSIA SET ON A MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 15-19 visit to the Middle East reinforced Russia's intention to convene a Moscow Middle East conference (and ward off Sarkozy's entry into the race for MEPP summitry). The GOR now aims to hold an April or May meeting that Russian officials argu [...]	2009-02-27 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IR IS SY RS XF
09MOSCOW498	RUSSIAN RECEIPT OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER ON MARINE MAMMAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV RS
09MOSCOW500	LUZHKOV TALKS BIG ON U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Summary: During his introductory call on Moscow Mayor Luzkhov February 26, Ambassador was treated to a tour d'horizon of global challenges - from the Mayor's lofty perspective - confronting Russia: the rise of China and its aspirations for regional power, the potential for conflict arising [...]	2009-02-27 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS CH
09MOSCOW502	SUBJECT: DVORKOVICH AND A CRISIS OF "PLANETRAY [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, said he predicts the downturn in Russia will be deeper and longer than the GOR had originally thought. He said the GOR would cover a large deficit this year out of the Reserve Fund b [...]	2009-03-02 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW504	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG DESPITE LETHARGIC TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite decreased voter turnout, United Russia unsurprisingly won all nine regional elections held March 1. Although framed by the Communists as a referendum on the regime's anti-crisis measures, KPRF made only modest gains in key regions where it had hoped to break United Russ [...]	2009-03-02 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW508	HIGH-LEVEL GOR PERSONNEL MOVES: SHELL GAME OR [...] (C) Summary: Blessed by the Kremlin, a list of 100 names of potential presidential appointees reflects compromises between elite groups loyal to Medvedev and Putin. While the list pleased some interested in greater transparency in personnel policy, the revised version that includes the son of [...]	2009-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW509	VIOLENCE PERSISTS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 16:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW511	RUSSIA AND NATO AFTER GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: As the Alliance debates the nature and future of the NATO-Russia relationship, and with the more positive approach by the U.S. and Russia, we have an opportunity now to set NATO-Russia relations on a new path that acknowledges our common commitment to strengthening transatlantic [...]	2009-03-03 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
09MOSCOW512	ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tende [...]	2009-03-03 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW521	RUSSIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 IPR REVIEW [...] Consistent with U.S. industry recommendations, Embassy Moscow recommends that the USG maintain Russia's Priority Watch List status for the 2009 Special 301 IPR Report. There has been slow but steady progress on some IPR legal and enforcement issues during the past year. However, Russia has ma [...]	2009-03-04 05:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS
09MOSCOW528	RUSSIA/CHINA OIL DEAL: CLEAR AS MUD [...] (C) Following months of negotiations, Russian and Chinese state-owned corporations recently concluded a $25 billion loans-for-oil deal. The China Development Bank will provide Rosneft with $15 billion and Transneft with $10 billion at a relatively low interest rate, while the two Russian compa [...]	2009-03-04 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW531	KOSTROMA: OPPOSITION GROUPS FAIL TO GAIN TRACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to Kostroma revealed that opposition groups have been unable to gain traction in the region. United Russia dominates the political scene and long-standing opposition groups trail far behind in support. United Russia swept the January 25 mayoral elections and dominated [...]	2009-03-04 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
09MOSCOW532	QUESTIONING PUTIN'S WORK ETHIC [...] (C) Summary. Rumors about Prime Minister Putin's disengagement from his duties have proliferated in Moscow, suggesting that he has lost his "edge" in making critical decisions on measures linked to the economic crisis. Putin has reportedly been "working from home" on many issues, leaving much of th [...]	2009-03-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI

09MOSCOW533	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 11 roundtable with visiting SCA DAS Patrick Moon, Russian experts on Afghanistan and Central Asia observed that Russia needed the U.S. to succeed in Afghanistan as it lacked the psychological capacity and the financial and military resources to get directly in [...]	2009-03-04 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW534	GROWING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT [...] (C) Russia's external debt situation has become a source of increasing concern and speculation among local analysts and international bankers. The mid-February tempest over a press report that the GOR planned to coordinate a large-scale restructuring of much of Russia's private external debt [...]	2009-03-04 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW535	INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...]	2009-03-04 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW538	UNEMPLOYMENT AND DECLINE IN REAL WAGES HIT [...] (C) By most accounts, unemployment in Russia has reached 6.1 million. In addition, almost two thousand corporations plan to reduce their work forces in the course of the year. Hardest hit are twenty-five million residents of the single-company towns - primarily in the manufacturing and extrac [...]	2009-03-05 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW541	RUSSIAN OFFICIAL EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASES FOR CARS [...] (C) Alexander Rakhmanov, Director of the Department of Automotive and Agriculture Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged to us that the recent duty increases for cars and harvesters were meant to protect domestic producers from import competition and help them wea [...]	2009-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW543	GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR TALKS DOWN 5 PLUS 2 [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us Russia is still working on setting a date and agenda for planned "2 plus 1" talks in March between Moldovan President Voronin, Transnistrian leader Smirnov, and President Medvedev, as discussed during Foreign M [...]	2009-03-05 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW544	RUSSIA SYMPATHIZES WITH PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON [...] The Russian government has criticized the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, which the GOR contends could negatively impact the chances for reaching a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur. According to a MFA statement, Russia "understands" the position [...]	2009-03-05 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW546	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, two regional courts have charged the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) of Russia with distributing extremist literature, and the Russian General Prosecutor has ordered a full investigation of JW religious activity, in coordination with the FSB. Local police [...]	2009-03-05 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW547	PAMFILOVA EXPECTS GREATER RESONANCE WITH MEDVEDEV ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Ella Pamfilova, recently re-appointed by Medvedev as the head of the Presidential Council on Promoting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, admitted on March 4 that the Council had not been very successful during the last year of Putin's presidency, but was optimis [...]	2009-03-05 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS PGOV
09MOSCOW551	NOMINATION OF LARISSA FILIMONOVA-KRIVTSOVA FOR ESTH COURSE [...] (U) Post very much appreciates the opportunity to nominate FSN Larissa Filimonova-Krivtsova to attend to the two-week Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) course (PE 21) for FSNs from April 27-May 8 at NFATC. Post is prepared to fund her airfare, meals, and incidental expenses a [...]	2009-03-06 10:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON RS
09MOSCOW554	RUSSIA PLAYS DOWN CHERNOMYRDIN FLAP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Ukraine Office Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that Russia considered Ukraine's threat to declare Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin a PNG to be an attempt by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to improve his dismal approval ratings, while President Med [...]	2009-03-06 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW555	YAROSLAVL: AUTHORITIES CONTAIN SOCIAL UNREST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite massive layoffs and public sentiment worries in one of the economic crisis' hardest hit areas, for now, authorities in Yaroslavl have managed to defuse the potential for social unrest in the region. Prime Minister Putin's December visit to the area to promote job deve [...]	2009-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ELAB SOCI RS
09MOSCOW556	RUSSIAN MFA NON-PAPER ON U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (C) On March 6, EST Counselor met with MFA North America Desk Counselor Aleksandr Shilin, at Shilin's request. Shilin provided the Russian government non-paper in Russian (text of unofficial Embassy translation below) on the February 10 collision of U.S. and Russian satellites, information p [...]	2009-03-06 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA PREL RS
09MOSCOW561	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (RUSSIA) [...] (U) Subject of Proposal and General Information: Embassy EST section greatly appreciates the opportunity to request a 2009 science follow, ideally from either NIST or NSF, specializing in the field of nanotechnology who can work with the Russian government, Russian scientists and educators, a [...]	2009-03-06 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO TNGD ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA RS
09MOSCOW572	THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...]	2009-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS
09MOSCOW575	HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who is heading a high-level Russian business delegation to Washington this week, said the GOR had attached great importance to the delegation and its reception. The Ambassador responded that the timing was i [...]	2009-03-11 08:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD RS
09MOSCOW586	GOR GEARS UP PRINTING PRESS TO FINANCE DEFICIT, [...] (C) While the GOR continues to debate its revised 2009 budget, two aspects of the budget have become clear in recent weeks: the GOR plans to run a substantial deficit and to finance the deficit with foreign currency in the Reserve Fund (RF),which will be sold to the Central Bank (CBR),which [...]	2009-03-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW587	IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...]	2009-03-11 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR RS
09MOSCOW592	43 BILLION FOR LABOR UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...] (C) Billions of rubles programmed for regional employment stimulation are unlikely to ease labor market stress owing to unrealistic targets, local government corruption, and poor planning. The Russian federal government intends to use new regional labor programs to create one million jobs, tra [...]	2009-03-12 06:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW604	RUSSIA PROPOSES TO START DISCUSSIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) and the Federal Agency for Natural Resources Management Supervision (Rosprirodnadzor) told EST that Russia's policies and procedures on access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits are fragmented [...]	2009-03-12 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV TBIO KIPR PREL PGOV KRVC EFIS RS
09MOSCOW611	DFM RYABKOV ON IRANIAN POLICY REVIEW, S-300S [...] (S) Summary: In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Ryabkov said that the March 3 P5 1 joint statement at the IAEA, coupled with Russia's decision to delay delivery of the S-300s, had sent a clear message to Tehran of the international community's common purpose. Ryabkov expressed [...]	2009-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR RS IR
09MOSCOW616	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CJSC SCIENTIFICALLY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, CJSC Scientifically Manufacturing, SALUT 27, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW617	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: JSC LIT PHONON, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Lit Phonon, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-13 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW619	RUSSIA'S LOW-KEY RESPONSE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia maintains its opposition to the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, but will not actively pursue the warrant's deferral at the UNSC, according to the MFA. Russian officials met recently with African ambassadors who sought to maintain GOR opposition to the ICC [...]	2009-03-13 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW620	RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...]	2009-03-13 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK
09MOSCOW621	RUSSIA'S 2009 REVISED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced this week that the Russian Cabinet would begin its official review of the revised 2009 federal budget on March 16, almost three months to the day after Prime Minister Putin called for a revised budget. Intense intra-Cabinet negotiations [...]	2009-03-13 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW635	GOR PREOCCUPIED BY TENSIONS WITH SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary: At a time when tensions near the administrative borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are on the rise, Duma officials and well-connected Russian experts do not see signs of a spring offensive between Russia and Georgia. What has generated greater interest are the public signs of [...]	2009-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW640	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitriy Medvedev appointed Elena Skrynnik (Screen-nik) as the Minister of Agriculture on March 12, 2009, succeeding Aleksey Gordeyev, who took over as Governor of Voronezh Oblast after serving for 10 years as Minister of Agriculture. Skrynnik, a 47-year-old [...]	2009-03-17 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PINR WTO RS
09MOSCOW642	RUSSIA'S MIXED REACTIONS TO THE EU'S EASTERN [...] (C) When the EU first tabled the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EPI) in December 2008, the GOR called for transparency on the proposal, while FM Lavrov privately likened it to NATO expansion. To some in Russia, the EU had joined the competition over the post-Soviet space, an assessment that [...]	2009-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EU RS
09MOSCOW643	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ALTONIKA LTD, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Altonika Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW644	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MULTYSERVISNAYA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Multyservisnaya Radioset, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2009-03-17 10:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW645	GEORGIAN REPRESENTATION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Georgian Charge d'Affaires Givi Shugarov told us March 13 that the new Georgian interest section in the Swiss embassy opened March 5 was running smoothly (see also ref A.) Echoing DFM Karasin's March 6 statement in Izvestia that the GOR hoped the interest sections in Moscow and Tbilisi wo [...]	2009-03-17 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG
09MOSCOW649	RUSSIAN DISSONANCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) FM Lavrov struck a measured tone on Sudan during his March 13 meeting with visiting UK Minister of State for Africa Malloch-Brown, according to a British Emboff. Lavrov said that President Bashir's decision to expel international NGOs in response to the ICC arrest warrant was "unfortunate. [...]	2009-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU RS
09MOSCOW652	FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWING MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The current global financial crisis has forced a postponement of Russia's plans for military reform. With financial realities finally forcing the GOR to prioritize Defense Minister Serdyukov's proposed reforms, it is becoming clear that Russia's already-atrophied conventional for [...]	2009-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC ECON RS
09MOSCOW653	DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW659	GOR WALKS A FINE LINE ON POSSIBLE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. The possible test firing of a North Korean long range missile has put the GOR in a delicate position. On the one hand, Moscow appears to be providing North Korea breathing room by urging all parties to exercise restraint and to provide Pyongyang the benefit of the doubt. It has [...]	2009-03-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
09MOSCOW669	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that another U.S. pork facility was delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of food-borne pathogen Salmonella. The original scanned copy of the letter a [...]	2009-03-19 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW673	GOR ON MARCH 18 TRANSNISTRIA 2 PLUS 1 TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us that the March 18 statement signed by Presidents Medvedev, Voronin, and Transnistrian leader Smirnov contained "neutralized" points drawn from all three sides' draft statements. Stressing that the statement su [...]	2009-03-19 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW676	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SPECIAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Special Electronics, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on [...]	2009-03-20 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW677	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Moscow State University, Computational Mathematics and Cybern [...]	2009-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW678	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OAO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OAO Nizhegorodskaya Ges, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Zalvolzhye, [...]	2009-03-20 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW68	SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...]	2009-01-14 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
09MOSCOW680	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ELECTROCOMPLECT, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Electrocomplect, Korolev, Moscow Region, Russia. The company [...]	2009-03-20 08:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW683	RUSSIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC ENRG RS
09MOSCOW684	MARCH 11-12 LAVROV VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Summary: MFA Azerbaijan Office Director Yevgeniy Borisov told us that FM Lavrov's March 11-12 visit to Baku was "long scheduled," but hinted it was geared to control the recent damage done to bilateral relations by the allegations of Russian arms sales to Armenia and the creation of a CST [...]	2009-03-20 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS AJ AM
09MOSCOW685	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals in shipments to Russia from those pla [...]	2009-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW686	RUSSIA KEEPS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE CHEAP [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche, accompanied by a colleague from the Japanese Embassy, on March 19 to MFA Pakistan desk chief Andrey Starkov, who said that Russia would send a representative to the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. He could not say at what level the GOR would be represent [...]	2009-03-20 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS
09MOSCOW689	MEDVEDEV ASKS RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO HELP RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11, Medvedev convened a joint meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations in Tula, focusing on the moral development and civic education of Russia's youth. Medvedev, coordinating the meeting himself, asked the h [...]	2009-03-20 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW69	RUSSIA UNSURE OF HAMAS' UNITY, WILL NOT MEDIATE [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on January 14 that DFM Saltanov found his recent discussions in Damascus with Hamas political leader Mesha'al "difficult" because of Hamas' "tough position" that called for an immediate Israeli cease-fire and withdrawal of troops [...]	2009-01-14 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
09MOSCOW691	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Somalia Valeriy Shibeko, who said that Russia shared the U.S. hope that the election of Sheikh Sharif as President of the TFG offered an opportunity for progress, but cautioned against being overly optimistic as Somalia wa [...]	2009-03-20 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO RS
09MOSCOW693	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MILITARY NOW IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on March 20 to MFA section chief for Zimbabwe Andrey Stolyarov, who said that Russia shared U.S. concerns over the illicit diamond trade in Zimbabwe and hoped that the new government in Harare would be able to effectively address the issue. He avoided addressin [...]	2009-03-20 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ECON ASEC ZI RS
09MOSCOW695	GOR TO WOO PUBLIC AFTER COMMUNISTS INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party's (KPRF) vocal and consistent opposition to military reform plans has likely influenced President Medvedev's decision to revise how the GOR approaches the reforms. Communist leaders have criticized the reforms, especially plans to reduce the size of the milita [...]	2009-03-20 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW708	NEW PATRIARCH SOUNDS PRO-AMERICAN AFTER RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle attended a ceremony on March 17 to commemorate the return of 18 bells from Harvard University to the Russian Orthodox Danilovskiy Monastery. Patriarch Kirill shared his appreciation for the U.S. Government's role in the process, proclaiming the ceremony as a [...]	2009-03-23 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW709	RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...]	2009-03-23 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW72	RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO OSCE/UNOMIG COMPROMISE; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting to brief on the U.S.-Georgia Charter, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin welcomed the recent compromise formula proposed by Greece to establish branch OSCE offices in Tskhinvali and Tbilisi, with the mission headquartered in Vienna, although he flagged Russian [...]	2009-01-14 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS GG
09MOSCOW741	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVATEST, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Novatest, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS licens [...]	2009-03-25 09:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW742	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ROSHYDROMET, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Roshydromet, Moscow, Russia. Roshydromet is the abbreviated n [...]	2009-03-25 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW743	TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOMS DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] (C) The long-standing battle between Norwegian government owned Telenor and Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for control of mobile phone providers in Russia and Ukraine is heating up again. On March 12, each side secured major judgments against the other. Telenor won a billion-dollar contempt [...]	2009-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW746	MEDVEDEV APPROVES EXPANDED COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev has approved a proposal by FM Lavrov to expand Russian cooperation with the U.S. and NATO to stabilize Afghanistan. Lavrov made the formal proposal to Medvedev following his successful first meeting with Secretary Clinton, drawing the suggested areas for cooper [...]	2009-03-25 12:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW747	RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...]	2009-03-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET RS
09MOSCOW754	FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...]	2009-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW755	GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS [...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...]	2009-03-26 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW756	ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MOSCOW759	BELARUSIAN SWT 2008 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a recent validation study of 2008 Belarusian Summer Work and Travel (SWT) participants, 15 percent of students did not depart the United States at the conclusion of the program. This figure equals the percentage of students who did not return after the 2007 pro [...]	2009-03-27 05:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PGOV BO RS
09MOSCOW766	SMOLENSK: CONTESTED MAYOR ELECTION, LIMITED [...] (C) In a March 18-19 visit to the city of Smolensk, journalists, political parties, business people, and local officials told us the economic crisis has had limited effect on the region, but it had hindered future growth and hurt small businesses. Few companies have declared bankruptcy, but [...]	2009-03-27 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW774	AMBASSADOR KENNEDY VISITS MOSCOW IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visited Moscow from March 22 to 25 to meet with Russian counterparts in advance of the June 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. Ambassador Kennedy liaised with GOR representatives, NGO activists, Je [...]	2009-03-27 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW775	POLITICAL INTRIGUE SHAPES TOMSK MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The mayoral campaign in Tomsk, in which ruling party candidate Nikolay Nikolaychuk narrowly defeated the independent Aleksandr Deyev in a run-off election on March 15, crystallized the relative weakening position of the party of power, United Russia, in the face of economic diffic [...]	2009-03-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW778	EU MOREL, HABER DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate meetings in Moscow March 26, EU special envoy Pierre Morel met with DFM Karasin, while head of the EU Observer Mission Hans-Joerg Haber met with General Proshkin of the General Staff to discuss the Geneva Process, EU Monitoring Mission, and other Georgia-related is [...]	2009-03-27 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW784	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PRIST, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Prist, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-03-30 08:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW789	UNITED RUSSIA IN DISARRAY AS OPPOSITION REGISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to expectations, Solidarity opposition leader Boris Nemtsov successfully registered March 28 for Sochi's April 26 mayoral election. The most significant of the remaining hopefuls (from the original 24 registrants) are acting mayor and United Russia candidate Anatoliy Pak [...]	2009-03-30 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW797	RUSSIA MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO ACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Russia marked the tenth anniversary of NATO's 1999 NATO bombardment of FRY with an official statement, a State Duma special resolution, political rallies, and extensive media coverage. The MFA called for an assessment of NATO's actions and called for the adoption of Medved [...]	2009-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YI BK SR KV RS
09MOSCOW802	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW809	TUBERCULOSIS REMAINS UNDER-REPORTED PROBLEM IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Medical Corps (IMC) Acting Russia Country Director warned of the continuing spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at a meeting of post's Refugee Assistance Roundtable/Forum on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day. While [...]	2009-04-01 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID TBIO RS
09MOSCOW812	ENCOURAGING U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RUSSIA [...] Resetting relations with Russia is a key foreign policy objective for the Obama administration. We need to reduce levels of tension and mistrust, and refocus the relationship on ways to integrate Russia into regional and global institutions as a responsible player that can dramatically affect [...]	2009-04-01 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV RS
09MOSCOW816	MOSCOW'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, DISJOINTED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a deepening economic crisis and polling data that indicates a readiness to revert to social protest, civil society activists downplay the potential for social movements to coalesce politically in Moscow and note the federal and city government's efforts to make it harde [...]	2009-04-01 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI ECON RS
09MOSCOW817	1ST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubhkov gave a rare interview on March 31 to leading daily newspaper "Izvestia" on agricultural issues. Zubkov is responsible for overseeing overall agricultural development in Russia and implementation of the national priority project in agr [...]	2009-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW818	MFA DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH DAS MOON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Second Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov and SCA DAS Moon covered a range of Afghan-related issues during a March 26 meeting held on the eve of U.S. participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan. Maryasov said that FM Lavrov would be [...]	2009-04-01 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF RS
09MOSCOW819	AFGHAN FM SPANTA ON RUSSIA, PAKISTAN AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 27 meeting with SCA DAS Moon, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, who was in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan, expressed concern with the proposal made by the organization to establish a "security belt" around Afghanista [...]	2009-04-01 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS
09MOSCOW821	RUSSIAN MIDDLE CLASS NOT DEAD YET? [...] (C) Leading Russian sociologists concur the GOR missed the chance to invest in the middle class during the economic boom. As a result, the middle class remains only approximately 20 percent of the population. That said, experts assert that the small middle class is nonetheless well positioned [...]	2009-04-01 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW824	ATTACK ON YAMADAYEV DERAILS LIFTING OF GOR [...] (SBU) Summary: While contradictory stories continue to swirl in the Moscow-based media as to whether or not Chechen warlord and Kadyrov opponent Sulim Yamadayev died as a result of a March 28 attack in Dubai, Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) decided on March 31 not to lift th [...]	2009-04-01 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW833	SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Special Conference on Afghanistan convened in Moscow March 27 to discuss the impact of terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan on the country's neighbors, and intensifying international efforts to address these challenges. [...]	2009-04-02 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR UN AF RS ZK
09MOSCOW834	RUSSIA-TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: NO ZERO-SUM [...] (C) Summary: Russia has shown little concern about Turkey's recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus, including the GOT's rapprochement with Armenia, offer to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Russian officials to [...]	2009-04-02 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS TU AJ AM
09MOSCOW835	RUSSIAN EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CIS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In conversations with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland March 23-24, Russian experts on the CIS listed maintaining dominance in the region, protecting Russia's ec [...]	2009-04-02 09:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS CH AF KZ ZK
09MOSCOW837	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW838	RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES LOOK TO THE MEDIUM- TO LONG- [...] (U) Summary: Russian travel agencies who sell trips to America remain optimistic about their medium- to long-term business prospects despite the recent, marked decline in airline passenger volumes. While conceding that their numbers will not be as strong as they were in 2008, particularly amo [...]	2009-04-02 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV BEXP EIND RS
09MOSCOW839	MFA DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin reaffirmed GOR readiness to cooperate with the U.S. on Afghanistan but stressed the need for transparency and openness, particularly with regard to U.S. conversati [...]	2009-04-02 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KZ AF ZK
09MOSCOW841	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RTSOFT, MOSCOW, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, RTSoft Co., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS lice [...]	2009-04-02 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW842	Engaging Russia on Climate Change - Untapped Opportunities [...] In response to State, USAID, and DOE discussions over the future direction of the Global Climate Change (GCC) and Clean Energy Initiative programs in the Europe and Eurasia region, Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group has reviewed potential approaches to engage Russia. As the country w [...]	2009-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG KGHG KSCA OSCI RS SENV TSPL
09MOSCOW850	MOSCOW REACTS POSITIVELY TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Moscow reacted positively to the first meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1. While cautioning that issues such as missile defense and NATO enlargement remained divisive, most officials and press commentators noted a new, "positive spirit," and [...]	2009-04-02 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG NPT RS
09MOSCOW851	RUSSIA'S ATOMSTROYEXPORT CANNOT FULFILL EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian policymakers are relying on Russia's competitive advantage in civilian nuclear power to help it diversify its natural resources-based economy. Atomstroyexport, Russia's international nuclear power plant constructor is diligently pursuing construction contracts for 11 n [...]	2009-04-03 04:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP BTIO ETRD ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW853	RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR RETRENCHES [...] (SBU) Russian oil and gas companies are cutting back on capital expenditures and trimming costs where possible as they try to ride out the financial crisis and adjust to lower oil prices. Even state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, despite having held to earlier investment plans through the end of [...]	2009-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW854	LONG-FEARED GAS CRUNCH GIVES WAY TO GAS GLUT [...] (SBU) The long-feared Russian "gas crunch" -- an inability to meet domestic and export gas commitments (ref C) -- has given way to a veritable "gas glut" as European and domestic gas demand plummets. As a consequence of the sharp recession in Russia, domestic demand over the next several years [...]	2009-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW859	RUSSIA'S ECONOMY: STABILITY OR THE EYE OF THE [...] (C) The Russian economy shows signs of having stabilized in recent weeks, with oil prices edging up, the ruble stable, and a rally in the Russian stock markets. Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov bullishly proclaimed last week that the economy had reached bottom and predicted a recovery by the en [...]	2009-04-03 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
09MOSCOW861	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...]	2009-04-03 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW869	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SYNERTECH LTD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Synertech Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-06 05:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MOSCOW873	AUSTR WILSON VISIT OPENS DIALOGUE ON IPR AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher Wilson, co-chaired the first meeting in more than a year of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group during a visit to Moscow March 21-28. In a welcome sign of renewed interest in the IPR Working Group, the [...]	2009-04-06 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW879	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HOLDS ALL CARDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the Russian "Golden Ring" cities of Sergiyev Posad, Suzdal, and Vladimir indicated that despite the existence of four official Russian religions (Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism),the country's traditional religious center is firmly Russian Orthodox. Whil [...]	2009-04-06 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW880	PUTIN'S LECTURES DUMA ON GOR'S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address widely believed to have been postponed so as not to conflict with last week's G-20 London Summit and the meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin presented his first annual report to the Duma. Putin devoted much of his hour-long speech, whi [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW884	RUSNANO'S CHUBAYS SEEKS "NEW LEVEL" OF BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Rusnanotech head Anatoliy Chubays spoke optimistically of a "new window of possibility in bilateral economic relations" that he intends to cultivate during his upcoming May visit to the U.S. Goals for the trip will include learning more a [...]	2009-04-07 07:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TNGD ETRD ECON RS IS
09MOSCOW888	ROSTOV'S TROUBLED ECONOMY: IS DIVERSIFICATION THE [...] (C) Rostov-on-Don, a predominantly agricultural region, has a relatively diversified industrial base dominated by the Soviet-era combine manufacturer, Rostselmash. The economic crisis has increased regional unemployment, and many local government officials long for the days of a more autarkic [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR RS BEXP

09MOSCOW889	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...]	2009-04-07 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW890	RUSSIAN APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Igor Sagitov and North Americas Department Counselor Aleksandr Shilin on April 7 to deliver the reftel points on the need for a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the April 5 DPRK launch of the Taepo-Dong 2 long-rang [...]	2009-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW895	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...]	2009-04-08 07:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW896	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, NEW [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle on April 8 conveyed to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov and North Americas Department Director Igor Neverov Washington's preference not to link the proposed Moscow conference on the Middle East with President Obama's July visit to Russia. Saltanov in [...]	2009-04-08 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IS
09MOSCOW897	GOR CONCERNED ABOUT MOLDOVA RIOTS; DUMA COMPARES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOR is concerned about the unrest in Moldova, and the MFA alluded to possible Romanian connections of the protesters, it has not made as direct accusations as Duma members have, who freely compared the riots to a new "color revolution." Experts do not think the West [...]	2009-04-08 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW898	DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...]	2009-04-08 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW907	(C) EXXONMOBIL CREDITS "RESET" WITH PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil's local Vice President in charge of Sakhalin 1, confirmed to us April 9 that the project's budget, after months of delays (reftels),has been approved by the GOR. According to Runje, field development that had been put on hold would be resumed and that about 2000 [...]	2009-04-09 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW909	RUSSIA'S MFA ON BAIKONUR TSA STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 3, ESToff presented and discussed the reftel points on steps toward entry into force of the Baikonur Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Outer Space Affairs Senior Counselor Georgiy Yurivich Barsegov. Barsegov co [...]	2009-04-09 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPSA KZ RS
09MOSCOW910	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS
09MOSCOW923	BANKING CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS DIVISIONS OVER [...] (U) Officials from Russia's Central Bank and Sberbank presented opposing views of the duration of the economic crisis and the possibility of a second banking crisis at this week's Moscow Higher School of Economics annual conference. Aleksei Ulyukaev of the Russian Central Bank argued the most [...]	2009-04-10 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV RS
09MOSCOW925	INDEPENDENT UNIONS FACE PRESSURE AND VIOLENCE FROM [...] (C) Two of Russia's major, independent labor confederations will merge this summer to strengthen their position in terms of resources and membership. Independent labor unions face aggressive opposition from local authorities and employers in attempting to protect workers' rights. Independent [...]	2009-04-10 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW926	GEORGIA: DFM KARASIN ON RUSSIAN FORCE BUILD-UP, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called DFM Karasin April 8 to express concern about the build-up of Russian forces in Akhalgori, Gori, and Gali in advance of the planned April 9 demonstrations in Tbilisi (ref A). Karasin responded that Russia's force buildup was "purely defensive/deterrent in c [...]	2009-04-13 03:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG
09MOSCOW938	RUSSIAN INTEREST IN SUDAN, AND AFRICA, DRIVEN BY [...] (C) Summary: Russian interest in Sudan is driven by a desire to access the country's natural resources, according to Russian analysts who are skeptical of Moscow's intention of being drawn into the difficult negotiations that will be necessary to reach a settlement between the Sudanese factio [...]	2009-04-13 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EMIN ENRG CG SU RS
09MOSCOW939	THREE MORE PORK FACILITIES DELISTED, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that three more U.S. pork facilities were delisted due to suspected fraud. The letter explains that VPSS officials inspected a ship on its way to Japan th [...]	2009-04-13 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW946	ULYANOVSK OFFICIALS STRESS WESTERN INVESTMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Michael J. Rogers (R-MI) and Ambassador Beyrle traveled to the Ulyanovsk region on April 9 for a better understanding of how the economic crisis is affecting regional economies beyond Moscow's beltway. The Ulyanovsk administration used the visit to tout its success [...]	2009-04-14 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EINV PINR RS
09MOSCOW947	SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES, [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, defended the GOR's anti-crisis measures. Support for the banking system, especially in dealing with non-performing loans, was a GOR priority. High [...]	2009-04-14 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW951	MOSCOW CITY DUMA POSTPONES ELECTIONS TO 2010 [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the Moscow City Duma members postponed elections to their own assembly from the originally-planned October 2009 date to March 2010 based on Russia's federal law "On Basic Guarante [...]	2009-04-14 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW954	FIVE PORK PLANTS RELISTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that VPSS will be relisting five pork facilities which were delisted in the January 27, 2009, letter from Vlasov to Jones (Reftel B) (facilities # [...]	2009-04-14 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW962	MONTREAL CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information regarding the ratification of the Montreal Convention of 1999 with diplomats in the MFA's Department of North America Affairs and with civil aviation officials at the Ministry of Transportation (MOT). 2. (SBU) Elena Mikheeva, Deputy Head of the Air Services [...]	2009-04-15 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ICAO RS
09MOSCOW970	CONOCOPHILLIPS CEO BEING WOOED BY SECHIN, GAZPROM [...] (C) In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva (strictly protect) said his company's alliance with Lukoil is going well and that ConocoPhillips is likely to join Lukoil in bidding on the West Qurna field in Iraq. He said ConocoPhillips is interested [...]	2009-04-16 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
09MOSCOW971	GAZPROM ON TURKMENISTAN PIPELINE EXPLOSION: [...] (C) On April 13, Gazprom Director of Foreign Relations Ivan Zolotov told us that Gazprom did nothing unusual that could have resulted in the gas pipeline explosion in Turkmenistan. He dismissed Turkmen accusations to the contrary, and said Gazprom had given Turkmenistan sufficient notice of r [...]	2009-04-16 08:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW976	RUSSIA SUPPORTS AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: African Ambassadors assembled for an April 15 roundtable hosted by the Ambassador argued that despite Russia's limited diplomatic activity in Africa, Moscow's support for the African position in international fora, and African solutions to resolving the region's problems, accorde [...]	2009-04-16 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON RS XA
09MOSCOW980	C-RE8-02308 LUZHKOVâ€™S FOREIGN POLICY: PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government has cultivated its influence in far-flung Russian regions as well as in foreign countries, ostensibly for the benefit of its citizens but to a greater extent for the city's well-connected business elites. Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's personal oversight of t [...]	2009-04-17 10:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR KDEM ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW987	GOR BAILOUTS DONE, DEBT RESTRUCTURING NOW FLAVOR [...] (C) As we have previously reported (Refs A - D),the GOR has made a major change in policy in the last two months with respect to assisting cash-strapped Russian firms with their foreign debts. Several recent cases have made clear that the GOR is serious and that these firms can no longer exp [...]	2009-04-17 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW988	UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO WIN SOCHI ELECTION THANKS [...] (C) Summary: An April 13-15 visit to Sochi revealed extensive intrigue, media coercion, and ballot manipulation in the lead-up to April 26 mayoral elections in the 2014 Winter Olympics host city. Contacts from all sides of the opposition spectrum, from Communists to liberal democrats, describ [...]	2009-04-17 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW999	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KLIOINVEST, INC., [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Klioinvest Inc., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-04-20 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
09MUNICH307	GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: SCENE SETTER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. The 46th annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) runs from Friday afternoon, February 5, 2010 to mid-day Sunday, February 7, 2010, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. The draft agenda, which follows at paragraph 9 (NOTE: please [...]	2009-12-17 06:53:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO EUN PARM PGOV ASEC RS AF ZL
09NAIROBI582	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) On March 19, A/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, head of the Americas division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While not overly familiar with the dynamics of the recognition issue, Chepsongol did ask how the situation was different from Kos [...]	2009-03-24 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS KE
09NEWDELHI541	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Negma Malik of the Eurasia division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 17. Director Malik relayed to Poloff that she had delivered the nonpaper to the concerned individuals within MEA and that they are fully aware of the United St [...]	2009-03-23 10:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS IN
09NICOSIA196	CYPRUS FIRM ON NON-RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS RS GG CY
09NICOSIA2	CYPRUS TO CONSIDER U.S. THOUGHTS ON GEORGIA WAY [...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM on January 5 called on Cypriot MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis. He stressed to Yiordamlis the imperative that the U.S. and Europe cooperate long-term to support Georgian sovereignty and restore its territorial integrity. Such a strategy would incorporat [...]	2009-01-05 14:30:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY GG RS
09NICOSIA325	CYPRIOT STANCE FOR MAY GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. First taking up Iran, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes the new USG direction and agrees that the U.S. and EU must remain united in message. The GOC strongly supports the "E3 3" appr [...]	2009-05-15 08:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SO IS RS MD CG CY
09NICOSIA415	CYPRUS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Acting Head, Charis Christodoulidou. Christodoulidou stated that the GOC supports USG positions and existing security institutions. She added, however, that increased dialogue with Russia [...]	2009-06-25 13:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON RS CY
09NICOSIA44	CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...]	2009-01-23 13:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI
09NICOSIA469	CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL ON POSSIBLE U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) On July 17, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Georgia Desk Officer, Salina Shambos. Shambos stated that both the GOC and EU strongly support the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and would almost certainly vote to renew its mandate in September. Shambos avoided comment o [...]	2009-07-17 14:05:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS EU CY
09NICOSIA470	CYPRUS POSITIVE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) On July 15, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Russia Desk Officer Selina Shambos. Shambos stated that the GOC believed "things had gone quite well" during President Obama's visit to Moscow and that "a lot of ground was covered." In fact, she noted, a similarly positive report had be [...]	2009-07-17 14:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS CY
09OSLO399	NORWAY'S RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 07:44:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINS PREL RS NO
09OSLO748	Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...]	2009-12-04 06:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS
09OTTAWA278	CANADA'S "CALIBRATED" RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Russia is seeking strong re-engagement with Canada following the chilling of relations after the Russian invasion of Georgia and "Russian provocations in the Arctic." Canada nonetheless recognizes the need to work with Russia, given the many intersecting areas of mutual concern [...]	2009-04-07 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD RS GG CA
09OTTAWA326	CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT [...] (SBU) Canada will attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary conference in The Hague and is looking for "powerful leadership" from the Russian-Dutch-U.S. troika to "attack the problem of nuclear terrorism in a fulsome way," according to Department of Foreign Affai [...]	2009-04-29 20:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA
09OTTAWA736	CANADA; WEIGHING IN ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Charge on September 18 discussed Victor Bout case (reftel) with Yves Brodeur, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs and Political Director of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Brodeur was already familiar with the case. Charge [...]	2009-09-18 19:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PETER CO RS TH CA
09OTTAWA772	CANADA TO DEMARCHE RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Director General for South, Southeast Asia & Oceania Kenneth Macartney of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to PolMinCouns on October 3 that the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok would demarche the Royal Thai Government on the extradition of Viktor Bout, as Emb [...]	2009-10-05 11:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM TH CA RS CO
09OTTAWA791	CANADA DEMARCHES RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Yves Brodeur confirmed to DCM on October 14 that the Canadian Ambassador in Bangkok had on October 6 made a demarche supporting the extradition of Viktor Bout to the Thai Ministry of Justice's Permanent Secretary. The A [...]	2009-10-14 20:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KRCM PTER TH CA RS CO
09OTTAWA8	CANADA ON SEPARATIST REGIONS OF GEORGIA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on January 7 to discuss our way forward on the separatist regions of Georgia (reftel),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Europe Robert Hage confirmed that Canada remains concerned about Abkhazia and South Ossetia and [...]	2009-01-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID GG RS CA
09OUAGADOUGOU706	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE - BURKINA FASO RESPONSE [...] (C) The Embassy sees little evidence of Russian economic interest in Burkina Faso. To the best of our knowledge, there is no large-scale Russian business presence, no significant Russian investment, and very few Russian citizens currently residing in Burkina Faso. Responses to Washington's [...]	2009-09-04 11:23:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR UV RS ECON EINV
09PARAMARIBO216	SURINAME APPRECIATES INFORMATION SHARING ON [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, PolEconPDOff delivered the recommended talking points to Ms. Jenny Maikoe, European Affairs Desk Officer at Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 17, 2009. As suggested in Reftel, PolEconPDOff also gave to Ms. Maikoe the Fact Sheet on the U.S.-Russia Bil [...]	2009-07-20 18:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS NS
09PARIS102	RECENT FRENCH THINKING ABOUT RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: French presidency and MFA officials shared a unified view that amplified current French thinking on dealing with Russia, whether with respect to Georgia or in terms of the ongoing gas crisis involving the Ukraine. Bottom line: Sustaining the Geneva process on Georgia will be a [...]	2009-01-22 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET FR RS UP GG
09PARIS1393	FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BOSNIA, KARABAKH, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Government of France is "reflecting" on ways to improve the strategic relationship between Russia and the West, and may consider the potential value of entering into new negotiations on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, according to Roland Galharague [...]	2009-10-14 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS BK KZ AM AJ FR
09PARIS1401	FRENCH MFA ON EU, RUSSIA, IRAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At an October 5 lunch with visiting EUR DAS for Western Europe and Press and Public Diplomacy Spencer Boyer, key MFA officials provided an update of French thinking on a number of issues: the GOF hopes that the Czechs will ratify the Lisbon Treaty soon and that the U.S. will en [...]	2009-10-16 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS EUN NATO KMPI RS IR FR
09PARIS1413	France: Total SA's Investment Projects [...] (SBU) Total SA executives gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel an overview of investment activities in some of the world's political hotspots. On Iran, they denied talks had resumed on phase 11 of the South Pars gas field but expressed frustration over Chinese companies entering the [...]	2009-10-21 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PREL FR IR KZ NI RS SU BM
09PARIS1418	FRENCH NSA ON AF/PAK, CLIMATE CHANGE, EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KCFE KGHG KMFO NATO AF PK CN RS
09PARIS1511	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOVEMBER 16-17 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, Deputy Chief of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office Mathieu Carmona previewed French expectations for the November 16-17 GAERC. Foreign ministers will prepare for the upcoming EU-Russia summit by reviewing the Corfu process, the situation in the N [...]	2009-11-13 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS UP SO BK AF BO FR
09PARIS1558	"NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...]	2009-11-24 12:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR
09PARIS1721	DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...]	2009-12-17 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR
09PARIS1744	FRANCE: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S ENERGY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary. French officials and industry leaders support diversifying energy supply/routes in Central Asia, market competition, an Azerbaijan-Turkey agreement for gas supply and transit issues. GDF-Suez joined Nord Stream and is interested in Nabucco and the Shtokman project. Total SA e [...]	2009-12-23 10:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ZK ZJ RS FR ECON
09PARIS664	FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: GEORGIA, BOSNIA, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 15, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the May General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Overall, this General Affairs Council will be largely devoted to preparation of the June European Counc [...]	2009-05-15 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN BK BM MD SO CE IR RS GG FR
09PARIS971	EUMM: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. INVOLVEMENT, SPECIFICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Patrick Maisonnave, office director-equivalent for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' European Community External Relations, said France is strongly in favor of U.S. involvement in the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, but he did not specify how the United States could best p [...]	2009-07-17 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG RS EU FR
09PARISFR1137	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes of the 30 needed to obtain the endorsement of UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board. Notably, he has recently picked up support from India which, added to Brazil [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN
09PARTO31925	(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S MARCH 5, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) March 5, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kurt Volker A/S Dan Fried, EUR Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Spokesman Robert [...]	2009-03-19 02:48:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO UP RS
09PORTLOUIS131	GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE - NO DEFINITE MAURITIAN [...] (SBU) On April 20, Charge d'Affaires and the Russian Ambassador jointly delivered ref points and agenda to Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell and Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multi-Lateral Division at the MFA. Both were pleased to receive the updated information, but noted that, [...]	2009-04-30 10:30:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP RS NI PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MP
09PRAGUE444	THE IMPACT OF A PRE-ELECTION MD ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: A U.S. announcement on the results of the missile defense policy review prior to October 9-10 will affect the results of the Czech elections by favoring the Social Democratic Party (CSSD) and harming the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). It will open the door to a CSSD-KSCM coalition [...]	2009-08-03 12:24:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MCAP EZ RS EUN
09PRAGUE564	CZECH GOVERNMENT DELEGATION REACTS CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Czech officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and Prime Minister's Office, a USG delegation headed by USD/P Flournoy briefed on President Obama's decision regarding missile defense (MD) in Europe. Overall the Czech off [...]	2009-09-22 10:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ PL RS
09PRAGUE692	U/S TAUSCHER'S NOVEMBER 16 VISIT TO PRAGUE: CZECHS [...] (C) Summary: During Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher's November 16 meetings in Prague, Czech officials signaled they wanted more technical information on shared early warning (SEW) before making a decision on whether to go ahead. U/S Tauscher said the U [...]	2009-11-24 12:11:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MARR MCAP MASS PREL PGOV EZ RS
09PRETORIA1537	SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...]	2009-07-29 12:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF
09PRETORIA1543	SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...]	2009-07-30 06:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF
09PRETORIA529	SOUTH AFRICA VIEWS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel message at a March 19 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine Maria de Freitas and DFA Deputy Director for Security Counsel issues Ilia Du Buisso [...]	2009-03-20 12:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09QUITO206	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on March 23, 2009. Villagomez reiterated the position previously expressed by the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs (Ref B),that the GOE was sensitive to issues of sovereignt [...]	2009-03-24 22:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KPKO GG RS EC
09QUITO695	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA's Directorate of Bilateral Affairs for Europe on July 13 and followed up with MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on July 31, 2009. Villagomez said that he had already received a read-out from the Ecuadorian Embas [...]	2009-08-06 21:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EC RS
09QUITO963	GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...]	2009-11-17 21:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK
09RABAT342	MOROCCO COMMITS TO GICNT PLENARY MEETING AT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco plans to participate in the upcoming GICNT plenary session at The Hague June 16-17 and will give a presentation during the conference. Morocco seeks U.S. high level participation in the GICNT seminar it plans to host in Rabat June 3-5 and requests information on the ma [...]	2009-04-21 19:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RS NL MO
09RABAT603	MOROCCO INTERESTED IN ARMS CONTROL FOLLOWING THE [...] (SBU) On July 10, Charge delivered the demarche on the President,s visit to Russia (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Youssef Amrani, the number three in the Ministry. Amrani appreciated the information and was most interested in arms control issues sinc [...]	2009-07-14 18:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS MO
09RABAT709	USG COMMENTS ON MOROCCO'S PROPOSED UNGA GICNT [...] (SBU) On August 14, 2009, Acting Polcouns and Acting D/Polcouns delivered ref record copy with USG comments on Morocco's draft resolution in support of the Global Initiative for Combating Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of United Nations Division Re [...]	2009-08-18 17:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER UNGA KGIC RS MO
09RABAT713	PSI 2010 INVITIATION POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO RS
09RABAT715	MOROCCO APPROVES US AMENDMENTS TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER UNGA KGIC RS MO
09RABAT784	MOROCCO POSTPONES GICNT RESOLUTION INTRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Moroccan MFA Director for United Nations and International Organizations told D/PolCouns on September 16 that Morocco will not seek to introduce the GICNT resolution during the upcoming UNGA session (ref a),but would wait until next year. Citing other, more immediate priorities (CTBT A [...]	2009-09-17 16:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MO PARM PREL PTER RS UNGA
09RIGA122	POLITICAL PARTY RILES UP SIMMERING ETHNIC TENSION [...] (C) Summary: As the Latvian economy unravels, political parties are drawing on long-simmering ethnic tensions to rally votes prior to local elections in June. The most brazen example is a recent internet video intended to scare voters away from a party aligned with ethnic Russian interests. Th [...]	2009-03-04 09:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL RS LG
09RIGA86	PRESIDENT ZATLERS ON AFGHANISTAN, TRANSIT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Zatlers appreciated the sign of confidence in Latvia shown by beginning transit of non-lethal, commercial goods to Afghanistan via Latvia. He stressed his willingness to use his contacts with Central Asian leaders if helpful to facilitate transit through other countries [...]	2009-02-11 14:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RS LG
09RIYADH1203	SAUDI ARABIA PLANNING TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY? [...] (SBU) On September 9, Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saud, Vice President for Research Institutes at the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST),gave Econ Counselor an overview of Saudi plans to develop a nuclear industry. Turki noted that Saudi Arabia faces a signif [...]	2009-09-14 14:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PARM TRGY FR RS SA
09ROME1409	ITALY-RUSSIA SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS EVER STRONGER [...] (SBU) MFA officials view the December 3 summit between PM Berlusconi, Russian President Medvedev and numerous cabinet minsters a showcase for the bright future of Italian-Russian relations. Historically strong economic, political and cultural ties between Italy and Russia were reinforced by [...]	2009-12-23 16:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENGR PGOV OSCE NATO AF RS IT EUN
09ROME281	ITALIAN PIPELINE COMPANY CONCERNED ABOUT AZERI [...] (C) Summary: Franco - Italian energy company Edison, one of the leading partners in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline project, is concerned about Azerbaijan's decision to delay production from its Shah Deniz II gas field. Such a delay would adversely impact current plans for first TGI [...]	2009-03-11 09:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG GR IR IT RS TU AJ
09ROME35	ITALY AWAITING FORMATION OF EU POLICY TOWARD [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points on January 5 to FM Frattini and indicated US interest in working with Europeans to develop a strategy to encourage the reintegration of separatist areas in Georgia. The Foreign Minister stated that was unaware of any existing strategy and would pass the [...]	2009-01-13 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS IT
09ROME476	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS IN ROME ON START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) During the initial discussions of the START follow-on agreement, the heads of delegation (Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov) agreed to a tentative work program for developing the major elements of the [...]	2009-04-29 12:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US RS IT
09ROME754	U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...]	2009-06-26 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR
09ROME97	ITALY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM ROME [...] (U) This is a joint Political and Economic Section cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary. Italy's relationship with Russia is complex, encompassing historical ideological sympathies, geostrategic calculations, commercial pressure, energy dependence, and personal relationships between top leaders. The combinat [...]	2009-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET RS IT
09SANAA1273	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS YM
09SANJOSE195	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] (SBU) On March 17 we delivered Ref A demarche to Adriana Murillo of the MFA's UNSC team, and on March 16 to Antonio Alarcon, COS to FonMin Bruno Stagno, regarding Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and plans to base Russian military forces in those areas. Alarcon offered no im [...]	2009-03-18 17:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09SANSALVADOR249	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIA RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS ES MOPS PBTS
09SANSALVADOR680	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA SUMMIT, PLUS KOSOVO [...] PolCouns delivered reftel nonpaper July 16 regarding the results of the U.S.)Russia Presidential Summit to MFA Director General of Foreign Policy Werner Romero. He said that he would review the information and consult with the MFA's European desk officer. 2. When asked if the GOES had giv [...]	2009-07-17 22:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS KV ES
09SANTIAGO703	CHILE'S DECISION TO BUY RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's decision to buy five Russian MI17 helicopters generated controversy, especially after a letter from Commerce Secretary Locke to Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni was leaked. Congressional members of the Defense Committee reacted strongly to the news, calling the [...]	2009-07-24 19:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL CI PE RS
09SARAJEVO364	BOSNIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 16:15:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS BK
09SARAJEVO877	BOSNIA - DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 12:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BK RS
09SEOUL477	SEOUL UNDERSCORES CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 04:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KS
09SEOUL545	ROK FM YU: STRONG UNSC RESPONSE KEY TO 6PT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador during a meeting April 5 shortly after the North Korean Taepo-Dong-2 (TD-2) launch that a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the launch was key to eventual resumption of the Six-Party Talks. A "lukewarm, mild att [...]	2009-04-05 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC
09SEOUL569	ROKG WANTS UNSC RESOLUTION, NOT STATEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK chief Six-Party Talks negotiator Wi Sunglac emphasized to the Ambassador April 8 that the ROKG wanted nothing short of a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong 2. Substituting a strongly worded Presidential Statement for even a relatively [...]	2009-04-08 07:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC
09SHANGHAI329	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...]	2009-07-22 05:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR
09SHENYANG119	DPRK REFUGEES: MORE DIVERSE, ELITE, AND RELIANT UPON BROKERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 04:46:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG127	XI JINPING'S JOURNEY TO THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 8-10 Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping paid a stealthy and unusual visit to Dalian and Yingkou, two key areas of strength and support for First Vice Premier Li Keqiang. The visits were characterized by witnesses as "unfriendly." We also learned that two major Liaoning [...]	2009-07-17 03:57:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG134	DANDONG VANADIUM SEIZURE PART OF "CONTINUING [...] (S) Summary. Reports of a July 24 seizure of 70 kilograms of vanadium at the China-North Korea border at Dandong were confirmed by Customs Officials, who portrayed the event as business as usual. A key government contact, however, took pains to tell us that in fact things have tightened up [...]	2009-07-29 04:10:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG137	CHINESE VANADIUM SEIZURE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C)Summary. On July 30 Congenoffs went to Dandong to observe land port inspections and meet with Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) officials regarding the discovery of an attempt to smuggle vanadium concealed in fruit containers (reftel). Officials clarified that the vanadium had actually been disc [...]	2009-07-31 04:26:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PEL RS
09SHENYANG141	PRC-DPRK BORDER: DPRK ECONOMY ROBUST, UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources agree that the North Korean economy appears to be the strongest it has been in recent memory. Chinese officials may be enforcing UNSC 1874 (Ref A, B) and financial sanctions through stepped-up inspections at the PRC-DPRK border, but there is local skepticism about the abil [...]	2009-08-13 04:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PREL RS

09SHENYANG142	PRC-DPRK BORDER: HARDLY ANY NEW REFUGEES AT ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the PRC-DPRK borderlands indicate that as of August 2009, there are virtually no new DPRK refugees crossing the Tumen River with the goal of settling in China (Ref A) but that the area is home to many refugees from the late 1990s, not a few of whom have integrated into [...]	2009-08-13 04:06:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG143	PRC-DPRK BORDER: RASON, PUST, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason is the most open and liberalized place in North Korea, but minor improvements in relations with DPRK officials there should not be read as evidence of further engagement or liberalization, according to two key NGO contacts. Meanwhile, the Pyongyang University of Science and [...]	2009-08-14 01:35:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG164	DPRK BUSINESS LEANS FORWARD IN NE CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK seems to be taking a more active approach to business in Northeast China when compared to 2008 (reftel),bringing a large government and business delegation to this region's major trade fair. A senior- level DPRK official used a public forum to make political statements [...]	2009-09-16 04:01:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG167	JILIN TRADE FAIRS: CHINESE SELF-ADULATION, LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade fairs in Northeast China are becoming larger productions, with aims beyond mere regional cooperation. The Chinese seem to be moving away from the UNDP Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) begun in the early 1990s to new China-only regional projects. Northeast China's main trade [...]	2009-09-17 21:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECIN ELTN ETRD KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG219	CHINESE INVESTMENT IN NORTH KOREA: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese investment in North Korea appears to be a largely state-directed affair, supporting government objectives to engage in resource diplomacy. Chinese businesses consider business in North Korea to be unprofitable, are wary of entering the market, and will only do so with Chi [...]	2009-12-21 23:33:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ETRD KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG220	PRC-DPRK BORDER: BRIBES SOFTEN LAWS ON REFUGEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact with family ties to one of South Korea's more conservative and recognized DPRK defector NGOs reports that Chinese government and security officials are willing to turn a blind eye to their operations to shelter-in-place undocumented North Koreans who want t [...]	2009-12-21 23:36:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS SOCI
09SHENYANG221	PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...]	2009-12-21 23:38:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI
09SHENYANG31	LIFE IN CHINA'S NORTH: SNAPSHOTS FROM HARBIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Heilongjiang Province displayed a well-informed interest and concern about the global economic slowdown while remaining upbeat on prospects for development, particularly in the transportation and environmental areas. Sector-specific industries related to exports and Ru [...]	2009-02-27 03:18:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD KN KS PREL RS SENV
09SHENYANG39	STRAINED YANJI ECONOMY, YUST/PUST OPERATIONS; DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While 2008 was a banner year for trade in Jilin Province as a whole, a recent visit to the China-DPRK- Russia border region showed that the global slowdown has sharply reduced South Korean and Russian trade. This is in stark contrast to the past, when generous capital inflows fro [...]	2009-03-05 23:08:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG76	PRC-DPRK BORDER: CHINESE TENSE, NORTH KOREANS BUSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, Chinese officials have taken measures to tighten access by foreigners to border areas. Even areas previously open to tourists and foreigners are now restricted. Meetings with government, Public Security Bureau (PSB),[...]	2009-04-24 04:03:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG90	PRC-DPRK BORDER: QUIET REFUGEE FRONT, LOCAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, China's increased security posture along the border (Ref A) does not seem to have translated into increased pressure on illegal border-crossers from the DPRK. Amcits working for non-U.S. projects in Rason and o [...]	2009-05-21 02:00:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG92	PRC-DPRK BORDER ECONOMY: SOME EXASPERATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese businessmen and government officials may be experiencing "North Korea fatigue" and, against the backdrop of the DPRK's April 5 missile launch, may in the future become less enthusiastic about undertaking investment opportunities in the DPRK. Trade at Dandong, which account [...]	2009-05-21 05:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SINGAPORE314	SINGAPORE DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA OR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Director Lawrence Anderson. Anderson noted that Georgia is a long way from Singapore and said Singapore has no plans to recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent states. Anderson noted that Singapore's ambassa [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SN
09SINGAPORE672	SINGAPORE MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. - RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 03:05:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS SN
09SKOPJE13	Macedonia Suffers Minimal Effects from Russian Gas Cutoff [...] (SBU) Summary: As a minor consumer of natural gas, Macedonia has been affected only minimally by the cutoff of natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. Residential heating quickly transitioned to fuel oil and the greatest impact to date has been felt by two industrial users -- a steel produc [...]	2009-01-13 06:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL UP RS MK
09SOFIA397	BULGARIA: MFA DESCRIBES "NEGATIVE" RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS BU
09STATE101639	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 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 050188541 for the export of bullet tips to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern c [...]	2009-09-30 13:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09STATE102350	U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS [...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 2). 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 526,826.76 USD),and supporting [...]	2009-10-01 17:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE103130	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, met with key interlocutors on preparations for the 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Japan from August 25-30 on the mar [...]	2009-10-02 21:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG CH ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS UK
09STATE105942	SFO-V GUIDANCE-005: RESPONSE TO RFG-001 AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-11 21:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START RS US
09STATE107748	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning on October 19, 2009. Following is guidance for the beginning of thi [...]	2009-10-17 07:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE108618	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-002: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON MOBILE [...] (S) Additional Guidance on Mobile ICBMS and their launchers: In addition to the approach provided in Ref A guidance, Delegation is authorized to table the following additional elements of a U.S. approach to monitoring of mobile missiles in the SFO treaty: -- Elimination Procedures: Delega [...]	2009-10-21 02:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE109559	NEXT ROUND OF U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Mission Geneva, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: As noted in reftel, on July 29, 2009, Acting Assistant Secretary Vann H. Van Diepen led an interagency delegation to Moscow for the first round of Joint Threat Assessment (JTA) meetings with Russian [...]	2009-10-23 11:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC IR KN MTCRE PARM RS TSPA
09STATE109948	EUR: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AJ MD UA RS MW LG
09STATE111229	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACI). Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded t [...]	2009-10-28 14:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE111464	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 29, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and tho [...]	2009-10-28 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS KV MK KZ HU LO GG
09STATE112533	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-003/JCIC-DIP-09-012: JCIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Astana, Kyiv and Moscow, see paragraph 3 below. Geneva, see paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Washington believes it would be useful for the START Parties to exchange and release the final data for each category of data contained in the START Memoran [...]	2009-10-31 21:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE11363	ACTION REQUEST: DISCUSSION OF MEDVEDEV SECURITY [...] (C) In advance of Russian DFM Grushko,s February 18 presentation at OSCE to elaborate on President Medvedev,s proposal to establish a new &European Security Treaty,8 we believe NATO Allies should discuss internally our own priorities and principles for approaching the Medvedev idea. We welcome [...]	2009-02-07 01:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL RS
09STATE115348	U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow (see paragraph 3). 2. (S) BACKGROUND: The START Treaty will expire on December 5, 2009, and the new START Follow-on treaty currently being negotiated will not have entered into force by that date. Therefore, the United States seeks to agree with [...]	2009-11-08 18:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE115554	COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE START TREATY'S [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow and Geneva (see paragraph 6). 2. (S) BACKGROUND. Recent discussions between officials at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Russian Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (RNRRC) indicate that the RNRRC intends to host a ceremonial eve [...]	2009-11-09 18:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE116297	SFO-VII GUIDANCE-001: RESPONSES TO SVO-GVA-VI [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-11 04:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE116396	NON-PAPER FOR RUSSIA ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A U.S. non-paper dated May 28, 2009, was transmitted to Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inviting Russia to discuss the February 10, 2009, Iridium-Cosmos collision, and expressing the United States' interest in re [...]	2009-11-12 01:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNPUOS
09STATE116895	DELIVERY OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION CARGO INVENTORY [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND. On March 20, 2002, the United States, Belarus, and Russia reached agreement in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) regarding use of ground transportation and related services, provided by a Russian commercial cargo carrier designated by the Russian Governm [...]	2009-11-12 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS BO
09STATE119107	U.S. NON-PAPERS ON MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST. Please provide the non-papers on missile defense and early warning cooperation at paragraph 3 and nonproliferation at paragraph 4 to Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov, in preparation for the December 7, 2009, meeting with [...]	2009-11-18 18:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09STATE11918	JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...]	2009-02-10 00:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE119331	SFO-VII GUIDANCE-003: STREAMLINED PACKAGE ON [...] (S) Background: The United States believes the START Follow-on treaty must continue to recognize the inherent difficulty of monitoring mobile ICBMs by including some verification provisions and operational restrictions that apply only to mobile ICBMs, but that the number and type of such uniq [...]	2009-11-19 02:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE11937	(U) Secretary Clinton's February 5, 2009 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on February 5 for 30 minutes in their first bilateral meeting. The warm and open exchange followed a one-on-one working lunch and preceded a 20-minute press conference. The two agreed to coordinate closely on a wid [...]	2009-02-10 03:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL KPAL FR IR RS
09STATE119995	ENERGY SECURITY BRIEFER FOR EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In January 2009, contractual disputes led Russia to cut off natural gas shipments to Ukraine, as it had previously done (albeit for a shorter period) in January 2006. This crisis hurt Russia,s reputation as a reliable supplier, both in Western and Eastern Europe. Russian officials know t [...]	2009-11-20 17:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET RS UP XG XH
09STATE120541	CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request for DTROs in Astana and Kyiv, and for Pol-Mil in Minsk. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Background: The START Treaty expires on December 5, 2009. The START follow-on treaty will be a strictly bilateral treaty between the U.S. and Russia. There will thus be [...]	2009-11-23 16:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
09STATE121106	GICNT: U.S. CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL JUNE 2010 [...] This is an action request for Embassy Tel Aviv. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ----------------------------------- 2. The United States supports the Government of Israel,s (GOI) request to host a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop on legal frameworks and foren [...]	2009-11-24 18:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IS PARM PREL PTER RS US KGIC
09STATE121117	GICNT: U.S. CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REPUBLIC OF [...] This is an action request for Embassy Seoul. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ---------------------------------- 2. The United States welcomes the Republic of Korea,s (ROK) offer to host the 2011 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary meeting. The United States ha [...]	2009-11-24 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER RS US KGIC SK PARM
09STATE122725	PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow, P3 Embassies (London and Paris),the European Union Council and Commission, which participate in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG),as well as Norway -- see paras 7 and 10 to be left as non-papers. For USUN, see para 12, for Ottawa, see [...]	2009-12-01 00:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS CA UK FR NO
09STATE122735	SFO-VII GUIDANCE-004 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 03:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE123224	SFO-VII GUIDANCE-005: RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 03:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE127812	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON GEORGIAN [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS HAVE A KEEN INTEREST IN THE VIEWS OF GEORGIAN LEADERSHIP AND ITS POTENTIAL RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN SEPARATIST REGIONS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA. PARTICULARLY OF INTEREST IS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLANS OF PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S ADMINISTRATI [...]	2009-12-14 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL GG RS
09STATE12945	U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM SATELLITE COLLISION [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At approximately 11:55 a.m. (EST) on February 10, there was a collision between an active privately-owned and -operated U.S. commercial Iridium-33 communications satellite and a "dead" (i.e., inactive since 1995) Rus [...]	2009-02-12 05:35:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL RS TSPA
09STATE13989	UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE SOURCES. [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Tbilisi. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: As outlined in Ref A, the Government of Georgia (GOG) sought from Embassy Tbilisi additional information concerning the removal of highly radioactive sources in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. The GOG asked f [...]	2009-02-13 22:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS
09STATE14577	ACTION REQUEST: RUSSIA S-300 MISSILE TO IRAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Posts in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Cairo, Kuwait City, Manama, and Riyadh. Please see para 7. Summary and Background ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) Posts are requested to raise with appropriate government officials our concerns about Russia [...]	2009-02-18 00:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL RS BA KU AE EG JO IS IR
09STATE18084	EXCHANGE OF U.S. START TREATY BILL WITH RUSSIA [...] This is an action request. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol (IP),the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded to Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID),via express mail and unclassified E-mail, a START Treaty bill (which includes a DTRA [...]	2009-02-26 19:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS BO
09STATE18619	DELIVERY OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION CARGO INVENTORY [...] (SBU) Background. On March 20, 2002, the United States, Belarus, and Russia reached agreement in the START Treaty,s Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) regarding use of ground transportation and related services, provided by a Russian commercial cargo carrier designated by the R [...]	2009-02-27 18:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS BO
09STATE18882	(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's February 12, [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) February 12, 2009, 8:20 - 8:40, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg EUR/DAS Judith Garber Special Assistant Mary Sue Conaway Carol Beilman Werner (EU [...]	2009-02-28 01:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO ENRG AF RS GG UP
09STATE19781	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIA HEAD [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you as well, Ambassador Urstad, for your comprehensive and balanced report. We agree that Serbia continues to take positive steps along t [...]	2009-03-03 22:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
09STATE22496	GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP [...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...]	2009-03-10 19:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO
09STATE23646	CORRECTION TO STATE 12945: U.S. AND RUSSIAN COMM [...] (SBU) This cable corrects and replaces reftel, which should be destroyed. Embassy Moscow, please note that the action request below is no longer valid. 2. (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 3. (SBU) BACKGROUND: At approximately 11:55 a.m. (EST) on February 10, the [...]	2009-03-12 19:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS TSPA
09STATE24186	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR ALL POSTS EXCEPT NATO/EU POSTS, AND EMBASSIES CARACAS, LA PAZ, MANAGUA AND MOSCOW -- SEE PARA 4. THE POINTS ARE OPTIONAL FOR NATO/EU POSTS, WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL POINTS FOR EU POSTS AT PARA 5. 2. (C) SINCE ITS AUGUST 26 RECOGNITION OF THE GEORGIAN RE [...]	2009-03-13 17:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09STATE27305	SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH DANISH FOREIGN [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) March 13, 2009, 1:00 - 1:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Acting Deputy Spokesman Gordon Duguid NSC Director Maria Ger [...]	2009-03-20 21:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM NATO AF PB RS DA
09STATE27631	JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND [...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 4). 2. (C) Background: On March 11, 2009, Russia proposed a meeting of the Parties to the START Treaty in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) from March 31 to April 3, 2009, in Geneva (Ref A). Similarly, Ukraine proposed a JCI [...]	2009-03-23 16:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE27733	U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 3). 2. Summary and action request. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 592,377.62 USD),and supporting docu [...]	2009-03-23 19:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE27803	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON RUSSIAN EXPORT [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING RUSSIAN EXPORT CONTROLS ON DUAL-USE ITEMS THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BALLISTIC OR CRUISE MISSILES, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, OR ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. ANALYSTS ARE HOPING TO DEVELOP IN [...]	2009-03-23 20:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR PARM RS
09STATE29419	BAIKONUR TSA: STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 21:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KZ RS
09STATE30048	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF [...] (U) Secure communications with Minsk remains unavailable. Post is requested to pass SBU points to appropriate host government officials. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Astana, Minsk, Kyiv, and Moscow: please see appropriate paragraphs below. Posts should be aware that the information [...]	2009-03-28 01:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE31392	MD ISSUES RELATED TO DPRK [...] (SBU) This is an action request for EMBASSY MOSCOW. 2. (S/NF) BACKGROUND and ACTION REQUEST As discussed in REFTEL, the United States remains concerned about the likelihood of a launch of a TD-2 long-range missile, regardless of how North Korea characterizes such a launch. North Korea has [...]	2009-04-01 15:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KN RS
09STATE31658	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On April 8, we will celebrate International Roma Day, an opportunity to call attention to the history, experiences, and human rights of Europe's [...]	2009-04-01 21:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
09STATE32299	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON U.S.-RUSSIA SECURITY [...] The text below has been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding the April 1 meeting between President Obama and Russian President Medvedev. Please note that background information should be used only to inform posts [...]	2009-04-03 00:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS US PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER
09STATE33075	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-05 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR US RS CH EZ MNUC PTER
09STATE33306	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-06 16:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER EZ US RS
09STATE34419	48TH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The ISTC Governing Board's (GB) 48th meeting in Moscow on March 26 focused on transforming the Center to make it more relevant to changed global nonproliferation threats in a way that would maintain GoR support for the Center. Russian MFA and Rosatom officials argued that the C [...]	2009-04-08 17:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM TSLP RS
09STATE35549	GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) will conduct its 5th Plenary Meeting (2009 Plenary Meeting) at The Hague, Netherlands on June 16-17, 2009. Department requests Post to invite host government to parti [...]	2009-04-10 15:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC
09STATE38565	RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CONCERNS ABOUT UNLICENSED [...] (C) Background: On several occasions since December 2008, the Government of Russia (GOR) has raised with us concerns about the unlicensed production of Kalashnikov rifles by U.S. companies, particularly Arsenal Inc. The GOR wants to protect the intellectual property rights of its arms manufa [...]	2009-04-17 20:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS
09STATE38591	ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE ON BALTIC ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Prime Ministers and Energy Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will meet in Vilnius on April 26-27 to discuss energy security; Poland, Sweden and Finland will be represented at lower levels, as will CEOs of several Baltic energy companies. The United States supports and has [...]	2009-04-17 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS SW FI
09STATE38943	ALERTING GOR OF DELIVERY OF SEIZED HEU DURING [...] (S) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow regarding the delivery by FBI Director Mueller of a requested sample of seized highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to appropriate Russian authorities. Please see para 3. Embassy Tbilisi see para 5. 2. (S) Background: Over two years ago Russia r [...]	2009-04-20 15:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC GG RS
09STATE3902	RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Tbilisi and Moscow. See para 6. 2. (C) In response to Ref A request for GOR update on the status of radiation sources that had been located in Sukhumi, working-level Russian MFA contacts were unable to provide definitive information about these s [...]	2009-01-14 21:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS
09STATE3936	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE CIO [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on January 15. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are honored to welcome Foreign Minister Bakoyannis to the Permanent Council as the Chairman in Office for 2009. The United States supports the ob [...]	2009-01-14 23:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS GG OSCE
09STATE40419	(U) CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] (S/NF) A NUMBER OF POLICYMAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CUBA AND RUSSIA, GIVEN THE ANIMOSITY BOTH GOVERNMENTS SHARE TOWARD THE UNITED STATES AND IN LIGHT OF THE NUMEROUS PRESS REPORTS SUGGESTING A CLOSER BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP. WASHINGTON ANALYST [...]	2009-04-22 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL CU RS
09STATE40433	(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON RUSSIAN FSVTS AND [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS FROM POST ON RUSSIA'S FEDERAL SERVICE FOR MILITARY TECHNICAL COOPERATION (FSVTS) AND ROSOBORONEXPORT (ROE). ANALYSTS IN PARTICULAR APPRECIATED SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFERS, RUSSIA'S DECISIONMAKING [...]	2009-04-22 21:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR EIND ETRD ETTC MASS PGOV PREL RS
09STATE40874	JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the parties are obligated to provide, "in advance,[?] information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosp [...]	2009-04-23 18:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE41125	GUIDANCE FOR A/S GOTTEMOELLER AT U.S./RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will hold talks regarding a START follow-on agreement with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, as proposed in Reftel. Accompanying A/S Gottemoeller will be Dr. [...]	2009-04-24 01:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US RS
09STATE41838	GUIDANCE: RUSSIAN DRAFT PRST ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to recommend changes to the Russian draft PRST provided reftel, so that the text matches that provided at para 2 below (note: a copy of this text showing tracked changes will be provided via e-mail). Mission should ensure that Russian counte [...]	2009-04-27 13:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL IS RS KWBG KPAL
09STATE42846	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON RUSSIA'S [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONMAKING WITH REGARD TO AFGHANISTAN. PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SUGGEST MOSCOW WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES ON STABILIZING AFGHANISTAN. RUSSIA HAS PROPOSED A RANGE OF COUNTERNARCOTIC [...]	2009-04-28 18:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL AF RS
09STATE43205	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded to embassie [...]	2009-04-29 13:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE44001	U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Under the terms of the Moscow Treaty, the Parties are obligated to meet twice a year in the Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC). The last meeting of the BIC was in November 2008. The United States proposes that the next BIC meeting b [...]	2009-04-30 17:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE46706	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 Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050124935 for the export of gyroscopes to Russia. Embassy is requested to complete this Blu [...]	2009-05-07 18:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09STATE47394	SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER CARL BILDT, MAY 5, 2009, 3:15 P.M., WASHINGTON, D.C. [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) May 5, 2009, 3:15 ? 4:00, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Special Envoy for Energy Security Amb. Richard Morningstar Deputy [...]	2009-05-09 00:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AF CE CZ EAID ENRG EU IR IS IZ KN KNNP KWBG NATO NO PARM PGOV PHUM PREL RS SENV SO VIP
09STATE50903	SENIOR LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) SUMMARY. During their April 1 meeting in London, President Obama and President Medvedev acknowledged that while differences remain over the purposes of deployment of missile defense assets in Europe, the U.S. and Russia would discuss [...]	2009-05-19 00:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09STATE50910	U.S. NON-PAPER ON ELEMENTS OF A START FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Background: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with a Russian delegation led by Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affair [...]	2009-05-19 02:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE50911	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]	2009-05-19 02:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE54156	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 050169035 for the export of ammunition to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...]	2009-05-27 16:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09STATE54767	INFORMING THE CENTRAL ASIANS ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 18:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS TI TX UZ KG KZ
09STATE54933	NON-PAPER FOR RUSSIA ON SATELLITE COLLISION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 6-7 below. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On March 6, Embassy Moscow received a non-paper from Russian MFA North America Desk Counselor Aleksandr Shilin providing information on the February 10 collision of U.S. and Russian satellites (REF A). In providing [...]	2009-05-28 22:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNPUOS
09STATE55511	REQUEST FOR RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE IN STRENGTHENING [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Experts from the United States, European Union, and the IAEA have developed a proposed nuclear forensics framework to strengthen international cooperation to end nuclear smuggling. While foren [...]	2009-05-29 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR RS XG XH
09STATE55556	JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 -- OMNIBUS GUIDANCE [...] (U) These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. The United States proposed that the Parties meet for JCIC-XXXIV (State 043464) and the Russian Federation accepted (State 04648 [...]	2009-05-30 00:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE5556	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ABOUT MURDERS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States was shocked and saddened by two recent and brazen murders of human rights defenders in Russia. On January [...]	2009-01-21 23:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RS KDEM
09STATE5642	GEORGIA: MOD CLOSE TO SIGNING MOU WITH EUMM [...] (C) The Department supports the Georgian MOD's plan to sign an MOU with the EU Monitoring Mission regarding voluntary restraints on deployment of Georgian troops and equipment in areas ajacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia (reftel). We concur with Embassy Tbilisi that the restraints would no [...]	2009-01-22 13:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL KBTS GG RS
09STATE57279	PROPOSAL FOR FURTHER SENIOR LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) SUMMARY. A U.S. interagency delegation led by Ambassador Stephen Mull met with a Russian interagency delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on ballistic missile defense and U.S.-Russia Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC) [...]	2009-06-03 20:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR PREL PARM KTIA RS
09STATE57309	DEMARCHE ON UNOMIG FOR DFM KARASIN [...] (C) This is an action request. Post is requested to demarche Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Grigoriy Karasin, or in his absence, a suitably high-level Russian official, to seek Russian engagement in New York on the draft resolution agreed by the Quad to extend the United Nations Observ [...]	2009-06-03 22:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL RS GG
09STATE57901	JDEC/PLNS NON-PAPER: "RARE EXCEPTIONS" FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On May 28, 2009, in Moscow, a U.S. interagency delegation led by Ambassador Stephen Mull met with a Russian interagency delegation chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. The agenda focused on bilateral ballistic missi [...]	2009-06-04 22:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09STATE58439	JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-002: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is the second tranche of guidance for JCIC-XXXIV. These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 (Omnibus Guidance) is contained in Reftel. [...]	2009-06-06 02:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58456	JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-003: U.S. OPENING STATEMENT [...] (U) Delegation is authorized to deliver the text in paragraph 2 below during the opening plenary meeting of JCIC-XXXIV. 2. (C) Begin text: STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION AT THE OPENING PLENARY MEETING OF THE THIRTY-FOURT [...]	2009-06-06 05:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58525	DELEGATION GUIDANCE FOR MEETING WITH RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: In 2006 and 2007, Russia and the United States signed military cooperation workplans, which included various space-related activities. To date, none of these activities have occurred. Also in 2007, Russia submitted a list of proposals on space TCBMs to the UN Secretary Gene [...]	2009-06-07 18:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNGA
09STATE59424	JUNE 3 U.S.-RUSSIA CFE MEETING: NO BREAKTHROUGHS, [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and Russian CFE Teams led by VCI A/S Gottemoeller and Russian MFA Director for Disarmament Antonov met in Geneva in the afternoon of June 3 to review ideas for moving forward on CFE. The meeting had an introductory character, as it was the first time U.S. and Russian inte [...]	2009-06-09 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KCFE MD NATO PARM PREL RS

09STATE60343	U.S. NON-PAPER ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, during continuing negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, undertook to provide to the Russian Federation a U.S. n [...]	2009-06-11 18:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US KTIA RS
09STATE60382	RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S DRAFT AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) On June 10, Amb. Mull, from the Office of the Undersecretary for Arms Control & International Security, provided Russian MFA North America Director Igor Neverov with the USG response to the draft agreement Russia had provided on May 27 (reftel). The text of the USG response is in paragra [...]	2009-06-11 19:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF RS US
09STATE60487	U.S.-PROPOSED TEXT OF A JOINT UNDERSTANDING [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, during continuing negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, undertook to provide to the Russian Federation the U.S. [...]	2009-06-11 20:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US KTIA RS
09STATE60626	RUSSIA--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP RS
09STATE60946	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE EXCELLENT REFTEL ON ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, A TOPIC OF GREAT ANALYTIC INTEREST. REFTEL WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO THE ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP FROM MOSCOW'S PERSPECTIVE, AND WILL BE USED IN A NUMBER OF FORTHCOMING ANALYT [...]	2009-06-12 16:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR ENRG EPET PGOV PREL RS
09STATE61817	U.S. REVISED JOINT STATEMENT RESPONDING TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A U.S. interagency delegation led by Ambassador Stephen Mull met with a Russian interagency delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on ballistic missile defense and U.S.-Russia Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC) [...]	2009-06-15 23:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM KTIA RS
09STATE61832	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to continue negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]	2009-06-16 00:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US KTIA RS
09STATE62400	JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]	2009-06-16 21:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE62679	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and t [...]	2009-06-17 17:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS MK ZK GG
09STATE64643	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzer [...]	2009-06-23 01:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE65194	REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2, 3, and 4. 2. (C) Post is requested to provide the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement to the MFA. The text of the revised draft is in paragraph 5 below. A Microsoft Word version of the agreement with tracked revi [...]	2009-06-23 23:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF RS US
09STATE66234	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 Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050083308 for the export of rifles to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...]	2009-06-25 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09STATE67127	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 24, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. ) 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the third session of the START Follow-on negotiations focused on receiving [...]	2009-06-29 17:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE68116	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING IN CORFU [...] Summary. This cable is for information. On June 28 in Corfu, in a short discussion with Assistant Secretary Gordon on the margins of the informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Usackas expressed skepticism regarding the near-term prospects for improved relation [...]	2009-07-01 13:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS LH BO
09STATE70576	DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] This is an action request. See para 2 below. 2. All European posts are requested to deliver the following points in paras 3 - 18 regarding President Obama's meetings in Moscow July 6 - 7 orally to the highest appropriate host government officials. Posts may also direct their counterparts [...]	2009-07-08 15:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PREL
09STATE71041	(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON RUSSIA'S AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON RUSSIAN MFA OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN RUSSIA'S POLICIES TOWARD AFGHANISTAN. ANALYSTS IN PARTICULAR APPRECIATED POST'S ASSESSMENTS OF MFA OFFICIALS' LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN FORMULATING MOSCOW'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY AND MFA OFFICIALS' ATTITUDE [...]	2009-07-09 15:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL AF RS
09STATE71326	DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] This is an action request. This cable reiterates the reftel message and expands the distribution from All European posts to all diplomatic and consular posts. See para 2 below. 2. Posts are requested to deliver the following points in paras 3 - 18 regarding President Obama's meetings in M [...]	2009-07-09 23:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PREL
09STATE73192	U/S TAUSCHER,S MEETING WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher, met with German Ambassador to the United States, Klaus Scharioth, on July 9, 2009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U/S Tauscher,s Office U. [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE74349	EFFORT BY RUSSIAN FIRM TO PROCURE TURNTABLE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information that as of February 2009, the Russian firm Crystaltechno Ltd. was working to procure a German-origin, single-axis turntable on behalf of Iran's Malek-Ashtar Universi [...]	2009-07-16 20:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR
09STATE74733	(S) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON JUNE 2009 SCO SUMMIT [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORTS, INSIGHTS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA CONTINUES TO ATTRACT CONSIDERABLE SENIOR POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTI [...]	2009-07-17 17:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE74735	(U) RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION CONCERNING RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO. SHMATKO SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN MAY 2008 AS ENERGY MINISTER HAS QUICKLY ASSUMED A PROACTIVE ROLE IN ADVANCING RUSSIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY. SHMATKO ALSO APPEARS OPEN TO REVIVING THE LO [...]	2009-07-17 17:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR BEXP BTIO EINV ENRG RS
09STATE74989	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JUNE 27, 2009 [...] (U) June 27, 2009; 1700; Corfu, Greece. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder, USNATO A/S Phil Gordon, EUR DASD Celeste Wallander, OSD Dr. Liz Sherwood Randall, NSC Bruce Turner, Director EUR/RPM Reece Smyth, notetaker Other NRC Ministers Al [...]	2009-07-17 21:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MOPS NATO OVIP RS PREL KCFE
09STATE75614	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START Follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]	2009-07-21 02:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE75993	(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH RUSSIA ON CASE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: In October 2008, the U.S. provided the GOR information indicating that the Russian firm Optolink was facilitating the sale of integrated optical ships to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research [...]	2009-07-21 18:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS CH PK
09STATE76014	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Department is grateful for the Government of Russia's (GOR) active participation at the 14th annual meeting of the International Technical Working Group on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG) hosted b [...]	2009-07-21 18:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR RS XG XH
09STATE76452	(S) CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE JUNE 2009 SCO [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT HELD IN JUNE 2009 IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA IS OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTING POST CAN PROVIDE, TIME AND RE [...]	2009-07-22 15:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE76696	(S) CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE JUNE 2009 SCO [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT HELD IN JUNE 2009 IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA IS OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTING POST CAN PROVIDE, TIME AND RE [...]	2009-07-22 20:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE76708	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuclear fuel ba [...]	2009-07-22 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09STATE77515	DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING VEHICLE, PARTS VIA RUSSIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States Government has information indicating that in April 2009, the Korea Mining Development General Trading Corporation (KOMID) and a North Korean broker in Moscow were work [...]	2009-07-24 17:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09STATE78715	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-07-28 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78724	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-07-28 20:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78776	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian delegations continued their discussions at the U.S. Mission on Thursday, [...]	2009-07-28 23:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09STATE78777	JCIC-DIP-09-008: RUSSIAN FAILURE TO PROVIDE [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: From July 11 to 13, 2009, as provided by the START Treaty, the Russian Federation sent the United States, through the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (NRRCs) a total of three "Notifications of a Flight Test of an [...]	2009-07-28 23:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE79245	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS--LIST OF REPORTING [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-005. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for SFO-GVA-III reporting activity during the period July 22-24, 2009. SFO-GVA-III-001 (GENEVA 0616) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-III): START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, JULY 22, 2009, MORNING SESSIO [...]	2009-07-29 19:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09STATE80223	CONSULTATIONS WITH TURKEY IN ADVANCE OF RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-01 00:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL RS TU
09STATE80778	JCIC-DIP-09-009: U.S. MINUTEMAN III FRONT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Russian complaints about Minuteman III (MM III) RVOSI date almost to the beginning of START Treaty implementation. While we are confident the original U.S. procedures were Treaty compliant, the United States made [...]	2009-08-04 02:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE81957	REPORT OF U.S.- RUSSIA MANPADS EXPERTS MEETING [...] (S/NF) On the same week as the successful U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit in Moscow, the United States and Russia held their sixth Experts Meeting under their bilateral Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Arrangement July 9-10 in Washington. Several items of interest were covered, including: [...]	2009-08-06 16:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL RS
09STATE82572	U.S.- RUSSIA JOINT THREAT ASSESSMENT TALKS [...] (S) A U.S. interagency team -- led by ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Vann H. Van Diepen -- met with a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-only team, led by Ambassador Anatoly Antonov, Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs (participants list at para 11),on July 29, 2009 to discuss wha [...]	2009-08-07 22:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM ETTC TSPA IR KN RS
09STATE82997	(S) RUSSIAN FIRM INVOLVED IN TRANSFER OF GNC [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information indicating that as of early June 2009, Russia's Polyus Research and Development Institute was planning to ship two consignments of laser rangefinder components to an [...]	2009-08-10 20:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA RS IR CH
09STATE8300	ENCOURAGING KAZAKHSTAN'S ADVOCACY FOR MANAS [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. In addition to press reports, Embassy Bishkek is receiving strong signals that the Kyrgyz government may decide in the near future to close the coalition airbase at Manas. Kazakhstani Ambassador to the United States Erlan Idri [...]	2009-01-29 23:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KZ KG RS
09STATE83014	COMBATTING VENEZUELAN DIVERSION OF ARMS TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Madrid and Stockholm see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In an August 3 telcon with the Secretary, Colombian President Uribe expressed concerns over evidence that three Swedish-origin anti-tank missiles sold to Venezuela were found in the possession [...]	2009-08-10 21:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STATE8311	AMB VOLKER'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This action request provides guidance requested reftel. Please see paragraphs 2-4. 2. (C) Ambassador Volker's meeting with Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin comes on the heels of several positive exchanges between the United States and Russia on the future of our relations, including p [...]	2009-01-30 00:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09STATE83603	DEMARCHE REQUEST: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to demarche at the highest appropriate level regarding host country objections to a draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) dealing with the Aung San Suu Kyi verdict in Burma. (PRST text in REFTEL) Embassies Beijing and Mosco [...]	2009-08-12 01:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09STATE8443	DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) Department requests Post express at an appropriate senior Russian government level our serious concerns about press reports of Russian pressure and financial incentives on Kyrgyzstan to close Manas airbase and seek assurances from Russia that Manas should remain open. End Summary. OBJEC [...]	2009-01-30 11:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS KG
09STATE84678	SFO-DIP-09-001: U.S. VIEWS REGARDING THE EXPIRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: In November 2008, at JCIC-XXXIII in Geneva, the Russian and U.S. delegations prepared drafts of an Agreement on Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring Activities at the Monitored Facility [...]	2009-08-14 01:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE85122	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has promoted the concept of multilateral nuclear fuel assurances. This concept is intended to strengthen the international nuclear [...]	2009-08-14 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR AR SF EG IN MY RS
09STATE85588	ALERTING GOR OF DELIVERY OF SEIZED HEU DURING [...] (SBU) This is an action request: Embassy Moscow please see para 6 and 7; and Embassy Tbilisi please see para 8. 2. (S/NF) Background: Over two years ago Russia requested a ten-gram sample of highly enriched uranium (HEU) seized in early 2006 in Georgia during a nuclear smuggling sting ope [...]	2009-08-17 19:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MNUC RS GG
09STATE86606	BELARUS: ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with Assistant Secretary Gordon on August 14, Belarus' Presidential Administration Chief (White House Chief of Staff equivalent) Vladimir Makey conveyed Belarus' interest in improving relations with the U.S. Makey did not offer any concrete proposals, [...]	2009-08-19 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09STATE88226	DEMARCHE TO COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Bogota. Embassy is requested to urge the Government of Colombia at the highest levels to weigh-in with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to support the extradition of accused arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States. Post may draw from the points in para [...]	2009-08-24 20:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER CO RS TH
09STATE88230	DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Action addressees are requested to urge host governments at the highest appropriate levels to weigh-in with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to support the extradition of accused arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States. Posts may draw from the points in p [...]	2009-08-24 20:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER CO RS TH
09STATE88259	SFO-DIP-09-003: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At their July 23, 2009, in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoliy Antonov agreed to meet in Geneva again on August 31, 2009 to begin discussing the text of the New START Treaty. T [...]	2009-08-25 02:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE88260	SFO-DIP-09-003: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At their July 23, 2009, meeting in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoliy Antonov agreed to meet in Geneva on August 31, 2009 to begin discussing the text of the New START Treaty. [...]	2009-08-25 02:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE88262	SFO-DIP-09-002: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At their July 23, 2009, meeting in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoliy Antonov agreed to meet in Geneva on August 31, 2009 to begin discussing the text of the New START Treaty. [...]	2009-08-25 03:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE88263	SFO-DIP-09-002: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At their July 23, 2009, meeting in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoliy Antonov agreed to meet in Geneva on August 31, 2009 to begin discussing the text of the New START Treaty. [...]	2009-08-25 03:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE88978	(S) POTENTIAL HIZBALLAH-IRAN ARMS TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) We have recently received information that Iran and Hizballah plan to transport military equipment between Syria and Iran via Moscow. Washington is very concerned about the potential transfer of ar [...]	2009-08-26 14:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER ECCT RS IR SY
09STATE90239	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START Follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzerland, Augu [...]	2009-08-28 22:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE91093	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 17:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91106	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 17:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91134	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 18:13:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91143	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 18:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91151	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 18:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91199	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - OVERCOMING INDIA'S SENSE OF [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see paras 3 and 14. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 15-18, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuc [...]	2009-09-01 19:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IN RS
09STATE91284	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 21:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE91291	SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]	2009-09-01 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE92632	AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT - REQUEST FOR GENERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy is requested to present to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) the request for General Authorization for transit of military equipment and personnel to Afghanistan. End Summary GENERAL AUTHORIZAT [...]	2009-09-04 22:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR PREL US RS AF
09STATE92657	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START [...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]	2009-09-05 02:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE92658	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START [...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]	2009-09-05 02:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE94665	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 2, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian Delegation presented two papers for consideration by the United States: the fi [...]	2009-09-11 16:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94672	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 1, 2009 Event: U.S.-hosted Reception Time: 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva (U) Meeting Date: September 2, 2009 Event: Initial Meetings of WG [...]	2009-09-11 17:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94677	(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED UNGA RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-008. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) During negotiations to develop a treaty to replace the START Treaty, the Russian Delegation presented a paper for consideration by the United States containing a draft United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Bila [...]	2009-09-11 17:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START UNGA
09STATE94715	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 2, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva 3: (S) At the final meeting of this session, A/S Gottemoeller returned to the issue of the Russian-proposed language on "Equal Securi [...]	2009-09-11 17:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94752	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-015. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for SFO-GVA-IV reporting activity during the period August 31 - September 3, 2009. Geneva cable numbers 004, 005, 006, 008 AND 015 were sent from Washington. SFO-GVA-IV-001 (GENEVA 0735) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI [...]	2009-09-11 18:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94922	QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP SEIZURES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Recent ship seizures by Georgian authorities in international waters off the coast of Abkhazia have provoked strong rhetoric from both Russian and Abkhaz de-facto officials. Quad members (U.S., Fran [...]	2009-09-11 22:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL GG RS
09STATE95439	GUIDANCE FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL PREPARATORY [...] (C) The Mission should draw from the following guidance in response to the nonpaper delivered by Russian Ambassador Rogozin to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen on August 11, 2009 (reftel). The following points are keyed to the relevant sections of the Russian nonpaper. Begin points: (1) Dep [...]	2009-09-14 19:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS
09STATE95881	SFO-DIP-09-006: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles to the Russian Federation (Refs A-B). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-09-15 20:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE95938	SFO-DIP-09-006: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles to the Russian Federation (Refs A-B). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-09-15 20:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE95967	SFO-DIP-09-005A: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 21:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE95978	SFO-DIP-09-005B: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 21:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE95987	SFO-DIP-09-005C: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 22:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE95991	SFO-DIP-09-005D: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 22:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96003	SFO-DIP-09-005E: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 22:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96008	SFO-DIP-09-005F: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New STA [...]	2009-09-15 22:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96009	SFO-DIP-09-005G: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 22:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96010	SFO-DIP-09-005H: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New START [...]	2009-09-15 22:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE96011	GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 16 NAC ON EXERCISE BALTIC [...] (C) We understand that Estonia plans to raise at the September 16 NAC the question of NATO participation in Exercise Baltic Host 2010. If this issue is raised, in response USNATO is authorized to suggest that Allies begin consideration of Alliance participation in Baltic Host 2010 in the con [...]	2009-09-15 22:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL AA MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09STATE96638	SFO-DIP-09-007: U.S.-PROPOSED NEW START TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: During the September 2, 2009, New START Treaty negotiations in Geneva, A/S Gottemoeller and Ambassador Antonov discussed the schedule of meetings required to successfully conclude negotiations on a treaty text befor [...]	2009-09-17 14:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE97434	AUSTRALIA GROUP: SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE FOR [...] (U) This message provides supplmentary guidance on membership and regional nonproliferation issues for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- MEMBERSHIP ---------- 2. (C//REL AUSTRALIA GROUP) Russia: -- The Del may not suppor [...]	2009-09-18 22:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC RS KN IR SY KZ BR CI MX
09STATE97473	SFO-V GUIDANCE-002: U.S. NON-PAPER WITH [...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on treaty articles and the associated definitions annex to the Russian Federation. This cable transmits the U.S. proposals for the content of the Memorandum of Understanding (MO [...]	2009-09-19 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE97474	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia beginning in Geneva, Switzerland on September 21, 2009. ------------------------- SCHEDULE AND ORGA [...]	2009-09-19 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE97951	RUSSIA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Russia to help strengthen it [...]	2009-09-21 21:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP RS
09STATE98566	SFO-V GUIDANCE-004: MOBILE MISSILE MONITORING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 04:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE99070	SFO-V GUIDANCE-003: U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the text of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on Treaty Articles, which was discussed initially during the August 31-September 3 sessio [...]	2009-09-24 00:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START US RS
09STATE99072	SFO-V GUIDANCE-003: U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT START [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the text of the U.S.-proposed Draft START Follow-on Treaty Articles, which was discussed initially during the August 31-September 3 sessio [...]	2009-09-24 00:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START US RS
09STATE99089	SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH ESTONIAN [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney, Acting, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 17, 2009, 2:15 2:45 P.M., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud Spokesperson Ian Kelly NSC Director Will Schlickenma [...]	2009-09-24 02:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EAID ENRG MARR AF RS EN
09STATE99580	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
09STATE99779	JCIC-DIP-09-011: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the Parties committed to provide, in advance, information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosphere or space, i [...]	2009-09-24 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STOCKHOLM262	SWEDEN PUSHES GREATER ENERGY SECURITY FOR BALTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Bo Diczfalusy, Director-General for Energy at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Transportation, and MFA Baltic Desk Officer Isabella Torngren, told Econoffs on April 27 that Sweden: - views energy security as a key part of its EU Presidency focus on the Baltic Sea Strate [...]	2009-04-27 13:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS FI SW
09STOCKHOLM268	SWEDEN WILL PARTICIPATE IN GICNT 2009 PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 10:39:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM RS PREL PTER KGIC NL SW
09STOCKHOLM418	EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]	2009-07-09 16:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM543	SWEDEN, COLUMBIA AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary: Swedish Foreign Ministry officials noted their dismay with recent evidence that Swedish arms, originally sold to Venezuela, were diverted to the FARC. They said this evidence would be sufficient to prevent any future proposed arms sales from Sweden to Venezuela and promised that t [...]	2009-08-25 05:37:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP

09STOCKHOLM596	PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE: SWEDEN ON RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Sweden, in a bilateral manner and not as EU President, briefed EU Member States at the September 4 COARM meeting on the discovery that 1980s-era Swedish-origin missile launchers sold to Venezuela ended up in FARC arms caches in Colombia (reftel A). They also plan to issue a "stat [...]	2009-09-18 11:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP

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