#1 - JRL 7261
TV1 Review
www.1tv.ru
Compiled by Luba Schwartzman (luba_sch@hotmail.com)
Research Analyst, Center for Defense Information, Moscow office
HEADLINES,
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
:: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the organization of alternative civil service. According to public opinion polls, only 3,000 young men would agree to substitute regular military service with alternative civil service -- a commitment of 3.5 years (as opposed to 2 years), most likely at an undistinguished job, far away from home.
:: President Putin met with military commanders to discuss the state of affairs in the Russian Armed Forces.
:: President Putin met with Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi to discuss the results of the minister’s trip to Chechnya.
:: Russian Cabinet Ministers discussed Russia’s negotiations with the World Trade Organization and measures to support domestic production.
:: United Russia Party activists met with businessmen in Kemerovo to discuss ways to protect small business from arbitrary rule by officials.
:: Accounting Chamber representatives discussed the results of the privatization of oil-producing enterprises in the Republic of Bashkiria. Over the past 7 years, Russia has received only 56 million rubles (less that $2 million) in dividends and lost $113 million.
:: In Ingushetia, a suicide bomber blew himself up when police officers tried to search his car. A criminal case has been initiated.
:: The Moscow District Military Court has resumed hearings on the case of four former paratroopers and two businessmen accused of organizing the murder of journalist Dmitry Kholodov.
:: Chechen refugees are returning to Grozny from Ingushetia. About 10,000 people are expected to return before the winter season.
:: The first private housing and utilities companies are beginning operations in Krasnoyarsk.
:: Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Barkovsky, the man who first informed the Soviet leaders about nuclear research in the West, passed away.
:: An exhibit of items from the archives of the Federal Security Service opened in Moscow.
:: The Besstrashnyi Destroyer is leaving the Severodvinsky Port. Repairs have been completed with the financial support of the United Russia Party.
:: A Russian-Belgian expedition of paleontologists discovered the remains of a previously unidentified dinosaur in the Amur Oblast.