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Russia's Duma slashing fed budget expenditure for 2010 by 148 bln
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MOSCOW, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - State Duma, the lower house of
Russian parliament is expected to have the first reading of a bill that
envisions the slashing of expenditure articles of the federal budget for
next year by 148 billion rubles /USD 1=RUB 29.0/.
The Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation contains a provision
making it possible to cut down the spending under various laws "for the
purpose of balancing the revenues and spending of the federal budget for
2010."
As one of the measures of stringent economy, the bill suggests
refraining from the annual indexing of wages to federal employees and
subsidies for young children's stay at nursery schools.
Also next year, the government will stop issuing benefits to
postgraduate students of various categories for purchasing research
literature.
An explanatory note to the bill says along with this that postgraduate
students have an opportunity to get extra money from participation in
various commercial research and development projects.
The latter category can also seek state support in the form of grants
envisioned by legislation.
The measures will affect the repairs and maintenance of some
automobile roads having the status of 'federal' ones. The government says
the measure is necessary in the wake of an unscheduled transition of some
former regional roads over to the network of federal ones.
The bill suspends allocations for the mandatory state genomic
registration, traditionally financed from the federal budget.
.Russia, Cuba to endorse plans for cooperation in civil defense.
HAVANA, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - Signing of a protocol and discussion
of prospects for cooperation in the field of civil defense are the
highlights of the itinerary of a working visit to Cuba by Russian
Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu, who arrived here Tuesday.
"Our agenda includes the signing of a protocol and endorsement of the
plan for further cooperation in civil defense," Shoigu told reporters at
Havana airport.
He indicated that the plan embraces exchanges of information and
training of cadres.
"Maybe, we'll look at some changes in our future plans as regards the
triangle consisting of the World Food Program, Russia and Cuba," Shoigu
said. "We'll map out new plans and will fulfill them."
He indicated that the delegation of the Russian Ministry for Emergency
Situations and Civil Defense is visiting Cuba as part of a major tour of
Latin American countries.
"We came here from Nicaragua where we signed a memorandum and launched
a mine-clearing project," Shoigu said adding that Russia has handed to
Nicaragua some technologies and equipment, including robots for mine
clearing on big land areas.
"The Russian government has taken a decision to allocate a big enough
fund for the purchases of equipment and training the national mine
clearing cadres from Nicaragua," he said.
All the previously mine-strewn lands in Nicaragua should be cleared of
mines in 2010, Shoigu said.
After Cuba, the next leg of the tour will take the delegation to
Venezuela where the itinerary is linked directly to the Emergency
Situations Ministry's immediate sphere of activity.
US Court issues charges in absentia to hackers from Estonia, Moldova,
Russia.
NEW YORK, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - Federal Circuit Court in Atlanta,
GA, has issued charges in absentia to eight computer hackers from Estonia,
Moldova and Russia who, according to U.S. investigators, proved able to
steal more than $ 9 million with the aid of bankcards over a period of
just twelve hours.
Sally Quillian Yates, the United States Acting Attorney for northern
Georgia said the hackers stole information on payroll cards issued by the
Atlanta branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the largest British
banking institutions.
With aid of the data, the hackers produced 44 fake bankcards, with the
aid of which they took away in cash millions of dollars from automatic
telling machines in 280 cities of the world.
An investigation of activities of the group broke up the backbone of
one of the world's most sophisticated organizations of hackers, Yates said.
According to the Attorney's Office, five of the malefactors are
Estonians, one is a Russian and one, a Moldovan. The nationality of one
more member of the group has not been disclosed.
Estonian police have already detained four suspects and the U.S.
authorities have started seeking extradition of a certain Sergei Tsurikov,
a resident of Estonia's capital Tallinn.
-0-kle
MOSCOW, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - State Duma, the lower house of
Russian parliament is expected to have the first reading of a bill that
envisions the slashing of expenditure articles of the federal budget for
next year by 148 billion rubles /USD 1=RUB 29.0/.
The Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation contains a provision
making it possible to cut down the spending under various laws "for the
purpose of balancing the revenues and spending of the federal budget for
2010."
As one of the measures of stringent economy, the bill suggests
refraining from the annual indexing of wages to federal employees and
subsidies for young children's stay at nursery schools.
Also next year, the government will stop issuing benefits to
postgraduate students of various categories for purchasing research
literature.
An explanatory note to the bill says along with this that postgraduate
students have an opportunity to get extra money from participation in
various commercial research and development projects.
The latter category can also seek state support in the form of grants
envisioned by legislation.
The measures will affect the repairs and maintenance of some
automobile roads having the status of 'federal' ones. The government says
the measure is necessary in the wake of an unscheduled transition of some
former regional roads over to the network of federal ones.
The bill suspends allocations for the mandatory state genomic
registration, traditionally financed from the federal budget.
.Russia, Cuba to endorse plans for cooperation in civil defense.
HAVANA, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - Signing of a protocol and discussion
of prospects for cooperation in the field of civil defense are the
highlights of the itinerary of a working visit to Cuba by Russian
Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu, who arrived here Tuesday.
"Our agenda includes the signing of a protocol and endorsement of the
plan for further cooperation in civil defense," Shoigu told reporters at
Havana airport.
He indicated that the plan embraces exchanges of information and
training of cadres.
"Maybe, we'll look at some changes in our future plans as regards the
triangle consisting of the World Food Program, Russia and Cuba," Shoigu
said. "We'll map out new plans and will fulfill them."
He indicated that the delegation of the Russian Ministry for Emergency
Situations and Civil Defense is visiting Cuba as part of a major tour of
Latin American countries.
"We came here from Nicaragua where we signed a memorandum and launched
a mine-clearing project," Shoigu said adding that Russia has handed to
Nicaragua some technologies and equipment, including robots for mine
clearing on big land areas.
"The Russian government has taken a decision to allocate a big enough
fund for the purchases of equipment and training the national mine
clearing cadres from Nicaragua," he said.
All the previously mine-strewn lands in Nicaragua should be cleared of
mines in 2010, Shoigu said.
After Cuba, the next leg of the tour will take the delegation to
Venezuela where the itinerary is linked directly to the Emergency
Situations Ministry's immediate sphere of activity.
US Court issues charges in absentia to hackers from Estonia, Moldova,
Russia.
NEW YORK, November 11 (Itar-Tass) - Federal Circuit Court in Atlanta,
GA, has issued charges in absentia to eight computer hackers from Estonia,
Moldova and Russia who, according to U.S. investigators, proved able to
steal more than $ 9 million with the aid of bankcards over a period of
just twelve hours.
Sally Quillian Yates, the United States Acting Attorney for northern
Georgia said the hackers stole information on payroll cards issued by the
Atlanta branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the largest British
banking institutions.
With aid of the data, the hackers produced 44 fake bankcards, with the
aid of which they took away in cash millions of dollars from automatic
telling machines in 280 cities of the world.
An investigation of activities of the group broke up the backbone of
one of the world's most sophisticated organizations of hackers, Yates said.
According to the Attorney's Office, five of the malefactors are
Estonians, one is a Russian and one, a Moldovan. The nationality of one
more member of the group has not been disclosed.
Estonian police have already detained four suspects and the U.S.
authorities have started seeking extradition of a certain Sergei Tsurikov,
a resident of Estonia's capital Tallinn.
-0-kle
