Nezavisimaja gazeta the First Deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov has refused to head the Right Cause

First Deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov has refused to head the Right Cause party, Nezavisimaja gazeta reported. This was reported by a source in the State Duma close to the gvt. Shuvalov's press secretary has neither confirmed nor rejected this information. The Forum of the National Unity of Abkhazia this week has spread its statement, in which it demanded from the authorities not to cede a meter of land. The reaction was caused by the Sukhumi-Moscow negotiations on the issues connected with the delimitation and demarcation of state border. According to the leaked information, Russia claims 160 kilometers along the border river Psou with the Aibga natural boundary in the north-west of Abkhzia. Such interest may proceed from the commission of President Dmitry Medvedev: to ensure the maximum security of the Olympic Games in Sochi. Full article in Nezavisimaja gazeta
By the article in Nezavisimaja gazeta the first President of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiyev, now State Councillor of the Republic, on Thursday called on United Russia to prepare for the struggle in the conditions of the existence of many parties. Shaimiyyev when leaving his post in the United Russia Supreme Council recommended his party colleagues to critically assess their work if they want to win the elections. Nezavisimaja gazeta says the new strategy-2020 authors have proposed to dramatically raise the domestic prices of all energy carriers and at the same time to cancel their export duties. Such a reform will create price incentives for the modernization of the economy, economists believe. The situation in Italy with migrants from Africa running away from the Arab revolutions to Europe is critical, Nezavisimaja gazeta reported. Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has promised to Lampeduza residents to liberate their island from foreigners during two - three days. Italian authorities ask the European Union for help, saying that Europe does nothing to defend its southern borders.
The Ukrainian gvt this week has made a new attempt to stabilize the price situation on the market of oil products. LUKoil head Vagit Alekperov and Executive Director of TNK-BP German Han on Wednesday arrived in Kiev to sign another memorandum between authorities and the owners of Ukrainian oil refineries. Experts, however, unanimously criticized the final document. Nezavisimaja gazeta says why. US President Barack Obama's new energy initiative can strike a heavy blow at Russia's export revenues, domestic economists predict. Obama's plan for reducing imported oil consumption threatens by a third to fall the world oil prices down to $10-$20 per barrel. This scenario may become a reality also because not the USA alone but Europe and China as wells plan to replace oil by other energy sources. The Nezavisimaya offers a list of 100 leading politicians in March, focusing on the federal administrative elite, party elite, regional elite and business elite.