July 29th, 2010
Today's Editor: Sarah Carr
Uncertainty in Senate over Russian treaty
Senator John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, put the New START arms control treaty with Russia on his panel’s schedule for next week but then backed off and said he might not call a vote after all…
Woman tries to smuggle arms into Russia
BBC News
Beautician Anna Fermanova, a US citizen born in Latvia, is said to have had the high-tech equipment confiscated at JFK airport as she boarded a plane bound for Moscow…
Court orders YouTube to be blocked
ABC News
A court in Russia has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites including YouTube…
Russia to retain tax incentives
Bloomberg
Russia will retain tax breaks in 2011 for producers developing new oil and gas deposits that require large capital outlays…
Russia to cut GDP deficit by 2013
Business Week
Russia plans to cut its budget deficit to 2.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2013 as it sells state assets and increases taxes…