MOSCOW, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- French bank Societe Generale may merge its four Russian units to optimise its business model, the daily reports.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The business paper runs an interview with Ruben Vardanyan, a core shareholder of the oldest Russian brokerage Troika Dialog, speaking of its partnership with Standard Bank and carmaker AvtoVAZ.
ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA
www.rg.ru
- Regional authorities are inviting Russian oligarchs to register their residence in remote regions, therefore declaring their income taxes to the local budget revenues, the daily reports, on the initiative of officials from Sverdlovsk region in the Urals.
- Studying military issues should be obligatory at secondary school level, together with mathematics and the Russian language, the daily says, referring to education ministry plans to consider the issue.
IZVESTIA
www.izvestia.ru
- More than 30 Kremlin officials will be sent on a training course to improve their knowledge of the Russian language, the daily says, and recommends testing their skills before they can take up state jobs.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
www.ngz.ru
- Russia is reinforcing its armed presence in the North Caucasus to rebuff an alleged aggression from neighbouring Georgia and support its troops in Chechnya. The number of military units operating in the region will quadruple, the daily says.
Keywords: PRESS DIGEST Russia Oct 29 (--Writing by Tatyana Ustinova, Reuters Messaging: tatiana.ustinova.reuters.net@reuters.com, +7 095 775 1242) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- French bank Societe Generale may merge its four Russian units to optimise its business model, the daily reports.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The business paper runs an interview with Ruben Vardanyan, a core shareholder of the oldest Russian brokerage Troika Dialog, speaking of its partnership with Standard Bank and carmaker AvtoVAZ.
ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA
www.rg.ru
- Regional authorities are inviting Russian oligarchs to register their residence in remote regions, therefore declaring their income taxes to the local budget revenues, the daily reports, on the initiative of officials from Sverdlovsk region in the Urals.
- Studying military issues should be obligatory at secondary school level, together with mathematics and the Russian language, the daily says, referring to education ministry plans to consider the issue.
IZVESTIA
www.izvestia.ru
- More than 30 Kremlin officials will be sent on a training course to improve their knowledge of the Russian language, the daily says, and recommends testing their skills before they can take up state jobs.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
www.ngz.ru
- Russia is reinforcing its armed presence in the North Caucasus to rebuff an alleged aggression from neighbouring Georgia and support its troops in Chechnya. The number of military units operating in the region will quadruple, the daily says.
Keywords: PRESS DIGEST Russia Oct 29 (--Writing by Tatyana Ustinova, Reuters Messaging: tatiana.ustinova.reuters.net@reuters.com, +7 095 775 1242) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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