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Russia to re-launch caviar production in 5-7 years.
ROME, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia hopes to re-start caviar
production in the Caspian Sea in 5-7 years when the population of sturgeon increases to acceptable levels, according to Andrei Krainy, head of the Russian Fishing Committee.
Russia stopped caviar production several years ago in an attempt to
bar massive poaching that threatened sturgeon extinction.
"Caviar will appear in 5-7 years, but it will be expensive as any rare
product," Krainy told Tass on Thursday. "We are negotiating with the
Caspian littoral states," he added.
Krainy said the fight against poaching was a difficult task, as there
is big unemployment in the area and fishermen have no other job. Besides,
law enforcers often cover the shady and profitable business.
"We have signed a joint action plan with the interior ministry and
carry out raids against poachers," Krainy said, adding in the past 18
months poaching dropped 10-fold.
"We shall do everything so that caviar does not disappear. We have to
help the nature. I am optimistic about the future," Krainy said.
.Russia signs up to illegal fishing fighting treaty.
ROME, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia signed up on Thursday to
FAO-brokered treaty that will deny access to fishing ports to ships
involved in illegal fishing when it comes into force.
Andrey Krainy, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries,
signed the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing bringing the total
number of signatory-states to 16.
Once notice of the 25th ratification is received by FAO, the Agreement
will become active. It will be the first legally binding international
treaty focused specifically on the problem of illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing. It will also be the only such treaty to enlist
so-called "non-flag states" in this effort alongside "flag states," which
are primarily responsible for the conduct of vessels flying their flags on
the high seas.
"Once it becomes active, this will be the most significant
international treaty dealing with fisheries since the 1995 UN Fish Stocks
Agreement," said Changchui He, FAO's Deputy Director-General, following
the signing of the Agreement by Krainy at a ceremony at FAO.
"We take it as a very positive sign that the Russian Federation as
well as other recent signatories such as Australia, Gabon, Peru, and New
Zealand have come on board. It indicates a broad level of support. The
sooner the treaty receives the required 25 ratifications to become active,
the sooner countries will have a valuable new tool for combating illegal
fishing," he added.
Krainy said Russia will work to make other countries join the
agreement. "I personally guarantee from our side that another five states
will sign up to the agreement," he said.
.Russia's child ombudsman convinced about adoption deal with USA.
MOSCOW, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's ombudsman for children's
rights Pavel Astakhov is convinced a bilateral adoption agreement with the
United States will be signed and said the document will be discussed in
detail in mid-May.
The draft will be handed over to the Americans shortly. "I believe the
agreement will be done," Astakhov's press service quoted him as saying on
Thursday following talks with a U.S. delegation.
The ombudsman said the U.S. delegation "treated with understanding"
the Russian call to sign the agreement.
Talks will resume on May 12 in Moscow "to discuss each provision of
the agreement. Then we shall know how much time we need to sign the
document and have it ratified both by Russia and the United States,"
Astakhov said.
The agreement is based on the Hague convention for adoptions and
envisages the creation of a single body in charge of adoption and
subsequent control of adopted children. Astakhov said adoption will go
only through accredited agencies except for adoption by relatives.
Adopting parents will have to pass corresponding training and
psychological tests.
Astakhov said the agreement will facilitate adoption as it will lift
existing obstacles. "It shall be a mutually beneficial agreement," he said.
Russia suspended the adoption process after a U.S. woman return her
adopted Russian son back home all alone on a transaltlantic flight. "I
refuse him," read the note carried by the boy who was adopted six months
before.
Astakhov's press service quoted Russian education ministry data as
saying 18 Russian adopted kids died abroad, and the United States
accounted for 17 deaths.
Besides, Astakhov said U.S. adoption agencies did not submit regular
reports on the fate of 240 Russian children. "They simply do not provide
the reports and thus violate their own legislation," he said.
.Russia lowers refinancing rate to 8 percent.
MOSCOW, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Central Bank lowered the
refinancing rate by 0.25 percent to 8 percent on Friday, which is record
low since 1992.
It is the third fall of the rate this year, which comprised 8.75
percent in January.
In 2009 the Central Bank decreased the rate ten times from 13 percent.
The Bank said consumer prices reported a positive dynamic in April and
annual inflation level comprised 6.1 percent against 6.5 percent in March
2010.
The Bank plans to consider the refinancing rate again in May.
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production in the Caspian Sea in 5-7 years when the population of sturgeon increases to acceptable levels, according to Andrei Krainy, head of the Russian Fishing Committee.
Russia stopped caviar production several years ago in an attempt to
bar massive poaching that threatened sturgeon extinction.
"Caviar will appear in 5-7 years, but it will be expensive as any rare
product," Krainy told Tass on Thursday. "We are negotiating with the
Caspian littoral states," he added.
Krainy said the fight against poaching was a difficult task, as there
is big unemployment in the area and fishermen have no other job. Besides,
law enforcers often cover the shady and profitable business.
"We have signed a joint action plan with the interior ministry and
carry out raids against poachers," Krainy said, adding in the past 18
months poaching dropped 10-fold.
"We shall do everything so that caviar does not disappear. We have to
help the nature. I am optimistic about the future," Krainy said.
.Russia signs up to illegal fishing fighting treaty.
ROME, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia signed up on Thursday to
FAO-brokered treaty that will deny access to fishing ports to ships
involved in illegal fishing when it comes into force.
Andrey Krainy, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries,
signed the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing bringing the total
number of signatory-states to 16.
Once notice of the 25th ratification is received by FAO, the Agreement
will become active. It will be the first legally binding international
treaty focused specifically on the problem of illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing. It will also be the only such treaty to enlist
so-called "non-flag states" in this effort alongside "flag states," which
are primarily responsible for the conduct of vessels flying their flags on
the high seas.
"Once it becomes active, this will be the most significant
international treaty dealing with fisheries since the 1995 UN Fish Stocks
Agreement," said Changchui He, FAO's Deputy Director-General, following
the signing of the Agreement by Krainy at a ceremony at FAO.
"We take it as a very positive sign that the Russian Federation as
well as other recent signatories such as Australia, Gabon, Peru, and New
Zealand have come on board. It indicates a broad level of support. The
sooner the treaty receives the required 25 ratifications to become active,
the sooner countries will have a valuable new tool for combating illegal
fishing," he added.
Krainy said Russia will work to make other countries join the
agreement. "I personally guarantee from our side that another five states
will sign up to the agreement," he said.
.Russia's child ombudsman convinced about adoption deal with USA.
MOSCOW, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's ombudsman for children's
rights Pavel Astakhov is convinced a bilateral adoption agreement with the
United States will be signed and said the document will be discussed in
detail in mid-May.
The draft will be handed over to the Americans shortly. "I believe the
agreement will be done," Astakhov's press service quoted him as saying on
Thursday following talks with a U.S. delegation.
The ombudsman said the U.S. delegation "treated with understanding"
the Russian call to sign the agreement.
Talks will resume on May 12 in Moscow "to discuss each provision of
the agreement. Then we shall know how much time we need to sign the
document and have it ratified both by Russia and the United States,"
Astakhov said.
The agreement is based on the Hague convention for adoptions and
envisages the creation of a single body in charge of adoption and
subsequent control of adopted children. Astakhov said adoption will go
only through accredited agencies except for adoption by relatives.
Adopting parents will have to pass corresponding training and
psychological tests.
Astakhov said the agreement will facilitate adoption as it will lift
existing obstacles. "It shall be a mutually beneficial agreement," he said.
Russia suspended the adoption process after a U.S. woman return her
adopted Russian son back home all alone on a transaltlantic flight. "I
refuse him," read the note carried by the boy who was adopted six months
before.
Astakhov's press service quoted Russian education ministry data as
saying 18 Russian adopted kids died abroad, and the United States
accounted for 17 deaths.
Besides, Astakhov said U.S. adoption agencies did not submit regular
reports on the fate of 240 Russian children. "They simply do not provide
the reports and thus violate their own legislation," he said.
.Russia lowers refinancing rate to 8 percent.
MOSCOW, April 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Central Bank lowered the
refinancing rate by 0.25 percent to 8 percent on Friday, which is record
low since 1992.
It is the third fall of the rate this year, which comprised 8.75
percent in January.
In 2009 the Central Bank decreased the rate ten times from 13 percent.
The Bank said consumer prices reported a positive dynamic in April and
annual inflation level comprised 6.1 percent against 6.5 percent in March
2010.
The Bank plans to consider the refinancing rate again in May.
-0-nec
