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Rimma Salonen to see her son on Friday
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HELSINKI, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Rimma Salonen, the Russian mother
of a boy illegally taken out of Russia by his Finnish father, will see her
son Anton for the first time after a long break on Friday under police
supervision.
Father Paavo Salonen, who is wanted in Russia for abducting the child
and illegally transferring the boy to Finland in a hood of a diplomatic
car, said his ex-wife can meet Anton twice a month according to a court
judgment.
The meeting will take place on October 30 in the town of Pori, he told
reporters.
Such an order will be in place until the parents reach an amicable
agreement.
Paavo Salonen said he had revoked all complaints against his former
wife and no longer files any charges against her.
"I hope (the case) will be finally over, but it will take some time,"
he said.
Paavo proposed an amicable agreement to Rimma a week ago through
mediators.
Rimma Salonen was conditionally sentenced in Finland for 18 months for
abducting Anton to Russia.
Following the Finnish court judgment Russia launched a criminal case
against Paavo Salonen for illegal crossing of the Russian border with his
son and said it will insist on the transfer of the Finnish citizen to
Russia for trial in the child abduction case.
.Russia objects ODIHR budget increase.
VIENNA, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia said on Thursday a budget
increase for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
(ODIHR) is unjustified in conditions of the economic crisis.
"The task of optimizing OSCE activities is specifically vital in
conditions of the financial and economic crisis when it is necessary to
think about a rational use of resources by the organization in general and
by ODIHR in particular," Russian Ambassador to the OSCE Anvar Azimov said.
He said the OSCE retains major possibilities for promoting
constructive dialogue between member-states. "It is necessary for the OSCE
and, first and foremost, for ODIHR to deal with vital problems for all
member-states without exception. They include promotion of tolerance,
counteraction of intolerance and discrimination, prevention of hate
crimes," he said.
Azimov expressed hope the upcoming Kazakh presidency in the OSCE will
pay worthy attention to ensuring inter-ethnic and inter-confessional
accord. He also called on the ODIHR to counter neo-Nazi manifestations.
"It is no secret that extremist groups are becoming more active on the
OSCE space. Unwillingness to notice the fact or, even worse, intention to
heroize those who participated in 70-year old Nazi crimes have already
resulted in attempts to re-write and falsify history," the ambassador said.
"In conditions of the global financial crisis, which aggravated the
complicated social and economic situation in several OSCE countries, it is
important to pay increased attention to such problems, as protection of
the rights of national minorities and people without citizenship,
non-discrimination of labor migrants, promotion of the freedom of
movement. Most careful attention should be also paid to the problem of
erosion of the international regime of human rights protection under the
pretext of the fight against terrorism," Azimov said.
.Russia to start up new research reactor in December.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The first criticality launch
of the high-flux research reactor near St. Petersburg will take place in
December 2009, according to project head from the TITAN-2 Company Mikhail
Medvedev.
He told reporters on Thursday six billion rubles were invested so far
into the In-beam Research Complex (PIK) in the town of Gatchina.
"The launch to capacity is scheduled for 2011 and parameter
adjustments will take another year," he said.
The construction of the research complex was initiated yet by the
Soviet government in 1978, however the project stalled in the '90s because
of a lack of financing. In 2008 TITAN-2 became the general contractor of
the project.
Medvedev said the high-flux in-beam reactor is being built on the
basis of the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute and provides a
modern source of neutrons, which surpasses existing research reactors by
the maximum neutron flow.
"PIK's experimental capabilities are unique and no such reactors will
be erected anywhere in the world in the near future," Medvedev said and
specified the research is necessary for physics, chemistry, biology,
geology, medicine and industry.
-0-nec
HELSINKI, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Rimma Salonen, the Russian mother
of a boy illegally taken out of Russia by his Finnish father, will see her
son Anton for the first time after a long break on Friday under police
supervision.
Father Paavo Salonen, who is wanted in Russia for abducting the child
and illegally transferring the boy to Finland in a hood of a diplomatic
car, said his ex-wife can meet Anton twice a month according to a court
judgment.
The meeting will take place on October 30 in the town of Pori, he told
reporters.
Such an order will be in place until the parents reach an amicable
agreement.
Paavo Salonen said he had revoked all complaints against his former
wife and no longer files any charges against her.
"I hope (the case) will be finally over, but it will take some time,"
he said.
Paavo proposed an amicable agreement to Rimma a week ago through
mediators.
Rimma Salonen was conditionally sentenced in Finland for 18 months for
abducting Anton to Russia.
Following the Finnish court judgment Russia launched a criminal case
against Paavo Salonen for illegal crossing of the Russian border with his
son and said it will insist on the transfer of the Finnish citizen to
Russia for trial in the child abduction case.
.Russia objects ODIHR budget increase.
VIENNA, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia said on Thursday a budget
increase for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
(ODIHR) is unjustified in conditions of the economic crisis.
"The task of optimizing OSCE activities is specifically vital in
conditions of the financial and economic crisis when it is necessary to
think about a rational use of resources by the organization in general and
by ODIHR in particular," Russian Ambassador to the OSCE Anvar Azimov said.
He said the OSCE retains major possibilities for promoting
constructive dialogue between member-states. "It is necessary for the OSCE
and, first and foremost, for ODIHR to deal with vital problems for all
member-states without exception. They include promotion of tolerance,
counteraction of intolerance and discrimination, prevention of hate
crimes," he said.
Azimov expressed hope the upcoming Kazakh presidency in the OSCE will
pay worthy attention to ensuring inter-ethnic and inter-confessional
accord. He also called on the ODIHR to counter neo-Nazi manifestations.
"It is no secret that extremist groups are becoming more active on the
OSCE space. Unwillingness to notice the fact or, even worse, intention to
heroize those who participated in 70-year old Nazi crimes have already
resulted in attempts to re-write and falsify history," the ambassador said.
"In conditions of the global financial crisis, which aggravated the
complicated social and economic situation in several OSCE countries, it is
important to pay increased attention to such problems, as protection of
the rights of national minorities and people without citizenship,
non-discrimination of labor migrants, promotion of the freedom of
movement. Most careful attention should be also paid to the problem of
erosion of the international regime of human rights protection under the
pretext of the fight against terrorism," Azimov said.
.Russia to start up new research reactor in December.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The first criticality launch
of the high-flux research reactor near St. Petersburg will take place in
December 2009, according to project head from the TITAN-2 Company Mikhail
Medvedev.
He told reporters on Thursday six billion rubles were invested so far
into the In-beam Research Complex (PIK) in the town of Gatchina.
"The launch to capacity is scheduled for 2011 and parameter
adjustments will take another year," he said.
The construction of the research complex was initiated yet by the
Soviet government in 1978, however the project stalled in the '90s because
of a lack of financing. In 2008 TITAN-2 became the general contractor of
the project.
Medvedev said the high-flux in-beam reactor is being built on the
basis of the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute and provides a
modern source of neutrons, which surpasses existing research reactors by
the maximum neutron flow.
"PIK's experimental capabilities are unique and no such reactors will
be erected anywhere in the world in the near future," Medvedev said and
specified the research is necessary for physics, chemistry, biology,
geology, medicine and industry.
-0-nec
