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Pres to announce annual Message to parliament Nov 12.
MOSCOW, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - Renovation of the economy,
technological development, improvement of the election system and the fate of state-owned corporations are some topics President Dmitry Medvedev will deal with on Thursday in his annual Message to the Federal Assembly.
The head of state who was drafting this programme-making document for
several months, will partially open for the first time the shroud of
secrecy, usually surrounding the content of the Message.
The president published the article "Russia, forward!" two months ago,
outlining the framework of the future document. "Earlier, the concept and
the content of the Message were announced only on the day the president
offered it to the legislature," Medvedev noted.
This time, according to the Russian leader, "a definite trend for
discussion was imparted by the article, since the article, as it is, is a
synopsis of the Message". The head of state also noted that, since the
article spelled out rather painstakingly strategic approaches, the Message
should be more specific and more substantive.
On publishing the article, Medvedev invited all Russians to be "co-
authors" of the Message: it "was written to bring my idea of strategic
tasks to everyone, to all Russian citizens, strategic tasks we have to
tackle, of the present and future of our country and to invite all who
have something to say in order to participate in the discussion on these
topics".
"Your assessments, remarks and proposals will be taken into account in
preparing the Message of the Russian president to the Federal Assembly as
well as in plans for developing our state," Medvedev promised.
People responded with desire to the call on joint work with the
president: more than 20,000 proposals from organisations and individual
citizens came to the Kremlin site alone.
Various meetings and conferences were another source of ideas for the
head of state. For instance the problem of 436 Russian monocities (towns
with only one main employer) was raised in a conversation with members of
the Federation Council upper chamber. "This is evidently one of the most
difficult issues in the current situation, taking into account the
negative influence the crisis had on cities, having one or two major
enterprises," Medvedev agreed and assured: "I shall specially speak in the
Message on this point, there will be a special section there."
.53 countries to hear Medvedev's Message to parliament.
MOSCOW, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - Residents in 53 countries will hear
the Message by President Dmitry Medvedev to the Federal Assembly in 39
languages, Itar-Tass learnt from spokeswoman of the Voice of Russia Radio
Company Yekaterina Yagunova.
Russian-speaking listeners will have a chance to hear the Message live
on metre-bands of the Russian Service which will start broadcasting at
noon Moscow time. "Then, individual extracts will be heard in translation
into 38 foreign languages, in which the radio company broadcasts,
including such exotic languages as Kurdish, Pashto, Urdu and Bengali," the
spokeswoman said.
All questions the president will deal with in his Message, will be
quickly printed in the newsreels site of Russian broadcasting to foreign
countries. "Besides, users of our Internet-site will have an access to
video translation of the president's speech in Russian and English, which
will be made by partners of the radio company," Yagunova noted.
The president's Message will be also aired on metre-banks of Radio
Russia.
As for TV casting, the president's Message will be aired live by
First Channel and the Rossiya networks as well as the Vesti information
channel.
.Union State Border Committee to hold meeting in Smolensk.
SMOLENSK, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - The leadership of the Border
Committee of the Union State (PK SG) will have a meeting in Smolensk on
Thursday, Itar-Tass learnt at the administration of the Smolensk Region.
The Russian Federation at the meeting will be represented by head of
the Border Service Vladimir Pronichev. The meeting will examine several
questions, including progress in implementing the Programme for improving
facilities on the outside frontier of the Union State for the period of
2007-2011 as well as changes and supplements to it as well as activities
of the Joint Research Centre of the Border Committee and a draft Plan for
a scientific component in the activities of the Belarussian border service
and the border service of the Russian Security Service for 2010.
"It is planned that several documents will be signed by the results of
the meeting's work," said a source. For instance a decision of the Border
Committee on ensuring border security on the outside frontier and border
regions of the Union State in 2010.
"Decisions to be taken by the meeting, will be directly connected with
theses, expressed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the
State Border Commission, held in Moscow on November 10," the regional
administration noted.
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technological development, improvement of the election system and the fate of state-owned corporations are some topics President Dmitry Medvedev will deal with on Thursday in his annual Message to the Federal Assembly.
The head of state who was drafting this programme-making document for
several months, will partially open for the first time the shroud of
secrecy, usually surrounding the content of the Message.
The president published the article "Russia, forward!" two months ago,
outlining the framework of the future document. "Earlier, the concept and
the content of the Message were announced only on the day the president
offered it to the legislature," Medvedev noted.
This time, according to the Russian leader, "a definite trend for
discussion was imparted by the article, since the article, as it is, is a
synopsis of the Message". The head of state also noted that, since the
article spelled out rather painstakingly strategic approaches, the Message
should be more specific and more substantive.
On publishing the article, Medvedev invited all Russians to be "co-
authors" of the Message: it "was written to bring my idea of strategic
tasks to everyone, to all Russian citizens, strategic tasks we have to
tackle, of the present and future of our country and to invite all who
have something to say in order to participate in the discussion on these
topics".
"Your assessments, remarks and proposals will be taken into account in
preparing the Message of the Russian president to the Federal Assembly as
well as in plans for developing our state," Medvedev promised.
People responded with desire to the call on joint work with the
president: more than 20,000 proposals from organisations and individual
citizens came to the Kremlin site alone.
Various meetings and conferences were another source of ideas for the
head of state. For instance the problem of 436 Russian monocities (towns
with only one main employer) was raised in a conversation with members of
the Federation Council upper chamber. "This is evidently one of the most
difficult issues in the current situation, taking into account the
negative influence the crisis had on cities, having one or two major
enterprises," Medvedev agreed and assured: "I shall specially speak in the
Message on this point, there will be a special section there."
.53 countries to hear Medvedev's Message to parliament.
MOSCOW, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - Residents in 53 countries will hear
the Message by President Dmitry Medvedev to the Federal Assembly in 39
languages, Itar-Tass learnt from spokeswoman of the Voice of Russia Radio
Company Yekaterina Yagunova.
Russian-speaking listeners will have a chance to hear the Message live
on metre-bands of the Russian Service which will start broadcasting at
noon Moscow time. "Then, individual extracts will be heard in translation
into 38 foreign languages, in which the radio company broadcasts,
including such exotic languages as Kurdish, Pashto, Urdu and Bengali," the
spokeswoman said.
All questions the president will deal with in his Message, will be
quickly printed in the newsreels site of Russian broadcasting to foreign
countries. "Besides, users of our Internet-site will have an access to
video translation of the president's speech in Russian and English, which
will be made by partners of the radio company," Yagunova noted.
The president's Message will be also aired on metre-banks of Radio
Russia.
As for TV casting, the president's Message will be aired live by
First Channel and the Rossiya networks as well as the Vesti information
channel.
.Union State Border Committee to hold meeting in Smolensk.
SMOLENSK, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - The leadership of the Border
Committee of the Union State (PK SG) will have a meeting in Smolensk on
Thursday, Itar-Tass learnt at the administration of the Smolensk Region.
The Russian Federation at the meeting will be represented by head of
the Border Service Vladimir Pronichev. The meeting will examine several
questions, including progress in implementing the Programme for improving
facilities on the outside frontier of the Union State for the period of
2007-2011 as well as changes and supplements to it as well as activities
of the Joint Research Centre of the Border Committee and a draft Plan for
a scientific component in the activities of the Belarussian border service
and the border service of the Russian Security Service for 2010.
"It is planned that several documents will be signed by the results of
the meeting's work," said a source. For instance a decision of the Border
Committee on ensuring border security on the outside frontier and border
regions of the Union State in 2010.
"Decisions to be taken by the meeting, will be directly connected with
theses, expressed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the
State Border Commission, held in Moscow on November 10," the regional
administration noted.
-0-bur
