Russia: The Other Headlines, October 13-17

http://top.rbc.ru/politics/14/10/2014/543d466ecbb20fe0a1fdd518

Irina Prokhorova has to step down from her leader position in the Civic Platform party. It is unclear if she will stay as a member of the Council, as the party is now heading in a different direction.

http://top.rbc.ru/economics/15/10/2014/543cfe56cbb20f8c4e0b98f2

RBC research. Russian chinovniki (civil servants) – how many of them there are and what is their average income

http://www.rg.ru/2014/10/15/patrushev.html

The Second Cold War – title of the interview with Nikolai Patrushev, head of  Security Council of Russia and former FSB head.

http://slon.ru/fast/russia/minfin-predlozhil-otdat-stipendii-pervokursnikov-krymskim-universitetam-1172596.xhtml

Financial Ministry proposes to shift funding from leading universities to Crimean universities and youth camps.

http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/34907411/v-milane-nachalas-vstrecha-putina-i-poroshenko

Putin held a meeting with Poroshenko in Milan. No progress in the negotiations on gas has been achieved.  

http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/1419224-echo/

http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/1417522-echo/

Alexey Navalny in his long interview with Echo Moscow gave his view on Crimea – “What, is the Crimea a ham sandwich or something that you can take and give it back?”

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