Russia, The Other Headlines, 26-31 October

http://kommersant.ru/doc/2598864

Employees of state-owned companies are advised not to travel abroad. This may be the reason behind  several recent bankruptcies among major travel agencies.

http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/35473831/sdat-pasporta

Russian Senators and Duma Deputies are asked to hand their diplomatic passports to a special commission, which will allow use only for approved business trips. They were supposed to do so after each business trip, but this rule has not been enforced

http://www.gazeta.ru/comments/2014/10/29_a_6281141.shtml

Dean of MSU Economic Faculty Sergey Auzan about the new social contract

https://meduza.io/news/2014/10/30/v-set-popala-perepiska-zamnachalnika-sekretariata-igorya-shuvalova

Hackers leaked mail supposedly from the office of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. According to it Russian bank sector is on the edge of major crisis.

http://slon.ru/fast/russia/ekho-moskvy-poluchilo-preduprezhdenie-ot-roskomnadzora-1179333.xhtml

“Ekho Moskvy” has received a warning for “supporting war crimes”. It is the second warning within a year and will lead to a shut down of the media.

http://www.vedomosti.ru/companies/news/35506041/v-ssha-zaderzhan-prezident-tenam-corp-vadim-mikerin

The top manager of the Rosatom subsidiary in the USA is arrested on charges of corruption.

http://www.forbes.ru/mneniya-column/vertikal/272207-esli-ne-putin-kto-zamenit-prezidenta

The former head of a major Russian mobile retailer, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wrote a column claiming that there are many more people who will be capable of ruling Russia if Putin leaves.

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