March 14, 2008 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 14, 2008

140308.jpgTODAY: Medvedev in the Kremlin, nominates ally for Rosneft post. “Color-coded” terrorist threat system to be implemented. Inflation causing other problems. Khodorkovsky’s complaints rejected. Dmitry Medvedev has moved into an office in the Kremlin ahead of schedule. His first Kremlin meeting involved “tough talk with State Fishery Committee chief Andrei Krainy, FSB Border Guard Service chief Vladimir Pronichev and Federal Customs Service Chief Andrei Belyaminov.” In the first sign that Medvedev is seeking to install his people in key posts, one of his close allies has been nominated for the board of state oil giant Rosneft. The Federal Security Service is to introduce a “color-coded” system of terrorist threat levels. The Russian prosecutor’s office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater reserve. Travel web site TripAdvisor has released a survey this week calling the Russian capital the third-unfriendliest city in Europe.