By Citizen M | Published: August 27, 2010
Vladimir Putin has agreed on financial backing for an
ecotourism plan to draw visitors to Russia’s national parks ‘
after hearing that US parks earn $14.5 billion a year‘. Grain supplies between regions will be
monitored daily to ensure that farmers in wildfire-hit areas are not left without feed. The country’s dwindling grechka (buckwheat) supplies are causing ‘
doom-and-gloom reactions‘ in Russia because the grain is one of the country’s staples, says
The Guardian, and the
Independent suggests that the grechka shortage is what caused the results of a recent
VTsIOM poll to show increased public pessimism about the future of the economy. Russia may allow the merger of potash producers Uralkali and Silvinit to create a
national monopoly – though such a deal ‘
can only be permitted with restrictions‘, says a Federal Antimonopoly Service spokesperson. The airline industry is
apparently recovering from a crisis dip, with authorities marking a 2010 passenger increase of 30%. On the early success of low-cost airline Avianova’s $8 tickets, which are
riling Sky Express.