Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's family, friends to venerate his memory.

MOSCOW, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - Family members and followers of
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn have a day of remembrance Tuesday, which marks
exactly two years since the passing away of the writer who became famous
for his eye-opening works on the Gulag and for activity in the field of
human rights.
He is buried in the graveyard of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Don
in Moscow. Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalya told Itar-Tass a remembrance
service will be chanted at the monastery at 13:00 hours.
Solzhenitsyn's last will was to be buried at the Monastery of Our
Lady of the Don. He made this wish known to the Patriarch of Moscow and
all Russia Alexy II five years ago and received the Patriarch's blessing
for this.
The writer said he had many spiritual links to that particular
monastery, the graveyard of which was for two centuries the resting place
for the Russians who made an especial contribution to nation's
intellectual and spiritual life.
Solzhenitsyn is buried next to the tomb of Dr Vassily Klyuchevsky, a
19th century professor of Moscow University who played a particular role
in the rise of the Russian historical science.
Solzhenitsyn left over to posterity a huge oeuvre. He worked until
virtually the last day of his life preparing a 30-volume edition of
collected works with Natalya's assistance.
Natalya continues working on the edition now.
A Solzhenitsyn prize for achievements in literature is awarded
annually.

.IMF forecasts 4 prcnt economic growth in Russia in 2010.

WASHINGTON, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - International Monetary Fund expects
the Russian economy to show a 4.3% growth in 2010, says a forecast that
the IMF released for the media following a regular review of Russia's
economic performance.
In 2011, the forecasted growth will likely show 4.1%.
Both figures have been revised upwards compared to the assessments
cited in an analytical review with IMF issued in April.
On the whole, the new report has a cautiously optimistic tonality.
The press release begins with a statement that the condition of the
Russian economy is improving after a deep recession but recuperation
remains unstable so far.
The economic forecast for the short term envisions a moderate
revitalization, the press release said.


.EMERCOM experts going to site of plane crash in N Siberia.

KRASNOAYRSK, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - An operative group of the
territorial branch of Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil
Defense /EMERCOM/ and psychologists are expected to leave for the northern
town of Igarka Tuesday to identify the causes of a turboprop crash, which
carried away the lives of 15 people Monday.
Executives of the regional airline KATEKAVIA, the owner of the demised
plane, declined to comment on the situation.
The Antonov-24 turboprop crashed during a landing maneuver. It staked
ground 700 meters away from the airport's runway.
It had eleven passengers including a child and a four-strong crew.
According to the Russian Federal Service for Aviation, a total of
three crewmembers and a passenger survived the crash.
At the time of reporting, a team of ten rescue workers of EMERCOM's
Taimyr area branch and two specialized vehicles were working at the spot
of the accident.
Earlier information indicated that the plane was landing amid rainy
weather at Igarka airport.
KATEKAVIA started operations on the market of regional airline
services fourteen years ago. It transports passengers and cargoes along
regional air routes on scheduled and chartered flights.
Its fleet consists of twelve Antonov-24 turboprops that are based at
the airports of the territorial capital Krasnoyarsk, as well as in the
cities of Yakutsk, Nizhnevartovsk, and Ufa.
KATEKAVIA also hauls socially significant cargoes to destinations
outside the administrative boundaries of the huge Krasnoyarsk territory.
The schedule of regular flights for Tuesday features eight
destinations, including Igarka, the town of Mirny, which is a center of
diamond mining in the region of Yakutia-Sakha, and Yakutsk.
The airline that has a labor staff of about 300 people carried more
than 122,000 passengers in 2009.

.Young Armenian volunteers ready to help put out wildfires in Russia.

YEREVAN, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - An Armenian youth organization said
Monday it is ready to send about a hundred volunteers to Russia to help
put out the wildfires raging in many Russian regions because of an
unprecedented heatwave.
This is said in a statement that the organization, the All-Armenia
International Youth Center published Monday night.
The statement says the Center "recognizes its responsibility in what
concerns help to a strategic partner and centuries-old friend of our
country at this difficult moment.
Members of the organization had an emergency meeting earlier in the
day to discuss the assistance the young Armenian volunteers could give to
the regions of Russia where forests are swept by blazes.
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