Medvedev orders to probe into loss of 3 GLONASS satellites.

MOSCOW, December 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
has instructed the country's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and head of
his administration's audit department Konstantin Chuichenko to check
spending on the state program for the creation of the GLONASS satellite
navigation grouping, presidential press secretary Natalia Timakova said on
Sunday.
According to Timakova, the president ordered to look into the loss of
three GLONASS spacecraft and to find those responsible for what has
happened.

.Russian president begins visit to Poland.

MOSCOW, December 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on
Monday begins a two-day official visit to Poland. During his stay in
Poland, Medvedev will meet with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and
Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The visit to is aimed to fix positive tendencies in relations with
Poland, presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko told journalists. "The sides
intend to fix current positive tendencies in bilateral relations, create
preconditions for a qualitative improvement of Russian-Polish ties in all
spheres on the basis of principles of mutual respect and regard for each
country's interests, truly good-neighbourly relations and partnership," he
stressed.
"Over the past two years large-scale work has been made to 're-launch'
the main mechanisms for coordinating cooperation - the committee for the
strategy of Russian-Polish cooperation (led by the foreign ministers), the
Russian-Polish intergovernmental commission for trade and economic
cooperation (co-chaired by Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin) and
the Russian-Polish Public Dialogue Forum," he said. "Their efficient
activity guarantees a positive background of the upcoming visit, lets the
Russian and Polish leadership think and act in terms of the future."
Prikhodko stressed that "a weighty package of Russian-Polish documents
to be signed in the presence of the heads of state will be a visible
illustration of the normalisation of bilateral relations". They will
include agreements on sea transport and on cooperation in fight against
the pollution of the Baltic Sea by oil and other harmful substances, a
memorandum on cooperation between the general prosecutor's offices, a
protocol of intentions to set up joint dialogue and accord centres, a
declaration on cooperation in economic modernisation. The sides also plan
to pass a joint statement on energy cooperation," Prikhodko said.
"Political dialogue with Poland becomes increasingly more stable and
regular. It deepens, involving not only issues of the historical past, but
concentrating more and more on joint prospects for strengthening the
atmosphere of cooperation on joint major projects in the economy and on
issues of energy security," the Kremlin aide stressed.
"We also feel support and see a constructive mood of the present
Polish authorities in issues of cooperation between Russia and the
European Union," he added. He reminded that Poland would take up the EU
chair in the second half of 2011. "We believe that despite the political
reform rotating chairmanship plays an important role. Many our friends and
partners in the EU have repeatedly told us about the importance of better
relations with Poland. Such efforts are being taken and bring about good
results," he said.
Prikhodko said priority attention at talks would be paid to the
"transition of Russian-Polish trade and economic ties to the path of
innovative development, the implementation of major joint cooperation
projects".
The declaration on cooperation for economic modernisation, planned for
the signing at the level of the two countries' economics ministries during
the visit, is aimed at that.
"Contacts between regions play a big role in the strengthening of
bilateral friendly relations," the Kremlin aide said. "The Kaliningrad
region, the only Russian region bordering on Poland, has demonstrated most
impressive results in that direction," he said. The countries consider
measures to further encourage that kind of cooperation, including through
simplification of visa procedures.
The Russian president will be accompanied by a heavyweight delegation
of Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kremlin
aide Sergei Prikhodko, Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Justice
Minister Alexander Konovalov, Transport Minister Igor Levitin, Minister
for Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina, Energy Minister Sergei
Shmatko, Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko, chairman of State Duma's
international affairs committee Konstantin Kosachev, the governors of the
Volgograd and Kaliningrad regions - Anatoly Brovko and Nikolai Tsukanov,
as well as Lukoil and Gazprom CEOs Vagit Alekperov and Alexei Miller.
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