Moscow | Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:22am EDT
Moscow Aug 31 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The Economy Ministry believes Russia will need 16 trillion roubles ($553.1 billion) for economic modernization up to 2020, the paper writes.
- Russia's biggest political party, United Russia, may nullify the results of its 'primaries' in the Far East, where they think a businessman falsified results, the paper writes.
- eBay Inc's online payment business PayPal is delaying the start of money transfers to Russia, which had been scheduled for late September, the paper writes.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- Yahoo Inc is interested in buying a stake in Sup Media, the Russian company that owns popular internet blogging platform LiveJournal, the daily quotes a source as saying.
- Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin plans to spend 2.2 trillion roubles ($76 billion) by 2016 to develop the city's transport system, the daily says.
NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
www.ng.ru
- More than 50 percent of Russians approve of or tolerate those who ride public transport without paying, the daily reports. ($1 = 28.924 Russian Roubles) (Writing by Ludmila Danilova)
