PRESS DIGEST - Russia - June 11

MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

www.kommersant.ru

- Russia's Supreme Court has adopted a decree which effectively bans jailing people who commit economic crimes while running their own businesses, the daily says.

- Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has lowered its 2010 production plan by more that 10 billion cubic metres due to falling global demand for gas, the daily reports.

- The daily runs an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the upcoming meeting of Russian and U.S presidents.

VEDOMOSTI

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- 100,000 university professors may lose their jobs by 2015 due to falling student numbers as a result of low birth rates in the 1990s, the paper writes.

- Fifty-three percent of Russians trust President Dmitry Medvedev and 61 percent trust Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a fall of 7 percent and 6 percent, respectively, the paper reports, citing a poll by the Public Opinion Foundation.

- Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday criticized Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov for not maintaining the city's road network, the paper reports.

- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to build a ski resort in the North Caucasus at a cost of 450 billion roubles ($14.26 billion) to increase the flow of tourists to the region by 5-10 million people per year, the daily says.

- Russian car maker Avtovaz (AVAZ.MM) will receive 10 billion roubles ($316.9 million) from the government to restructure its debt by the end of the year, the daily writes.

VREMYA NOVOSTEI

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- The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that Russia has violated the rights of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Moscow, the daily writes.

- Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves grew by 2.7 billion roubles ($85.55 million) to 458.2 billion ($14.52 billion) in a week from May 28 to June 4, the daily says.

NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

www.ng.ru

- Around 3,000 Russian soldiers and officers died and 12,000 were injured during service in the North Caucasus since 1988, the paper writes.