Press Digest: RUSSIA - Oct 25

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25/10/2018 08:52

MOSCOW, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in
Russia's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    VEDOMOSTI
    www.vedomosti.ru
    - French retailer Auchan  AUCH.UL  was among the top three
market leaders in Russia, but has fallen to fifth after posting
lower revenue this year and losing ground to domestic retail
chains Dixie  DXYN.O  and Lenta  LNTAq.L . Russia's XS Retail
Group remains the market leader, the newspaper reported.
    
    KOMMERSANT
    www.kommersant.ru
    - The Levada pollster's latest survey finds that President
Vladimir Putin's approval rating has fallen to its lowest in
four years following unpopular pension reform. It currently
stands at 66 percent, the pollster said. 
            
    NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
    www.ng.ru http://www.izvestia.ru
    - Russia could lose up to 40 percent of its annual oil
production by 2035 if it does not take measures to restore the
mineral resource base of oil, the newspaper wrote.     

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 (Compiled by Margarita Popova
Editing by Tom Balmforth)
 ((margarita.popova@tr.com (+7 495 7751242))