MOSCOW TIMES – Over the past 10 years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been one of the biggest cheerleaders of Glonass — a Brezhnev-era satellite navigation system that is intended to be an alternative to the U.S.-based GPS system, which has been operating since 1995. Now, the Kremlin is pondering steps to strengthen state control over Russia’s burgeoning telecom market — and to make some money from the Glonass system. Read More
