PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - April 24

MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VEDOMOSTI

www.vedomosti.ru

- Russian gas giant Gazprom will need to seriously modernise its gas pipeline network around the site of a planned giant gas chemical complex it wants to build near St. Petersburg on the Russian Baltic coast, the daily reports.

ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA

www.rg.ru http://www.kommersant.ru

- At least 447,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed by fire in Russia since the start of the year with over 1,000 registered forest fires, the newspaper writes.

IZVESTIA

www.izvestia.ru

- The Russian Defence Ministry has decided to form new regiments of military drones for the Navy, the daily reports, saying Russia's armed forces are thought to possess well over 2,000 military drones. ($1 = 61.7300 roubles) (Reporting by Margarita Popova Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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