Officially

Prime Minister

Signed an order approving the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, agreed with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Science and the Belarusian side, on the development of a draft scientific and technical program of the union state “Increasing the efficiency of production and processing of fruits and vegetables based on advanced technologies and equipment in 2004-2006.” . According to the order, the Ministry of Agriculture was asked to submit, in accordance with the established procedure, a proposal on the development of a draft program to the Council of Ministers of the Union State.

Government

Deputy Prime Ministers Boris Aleshin and Vladimir Yakovlev held a working meeting at the Ministry of Atomic Energy. During the meeting at the crisis situation center, a short teleconference was held with the management of the Rosenergoatom concern, Kalinin and Leningrad nuclear power plants. As reported during the meeting, the Rosenergoatom concern generated 102.2 billion kWh as of September 17, which is significantly more than in the same period last year. In total, in 2003, as was stated at the meeting, Rosenergoatom plans to produce 10% more electricity than in 2002. It was also noted at the meeting that currently nuclear power plants provide 16% of all electricity in Russia, and a kilowatt of electricity generated by nuclear power plants is much cheaper than that generated by thermal power plants.

State Duma

Unanimously adopted in the first reading the bill “On the execution of the budget of the Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund for 2002” introduced by the government. The fund's income in 2002 amounted to 5 billion 113.6 million rubles, including the balance of funds as of January 1, 2002 - 24.6 million rubles. and the unified social tax in the part subject to credit to the fund - 5 billion 56.4 million rubles. The fund's expenses amounted to 5 billion 80.6 million rubles. Of these, 4 billion 481.3 million rubles were used to equalize the financial conditions of the activities of territorial compulsory medical insurance (CHI) funds within the framework of the basic compulsory medical insurance program, including the normalized insurance stock. The balance at the end of the year was 33 million rubles.

Departments

In Russia, as part of the preventive campaign “Housing-2003”, which has been ongoing since February 2003, for the first time, certification of all rural settlements was carried out, which was carried out according to criteria affecting the state of their fire safety , including distance from fire stations and communications coverage. According to the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, inspections carried out by the State Fire Service indicate positive results achieved in preventing fires and preventing loss of life. But despite a slight decrease in the number of fires in the residential sector in the first half of 2003, in Russia as a whole it has not yet been possible to achieve a reduction in the number of deaths, and in Adygea, Dagestan, Buryatia, Karelia, Amur, Arkhangelsk, Kemerovo, Rostov, Chelyabinsk and Chita regions this figure has increased significantly.

An agreement was signed at the Ministry of Finance between Russia and five successor states of the former Yugoslavia (Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) on the settlement of the debt of the former USSR to the former SFRY. As Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Kolotukhin said, the agreement will settle the claims of the former SFRY to the former USSR in the amount of about 1.5 billion clearing dollars, as well as the counterclaim of the former USSR to the former Yugoslavia in the amount of about 200 million dollars. At the same time, the agreement fixes the final amount of Russia's debt to by the successor states of the former Yugoslavia in the amount of 1.292 billion clearing dollars. In accordance with the agreement, the debt conversion rate is set at the rate of 1 clearing dollar - 62.5 cents.

According to information from organizations (excluding small businesses), as of September 1, 2003, the total wage arrears in the range of observed industries amounted to 30 billion 723 million rubles , which is 5.1% less than as of August 1, 2003, and 9. 6% less than on September 1, 2002. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. According to the statistical agency, overdue debt due to the lack of own funds among organizations amounted to 27 billion 757 million rubles, which is 1 billion 898 million rubles. (6.4%) less than as of September 1, 2002. Overdue debt due to underfunding from budgets of all levels amounted to 2 billion 966 million rubles, which is 1 billion 370 million rubles. (31.6%) less than on September 1, 2002.

Parties

The leader of “Liberal Russia” (from among Boris Berezovsky’s supporters) Ivan Rybkin said that the party expects to achieve official registration with the Ministry of Justice and the Central Election Commission. Ivan Rybkin said yesterday that if necessary, the party is also ready to appeal to international courts. He recalled that on September 10, the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan recognized the decision of the Ministry of Justice as contrary to the law, according to which the decisions of the party congress adopted on June 14-15, when Boris Berezovsky was reinstated in the party and his opponent Viktor Pokhmelkin was expelled from it, were not registered. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice filed a cassation appeal against the decision of the Astrakhan District Court and will seek to have this decision overturned.

Army

The Nerpa shipyard has completed the dismantling of the Kursk nuclear submarine. According to Nikolai Shingarev, head of the information policy department of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy, “the hull of the boat was cut up, the reactor compartments were sealed and prepared for long-term storage in a designated place, and only the upper part of the conning tower was left as a relic.” The metal from the salvaged boat will be used to build new warships for the Russian Navy.

Regions

In three subjects of the federation, elections of regional heads will be combined with elections of State Duma deputies. This decision was made yesterday by the Yaroslavl Regional Duma, the Legislative Assembly of the Orenburg Region and the State Assembly - the Kurultai of Bashkiria. Thus, elections for governors of the Yaroslavl and Orenburg regions, as well as the president of Bashkiria, will take place on December 7.

In Chechnya, about 10 thousand people, whose housing was only partially destroyed, are applying for compensation, said the Minister of Chechen Affairs Stanislav Ilyasov. He noted that the federal target program provides for the payment of compensation for completely lost housing and lost property. The minister instructed the State Construction Committee and the Ministry of Economic Development to prepare proposals to include compensation for partially destroyed housing in the program. “These issues will be considered by a government commission,” Ilyasov clarified. “I think they will be resolved positively.” To date, more than 39 thousand Chechen families are applying to receive the planned compensation. The amount of compensation is 300 thousand rubles for completely destroyed housing and 50 thousand rubles for lost property.

Based on materials from news agencies and our own information