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At the initiative of the French side, I had a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac. During the conversation, Vladimir Putin and Jacques Chirac exchanged views on current international issues. During the discussion of the Middle East settlement, it was stated that the latest development of events poses a serious threat to the prospects for the implementation of the Road Map plan.
Government
He considers his main task to be to maintain economic growth in the country, said Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. “We need to ensure that economic growth is maintained,” he said, talking to reporters after the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian press. The head of government noted that the draft budget for 2004 includes a 5.2% increase in GDP.
The federal target program for preparing for the 1000th anniversary of Kazan will be adjusted, but the main points will remain, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. It is planned to spend 53 billion rubles on preparations for the city’s anniversary. -- approximately the annual budget of the entire Tatarstan. In two years, 14 billion rubles were disbursed. The main facilities - the metro, new apartments for 7 thousand families under the "Dilapidated Housing" program - will be commissioned on time, the Deputy Prime Minister said. He emphasized that the Ministry of Finance “will strictly monitor the correct targeted expenditure of funds.”
It has approved and is submitting for ratification to the State Duma an agreement with the Australian government on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion in relation to income taxes. The main purpose of the agreement is to ensure conditions under which tax residents of one of the contracting states carrying out business activities in another contracting state will not pay taxes on the same income twice, i.e. in the state of its residence and in the state of activity. The document was signed by the leadership of Australia and Russia in Canberra on September 7, 2000.
Parties
To participate in the State Duma elections, the “Great Russia - Eurasian Union” bloc was created. It included the Eurasian Party - the Union of Patriots of Russia, the Russian Peace Party, the Civil Party of Russia, the Russian Party of Labor, the "International Russia" party and the "Sovereign Union of Russia". On September 16, at the congress of the new bloc, an election list will be formed. The bloc is expected to be headed by State Secretary of the Union of Belarus and Russia Pavel Borodin.
Regions
In the Volgograd mayoral elections held yesterday, 28.45% of the total number of voters voted, said Tatyana Kuznetsova, chairman of the city election commission. Since the minimum required to recognize the elections as valid is 25%, the elections can be considered valid. Nine people are vying for the post of head of the city administration, among them is the acting mayor of the city, Alexander Tyurin. To win, a candidate must receive a simple majority of votes.|
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