OFFICIALLY

President

He stated that Russia’s oil transport capabilities “today exceed production volumes.” Vladimir Putin made this statement following a working meeting yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko and the head of Transneft Semyon Vainshtok. Semyon Vainshtok informed the head of state about the development of the Baltic pipeline system, about compliance with environmental safety at facilities under construction, as well as about the increased productivity of the oil pipeline system through the Novorossiysk port.

Signed a decree on measures to implement the UN Security Council resolution of May 22, 2003. Thus, all prohibitions previously introduced by UN Security Council resolutions relating to trade with Iraq and the provision of financial or economic resources to Iraq have been terminated, with the exception of prohibitions relating to the sale or supply of weapons and related materiel to Iraq, unless these funds are necessary for the occupying power. powers to the unified command (administration) for the purposes of implementing UN Security Council resolutions. The President entrusted the implementation of measures to implement the resolution to the relevant ministries and departments.

Met with Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. The minister reported to Vladimir Putin that Emergencies Ministry specialists checked more than 60 thousand schools for fire preparedness for the school season. According to the minister, 6 thousand schools, mostly rural wooden ones, do not yet meet the necessary requirements. To improve the situation, the Ministry of Emergency Situations created 400 motorcycle fire extinguishing squads; they are mainly needed for rural areas. Sergei Shoigu also said that the Ministry of Emergency Situations expects to complete the creation of a new telephone service based on the “01” service by October. It can be used in case of any threats, similar to the American 911 service. The implementation of this task requires the allocation of 12 million rubles for each subject of the federation with a population of 1.5-2 million inhabitants. Financial issues, Sergei Shoigu noted, have already been resolved.

Government

The formation of working groups of the government commission on administrative reform will be completed in September. This was announced by Anatoly Baranov, press secretary of Deputy Prime Minister Boris Aleshin, who heads the commission. Yesterday Boris Aleshin held the first meeting of the working group leaders. It discussed the preliminary composition of the groups, which will be approved at the next meeting of the commission in September, as well as issues of interaction between working and expert groups. Despite the fact that the formation of the commission’s working groups has not yet been completed, ongoing work has already begun; the functions of ministries and departments are being analyzed and criteria for their redundancy are being developed.

Departments

The grain harvest in Russia, excluding corn, as of August 15 amounted to 20 million tons, which is 65% less than in the same period last year. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture. By this time, grains had been harvested on 20% of the sown areas. The significant delay in harvest compared to last year was due to the fact that the sowing campaign began ten days later than last year. In the Southern Federal District, grain harvesting is being completed. According to government estimates, this year's grain harvest will decrease from 86.6 to 70 million tons, while the wheat harvest will decrease from 50.6 to 36-40 million tons.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Railways has transferred 1.67 million square meters to regional and municipal ownership. meters of housing, reports the Ministry of Railways Center for Media Relations. In particular, the West Siberian Railway transferred 66.1 thousand square meters to local administrations. meters (52% of the housing stock intended to be transferred to the balance of the regions), Gorky Railway - 393.57 thousand square meters. meters (24%), Oktyabrskaya Railway - 156.4 thousand sq. meters (23%). The Ministry of Railways noted that the transfer of housing is carried out in accordance with the reform of the federal railway transport and in connection with the formation of JSC Russian Railways.

The State Customs Committee (SCC) has entered into an information exchange agreement with the largest maritime container shipping company Maersk. According to the document, the Maersk company, after completing the loading of the vessel, no less than 24 hours before its expected arrival at the Russian port, sends information about the imported cargo to the customs authority. Based on these data, a decision is made on the need for customs inspection, its form and extent. Chairman of the State Customs Committee Mikhail Vanin said at the agreement signing ceremony that “this is the first of the agreements that are expected to be signed with other major sea carriers.”

Parties

The communists will not accept the proposal of State Duma deputy Sergei Glazyev that the electoral association of the people's patriotic opposition be formed on the basis of the NPSR, and not the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. This decision was confirmed at the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation held yesterday. Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, State Duma deputy Leonid Ivanchenko noted that “all members of the coordination council of the NPSR, except for the co-chairman of this union Sergei Glazyev, support the idea of ​​​​forming an electoral association on the basis of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.” Leonid Ivanchenko also said that yesterday proposals were considered for the formation of a draft election platform for the electoral association “Communist Party of the Russian Federation”. The previously adopted decision of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to include the candidacy of Sergei Glazyev in the federal list of the party remains in force.

Army

The issues of transferring to the jurisdiction of federal ministries and departments military camps and funds released as a result of the reduction of formations and units of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) were discussed yesterday at a board of the Ministry of Defense , held under the leadership of the head of the department, Sergei Ivanov. The release of military camps is carried out as part of measures to reduce the number of Strategic Missile Forces, designed for the period until 2010. During the board meeting, it was noted that timely decision-making on a set of social and everyday problems related to the deprivation of military camps of the status of closed administrative-territorial entities will prevent the growth of social tension among the population.

Regions

The election headquarters of Akhmat Kadyrov submitted signatures to the election commission of Chechnya on Monday in support of his nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the republic. Chairman of the Chechen Election Commission Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov said that the election commission received sheets with 13.5 thousand signatures. Akhmat Kadyrov became the first contender for the post of President of the Chechen Republic, who was able to collect and submit to the election commission the number of signatures required for registration as a candidate. Also, Akhmat Kadyrov’s election headquarters deposited a deposit of 4.5 million rubles into the account of the election commission in case the commission’s experts and graphologists invalidate more than 20% of the submitted signatures.

Based on materials from news agencies and our own information