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Held a traditional meeting at which various issues of domestic and foreign policy of the Russian state were discussed. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, head of the presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the Security Council Vladimir Rushailo, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense Igor Ivanov and Sergei Ivanov, as well as FSB head Nikolai Patrushev.
During the working meeting, I discussed the general situation in the republic with the President of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov. Alexander Volkov informed the president that in the republic “the increase in production volumes is approximately 10% every year.” As for oil production, the use of the latest technologies, including horizontal drilling, “made it possible to add more than 300 thousand tons this year and overall exceed 8 million tons of oil production.”
He signed a decree to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the founding of the city of Kaliningrad in July 2005 and the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Kaliningrad region in July 2006.
Departments
Over the past 13 years, about 6 million people have come to Russia for permanent residence, said Minister Vladimir Zorin, who oversees national policy issues. “That is why at present the problem of tolerant attitudes in society in Russia remains among the most pressing and pressing,” the minister said in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (celebrated on November 16). Vladimir Zorin admitted that “at the everyday level, facts of xenophobia and extremism are still not uncommon, and anti-Caucasian, anti-Semitic, anti-Russian sentiments are manifested.” According to the minister, the government program “Formation of attitudes of tolerant consciousness and prevention of extremism in Russian society” is aimed at eliminating these negative phenomena.
During the pre-election week, from December 1 to 7, Russia will have a special procedure for exchanging old-style passports for new ones, said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Chekalin. According to him, during this period the Soviet passport will not be confiscated from the owner when submitting documents to the passport office. This is due to the need to present a passport at the polling station. In addition, on election day, December 7, staff will be on duty at all passport offices. “This is being done so that citizens who discover the loss of their passport this Sunday can immediately contact the passport office at their place of residence. There they will be promptly issued a temporary identity card, which will allow them to take part in the vote,” noted Alexander Chekalin.
Central Election Commission
About 1 million Russian citizens work in the election commissions for the election of State Duma deputies, said the head of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov. He emphasized that to date, the formation of the entire system of election commissions intended for elections to the State Duma has been completed, a little more than 94 thousand election commissions have been formed. According to Alexander Veshnyakov, verification of voter lists begins on November 16.
Army
At the industrial complex for the destruction of chemical weapons in the village of Gorny, Saratov Region, the destruction of mustard gas reserves is being completed. The facility has already begun decommissioning the production line for the destruction of this dangerous toxic substance. The total amount of mustard gas destroyed today was 622.3 tons. Based on materials from news agencies and our own information
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