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On Saturday I held a traditional meeting with the leadership of the government, the presidential administration and the heads of law enforcement agencies. The meeting was attended, in particular, by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Head of the Presidential Administration Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the Security Council Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev, FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev, Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Vladimir Putin praised the work of the capital's mayor during his trip to Adjara. During the meeting, Yuri Luzhkov informed in detail about the results of his trip.
Departments
The draft law on subsoil will be submitted to the government before the end of the first half of 2004, said Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko. According to him, this will be “revolutionary legislation compared to the current one.” Among the main differences, Viktor Khristenko named the transition from the administrative legal system to the civil legal system. At the same time, he noted that the differentiated mineral extraction tax is “an interesting mechanism,” but its application requires serious practice.
Central Election Commission
At the Central Election Commission, at the request of the US Ambassador to Moscow Alexander Vershbow, he met with the chairman of the department, Alexander Veshnyakov. Alexander Vershbow congratulated the Chairman of the CEC on the successful completion of the federal election campaigns and joined in the high assessment given in the statement of OSCE observers regarding the organizational preparations for the elections carried out by the CEC. In turn, Alexander Veshnyakov informed the ambassador that the Central Election Commission of Russia had already begun preparations for the federal elections of 2007-2008, as well as about the upcoming elections in the constituent entities of the federation and measures taken to respect the electoral rights of citizens.
Regions
Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev dismissed the entire regional administration last Friday. Following the results of the elections held on March 14, Alexander Tkachev retained the post of governor of the region, gaining more than 84% of the votes.
Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug Vladimir Butov calls for defending the interests of the indigenous peoples of the North. He called on members of the Yasavey (“Going Ahead”) association, which unites representatives of the indigenous people of the North - the Nenets, to act more actively in the interests of the indigenous people of the North. “Over the past three years, the president of the association has never once approached me with serious questions or proposals,” said Vladimir Butov. At the congress, re-election of the president of the association took place. By a majority vote, its current head, Vladislav Peskov, was elected president of Yasavey for another three years.
President of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov, re-elected for a second term on March 14, took office on Friday. Alexander Volkov won, receiving 54.21% of the votes of voters who came to the elections. His closest rival, the chief physician of the Republican Clinical Hospital No. 3, Evgeniy Odiyankov, received only 18.89% of the votes.
Based on materials from news agencies and our own information
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