Officially

President

Signed the federal law "On the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion in relation to taxes on income and capital." This was reported by the Kremlin press service. The law was adopted by the State Duma on April 6, 2005 and approved by the Federation Council on April 13, 2005.

Departments

Russia's GDP growth in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the same period last year was 4.9% , Andrei Klepach, head of the macroeconomic forecasting department of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, told reporters. In March 2005, compared to March last year, GDP growth was 5.1%. According to Klepach, the Ministry of Economic Development has not yet revised the annual GDP figure of 6.5%

Federation Council

He adopted a resolution in which he proposes that the government allocate up to 60 billion rubles from the stabilization fund. to finance large investment projects, while identifying the creation of road infrastructure as a priority. First of all, the Federation Council believes, funds should be used for the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg expressway as part of the North-South international transport corridor.

He approved a law introducing a new type of administrative punishment - suspension of the activities of enterprises without forming a legal entity. According to the law, administrative suspension is imposed by the court for a period of up to 90 days. This type of punishment is applied in cases of “a threat to the life and health of people, the occurrence of an epidemic, a man-made disaster, harm to the environment, as well as the financing of terrorism and illegal money laundering.”

Approved the law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Veterans”. The changes increase the length of leave for disabled people and veterans. Participants in the Great Patriotic War now have the right to leave of 35 calendar days, and working disabled people - 60.

Approved a law introducing a number of changes to existing federal legislation on investing pension funds. The law is aimed at changing the procedure and timing for the exercise by insured persons of the right to choose a management company or a non-state pension fund that carries out compulsory pension insurance.

Regions

Deputies of the Duma of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug rejected the option of unification with the Kamchatka region, which was approved by Kamchatka legislators the day before. Deputies of the Koryak parliament, having heard the draft socio-economic justification for the unification, expressed their complaints regarding its vagueness. In her final speech, the Chairman of the District Duma, Nina Solodyakova, noted that it is too early to make any decisions.

Based on materials from news agencies and our own information