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He expressed gratitude to the staff of the state unitary enterprise (SUE) Moscow Metro, reports the press service of the head of state. Vladimir Putin, by decree, awarded a group of employees of the capital’s metro with state awards for labor success and many years of conscientious work in connection with the 70th anniversary of the metro.
Government
Accepted the proposal of the Russian Ministry of Culture to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian State Theater in 2006. The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The head of government instructed the Ministry of Culture to form an organizing committee to prepare and conduct the celebration, as well as approve a plan for the main events that will be held as part of the anniversary. Expenses for celebrating the birthday of the Russian State Theater will be allocated from the federal budget for 2005-2006. In connection with the celebration of the anniversary, the Prime Minister instructed a number of ministries to provide in 2005-2006, “based on the possibility of the federal budget, the allocation of funds for the reconstruction of buildings and technical re-equipment of the Russian State Academic Drama Theater named after Pushkin and the State Academic Maly Theater of Russia.”
Regions
The Legislative Assembly of the Penza region approved the current head of the region, Vasily Bochkarev, as governor of the region. Of the 43 deputies present at the extraordinary session, 42 people voted for this decision. One is against it. Last week, the President of Russia submitted Mr. Bochkarev's candidacy to the regional legislative assembly to give him the powers of governor. Vasily Bochkarev has headed the Penza region for seven years. He was first elected to the post of head of the regional administration on April 12, 1998, and in 2002 he was re-elected for a second term.
Public opinion
The majority of Russians do not have free money, sociologists from the Public Opinion Foundation state. Among respondents whose family income does not exceed 3,000 rubles. per month per person, 63% do not have free funds, but even among the wealthier 40% do not have extra money. The largest share of people with free money is in Moscow (66%), and the largest share of Russians without free money is among rural residents (64%). These are the fund’s data, based on a nationwide survey that was conducted on April 23 among 1,500 Russians. The survey revealed that the majority of those who periodically have free money in their hands tend to spend it immediately. At the same time, only 4% of respondents are concerned about their money working and generating income: they said that they invest their free funds in business and securities. Another 14% of respondents said that they prefer to save the free money they have. Moreover, most of them (57%) do not have deposits in commercial banks (including Sberbank). According to news agencies and own information
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