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По сообщениям информагентств и собственной информации
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A resolution has been adopted on the procedure for carrying out interventions in the grain market, said Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeev. The minister noted that Russian Agricultural Bank has been approved as the financial operator of the interventions, with more than 6 billion rubles transferred to its authorized capital. for these purposes. The technical operator who, on behalf of the state, will purchase grain for the intervention fund and then sell it on the market will be determined during the competition. According to the minister, grain purchases for the state intervention fund could begin as early as August.
Departments
A new branch of the special purpose center of the FSB of Russia is planned to open in the Far Eastern Federal District - in Khabarovsk with a branch in Vladivostok. Vladimir Putin stated this at one of the meetings in the Southern Federal District. The leadership of the FSB announced the completion of construction and commissioning of the regional division of the FSB special purpose center in the Southern Federal District. The President noted that similar branches will be opened in other regions of Russia.
State Duma
Almost 30% of the expenditures of the Russian Pension Fund are spent annually on “early provision of pensions by decision of the government to the population who worked in difficult conditions.” This was announced by the head of the fund, Gennady Batanov. At the same time, Mr. Batanov noted that “the government itself does not cover these expenses” and “the State Duma should intervene in this situation.” The head of the Pension Fund also believes that “we must persistently look for ways to increase the size of minimum pensions to the subsistence level, since in our country there is a global trend towards an aging population.” “There is a medical report on the average age of a man in the country - 58 years, but in general our pensioners live a long time,” said Gennady Batanov.
Regions
Payments of compensation to residents of the Chechen Republic who were left homeless and lost property will begin before the end of August 2005. This was announced by the President of the Chechen Republic Alu Alkhanov. He emphasized that by the end of August, payments of money will begin to those families that were included in the list and have been verified by all authorities. At the same time, the President of Chechnya noted that the federal budget has already allocated more than 2 billion rubles for these purposes. Alu Alkhanov emphasized that in 2004, about 39 thousand people received compensation; in total, more than 142 thousand people submitted applications with a request to be included in the list.
Governor Oleg Betin, whose candidacy for this position was proposed by the Russian President on July 9, took the oath of allegiance to the Tambov region. The inauguration took place after the regional Duma unanimously approved this candidacy.