The fourth issue

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration **

President V. Putin held a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko . The telephone conversation took place on the initiative of the Ukrainian side, and during the conversation the presidents discussed the issues of bilateral relations.

** Resignation and purpose **

A. Ilylarionov said that he did not see "in the short term of opportunities for his return to the civil service." He also said that he is not going to engage in political activities and plans to continue working in Russia.

The resignation of A. Illarionov from the post of adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on economic issues is marked by the weakening of the positions of the Progressist camp and the strengthening of the Restorer camp, said the vice-president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the first vice-president of the investment company Renaissance Capital I. Jurgens .

** Economic news **

Interfax's Information with reference to a source in the working group for the development of a unified production system in the east of Russia, transportation of gas and gas supply reported that the development of a program to create an oriental production system, transportation of gas and gas supply, taking into account the possible export of gas to the markets of the Asia-Pacific regions, will not be completed, contrary to the plans, in 2005, in 2005 in 2005 in 2005 year. "There will be no meetings before the end of this year, we will return to work on the program next year," he said.

From January 1, 2006, "the Russian gas corporation in relations with Ukraine will be guided solely to what it has the right to," said the head of the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation V. Khristenko . "Russia made all its proposals, they are issued in the form of contracts. There will be no other proposals from Russia," the minister said.

** Banking news **

Sberbank of Russia in January -November 2005 increased net profit for RAS by 45% to 62.1 billion rubles. from 42.7 billion rubles. for the same period last year.

In January-November 2005, Alfa-Bank increased the balance profit for RAS by almost 2 times-up to 3.54 billion rubles. from 1.8 billion rubles.

** Companies news **

The Chairman of the Board of Gazprom OJSC A. Miller and Governor of St. Petersburg V. Matvienko signed an agreement on cooperation between the company and the city government in 2006.

Gazprom OJSC and Baltransgaz OJSC signed a contract for the supply and transit of gas in 2006. In accordance with the contract, in 2006 Gazprom will put 21 billion cubic meters of gas to Belarus.

The German engineering company Siemens received a contract for 213 million dollars for the supply of equipment for a large thermal power plant in the south of Vietnam. The State Energy Complex - operating on gas CAU MAU 2 with a capacity of 750 MW, as expected, will begin its work in early 2008.

The Board of Directors of Uralmashzavod OJSC / UZTM, is part of the United Machine -Building Plants - OMZ / appointed General Director of Boris Vasiliev , Mikhail Matvienko was appointed chairman of the board of directors. Prior to this appointment, B. Vasiliev served as the General Director of the Kryvyi Rih Enterprise Krivorozhsky Turbine Plant "Constar". M. Matvienko in the new position will oversee issues related to the strategic development of the enterprise in the Sverdlovsk region, coordinate projects for serial production of atomic engineering products and a number of other key projects of the enterprise. The duties of M. Matvienko will also include the implementation of a set of tasks related to interaction with the structures of state power of the region.

** announcement of tomorrow's events **

The Council of the Federation will be a speech by the chairman of the parliamentary commission to investigate the reasons and the circumstances of the terrorist act in the city of Beslan of the Republic of North Ossetia on September 1-3, 2004, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council A. Transhin to members of the Federation Council and State Duma deputies with information on the results of the work of the Parliamentary Commission for the period from September 20, 2004 to December 28, 2005.

A meeting of the government of the capital will be held, at which it is planned to discuss the issue “On the preliminary results of the implementation of the city government program for 2005 and the program of the capital of the capital for 2006” (the speaker is the head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the city of M. Ogloblin, the moskhorduma deputy I. Antonov). Then it is planned to consider the “results of the implementation of measures for the social protection of Muscovites in 2005 and a comprehensive program for the social protection of residents of the city in 2006” (speaker - head of the Department of Social Protection of the population of the capital I. Syrnikov).

A meeting of the board of directors of Gazprom OJSC will be held. It is planned to consider the issue of prospects for the work of the OJSC in the financial market in the context of liberalization of the company's shares market.

In Irkutsk, the East Siberian Gas Company OJSC (Irkutsk region) will conduct a presentation of the gasification project of the Irkutsk region.

** Birthdays **

On December 28, Nikolai Alekseevich Reshetov was born (1950), general director of the Russian naval navigation register.

Read about the further development of events in the next issue of the monitor tomorrow at 10 o’clock.