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Yesterday, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber (AC) of the Russian Federation Sergei Stepashin, at a meeting with the President in Sochi, called the issue of budget execution for the first half of the year “complicated”, and also expressed concern that the government will be able to keep inflation at the end of 2011 within the official forecast of 7.5% . The head of the joint venture said the reason for this was “the growth in the money supply associated with rising gasoline prices.” The head of the joint venture named the poor implementation of federal target programs (FTP) and the low efficiency of budget expenditures as one of the main problems. The federal target programs, according to him, were completed by only 24% in the first half of the year, and most ministries and departments are still not spending budget money very effectively. Dmitry Medvedev responded by saying that he would raise the issue of implementation of the Federal Target Program with the government, while he noted that difficulties are often subjective in nature: funds are allocated for them late. Sergei Stepashin also reported on the implementation of the presidential order to verify the effectiveness of expenditures on road safety. According to him, the audit revealed three problems that impede the improvement of traffic safety: inconsistency between departments, the lack of a unified regulatory framework for traffic safety, as a result of which “only people in uniform become extreme,” and understaffing of the traffic police and traffic police. According to him, after recertification, the traffic police are 65% staffed, and the traffic police are 21% staffed. Dmitry Medvedev promised to draw the attention of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure that the traffic police and traffic police "are fully staffed with qualified employees." Irina Granik, Sochi

United Russia named candidates for the post of Tula governor

The head of the Supreme Council of United Russia, Boris Gryzlov, yesterday announced a list of candidates for the post of head of the Tula region, which will be handed over to President Dmitry Medvedev today in Sochi. The candidates selected by the party included the acting head of the region, State Duma deputy Vladimir Gruzdev, member of the Federation Council from the Tula Regional Duma Egor Atanov and the chief federal inspector for the Tula region Sergei Kharitonov. As Kommersant reported, the regional coordination council of the All-Russian Popular Front, in addition to the candidates named by Mr. Gryzlov, on August 3 nominated the chairman of the regional legislative assembly, Igor Panchenko, and the director of the Tochmash plant, Vladimir Filippov, to the post of governor. The President accepted the resignation of the head of the Tula region Vyacheslav Dudka on July 29. "RIA News"

Sergei Stepashin reported to Dmitry Medvedev about problems with the budget and traffic safety