The Federal Migration Service of Russia will receive independence from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the right to conduct operational investigative activities in the field of migration, writes Kommersant. By 2008, the FMS will be finally separated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will become an independent ministry.

Last Saturday, all 15 members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, unanimously approved resolution 1747, which provides for the imposition of sanctions against Iran. The next working day, Monday, Iran transferred money to Russia for the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Today in Moscow, Russia and Latvia will sign a bilateral border agreement. Riga agreed to all Moscow’s conditions - any hints of territorial claims on the part of Latvia, in particular the question of annexing the border Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region, disappeared from the agreement.

At a meeting on Tuesday, the leadership of the new Central Election Commission was elected. The chairman was Vladimir Churov, a State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction and a former subordinate of Vladimir Putin. Now you can sleep in peace - the LDPR is known for its honesty and incorruptibility, so they will consider everything as it should and even better.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was relying on diplomacy to free sailors captured by Iran. But at the same time he noted that he would move on to “another phase” if diplomacy did not help. On March 23, Iranian authorities detained 15 British nationals on the border with Iraq; they may be charged with illegal border crossing and espionage.

Everyone involved in Russia predicted that the beginning of 2007 would be a time of surprises and unexpected turns in the Kremlin's policy. The basis for such forecasts is the upcoming elections, that is domestic politics . The forecasts come true. However, Moscow presents surprises, unpleasant mainly for Western partners, mainly in foreign policy .

In Europe, celebrations mark the 50th anniversary of unification. And the Pope again noted that for some reason, references to the “Christian roots of European civilization” “fell out” of all the documents. The EU public reacted to the Pope's speeches with caution.

The Assembly includes representatives of the Constantinople, Antioch, Moscow, Serbian and Romanian Patriarchates under the leadership of Constantinople. As stated in a statement by the clergy and laity of the French deanery of the Korsun diocese, recently “centralism tendencies have emerged” within the Assembly. Attempts to “block initiatives” of the Russian Orthodox Church in France continue, especially when it comes to cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church.

The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov began the fight for national traditions with children. He banned school holidays such as “Farewell to the Primer” and “Last Bell”, since they are not part of the folk tradition and place a “heavy burden on parents.” It is also prohibited to carry mobile phones to school or to transport children to school by car.

Last weekend it became clear with what tools the Russian bureaucracy intends to ensure a solution to the “2008 problem” - either retaining Putin for a third term, or nominating an uncontested successor. I must say, nothing particularly original was invented. The recipes are quite Soviet. On the one hand, the merciless suppression of any hint of real opposition, on the other, the accelerated construction of the image of an external enemy.

Rosneft's subsidiary RN-Razvitie became the winner of the auction for the sale of 9.44 percent of the shares of Rosneft and promissory notes of OJSC Yuganskneftegaz in the amount of 3.6 billion rubles, which belonged to Yukos and were put up for auction as part of the bankruptcy procedure. The lot went under the hammer for 197 billion 840 million 245 thousand 514 rubles. Two bidders took part in the auction: Rosneft and TNK-BP.

On April 1 in Moscow, on Tverskoy Boulevard, a group of citizens “not associated with politics” is going to hold a “March in Defense of Marches.” No party or departmental flags, no political ideology, event slogans: “Forbidden!”, “Fools go to hell,” “Where we want, we go!”, “This is not the place for you!”, “Y-y-y.” !". The funny thing is that the organizers of the “stupid march” have already faced the same problems as the opposition.

In the economy Mutual passivity March 27, 2007. Maxim Blan The government does not succeed in pension reform. And the point is not so much the negligence of individual officials or their disinterest in its conduct. True, there was a period of some cooling, which resulted in the deprivation of middle -aged workers. Then it seemed that the authorities were already regretting their venture to accustom at least a new generation to save on old age.

The United States once again called on Russia to adhere to democratic norms. The United States is concerned about the actions of the Russian authorities towards the participants of the “March of Dissent” in Nizhny Novgorod, as stated in a statement from the US State Department.