According to AP, a serious split was outlined between the moderate and radical representatives of the Kosov Liberation Army: the radicals are strongly opposed to moderate proposals to form the “Provisional Government” along with the Albanian “pacifists” headed by Ibrahim Rugova.

The State Service, according to the deputy head of the state secretary Sergei Shulgin, intends to collect 15-16 billion tax rubles in February, when the Schulgin says, in December last year, the tax authorities raised 27 billion rubles of taxes, last month-about 20 billion.

Shapovalants said today that by April 1, the Ministry of Economy intends to present the government for the macroeconomic forecast for the budget of the 2000. By this date, the Ministry of Economy will be able to clarify the volume of GDP and other macroeconomic indicators for 2000. Then the successes of the budget-99 in the first quarter will be evaluated.

The US administration announced the introduction of sanctions against another 10 Russian organizations that are suspected of Washington of cooperation with Iran in the field of missile and nuclear technology. In the opinion of the Ministry of Trade of this inadmissible activity, the Baltic Technical University, Glavkosmos, Nii-graphite, the Moscow Aviation Institute, the Chemical and Technological University, the Research Institute of Energy Engineering, etc. are busy.

As Eduard Shevardnadze reports Echo of Moscow, in an interview with the Japanese agency, Kyodo Tsusin called the CIS unnecessary structure, saying that the system of centralization of power in the CIS reminds him of the former Soviet Union. Shevardnadze made it clear that Georgia could leave the collective security agreement if organizational reforms are not carried out in it. (Recall that Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have already announced their intention to withdraw from the contract).

Russia is involved in the conference on the fight against corruption in law enforcement and power structures taking place in Washington; other expected events of the day; The Minister of Justice calls on to adopt a law on political advertising; Primakova appreciates the "voice of Russia", but is not going to support him yet; a large railway accident near Voronezh, there are no victims; The budget for 1999 entered into force; weather; dollar; A brief overview of morning newspapers in the monitor

According to AKM , today in Moscow banks dollars buy 22.4-23 rubles, sell-by 22.95-23.50. AKM does not demonstrate any signs of surprise to the circumstance that the above cash, if it corresponds to reality, is Klondike and Eldorado for those who have at least any decent cash.

The story of Swan vs Chubais continues. The swan, all the attempts of which to regain the control package of shares of the unfortunate cuts of “beautiful” yet give no result, sent the letter to E.M. Primakov personally, in which he asked “to finally solve the issue of attitude to the events in the coal industry of the region”.

The Parliamentary Commission for the investigation of the causes and consequences of the crisis on August 17 completed its work and prepared proposals to the president to remove a number of high -ranking officials from their positions, guilty in horrors on August 17. In March, the Federation Council should hear the commission’s report.

The press secretary of Maslyukov Surikov, who is entrusted with the work of detecting external and internal economic pests, announced today the government’s reaction to the list of scientific institutions presented by the American side today suffering from American sanctions: the government does not intend to take any response measures.

Oleg Sysuev, deputy. Head of the Presidential Administration, met with the head of the Duma faction of NDR Vl.

The Daily Telegraph fears that Yeltsin begins Alzheimer's disease; The adoption of an agreement on the division of products was prevented by Berezovsky; Primakov should go to personnel permutations or close his eyes to discuss corruption in the government; Gosquitoes to support enterprises will be allocated on a competitive basis; The sale of the Svyazinvest shares package will only be held if it is beneficial to the state; Ilyukhin and Bratishchev made their communist recipe for the exit from

A surge of unrest continues on the basis of an agreement to reduce Russian steel export in the United States. Last night, at a press conference in Moscow, the Deputy General Director of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant for External Relations A. Petrosyan said that these negotiations were a uniform. “So they talk if only with the third world countries,” he said.

The Prime Minister intends to devote the Saturday, when everyone is put on the day off: he will meet with the Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia Johannes Linn, which should arrive today. Tomorrow, Lynn will meet with Maslyukov, Zadornov and Gerashchenko. Recall that Lynn can ultimately sign different papers on the provision of the next trenches of various TB targets for a total of almost a billion dollars (more here ).

As Interfax conveyed, Yeltsin and Primakov unanimously declared after their meeting that they firmly intend to work before the 2000 presidential elections. Yeltsin, on Interfax, denied rumors that the Prime Minister allegedly intends to participate in the presidential election. The Prime Minister himself, however, did not refute rumors, but said that he was “tired of speculation” on this subject in the press.