Irina Yasina THE WORLD BANK AGREED TO THE CREATION OF A STATE PLAN FOR COAL MINERS It seems that in the whirlwind of Russian economic and political changes, not only Russians, but also international financial organizations are losing their bearings. Only a temporary clouding of consciousness can explain the intention of the World Bank, despite what is currently happening in the coal industry, to provide Russia with a second coal loan.

The government intends to take all possible measures to prevent violations in the operation of information systems in connection with the probable global computer failure, known as the “problem-2000”. This was announced today by the head of the government of government information Igor Schegolev. According to him, the government commission led by Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Bulgak is working closely in this direction.

Speaking at the press - conference in Washington, the director of the IMF Campessu said that the fund would not provide Russia's money until he is convinced that the government is doing everything possible to make the budget acceptable to the fund and resolve a protracted dispute between the Russian authorities and creditors. "For Russia, the poor service will serve if we provide loans on complacency, without having to reduce the budget deficit," said M. Camessa.

Nikolai Kharitonov - the head of the agrarian deputy group, following Gennady Zyuganov, expressed himself very belligerent about the consent projects.

"Fainannshl Times" reports that there were assumptions about the inclusion of Russian debts arising after 1992 in the general restructuring scheme. In two weeks of circulation of such rumors, the cost of Russian Eurobonds has declined sharply, in particular, the most liquid papers with a maturity in 2007 in 2 weeks fell by 19%.

Yuri Maslyukov said that the issue of creating a Russian development bank is supposed to be discussed at an expanded meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation after the completion of the vacation of Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov. "A package of documents is agreed at all levels," said Maslyukov. The Deputy Prime Minister did not call a possible candidate for the post of head of the bank, noting only that now there is a “there is a block of candidates”.

With a sense of deep concern, the residents of the Stavropol Territory perceived the news of the abduction of Anatoly Mitrofanov, an assistant to the President of the Chechen Republic for working with the Russian -speaking population, which at the official level represented 150 thousand Russian people living in Chechnya. This is stated in the telegram of the governor of the region Alexander Chernogorov, sent to him today by President of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov.

According to Dmitry Yakushkin, Nikolai Bordyuzha instructed the security council apparatus to consider the charges published by the "independent newspaper" at the address of senior officials (by names not called in publications, also in today's), including Deputy Prime Ministers. We are talking about abuse of official position, practically corruption and bribery. Of the publications, the largest silhouette Yuri Maslyukova transparently appears.

The amount of public debt payments reached such a value that this threatens to “destroy the entire budget structure,” said Khachi Karmokov, chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation at a press conference. He noted that the share of budget expenditures on debt maintenance is 28.4%today, and this is a “critical feature, the excess of which inevitably leads to the bankruptcy of the state” ..

There is a discussion in Tyumen about the fate of Nizhnevartovskneftegaz, the governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Alexander Filipenko, said that he should not rush with the statements of the "collapse of AO" Nizhnevartovskneftegaz ", allegedly started by the Tyumen oil company. "Similar statements were made in an interview with the deputy of the Tyumen Regional Duma of Viktor Pali in the newspaper" Tyumen Izvestia ".

Yuri Maslyukov intends to appeal to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in order to "bring for malicious slander to criminal liability" the authors of the article published in the "Independent Gazeta" on March 2. According to his spokesman Anton Surikov, the subject of the appeal of the First Deputy Prime Minister to the Prosecutor General is one of the paragraphs of the article "I would ask you to take an investigation into the criminal case ...

Today, the “President-Othert” will be held the next meeting of the working group to finalize the agreement on consent. It is expected that representatives of the Duma will present their version of this document. Sources in the Kremlin reported that the President’s hospitalization would not affect, and even more negatively, ”during the work.

After the meeting of the Yabloko faction, MP Mizulin said that the Yablons, as before, are not going to sign a joint statement of the branches of the authorities about the civilian world and political stability in the country, regarding this agreement as "the conspiracy of the chiefs from politics behind the back of the citizens." They agree to be present while working on the document, making sure that the signatories do not go beyond the constitution.

CIS Executive Secretary Boris Berezovsky, who met Tbilisi today with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, was convinced that Georgia was not going to leave the Commonwealth of Independent States. This was reported to reporters by Berezovsky himself. As for Georgia's exit from the CIS collective security agreement, this decision is apparently "due to the fact that he did not bring her any benefit." According to unverified data, now Berezovsky will go to Baku.

The Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Khachim Karmokov will make a report on the work of the Accounts Chamber for 1998 at the plenary meeting of the State Duma on Wednesday, March 3.