An emergency meeting on Chechnya under the leadership of E.M. Primakova began in the White House. The meeting contains all the power ministers - Stepashin, Sergeyev and Putin, both speakers - Seleznev and Stroyev, Deputy Prime Ministers Gustov and Kulik, Minister of Finance Zadornov, Minister of Justice of Krasheninnikov, as well as the deputy head of the presidential administration Sysuev. As is already known, E.M.

Two hours later, an emergency meeting on Chechnya under the leadership of E.M. Primakova should begin. Meanwhile, according to the representative of the president in the State Duma of Kotenkov, the personal meeting of Maskhadov and Yeltsin, whom the President of Chechnya was very achieved, is not excluded. At least the question of the meeting is being worked out.

The State Duma, which has devoted today to the problems of morality on TV, insurance, taxes and currency control, adopted in the second reading the draft law “On currency regulation and currency control”. The bill is liable for foreign exchange control for the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, as well as the Government of the Russian Federation and the specially authorized federal executive body.

The head of the Budget Committee of the Duma, Alexander Zhukov, announced today at the Golden Industry of Russia conference that the date of reduction in VAT from 20% to 15% may once again be postponed - now on January 1, 2000. According to Zhukov, this new delay is related to the requirements of international creditors. Recall that the IMF insists that VAT is not reduced and puts forward this requirement as one of the condition for granting a loan.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved in the first reading the draft constitutional law on the adoption of the Minut of the Soviet Anthem “Union for the Invalid Republics of Free” as a state anthem, the music composed by Alexander Alexandrov. The new anthem, according to the project, will be without words - it was decided to leave the text of Mikhalkov in folk memory.

The prime minister will hold a meeting with his deputies; other plans for today; About Primakov published a book; newspapers do not come out in Tyumen due to lack of paper; Skuratov went to work to prepare for the meeting of the SF; currency courses; A brief overview of newspapers in the morning monitor .

The NTV television company reported this morning that Aslan Maskhadov accused the Chechen Shura of kidnapping and recognized the abduction of Shamil Basayev. However, NTV's own correspondents in Grozny did not confirm this information. However, ITAR-TASS just conveyed that the investigating authorities of Chechnya intended to go on the trail of the abductors in the near future, which partially confirms the message about Maskhadov.

Today, at midnight, the term of the Russian ultimatum Chechnya has expired, of course, no issuance of a spigun was followed, Russia is formally in a state of armed conflict with Chechnya, and the first bands of newspapers are dedicated to the second Chechen crisis.

The Vice Speaker of the State Duma, a member of the Political Council of the "Fatherland" Arthur Chinkarov announced today about his party’s intention to hold at least 100 deputies to the State Duma. He confirmed that the Fatherland will participate in the elections both in party and single -mandate districts.

The Communists noblely raise the issue of impeachment before the president’s recovery, but they want to use the Yeltsin accounts, available, according to their information, in England, to withdraw the country of their crisis; The new leader of Mostelekom JSC came from Shantsev; The President instructed the prime minister to find a council for Chechnya; Ayatskov believes that the people will not stand up for the protection of the government, but the government will not demand the resignation of

This morning, the NTV television company reported that EM Primakov received a note from the head of the FSB Putin, in which Putin informs the Prime Minister of the impending attempt on the Minister of National Policy of Russia Ramazan Abdulatipov. The attempt is being prepared in Dagestan.

According to RIA Novosti, the Ministry of Sharia State Security of Chechnya established the identities of two abductors General Spigun. Some informed sources at the ministry told RIA correspondents that the personalities of the abductors were established as a result of a survey of passengers of the aircraft, who were going to fly to Moscow, as well as a survey of the airport staff.

Today it became known that the G -7 countries, with the participation of the IMF and the World Bank, developed measures to tighten control over gold and foreign exchange reserves and derivatives of securities (derivatives) - the AFP agency referred to the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Perhaps these measures will be approved in April at a meeting of finance ministers and heads of central G-7 banks in Washington.

Nikolai Plotnikov continues his "letters from Germany." The debates of the Law on Double Citizenship, which has unfolded today in Germany, the question of the "blood law" and "soil law" affects the ideological foundations of German statehood and the future of European integration depends on its solution.

The Minister of Economics in 1992, and now, is one of the co -chairs of the Round Table of the Russian Business, and the President of the Russian Financial Corporation, Andrei Nechaev, believes that an attempt to develop a comprehensive tax code has inhibited the process of gradual improvement of tax legislation. Nechaev claims that BOOS tax innovations will not give an effect and offers to radically reduce taxes on the wage fund - to the level of costs for legal ways of leaving them.