The Chairman of the Board of RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais flies to Washington today, where on May 15-16 he will take part in the business elite forum, RIA Novosti reported. The trip will last until May 22. Chubais also plans to meet with a number of representatives of the political circles of the United States. In the context of the change of government, this may well mean an informal connection of Chubais to negotiations of a new office with international financial organizations.

On Wednesday, May 19, the government commission on monetary and financial policy will consider the situation with servicing the territorial divisions of the State Customs Committee by authorized banks and, possibly, will announce a tender for banks for working with the GTK.

As the correspondent of Polit.ru reports in the State Duma, Viktor Chernomyrdin refused to answer the question of whether the impeachment of Stepashin’s candidacy will affect the question of the approval of Stepashin’s candidacy without preliminary consultations with his faction. Regarding the procedure for the president’s abdication from power, Chernomyrdin said that he was definitely “not satisfied with this whole booth”, which became the main reason for the government’s resignation.

In the capital of Macedonia - Skopier - arrived on a one -day visit by Hilary Clinton. She intends to visit several camps of Albanian refugees and get acquainted with the conditions of their life. As expected, Hilary Clinton will meet today with President Macedonia Kiro Gligorov, as well as representatives of the Macedonian humanitarian organizations.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that his faction intends to vote for the nomination of Stepashin to the prime minister to "end those who are preventing us from working normally", as well as with destabilization. At the same time, the chairman of the LDPR assures that he was not offered any posts in the government.

At 10 o’clock in the State Duma will begin the second day of hearings on the impeachment of the President of Russia. The performance of experts and witnesses is assumed - in particular, Viktor Erina, Pavel Grachev, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Mikhail Gorbachev, Oleg Lobov, Vladimir Shudyko. However, according to the information of "Echo of Moscow", Gorbachev and Shumiko refused to be present, and not everything is still clear with the rest.

According to high -ranking sources in the Kremlin, a draft presidential decree on the appointment of Dmitry Kozak was prepared as deputy head of the administration of the head of state, which was previously occupied by Ruslan Orekhov. According to the Mayak radio station, Dmitry Kozak was already an interview with the head of the Kremlin administration Alexander Voloshin. He also met with the acting Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin.

Today, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Sergei Prikhodko, flew to Delhi, on behalf of Yeltsin, negotiations to resolve the Kosovo crisis

The ruble exchange rate at a daily session was strengthened due to the sale of dollars with speculative players who bought foreign currency at lower prices for a morning special gesture, said Prime-Tass dealer Rosbank. Compared to the opening level (25.65-25.75 rubles/dollars), the quotes by 15.30 dropped to 25.4 rubles/dollars. According to dealers, at the auction on Monday, the ruble will continue to grow.

According to Echo of Moscow with reference to the oil information agency, the cost of the main types of motor fuel at the Moscow gas station has not changed significantly, the President of the Moscow Fuel Association, the head of the Hermes-Moscow company Sergey Borisov, told the oil and the head of the fuel association. According to him, AI-92 gasoline, which is traditionally maintained by the highest demand, is sold at the gas station of the capital at a price of 3.5-3.75 rubles per liter.

According to Interfax, a source in the Federation Council, at a meeting on Monday, senators will accept a special statement about the situation in the country. The source said that the senators respected Primakov very much, and the prime minister found understanding in the Federation Council.

According to Interfax, the Ministry of Economics has submitted today to the World Bank a draft letter “On the Political Politics of the Russian Federation and the Documentary Measures for the implementation of the medium -term program of structural reforms”.

Igor Ivanov arrived in St. Petersburg to meet with Foreign Ministers Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. He stated that Russia intends to develop the initiative to create a “zone of stability and good neighborliness” in the north of the Baltic region, nominated a year and a half ago Boris Yeltsin. In such an expanded format, the meeting is held for the first time for the first time.

Neither peace, no war

Chernomyrdin in Helsinki agreed with the President of Finland Marti Akhtisaari on a joint trip to Belgrade. The date will be determined next week. Chernomyrdin said that he was pleased with the negotiations and will return to Moscow today. And Yugoslavia was bombed again today. According to Echo of Moscow, NATO again applied the so -called "graphite" bombs that cause a short circuit in electric networks. The energy supply in Belgrade, the cities of the Novaya Garden and the niches were violated.