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.

The Polit.ru source in the Duma reports that at the meeting on the impeachment another scandal flared up with the participation of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. During the speech of the deputies from the factions, the LDprovs decided to give their time to the leader, but the issue was posed by the chairman to vote and did not go to the great indignation of Zhirinovsky.

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.

In an interview with ITAR-TASS, Sergey Stepashin said that the formation of the government will begin only after the Duma approved the candidacy of the prime minister. But at the same time, “the backbone of the government, of course, will work,” tomorrow “a serious meeting related to the activities of the tax service, the customs committee on the revenue” and the Kulik report on the situation in agriculture was heard.

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.

According to Interfax, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation will pay today the coupons of bonds of internal currency loan (OVVZ) of the third or seventh issues presented for payment on May 7; The coupons presented later will be repaid 7 days after receiving the application. Payment will be made through authorized banks - VEB and Sberbank, for these purposes the Ministry of Finance transferred $ 333.63 million into them.

At the Stepashin’s meeting with a delegation of speakers in Russia, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, headed by Ernst Muelleman, discussed the issues of Kosovo settlement (Stepashin’s position does not differ from the official one), as well as measures of the Russian leadership to normalize the situation in the North Caucasus and around Chechnya.

RIA Novosti reports that at today's night bombing The villages of Korish died at least 100 people.

Defense Minister Igor Sergeev said that US and NATO law enforcement agencies against Iraq and Yugoslavia "caused the need for a conceptual revision of military security and the Russian military doctrine." The Ministry of Defense has already received instructions from the president on this score and began to work. At the same time, Sergeyev emphasized that the decision to bring troops to an increased degree of combat readiness has not yet been made.

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.

During the break of the Duma meeting, Gennady Seleznev gave a press conference at which he made a number of forecasts for the further development of the situation around the impeachment. According to the speaker, the third point of the prosecution (Chechen war) will gain "at least 312 votes", the rest of the votes will be "smaller".