RIA Novosti, with reference to its diplomatic sources, reports the details of tomorrow's meeting of Sergeyev and Cohen. It is the meeting of defense ministers that Russian-American negotiations will begin in Helsinki, and in the afternoon the Foreign Minister Ivanov will fly by a regular plane to meet with Madeleine Albright. After the negotiations, according to sources, both Minister of Defense will return to Moscow "one side".

Today Sergei Stepashin finally explained the purpose of the Economic Council under the President created last week. Let us recall that the newly formed advisory body included everyone who has ever been involved in the economy - from Gaidar to Kulikov. As it turned out, this combined team must “ensure constant interaction between representatives of the executive branch, the government and economic schools,” as well as develop the government’s economic strategy.

Interfax reports the results of a macroeconomic analysis carried out by the Ministry of Economy for the Economic Council - a new body under the government. Today, the Minister of Economy Shapovalyants introduced the council members to these indicators. According to the report, in 2000, inflation can be 18-22%, in 2001-10-12%, in 2002-8-10%. In case of delay in obtaining loans from international financial organizations, according to a pessimistic forecast, inflation will not rise above 45-50%.

Bulgaria did not provide the Russian side with an air corridor for the flight of peacekeepers in Kosovo "due to improper design of the corresponding request." This was reported by Interfax Bulgarian diplomatic sources. In a sentence sent to Sofia, no technical data required by international law was contained.

The informed source of ITAR-TASS in parliamentary circles claims that the transfer of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to Kosovo can only begin after receiving the sanctions of the Federation Council, since only the upper house of parliament is competent to decide on the use of Russian military outside the national territory. To get her consent, the president must contact the Senate with an official request. Meanwhile, so far no requests have been received. Egor Straev, who is in St.

Between South and North Korea, relations again aggravated. This is caused by clashes of the vessels of both powers in the controversial sector of the yellow sea, which began on June 8th. Today in the morning there was a shootout between the three North Korean ships and South Korean coast guard ships. According to representatives of the South Korean fleet, they were not the first to open fire. However, the North Korean missile boat was sunk as a result, and the rest left disputed waters.

Yeltsin hopes for young people; Klebanov is sure that the Russian military -industrial complex will save only export; Voloshin believes that the Kremlin ignores Luzhkov due to employment; Kamchatka intends to ask for help from the UN. This and much more - the first monitor.

US Vice-President Albert Mountains said on June 11 in an interview with CBS television, that America would not send a special mission to Yugoslavia for capture and arrest Milosevich. The mountains are sure that the Yugoslav president will “appear before justice in the International Tribunal”, but only his own people can make such a decision.

Sergey Stepashin became a regular member of the Security Council. The corresponding decree was signed by the President. In addition, as the Echo of Moscow reports, the first deputy prime miners Nikolai Aksenenko and Viktor Khristenko, Minister of Finance Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Rushailo, and the economy were introduced into the Council of People's Commissars. Accordingly, Evgeny Primakov, Yuri Maslyukov, Vadim Gustov and Mikhail Zadornov were withdrawn from the council.

Yugoslavia intends to seek compensation for the damage caused by its economy. This was stated on June 14 to Geneva Ambassador of the SRU at the European Branch of the UN Branko Brankovich, ITAR-TASS reports. Among the journalists, a 24-page document is distributed, which contains a list of enterprises, roads, cultural and historical monuments, monasteries, museums, schools, hospitals, and cemeteries destroyed and damaged by NATO bombing.

From the new abroad, you will learn that everyone has their own problems: in Europe, government annoyed voters, and in Africa the population cannot part with the president without tears; They starve in a cube, and advanced plates are produced in Canada; Finally, in Guatemala, they fight the green serpent, not knowing that Chinese naked dogs help from all troubles.

According to Interfax, Mikhail Zadornov today held another meeting with the director of the World Bank for Russia Michael Carter. The issues related to a loan for the structural restructuring of the economy ($ 1.5 billion), a loan for the structural restructuring of the social protection system ($ 850 million) and the second coal loan ($ 800 million) were discussed.

In the next issue of the Gallery Partmans to Polit.ru, Yuri Korgunyuk talks about the extinct, but in the past very evil lizard of the Russian multi -party system V of the National Republican Party . This is distinguished by the choice of the main enemy from other nationalist dinosaurs. For the NRPR, this is not the Masonic, but “Blacks” - immigrants from the Cavalry and from Central Asia.

The probable cause of the explosion and the subsequent fire on the Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline near the village of Novo-Kuli was an attempt to make a insert into the highway with the aim of leaving oil. This was told by ITAR-TASS, the head of the district department of the internal affairs Muslim Dakhaev. Earlier it was reported that a funnel from the shell was discovered at the scene, however, according to Dakhaev, no traces of an explosive device were found.

According to Ekho Moskvy correspondents, Boris Nemtsov, who is in the top three of Right Cause’s electoral list, said that the coalition will nominate its presidential candidate only if it receives at least 10% of the votes in the parliamentary elections. Otherwise, Right Cause will support one of the other candidates. Nemtsov himself likes Sergei Stepashin or Grigory Yavlinsky, but he emphasized that this is only his personal opinion.