After the transfer of power to his successor, Yeltsin will take care of "social activities for the good of Russia in a different capacity"; Customs duties on some types of electronic equipment are reduced; The number of federal troops in Dagestan will be increased; Boos did not promise Yeltsin "Fate of Chausko"; Stepashin begins the election campaign - in the first monitor .

What Putin said after yesterday's Council of People's Commissars, and what he plans to do in Minsk, the RTS index and other useful information in the evening tape .

Sources of Interfax, close to the investigation in the Mabetex case, say that investigators intend to interrogate the manager of President Borodin for the second time. Referring to the interests of the investigation, the sources refused to clarify which documents would be presented by Borodin, but noticed that we are talking about "sufficiently serious materials." They also said that the first interrogation was simply a “introductory conversation”, and nothing concrete was discussed then.

Federal troops "increase efforts to destroy militants in the settlements they occupy in the Novolak district," Interfax was told in the temporary press center of the Ministry of Defense. Aviation and artillery are actively working in the area, and the groups of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are strengthened.

The First Deputy Secretary of State Strogub Talbott is already in Moscow and should soon begin negotiations with Deputy Igor Ivanov George Mammadov and "other representatives of the Russian leadership", according to RIA Novosti. The source of RIA Novosti claims that the arrival of Talbotta is unofficial.

According to ITAR-TASS, the federal troops managed to seize positions on Mount Chaban, and they continue to advance in the southern and western directions from Karamakhi. In seven villages there are fights. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia claims that the number of militants in the Novolak district is now 1800 people.

At today's meeting, the Moscow City Duma adopted a resolution according to which the elections of the mayor and vice-mayor of the capital were scheduled for December 19, simultaneously with the elections to the State Duma. In the coming days, after the official publication of the document, which should be carried out no later than September 19, the official nomination of candidates for these positions will begin.

Russian entrepreneur Semen Mogilevich categorically denies the accusations of the New York Times of financial fraud through Bank of the New York.

Yesterday in Greece there was a strong earthquake with the epicenter in the area of ​​Athens. The strength of the push was 5.9 points. According to the latest data, 36 people were killed, 400 were injured, 20 of them are serious. According to the Russian embassy, ​​there are no injured among our citizens.

The International Monetary Fund is expected to reduce Russia's GDP by 2%this year, inflation at 92%. Moreover, even in May, the IMF predicted 7% of GDP and 101% of inflation.

So far, Yuri Luzhkov sets out his economic views in Germany and criticizes the federal authorities for “ill -conceived economic policy”, officials subordinate to him are fighting over the problem of Moscow external debts, which, according to many, are one of the most vulnerable aspects of the Moscow prosperity myth. The need to concentrate financial resources forced the Moscow government to prepare a project on the unification of all funds of city bond loans in a single fund.

“Echo of Moskvy” reports that Pavel Borodin and the Presidential Office will sue, before the end of the week, not only for the Corrier Della Sera, but also the domestic media, in particular for the Komsomol truth and version. The amount of compensation for damage is now determined by lawyers.

Last Saturday, in the Egyptian city of Sharm-El Sheikh, the Israeli-Palestinian agreement was signed or, rather, the UAI memorandum. This caused a decisive displeasure of the Israeli “right” and provoked a new wave of violence by Islamic extremists. The leading policies of the “right” opposition of Israel are convinced that the agreement leads to a weakening of the country's security.

First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko will lead the delegation that will represent Russia at a meeting of shareholders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, Interfax reports. In addition to Khristenko, the delegation will also include the Chairman of the Central Bank Viktor Gerashchenko, the Minister of Finance Mikhail Kasyanov and the special representative of the connections with the "big eight" Alexander Livshits.

Tonight in Moscow, the famous writer and human rights activist Lev acceleration died, the Echo of Moscow reports. Recently, he was a member of the presidential commission in pardon issues.