The joy and grief of Russians in the second week of February (in % of the number of respondents) Items of joys and grief in party electorate = Party electorate = = Communist Party Unity ("Med- After all") Fatherland - all of Russia The Union of Right Forces Apple LDPR other Against everyone It was difficult to answer Generally Lake of groups, in % 23 22 13 8 6 6 12 5 4 1600 The state of affairs in which of the following areas has recently been most pleasing to you?

A source in the Ukrainian delegation in Kyiv negotiations Kasyanov informed Prime-Tass that negotiations "are very difficult." The Russian side insists that Ukrainians should be more than $ 2 billion for gas, and Ukrainians call the figure 1.4 billion. Questions are also discussed about the "zero version" of the debt problem and the favorite issue of the Black Sea Fleet.

From the part of the State Council of the PRC, threats were again forcibly annexed by Taiwan to continuous China. Taiwan answered words: according to RIA Novosti, a small but proud state intends, already starting next week, to purchase 728 missiles in the United States and 61 launcher. And the official representative of the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry Henry Chen called on China to terminate the policy of intimidation of neighbors.

In Volgograd, a high -level meeting was held, dedicated to the social problems of the army. The meeting was attended by a motley team of ministers, headed by Putin: the military industrial deputy prime minister Klebanov, Minister of Defense Sergeyev, Minister of Culture Shvydka, Minister of Health Shevchenko, as well as the commander of the united group of Kazan, the first deputy minister of finance Kudrin and the head of the "torn-arrangement" Ogarev.

Today's newspapers begin preparations for the Constituent Congress of Unity, planned for the weekend. "Izvestia", without ado, publishes an interview with the head of the faction of Boris Gryzlov, in which he discusses the indispensability of "unity" in the Duma, very popularity in the regions and readiness to become the right wing of the two -party system in Russia (the left - Communist Party).

The head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Igor Grushko announced today that the "competent" bodies are studying the activities of the Ichkeria Information Bureau functioning in Odessa. The corresponding request with a request to analyze the activities of the Informburo is already sent by the Foreign Ministry, in particular, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic.

Half of Russians believe that the Putin government copes better with their tasks than his predecessors, but only a third think that the authorities will be able to quickly improve the situation in the country - these are the data of the VTsIOM survey conducted on February 11-14.

Vladimir Putin spoke at a solemn evening dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland. “To suppress the focus of terrorism means not to drop the honor of the country,” Putin said. He also pointed to a high degree of professionalism in the Russian army. “Only military, only military professionals can fight the armed aggressor,” said, in particular, the president.

Vladimir Putin today leaves with the pre-election-working visit to Volgograd. The program of his visit has a visit to Mamaev Kurgan, a meeting with the administration of the city and the region, as well as, of course, with various voters.

The governor of St.

Grigory Yavlinsky sent a plan for political settlement in Chechnya to Vladimir Putin. In an interview with journalists, during a visit to the military hospital near Moscow, where disabled people of the Chechen war were treated (which, apparently, did not seem to him sufficient election informational occasion), Yavlinsky said that the main goal of Putin's planned security - “ensuring the security of citizens and creating a more stable and politically promising situation in the North Caucasus”.

First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov today goes to Kyiv. As we have already reported, the main topic of negotiations will be the repayment of Ukraine debts for Russian energy. Some of them were repaid the Ukrainian side with bombers, the last of which came to Russia yesterday. However, Kasyanov and his Ukrainian colleagues-ministers still have something to discuss.

In the next survey of VTsIOM respondents from various party electorate asked to evaluate possible options for events in the country. Most respondents believe that if Putin is elected by the president, only insignificant changes will occur in the administration. The new defense doctrine of Russia is generally supported by 78% of the LDPR voting for the LDPR, 61% of the supporters of "unity" and 54% of the Communists.

Registered presidential candidates continue to form their election funds; By February 20, the Pension Fund of Russia completely financed the payment of pensions for February in all regions of Russia; Tomorrow the government will identify measures for state financial support for Russian exports: details and other news - in the second monitor .

If you believe the Minister of Press Lesin, then the Russian authorities in the history of Babitsky ended up in the situation that they should have got into: Lesin confirmed today that Babitsky was alive, "but there is operational information that the Chechens themselves use the journalist as cover." At the same time, Lesin again pronounces the official formula that the exchange was made according to Babitsky’s personal desire, for which there is a document for his signature.