"If NATO is an organization from San Francisco to Kamchatka, then it threatens China, India, the whole Arab East and the Islamic world from the Gibraltar to the Philippines," Zyuganov said; From today until March 27, any movements in Chechnya are prohibited; The investigation of the Raduev case "is in full swing, the accused gives evidence daily"; Details are in the second monitor .

The banking committee prepared the bill proposed by the Government on amendments and additions to the Federal Law "On Banks and Banking Activities". The law is planned to be considered in the first reading on March 29. First of all, the bill introduces the concept of "banking groups", this phenomenon already exists, and it is possible to regulate the activities of the Banking Group.

On the last day of election campaigning, Putin made a television show in which he reported the transition to the summer and called on the Russians to vote, "make a choice." Since Putin did not take part in any public debate, this is a direct official appeal to voters - the second after his well -known open letter. Putin before the elections tried to inspire optimism for the Russians.

The crew of the 28th expedition to the Mir orbital complex was approved. The crew commander was appointed Sergey Zaletin, and Alexander Kaleri was appointed the sorcerer. They will have saglers Salizhan Sharipov (commander) and Pavel Vinogradov (sorcerer). On March 28, the astronauts will go to the Baikonur cosmodrome for the pre -trial training. The start of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, which will deliver the crew to the Mir station, is scheduled for April 4.

Publications in Novaya Gazeta and the General Newspaper on anti -terrorist exercises in Ryazan, from which it followed that these were not exercises, will become the subject of the trial, including in court, General Zdanovich said. At a press conference in Ritsa, he said that these articles are falsification. Zdanovich claims that the soldier used to "factory" spoke in detail about how exactly the "testimony of the participant" of those events were falsified.

Today's meeting in the Kremlin was dedicated to the battle for the crop.

I.O. The head of the EBRD became the former vice-president of the Bank of the American Charles Frank, replacing the post of director-administrator of the IMF Horst Keler. According to Kommersant, Frank is known for its apoliticality, which, of course, is good for Russia, but Frank himself can interfere with the prefix "I.O.", since the EBRD has traditionally headed European financiers-politicians.

The Mufti of Chechnya Ahmed Kadyrov was present yesterday in the investigative isolator in Chernokozovo during the release of some prisoners who were recognized as innocent in serious crimes. The visit of Mufti coincided with the last day of Hajj, but he emphasized that this was an accidental coincidence, since he had long intended to visit there and see in which the detainees lived.

The deputy chief of the Investigative Committee at the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Novoselov, said that in the case of the manufacture and use of fake documents, a forensic examination is now being carried out, designed to establish whether Babitsky’s photographs were taken in fake documents in the photographer or reset from the documents that were removed from the journalist when leaving Grozny. Babitsky claims the latter.

The financier Shamil Basayev gives "sensitive testimonies for militants, including on financing terrorists," said Alexander Zdanovich, head of the FSB assistance department. Sadhamzat Beriev, brought to Moscow with Raduev, was wounded during the detention. The humane attitude of investigators featured him to give “detailed testimonies,” says Zdanovich.

Reporting at a press conference in Tula said that an analogue of the Cheka will be revived-in the form of regular meetings of the Government of the Government on Credit and Family Policy, which will deal with large taxes of taxes. The commission will sit weekly. In addition, he opposed to postpone until 2003 the beginning of the application of the law on the compliance of large expenses of income.

At a meeting of the Security Council, the concept of foreign policy of Russia is now being discussed.

Participants in the finished meeting of the Security Council adopted the concept of foreign policy of Russia under discussion . According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov, the concept will be finalized. SB Secretary Sergei Ivanov, in turn, clarified that the concept of foreign policy will be finally adopted and signed by the President after a half to two months, and a month later a new defense doctrine should be signed.

The Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes will nevertheless consider the previously introduced bill on increasing the tax on the purchase of currency, but only after the government submits its conclusion. This was announced by the chairman of the committee, Alexander Zhukov. Recall that Zhukov himself (just as Alexander Shokhin and Mikhail Kasyanov ) immediately after introducing a bill to the Duma expressed doubt about the appropriateness and the possibility of its adoption.

While the “small package” of wire assistance from the United States is already being implemented, Russia, at the request of the deputy prime minister of Shcherbak, is not going to resume negotiations with the United States on the “large package”. And really. Shcherbak at a press conference said that gross grain production in Russia in 2000 is expected in the amount of 75-80 million tons and the population, therefore, it will be provided.