Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko said that the Japanese government decided to allocate another credit tranche in the amount of $ 100 million to Russia. It will be transferred to Russia tomorrow. "We are grateful to the Japanese government for the support, sequence and firmness of its position aimed at developing cooperation with the Russian Federation," Khristenko said.

The government approved the main directions of the development strategy of housing reform in 2001-2005 and for the long term. The purpose of the program is to continue transformations in the housing sector. Almost this program should be carried out as part of the federal target program "Housing", the development of which is provided for by the adopted document. The implementation of the presidential program "State Housing Certificates" and other existing housing programs will continue.

The head of the IMF Horst Keler in an interview with the BBC said that the IMF needs reforms, but not in the revolution. By this, Keler meant that the proposal of American congressmen to sharply reduce the activities of the fund is unacceptable. "There is a clear understanding of the need for reforms.

Gref added at a press conference to the already said that the program of the Center for Strategic Development should be ready by the 20th of May. In the next month, the “assembly of the program” from various parts should be completed, as well as a simplified, “affordable” text of the program, which will be presented for discussion of the public.

An explosive device was found and neutralized tonight at the Sheremetyevo Airport. About 2.00 in the night of the airport security in one of the corridors of the building, in which the center for the training of the flight composition is located, a plastic box was found on the windowsill, on which a fractional checker lay. Employees of the FSB were immediately called, after examining the scene of the incident by a dog handle with a dog, the sapper began to work.

The government adopted a resolution on the problems of the agricultural sector. On the eve of Seva, a special fund was formed for lending to organizations of the agro -industrial complex on preferential conditions in 2000. The Fund provides funds to Russian enterprises and organizations of the agricultural sector, regardless of the legal form and departmental affiliation, with the exception of enterprises and organizations with foreign investments.

The head of the General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin, who reported Putin yesterday that the commander of the tank regiment, Colonel Budanov, killed a civilian resident of Chechnya, gave an interview to the Vesti program. Kvashnin said that the colonel "made mockery" over the woman and "subsequently killed her." The officer is arrested, a criminal case has been opened.

The optimistic forecasts of 1967 have not yet been justified about the rapid flourishing of Siberia, but hope remains; The court again considers the case of the Achinsky clay plant; Kuban Cossacks want to control privatization in the region. News from the regions - in the press "All Russia"

The commander of the 58th Army, Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov, agreed to the appointment "to a high position in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." What position are we talking about, he did not report. At the same time, the general "has not yet talked on this topic either with the Minister of Defense, or with the chief of the General Staff," because he would not want to outlive events.

The head of the Ministry of Finance of the Ministry of Finance Arkady Dvorkovich said that the project of the Russian development strategy for the next 10 years provides for a gradual reduction in most tax rates, the abolition of the most ineffective taxes and a gradual abandonment of numerous revolutions.

Vladimir Putin had a short conversation today with Valentina Matvienko. According to RIA Novosti, today another conversation is planned. The topics of conversations are not reported, but we can talk about elections in St. Petersburg. Recall, according to the latest data, in St. Petersburg the rating of the Deputy Prime Minister below the rating of the current governor Yakovlev is approximately three times. Today's "Vedomosti" write about attempts to correct this situation. In St.

According to official figures reported by Sergey Yastrzhembsky, out of 49 people who were in the column at the village of Dzhana-Vedeno, 16 are alive and are already safe, and fate 33 is specified. 20 people were injured. Three died, but their bodies were still not found.

The Minister of Fuel and Energy Viktor Kalyuzhny sent a letter to Sergey Kiriyenko today, in which he called the accusations of corruption , made against him the leader of the ATP. Recall, Kiriyenko said the day before, in particular, in connection with the re -export of "Kazakhstan" oil through Russia, that the government and personally Kalyuzhny are responsible for decisions "fraught with huge losses for the Russian budget" and damage to Russian manufacturers.

In Gudermes, the head of the security of the Minister of Sharia State Security Said Epipdiev and the Ruslan Magomedov, who are in federal roses, were detained. Meanwhile, in Komsomolsky, two hostages were released over the past day - a woman, a doctor from Nazran, who was captured on July 26 last year, and a certain citizen of Endakurov, who spent seven years in Chechen.

Gref after a meeting with Putin, Voloshin and Kasyanov gave a press conference at which he said that today it was decided to create a working group to coordinate the actions of the presidential administration, the government and the Center for Strategic Development, which will include, besides him, Voloshin, Kasyanov and Kudrin.