Today, in an interview with NTV, one of the members of the ATP faction Julius Rybakov said that in the elections in St. Petersburg the ATP will nominate either him or Irina Hakamad. The latter had already managed to say that she did not intend to run. Thus, Rybakov remains. True, it is quite difficult to call him a federal politician .

Irina Khakamada, apparently after consultations inside the ATP, slightly changed the wording and already informed reporters that the final decision on participation in the St. Petersburg campaign would make today by two o’clock in the afternoon - until then her assistants in St. Petersburg will “find out the situation” in the city.

At the Seminar on the Development of the APC, the Minister of Agriculture Gordeev said that in accordance with the upcoming concept of agricultural support until 2010, the government should support the "large and medium -sized manufacturer". So collective farms and state farms will still live - if they approve the concept.

Neither peace, no war

Irina Khakamada confirmed her morning statement not to run for elections in St. Petersburg, saying that "for such a short time to provide the machine and my victory technology is completely impossible." Tomorrow, the ATP fraction will formulate its position regarding the situation in St. Petersburg, but today the St. Petersburg branch of the Union can be raised by Rybakov.

Unfinished Victor Cherepkov, ex-mayor of Vladivostok, a kind of phenomenon of Russian policy, the 26th time (!) Is elected to the authorities. Now he is fighting in Moscow for the deputy mandate, the issuance of which will decide the open meeting of the CEC on April 14, on Friday.

What is the political future of Valentina Matvienko? - In the best case, she will be a government official, in the worst - an ambassador to one of the secondary countries. So Boris Nemtsov believes. The opinions of other politicians and analysts are in Vedomosti on Polit.ru.

Vladimir Putin did not reach Murmansk. According to the president’s press service, the aircraft "made a forced landing in the Northern capital due to non-lethal weather on the way to Murmansk." However, in the light of yesterday's conflict with Matvienko, the weather was very helpful. Since flying weather is expected about an hour later, I have time to talk with Yakovlev.

Political strategist Gleb Pavlovsky is trying to cheer up our opposition, but does not know which one: the opposition can be born, but the leaders are so insignificant that only the Kremlin is possible to bring the opposition.

The price of Russian Urals oil with the delivery of the Mediterranean to the ports of the Mediterranean on Tuesday decreased immediately by $ 1.05 and amounted to $ 21.31 per barrel. Siberian Light has fallen in price for the same amount. The price of raw oil futures for May on the New York commodity exchange also decreased by almost a dollar to $ 25.45 per barrel. The decision of the OPEC to increase the quotas of oil production begins to work.

The Ivanovo governor speaks out against the elections of "his brother"; The Irkutskites eat, as in the 1950s, and doubt everything; Five -year -old Khabarovsk residents are calling the phone. About all this, as well as about vodka and patriotism, housing and sewage, manure, kings and cabbage - in the press review of the whole Russia agency.

Yesterday's nervous day in the US stock market ended much more calmly than began. The excitement caused by the decision of the Washington Court in relation to Microsoft, in the second half of yesterday, began to subside, the cheaper shares of high -tech companies began to buy again, as a result, the NASDAQ index increased and, as a general result, had a 57 -point plate and 74 points (within two days reached 500-600 points). “Common meaning prevailed over herd feeling,” CNN noted.

Having rejected two anti -Latvian laws today, the Duma adopted the appeal in connection with the state policy of discrimination of Russian compatriots in Latvia. The deputies called on the Sejm of Latvia, the President, the Government, the "all healthy political forces" of the republic to abandon the detrimental policy of discrimination of people on ethnicity and linguistic affiliation, strictly follow the principles of the civilized democratic state.

Prices for shares of Russian companies sharply decreased according to the results of today's tenders, on average by 6%, despite the fact that the total amount of trading shares in the RTS increased by the previous day, by exceeding $ 41.554 million. The traders explain this with negative information about the fall of American stock indices, in particular, the NASDAQ index, which has fallen over the past week. more than 10%.

Yesterday, the Moscow government discussed the unexpected demand of Gazprom to pay off debts. They decided to immediately transfer 100 million rubles to avoid 30% reduction in supplies promised in case of non -payment today, and start negotiations for the rest (about 2 billion) according to Yuri Luzhkov, "the Moscow authorities have already found a common language with Remom Ivanovich." This time, the common language will be in the interview.