At the disposal of Polit.ru came an excerpt from the speech of Vladimir Putin at a closed plenary meeting as part of the discussion on ratification of START-2. This passage was not quoted by information agencies and was not demonstrated on television. Responding to Zyuganov, who accused the Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov of non -compliance with Russian interests, Putin said the following: "Хочу присоединиться к Примакову по поводу замечаний по поводу министра иностранных дел.

The ruble exchange rate to the dollar has grown today by 3 kopecks and amounted to 28.495 rubles ./ $ 1. Dealers predict further ruble strengthening.

The MNS intends to conduct an experiment on the cancellation of sales tax during calculations with plastic cards. Minister Alexander Pochinok said that he would "ask for permission to conduct this experiment in some regions." And after a while, one can think about the cancellation of the tax on the purchase of currency. The repairs believe that in Russia now "the best currency exchange system in the world and the difference between the purchase and sale rates are minimal."

The activity of Khristenko has not yet encouraged Vladimir Putin to invite him to a new office; Putin’s passage puts Russia in an incomprehensible position - both the Prime Minister and the president, who has not even passed the inauguration, will immediately be in one aircraft; The court ruled that the head of the prosecutor did not star in the porn movie Skuratov; The name of the founding father Playboy Hugh Hefner will be called Chikagskaya Street; And in Barcelona tomorrow will fight with

Primorye continues to demonstrate original methods of political struggle. Today, in full force, a hunger strike was announced by the staff of the arbitration court. They sent a letter to Vladimir Putin, which, in particular, states: “For more than a year, in Primorye, under the leadership of the Governor of the Krai, discrediting the arbitration court of the region and its chairman.

According to AVN, citing an informed source, tomorrow Gennady Troshev will officially take office as the commander of the united group of federal forces in the North Caucasus. ABN also claims that from now on OGV is directly subordinate to the General Staff. Recall that until now, Colonel General Troshev was acting commander.

Mikhail Kasyanov in London invited foreign bankers to more actively develop their activities in Russia. According to him, Russian industry needs loans; the domestic credit and financial sector is “very weak.” Therefore, foreign investments, as well as “the experience and expertise that foreign banks have, are extremely in demand in Russia.” “Today in Russia there are no longer previous restrictions on the participation of foreign capital in the Russian banking sector,” Kasyanov noted.

Currently, the sixth part of the population of the planet - mainly residents of North America, Europe and Japan - accounts for about 80% of world income, that is, an average of $ 70 per day per person. Such data are contained in the report "World Development in 2000" (World Economic Indicators 2000), published by the World Bank on Friday.

After the ratification of the contract, Putin expressed satisfaction with the results of the vote and spoke out in the spirit that "the Russian side threw the puck to the side of the Americans." “Now we are waiting for an answer,” Putin said, and once again emphasized that ratification is fully consistent with the interests of national security.

Arkhangelsk teachers do not pay money correctly - in today's Russia, "there is no need to teach everyone completely and fully," in Belgorod, the audience at the performance of Viktyuk is afraid to scold Satanism with poison, Chuvash schoolchildren do not want to learn the Chuvash language, 13 thousand gas columns, as well as a detailed description of the 33rd methods of electricity struggle, can explode at any time in Yaroslavl at any time. press review of the agency "All Russia" .

The press service of Vladimir Putin distributed a message that states that Ratification of START-2 opens the way to the beginning of official negotiations on further reductions in the strategic arsenals of Russia and the United States-within the framework of the START-3 agreement.

Anatoly Chubais warned at a briefing that RAO UES in the second quarter will reduce electricity supply by 4.9%. "We will go to a very strict restriction of non -payers in order to protect those who pay for electricity," he said. In addition, an increase in electricity tariffs inevitably. All this, of course, is caused by a reduction in gas supplies.

The Vyborg district of St. Petersburg was completely left without heat. According to the director of Lenenergo, heating and hot water were disconnected at 1206 facilities. The problem is that the water supplied by Lenenergo is a warning another monopolist - the state -owned enterprise "TEK SPb".

At six o'clock in the evening, the St. Petersburg City Election Commission promised to close the acceptance of signature sheets from candidates. So far, Vladimir Yakovlev, Andrey Korchagin and Artem Tarasov have been registered, and several more people have submitted signature sheets, including Igor Artemyev from Yabloko and Yuliy Rybakov from the Union of Right Forces.

Several leaders of the Chechen diaspora invite Putin to create a state commission to establish peace in Chechnya. It is assumed that the created commission will be headed by the former speaker of the Supreme Council, Ruslan Khasbulatov, who repeatedly offered Moscow his mediation to solve the Chechen problem. What is happening in Chechnya now can be safely called a humanitarian disaster.