In Russia, sowing is in full swing. According to the Ministry of Agriculture on April 25, the spring Sev was held at 6.3 million hectares (10.8%). The leader of the North Caucasus district is leading, then follow the Volga and Central Black Earth Regions. Grain and grain -combat crops were sown by 4.12 million hectares (11.9%). So far, there is a lag behind the level of last year.

Former President of the TVC Konstantin Likutov will soon switch to RTR, reports "News Time". According to the newspaper, he is forgiven the post of executive director of the RTR in the rank of deputy general director of the Rossiya TV channel. The deputy chairman of the VGTRK, Alexander Akopov, said: "I will not hide, we are negotiating with Likutov.

Today's newspapers note the unexpectedness and some untime of the newspaper by Vladimir Putin and the head of the Ministry of Communications Leonid Reiman the announcement of the sale of “In the near future” of another package of shares (25% minus two shares) “Svyazinvest”. Analysts interviewed by Vedomosti and News Time emphasize that it is hardly advisable to sell the package until the holding restructuring program has not yet begun.

Fishing in the Far East is put under total electronic control, and Nenets, on the contrary, can catch someone and anywhere in the Barents Sea; The western mine lives in the anti -explosion of a social explosion; In the economy, integration processes are noticeable: Kuzbass and the Chelyabinsk region signed an interregional agreement on economic cooperation, and sugar producers from the Middle Volga strive to unite the holding. Read about this in the news review of the agency "Russia. Regions".

On May 3, the CIS political elite is going to meet on the Prokhorovsky field in the Belgorod region. Gennady Seleznev has repeatedly announced his trip, thus refuting the information that these days the constituent congress of the Union of Peoples of Russia will be held. Now a message has been received that Vladimir Putin also intends to be on the Prokhorovsky field on this day in the company of Alexander Lukashenko and Leonid Kuchma.

According to AK&M , the Ministry of Railways intends to demonopoly passenger transportation. This process, according to the head of the department of passenger messages of the Ministry of Railways, Valery Shataev, will consist in the creation of joint -stock companies. However, they will be created on the basis of existing road directorates for passenger service. At the first stage, 100% of the shares of these companies should be consolidated in the hands of the state.

Negotiations in Colombia again came to a standstill - the partisans proposed to legalize drugs in the United States as a condition and forgive the external debt of the Third World - a new foreign country .

In Kosovo, the body of a Russian soldier who disappeared a week ago was discovered. Alexander Semin was found with a shot head near Gloglovach, 25 kilometers from Protina, where the 14th tactical group was located, in which the paratrooper served. This is the second death of our soldier during the participation of Russian troops in a peacekeeping operation.

Belarus wants to support its “bunnies” with the help of the ruble as quickly as possible, but Russia is in no hurry to do this; Yabloko invited Duma colleagues to reconsider the results of Kasyanov’s negotiations with the London Club; Smolensky is upset that the new Rosselkhozbank opens up opportunities for theft of budget money, especially since Smolensky himself will not be able to take part in this; "Unity" is preparing to become a centrist party, announced the leader of the movement Gryzlov

The Goldoval lumps of Russia continue to cheerfully grow. As of April 21, their volume is $ 17 billion against $ 16.5 billion on April 14th. Thus, in a week they increased by $ 500 million.

In one of the most closed departments from the public - the Ministry of Atomic Energy - on the eve of the distribution of portfolios, it seems, there was a split; The kidnapper of people who traded in Ingushetia was arrested; Zhirinovsky sees that the fight against the LDPR entered a new stage; Several subsidiaries of RAO UES of Russia have already begun the actual implementation of the proposals of Anatoly Chubais - in the second monitor .

Yesterday Igor Ivanov met with the current and potential presidents of the United States - Bill Clinton and George Bush Jr. Both meetings took place in a benevolent key for Russia. Clinton Ivanov discussed the usual problems of foreign policy cooperation of countries for such visits, the Russian-American meeting at the top in Moscow on June 4-5 and the problem of the pro. A visit to Bush, which has great importance for Russia, was initially unofficial.

Chechens do not want evil to the Russians and therefore will take revenge on them targetedly - calms the Chechen peacemaker; To protect investment, the St. Petersburg Ice Palace must be converted to the arbitration court - the applicant considers the governor's post; Territorial disputes between Kalmykia and Astrakhan, ethnic consent to the Stavropol, the hour of distribution of land in Kirov - "All of Russia" .

The prosecutor's office announced that a criminal case had been instituted against the fighters of the Ural collection fighting in Chechnya. According to Echo of Moscow, the Sobrovtsy in the Kurchali district opened random shooting, laid men on the ground, some of them were beaten and taken away in an unknown direction. To stop atrocities, Mordovian riot police stood up for local residents.

Alexander Burataev, speaking at the constituent congress of youth "unity", said: participation in the youth "unity" will be built strictly on a voluntary basis. She opened up the intellectual secret of the future popularity of movement: the main goal of movement is to create conditions for a decent life, RIA Novosti reports her words.