There were some confirmations that Sergey Kiriyenko will become a representative of the President in the Volga Federal District. As reports "regions.ru/ Russia. Regions" with reference to the Nizhny Novgorod Telegraph Agency, tonight Putin signed a decree on his appointment. Press Secretary Kirienko Andrei Polyakov, however, did not confirm the information about the signing of the decree.

From tomorrow, for the inhabitants of Kamchatka, the light will turn on for only an hour and a half a day. The reason is quite ordinary - consumers do not pay for the light, respectively, Kamchatenergo does not have money for the purchase of fuel. The debt of consumers to power engineers is 2.7 billion rubles, 600 million of which are the debts of consumers funded from the federal budget.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to establish a single income tax rate of 13%since 2001, the first deputy minister of finance Sergei Shatalov said, speaking on Wednesday at a round table dedicated to insurance problems. The current three -stage scale "did not justify itself." This is an ineffective method, Shatalov said - now at a minimum rate of 12% income tax pays 90% of Russian citizens, and at a higher rate of 30% only 0.5%.

The eighth post -Soviet Prime Minister Kasyanov, with his Duma baptism, broke a record that had previously belonged to the "parliamentary" Prime Minister (315 votes). 325 deputies voted for Kasyanov’s approval - the entire “unity” faction, the entire OVR, the entire “union of the right forces” (27 for, against - 1), in full force LDPR, the “people's deputy” and “Russian regions”.

Last night, immediately after Putin’s meeting with Gerashchenko, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank gathered. A source of Vedomosti said that as a result of the meeting, it was decided to introduce a temporary administration into the "Bank". By the middle of the day, the Central Bank really introduced the temporary administration to the “bridge” (at least for a month), appointing it to the head of Peter Ushanov.

In the United States, the stock market was opened by a drop in indices. Dow Jones fell by 134.33 points (-1.23%) to 10800.24; NASDAQ - at 83.82 points (2.25%) to 3633.75. This is caused by the fears of Ivestors that the leadership of the federal reserve system at a meeting in June can increase the accounting rate by 0.5%.

The meeting of Putin with Kasyanov ended. According to the prime minister, the new government will be fewer ministries and departments. He refused to talk about the remaining outlines of the cabinet, saying that tonight we could expect the presidential decrees on the structure of the government and personnel appointments of the leaders of law enforcement agencies.

end of extras The approval by the Duma of the new prime minister proposed to it by the newly elected president will undoubtedly become a kind of milestone of Putin’s almost six-month actual tenure as Russian president. And the completion of a great intrigue called “making a president”, the real end of the election cycle that was opened by President Yeltsin’s enchanting New Year’s step.

Black PR began in Samara against Titov, real estate is growing up in Moscow, the head of the Ministry of Justice explains the legislative basis of federal transformations, the governors themselves want to become envoy, Kondratenko assigned parts of the region the status of border zones - in tomorrow's newspapers.

Putin, as promised by Kasyanov, signed a decree on the guardian of the government. Details have not yet been reported. Kasyanov previously said that the structure of the new Cabinet of Ministers "does not change in the fundamental sense, but in the organizational plan it will undergo significant changes." In particular, the number of ministries and departments will be reduced.

Evgeny Primakov, speaking to the deputies, tore off the applause of the saying "A and B were sitting on the pipe, and now they were sitting on aluminum." After that, he talked about the problems of the military -industrial complex, agricultural sector, science and culture, as well as, of course, about the fight against corruption. Having asked to take into account the remarks of the OVR, Primakov said that his faction would vote for Kasyanov’s candidacy.

Kirill Rogov The end of the mass The approval by the Duma of the new prime minister, proposed to her by the newly elected president, will undoubtedly be a kind of border of the almost half -year actual stay of Putin as the Russian president. And the completion of a large intrigue called “Make the President”, the real end of that elected cycle, which was opened by the enchanting New Year's step of President Yeltsin.

Sergei Ivanenko said on behalf of Yabloko that his faction has no sufficient reason to support the candidacy of Mikhail Kasyanov as Prime Minister. According to Kasyanov’s candidacy, the faction will not vote not consolidated, but most of the Yablons are likely to vote “against”. Nikolai Kharitonov “gave Kasyanov a chance,” emphasizing that Putin, who nominated Kasyanov’s candidacy, has crucial for the farmers, and, of course, asked the new government not to sell land.

Dear citizens of Russia! Dear friends! For the first time since the President’s office, I have submitted a package of bills to the State Duma. On the one hand, this is the usual practice of the head of state. But on the other hand, we are talking about laws that fasten and cement Russian statehood. I consider these measures vital for the future of the country. I promised that the authorities would pursue an open policy, would explain their goals and specific steps to citizens.

The assumptions about the plans of the Central Bank against the Bank Bank: the Central Bank introduced the temporary administration from May 17, appointing it to the head of Peter Ushanov. As stated in the message posted on the Central Bank’s server, “being the main creditor of OJSC KB Most-Bank according to the requirements provided by the pledge and bills, the Bank of Russia will take all the necessary measures to ensure its normal functioning.”