On weekends in Russia, two major explosions occurred. On Saturday in Ufa, a two -story underground garage exploded - 1 person died, nothing is known about fate 10. The reasons are being clarified, the version of the attack seems to be not advanced. And tonight an explosion in a residential building in the city of Angarsk thundered; From the explosion, the editorial office of the local newspaper "Vremya" and the auto parts store located on the ground floor. One tenant was wounded at home.

Of course, the central event of the weekend was the visit of Bill Clinton to Moscow. However, as the majority of observers noted, from a political point of view, the visit was almost meaningless.

Andrei Belousov writes the head of the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short -term forecasting of Inp RAS in the fresh "Expert" that in the second half of 2000 we are threatened by the next phase of stagnation with higher inflation and instability in the monetary area. There is an opportunity to avoid this scenario, since the main restrictions on economic growth are today not on the side of the final demand, but on the side of the production itself.

According to RIA Novosti, from today the Grozny has been closed for free entry in connection with the special operation to check the passport regime. The operation, in turn, is caused by information about the possible penetration of a "large group of militants" into the city. In the apparatus of Yastrzhembsky they do not know anything about this.

The press analyzes the appointments in the government and the administration and discusses who was more influential - Berezovsky, Chubais or Abramovich. Restored the Presidential Security Service. According to Illarionov, the program of strategic development Russia is discussing the group of Seven: Putin, Kasyanov, Voloshin, Kudrin, Kozak and Illarion himself.

The Moscow Arbitration Court, pending the resolution of the legal dispute, prohibited the execution of the decision of the board of directors of the Kristall plant, according to which the general director Yuri Ermilov was removed, and acting. Alexander Romanov was appointed CEO. As it turned out, one of the shareholders of Kristall, Tekhnogres LLC (Moscow), went to court. On July 17, the lawsuit will be heard in court.

According to Alexander Gurov, the abolition of tax benefits for law enforcement agencies will finally achieve honest police officers ”; Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region solve the issue of paying their own work: "Some servants of the people bring certificates from the place of work, which indicate that they have lost a thousand rubles per working day." And the output was found: since the federal law does not spell out who should compensate for losses in the event of

The Russian Federal Property Fund intends to announce auctions for the sale of 85% of the shares of Onaco and 19.68% of Slavneft shares. Auctions should be held in August this year, reports Prime-Tass.

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Clinton’s speech before parliament has not become a sensation for the deputies. Its main provisions were understandable in advance, so the people's chosen ones basically worried not the essence, but the tone of the president’s speech.

The Duma Budget Committee recommended that in the second reading, government amendments to the head of the Tax Code of VAT, which should contribute to the growth of the tax base by reducing the benefits and strengthening of tax pressure on the enterprise.

The NTVEX-leader of the Maskhadov APTI Batalov administration, who was promoted thanks to restless journalists, said in an interview with ORT, said that he considers the main culprits of what is happening now in Chechnya, Basayev, Hattaba, Udugov and Yandarbiev. He is as modestly as most other applicants for power in Chechnya, he did not exclude the possibility of "he" will have to "engage in politics and is ready to cooperate with all" healthy forces.

Yesterday, during the cleansing of the village of Avtura, the Shalinsky district, the feds ran into a group of militants. An FSB officer died in the battle, another was injured. On the Chechen side there are also dead: according to the FSB, four militants were killed, five were detained. One of the dead, reports Interfax, was the deputy Shamil of Basayev - Musa Shovbulatov, known under the nickname Mishka.

The next report of the Russian-European Center for Economic Policy (RECEP) analyzes the optimistic situation in the economy following the results of the first quarter. In March, production, aggregate demand, exports grew. The share of living money has increased in calculations with large taxpayers and natural monopolies. The volume of exports is 2.5 times higher than the volume of imports. The share of fuel and energy amounted to 58% of Russian exports. The federal budget surplus increased.

Observers and the press have already recognized the results of Clinton’s visit close to zero - the main result of the two and a half Moscow days of Clinton, seven hours of which he spent with Putin, was known since the moment Clinton flew to Lisbon and met the negative reaction of Europe to the US initiative to unilaterally exit the contract of pro: America will not abruptly change the agreement.