The reform of the Council of the Federation, the Kremlin, apparently, will be borrowed from German experience. This is logical, especially since in the post -war history of the German federation there were problems similar to Russian (so, the historical boundaries of German lands were significantly blocked after the war in the West and the East; however, in multinational Germany, the return to the former borders occurred painlessly).

Tariffs for travel in Moscow ground transport and the subway will really be increased, but not from today, as previously reported, but "in the very near future." The price of one trip will be supposedly increased by the ruble, and monthly travel tickets will rise in price by 30%. This was announced by Vice-mayor Valery Shantsev.

The Budget Committee of the Duma did not support the government’s proposal to transfer since 2002 to the mandatory payment of VAT on invoices at the stage of shipment of goods. This change in the second part of the Tax Code was introduced by the government for the second time: this time this norm was supposed to be prescribed in the law "On the introduction of the second part of the Tax Code".

The board of RAO "UES of Russia" discussed the finalized version of the concept of restructuring RAO and decided to submit it to the government on Wednesday, June 21. On the same day, private shareholders will see the concept. After passing through the government and junior shareholders, the document will return to the board of directors of RAO. How much Anatoly Chubais took into account the wishes of dissatisfied shareholders in the new version of the concept is still unknown.

According to the Voronezh newspaper "Commune", part of the employees of the Presidential Administration and the Security Council of Russia, belonging to the so -called "New Petersburg Group", is considering the possibility of the displacement of Mikhail Kasyanov in the early fall of this year. Chubais can be proposed as his successor.

RAO UES reign today discussed the finalized project that caused considerable discussions of the concept of restructuring of the company; The document will be submitted to the government on June 21. At the same time, RAO will present a modified project to non -state companies. After the approval of the project with the Government, he will be presented to the Board of Directors of the RAO.

The change of power on Crystal acquires a form of a “proletarian revolution” with the participation of security forces quite typical of Russian business. The chairman of the board of directors of the plant, Yevgeny Panteleev, was tired that employees of the enterprise were not allowing the new general director Alexander Romanov to the workplace and he decided to contact the police and the prosecutor's office for help.

Saturday tape - Putin said that Russia is interested in a single and indivisible Moldova and proposed creating a commission on Transnistrian settlement; Gusinsky was released on a recognizance not to leave, and in the USA the electronic signature was equal to the written one.

The British police explained the causes of the death of 58 illegal immigrants. They died from suffocation. Presumably, immigrants were of Chinese origin. As RIA Novosti reports, an officer who discovered the bodies was so shocked that psychotherapy sessions are being held with him now. Illegal import of immigrants is a long -standing problem of Great Britain. However, the punishment for this is not very serious - a fine of 2 thousand pounds (3.2 thousand US dollars).

It seems that the warning of Gusinsky that the Kremlin was hatching plans for the arrest of the Yukos leadership was an extremely unpleasant surprise for the company. The First Deputy Chairman of the Board Leonid Nevzelin hastily explained to Interfax that the danger does not threaten the leadership of Yukos, but to former managers of the Eastern Oil Company, which he once bought. It turns out that Yukos has long been helping the police to reveal “large-scale theft” in the VNK in 1995-1997.

In addition to the elections, Osopa also happened in Vladivostok. Children from the age of 6 to 12 years old got sick. “In terms of negligence of the staff of the Center for Sanepidemnadzor, several thousand ampoules with the vaccine to be destroyed were simply thrown into the trash. The perpetrators in this negligence will be responsible,” the head of the Center for Sanepidemnadzor Dmitry Maslov explained the situation for the Reuters.

The Far Eastern Governor General Konstantin Pulikovsky instructed the Dalenergo management to prepare a report on the causes of the energy crisis in the region. Tomorrow, a representative of the president will hold a working meeting on the crisis with the heads of subjects that are part of the region.

The situation around the inauguration of Akhmad Kadyrov so far as the head of the Chechen administration (it has been postponed from June 16) is aggravated. At first, the heads of city and district administrations expressed discontent , threatening to resign.

The first monitor - the new law on the Accounts Chamber, sent to the Duma, suggests that the government will report daily on the transfer of budget funds. The status of the chamber is "the highest permanent state financial control body formed by the Federal Assembly." And in the Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and Yekaterinburg regions, as in Vladivostok, it was not possible to form a local Duma.

Grigory Yavlinsky said that the signing of a document on the association of the "Union of Right Forces" and "Yabloko" may take place "at any moment." “If Boris Nemtsov comes, we are ready to sign any document that is approved by the Central Council of Yabloko,” Yavlinsky said to the “Echo of Moscow”. And the Central Council of Yabloko supported the document on unit unanimously. Note that the contours of the future union are still not clear.