Foreign shareholders of RAO UES are ready to postpone an extraordinary meeting of RAO for a month, because now they are not sure of the support of the chief player - the state. As the head of HERMITAGE CAPATAL ManAGEMENT BILL BRUDER, the corresponding letter was sent to Alexander Voloshin yesterday.

Valentin Chernyavsky was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs instead of Pyotr Latyshev, who was appointed by the envoy in the Ural district. Chernyavsky will include the traffic police, GU OOP, PPS, ATC in transport, private security, passport-visa and permissive licensing services.

As it turned out yesterday late in the evening, Putin freed not ten, but six generals from his posts. This is the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops, Colonel General S. Petrov and the head of the Air Defense Forces, General-Colonel B. Spirits, who served the established deadlines of military service, as well as the head of the Armed Forces, Colonel General A. Sitnov, the head of the main missile and artillery department N.

The government following Mikhail Kasyanov went on vacation together. Those who are not on vacation went on business trips. Therefore, the next meeting of the government will take place only in mid -August. By this time, as expected, the draft budget for 2001 will be ready.

According to RIA Novosti, a source in the presidential administration, the State Council, the decree on the creation of which was recently signed by Vladimir Putin, will probably be created by the beginning of autumn. The source confirmed that the State Council will be an advisory body under the head of state, and it will include representatives of the Duma, regions, as well as certain "social authorities" (cultural figures and not only).

It became known which post will take Stanislav Derns in the administration of the envoy of the Southern District. He will become the plenipotentiary of Kazantsev himself in Karachay-Cherkessia. Derns have already written a statement on the reservation of the mayor’s powers, in which he says that he really evaluates his capabilities and "is ready to serve his people at a new post."

ORT reports that in Krasnoyarsk, due to financial debt, the energy sales service disconnected the supply of electricity to the local television and transmitting center. As a result, the programs were interrupted on four central and local television channels, as well as seven radio transmitters (including Radio of Russia and Mayak).

A week ago, shortly after the announcement of the Oil Oil company Onaco, we published an article by the analyst aton "Stephen Dashevsky " Privatization of Onaco: the interests of customers and the risks of small shareholders.

Trading Russian shares ended today rising prices. The RTS index grew on Tuesday by 3.2 % and reached a mark of 200.95 points, for the first time from June 9 exceeding the level of 200 points. The total trading volume reached $ 35.5 million (record value from April 5 of this year). Traiders talk about changing the market trends: after a long period of stagnation, orders appeared to buy shares by foreign participants.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, who, on the eve of the vote on the reform of the Federation Council, warmly supported all the initiatives of the president, decided to restore his image of an unyielding regional politician. Once again, he stated that the federal government agreement with Tatarstan on mutual delegation of powers and the delimitation of objects of jurisdiction, concluded on February 14, 1994, cannot be terminated unilaterally, and no one needs its termination.

The Primorsky "Yabloko" wants to persuade Putin to dismiss Evgeny Nazzratenko. People continue to die for metal: the history of Tulachermet is overgrown with bloody details. Former GRU colonel, he is a traitor and American spy Vyacheslav Baranov to be freed with his conscience. The first deputy general director of the Siberian Mining and Metallurgical Company liked the shares of the interfluve OJSC V, these shares are now turning into evidence for the competent authorities.

The ruble for the ETS continued the fall. According to dealers, banks were quite aggressively bought by currency, and their mood for the purchase is maintained. The Central Bank had to carry out quite large -scale foreign exchange interventions to keep the ruble from a stronger fall. As a result, the ruble exchange rate decreased by 3.07 kopecks., To the level of 27.8506 rubles/$.

The Department of RAO "UES" for media relations reported with reference to the statement of Anatoly Chubais that an extraordinary meeting of shareholders, whom the minoritaria so want, should take place until August 11. It turns out that the Bank of New York joined the demand of small shareholders to hold the meeting, which owns an 18% of RAO shares.

Ruslan Aushev made an extremely sharp statement about the proposal of some Russian politicians to unite Ingushetia and Chechnya into a single republic. “The fact that this is proposed and almost seriously begins to be considered is confirmed once again that the federal center does not understand what is happening in the North Caucasus,” he said. “This is not a way out, I’m not saying that such an idea is insolvent.

From today, the pension will exceed the official living wage (for the first time in many years): now the minimum pension will be 882 rubles. In Moscow, pensioners will receive a little more - 1000 rubles. (or 900 - in the absence of work experience).