As an informed source has just been informed by the “Polit.ru”, the issue “On the project of the main directions of the electric power industry of the Russian Federation” is still included in the agenda of the nearest meeting of the government. The main speaker will be German Gref. This means that the presidential administration could not or did not demand from the government to remove this issue from consideration.

Mikhail Kasyanov signed a resolution on the creation of a federal state unitary enterprise "Directorate for construction and restoration work in the Chechen Republic." The company was created on the initiative of the Gosstroy, and the decision was agreed with a minimum perfection, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development.

During structural changes in the government, the post of deputy prime minister, who oversees the agro-industrial complex, will be eliminated in the government. This was announced by an informed source in the office of ministers. According to him, Alexei Gordeev, who is now held by the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, will probably leave both positions. Apparently, the new Minister of Agriculture of Russia will be the current deputy Gordeev Vladimir Loginov.

The flood in Eastern Siberia has already led to human victims. According to NTV.ru, a woman died in the Irkutsk region. The situation exacerbates the heat - back on Sunday, the air temperature in Irkutsk was plus 35, it rained and ice on the rivers began to melt rapidly. A difficult situation in Yakutia: 152 people have already been evacuated from the flood zone in Lensk. The Ministry of Emergencies say that about 98% of residents are required.

The Duma has ripened to outplay the amendment on the governor's third term. On Thursday, an alternative vote of two amendments to the law on the general principles of the organization of power in regions that sharply narrow the number of governors who have the right to go for a third term is listed on Thursday.

The struggle around the taxation of the oil industry enters the new phase. On Wednesday, Lukoil, Yukos, Sibneft and TNCs sharply criticized the initiative of the Ministry of Finance to increase the tax burden on the industry. Collective letters of oil workers were not rare in the Yeltsin era - they accompanied almost every minor increase in excise tax or duties, but under Putin the oil industry still did not resort to joint “protest shares”.

The visit of Cofi Annan, specially encouraged by the upcoming re -election at the UN, turned out to be successful. After a meeting with the UN Secretary General, Igor Ivanov at a press conference said that Russia would support Annan’s candidacy for a second term. "Russia highly appreciates the personal contribution of Annan to strengthen the role and authority of the UN in world affairs," the Russian minister said.

The Federation Council meets. The agenda is rather modest: the law on the emergency has already been approved, amendments to the law on the status of military personnel, aligning salaries of all categories of the military and allowing the president to establish salaries on the proposal of the government (the deputy minister of defense of Kudelin not to accept amendments in order to finalize them according to the latest decisions of the Security Council, but was not heard).

This morning, Kamchatskenergo turned off the supply of electricity to the regional radio -transmitting center, in connection with which the residents of the region were deprived of the opportunity to watch Daryal TV, TNT, as well as three central channels: ORT, RTR and NTV.

On Wednesday evening, Mikhail Kasyanov still decided to remove the issue of restructuring RAO UES from the Aqua of Friday, RIA Novosti reported. The information department claims that the prime minister considered it necessary to consider not only the proposals of the METAR, but also the report of the working group of the State Council in the government.

The producer of the website itogi.lenta.ru Egor Bykovsky sent “Polit.ru” to our answer to our yesterday’s warning message , which the Ministry of Printing, at the request of the President of the “Seven Days” Publishing House, is going to send Biryukov to send Lente.ru .

Vladimir Putin met with Boris Gryzlov. As the presidential spokesman spent stingfully, measures were discussed "to strengthen the effectiveness of the internal affairs bodies" and improve the social status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as the prevention of crime among youth, Interfax reports

Shoigu achieved his own and returns to Moscow. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies, the flood in Lensk is declining: a series of powerful explosions managed to destroy the ice mash and within a few hours the water level dropped by more than four meters and became 50 cm below the critical level. Shoigu flew to Lensk yesterday at the head of a special operational group. And without the Minister-General they did not know what to do.

The authorities of Saudi Arabia denied Russia to issue Chechen terrorists who hung up the Vnukovo Airlines in March of the Tu-154. As has been reported more than once, there is no agreement on extradition between Russia and Saudi Arabia, but both states are participants in several international conventions related to the captures of aircraft. The issue of extradition was decided by a commission formed from employees of the Saudi law enforcement agencies and special services.

An incomprehensible situation develops around the acting The commander of the military group in the North Caucasus Valery Baranov, which goes on vacation. Yesterday, the headquarters of the group reported that Baranova should replace Gennady Troshev.