Sensational news from Gazprom. As chairman of the board of Ram Vyakhirev, the former deputy minister of energy Alexei Miller replaces. The state will recommend Vyakhirev to the post of chairman of the board of directors. Khristenko promises that the government will fully support Miller at a new post, and Blanemyrdin in February said that Vyakhirev was no longer a boy and should leave.

The Presidential Administration conducted an incessant action that was not devoid of originality, which is called "the first element in the implementation of the concept of openness of the Kremlin." Presidential manager Vladimir Kozhin opened the first cafe in the history of the Kremlin for ordinary visitors to the Moscow Kremlin museums, Interfax reports. The “Openness Concept” is to attract tourists, developing the infrastructure.

Neither peace, no war

Regarding the case found in Makhachkala, the case was opened under Article 127 of the Criminal Code (attempt on the life of a statesman). As law enforcement officials found out, the grenade launcher was sent to the apartment of the chairman of the parliament of Dagestan Mukhi Aliyev. The explosion was supposed to occur at 2:00 Moscow time, but for some reason this did not happen. According to FSB officers, such grenade launchers are used by militants to undermine armored vehicles, RBC reports.

The first information appears about today's meeting of the President with representatives of large business. According to the results of the conversation with the president, the chairman of the board of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky already spoke to journalists. He said that the meeting agreed to establish a stable and understandable level of taxation in Russia, which will not depend on the structure of tax payments. As Khodorkovsky noted, this is especially important for long -term investors.

Neither peace, no war

At the first pages of newspapers, of course, the resignation of Vyakhirev and the appointment of his post, Deputy Minister of Energy Alexei Miller. Assessing what happened, Kommersant quotes Nemtsov, who said that it was "more important than the change of government." Putin made the first serious appointment, which shows that he was governed by the country, adding "Vedomosti". Newspapers note the surprise of appointment even for the most informed people.

The Taliban increased the grouping of their troops in the north of Afghanistan to 35 thousand people and announced their readiness to launch an attack on the position of the Northern Alliance in the provinces of Tahar and Badakhshan, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the source of Iranian Iranian IrN in Pakistan. The task of the Taliban is to establish full control over these provinces.

The head of the Fatherland - All Russia faction in the Duma Evgeny Primakov, who traces Arab countries, arrived in Egypt. An experienced diplomat and intelligence officer, Primakov told reporters that "the rollback in the Middle East peaceful process threatens all the agreements reached earlier," and also pointed out the need to adhere to the formula "Earth in exchange for peace" developed at the Madrid conference. He believes that Israel must fulfill resolutions of 242 and 338 SB UN.

In the area of ​​the village of Nesterovskaya in Ingushetia, about noon, a helicopter of the North Caucasus Office of the FPS was fired around noon. The crew commander was mortally wounded, Interfax reports. On board were deputies of the Duma Alexei Arbatov and Evgeny Zelenov. They were not injured. That parliamentarians did on board the military helicopter is not yet clear.

Neither peace, no war

Putin, as promised yesterday, awarded Vyakhirev with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". The president notified this at a meeting in the Kremlin representatives of large businesses. Putin especially noted that this order is awarded to Vyakhirev "not to the anniversary, but for merits, for work for the country and for Gazprom."

The Minister of Justice Yuri Chaika told Interfax that the work to bring regional laws in accordance with the federal almost completed. According to the minister, now only 5-6% of the legislative acts of the constituent entities of the Federation contradict the constitution (at the time of the struggle for the uniformity of those were 30%), and all complexity lies only in the mechanism for bringing regulatory acts in accordance with the courts.

The fall of the NASDAQ index at yesterday's auction by 4.2% was the most significant more than a month, Interfax reports. The reason for the fall was the statements of Sun Microsystems, Radioshack and Sara Lee that their profit in the fourth quarter will disappoint investors. As a result, the NASDAQ fell by 91.04 points (4.18%) and amounted to 2084.50. Dow Jones lost 166.50 points (1.52%) and settled at the mark of 10872.64. Standard & Poor's decreased by 19.85 points (1.57%) to 1248.08.

The weighted average of the dollar on the ETS grew by 5.6 kopecks, to 29.1433 rubles. The Central Bank, as the Finmarket comments, does not intend to deal with the highest liquidity of banks on the eve of the auction for the placement of OFZ. The forecasts about the next step of the dollar were justified, despite the end of the month. The volume of trading decreased to an average level of 133 million dollars.