On the “Financial Control and New Information Technologies”, which was held in Suzdal at the Scientific and Practical Conference, Sergei Stepashin fell in criticizing the concept of a unified system of state financial control developed by the Ministry of Finance.

According to the results of the morning session, the dollar grew, but only 0.17 kopecks. The course remained slightly above the mark of 30 rubles 84 kopecks. Thus, the calculation of the “bulls” to maintain a trend towards an increase in the course (for 3 days in a row before the dollar grew and added about 11 cents in a combination).

The discussions around the election initiative of United Russia continue. Among the opponents of the proposed amendment was the speaker of the Federation Council Mironov, who called it very lightweight. “According to the proposed scheme, the governors will never be selected, and I will be against the appointment of governors,” he said at a press conference in Moscow.

The chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom-Media Alexander Dybal in an interview with Interfax tried to shed light on the fate of media assets (which Yordan stubbornly did not want to do). According to Dybal, Gazprom has not yet started negotiations on the sale of media assets, although many people express interest in their purchase. “We already have several dozen such letters. Someone is showing interest in the entire holding, someone in individual media assets.

Advisor to the President of Economics Andrei Illarionov at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates conference in Houston said that from the II quarter of 2001, Russia may abandon oil export restrictions, Bloomberg reports. The restriction of Russian oil exports in the first quarter of this year was a consequence of a joint activity with the OPEC to stabilize oil prices.

The deputies supported the call of a large "apple" figure Sergei Mitrokhin and decided to invite Herman Gref to the parliamentary hour to discuss the upcoming reform of the housing and communal services.

The Supreme Court granted the second lawsuit of Pasko’s lawyers and recognized as invalid the point of order of the Ministry of Defense from 1990. This provision forbade military personnel admitted to GOSTYAN, to visit embassies and consulates of foreign states, as well as have contacts with foreign citizens, if this is not included in the circle of their official duties.

Igor Ivanov held negotiations with his Hungarian colleague Janos Martoni. The expansion of cooperation between Russia and Hungary was discussed, as well as issues of interaction between Russia and the EU and the problems of creating a new mechanism for relations between Russia and NATO in the format of "twenties".

In Chechnya, a project of the Constitution of the Republic is published, which is called the "project of Akhmat Kadyrov" in everyday life. The document is submitted to members of the advisory council under the head of the administration of Chechnya Akhmade Kadyrov and contains several exotic, original proposals. The first article records that the republic is a democratic legal state within Russia. For the first time, it is proposed to officially fix the name "Chechnya".

Suddenly activated Korzhakov told Interfax that Russia's special services should more vigorously achieve Berezovsky's extradition. Commenting on yesterday’s interview with Berezovsky Komsomolskaya Pravda, Korzhakov said that "he was surprised by inaction ... the relevant authorities." “Berezovsky constantly slanders the president, to the country, to its authorities, and all this is left with him.

US Secretary of State Paulin Powell, in his appeal to senators, paid considerable attention to the future of Russia. According to him, Russia is confidently looking towards the West. In confirmation of his words, Powell said that he was associated several times a week with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. “We know what each of us thinks. And we also know that our presidents want us to make Russia and the United States more strong,” the Secretary of State said.

The Media Union will organize the Club of Orthodox Journalists, ”the chairman of the Union’s religious journalism guild, Alexander Shchipkov, told RIA Novosti. This guild, created in the spring of last year, unites secular journalists writing on religion themes. According to the organizers, its main task is to increase the professional level of journalists, for which training seminars, contests and clubs are organized. Confessively oriented journalistic clubs are also created.

The Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and 300 escort people arrived in Moscow at the invitation of Putin. These are the leaders of the Canadian provinces and territories, as well as more than a hundred prominent representatives of Canada business circles. At the airport, they were met by Viktor Khristenko, who had to wait two hours due to the late flight.

Applicants in the Board of Directors of Gazprom began the election struggle for the votes of minority shareholders, write Vedomosti. William Brauder, managing director of Hermitage Capital Management (he was nominated to the Board of Directors with shareholders owning 3.13% of Gazprom’s shares), began his campaign with the PRICEWOUSECOOPERS OFFICE (PWC). Deloitte & Touche. This issue has already been included in the agenda of the next meeting of the Gazprom shareholders.

Seleznev, after a parliamentary hour with Gref, told reporters about his vision of the prospect of joining the WTO. In general, he expressed satisfaction with the approach of the government to the issue and even noticed that every potential problem was being discussed. But the speaker needs more “more clarity and more publicity”, he did not fail to recall that the documentation on joining the WTO will be ratified in the Duma.