Russia is ready to contribute to the formation of US strategic energy, if such a proposal comes from the American side. This was stated by experts in the Russian delegation, who will take part in the summit. According to them, we are talking about the answer to the possible fears of the Americans regarding the stability and predictability of world energy markets. If the elections to the Duma took place on the nearly Sunday, 30% of voters would vote for United Russia.

Members of the US Congress from the Democratic Party blocked the attempt of the Republicans to withdraw Russia, as well as a number of republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia from the action of the amendment of Jackson-Vanik, ITAR-TASS reports. Democrats, included in the Foreign Affairs Committee, have linked to the cessation of Jackson-Vannik’s amendment with the solution of the problem of export to Russia from the United States Chicken legs.

Director of the Moscow Center of Carnegie Robert Nurik (USA) and his deputy Dmitry Train (Russia) commented on a briefing on the upcoming meeting of Putin Bush. The goal of the briefing was to give an objective picture of relations, looking simultaneously from the Russian and American side. Briefly.

The Ministry of Defense opened that on the Black Sea Fleet to five hundred senior officers in the titles from Captain 3rd Rank (Major) to Captain 1st Rank (Colonel) The next ranks were awarded illegally.

The initiator of the refusal was Japan, which, according to its representative at the conference of Masayuki Komatsu, is thus trying to protest against the policy of the “double standards” pursued by the United States. Japan, which is one of the main consumers of whale meat in the world, achieves permission to resume commercial whaling, which was prohibited in 1986.

Yesterday, the Tyumen oil company (TNC) announced an unprecedented decision: it recalls from the market its Eurobonds, placed a week ago by $ 500 million with a yield of 10%. The reason is the actions of PriceWaterhousecoopers, the company's auditor.

As usual, only one reserve was found - reducing the teaching hours currently allocated for all sorts of subjects that are not very necessary, from the point of view of the Ministry of Education, and transferring these hours to physical education. At the end of the board meeting, Vladimir Filippov told reporters that starting from the next academic year, at least 3 physical education lessons will be held in Russian schools every week, starting in the lower grades.

Sergei Mironov in Tbilisi discusses the accumulated problems with Georgian colleagues. The speaker of the upper house says that neither the introduction of the visa regime, nor a delay in the withdrawal of Russian bases should be perceived as a manifestation of hostility. On the issue of bases, he nods for a lack of money. And the visa regime is needed so that criminals do not penetrate from Georgia to Russia.

Today at 20:00 Moscow time at Vnukovo-2 airport, a plane with George Bush on board should land at Vnukovo-2 airport. After the attacks on September 11 and the beginning of a military operation in Afghanistan, the US president became the most protected person in the world. Izvestia found that the Russian and American special services began to prepare for the visit of a high guest a few months before his arrival. The announcement of tomorrow "Izvestia"

Shevardnadze in a friendly manner advised the militants to leave the Pankisian gorge. Gennady Bukaev announces the total re -registration of legal entities. Patrushev claims that those who committed the attack in Kaspiysk are known on May 9, and some are detained and testified. Arsenal radio station will begin broadcasting in July. If Gazprom does not sell media assets, Venediktov will leave Echo to Arsenal. Yesterday's evening news

Today, the president will hold the next, already fifth, meeting with oligarchs from the RSPP. As Vedomosti writes, the meeting first should have been discussed by the administrative reform in which the oligarchs are extremely interested: now it turns out that their proposals, even approved by the president, are emasculated in the government.

Speaking today at a meeting with the Russian oligarchs, the president said that he considers the decision of the US Senate regarding the correction of Jackson-Vannik strange. Today, recall, Congress has not canceled the amendments against Russia. Putin recalled that initially the amendment was related to the problem of free movement of people (in relation to the USSR, this amendment limiting trade acted in connection with the discrimination of Jews).

On May 28, AvtoVAZ is going to increase selling prices for cars by an average of 2.84%, an interfax told a source close to the plant. The most significantly rise in price of front -wheel drive cars. Since April 20, AvtoVAZ increased vacation prices by an average of 1.85% throughout the model range. The upcoming increase is associated with the new pricing program. The seasonal increase in demand plays a role, to which dealers have already reacted by raising prices.

On June 13, the government will consider the budget parameters for 2003 and the medium -term action plan in the economy until 2005, said Alexei Kudrin. The consideration of the budget in the government was originally planned on June 6, but yesterday Kudrin said that the Ministry of Finance could not prepare the document for this time. The statement was made in a very timely manner.

Oil prices continue to fall under the influence of the next message of the American Institute of Oil and the Refusal of Russia and Norway from restrictions on oil export. Yesterday, the July futures on the New York commodity exchange fell by $ 0.06 to $ 26.37 per barrel, Bloomberg reports. On the International Oil Exchange, the price of Brent futures for July decreased by $ 0.10 to $ 25.50 per barrel.