The results of this study, in comparison with similar data over the past two years, demonstrate a steady downward trend in the share of citizens who approve of what is happening in Chechnya. Currently there are 36 percent of them, i.e. about a third of respondents. The number of those who disapprove is slightly higher - 42 percent, but there is a noticeable gradual downward trend.

The continuation of the story with the power capture of Slavneft was the message that the former president of the company Anatoly Baranovsky was hospitalized today. This was told by RBC by the lawyer of Baranovsky Evgeny Tarlo, calling the Baranovsky president of the company, and Yuri Sukhanov, 2 weeks ago for this post of elected, as vice president. The defender of Baranovsky, apparently, appeals to the decision of the Ufa court, who deprived Sukhanov of the presidential powers.

In Rostov-on-Don, the court continued on Colonel Budanov. First of all, the defendant stated that he refused to defend. As the colonel said, even if the court decides to leave the request, lawyers representing Budanov’s interests simply will not appear in the court building anymore. “I am not going to defend myself from my own people, and I have no more to defend myself from,” V says Budanov. He has not yet written a written statement, asking the court to consider an oral request.

In Gazprom, the chief financier changed. The place of the deputy chairman of the company Vitaly Savelyev was taken by the First Deputy Manager of the President for Financial and Economic Affairs Boris Yurlov. Previously, Yurlov worked at the Russian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ONEXIMBANK, and later was the director of the Sberbank project financing department. The official report says that Savelyev was relieved of his position in connection with the transition to another job.

Today in Moscow, the NATO military-diplomatic representative office opens. According to agencies, the representative office, being a direct channel of military cooperation, will be used to conduct "mutual consultations on strategic issues of using military force." The representative of the Alliance Military Committee Admiral Guido Venturoni, who has already met with Deputy General Staff, General Yuri Baluevsky, will open the representative office.

In Kalmykia, the head of one of the departments of the FSB was killed. The body of Major Jengurov with gunshot wounds and stab wounds was found yesterday morning in a BMW personal car. Two bullets from Makarov’s pistol were found at the scene, but the murder weapon itself was not found. The prosecutor's office of Kalmykia opened a criminal case on the fact of a deliberate murder, V reports RIA Novosti.

- Mikhail Egonovich, you argue that the reform of the public service, the development of which you are now working, is designed to become one of the key reforms of the future. Please explain what significance it can have for our country. - Now at the stage of active training is a document called "Program for Reforming the Public Service in the Russian Federation." In fact, this is a list of measures that are planned to be carried out over the next few years in terms of public service reform.

The most acute issue of the Moscow summit of Russiavs will be the status of the Kaliningrad region, which, due to the expansion of the European Union, will soon be cut off from the "large land". Russia is trying to achieve visa and other preferences for the enclave.

The Russian-American summit ended, which kept everyone in suspense the last week. The analysis of the signed documents and the agreements reached allows us to conclude that the nature of today's bilateral relations V Valuation of concessions. The balance of concessions in favor of the United States, but Russia was traded until the last, following the strategy of a tough, but conflictly defending interests.

The United States Trading Session is not held today in connection with the day of commemoration in the United States. Today calculations in Salt are also not held in dollars. The rest of the auction is held in normal mode, V transfers Interfax.

Weekly review of federal legislation (Release from May 24, 2002) Documents received on May 24, 2002 Decree of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation of April 30, 2002 N 32 "On approval of methodological recommendations for the organization of payment of monetary compensation (amount) in compensation for harm caused to the health of citizens due to radiation disasters" (document in the format of RTF) The financing of expenses specified in the name is carried out by the Ministry of Labor

Zyuganov believes that Seleznev, Goryachev and Gubenko, excluded from the Communist Party, will most likely be excluded from the Parliamentary faction of the Communist Party. “The faction will consider this issue on Tuesday. And the probability of exclusion is high,” V said Zyuganov in an interview with the television program “Vesti Week”. Zyuganov believes that this is not a split, but simply their departure into "free swimming".

The main news of newspapers V is the image of the Slavneft's power capture by the interpromombank managers.

President Putin on Monday decided on an unexpected step: he criticized the leadership of the Communist Party for decisions adopted against Seleznev, Goryacheva and Gubenko. The decision of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Putin called it strange.

Today at about an hour in the afternoon, an explosive device worked on the 32nd kilometer of the Kyiv highway. The woman who was traveling along the road saw on the sidelines a sign with the inscription "Death to the Jews" and decided to pull it out. At the moment when she tried to do this, the explosion thundered. With severe burns and fragmentation wounds, the woman was taken to the hospital, - reports Echo of Moscow.