The decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MPR) to check Yukos, Royal Dutch/Shell and Exxonmobil to fulfill licensing agreements, analysts call an attempt to put pressure on the possible participants in the Yukos stock , the Vedomosti newspaper writes. However, the information that this transaction will take place until no one is confirmed by anyone. To conduct inspections, the MPR creates a special management , and claims that the companies are selected randomly.

The Australian Air Force lifted the F/A-18 Hornet fighters into the air, the pilots of which received the task of knocking down all suspicious planes. Such security measures are taken in connection with the visit of US President George Bush to Kanberra planned on Tuesday, Reuters reports. In addition, a number of units are mobilized, including assault groups and a quick response unit.

The persecution of a number of Yukos employees began as soon as Khodorkovsky announced his political intentions, the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said today, speaking at a meeting with foreign journalists in the State Duma. In addition, Gennady Zyuganov said that he sent an official letter to the chairman of the CEC Alexander Veshnyakov about the consent to hold open political debates with leaders, primarily, United Russia, as well as the LDPR, Interfax reports.

Today, the heading “From the Life of Ideas” on “Polit.ru”, bringing together “ deadly ” and “ Petersburg ” topics, publishes fragments of the new book of the historian Konstantin Bogdanov “Until death ...”, published in the OGA publishing house and dedicated to the problem of death and its context (philosophical and literary, medical and ritual) of Petrovsky and post -Petersburg periods of Russian history.

Herman Gref became the chairman of the assessment committee created in Gazprom. According to the press service of Gazprom, such a decision was made today at a meeting of the board of directors of the company. The committee included eight people. The main objective of the new committee is to assist the Board of Directors of Gazprom in matters related to transactions and the management of assets of subsidiaries and dependent companies of the holding, RBC reports.

The mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, before going on vacation, intends to change the leadership of the Department of Housing and Communal Services and the improvement of Moscow, in particular, its head of Viktor Suvorov, RBC reports. Today, at a meeting of the Moscow government, Luzhkov expressed dissatisfaction with the pace with which the current housing and communal team works. Among other things, the organization of water supply in the capital causes complaints from Yuri Luzhkov.

The investigation decides on the transfer of the head of CJSC MFI MENATEP, co -owner of Yukos Platon Lebedev, who is currently in the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center, to another pre -trial detention center.

The Prosecutor General’s Office denies reports that the confessor of the security officer of the oil company Yukos Alexei Pichugin, Father John, was called for interrogation . This was announced in an interview with Eho Moscow by the official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office Natalya Vishnyakova. According to her, Father John was really invited by noon to the Prosecutor General’s Office, but only in order to get permission to date with Alexei Pichugin.

Following the decline at the beginning of the week by 5 kopecks on Tuesday, the dollar lost another 9 V following the results of the morning of the ETS with the calculations of “tomorrow” the American currency amounted to 29 rubles 93 kopecks of V of the minimum value over the past 2 years.

Today it became known that the confessor of Alexei Pichugin Father John received permission from the General Prosecutor's Office to visit his ward. As it turned out, yesterday Father John was called to the prosecutor’s office not for interrogation. According to the priest, instead he was allowed to visit Pichugin and apologized for recent refusal to such a permit.

Today it turns 10 years old. Arising as the third force, which did not participate on any of the sides in the events of October 2003, “Yabloko” and now remains a rather specific participant in the Russian political process. To date, a socio-liberal niche was firmly entrenched in the party. “Polit.ru” congratulates the “Apple” on his birthday.

The Prosecutor General’s Office is going to once again interrogate Mikhail Khodorkovsky. According to the First Deputy Prosecutor of Russia Yuri Biryukov, the investigation has new questions to the head of Yukos. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan decided to cancel the voting results in 694 polling stations (115 districts). The decision was made in connection with the presence of errors when filling out the results of the vote protocols.

? Abandoned country? 21 Governor, 3 federal minister, as well as many other higher officials leave their jobs for the election period Olga Tropkin, Alexander Samarin The process of registering the main political forces that have real chances to go to the State Duma ended. The law forces candidates to go on a pre -election vacation no later than three days after registration of documents in the Central Election Commission.

Citizens against Russia There are many complaints about our country in the European Court of Human Rights Russian officials are gradually getting used to the fact that the promise to complain to the European Court of Human Rights V is no longer a simple threat. Considering the most legally illiterate citizens of our country in fact in recent years have provided judges in Strasbourg with a material for work for many months in advance. A tenth of incoming complaints was written in Russian.

The Iranian government will ensure the transparency of the country's nuclear programs. This was stated in Tehran after negotiations with the Foreign Ministers of the UK, Germany and France, Foreign Minister Iran Kamal Harrazi, RIA Novosti reports. “We are ready for total transparency, since we do not carry out an illegal program,” V said. On Sunday, negotiations of the Iranian authorities and the leadership of the IAEA ended.