** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: The State Duma Committee plans to hold the first parliamentary hearings, which will be devoted to the legislation on self -regulatory organizations. A press conference of the director of the Institute of Globalization of M. Dladyagin will be held. Topic: "The choice is made.

The head of the election headquarters of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Kozak did not exclude today the transition to the party system of nomination of candidates in the presidential election, the Echo of Moscow reports. Kozak told reporters about the work of the headquarters. Meanwhile, the press conference of Vladimir Putin is now taking place following the election results.

** Themes of the day ** The first stripes of all central media are devoted to the description of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation who have passed on Sunday , at which, according to preliminary data, V. Putin won, who gained about 72% of votes. The rest of the candidates managed to receive: N. Kharitonov - about 13.8%, S. Glazy - 4.1%, I. Khakamad - 3.8%, O. Malyshkin - 2.0%, S. Mironov - 0.8%against all - 3.5%of the vote. "Izvestia" believes that they voted for V.

Today, the Georgian ambassador Richard Miles met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. As noted in the official message, the purpose of negotiations is to prevent the outcome of the conflict between Batumi and Tbilisi into an armed confrontation. Today, the ambassador will also hold negotiations with the prime minister of Georgia Zurazham, and then go to Batumi to meet with the leader of Adjara Aslan Abashidze.

Members of the UN Security Council ask the Spanish government to explain why the country's leadership insisted on the adoption of the UN resolution on responsibility for terrorist attacks at the Madrid Railway Station of this group. It is reported by Reuters with reference to representatives of the Security Council. Last week, 15 members of the Security Council approved the resolution condemning this for organizing terrorist attacks in Madrid.

OSCE Chairman Solomon Passy, ​​now in Georgia, refused to act as an intermediary in resolving the conflict between Tbilisi and Batumi. He stated this today at a press conference after a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Prime Minister of Zurabu in Poti, Interfax reports. Nevertheless, Passy discussed the current situation with the head of the Adjar Republic Aslan Abashidze by phone.

The head of the CEC of Russia, Alexander Veshnyakov, did not exclude that the official results of the presidential election would be summed up by the Central Election Commission on March 23-24. The third issue of the “Monitor” provides the latest results of the vote count and comments of foreign media.

Russian Aluminum JSC has expressed interest in purchasing a 65% stake in the Jamaican company Alpart, which owns a bauxite mine and processing plant on the island, Monitor reports . Currently, 65% of Alpart shares belong to the bankrupt Kaiser Aluminum, which previously agreed in principle to sell the Jamaica-based company to the Swiss trader Glencore for at least $160 million. In addition, another Alpart shareholder, the Norwegian company ASA Norsk Hydro, has the right to purchase the share.

The Georgian leadership intends to take steps to restore unity in the country, Monday Mikhail Saakashvili said on Monday before the start of the government’s emergency meeting in the city of Poti. On Monday, after blocking the motorcade of the President of Georgia on the administrative border with Adjaria, the units of the Armed Forces are put on increased readiness. The Georgian government does not exclude the imposition of economic sanctions against its autonomy.

The structure and personalities of the cabinet Mikhail Fradkov “Polit.ru” are discussing with Peter Mostov , a member of several Russian governments of the 90s (deputy chairman of the State Property Committee, acting chairman of the State Property Committee, Director of the Department of Insolvency under the Civil Procedure Code), author and co-author of many of the most important reformist laws of the past and current era, and lawyer. Bulat Nureyev talked with Peter Mostov.

Former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov positively evaluates the appointment of Mikhail Fradkov as chairman of the government, the Monitor reports. The ex-Prime Minister said this on Sunday at the polling station. "This is a very good compromise formulated by the president to solve the tasks," he told reporters.

International observers who followed the progress of the presidential elections in Russia note that "in general, the electoral process in Russia did not fully reflect the adopted obligations to the OSCE and some democratic norms." This was announced at the final press conference today by the head of the OSCE observers, Julian Pil Yates.

Russian military universities are allowed to enroll students in paid departments, RIA Novosti reports. This is provided for by the new Regulation on the procedure for the implementation by military educational institutions of higher professional education of the Ministry of Defense of Russia paid activities in the field of education. The document, approved by order of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Ivanov, allows military teachers to officially earn money on teaching civil youth.

In the Moscow City Court today, the process in the criminal case of the scientist Igor Sutyagin, accused of state treason, will resume, RIA Novosti reports. The head of the sector of the military-technical and military-economic policy of the Department of Foreign Polish Studies of the Institute of the United States and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Sutyan is accused of transmitting information constituting GOSTain, representatives of the British consulting company.

Representatives of the power structures of Adjara today mined a car bridge across the Choloki River on the administrative border between autonomy and Georgia. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Georgian television company Rustavi-2. The fact of mining the bridge was confirmed to reporters by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Adjara Jemal Gogitidze. According to him, this was done so that units of the Armed Forces of Georgia do not go to the territory of autonomy.