It seems that no one still understood the meaning of the reform of the presidential administration - one can only guess. The bewilderment of the correspondent of the “personal contribution” in this sense is typical: the reform of the presidential administration, however,, like the election reform, is made so that it is difficult for a person to the uninitiated to understand. “The other day” is looking for at least a mystical way out of the semantic fog.

The number of mobile subscribers in Russia in 2004 will increase by 55-65% - to 55 million people, the first deputy minister of the Russian Federation Boris Antonyuk said, RBC reports. According to him, if the last four years has occurred an annual doubling of the number of mobile subscribers, then this year the growth rate will be reduced. Now in Russia, more than 42 million mobile users, of which 40 million are used by the GSM standard.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: A press conference of the Deputy Director of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange T (10:30) The Council of the Federation will host a meeting of the Council to support small and medium -sized enterprises under the chairman of the Federation Council.

The current mayor of Novosibirsk Vladimir Gorodetsky, following the results of the second round of voting, retained his post, reports Interfax. These are the preliminary data that was reported in the city election commission. According to preliminary data, about 60% of voters cast their votes for Gorodetsky, for his opponent, the former chairman of the Novosibirsk State Construction Committee, Yakov London, about 26%. A little more than 10% of voters voted against all.

In Georgia, at the Parliamentary elections, according to preliminary data, the ruling party of the National Movement - Democrats, headed by President Mikhail Saakashvili, wins. This party can receive up to 79% of the vote. According to the same data, opposition parties do not overcome the 7-percent barrier and do not fall into parliament. According to the Central Election Commission, more than 51% of registered voters took part in the elections.

In France, left -wing parties won the second round of regional elections, held on Sunday, reports Radio & “Freedom” . According to preliminary unofficial results, socialists, communists and "green" gained about 50% of the vote. Less than 38% of voters voted for the ruling right -centric party. The ultra -right National Front received 12% of the vote. Elections to the regional authorities were seen as a vote on the trust of the legal government of Jean-Pierre Raffaren.

In today's terrorist attacks and explosions on the eve at the underground enterprise for the production of explosives in Tashkent and other cities of the country, 19 people were killed, another 26 were injured, the Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Rashid Kadyrov said.

In the Moscow “School of Cooperation”, a music festival is scheduled. It will take part mainly by groups, at least partially associated with this slightly unusual educational institution. Among the participants in the event, groups of Pony, Everby Earth, Los Microbios, the parties to the sunset, the project of the RF, which have a certain fame in Moscow student circles are expected.

Two criminal cases initiated against the Governor of Kamchatka Mikhail Mashkovtsev are united in one. This was announced in the regional prosecutor's office, reports "Monitor" . Both cases, initiated by the negligence and abuse of authority, are investigated by one investigative group, added to the prosecutor's office.

**Let's overcome poverty in three years!** Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin set officials the difficult task of doubling the country's GDP in a few years. It must be said that high-ranking civil servants bravely reported to the public that the task, although difficult, was quite feasible. Doubts were expressed only by independent journalists, opposition economists and politicians, but their number has recently been rapidly decreasing, so the voices of skeptics are becoming quieter.

At the end of last week, the government reviewed the “Scenario conditions for the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation for 2005 and for the period up to 2007 and the parameters for forecasting prices (tariffs) for products (services) of natural monopolies for 2005.” The scenario is this: domestic prices for energy resources, to the delight of Western partners, will rise, industrial production will begin to curtail, and investments will go to Southeast Asia .

In the week, the results of the elections on party lists in the Georgian parliament will be known. According to preliminary data, the block of the current authorities “National Movement - Democrats” won a crushing victory. Whether at least one opposition party will pass to the parliament can only become clear when the final results of the elections appear - it is not easy to take the seven percent bar accepted in Georgia.

The income tax will not increase, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, the Monitor reports. "The income tax will not increase directly or indirectly, it will remain at 13%," Zhukov said on Saturday evening in an interview with the Mirror television program. He also stated that the age of retirement of citizens will not change.

Today, at a meeting with government members, Putin spoke about the forecast of Russian GDP growth for next year, RBC reports citing the Russia TV channel. At the meeting, Putin said: "Some changes have occurred regarding the assessments of the government to forecasts of economic development.

** Themes of the day ** From the federal level, the central media talk in detail about the Saturday meeting in Sochi President V. Putin with the journalists of the Kremlin Pool , during which the head of state spoke about the reasons for the change of the Cabinet of Ministers, opened the veil of secrets, why it was M.