Pavel Tolstoy After the crushing victory of the pro -presidential party, United Russia in the last elections to the State Duma in public and even business circles prevailed that the parliamentary lobbyism in Russia ceased its existence. And the entire cash flow was redirected to the presidential administration or - at worst - to the government. In our opinion, this is too simplified understanding.

An emergency arose in the center of Krasnoyarsk - on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the Kacha River, the left tributary of the Yenisei, came out of the shores, reports Gazeta.ru . As the city and emergency department said, in a few hours the water level rose 2.3 meters. The flow is destroyed by a bulk dam.

The head of the state administration under the President of Ukraine Leonida Kuchma Igor Bakai, despite traveling to Russia, will respond to Ukrainian law, said the current president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. It is reported by RBC . He stated that Bakai "would not go anywhere.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld on Wednesday turned to Congress with a request for the allocation of funds necessary to finance the creation of a new class of nuclear ammunition - the so -called "bunker -baster", which is a missile warhead that is intended to destroy the high -strength underground structures of the enemy, writes Gazeta.ru . Financing these developments was suspended last year.

Yesterday, the first team of conscripts started joining the troops from the recruiting station on Ugreshskaya. After taking the oath, they will be trained as signalmen in the Tver training unit, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda . According to the Deputy Military Commissar of Moscow, Colonel Nikolai Korotkikh, the mass conscription (a total of 5,000 guys will join the troops) will begin on May 12 and end at the end of June. Making a “norm,” according to Nikolai Korotkikh, is very difficult.

The defense of the lawyer of Yukos Svetlana Bakhmina filed a cassation appeal to the Moscow City Court about the extension of her detention, RIA Novosti reports.

The secretary of the Federal Political Council of the "Union of Right Forces" Leonid Gozman doubts the possibility of uniting the ATP and "Yabloko". “I do not really believe that it will be possible to make a single batch with Yabloko,” he said, answering a press conference in Moscow to the question about the prospects of party unification, RIA Novosti reports. At the same time, Gozman did not exclude that the ATP and Yabloko will form a single list in the next parliamentary elections.

In Japan, in the accident of the passenger bus, three were killed, 17 people were injured, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kyodo Tsusin agency. The tragedy occurred on Thursday morning in the Fukushima Prefecture near the city of Inavasiro. A long -distance bus with 26 passengers crashed into a dividing fence at high speed and rolled over on a high -speed road connecting the city of Osaka and Sandai. Three passengers died on the spot.

The Israeli law enforcement agencies claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin “helps the enemies of Israel,” Cursorinfo reports. As a high-ranking representative of Israeli security organs told the NRG-MarIV correspondent, “Putin leads a double game.

At the next meeting, the federation of amateur boxing of Russia discussed the stages of preparation for the World Cup, which will be held from July 12 to 17 of the current year in Luzhniki. The small sports arena of the sports complex will accept the prefabricated boxers of the twelve countries.

The number of those who died in a railway disaster in Japan is 101 people, after at night, rescuers removed two more passengers from the body of the body. According to RIA Novosti with reference to local media, there are currently 448 people in hospitals with injuries of various severity.

The Gazprom Board of Directors, who met yesterday, took into account information about the company's work on the dividend policy of Gazprom’s dividend policy, the Gazprom press service reports. The Council approved changes to the procedure for transactions and the procedure for the interaction of Gazprom with business companies and organizations, shares (shares, shares) of which OJSC Gazprom owns. The Board of Directors also agreed on the conclusion of a credit transaction.

** Government of the Russian Federation ** Government at its meeting In general, it approved the bill on amendments to the first part of the Tax Code in connection with the implementation of measures to improve tax administration, in particular, streamlining of tax audits. Prime Minister M. Fradkov at a government meeting said that ... The Government within two weeks will additionally work on the grounds for re -tax audit of large taxpayers. Deputy Prime Minister A. Zhukov said that ...

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: A meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation will be held in the government house. It is planned to consider amendments to tax legislation related to the improvement of value added tax and indexation of excise taxes.

Seven women ministers will work in the Iraqi government. This, according to ITAR-TASS , said the Prime Minister of Iraq Ibrahim al-Jaafari. He will present his government today for the approval of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Iraq.