His department will oversee the PSA German Gref put the finishing touches on Mikhail Kasyanov. Yesterday, the Prime Minister signed a regulation on the delimitation of powers of federal executive authorities in the field of preparation, conclusion and implementation of the PSA. In accordance with this document, Mr. Gref’s department becomes the main one for the division of products.

Alexander Lukashenko is not going to make peace Yesterday in Minsk, Foreign Minister of Belarus Mikhail Khvostov, trying to resolve the new crisis in relations between Belarus and the West, met with the head of the OSCE mission, Hans Georg Wieck. A week ago, Alexander Lukashenko accused the OSCE of interfering in the country’s internal affairs and said that he wanted to control the organization’s budget.

The Republic intends to make the mineral resources its property Yakutia is trying to declare its subsoil resources, which according to Russian law belong to the state, as republican property. Blame it on diamonds. The local authorities were prompted to take an essentially unconstitutional step by the desire to bargain with the center regarding control over the proceeds of the ALROSA company, which mines precious stones in Yakutia.

Washington joined the Congolese settlement The new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the son of former head of state Laurent Kabila, who was killed under unclear circumstances, having barely established himself in his new position, went overseas to the United States.

They will fight for the post of governor of Evenkia Elections in Evenkia will take place on April 8, but the balance of power in the election campaign finally became clear when the current governor of the district, Alexander Bokovikov, refused to participate in the elections at the end of last week. Of the 11 candidates who want to govern the district, which is home to just over 15 thousand voters, only two are considered to have a real chance.

There will no longer be borders between the Kaliningrad enclave and Russia On Tuesday, an official representative of the Ministry of Transport confirmed that Russia is starting to implement a program of “transit-free communication” with the Kaliningrad enclave. Before the end of this year, the Ministry of Transport plans to organize direct ferry service “between St.

EBRD bought Nizhny Novgorod bank The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which after the crisis sharply reduced even its programs for lending to small and medium-sized businesses in Russia, finally decided to “buy” a blocking stake in the Russian regional bank, with which it has been cooperating for seven years. Today in Nizhny Novgorod an investment agreement will be signed between the EBRD and NBD Bank (formerly Nizhny Novgorod Banking House).

Regional confectioners united Three large regional confectionery factories - "Confi", "Volzhanka" and "Zarya" - from today will produce products under the single brand "SladCo". At a press conference held yesterday, the president of the new company, Valeryan Khubulava, said that in three years the SladCo confectionery association intends to gain 8-10% of the market and become the second largest company in terms of sales both in Moscow and in the regions.

Tuesday night turned out to be unusually tense for the units of the capital's fire garrison. In just a few hours, three large fires occurred in different areas of Moscow. The first signal came at 2.39 from the guard of the Holy Trinity Church at the Saltykov Bridge on Samokatnaya Street in Lefortovo. The church was built in 1819. Its walls are made of brick, but all the ceilings and cladding are wooden. The fire broke out in the temple premises, where reconstruction was underway.

The version of the explosion in the capital's metro is being clarified The investigation into the explosion that occurred on Monday evening at the Belorusskaya-Koltsevaya metro station still does not have an exact version of what happened. Detectives cannot yet say with certainty that a terrorist attack took place in the capital's subway. Investigators have high hopes for the only witness who, according to him, saw the attacker at the station, as well as at the moment when he left the subway.

The World Bank Board of Directors last night approved a revised strategy for its work in Russia. The discussion, chaired by World Bank President James Wolfensohn, was held in a fairly favorable spirit. Members of the board of directors emphasized that cooperation with Russia is now based on the reform program, which was first authored by the Russian government.

The International Moscow Bank (IMB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement on participation in the trade promotion program, INTERFAX-AFI reports. The EBRD will guarantee IMB's obligations related to the export-import contracts of its clients.

St. Petersburg Telecominvest completed a partial placement of the fifth additional issue of shares, two-thirds of which, worth $30 million, were purchased by its main shareholder, the Luxembourg company First National Holding (FNH). Its share in the authorized capital of Telecominvest is now 85%. The remaining 15% belongs to the St. Petersburg Telephone Network.

Federal authorities remembered the real estate market The Russian State Construction Committee recently announced its intention to reorganize the structures for accounting and inventory of real estate, as well as for licensing construction organizations.

A police officer suspected of involvement in the sensational disappearance of five female students of the Altai State Technical University (ASTU) has been detained in Barnaul. The other day, near ASTU, he put a girl in his car and brought her to his home, where he tried to rape her. She managed to escape - she jumped out of a second-floor window and made it to the police station. The task force detained the rapist.