And new defendants have appeared in the YUKOS case Yesterday evening, information appeared that the Prosecutor General's Office had put two more major shareholders of the YUKOS company on the international wanted list - Leonid Nevzlin and Vladimir Dubov. The first, as it turned out, was accused in absentia of tax evasion, the second of fraud on an especially large scale.

The state does not intend to provide the defense industry with 100 percent state orders The Russian army lacks modern weapons and military equipment, and the prospect of receiving new tanks, planes and ships is very remote. This was stated yesterday in Omsk by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who was on an inspection tour of the Siberian Military District.

President I sent my message in connection with the start of work in Beijing by the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

So far only in the Sverdlovsk region For the first time in the history of their existence, the Sverdlovsk branches of the Union of Right Forces and Yabloko united to participate in the elections to the regional Duma, which are scheduled for March 14. According to the charter of the Sverdlovsk region, on this day half of the deputy composition of the Duma - 14 people - will be subject to rotation.

Fuel companies have a reason to change price tags The New Year holidays brought many unpleasant surprises to motorists. In addition to spending on purchasing an MTPL policy, the cost of gasoline increased in the country immediately after the New Year. Moreover, in a number of regions there is already a shortage of fuel.

The President calls on counterintelligence officers to fight illegal migration The Russian authorities seem to intend to build a migration policy strictly following the principle of carrots and sticks. Speaking yesterday at the FSB board, Vladimir Putin called for tougher measures to combat illegal immigrants and asked the intelligence services to join this work.

Ilya Klebanov wants to unite the Arkhangelsk region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug The idea of ​​consolidating Russian regions haunts politicians who want to somehow make a mark in improving Russian life. Yesterday, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North-West Ilya Klebanov proposed merging the Arkhangelsk Region with the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), following the example of the Perm Region and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. Mr.

Mikhail Zadornov spoke about the dollar and the ruble Former Minister of Finance and former head of the Duma Budget Committee Mikhail Zadornov held the first press conference in his new modest role as a State Duma deputy. But listening to his forecasts about what would happen to the ruble was no less interesting. True, Mr. Zadornov did not say anything comforting. The dollar will continue to fall in price, the future fate of the euro is very unclear, and no one still trusts the ruble.

A personal registration system for citizens will be created on the basis of registry offices In two years, the government will begin assigning personal identification numbers to Russian citizens. In any case, the authors of the idea from the Ministry of Economic Development said so yesterday at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. They undertake in the first quarter of this year to analyze all databases available to ministries and departments relating to citizens.

Rogozin admitted the existence of differences in the leadership of the bloc Co-chairman of the Rodina bloc, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Dmitry Rogozin, in a conversation with reporters yesterday, admitted the presence of “significant differences” within the bloc’s leadership on the issue of the presidential campaign.

The government approved the crude law on compulsory medical insurance The government does not intend to delay reform of the compulsory health insurance system and wants to begin updating at the beginning of 2005. Yesterday, at a meeting in the White House, a very crude draft law on compulsory medical insurance, prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development, was approved.

Vremya Novostei correspondent Alexander Shvarev managed to find Leonid Nevzlin by phone yesterday and find out his opinion about the latest actions of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. Were you not surprised that you were put on the wanted list not after Khodorkovsky’s arrest, but right now? - Why should I have been put on the wanted list after Khodorkovsky’s arrest?

Security officers are called upon to switch to the “newest methods of work” The FSB of the Russian Federation held a regular meeting of its board yesterday, which was marked by the traditional arrival of President Vladimir Putin.

The heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs parted ways with counterintelligence In recent days, on the sidelines of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, new changes in the leadership of the ministry have been actively discussed. All personalities remained in their previous places, but at the same time several new high-ranking police officers appeared in the central apparatus of the department.