German Gref inspected the bins of the Motherland On Friday, Minister of Economic Development German Gref held a working meeting with the leadership of the Federal Agency for State Reserves. Rosrezerv, along with other structures controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, will become pioneers in the issue of results-based budgeting.

Benefits drove State Duma deputies to hunger strike In days when there are spontaneous outbreaks of protest across the country against the law on the monetization of benefits adopted by parliament, all eyes should be focused on the State Duma. In theory. In a normal situation. However, our situation is abnormal: the people and people’s representatives live in parallel realities that do not touch each other. But the deputies do not know about this.

Speaking in the Duma, which finally decided to consider the situation with the reform of benefits in the country, Minister of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov reported that from April 1, the pension of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, taking into account compensation for benefits (lost, we will add, benefits) will be 7200 or 7300 rub.

Pensioners and veterans aren't giving up their benefits without a fight Last weekend, mass protests again took place in Russian cities against the law on the monetization of benefits. Moreover, the citizens who came out to the rallies demanded not only the return of benefits in kind, but also the resignation of local and federal authorities. Almost everywhere, local organizations of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Rodina took an active part in organizing rallies.

Permission to sell beer will be issued by municipal authorities The beer story, begun by legislators a year ago, is receiving a rather unexpected continuation. City authorities, it seems, will soon be able to determine the places where beer sales will be allowed. Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly proposed easing beer restrictions. By the end of the coming week, its amendments should be included in the text of the law by a specially created State Duma commission.

Moscow and the Moscow region do not understand each other well Last weekend was again marked by numerous protests by pensioners. The most notable, primarily because political demands were put forward, was the sanctioned rally that took place in the center of Moscow on Saturday.

Loyal Chechen authorities are bringing a political bomb to the Kremlin The main Chechen news of the past week was the completion of work on a draft agreement on the division of powers between Moscow and Grozny. The head of the State Council of Chechnya, Taus Dzhabrailov, announced his readiness: President Alu Alkhanov and Prime Minister Sergei Abramov were embarrassed to do so. There is something to be ashamed of: the project’s authors clearly cannot be blamed for the modesty of their requests.

Departments Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin sees the possibility of increasing economic growth rates in increasing the level of pension provision. “Now we have the opportunity to increase the rate of economic growth consistently, step by step, increasing the level of pension provision, which is noticeably ahead of inflation every year,” the minister said, speaking on Friday in the State Duma.

Vladimir Putin reminded Vladimir Ustinov of key tasks On Friday, an extended meeting of the board of this department was held at the Prosecutor General's Office, dedicated to the results of work over the past year.

The Accounts Chamber is looking for evidence to protest against compensation for benefits Last Friday, the board of the Accounts Chamber approved a program for a comprehensive audit of the implementation of the federal law on replacing benefits with monetary compensation at the federal and regional levels.