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Having Entered into WTO Kiev Will Demand from Moscow Take All Restrictions on the Ukrainian Export Away
06.02.2008

Prime-minister Julia Timoshenko gave instructions to Security Service of Ukraine and the State Office of Public Prosecutor to carry out investigation of circumstances of signing the contracts of the Nations Stock Company "Neftegas of Ukraine" with RosUkrEnergo on transit and storage of gas. Timoshenko informed about it yesterday during interdepartmental meeting dedicated to the financial condition of "Neftegas of Ukraine". She called signing of the given contracts "treachery of national interests". >>

Explosion in High-Rise Building in Petersburg – Nothing’s Said about Act of Terrorism!
05.02.2008

On Tuesday morning an explosion happened in a subsidiary premise of an apartment house in Kirov area of St.-Petersburg. Under the preliminary version, the reason of explosion could become an explosive, including a grenade. Incident happened nearby 9:10 a.m. in the house №6 in Korneyev Street. As the press-service of the Emergency Situations RF, explosion occurred in a room for sanitary technicians on the first floor of 10-storeyed apartment house. The area of a room is 20 square meters. Three persons suffered. Physicians estimate condition of two of them as heavy. Forty-year old man is hospitalized in extremely grave condition, 27-year old one - in heavy is delivered to the hospital 26. The third victim - 37-year old man - is in moderately grave condition, he is also hospitalized to the hospital 15. - Despite of all mentioned above, as it's already became accepted, neither consequence, nor mass-media mention a word "act of terrorism", - editor-in-chief of FORUM.msk Anatoly Baranov commented. - Probably, "casual handling with grenade" will be the final version. It remains behind brackets what a grenade did in the room of sanitary technicians.

About Minimal Living Set of Democratic Values
Oleg Sultanov 05.02.2008

The policy of "new boundaries" for our society, designated by Dmitry Medvedev on January, 22nd at II Civil Forum, in general consists in emotional appeals to create strong power with the strong economy, capable to improve life of people. For example, the future president (if someone doubts in it?!) informed participants of the Civil Forum that "the public health services and the demographic program should geared towards preservation and augmentation of the Russian nation". If, for example, I was the listener in a hall of Manezh, I would not check myself and would reminded the official that not illiterate fools were before him, but, let's call it, the toffs who understood without vice-premier's morals that the public health services should better the health of the nation and not worsen it.
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There Is No Stabilization Fund Any More, It Was Quietly Halved
04.02.2008

The Russian stabilization fund stopped its existence. The representative of the Ministry of Finance Peter Kazakevich informed today about it. Reserve Fund and Fund of National Well-Being will appear instead of Stabilization Fund which since 2004 has saved up almost 4 billion roubles. They are formed, as Stabilization Fund before - from oil-and-gas incomes. - Briefly it can be formulated as "dark business", - editor-in-chief of FORUM.msk Anatoly Baranov commented on it. - Stabilization Fund was based unexpectedly and not quite lawfully. It was filled in absolutely obscure way and its means were somehow invested in something, it brought some percents, then percents brought other percents and all that, I shall repeat, was controlled in absolutely obscure way. Both to parliament and society only one parameter was known - for today in there are so and so money in the "All-Russian egg-pod". Now we are informed - Stabilization Fund is divided into two parts, both of them will be obscure as well as a whole. >>

Authorities Carry Out Command – Staff Drills on Restriction of Access to Runet
01.02.2008

In the morning on the 31st of January a part of domain names of Runet appeared to be not delegated, that is not adhered to DNS-server which defines what domain corresponds to what IP-address. Malfunctions started because of the failure in RU-Center - the largest, actually exclusive national registrar of domains. There are, of course, in the Russian Federation other registrars but RU-Center is actual "daughter" of RosNIIROS which began at the state level registration of domains in Russia but two-three years ago completely transferred business of the company to RU-Center, which was initially created at RosNIIROS.

Meal Is Sold!
30.01.2008

The governmental agreement between manufacturers of socially significant articles of food and trading networks will be signed on January, 31st. It provides stabilization of prices for socially significant foodstuffs (white and black bread, milk, kefir, sour cream, oil sunflower, eggs) for three months, till the 1st of May, 2008. It's already the second document of similar type: to lower rates of inflation growth the government of Russia agreed in autumn, 2007 with manufacturers and sellers about price freezing for a number of foodstuffs till the 1st of February, 2008. The Ministry of Agriculture agreed to reconsider the price level aside its increase, however, no more than on 5-6%. Businessmen, who took part in a meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture, consider that the prices should be raised on 10-15% from October level for indemnification of the prime cost growth of manufacture to the producers.
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Desolation of the First
30.01.2008

Dmitry Medvedev refuses to participate in pre-election debate. It was declared on Monday by the press-service of his campaign headquarters. Formally Dmitry Medvedev, having taken advantage of item 10 of the 52 article of the Federal law "About Presidential Elections of the Russian Federation", declared in the CEC of the Russian Federation refusal from "participations in the joint propaganda actions carried out on channels of the all-Russian and regional state organizations of tele-broadcasting", - informed in the press-service of the candidate. It in no way became unexpectedness, about Medvedev's decision to refuse from the debate with clowns we wrote already in the last year when the question itself appeared. >>

Beggary of Prosperity
Delyagin Michael 29.01.2008

Inflow of petrodollars, certainly, improved the structure of the Russian society and, accordingly, its social state of health. The fact of the improvements is unconditional - the same as the ridicule of their scales.
In November, 2007 50% of the Russians considered consumption of fish by the family insufficient, 49% - of meat, the same figure - of fruit, berries and juices, 40% - of dairy products including animal oil and cheeses. It is significant that the shares of people considering consumption of grocery products (including macaroni and groats) and also potato and vegetables insufficient are precisely equal to a share of beggars which do not have enough money for meal - 12%. >>

World Crisis Knocked on Our Door by Way of Dollar
29.01.2008

During today's special session on the theme of the American currency by means of calculations of Tomorrow it's found out that the average rate already makes 24,59 rouble/dollars. The given parameter is 15 copeck higher official exchange rate of the USA for January, 28th. Continuation of growth of quotations of dollar to rouble on home market meanwhile could be explained by new strengthening of currency of the USA in relation to the European international stock exchanges.The main theme of the World economic forum in Davos which was finished yesterday became a world economic crisis. On the eve of the meeting the world stock markets fell off and then it became known that bank Societe Generale lost enormous sum of 5 billion euro because of swindling of its trader. Bank crisis has not come yet to Russia but has already knocked at our door, experts warn. If Putin's Russia is now being feed up as ‘a boar" with which double-dyed zeks run from prison so then to eat it then on the way? >>

Ukraine Wants to Deprive Its Deputies of Immunity
28.01.2008

Speaker Arseny Jatsenyuk instructed corresponding profile committees to consider urgently and prepare the project of changes in the Constitution concerning canceling of deputy immunity."It is very correct initiative so there will be no charges tomorrow that the Ukrainian Constitution varies much easier, than some instruction. Therefore we shall bring this bill as it is demanded by the current legislation", - he added. The Communist Party of Ukraine insists on batch voting on canceling of immunity of deputies, officials and the president. The Party of Regions is pro simultaneous canceling of immunity of the president, judges and deputies. - Canceling of deputy immunity is very dangerous step, - editor-in-chief of FORUM.msk Anatoly Baranov commented on the situation. And canceling of immunity in the Supreme Rada can very quickly, almost imperceptibly bring to sharp curtailing of democratic processes in Ukraine. Russia is already suffering such creeping totalitarization, when the country relaxed at Putin and decided to take pleasure. Instead of pleasure we receive leather show. Recurrence in Ukraine won't be desirable. >>

Campaign on Discredit of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine Is Headed Off Directly from the Kremlin
23.01.2008

The head of the Ukrainian editorial board of FORUM.msk Vladimir Filin informed that according to his data, "campaign on discredit of Central Administrative Board of Intelligence Service of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine developed after personnel changes took place in its management last week is prepared by the Russian special services and goes directly from the Kremlin".As you know, the president of Ukraine - Supreme Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of Ukraine Victor Jushchenko appointed colonel Victor Ivanovich Gvozd the chief of Central Administrative Board of Intelligence by the decree № 27/2008. In the morning Minister of Defence Jury Ehanurov presented Victor Gvozd to the administrative board of military intelligence of Ukraine.
"Moscow immediately takes advantage of personnel changes, - Vladimir Filin says. - Rumours that the dioxine stored ostensibly from the Soviet times in one of the laboratories of Central Administrative Board of Intelligence Service was used at Victor Jushchenko's poisoning in 2004 were started up.
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End of Stabilization: Stock Market in the Russian Federation Crashed Down
23.01.2008

Real collapse is registered on the Russian stock market on Monday. The index of MICEX as of 3:40 p.m. of Moscow time decreased on 6,29% - to a level 1675,85 items, the index of RTS fell on 6,72%, its value made up 2013,95 items. Thus the volume on the classical market of RTS exceeded 68 million dollars that spoke about high activity of the tenders. Falling of index of MICEX occurred on a background of universal decrease on the markets. The collapse started from Japan where the share tenders were closed by falling of index Nikkei up to a two-year-old minimum. On the trading platforms of the Peoples Republic of China the day also ended unsuccessfully - index of Shanghai stock exchange Shanghai Composite there fell today to 266,08 items (-5,14%) and Hong Kong Hang Seng - on 1383 items (-5,49%). Other Asian share platforms also showed serious decrease according to the results of a day. However the matters are not in better condition in the Europe where the share tenders on the 21st of January, 2008 started with essential decrease of leading indexes on a background of corporate news. >>

Campaign on Appointment of the Successor Acting President Will Start Today
Baranov Anatoly 21.01.2008

Today the CEC will register the first vice-premier of the Russian government and successor of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev as the candidate on a post of the president of Russia. He will become not the first registered candidate but the third - after Zhirinovsky and Zyuganov. But precisely after his official registration in the CEC it will be possible to speak that campaign dedicated to the "election" of the president has begun. Though it's, in general, clear to everybody what result will be announced after March, 2nd. And it is absolutely not clear what will follow... >>

Uzbek Lioness Is Ready for a Jump!
Sabir Karimov 18.01.2008

The president trusts only to his family. And if it is necessary to search the reliable successor, then it's necessary to do in the family. No matter what they say, the senior daughter of Islam Karimov - Gulnara Islamovna in greater degree corresponds for this role. Who ever the successor is, he should pass "face-control" in the most powerful organization of a present mode, i.e. republic SNB. Or to have influential person, so-called "top storey" in it. The chapter of SNB Rustam Inoyatov could be such a person. But by hearsay aged chairman of SNB is not absolutely feeling well for some time past - physically. So, most likely that in this organization also in the nearest future the "successor" will appear. >>

Does Ukraine Raise the Rate for Transit of Gas from Russia to the Europe on Its Territory Almost Ninefold?
18.01.2008

Julia Timoshenko called the Kremlin to build harmonious relations with Ukraine. She considers that Ukraine and Russia should balance their interests, carry out inventory of problem questions in view of national interests of Ukraine. "I do not think that we need aggression - we need balance", - the head of the government is assured.A little bit earlier, right after elections of Timoshenko as the prime-minister she declared an invariance of her former position which consisted in that there shouldn't be intermediaries in the gas market between Ukraine and Russia. "There is Russian Joint Stock Company "Gazprom" and there are two governments - the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Intermediaries in this business are not necessary to anybody. And, I think, in such key we shall negotiate with the Russian Federation", - she emphasized. >>

Kiev Treated Chernomyrdin’s Threats "to Reconsider the Russian – Ukrainian Relations in Case Ukraine Enters NATO"
17.01.2008

Prime-minister Julia Timoshenko for the first time lately didn't exclude her participation in next presidential elections. Making public speech on Monday on TV in Dnepropetrovsk, she said that it would happen if there would be obstacles to the work of the government.The head of Ukrainian editorial board of FORUM.msk Vladimir Filin, making comments by phone from Switzerland where he's now, political strike in Kiev said: "Julia Vladimirovna, undoubtedly, will achieve modification in the Constitution which will make our country presidential republic, after that she will peg for the president and will become it".Victor Andreevich, arranging blasts to the members of fraction and ministers, runs behind leaving train.
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A Court Case "About Insult of His Majesty" Was Opened
15.01.2008

Journalists of the telechannel "TV-6" in Vladimir can be brought to trial for a story about forum of Vladimir Putin's supporters. They are accused of the insult of the Russian president. There was an item on air of the channel about forum of Vladimir Putin's supporters in Luzniki. It was accompanied by inscription "puting" and "young putinists". With the word "puting" journalists named "a meeting in Putin's support". The deputy of the State Duma, a member of "Edinaya Russia" Michael Babich directed complaint to the Office of Public Prosecutor, approving that there were insults of the president in the words of the anchorman and in a video sequence. >>

Ukrainian Officials Would Be Compelled to Keep within Means
11.01.2008

The cabinet at the session led by prime-minister Julia Timoshenko on Wednesday assumed the program of activity under the name "Ukrainian break: for people, not politicians" as a basis. According to Тimoshenko, basic messages of the reference of the president to parliament which is expected on January, 15th will be considered in the document. Only after that the document will be approved and transferred to the parliament. Ukrainian judicial system is threatened with reform. Economic courts will be "modernized" into special courts on consideration of commercial affairs. Introduction of institute of a jury court as well as creation of independent appellate court for recertification of all judges and checks of conformity of their incomes to financial position is planned. Timoshenko's government plans to strengthen the criminal liability for bribery and also cancellation of all paid services which are given by the authorities.

The Club of Elderly Gentlemen
Sergey Barancheev 11.01.2008

Analyses of the structure of deputies elected according to the list of the Communist Party of the RFconfirms that the Duma fraction of the Communist Party turned into the closed elite club of elderly gentlemen which is characterized by personnel stagnation, quick getting elder and detachment from the mass of party active workers. A share of sixty-years' members of the Duma fraction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is increasing to the detriment of middle age. So, if in the Communist fraction, formed on the results of elections of 1995, 11% of deputies reached a pension age, in 1999 there were 22 % of them, in 2003 - 30 %. After elections of 2007 there are more than third - 35% - of "pensioners" in fraction! It looks as if for the significant number of party leaders the deputy mandate became lifelong regalium, something like a red cap for cardinals. >>

Тwo young persons were arrested in the Basque Country by spanish Guardia Civil
08.01.2008

Yesterday two young persons were arrested in the Basque Country by spanish Guardia Civil. They were accussed of being members of ETA. Their names are Igor Portu and Mattin Sarasola. Today Igor Portu has been transfer to the intensive care unity of "Donosti Hospital".

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