Victor Alekseevich Zubkov in an armchair of prime-minister is a far not casual person. He is an old friend of Vladimir Putin, they were together in 1990th years in the mayoralty of St.-Petersburg at Anatoly Sobchak. Even earlier, at the end of 1980th years, being on party work in Leningrad region, Zubkov helped Vladimir Putin, Nikolay Patrushev and Vladimir Yakunin to receive sites in well-known country cooperative society "Ozero". Since then between Putin and Zubkov there is a strong man's friendship. So, according to the magazine "Profile", in October, 2003 Victor Zubkov was one of the few invited to the birthday party of Vladimir Putin, he even took part in snuffing out candles on a cake.

Today in the morning active workers in Togliatti made a decision to stop the main conveyor of AUTO VAZ starting from the 1^st of August. Actually there is already "go-slow strike" on the factory when workers come to work, execute their formal duties but at that slow down production as much as it's possible. And from the 1st the conveyor should stop... It is necessary to tell that preparation for this strike goes under enormous pressure of authorities. Actually federal power departments follow instruction of people who supervise the enterprise.

Berestechko as if has died out - its inhabitants stay at home and communicate with relatives by means of mobile phones. Local people told us about a dense fog which shut on small town in the early morning, according to the words of a peasant Andrey Tarnavsky, nothing could be seen in it at the distance of fifty meters. On all the way from Berestechko to Busk we met only one car with confused chairman of Chanizhsky Village Committee at the wheel. - It's forbidden to go there, guys. There are a little phosphorus, - he instructed us half-heartedly.

His politics found its culmination in the new rules of parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan which were accepted. Old "Mazhilis" was dismissed and on the 18^th of August of this year elections into the new one will take place, where the main pretenders to the deputy places will be representatives of "Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan". To estimate cynicism of this mechanism, it is necessary to remind that "assembly" was created in 1995, but till this day was on periphery of a political and public life of the republic. Nevertheless, its permanent frontman was and remains to be - who do you think? - well, certainly, ubiquitous president N.Nazarbaev. Now the president will define by himself, how many people and what nationality should represent the ethnic group in the Upper Chamber of Kazakhstan.

One of three last remained governors-communists lost his post. Vladimir Putin accepted resignation of the governor of Kamchatka, a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Michael Mashkovtsev and appointed vice-governor Alexey Kuzmitsky care-taker of the governor. Mashkovtsev asked out in connection with the federal constitutional law of July, 12th 2006 N2-FCL "About Formation in the Structure of the Russian Federation a New Subject of the Russian Federation as a Result of Unification of the Kamchatka Area and Koryak Autonomous Region". Until recently Kuzmitsky held a post of the vice-governor of the Kamchatka area. 40-years old Kuzmitsky supervised questions of mutual relations with municipalities. The real applicant for a place of the governor Kuzmitsky became on May, 16th after his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Kuzmitsky appeared in the area in May, 2005. Making comments about his appointment Mashkovtsev noted that he made it because of personal recommendation of Vladimir Putin. Eugene Laukhin from Management of FSB was appointed one more vice-governor of Kamchatka. Rumours about Mashkovtsev's resignation appeared long time ago, but he staid on his post just because of the fact that regional team was diluted by "the ones from St.-Petersburg".