Event

Winning side

Defeated side

Development Outlooks

Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the enlarged board of MVD

Dmitry Medvedev, Rashid Nurgaliyev

President will keep making overtures to power agencies

Dmitry Medvedev submits bill on cutting the minimal quantity of party members to State Duma

Dmitry Medvedev

This bill practically won’t change the layout of forces on the party field, but it will enable the president to maintain his liberal image

Pavel Krasheninnikov is elected co-chair of the Russian Association of Lawyers

Pavel Krasheninnikov

Delayed projects of the association may be revived

First deputy PM Igor Shuvalov declares about suspension of refinancing of foreign credits of enterprises through Central Bank

Igor Shuvalov

Igor Sechin

Shuvalov will increase control over resources allocated for anti-crisis support to economy

Dmitry Medvedev voices measures aimed at supporting students

Dmitry Medvedev

This initiative will face serious counteraction in the academic circles

Vladimir Putin says pensions will be raised more than planned  if inflation surpasses the 2009 target

Vladimir Putin

This forecast is likely to be implemented

Defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov says timeframes of military reforms will not be revised

Decisions on real timeframes of military reforms will depend on dynamics of the crisis

FAS head Igor Artemyev says the conflict around the bill on retail trade should be settled by Vladimir Putin

Anti-monopoly service, agriculture ministry

Industry and trade ministry

Considering the crisis, the decision is likely to be made in favor of the alliance of  FAS and agriculture ministry

Pravoe Delo co-chair Georgy Bovt is commissioned with creation of the party’s Moscow office

If Bovt is not assisted by an experienced organizer, the task implementation is questionable

The Presnensky Court of Moscow rules to reconsider suit of the filmmakers’ union

Court will evade making a decision waiting for a decision of the union’s general meeting