Monday, the power assumes the role of a social democrat, Tuesday – a radical liberal. First comes the announcement of increased budget salaries starting 2006, tomorrow it is informed of the 100% housing service payment for the next year.
On Monday at meeting with heads of the Government, Federal Assembly and members of presidium of the State Council, President Vladimir Putin made a number of principal claims, realization of which, undoubtedly, will improve social situation in the country.
At country willa near New York, Vadim Kuznetsov, official of the budget committee of the UN General Assembly, was arrested on suspicion of money-washing.
It is known that Kuznetsov is one of the oldest officials of the UNO. Only scant publications in American press are evidence of his participation in machinations. It has been already proved that accusations brought against the Russian “refer to the program “Oil for food”, which is an object of several investigations now”.
In 20’s of August Vladimir Putin finished his work over the list of those who he has to delegate to the Public Chamber, according to the law. The Public Chamber is a body formed from the citizens “that have rendered great services to the state and society”. The list was promised to publish soon. But either there are too many deserved citizens or the President is busy, but the decree is not published. “Rodnaya gazeta” has one of the variants of the “list of 42”. As well-informed sources assume, it is the very last variant.
Political scientist Konstantin Simonov, who I always regarded and regard as pro-Kremlin, he is very close to it, wrote a very interesting article on the rapid left shift of the Right in Russia. And as I regard myself as a Right, I personalized, it was interesting for me…
Former Yukos Chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky officially claimed today his intention to run the State Duma by-election from the University District of Moscow. This was informed today by the official press center of Khodorkovsky.
Yuri Luzhkov, who is currently taking part in the celebrations of Kazan 1000 anniversary claimed that he planned to leave the post of Moscow mayor after 2007. Luzhkov announced to the journalists: “I made a decision. It is firm and clear and has no relation to health.” The Moscow Mayor did not give the name of a person, who might head the city government in 2007.
The Office of the Prosecutor General addressed a protest to the Presidium of the Supreme Court against the decision to cancel the ban on the National Bolshevist Party. This trial has been ongoing for over 18 months.
