First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov reported to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the government delegation’s visit to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Mr Shuvalov stressed that the programme is being largely implemented: over the past two years most of the agreed upon facilities in South Ossetia have been restored. The prime minister emphasised the need to harmonise the economic legislation of Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia as well as to improve customs control on the borders with these republics.