PRESS RELEASE*
At its meeting on August 2, 2011 the Government Presidium adopted the following decisions:
1. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Insolvency/Bankruptcy and the Federal Law On Credit Cooperation
The Government has endorsed the draft federal law and decided to submit it to the State Duma.
2. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Penal Code, Articles 76 and 116
The Government has endorsed the draft federal law and decided to submit it to the State Duma.
3. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Government has endorsed the draft federal law and decided to submit it to the State Duma.
4. Draft federal law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of India on Simplifying the Terms of Reciprocal Travels of Certain Categories of Citizens of Both Countries
The Government has endorsed the draft federal law and decided to submit it to the State Duma.
5. Signing the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Japan on Simplifying the Procedure of Visa Issuance to the Citizens of Both Countries
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
6. On Financial Humanitarian Aid to the Palestinian National Authority
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
7. Signing the Protocol on Introducing Amendments to the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the Avoidance of Dual Taxation and the Prevention of Income and Property Tax Evasion
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
8. Payment of additional membership contribution to the Special Fund of the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP)
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
9. Introducing Amendments to the Statute on the Federal Agency for the Development of State Border Infrastructure
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
10. Allocating budgetary appropriations to the Government of the Saratov Region from the Government Reserve Fund for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies Situations and the Aftermath of Natural Disasters to conduct relief efforts following the flooding in April and May 2011
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
11. Issuing state housing certificates to the Government of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic for the citizens who lost their homes as a result of an emergency situation in the republic on July 27, 2009
The Government has endorsed the draft executive order on this issue.
Moscow,
August 2, 2011
* Decisions on agenda items incorporate comments and suggestions expressed at the Government Presidium meeting and are official documents of the Government of the Russian Federation.
