PRESS RELEASE*

The following issues are scheduled for discussion at the October 13, 2011 Government Presidium meeting: 

 

1.  Progress in preparing power facilities and utilities enterprises for the 2011-2012 heating season (period)

The materials on the issue have been submitted by the Ministry of Energy jointly with the Ministry of Regional Development

1. Power organisations

In June 2011 the Ministry of Energy approved a plan of priority Measures to prepare electricity and heating supply organisations for the 2011-2012 heating season.

In accordance with the Rules on Inspecting the Readiness of Power Facilities for Operation in the Autumn and Winter Period the inspection of readiness for the heating season and the issue of relevant certificates will be completed before November 15 this year.

The Russian Energy Ministry has developed a schedule and formed commissions to inspect the readiness of power facilities for operation during the 2011-2012 heating season jointly with the representatives of Rostekhnadzor, the Emergencies Ministry and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The Russian Energy Ministry commission will inspect 59 power facilities. The commissions have already commenced their work.

All in all, subject to inspection are 600 enterprises, including 300 power stations, more than 80 generating companies and related branches, about 160 power grid enterprises, 61 branches of the System Operator, and facilities with a voltage upward of 110 kW owned by major industrial enterprises.

According to the Energy Ministry, power consumption in Russia in the first eight months of this year increased by 1.3%, compared to the same period of last year.

On the whole, energy consumption in the Unified Energy System of Russia in 2011 is expected to reach 1,027 billion kWh, which is 1.7% more than in 2010.

The Energy Ministry of Russia estimates that power consumption within the UES of Russia during the 2011-2012 heating season will be 568,75 billion kWh, an increase of 3.2%, compared to the same period of 2010-2011. The provision of heating is expected to amount to 376.62 million Gcal, which is 1.23% more than in the autumn-winter period of 2010-2011.

The combined maximum power consumption in the UES of Russia in the 2011-2012 heating season is expected to be 155.4 GWt.

The Ministry of Energy has developed energy and capacity balances for each month for each power station and each constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The standard volumes of stockpiles of fuel at power stations have been fixed and the accumulation of such stockpiles is being monitored.

According to the Ministry of Energy all the standard stockpiles of fuel -- 13,545,400 tonnes of coal and 2,603,700 tonnes of fuel oil -- will be provided fully in the coming autumn and winter season. During the first 8 months of 2011, repair work has been carried out on hydro and turbo-generators with a total capacity of 31140 megawatts (84% of the 2011 calendar plan) and boilers with a total capacity of 90,870 t/h (93.3%).

The Energy Ministry is monitoring the progress of repair programmes at generating and grid companies, and inspecting the readiness of power facilities for operation at peak load periods. The work of the Energy Ministry commissions will result in issuing certificates of readiness to the power facilities.  

The Energy Ministry in particular monitors the launching of new generating and power transmission facilities scheduled to be completed this year. In 2011, 21 new energy facilities with a total capacity of 6,300 megawatts are to be launched. At present 3,200 megawatts of energy capacity have been introduced. as regards power transmission facility construction, the target for 2011 is:

·       to introduce more than 23,900 km of power transmission lines;

·       to install more than 38,300 MWA transformer capacity.

Most of the power transmission facilities are to be launched between the 3^rd and 4^th quarters of 2011.

2. Housing and utilities enterprises 

As of September 1, 2011 the readiness of the housing and utilities enterprises for the heating season stands at 86.4%, according to the Russian Ministry of Regional Development.

The following measures taken to monitor execution of the plan of work in preparation for the winter in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation have made it possible to meet the targets for preparing the housing and utilities sector of the Russian Federation for the autumn and winter period of 2011-2012:

·       for the housing stock  by 88.1%, which is 1.5% more than in the same period of 2010;

·       for the preparation of boiler rooms  by 87.4% (versus 87.5% in 2010);

·       for the preparation of heating networks  by 90.9% (versus 91.0% in 2010);

·       for preparing water supply networks by 89.1% (versus 89.1% in 2010).

The target of financing the work to prepare the housing and utilities sector for winter is 187.5 billion roubles, the actual disbursements amounted to 129.7 billion roubles (69.2%).

The spending target to create an emergency stockpile of material and technical resources was initially 3.12 billion roubles, in reality 2.8 billion roubles (81.7% of the target) have been disbursed.

In the process of preparation for the heating season the Ministry of Regional Development drew the attention of the heads of regions to the need to complete in a timely manner the replacement of worn-out and accident-prone heating supply systems, to provide boiler rooms, water supply and water drainage facilities with standby power sources, to create a permanent reserve of mobile power sources (heating and electrical stations), spare parts for the basic equipment, to create bottleneck teams of highly skilled specialists and to build up standard stockpiles of fuel.

On the whole across the Russian regions 10,520 km of worn-out and accident-prone heating networks have been replaced.

25,600 km of worn-out and accident-prone water supply networks have been replaced.

Stockpiles of coal amount to 4.0 million tonnes (the standard stockpile is 4.65 million tonnes).

The stockpiles of fuel oil currently stand at 1.88 million tonnes (the standard level of stockpiles is 1.89 million tonnes).

The full range of contracts for gas supply have been concluded.

At the same time inspections have revealed the following shortcomings:

·       There are not enough trained and certified personnel responsible for the operation of heating and electrical plants;

·       Work on expert inspection of industrial safety of equipment and buildings has not been carried out;

·       Chemical water treatment systems are non-existent or out of commission;

·       Lack of standby power sources;

·       Lack of sufficient fuel reserves;

·       Tardiness of enterprises in paying for earlier supplied power resources.

One of the most urgent problems is the indebtedness of consumers to the sector’s organisations, which seriously affects the quality of preparation of housing and utilities for operation in winter conditions and the quality of the services rendered.

 

2. . Draft federal law On Submitting for Ratification the Agreement on Cooperation among Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Operating Interstate Power Transmission Lines of the National Power Grids

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs and the Ministry of Energy.

The Agreement on Cooperation among Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Operating Interstate Power Transmission Lines of the National Power Grids was signed in Yalta on November 20, 2009 to provide a legal framework and determine conditions of reliable and effective operation of interstate power transmission lines on the national power grids of the states signatories to the Agreement.

Under the Agreement the parties undertake to provide favourable conditions for business entities to service interstate power transmission lines by offering members of the service teams a simplified procedure of crossing state borders and custom clearance of transport means, specialised technology, equipment, fittings, tools and materials as a matter of priority in accordance with the laws of the state signatory to the Agreement on whose territory interstate power transmission lines are serviced.

The Agreement is subject to ratification under the federal law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

The proposed draft law would create favourable conditions for business entities in the power industry to service interstate power transmission lines and thus make the transfer of power between member states of the Agreement more reliable. The implementation of the Agreement will not entail additional outlays from the federal budget.

 

3. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning the distribution of powers between federal executive bodies in the sphere of heat supply

The draft has been submitted by the Ministry of Energy. Under the draft amendments are to be introduced to some provisions on the federal executive bodies that redistribute powers between them in the sphere of heating energy supply.

Amendments are being introduced to the Statute on the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service that authorise the FAS of Russia:

● issuing prescriptions on abolishing tariff regulation in the sphere of heating supply in the cases stipulated under the laws in the sphere of heating energy supply;

● approving the decisions of the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for abolishing the regulation of heating supply tariffs and introducing regulation of tariffs in the sphere following their abolition.

Amendments being introduced in the Statute on the Ministry of Regional Development would vest the Ministry of Regional Develeopment with, among others, the following powers:

● implementing government policy and legal regulation in the sphere of heat supply (with the exception of areas of activity that are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Energy in accordance with this draft);

● approving the rules of commercial accounting for heating energy and the heating carrier;

● keeping a state register of self-regulating organisations in the sphere of heating supply and state control and supervision of the activities of such organisations;

● examining the disputes between executive bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, the organisations engaged in regulated types of heating supply activities and consumers in developing, approving and implementing heating supply schemes.

Amendments are being introduced to the Statute on the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation that would vest the Ministry of Energy with, among others, the following powers:

● implementing government policy and legally regulating the sphere of heating supply with respect to the production of heating energy in combination with the generation of electrical energy as well as the transmitting heat energy in combined generation mode;

● approving the procedure of creating fuel and energy balances of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipal entities, the rules of assessing the readiness for the heating season, procedure of investigating the causes of accidents in the process of heating supply, procedure of setting the norms of technological losses during the transmission of heating energy, the heating carrier, norms of fuel consumption per unit of energy, norms of fuel stockpiles at the heating energy sources, schemes of heating supply to communities, urban districts as well as the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, etc.

 

4. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Insolvency (Bankruptcy) of Lending Institutions and Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Aimed at Improving the Procedure of Bankruptcy of Lending and Other Financial Institutions, Enhancing the Liability for Improper Actions Preceding Bankruptcy

 

5. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Banks and Banking

 

6. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation pertaining to the distribution of authority between federal executive bodies in protecting children from information that causes harm to their health and (or) development

 

7. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation 

The draft federal law has been introduced by the Transport Ministry of Transport.

Draft 1 has been developed to streamline legislation in the sphere of state control (supervision) of transport that empowers control and supervisory agencies to control not only persons engaged in entrepreneurial and other economic activities, but also to inspect the means of transport and other technical means they operate as a preventative measure.

The amendments being introduced are aimed at creating a coherent system of state control (supervision) in the Russian Federation, ensuring its effectiveness and transparency for business entities and protecting the rights and interests of citizens.

The introduction of amendments to the federal law The Charter of Automobile Transport and Urban Overland Electrically Powered Transport has been prompted by the need to seal in the shape of a law the right to conduct control measures (inspections) (scheduled and unscheduled) of persons engaged in entrepreneurial activities to provide automobile transport services.

The aim of Draft 2 is to create a regulatory legal framework that meets modern requirements to ensure the safety of navigation on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation and to enhance the effectiveness of state regulation in the sphere of inland water transport.

The basic concept underlying the proposed changes is to reflect in the Code of Inland Water Transport the changes in the system of federal executive bodies and their jurisdictions in accordance with their functions as well as the need to enhance the safety of navigation and introduce state control of ports on the country’s inland waterways.

For the purpose of improving the system of state regulation and ensuring safe navigation on the inland waterways and in river ports it is proposed to redistribute state functions between federal executive bodies in the sphere of inland water transport (Rostransnadzor and Rosmorrechflot), to create administrations of river basins on the basis of existing government basin directorates of waterways and navigation which at present de facto perform the functions of the basin state management body on inland water transport. It is proposed that river basin administration will fulfill functions which, under the current Code of Inland Water Transport, are performed by basin state management bodies on inland water transport, and in addition they will be vested with some further functions: government port control, state registration of vessels with vessel registers of the Russian Federation and the register of leased vessels, state registration of sporting sailing boats and certification of their crews.

The owner of a ship and the ship itself will be obliged to have an approved system of navigation safety management that would ensure proper involvement of the ship owner and his resources in the daily work to provide the vessel with necessary procedures and materials for safe navigation throughout the vessel’s life cycle.

The requirement is also being introduced on ensuring ship owners’ liability for damage from the pollution by the ship with oil and petroleum products and for causing harm to the property of physical persons, the property of legal entities, including the infrastructure of the seaport or infrastructure of inland waterways.

Draft 3 would increase administrative liability for commercial carriage of passengers without a license. The law envisages not only fines for a dishonest entrepreneur, but suspension of such an entrepreneur’s activities and suspension of the operation of his watercraft. Obviously, a large percentage of the accidents, including those involving loss of life, are caused by the failure of entrepreneurs in the transport sphere to comply with the legal requirements aimed at reducing casualties and victims of transport accidents and catastrophes.

That applies above all to compliance with the requirements to the operation of means of transport. It has to be noted that carriers who fully comply with the relevant legal regulations tend to find themselves at a disadvantage compared with the agencies that work in the so-called “grey” sector. Non-compliance with the requirements to the operation of technical facilities and other requirements (medical checks, provision of the necessary equipment (GLONASS receivers, tachometers, etc.) allows bad-faith carriers to use lower tariffs for their services compared with law-abiding carriers. There are no effective preventative mechanisms whose use could stop the activities of carriers that violate legislation before dire consequences ensue.

For example, the sanctions envisaged under the Code on Administrative Offenses (an average 2000 roubles for physical persons and 50,000 roubles for legal entities) are incommensurate with the consequences of the violation of normative documents in the field of the carriage of passengers and (or) cargoes without a permit (license).

Criminal liability for engaging in illegal entrepreneurial activities, including those without a license if a license is mandatory, arises only if major damage has been caused to citizens, an organisation or the state or if massive profits are derived from such illegal activities.

Thus it is exceedingly important to adopt the necessary legislation to increase liability for violations of the law, which should help solve the government task of protecting the right of citizens to a safe environment.

In this regard, legislation must envisage the right of state inspectors to detain (suspend the operation) of a transport means that does not meet the safety requirements and to increase fines imposed on those who violate the law.

The proposed changes to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses would increase administrative fines in the following way:

● for citizens and office holders, up to 100,000 roubles;

● for legal entities, between 400,000 and 500,000 roubles.

Sanctions are also envisaged for gross violation of license requirements.

The proposed amendments will make it easier to prevent violations of the law in the field of safety of people on transport.

Draft 4 provides legal regulation of the social relations arising between legal entities or individual entrepreneurs on the one hand, and state and municipal control bodies, on the other hand, during the course of inspection of compliance by legal entities or individual entrepreneurs with the mandatory requirements to transport services.

All types of transport activities for which licensing will be replaced by mandatory insurance are to be included in the list of types of activities that require a declaration of compliance.

The declaration of compliance will make it possible to subsequently effect state control (supervision) of these types of activities.

The verification of the information contained in notifications takes place during the course of scheduled state and municipal control (supervision) through selective inspections on clearly defined grounds and criteria.

  

8. Draft federal law on introducing amendments to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance.

The main aim of the draft law is to fill the gaps in legislation revealed during the analysis of the law enforcement practices and to harmonise the norms of the Code on Administrative Offenses with the provisions of currency legislation.

In order to ensure compliance by residents and non-residents with the provisions of the Federal Law On Currency Regulation and Currency Control (Federal Law No.173-FZ) and enactments of currency regulation bodies adopted in cases stipulated under this federal law, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses formulates the grounds on which administrative punishment may be imposed on residents for violating currency legislation.

Under part 2, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses administrative liability is imposed for violating the established procedure of opening accounts (deposits) with banks outside the territory of the country, which envisages an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of between 1000 and 1500 roubles; on office holders from 5000 to 10,000 roubles and on legal entities from 50,000 to 100,000 roubles.

Since Federal Law No.173-FZ came into force in June 2004 significant amendments and additions have been introduced in it pertaining to the relations between residents and tax authorities over issues concerning the accounts (deposits) referred to in part 1, Article 12 of Federal Law No.173-FZ.

In accordance with amendments to Federal Law No.173-FZ introduced under Federal Law No.90-FZ of July 18 2005 On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation , part 2, Article 12 of Federal Law No.173-FZ stipulates that residents are obliged to notify the tax authorities in the place of their registration of the opening (closure) of accounts (deposits) and change of the numbers of accounts (deposits) not later than one month since the opening (closure) or change of numbers of such accounts (deposits) with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation on a form approved by the federal executive body authorised to control and supervise taxes and levies.

In the opinion of the Ministry of Finance, fine amounts established under the Code on Administrative Offenses for failure by residents to provide notification of the opening of accounts (deposits) with banks outside the territory of the Russian Federation and lack of liability for currency operations involving these accounts (deposits) does not preclude financial transactions aimed at obtaining unreasonable tax benefits.

In this regard, new language is proposed for part 2, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses. By the same token, the draft law would add a new section to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses that stipulates administrative liability for residents for failure to notify the tax agencies of the opening of accounts (deposits) with banks or the changing account numbers (deposits) with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation. The draft law envisages a differentiated approach in imposing punishment for the said violation setting the lower and upper limits of the administrative fine to individualise punishment with due account depending on the character of the administrative offense, the personality of the offender, his material status and the attenuating or aggravating circumstances.

The proposed amendments to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses meet the task of clear and complete definition of illegal and culpable activities (actions or inaction) of citizens, office holders and legal entities envisaged by the currency legislation of the Russian Federation, which will ensure effective law enforcement in the process of currency control.

Because the draft law introduces administrative liability for new types of offenses, the draft law stipulates that the Federal Law shall come into force 90 days after its official publication, which is necessary for citizens, office holders and legal entities, the officials of the currency control body and officials of currency control agents authorized to draw up statements on administrative offense cases as well as judges to become acquainted with its content.

  

9. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Ministry of Finance

The draft resolution has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance.

The draft would vest the Ministry of Finance with ownership rights with regard to the federal property handed over to federal state institutions and federal state enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation.

The need to introduce the above addition stems from the following provisions of Russian legislation.

The resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation On the Powers of Federal Executive Bodies to Exercise the Right of Ownership with Respect to the Property of a Federal State Unitary Enterprise and  On the Exercise by the Federal Executive Bodies of the Functions and Powers of the Founder of the Federal State Institution establish the procedure of the exercise by the federal executive bodies of the powers of the owner of the property transferred to the federal state institutions and federal state enterprises under their jurisdiction.

Under the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Bodies a federal ministry in the indicated sphere has no right to exercise the functions of control and supervision or the functions of managing state property unless otherwise provided for by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation or by an act of the Government of the Russian Federation.

In addition, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004 No.314 the powers of the federal executive bodies are set forth in the statutes on the said executive bodies.

 

10. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law on the Special Economic Zone in Kaliningrad Region and On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Economic Development.

The draft law would change the procedure of appointing the head of the administration of the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region and the procedure of inspecting the activities of SEZ residents.

To enable the authorized agency to monitor the conduct by the SEZ administration of inspections of SEZ residents’ activities a provision is being added that makes it incumbent upon the SEZ administration to submit an annual report on inspections of the activities of residents during the corresponding report year under a procedure and of a form established by the authorized body.

The draft law contains provisions aimed at optimising the administrative procedures in the SEZ, in particular establishing the procedure and timeframe for considering applications for inclusion in the register of SEZ residents and the adoption of a corresponding decision.

 

 

11. Signing an agreement on the procedure for the handover of samples of seized narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Drug Control Service.

The draft executive order approves the draft Agreement on the Procedure for the Handover of  Samples of Seized Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors submitted by the Federal Drug Control Service and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other federal executive bodies concerned and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.

Furthermore, the draft instructs the Federal Drug Control Service to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Government allowing it to introduce amendments that are not of a fundamental character.

Drug trafficking is part of transnational organised crime and it poses a serious threat to the national security of the CIS member states.

The draft Agreement has been prepared by the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in line with the practice of treaties and legislation of the Russian Federation and international standards in this field.

The main task of the transfer of samples of seized narcotics is to make it possible to compare specimens in order to determine the location and method of their production as well as possible modes and routes of their transportation.

The agreement is subject to ratification pursuant to the Federal Law On the International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

 

12. Signing an agreement on organising an exchange of information for the purpose of performing the analytical and supervisory functions of the customs bodies of the Customs Union member states

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service.

The draft Agreement on Organising an Exchange of Information for the Purpose of Performing the Analytical and Supervisory Functions of the Customs Bodies of the Member States of the Customs Union member states is based on Article 124 of the Customs Code of the Customs Union.

The draft Agreement is called upon to provide the necessary international treaty framework to ensure compliance with and prevent violations of the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the laws of the Customs Union member states, including customs control of goods and means of transport that cross the customs border of the Customs Union.

The signing of the Agreement will enable the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Customs Control Committee of the Finance Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Customs Service to share information from the database of electronic copies of declarations of goods, databases of electronic copies of customs receipt vouchers and databases of electronic copies of preliminary decisions.

 

13. Signing an agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the joint inspection of persons, transport means and goods on the Russian-Ukrainian state border

 

14. Signing an agreement between the Russian Federation and the French Republic on cooperation in the field of child adoption.

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The Treaty stresses that the handover of a child for adoption to another state is only seen as an option if it is impossible to find an adoptive family in the home state.

Under the treaty a child may be adopted from Russia only with the assistance of an authorised organisation. Prospective adoptive parents will be required to go through a period of social and psychological preparation. The treaty sets forth the procedure of the acquisition by the adopted child of the citizenship of the host state and the preservation of the citizenship of the state of origin.

The articles of the Treaty determine the powers of the competent bodies and authorized organisations that will supervise cooperation in the field of child adoption.

The treaty spells out the procedure of adoption and the mechanism of monitoring the living conditions and upbringing of the adopted children.

The treaty regulates the issues involved in the placement of a child to another family as well as making a decision to return the child to the state of origin.

The treaty is subject to ratification under the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

 

15. Forming an organising committee for the city of Yekaterinburg bid to host the World Universal Exhibition EXPO-2020 (May 1-October 31, 2020)

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

The draft envisages the formation of the EXPO-2020 Bid Committee and the Organising Committee for the Bid of the City of Yekaterinburg to host the World Universal EXPO-2020 exhibition. The Organising Committee is necessary in order to coordinate the work of the representatives of federal executive bodies and the organisations concerned during the period of the preparation of the necessary materials for submitting the application of the Russian Federation to the International Exhibition Centre.

 

16. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief for the purpose of liquidating the consequences of the explosion of ammunition at Russian Defence Ministry dumps on May 26, 2011 in the village of Urman (the Republic of Bashkortostan)

 

17. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Dagestan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the compensation for the damage caused by legitimate actions to stop a terrorist act in the village of Kirovaul (Kizil-Yurt District of the Republic of Dagestan) on December 5, 2010.

 

18. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Dagestan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the compensation for the damage caused by legitimate actions to stop a terrorist act in Karabudahkent District of the Republic of Dagestan on June 1, 2010

 

19. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the liquidation of the aftermath of a flood on the Territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in May 2011

 

PRESS RELEASE*

The following issues are scheduled for discussion at the October 13, 2011 Government Presidium meeting: 

 

1.  Progress in preparing power facilities and utilities enterprises for the 2011-2012 heating season (period)

The materials on the issue have been submitted by the Ministry of Energy jointly with the Ministry of Regional Development

1. Power organisations

In June 2011 the Ministry of Energy approved a plan of priority Measures to prepare electricity and heating supply organisations for the 2011-2012 heating season.

In accordance with the Rules on Inspecting the Readiness of Power Facilities for Operation in the Autumn and Winter Period the inspection of readiness for the heating season and the issue of relevant certificates will be completed before November 15 this year.

The Russian Energy Ministry has developed a schedule and formed commissions to inspect the readiness of power facilities for operation during the 2011-2012 heating season jointly with the representatives of Rostekhnadzor, the Emergencies Ministry and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The Russian Energy Ministry commission will inspect 59 power facilities. The commissions have already commenced their work.

All in all, subject to inspection are 600 enterprises, including 300 power stations, more than 80 generating companies and related branches, about 160 power grid enterprises, 61 branches of the System Operator, and facilities with a voltage upward of 110 kW owned by major industrial enterprises.

According to the Energy Ministry, power consumption in Russia in the first eight months of this year increased by 1.3%, compared to the same period of last year.

On the whole, energy consumption in the Unified Energy System of Russia in 2011 is expected to reach 1,027 billion kWh, which is 1.7% more than in 2010.

The Energy Ministry of Russia estimates that power consumption within the UES of Russia during the 2011-2012 heating season will be 568,75 billion kWh, an increase of 3.2%, compared to the same period of 2010-2011. The provision of heating is expected to amount to 376.62 million Gcal, which is 1.23% more than in the autumn-winter period of 2010-2011.

The combined maximum power consumption in the UES of Russia in the 2011-2012 heating season is expected to be 155.4 GWt.

The Ministry of Energy has developed energy and capacity balances for each month for each power station and each constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The standard volumes of stockpiles of fuel at power stations have been fixed and the accumulation of such stockpiles is being monitored.

According to the Ministry of Energy all the standard stockpiles of fuel -- 13,545,400 tonnes of coal and 2,603,700 tonnes of fuel oil -- will be provided fully in the coming autumn and winter season. During the first 8 months of 2011, repair work has been carried out on hydro and turbo-generators with a total capacity of 31140 megawatts (84% of the 2011 calendar plan) and boilers with a total capacity of 90,870 t/h (93.3%).

The Energy Ministry is monitoring the progress of repair programmes at generating and grid companies, and inspecting the readiness of power facilities for operation at peak load periods. The work of the Energy Ministry commissions will result in issuing certificates of readiness to the power facilities.  

The Energy Ministry in particular monitors the launching of new generating and power transmission facilities scheduled to be completed this year. In 2011, 21 new energy facilities with a total capacity of 6,300 megawatts are to be launched. At present 3,200 megawatts of energy capacity have been introduced. as regards power transmission facility construction, the target for 2011 is:

• to introduce more than 23,900 km of power transmission lines;
• to install more than 38,300 MWA transformer capacity.

Most of the power transmission facilities are to be launched between the 3^rd and 4^th quarters of 2011.

2. Housing and utilities enterprises

As of September 1, 2011 the readiness of the housing and utilities enterprises for the heating season stands at 86.4%, according to the Russian Ministry of Regional Development.

The following measures taken to monitor execution of the plan of work in preparation for the winter in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation have made it possible to meet the targets for preparing the housing and utilities sector of the Russian Federation for the autumn and winter period of 2011-2012:

• for the housing stock  by 88.1%, which is 1.5% more than in the same period of 2010;
• for the preparation of boiler rooms  by 87.4% (versus 87.5% in 2010);
• for the preparation of heating networks  by 90.9% (versus 91.0% in 2010);
• for preparing water supply networks by 89.1% (versus 89.1% in 2010).

The target of financing the work to prepare the housing and utilities sector for winter is 187.5 billion roubles, the actual disbursements amounted to 129.7 billion roubles (69.2%).

The spending target to create an emergency stockpile of material and technical resources was initially 3.12 billion roubles, in reality 2.8 billion roubles (81.7% of the target) have been disbursed.

In the process of preparation for the heating season the Ministry of Regional Development drew the attention of the heads of regions to the need to complete in a timely manner the replacement of worn-out and accident-prone heating supply systems, to provide boiler rooms, water supply and water drainage facilities with standby power sources, to create a permanent reserve of mobile power sources (heating and electrical stations), spare parts for the basic equipment, to create bottleneck teams of highly skilled specialists and to build up standard stockpiles of fuel.

On the whole across the Russian regions 10,520 km of worn-out and accident-prone heating networks have been replaced.

25,600 km of worn-out and accident-prone water supply networks have been replaced.

Stockpiles of coal amount to 4.0 million tonnes (the standard stockpile is 4.65 million tonnes).

The stockpiles of fuel oil currently stand at 1.88 million tonnes (the standard level of stockpiles is 1.89 million tonnes).

The full range of contracts for gas supply have been concluded.

At the same time inspections have revealed the following shortcomings:

• There are not enough trained and certified personnel responsible for the operation of heating and electrical plants;
• Work on expert inspection of industrial safety of equipment and buildings has not been carried out;
• Chemical water treatment systems are non-existent or out of commission;
• Lack of standby power sources;
• Lack of sufficient fuel reserves;
• Tardiness of enterprises in paying for earlier supplied power resources.

One of the most urgent problems is the indebtedness of consumers to the sector’s organisations, which seriously affects the quality of preparation of housing and utilities for operation in winter conditions and the quality of the services rendered.

 

2. . Draft federal law On Submitting for Ratification the Agreement on Cooperation among Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Operating Interstate Power Transmission Lines of the National Power Grids

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs and the Ministry of Energy.

The Agreement on Cooperation among Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Operating Interstate Power Transmission Lines of the National Power Grids was signed in Yalta on November 20, 2009 to provide a legal framework and determine conditions of reliable and effective operation of interstate power transmission lines on the national power grids of the states signatories to the Agreement.

Under the Agreement the parties undertake to provide favourable conditions for business entities to service interstate power transmission lines by offering members of the service teams a simplified procedure of crossing state borders and custom clearance of transport means, specialised technology, equipment, fittings, tools and materials as a matter of priority in accordance with the laws of the state signatory to the Agreement on whose territory interstate power transmission lines are serviced.

The Agreement is subject to ratification under the federal law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

The proposed draft law would create favourable conditions for business entities in the power industry to service interstate power transmission lines and thus make the transfer of power between member states of the Agreement more reliable. The implementation of the Agreement will not entail additional outlays from the federal budget.

 

3. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning the distribution of powers between federal executive bodies in the sphere of heat supply

The draft has been submitted by the Ministry of Energy. Under the draft amendments are to be introduced to some provisions on the federal executive bodies that redistribute powers between them in the sphere of heating energy supply.

Amendments are being introduced to the Statute on the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service that authorise the FAS of Russia:

● issuing prescriptions on abolishing tariff regulation in the sphere of heating supply in the cases stipulated under the laws in the sphere of heating energy supply;

● approving the decisions of the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for abolishing the regulation of heating supply tariffs and introducing regulation of tariffs in the sphere following their abolition.

Amendments being introduced in the Statute on the Ministry of Regional Development would vest the Ministry of Regional Develeopment with, among others, the following powers:

● implementing government policy and legal regulation in the sphere of heat supply (with the exception of areas of activity that are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Energy in accordance with this draft);

● approving the rules of commercial accounting for heating energy and the heating carrier;

● keeping a state register of self-regulating organisations in the sphere of heating supply and state control and supervision of the activities of such organisations;

● examining the disputes between executive bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, the organisations engaged in regulated types of heating supply activities and consumers in developing, approving and implementing heating supply schemes.

Amendments are being introduced to the Statute on the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation that would vest the Ministry of Energy with, among others, the following powers:

● implementing government policy and legally regulating the sphere of heating supply with respect to the production of heating energy in combination with the generation of electrical energy as well as the transmitting heat energy in combined generation mode;

● approving the procedure of creating fuel and energy balances of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipal entities, the rules of assessing the readiness for the heating season, procedure of investigating the causes of accidents in the process of heating supply, procedure of setting the norms of technological losses during the transmission of heating energy, the heating carrier, norms of fuel consumption per unit of energy, norms of fuel stockpiles at the heating energy sources, schemes of heating supply to communities, urban districts as well as the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, etc.

 

4. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Insolvency (Bankruptcy) of Lending Institutions and Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Aimed at Improving the Procedure of Bankruptcy of Lending and Other Financial Institutions, Enhancing the Liability for Improper Actions Preceding Bankruptcy

 

5. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Banks and Banking

 

6. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation pertaining to the distribution of authority between federal executive bodies in protecting children from information that causes harm to their health and (or) development

 

7. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation 

The draft federal law has been introduced by the Transport Ministry of Transport.

Draft 1 has been developed to streamline legislation in the sphere of state control (supervision) of transport that empowers control and supervisory agencies to control not only persons engaged in entrepreneurial and other economic activities, but also to inspect the means of transport and other technical means they operate as a preventative measure.

The amendments being introduced are aimed at creating a coherent system of state control (supervision) in the Russian Federation, ensuring its effectiveness and transparency for business entities and protecting the rights and interests of citizens.

The introduction of amendments to the federal law The Charter of Automobile Transport and Urban Overland Electrically Powered Transport has been prompted by the need to seal in the shape of a law the right to conduct control measures (inspections) (scheduled and unscheduled) of persons engaged in entrepreneurial activities to provide automobile transport services.

The aim of Draft 2 is to create a regulatory legal framework that meets modern requirements to ensure the safety of navigation on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation and to enhance the effectiveness of state regulation in the sphere of inland water transport.

The basic concept underlying the proposed changes is to reflect in the Code of Inland Water Transport the changes in the system of federal executive bodies and their jurisdictions in accordance with their functions as well as the need to enhance the safety of navigation and introduce state control of ports on the country’s inland waterways.

For the purpose of improving the system of state regulation and ensuring safe navigation on the inland waterways and in river ports it is proposed to redistribute state functions between federal executive bodies in the sphere of inland water transport (Rostransnadzor and Rosmorrechflot), to create administrations of river basins on the basis of existing government basin directorates of waterways and navigation which at present de facto perform the functions of the basin state management body on inland water transport. It is proposed that river basin administration will fulfill functions which, under the current Code of Inland Water Transport, are performed by basin state management bodies on inland water transport, and in addition they will be vested with some further functions: government port control, state registration of vessels with vessel registers of the Russian Federation and the register of leased vessels, state registration of sporting sailing boats and certification of their crews.

The owner of a ship and the ship itself will be obliged to have an approved system of navigation safety management that would ensure proper involvement of the ship owner and his resources in the daily work to provide the vessel with necessary procedures and materials for safe navigation throughout the vessel’s life cycle.

The requirement is also being introduced on ensuring ship owners’ liability for damage from the pollution by the ship with oil and petroleum products and for causing harm to the property of physical persons, the property of legal entities, including the infrastructure of the seaport or infrastructure of inland waterways.

Draft 3 would increase administrative liability for commercial carriage of passengers without a license. The law envisages not only fines for a dishonest entrepreneur, but suspension of such an entrepreneur’s activities and suspension of the operation of his watercraft. Obviously, a large percentage of the accidents, including those involving loss of life, are caused by the failure of entrepreneurs in the transport sphere to comply with the legal requirements aimed at reducing casualties and victims of transport accidents and catastrophes.

That applies above all to compliance with the requirements to the operation of means of transport. It has to be noted that carriers who fully comply with the relevant legal regulations tend to find themselves at a disadvantage compared with the agencies that work in the so-called “grey” sector. Non-compliance with the requirements to the operation of technical facilities and other requirements (medical checks, provision of the necessary equipment (GLONASS receivers, tachometers, etc.) allows bad-faith carriers to use lower tariffs for their services compared with law-abiding carriers. There are no effective preventative mechanisms whose use could stop the activities of carriers that violate legislation before dire consequences ensue.

For example, the sanctions envisaged under the Code on Administrative Offenses (an average 2000 roubles for physical persons and 50,000 roubles for legal entities) are incommensurate with the consequences of the violation of normative documents in the field of the carriage of passengers and (or) cargoes without a permit (license).

Criminal liability for engaging in illegal entrepreneurial activities, including those without a license if a license is mandatory, arises only if major damage has been caused to citizens, an organisation or the state or if massive profits are derived from such illegal activities.

Thus it is exceedingly important to adopt the necessary legislation to increase liability for violations of the law, which should help solve the government task of protecting the right of citizens to a safe environment.

In this regard, legislation must envisage the right of state inspectors to detain (suspend the operation) of a transport means that does not meet the safety requirements and to increase fines imposed on those who violate the law.

The proposed changes to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses would increase administrative fines in the following way:

● for citizens and office holders, up to 100,000 roubles;

● for legal entities, between 400,000 and 500,000 roubles.

Sanctions are also envisaged for gross violation of license requirements.

The proposed amendments will make it easier to prevent violations of the law in the field of safety of people on transport.

Draft 4 provides legal regulation of the social relations arising between legal entities or individual entrepreneurs on the one hand, and state and municipal control bodies, on the other hand, during the course of inspection of compliance by legal entities or individual entrepreneurs with the mandatory requirements to transport services.

All types of transport activities for which licensing will be replaced by mandatory insurance are to be included in the list of types of activities that require a declaration of compliance.

The declaration of compliance will make it possible to subsequently effect state control (supervision) of these types of activities.

The verification of the information contained in notifications takes place during the course of scheduled state and municipal control (supervision) through selective inspections on clearly defined grounds and criteria.

 

8. Draft federal law on introducing amendments to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance.

The main aim of the draft law is to fill the gaps in legislation revealed during the analysis of the law enforcement practices and to harmonise the norms of the Code on Administrative Offenses with the provisions of currency legislation.

In order to ensure compliance by residents and non-residents with the provisions of the Federal Law On Currency Regulation and Currency Control (Federal Law No.173-FZ) and enactments of currency regulation bodies adopted in cases stipulated under this federal law, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses formulates the grounds on which administrative punishment may be imposed on residents for violating currency legislation.

Under part 2, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses administrative liability is imposed for violating the established procedure of opening accounts (deposits) with banks outside the territory of the country, which envisages an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of between 1000 and 1500 roubles; on office holders from 5000 to 10,000 roubles and on legal entities from 50,000 to 100,000 roubles.

Since Federal Law No.173-FZ came into force in June 2004 significant amendments and additions have been introduced in it pertaining to the relations between residents and tax authorities over issues concerning the accounts (deposits) referred to in part 1, Article 12 of Federal Law No.173-FZ.

In accordance with amendments to Federal Law No.173-FZ introduced under Federal Law No.90-FZ of July 18 2005 On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation , part 2, Article 12 of Federal Law No.173-FZ stipulates that residents are obliged to notify the tax authorities in the place of their registration of the opening (closure) of accounts (deposits) and change of the numbers of accounts (deposits) not later than one month since the opening (closure) or change of numbers of such accounts (deposits) with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation on a form approved by the federal executive body authorised to control and supervise taxes and levies.

In the opinion of the Ministry of Finance, fine amounts established under the Code on Administrative Offenses for failure by residents to provide notification of the opening of accounts (deposits) with banks outside the territory of the Russian Federation and lack of liability for currency operations involving these accounts (deposits) does not preclude financial transactions aimed at obtaining unreasonable tax benefits.

In this regard, new language is proposed for part 2, Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses. By the same token, the draft law would add a new section to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses that stipulates administrative liability for residents for failure to notify the tax agencies of the opening of accounts (deposits) with banks or the changing account numbers (deposits) with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation. The draft law envisages a differentiated approach in imposing punishment for the said violation setting the lower and upper limits of the administrative fine to individualise punishment with due account depending on the character of the administrative offense, the personality of the offender, his material status and the attenuating or aggravating circumstances.

The proposed amendments to Article 15.25 of the Code on Administrative Offenses meet the task of clear and complete definition of illegal and culpable activities (actions or inaction) of citizens, office holders and legal entities envisaged by the currency legislation of the Russian Federation, which will ensure effective law enforcement in the process of currency control.

Because the draft law introduces administrative liability for new types of offenses, the draft law stipulates that the Federal Law shall come into force 90 days after its official publication, which is necessary for citizens, office holders and legal entities, the officials of the currency control body and officials of currency control agents authorized to draw up statements on administrative offense cases as well as judges to become acquainted with its content.

 

9. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Ministry of Finance

The draft resolution has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance.

The draft would vest the Ministry of Finance with ownership rights with regard to the federal property handed over to federal state institutions and federal state enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation.

The need to introduce the above addition stems from the following provisions of Russian legislation.

The resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation On the Powers of Federal Executive Bodies to Exercise the Right of Ownership with Respect to the Property of a Federal State Unitary Enterprise and  On the Exercise by the Federal Executive Bodies of the Functions and Powers of the Founder of the Federal State Institution establish the procedure of the exercise by the federal executive bodies of the powers of the owner of the property transferred to the federal state institutions and federal state enterprises under their jurisdiction.

Under the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Bodies a federal ministry in the indicated sphere has no right to exercise the functions of control and supervision or the functions of managing state property unless otherwise provided for by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation or by an act of the Government of the Russian Federation.

In addition, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004 No.314 the powers of the federal executive bodies are set forth in the statutes on the said executive bodies.

 

10. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law on the Special Economic Zone in Kaliningrad Region and On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Economic Development.

The draft law would change the procedure of appointing the head of the administration of the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad Region and the procedure of inspecting the activities of SEZ residents.

To enable the authorized agency to monitor the conduct by the SEZ administration of inspections of SEZ residents’ activities a provision is being added that makes it incumbent upon the SEZ administration to submit an annual report on inspections of the activities of residents during the corresponding report year under a procedure and of a form established by the authorized body.

The draft law contains provisions aimed at optimising the administrative procedures in the SEZ, in particular establishing the procedure and timeframe for considering applications for inclusion in the register of SEZ residents and the adoption of a corresponding decision.

 

 

11. Signing an agreement on the procedure for the handover of samples of seized narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Drug Control Service.

The draft executive order approves the draft Agreement on the Procedure for the Handover of  Samples of Seized Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors submitted by the Federal Drug Control Service and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other federal executive bodies concerned and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation.

Furthermore, the draft instructs the Federal Drug Control Service to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Government allowing it to introduce amendments that are not of a fundamental character.

Drug trafficking is part of transnational organised crime and it poses a serious threat to the national security of the CIS member states.

The draft Agreement has been prepared by the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in line with the practice of treaties and legislation of the Russian Federation and international standards in this field.

The main task of the transfer of samples of seized narcotics is to make it possible to compare specimens in order to determine the location and method of their production as well as possible modes and routes of their transportation.

The agreement is subject to ratification pursuant to the Federal Law On the International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

 

12. Signing an agreement on organising an exchange of information for the purpose of performing the analytical and supervisory functions of the customs bodies of the Customs Union member states

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service.

The draft Agreement on Organising an Exchange of Information for the Purpose of Performing the Analytical and Supervisory Functions of the Customs Bodies of the Member States of the Customs Union member states is based on Article 124 of the Customs Code of the Customs Union.

The draft Agreement is called upon to provide the necessary international treaty framework to ensure compliance with and prevent violations of the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the laws of the Customs Union member states, including customs control of goods and means of transport that cross the customs border of the Customs Union.

The signing of the Agreement will enable the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Customs Control Committee of the Finance Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Customs Service to share information from the database of electronic copies of declarations of goods, databases of electronic copies of customs receipt vouchers and databases of electronic copies of preliminary decisions.

 

13. Signing an agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the joint inspection of persons, transport means and goods on the Russian-Ukrainian state border

 

14. Signing an agreement between the Russian Federation and the French Republic on cooperation in the field of child adoption.

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The Treaty stresses that the handover of a child for adoption to another state is only seen as an option if it is impossible to find an adoptive family in the home state.

Under the treaty a child may be adopted from Russia only with the assistance of an authorised organisation. Prospective adoptive parents will be required to go through a period of social and psychological preparation. The treaty sets forth the procedure of the acquisition by the adopted child of the citizenship of the host state and the preservation of the citizenship of the state of origin.

The articles of the Treaty determine the powers of the competent bodies and authorized organisations that will supervise cooperation in the field of child adoption.

The treaty spells out the procedure of adoption and the mechanism of monitoring the living conditions and upbringing of the adopted children.

The treaty regulates the issues involved in the placement of a child to another family as well as making a decision to return the child to the state of origin.

The treaty is subject to ratification under the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.

 

15. Forming an organising committee for the city of Yekaterinburg bid to host the World Universal Exhibition EXPO-2020 (May 1-October 31, 2020)

The draft executive order has been submitted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

The draft envisages the formation of the EXPO-2020 Bid Committee and the Organising Committee for the Bid of the City of Yekaterinburg to host the World Universal EXPO-2020 exhibition. The Organising Committee is necessary in order to coordinate the work of the representatives of federal executive bodies and the organisations concerned during the period of the preparation of the necessary materials for submitting the application of the Russian Federation to the International Exhibition Centre.

 

16. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief for the purpose of liquidating the consequences of the explosion of ammunition at Russian Defence Ministry dumps on May 26, 2011 in the village of Urman (the Republic of Bashkortostan)

 

17. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Dagestan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the compensation for the damage caused by legitimate actions to stop a terrorist act in the village of Kirovaul (Kizil-Yurt District of the Republic of Dagestan) on December 5, 2010.

 

18. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Dagestan budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the compensation for the damage caused by legitimate actions to stop a terrorist act in Karabudahkent District of the Republic of Dagestan on June 1, 2010

 

19. Allocating to the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) budget provisions from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Disaster Relief to finance the liquidation of the aftermath of a flood on the Territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in May 2011

 

Moscow, October 12, 2011

* Press releases by the Department of Press Service and Information are based on the materials submitted by the executive federal bodies for discussion by Government Presidium meeting

 

Moscow, October 12, 2011

* Press releases by the Department of Press Service and Information are based on the materials submitted by the executive federal bodies for discussion by Government Presidium meeting