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PM Makes Last Efforts to Toughen Control
At the yesterday’s meeting of government, Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov resumed his hard-line style of ruling the cabinet in particular and economy in general. Zubkov lashed out at RAO UES CEO Anatoly Chubais and ordered to toughen the state control, ranging from the introduction of export duties on fertilizers to the state control over food prices.
Zubkov focused on global tasks yesterday – his prime concern was elaborating the social and economic concept of the country’s development till 2020. The document is to be passed in May, as it will help “make a breakthrough in all directions of economy and really affect the lives and welfare of the nation.”
Not confining to economy’s future, Zubkov initiated a row during the meeting, lambasting not only the economic bloc of the government but also some state companies, most of all RAO UES of Russia, including its chief Anatoly Chubais.
The prime minister apparently stakes on direct involvement in economy. Having done with RAO UES, Economic Development Ministry and Finance Ministry, Zubkov returned to the order of business, which highlight was the report of Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeev. In an effort to narrow export opportunities of fertilizer exporters, the prime minister ordered to impose export duties of 8.5 percent to 9 percent. The bureaucrats have two or three days to pass the respective ruling so that it could take effect in April of 2008.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Mar. 07, 2008
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