ITAR-TASS News Agency
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April 14, 2005 Thursday 1:05 AM Eastern Time

Russia govt to consider 4 bills, accords with Armenia, Yemen

By Natalya Slavina

MOSCOW

The government of the Russian Federation meets here Thursday to
consider four Federal bills, with the one about a Special Economic
Area in Kaliningrad Region being the main of them. A report on the
subject is to be made by Gherman Gref, Minister of Economic
Development and Trade (MEDT), a government press service official has
told Itar-Tass.

Gref is also to brief the Cabinet on another two bills. The MEDT
suggests that the government approve ratification of agreements
between Russia and Armenia, as well as the one between Russia and the
Republic of Yemen on the encouragement and mutual protection of
capital investments.

Vladimir Yakunin, Deputy Minister of Justice, is to present his
proposals on a bill about State registration of the charters of
municipal entities.

Alexander Sokolov, Minister of Culture and Mass Communication Media,
is to speak on an item concerning the allocation of resources to the
Ministry from the govenrment’s reserve fund.

The Cabinet is also expected to decide on the allocation of the
government’s reserve-fund resources for the prevention and
elimination of the aftermath of emergencies and natural calamities in
the Chechen Republic and Kaliningrad Region. Ruslan Tsalikov, Deputy
Minister for Emergencies, is to speak on the subject. The
government’s meeting is expected to be chaired by Prime Minister
Mikhail Fradkov.