The fifth meeting of the President of Russia took place in the Kremlin Vladimir Putin And the president of Belarus Alexandra Lukashenko. The heads of state announced the coordination 28 roadmaps of integrationwho should now be approved at the meeting Supreme State Council of the Union State (approximately it will take place in November). We are talking about the parameters of the economic, but not the political integration of the two countries – the creation of a single energy gas market and the total payment space, a single macroeconomic policy (there is no talk of the introduction of a single currency yet). The opinions of observers regarding signed Integration cards Separated. Some believe that Lukashenko I received what I wanted (quite specific money in exchange for so far not very intelligible promises), others – that Russia is now extremely difficult to politically integrate Belarus, but the economic dependence in which Lukashenko It falls after signing Integration cardsequivalent to the complete loss of sovereignty. And if in the future there is a high probability of creating a single body of political administration in the form of the Union Parliament of the two countries, then in the present Russian SPRK S-400 Already entered combat duty in the Belarusian Grodno.
To the other news of the week:
-in the political agenda, the topic of enlargement of the regions and administrative reconstruction is again relevant. Thus, insiders report that the unification of the Kurgan and Tyumen regions, as well as the accession of the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO) to the Khabarovsk Territory, looks quite likely. Let me remind you that it was such a scheme for the enlargement of the regions back in April of this year that the Deputy Prime Minister voiced Marat Khusnullin. Despite the multiplying rumors, the issue of the unification of Moscow and the Moscow region is not worth it into a single agglomeration on the agenda (the mayor of the capital publicly opens against such an association Sergey Sobyanin). Observers tend to believe that rumors about the enlargement of subjects are an attempt to create post-commercial tension and concern not only Moscow and Moscow Region, but also St. Petersburg with the Leningrad Region;
-In regions there are a high level of social discontent due to the lack of conditions for the growth of the well-being of citizens. Financial disorder caused that Already about 40% of Russians Ready to work for “gray wages.” A difficult economic situation in the country creates the prerequisites for the growth of protest activity (protest moods are predominantly characterized by low income respondents);
-You are a third of the Governor’s Corps fulfilled the order of the head of state and held the “direct lines” with the population (the “peak of activity” came in August, when nineteen such straight lines took place). Among all the federal districts, the Southern Federal District is distinguished, there only the Governor of the Volgograd Region did not fulfill the presidential order Andrey Bocharov;
–Central Bank Once again I raised the key rate by 0.25 B.P. up to 6.75% per annum. The decision of the regulator to increase the key rate was no surprise (by the end of this year, the key rate may exceed 7% per annum).
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