Izvestiya - the talks between Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese head Hu Jintao

President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday sacked governor Tver region Dmitry Zelenin. Several spin doctors believe that this may be connected with his failure last year's election campaign. Rosstat for the first time this year has registered the zero week (between June 7 and 14) inflation. The prices since the start of June have increased by 0.1 percent, and since the start of the year-- by 4.8 percent. *1,5). The Economic Development Ministry and the Finance Ministry have worked out a new procedure of state purchases that will considerably complicate the life of departments that like for budget money to buy gold beds, elite brandy and cigars. The document may be submitted to the gvt already next month. In english language interview new Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Lavrov examines the main document provisions. The newspaper examines the economic and financial crisis in Belarus, where the local rubles have turned into trash. The talks between President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese head Hu Jintao on Thursday did not yield any positive results . They failed to come to an agreement on the price of gas. Izvestiya does not give up hope that the agreement will be reached. The Renault-Nissan alliance's negotiations on acquiring control over AvtoVAZ have entered the concluding stage. Nissan Motor Co. is willing to pay up to $1 billion for 25 percent of shares Russian auto producer, Japanese business publication Nikkei reported.
Sberbank is willing to become a privatization consultant of the Belarussian gvt. The negotiations have been on over the recent several months, but when they will end is not clear, Sberbank head German Gref reported. The cellular operator Vimpelcom ( Bee-Line) has issued a special tariff proposal for one of its key corporate client - the Interior Department of the Moscow region. Izvestiya examines the main specific feature of the tariff. In an interview Rector of the Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuzminov examines the key proposals prepared by groups of experts to introduce additional provisions to "Srategy-2020". The International Energy Agency (MEA) has sharply raised the forecast of oil prices that up to 2015 will amount on the average to $103 per barrel. Izvestiya english comments on the forecast. An unpleasant surprise by the opening of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum was presented by the Russian stock market on Wednesday when the indices began to fall intensively, and on Thursday increased their fall. Thus, in a day the stock indices lost about 1.5 percent. The fall hit all world exchanges. About 20 000 hectares of forests in the Moscow region have been affected by the beetle- koroyed (?) The fate of the forest in the Moscow region now depends on weather conditions.