Kommersant English - The intermediate results of fulfillment president's commissions

The intermediate results of the fulfillment president's commissions as of April 2 concerning the exclusion prime minister deputies and of ministers from the board of directors of state-AO were presented to Dmitry Medvedev. The task during the work was additionally complicated. Mohannad, the last notorious mercenary of Arab origin fighting in the North Caucasus , was killed outside Kurchaloi in Chechnya on Thursday. Transdnestr leader Igor Smirnov stayed in Moscow on Thursday and Friday when he was received by Kremlin administration head Sergei Naryshkin. The Kremlin even did not try to conceal the unpleasant character of the negotiations for Smirnov, stating that he was invited " for a talk". Kommersant English explained why the talk was really unpleasant for Smirnov. Prosecutor General Yury Chaika on Friday introduced new head Alexander Anikin to the staff of the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office. Anikin before this appointment created and headed an anti- corruption board of the Prosecutor's Office of Russia. Besides that, Chaika in the Moscow region dismissed the prosecutors of Niginsk and Klin - Vladimir Glebov and Eduard Kaplun.
The Presidium of the United Russia General Council endorsed Acting Secretary Presidium Sergei Neverov to the post of head party's Central Election Headquarters. Kommersant English examines the Presidium's priority tasks. The third package of amendments to the anti-monopoly legislation will be submitted to the gvt during the next two weeks, FAS head Igor Artemyev stated. Instead of the promised liberalization, the draft bill makes new demands on exchange trading, and also intensifies the anti-monopoly regulation of electrical energy market. Artemyev also announced the new priorities of FAS. Famed actor and producer Mikhail Kazakov died from cancer in a hospital in Israel at the age of 76. UN Secretary - General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday completed his three-day visit to Moscow. On Friday morning he met with foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and then held negotiations with President Dmitry Medvedev. Photo caption, Kommersant english report.