Izvestiya - T-50 that is being designed by KB "Sukhoi" together with the Indian HAL

The fighter T-50 is being designed by KB "Sukhoi" together with the Indian HAL company is undergoing tests in Zhukovsky ( Moscow region ) Mikhail Pogosyan, head the United Aircraft-Building corporation, demonstrated the fighter to India's Deputy Defense Minister Kanvar Singh (Sp?. Delhi, the strategic partner of Moscow in the sphere of military technical cooperation, was invited to take part in the project way back in 2007. Izvestiya describes a new contract on the design of a new plane was signed between them in December of 2010. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Wednesday met representatives of the All-Russia People's Front to tell them about the specific features of compiling the budget-2012. Kudrin explained to them why it was impossible to increase the expenditure. Izvestiya examines what Kudrin told them about the budget. People with limited physical possibilities will receive their own television channel that will work already since August. Izvestiya describes the project. Almost all segments of the Russian industry of entertainments and mass media in 2010 were on the rise, PricewaterhouseCoopers experts have calculated. Among those who still have problems are sound-recording companies, the business press and consumer and educative literature. Izvestiya examines the situation on this market. The Russian leading supplier of medicines - the Protek company - has found itself among dishonest deliveries - it has failed to fulfill the contract worth less than 80 thousands rubles. Izvestiya examines its position now. Forty percent of all pharmacies may disappear in Russia by the end of this year, and medicines in the remaining ones will go up in price by 10 percent, the Russian Association of Pharmacy Networks warn. The reason is the insurance fees that have been raised this year. Izvestiya says a new appeared in case of a mysterious death of 20-year-old top-model Ruslana Korshunova. Her acquaintance producer Peter Pomerantsev has conducted his own investigation of the incident and has made his conclusion: the sect "Roza Mira" has driven the girl to suicide.
Another draft bill on a transfer of part of New Year holidays to the beginning of May has been submitted to the State Duma. The difference of this initiative from the previous ones is its economic basing. In the opinion of its author, such a transfer will allow the budget to save 840 billion rubles. Dmitry Medvedev at his meeting with Prosecutor General Yury Chaika reported he had signed the law on imposing multiple fines for bribery. Izvestiya examines the main provisions of this anti-corruption legislation. Izvestiya tried to make the situation clear what happened in the air above the aerodrome Chkalovsky when the liner Tu-154B-2 that lost piloting only by miracle landed successfully. All specialists are unanimous in one: the pilots have performed a heroic deed. Izvestiya describes new version details the operation to liquidate bin Laden. He was shot in front of his 12-year-old daughter. In an english version interview Colonel Alexander Gorbunov, the Commandant of the Lenin Mausoleum, talks about how the Mausoleum was guarded in 1933 and about how it is being guarded today. In an interview Nino Burdjanadze, the Georgian opposition leader, talks about the political crisis in the country, focusing on its relations with Russia. The G-8 summit in Normandy under the chairmanship of France will take place today and tomorrow. The story examines its agenda, focusing on President Dmitry Medvedev's bilateral planned meetings. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin on Wednesday met with chief executive director Shell British- Dutch corporation Peter Vozer (Sp? ). One of the discussed themes was the prospect of cooperation in the sphere of development the Arctic shelf. Pyotr Aksyonov, Moscow Construction Department First Deputy Head, reported almost 500 000 new parking places will appear in Moscow by the end of 2011. Izvestiya comments on his statement. The first Supplement is devoted to Azerbaijan that over the recent several years has enlarged its social programs. The second Supplement is Financial Izvestiya. The first common technical by-law has been worked out for the countries of the Customs Union. The story examines its skey provisions.
In an interview Izvestiya illegal gambling businessman Ivan Nazarov, whose arrest was substituted for his agreement not to leave the country, talks about his former gambling business and about his colleagues without giving their names. Gazprom has assured the gvt that the improvement of its production and commercial activity will yield the Russian budget additionally 207 billion rubles. Such promises in the monopoly are given for the sake of stopping the Finance Ministry insisting on raising the rate of tax on extracting mineral resources. The state increased revenues are needed by the Finance Ministry for receiving a well-balanced budget for the next three years. Representatives from the Supreme Arbitration Court and the Finance Ministry this week are expected to decide the fate of the document that has been worked out for the second decade already - it is the bill concerning the bankruptcy of individuals, the work on which is close to completion. Izvestiya examines its conflicting provisions. President Dmitry Medvedev in his residence in Gorki on Tuesday met with Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev and his seven deputies, including the recently appointed ones - Alexander Gorovoi and Igor Alyoshin. Izvestiya features the meeting, focusing on Medvedev's remarks and recommendations. Inteko head Yelena Baturina is suing her first cousin Igor Vardanya. President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday met with his special representative in charge of the African countries Mikhail Margelov, who recently returned from Libya. In an interview Izvestiya Margelov told it about his trip and about his meeting the Libyan leader. The euro the fate of which worries the financial public so much has begun this week with a rise. Izvestiya cites figures to illustrate the point, saying why this rise has become possible. The Finance Ministry that has been commissioned to crack down on the budget deficit has initiated the cuts of expenditure on national defense and security. Minister Alexei Kudrin earlier stated his intention by 2013 to narrow the hole in the Treasury up to 2 percent of gross domestic product ( in 2010 - 4.1 percent ). The concrete proposals on cutting expenses in the Defense Ministry were prepared by a special gvt session in early June. Izvestiya examines results of the session discussion. The number of European tourists in Russia this year has considerably decreased. Izvestiya cites figures to illustrate the point, saying what foreign tourists fear in Russia. The gvt intends to limit the sale of codeine-containing pain-killing medical preparations in pharmacies, and the limits will take effect already on Aug. 1. Izvestiya examines how pharmaceutical companies react to this measure. The Economic Development Ministry and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FASS) have differing approaches to the issue concerning the state order (or state purchases). Both department will draft their improved amendments in the federal law on state purchases, FAS head Igor Artemyev stated. As many as 2000 policemen will be fired from the Interior Ministry's Department of Non-Departmental Guard, the staff of which today is 6000 people. Izvestiya describes the reforms of this department. Despite problems with the payments for electricity delivered to Belarus, Inter RAO itself paid to the Belarussian Belenergo state concern. The money was transferred for a 50 percent share in a joint venture will deal with the export of electricity from Russia to Europe. Izvestiya examines this joint venture. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin at the session of the gvt presidium on Wednesday reported to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about the course of the gvt administration reform that is in full swing. Izvestiya examines what Kudrin told Putin.