Subject: POSTFACTUM NEWS 06.10.93
From: Relis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 21:17:33 +0200
Newsgroups: relcom.politics

POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 06/10/93  21.00 					  
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     	RUSSIAN  PRIVATE  FARMERS  SUPPORT  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND INTEND TO TAKE PART IN THE ELECTIONS
     		October   6   during  a  press  conference  given  by  the
Association of the peasant and private farmer producers of Russia
and  by  Yury  Chernichenko,  the Charman of the Peasant Party of
Russia,  it  was  said that the farmers of the Russian Federation
were in support of the president of the Russian Federation and of
the  government  of  the  Russian Federation. In the words of the
participants  of  the  press conference, cargoes have arrived and
continue  to arrive in Moscow of agricultural produce  which have
been donated by farmers from many regions of the country.
     	The  participants  of  the  same press conference also said
that  the  provate  farmer movement of the Russian Federation has
increased  this  year  their  contribution  to the national gross
agricultural  product  to  the  value  of 6 percent, as against 1
percent - the figure which, they claimed, was the share in 1992.
     	Answering   questions  of  "PF"  correspondent  about   the
participation  of  peasant and private farmer associations in the
announced  and  coming  elections,  the participants of the press
conference  declared that both the Association of the peasant and
private  farmer  producers,  and  the Peasant Party of Russia had
taken  the  decision to join the Choice of Russia election block.
The influence of the private farmer associations on the political
power   of   the   Russian   Federation  should  be  considerably
increasing,  in  the  opinion  of  those  who  spoke at the press
conference.
     	Commenting   on   the  current  political  situation,  Yury
Chernichenko  noted  that "now when the forces of reaction are in
the  state  of  knock-out,  the  president  and government of the
Russian Federation should take the land forever from the Soviets,
to  eliminate  the  Agrarian  Union  headed  by  Starodubtsev, an
Emergency   Committee  member,  and  to  introduce  full  private
property for land."
     		RECONSTRUCTION  OF  THE  WHITE  HOUSE  WILL COST SCORES OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
     		October  6  the 4th meeting of the commission was held for
transferring the ownership of the buildings of the former Supreme
Soviet of the Russian Federation to the government of the Russian
Federation.  The  commission  is  headed  by  Yury  Yarov, a vice
premier  of  the  government  of  the Russian Federation. As "PF"
correspondent  was  told by Yevgeny Karmanov, an aid of Mr.Yarov,
the commission will be working for another forty five days.  They
will  have  to  resolve  a number of matters to take stock of the
property,  to transfer the rights and to arrange for the security
services.   Besides, they will have to review the national status
of  certain buildings of the former Supreme Soviet of the Russian
Federation whose personnel considered matters which are parallell
to  problems  considered in the government. Mr.Karmanov told "PF"
that  the repairs of the White House will cost scores of millions
of dollars.
     
     	THE  FOOD  COMMISSION  OF  THE  COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION HAS HELD ITS MEETING
     	October  6 the food commission of the Council  of Ministers
of  the Russian Federation has held its meeting to condsider food
procurement  for  the  yerar  1994  as well as customs duties and
exposrt quotas for foods and agricultural produce. The commission
was  chaired  by  Alexander  Zaveryukha,  a  vice premeier of the
government of the Russian Federation.
     	As  it  was  learnt by "PF" from well-informed sources, the
members  of  the  meeting  paid  great  attention to the problems
related to protecting the home market against  grain import other
food  imports  and  to arranging for specific instruments of this
protection. 
     
     	DMITRY  TULIN;  THE  CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA IS SURPRISED AT
THE REPERCUSSIONS CAUSED BY THE PUBLISHIHNG OF THE INSTRUCTION ON
BANNING FOREIGN CURRENCIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
     	October  6  the press were addressed by Dmitry Tulin of the
Central  Bank  who  said the instruction was in accord to the law
"On  the  Bank". It is , he said , in conformity with the general
economic,  financial  and monetory policy of this state  and is a
logical  continuation  of the casue of strengthening the national
currency.   He  said  he  was  surprised  at the reaction  of the
public. He said the instruction will change little in the life of
private  citizens  or  enterprises since the rule does not affect
the conditions for accumulating the hard currency. But one is not
going  to  be  able  to  pay  in shops except in roubles in cash.
Starting  January  1  it  is  going  to be either roubles cash or
credit  cards  in  hard currency. He said this step will make the
rouble stronger in the long perspective.