A recent spring inundation destroyed winter crops in 200,000 hectares, and the vast area is in for another sowing at an urgent pace. The situation does not alarm President Rakhimov, however. The flood did not bring whatever accidents, and is past its peak now. Last winter came off without electricity switched off or any other emergencies, and that matters most, he said.
Mr. Rakhimov also informed the Russian president that they plan in the republic to build 1.5 million square meters of dwellings, including 400 thousand in the republic's capital city Ufa.
The population of the republic is rather well to do, said the Bashkortostan leader. According to him the positive trends emerged last year continue in the first quarter of 2004. Nearly all the branches of the economy have shown grows. Though the oil-refinery did not due to the economic situation in general.
