Press Service Announcements

Vladimir Putin sent a message to Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, congratulating him on his appointment

Vladimir Putin congratulated Yury Temirkanov, artistic director of St Petersburg’s Shostakovich Philharmonic, on his 70th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed sympathy over the death of outstanding cellist Valentin Berlinsky

Vladimir Putin has signed Executive Order 1734-r, dated November 22, 2008, approving Russia's Transport Strategy through 2030

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to the winners of the Environmental Project of the Year award, established by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection

Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to the chairmen of Muslim spiritual boards of Russia on the occasion of the Kurban-Bairam (Id al-Adha) holiday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Pavel Kogan on its 65th anniversary

Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to the Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Bouasone Bouphavanh, congratulating him on Laos’s National Day – the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the LPDR

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message to the People’s Artist of Russia, composer and musician Andrei Makarevich, congratulating him on his 55th birthday

Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Austria’s Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, congratulating him on taking office

Vladimir Putin sent a message to Natalya Solzhenitsyna on the occasion of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s 90th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to the widow and sons of Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District Pyotr Latyshev in connection with his death

Vladimir Putin signed Resolution On Measures to Stimulate the Housing Construction Market in 2008-2009.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order establishing an Organising Committee to prepare and mark the centennial of the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow

Vladimir Putin endorsed the programme of state guarantees for free healthcare services to Russian citizens in 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order to set up an embassy of the Russian Federation in the State of Brunei Darussalam in 2008

Vladimir Putin appointed Pavel Novikov to the post of Deputy Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 863 on November 19, 2008, Introducing Amendments to the Federal Auditing Rules (Standards) Endorsed by Resolution No. 696 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Dated September 23, 2002

Vladimr Putin appointed Sergei Sitnikov Head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 1754-r setting out the procedure for designing and building the Baltic Pipeline System-2 (in two stages), which will run from Unecha to Ust-Luga