Press Service Announcements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to attend a meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Member-States, scheduled to be held October 29-30, 2008 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan

On Monday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Government Executive Order amending Government Executive Order which contains a list of approved construction projects and finished facilities for state and federal needs for 2008, and for the 2009-2010 period

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor al Thani

The Russian Government has approved amendments to acts concerning federal executive agencies’ duties in the development of small and medium-size businesses

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences on the death of opera singer Muslim Magomayev

To ensure ecological security and compliance with Russian environmental legislation during preparations for the 22nd Winter Olympic Games Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a number of arrangements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya on her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Gennady Kurzenkov head of the Federal Air Transport Agency

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued an executive order appointing Ivan Materov Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dismissed Yevgeny Bachurin from his post as head of the Federal Air Transport Agency

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to His Excellency Yehude Simon Munaro on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Peru

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Ilham Aliyev on his re-election as the President of Azerbaijan

Prime Minister of the Chinese State Council Wen Jiabao will visit Moscow by invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on October 27-29, 2008

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved amendments to the Government Resolution On the Management of the National Welfare Fund

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the Artistic Director of the Moscow State Lenkom Theatre, Mark Zakharov, with a jubilee

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution on establishing a Council of General and Chief Designers, Leading Scientists and Experts in the High-Tech Sector under the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Yuri Borodin Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for State Border Infrastructure Development