Press Service Announcements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent greetings to actor Boris Shcherbakov, People’s Artist of Russia, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a telephone conversation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the Moskovsky Komsomolets editorial team on the 90th anniversary of the newspaper’s establishment

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs Government Resolution No. 1074 of December 23, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Hermitage Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky on his 65th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs Government Executive Order No. 2052-r of December 23, 2009 on awarding government prizes in culture for 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent birthday greetings to Alisa Freindlikh, People’s Artist of the Soviet Union, actress at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St Petersburg

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends message of greetings to accordion player Yuri Kazakov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the conference, Modernisation of the Russian Economy: The Role of Development Institutions, timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of Vnesheconombank

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on his appointment

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the residents of the Orenburg Region on the 265th anniversary of the founding of the Orenburg Guberniya (Province) and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Orenburg Region

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the staff and veterans of the environmental safety service

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Perm Territory Governor Oleg Chirkunov in connection with the tragedy in the city of Perm.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends birthday greetings to celebrated Bolshoi dancer Nadezhda Gracheva

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to the family and friends of Vyacheslav Tikhonov, stage and screen actor, People’s Artist of the USSR, on his passing

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends birthday greetings to heart surgeon Leo Bokeria

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the 75th anniversary of the territory’s founding

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of greetings to the Ogonyok magazine’s editorial staff and readers on its 110th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message to Atomflot, congratulating the team on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first nuclear icebreaker Lenin

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the Director of the Phthisiopulmonology Research Institute and Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Mikhail Perelman on his 85th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the attendees of a meeting devoted to the 220th anniversary of the Tauride Palace

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends birthday greetings to People's Artist of Russia Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to the faculty and student body of St Petersburg State University of Railway Engineering on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the university

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has congratulated Smena editorial office on the 90th anniversary of publishing the paper’s first issue

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the Third World Congress of Compatriots

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talks with Ukrainian counterpart

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the Kommersant Publishing House on the occasion of two anniversaries: one celebrating a hundred years since the newspaper’s first issue and one celebrating 20 years since its rebirth

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates military personnel, veterans, scientists, designers, workers and specialists on the 50th anniversary of establishing the Strategic Missile Force

In accordance with the executive order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Russian government has established an emergency recovery commission for the Nevsky Express railway disaster

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of condolence to the family and friends of Yegor Gaidar on his passing

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko and wished her a happy birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message to Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Masimov congratulating him on the country’s national holiday, Independence Day

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a number of executive orders of the Russian Government

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Yves Leterme on his appointment as Prime Minister of Belgium

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the well-known opera singer and musician, People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Voroshilo, on his 65th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Georgy Boos, Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, to discuss the implementation of orders and tasks following Mr Putin’s recent visit to Kaliningrad

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Yefim Pivovar, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued Executive Order No. 1897-r of December 10, 2009, appointing Dmitry Gogin Head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences on the death of astronaut and designer Konstantin Feoktistov, Hero of the Soviet Union

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 1907-r of December 10, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wished a happy 75th birthday to People’s Artist of Russia and actor of the Chekhov Art Theatre in Moscow Viktor Sergachyov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 1898-r of December 10, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wished a happy 80th birthday to People’s Artist of the USSR and General Director of the Russian State Academic Maly Theatre Viktor Korshunov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 1896-r of December 10, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent greetings to all those attending the International Pure Water Forum

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 1895-r of December 10, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao following the gas explostion at the Xinxing coal mine