Press Service Announcements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants in the Ninth National Conference of Representatives of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses “SMEs as a Major Factor of Social Stability and Economic Development during Economic Downtur

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia on May 16

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Mr Madhav Kumar Nepal on the occasion of his election as Prime Minister of Nepal

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated director, Professor of the Russian Academy of Dramatic Art Leonid Kheifets on his 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Federal Republic of Germany

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated People's Artist of Russia Tatiana Samoilova on her 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to pay a working visit to Finland on June 3

Prime Minister Putin congratulated the actor Leonid Kanevsky on his 70th birthday

On May 19, 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order № 691-r approving the Programme for Promoting Competition in the Russian Federation in 2009-2012 and an action plan to implement the Programme

Prime Minister Putin congratulated the well-known Soviet artist F.S. Khitruk on his birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a letter of congratulations to Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on his Name Day

Prime Minister Putin congratulated the employees of Arkhangelskoe Estate State Museum on the 90th anniversary of the museum's establishment

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulating her on the 60th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany and the West German Constitution

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart Kostas Karamanlis

On May 28, 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Minsk

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the 8th Congress of the Russian Builders’ Union

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated film director Gleb Panfilov, People's Artist of Russia, on his 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated People’s Artist of the USSR Donatas Banionis on his 85th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated writer Boris Vasilyev, USSR State Prize winner, on his 85th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the family of deceased ballet dancer Yekaterina Maksimova

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family and friends of Oleg Yankovsky, People's Artist of the USSR, on his death

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 356, dated April 22, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Roman Kartsev, People’s Artist of Russia, on his birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 352, dated April 22, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the delegates and guests of the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia

Vladimir Putin signed Resolution On Introducing Amendments to Certain Russian Federation Government Acts on Improving the Procedure of Consumers' Technological Connection to Electrical Power Grids

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated singer Alla Boyanova, People’s Artist of Russia, on her birthday

Vladimir Putin signed Resolution №355 of April 22, 2009

On May 16, Prime Minister Putin will hold talks in Sochi with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 502-r of April 20, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the 6th Kaluga Investment Forum

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 509-r of April 21, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a letter of greetings to Lev Dodin, artistic director of the Maly Drama Theatre – the Theatre of Europe, congratulating him on his birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Government Resolution No. 322, dated April 15, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Sochi on May 15

Vladimir Putin appointed Yury Reilyan Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation

On May 19, 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg, who will visit Moscow upon Mr Putin's invitation

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent birthday greetings to Vitaly Ignatenko, General Director of the Itar-TASS News Agency

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the players and coaches of the Russian national ice hockey team on winning the 2009 IIHF World Championship

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of congratulations to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Easter Sunday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered his condolences to the friends and relatives of Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Yesipovsky on his tragic death

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Alla Pugacheva on her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Ulan Bator on May 13, 2009, upon invitation by Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Gordon Bajnai on his election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the family and friends of Hero of the Soviet Union Army General Valentin Varennikov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Madeleine Druon on the demise of her husband, writer Maurice Druon, a member of the French Academy

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

Vladimir Putin signed Government Resolution № 321

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal

Prime Mnister Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Koval Head of the Federal Service for Insurance Supervision