Press Service Announcements

Vladimir Putin signed a Resolution on establishing a Governmental Commission on Regional Development

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the editorial staff of the Ekonomika i Zhizn weekly on its 90th anniversary

Vladimir Putin approved the Guidelines for the Activities of the Russian Government through 2012 and a list of projects on implementation of the Guidelines for the Activities of the Russian Government through 2012

Vladimir Putin congratulated veterans of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Armed Forces' General Staff on Military Intelligence Officer's Day

Vladimir Putin approved a Concept for the Long-Term Social and Economic Development of Russia through 2020

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the 2nd Assembly of the Russian World

Vladimir Putin signed the Russian Government's decree on establishing a minimum subsistence level per capita and on major socio-demographic groups of the population in the Russian Federation as a whole for the first and second quarters of 2008

Vladimir Putin signed a Government resolution On Export Customs Duty Rates for Crude Oil and Individual Categories of Oil Products Exported from the Russian Federation outside the Limits of Signatories to the Customs Union Agreement

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the employees and veterans of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation regarding their professional holiday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Artur Rasizade on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan

On November 19, 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree No 1696-r

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

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Konstantin Chaika deputy head of the Federal Customs Service

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

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Nikolai Varlamov State Secretary, deputy head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service

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

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Sergei Savelyev deputy head of the Federal Space Agency

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

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated People’s Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov on his 80th anniversary

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

Vladimir Putin congratulated the personnel of Russia's gas producer Novatek for launching the second phase of facilities at Yurkharovskoye gas condensate field and the Purovsk gas condensate processing plant

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

Vladimir Putin appointed Andrei Yurin chairman of the Federal Fund for Mandatory Health Insurance

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

Vladimir Putin approved a programme for Russia’s expatriates in 2009-2011

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

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the 32nd World Sambo Championships

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

Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No 819 of November 7, 2008, On Granting Subsidies to the Budgets of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation in Order to Eliminate Inter-Territorial Cross-Subsidisation in the Power Sector

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 approved a plan to preserve the ensemble of the Kizhi Churchyard, and develop the infrastructure of the State Historical, Architectural, and Ethnographic Open-Air Museum “Kizhi"

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

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a Government Resolution to endorse the Rules for Granting the Russian Federation's State Guarantees in Foreign Currency for State Support of Exports of industrial goods

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 send a message of congratulations to Borut Pahor on his election as prime minister of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia

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

On the 28th of January Vladimir Putin will take part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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

On November 14, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to Moldova

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

Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Cambodian Independence Day

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

Vladimir Putin approved the body of the Government Commission on the Development of Electric Power

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

On November 12, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen will visit Russia on the invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

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

On November 10-13, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will visit Russia on the invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

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

Vladimir Putin approved an action plan to stabilize the financial sector and other areas of the national economy drawn up on the Russian President’s directive

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