Press Service Announcements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates current and former workers at Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works on the plant’s 80th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates famous ballet actor, educator and People’s Artist of the USSR Yury Vladimirov on his 70th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Lev Leshchenko, singer and National Artist of Russia, on his 70th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends New Year greetings to foreign heads of state and government

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Yevgeny Plyushchenko on his victory at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs an Executive Order appointing Vladimir Ostrovenko Chief of the Prime Minister’s Government Protocol, Deputy Chief of the Government Staff, releasing him from his previous duties

Vladimir Putin sends birthday message to President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates People’s Artist of the RSFSR Eduard Martsevich on his 75th birthday

Vladimir Putin sends greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the third official presentation of the Russian professional cycling team Katusha

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Moscow’s Romen Music and Drama Theatre on its 80th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian figure skating pairs Maxim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar; Yury Larionov and Vera Bazarova; and Fyodor Klimov and Kseniya Stolbovaya on their brilliant success at the European Championship in Sheffield

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Ministry employees on their professional holiday, Rescuer Day

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates St Petersburg and Leningrad Region residents on the 68th anniversary of lifting the siege

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of greetings to delegates and guests of the 7th Conference of the Miners’ and Metallurgical Workers’ Union of Russia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Omurbek Babanov on his appointment as Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kyrgyz President Almaz Atambayev over the telephone

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates REN TV on its 20th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin calls Vitaly Maslov, a 25-year-old CP patient from Novokuznetsk during his flight from Kemerovo

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on his 50th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates actress Lyudmila Savelyeva, People’s Artist of Russia, on her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates theatre and cinema actor, People’s Artist of Russia Anatoly Ravikovich on his 75th birthday

Vladimir Putin sends greetings to participants and guests of the 20th International Educational Christmas Readings: Education and Morality as a Concern of the Church, Society and the State

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak and all athletes, coaches, former players, and numerous fans on the 65th anniversary of Russian ice hockey

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates composer and teacher Vadim Bibergan, People’s Artist of Russia, on his 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates current and former workers in the energy industry on their professional holiday, Energy Workers’ Day

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates animation film director and artist Leonid Nosyrev on his 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of congratulations to Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov on the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Vladimir Khotinenko, film director, screenwriter and People’s Artist of Russia, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Lenenergo Power Co. current and former workers on the 125th anniversary of St Petersburg’s and the Leningrad Region’s power grid

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Rimas Tuminas, Artistic Director of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs on its 20th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of condolence to the family of People’s Artist of the RSFSR Yevgeny Zharikov over the film actor’s death

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates current and former employees at the State Kremlin Palace on its 50th anniversary

Vladimir Putin congratulates Tamara Gverdtsiteli, singer, People’s Artist of Russia, on her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the Russian Paralympic Committee on its 15th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message to ballet dancer and People’s Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Semenyaka on her 50th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs Executive Order No 2199-r of December 7, 2011, on approving a list of essential medicines for 2012

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approves the new division of duties among first deputy prime ministers, deputy prime ministers and the minister heading the Government Executive Office

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of greetings to participants in the 11th Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Fair “Ladya. A Winter fairytale 2011”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates stage and screen actress, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, Marina Neyolova on her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates famous traveler Fyodor Konyukhov on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends Christmas greetings to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the writer Yuri Mamleyev on his 80th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates the players and coaches of the Russian youth hockey team on winning silver medals in the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum, on his birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes ballet-master, People’s Artist of the USSR Yuri Grigorovich, a happy 85th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates current and former workers at Russia’s Social Insurance Fund on the fund’s 20th anniversary

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulates Sergei Shakurov, famous theatre and film actor, and People’s Artist of the RSFSR, on his 70th birthday

Vladimir Putin sends his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the Twenty-Fourth Glinka International Vocal Contest