The meeting focused on the need for effective spending of budgetary funds as well as funds allocated from non-budgetary sources for the purposes of development. Vladimir Putin stressed the need for a design approach as part of the comprehensive development of these areas.
The meeting was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin, Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Anton Vaino, Transport Minister Igor Levitin, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Minister of Natural Resources Yury Trutnev, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu.