VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
“Support from Russian citizens has always helped us, and I’m confident that the government’s future line-up will rely on the people. We must never forget about the needs of ordinary people. We must always remember how government-level decisions influence the lives of all ordinary Russian citizens.”
"The troubleshooting plan proposed by such an influential company as Magna has been recognised as the best possible option for investors and, even more so, for Opel employees in Germany and other countries. That is essential. I am interested in it, to an extent, because Opel has two plants in Russia."
"As for purchasing Opel stock, I want to make it understood from the start that the Russian Government is not directly involved but approves Sberbank's participation in the transaction. This is primarily because Sberbank is one of the largest creditors of the Russian automotive industry and has long-established contacts with it."
"VEB loans made it possible to prevent selling cheaply strategic Russian industrial assets which had been mortgaged abroad. We earmarked $50 billion for the purpose initially but we made do with $10.5 billion, and even that sum has been partly paid."
"The bank started funding the 21st new project. The projects are related to infrastructure development, high technologies, and new industrial plants - in particular, the modernisation of Siberian and Far Eastern railways; the establishment of technology parks in Tatarstan and the Kaluga Region; the reconstruction of several power plants, and work in the entire energy industry. The bank also joined the investors in Olympic construction in Sochi."
"Oil and gas producing companies have indicated several times that without guaranteed access to pipelines they will not be able to foster the rational use of transit gas. I think that such a guarantee will appear. But that means that in the near future, let us say by 2012, we must realise our plans for the amount of gas burnt in flares not to exceed 5%."
"When considering the future development of the consumer industry, we must give ourselves real, achievable aims, carefully weighing up our options, and not knowingly making promises that we cannot fulfil. I will now identify what I consider to be two key problems. The first is the struggle against illegal imports, a problem I mentioned earlier, and black market production. To this day counterfeit production occupies 40% of the market. Here I am also including smuggled goods. it's vital to implement several major investment projects in the sector, modernise consumer industry enterprises with the latest technology, which will allow a significant increase in production quality and will also gradually enable domestically produced goods to regain their prestige in the eyes of consumers in this country and abroad."
"Today the consumer industry comprises a healthy core of several dozen major enterprises and hundreds of small and medium sized companies, which have found their market niche, developing their production of goods for which there is a demand, including for children and young people."
"Despite the difficult situation with budget revenues, state support programmes will continue to be implemented in 2009. 200 million roubles have been set aside for interest rate subsidy on loans for the purchase of raw materials, and 90 million roubles for loans for technological upgrades."
"Russia joining the Convention Concerning International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF). This step will create the conditions for expanding the railway ferry service link between the Russian ports of Baltiysk and Ust-Luga and the German port Sassnitz-Mukran, and in future ports in other European countries. Russian transporters will be able to independently configure their railway routes to the Baltic."
