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.”
“As a troika, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan can offer promising topics for further dialogue with the European Union and with individual countries and regional associations. Consultations are already underway on a free trade zone with the European Free Trade Association, and further down the road we plan to start negotiations on a free trade zone with the united Europe, with the EU.”
“In lifting the barriers within the Customs Union we will be careful to prevent any insurmountable barriers from being erected on the outer borders of the Customs Union. On the contrary, our main task is to ensure that by pooling their efforts all our countries would become integrated in the global economy more effectively and harmoniously – I stress, to become integrated with and not to fence itself off from the global economy.”
“This business forum of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan was timed to coincide with a momentous date – the formation of the common customs space, the common customs territory which was completed on July 1. Customs offices on the borders between our three states have been removed. This is not just a formal lifting of administrative procedures. For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union the first real step has been made towards restoring the natural economic and trade ties in the post-Soviet space.”
“We want to be appraised of every possible perspective. Even if at first glance they seem incompatible and diametrically opposed, I believe that we should be aware of all possible approaches to these issues. Only by holding a broad professional dialogue will we be able to find balanced solutions and eventually guarantee an effective programme of national development.”
“It is very important to scrutinise what happened in the world economy – to study the circumstances in which the crisis unfolded, find a cure, and draft measures to preventing such adverse developments in the future. We must make our national economies reliable and productive, and protect them against all kinds of negative factors, risks, and potential pitfalls.”
“I would like to emphasise that the shortages of petroleum products and unstable prices should not stand in the way of economic growth or cause problems for the Russian people. We need a clearly understandable material balance of production and consumption for the main types of fuels and petroleum products.”
“We should seriously think about increasing refining volumes, specifically secondary processing, including such processes as isomerisation, reforming and cracking. We have taken a careful look into the latter here in Kirishi. All these processes make it possible to produce high-quality products that enjoy market demand. They ensure deep conversion levels and the world-class quality of our petroleum products.”
“As for our tax policy in general, we will not be increasing the fiscal burden. The government’s goal is to ensure a fairer distribution of the tax burden. This is why tax changes will concern, above all, the industries that work in a favourable foreign policy environment.”
“We have to accomplish a number of highly important objectives in the sphere of defence and law enforcement. Interior Ministry divisions will be financed completely from the federal budget starting with 2012. <…> Pay grades will be raised in two stages. First, this raise will encompass Defence Ministry military personnel, Interior Troops and Interior Ministry operatives. The pay grades of other security agencies personnel will be raised subsequently. Retired military personnel will see a one-time increase in pensions in 2012, regardless of their departmental affiliation.”
