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
On November 10, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended an extraordinary congress of the Russian Geographical Society and became chairman of its Council of Trustees. Kommersant.ru special correspondent Andrei KOLESNIKOV reports that Society members had the impression that they were involved in drafting the Society's new budget and formulating the new national idea.
The Prime Minister gave his forecast of the outcome of the football match of the year during his trip to Tatarstan where oil and gas issues were discussed.
Russia and the EU have chosen peaceful coexistence over confrontation. Moscow has softened its tone with regard to some opponents in Europe and Brussels has shifted its position on last year’s war in the Caucasus. The two sides seem to be ready to back their words with deeds. Guide has learned that Moscow and Brussels may sign a partnership and cooperation agreement as early as 2010. If that happens, their relations will be at least as cloudless as before the Caucasus War.
This winter may be the first in recent years when Russia and the EU won’t be involved in another “gas war” in Ukraine. However, the rivalry between Moscow and Brussels in the energy sphere continues and there is no sign that the gap between their positions is being closed either in theory or in practice. Russia and the European Union are still unable to agree on the fate of the Energy Charter Treaty, with each side promoting competing plans for the Nord Stream, South Stream and Nabucco gas pipelines.
Valentina Matviyenko will add land to her city.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday threw his weight behind the idea of expanding the boundaries of the northern capital (St Petersburg) to include part of the Gulf of Finland. Instead of the seawater that today washes the shores of the Kurortny District but is outside the city limits, about 400 hectares of dry land will appear, with up-market residential houses and business offices. The Federation Council is to approve the new city boundaries before the end of November.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday visited Tatarstan. In Naberezhnye Chelny he said that the Kamaz bailout programme had been successful, and to underscore his point, he launched an assembly line that will produce diesel engines. In Nizhnekamsk he conducted a conference on the petrochemical industry. Yet in spite of the tight schedule, Putin found the time to discuss the upcoming football match between Russia and Slovenia.
The prime minister inaugurates Russian-American production of diesel engines.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday clinched the argument between Kazanorgsintez (KOS) and Gazprom, which agreed the terms of ethane supplies to the Kazan plant.
Yesterday Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico promised his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to think about the introduction of visa-free travel for Russian citizens. In turn, Putin told him about the forthcoming visit of President Dmitry Medvedev.
