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
A third of Ukraine's residents cannot decide who to vote for in the presidential elections.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks on November 16 with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico who arrived in Moscow on a working visit. Moscow and Bratislava, which prioritise their energy dialogue, focused on this issue once again. Fico displayed a loyal attitude towards Russia, saying Ukraine was mostly responsible for previous and future crises regarding delivery of Russian gas to Europe.
KIT film observer has interviewed Russia's leading culture sociologist, member of the Presidential Council for Cinema and Art and editor-in-chief of Iskusstvo Kino (Art of Cinema) magazine Daniil Dondurei.
In late September, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin organised a presentation ceremony for global oil and gas majors in Salekhard, North-West Siberia, acquainting them with gas projects on the local Yamal Peninsula. Still this was not the most important thing. It appears that the event was organised in order to proclaim a new line in the sphere of exploitation of natural resources.
In his address to the Federal Assembly President Dmitry Medvedev declared the need to modernise and reform Russian schools. The government immediately got down to business. Yesterday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed revising the system of teachers' personnel appraisal, raising salaries for junior school teachers and giving young teachers grants up to 250,000 roubles per year.
Judging by Dmitry Medvedev’s addresses to the Federal Assembly, he formally passed the halfway pointof his presidential term last Thursday. Maybe he has even covered its bigger part. Medvedev established the practice of making these addresses in November, and for this reason in 2011 he will make his address at the peak of parliamentary elections and at the beginning of the presidential campaign. In the circumstances, he may either sum up the results of his presidency if he decides to leave, or make an election speech if he dares compete for the next term. It is during his speech in the Kremlin’s Georgiyevsky Hall in two years that Medvedev will announce to the entire nation what deal he reached with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will sit in the first row to support him.
The state corporations (GK) that operate in a competitive environment must change their legal form. All the other GKs should eventually be closed and until that happens they should be under strict control. President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin until March 1 to prepare proposals for the reform of state corporations.
The United Russia party will hold its regular congress in St Petersburg on November 21. The Congress will answer the question of who its leaders will be and what its platform will be when it enters the next “grand” elections.
We will know how serious the President’s intentions are on March 14.
Veterans ask Putin and Gryzlov to save Dalzavod.
