Dmitry Medvedev is setting up his own regional offices to handle complaints from citizens. The presidential envoys to the regions have been instructed that the offices should be at least as big and well equipped as similar offices maintained by Vladimir Putin.
Some alarming news is coming from Pikalevo: Fosagro and Baseltsement-Pikalevo still cannot agree on the terms for the supply of raw materials, and Pikalevsky Tsement has announced that it is withdrawing from the production chain.
The United Russia Party has developed a new version of its party programme, which essentially blends the ideas of Putin, Medvedev and Surkov.
Leonty Vyzov, member of the scientific council at the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM).
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin completed his Chinese programme by talking to Russian journalists who were interested in gas supplies to China, sanctions against Iran, elections in Russia and many other problems.
American animators made Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the hero in an episode of a popular cartoon series.
After his two day visit to China, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with journalists. He summed up the results of his trip and commented on economic and political affairs in Russia and the rest of the world.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) repeats the G20 decisions.
Oleg Deripaska, Rusal’s co-owner, in a letter to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested that the RusHydro holding should be split into several companies, with the Sayano–Shushenskaya hydropower plant (HPP) operating as a separate company and United Company Rusal as its co-owner.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could make pharmaceutical companies abandon their most effective method of product promotion: he promised to ban the activities of pharmaceutical sales representatives. At present, pharmaceutical companies spend between 10% and 50% of their turnover on them.