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
Recently, well-known opposition politicians Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov released a joint report entitled “Putin and the Crisis” (presented at the Nezavisimaya Gazeta on February 20). The report once again drew the attention of the public to the deplorable state of the Russian economy and the inadequacy of many Government decisions.
Yesterday, President Obama’s personal photographer Pete Souza surprised his photo-journalist colleagues in the US and in Russia by making a sensational discovery in his old film.
The first direct elections of regional leaders were held in Moscow, St Petersburg and Tatarstan on June 12, 1991, simultaneously with the first presidential elections. By that time, the Russian republics were granted the right to elect their Presidents.
Pensions will be increased four times this year. The miners of Kuzbass, which the Prime Minister visited last week, were the first to learn the details.
In recent time, Russia and America remind us of polar opposites who have become twins. Having looked into the abyss of the economic crisis, Yankees gave up on the free market principles and started using federal money in the spirit of the Soviet State Planning Committee. But isn’t this similarity purely external? Won’t the crisis increase our lag behind the developed world? Director of Russian and Asian Programmes at the Washington-based Centre for Defence Information Nikolai Zlobin gave an affirmative answer to both questions. Are they twins or opposites?
Moscow has been hosting Old Timer Gallery, the largest vintage car show in Eastern Europe, for the last seven years.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre (GKNPT) yesterday and pledged to allocate over eight billion roubles to support the industry. Kommersant’s Andrei Kolesnikov couldn’t help but notice that while some were trying to save the industry, others were helping to destroy it – by welding the seams improperly.
The Supervisory Board of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) is considering the agency’s business plan for the first half of 2009, and a forecast plan for the second half of the year.
Mr Putin proposed a detailed review of all the anti-crisis measures and decisions implemented so far and, based on the results of the review, preparing a comprehensive document comprising both the decisions made and the new plans through end of 2009. The document, according to the Prime Minister, will be submitted to the State Duma together with the budget bills and will be published in the media.
During his meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar in Moscow yesterday, Vladimir Putin urged the need to protect Russian companies working in Mongolia. The laws On Minerals and On Tax on Growing Prices for Some Types of Products adopted two years ago seriously infringe upon the interests of Russian investors, who have lost $2.5 billion of their profits. The Mongolian Prime Minister promised to look into the situation, but independent experts believe the chances of an out-of-court settlement of the conflict are nil. In their opinion, Ulan-Bator will fight to the last to uphold its right to determine the level of taxes on joint ventures.
