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
In a letter recently posted on the Internet the teaching community complains about the problems that beset the Russian education system and points to gaps in legislation. The letter is addressed to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Like true professionals, the teachers did not just present their demands, but also suggested ways of addressing the task.
The Government is trying to find ways to compensate for falling car sales. This year government ministries and departments will spend 12.5 billion roubles on purchasing cars and commercial vehicles from Russian manufacturers.
The traditional Munich security conference was attended by a record number of world leaders. It was addressed by US Vice President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and European Union leaders Jose Barroso and Javier Solana, among others.
The G20 meeting in London in April is expected to produce a decision on changing the rules of financial market regulation, above all to improve the work of banks.
On February 9, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin requested a draft resolution on new car loan subsidised interest rates for the purchase of Russian-made cars. The government intends to earmark 2 billion roubles for this purpose promising to compensate 8% of the annual interest. The list of eligible cars includes not only Ladas but also foreign models assembled in Russia. This means that about 64,000 new car buyers will be able to apply for subsidies, while the Kaliningrad-based Avtotor and Taganrog assembly plants (TagAZ) will find themselves out of play.
On February 9, the Ministry of Finance said Russia had not received an official request from Kiev to loan $5 billion to Ukraine for financing its budget deficit, but that both sides had held consultations on the issue in Moscow the previous week.
Russia's Finance Ministry will be authorised to accredit rating agencies, organisations that assign credit ratings for issuers of certain types of instruments, such as companies, national and regional governments, or non-profit organisations, thus assessing the issuers' credit worthiness.
The first meeting of the Political Council of the Solidarity opposition movement on February 13 will discuss a plan to combat the economic crisis. The movement’s leaders have already declared that the “main component of the Russian crisis” is the Putin Government and have urged President Dmitry Medvedev to fire him at once.
Russia's Ministry of Regional Development is seeking damages over the failure to build St Petersburg's flood protection system on schedule.
The United Russia party is fine-tuning its contacts with Europe’s conservatives, who are represented in the largest political group in the European Parliament. The leader of United Russia and Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin is helping to convince Europeans that it’s worth cooperating with the Russian “bear”.
