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
Members of Parliament want to hear the annual Government report in two stages in April. First, the State Duma will take two weeks to consider the written report, and then will hear Prime Minister Vladimir Putin deliver it.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the International Business Council at the Davos forum yesterday. The 115-member council includes six Russian businessmen, among them German Gref, President of Sberbank, Ruben Vardanyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialog, Oleg Deripaska, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Basic Element, Alexander Izosimov, Director General of VimpelCom, Andrei Kostin, President of VTB, and Alexei Mordashov, Director General of Severstal.
The World Economic Forum opened in Davos yesterday. Its main subject matter is the coordination of efforts in tackling the world financial crisis.
On Wednesday, the world’s most prestigious economic forum started in Davos.
Yesterday, the Premier of the Chinese State Council, Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opened the annual session of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Prime Minister arrived in Zurich yesterday evening with almost an hour delay due to the fog in Moscow. During the three-hour-long flight, Mr. Putin read through the speech that he was preparing to present in Davos, proofreading the text and making last minute corrections. He continued editing the text on his way to Davos, as well.
Chairman of the Cuban State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro arrived in Moscow yesterday. He will be staying in Moscow for a whole week and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will return from Davos before Mr Castro’s departure from Moscow. According to Kommersant’s information, the Cuban leader is hoping to receive a $250 million loan from Moscow and sign a series of agreements “in various fields of cooperation”.
Participants in the World Economic Forum in Davos, whose official opening took place yesterday, stated clearly the causes of the global crisis. However, none of them has a recipe on how to emerge from it. Vladimir Putin, who opened the Davos forum, does not have it either.
The World Economic Forum in Davos will start tomorrow, January 28, and for the first time this prestigious event will be opened by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will present a half-hour opening speech.
"What has been happening in Ukraine in recent years has been the result of moves made by the previous US administration and the European Union ... What we have heard in recent years instils certain cautious optimism. Those close to Obama say there is no need to hurry with a missile defence. We welcome such statements." - Prime Minister Vladimir PUTIN in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
