The West had a calm response to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would run for president in 2012.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visited Russia to discuss problematic issues in bilateral relations between Russian and Ukraine at an informal meeting with the Russian leadership.
The prime minister promised to maintain the Arctic region in its natural state and he reviewed a project to build a domed city.
The United Russia conference will take place in Moscow on September 23-24. For the first day of the conference, the party members (1,300 guests and Programme offered for the upcoming elections representatives) will meet in the Gostiny Dvor (“Guest Court”) exhibition centre.
The United Russia conference starts Friday in Moscow.
The prime minister continues pressing an idea he voiced before the new academic year.
Delovaya Rossiya head proposes 28 economic zones.
The Prime Minister proposes new main criteria for assessing the performance of governors.
The day after a meeting with Russian Popular Front’s most enthusiastic candidates in the primaries, Vladimir Putin met with the ministers to hand out instructions based on the Front’s suggestions
Vladimir Putin met with the winners of the Popular Front primaries and asked them to concentrate also on other issues than the ones related to their seats in the State Duma.