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
Last week, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talked live on the air with the staff of his regional public reception offices and the people who address them. On the eve of the "live phone-in", Vlast correspondents were working to find out how the best of Putin's reception offices work and what complaints Russian people bring there.
The White House is sending reinforcements to the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Relations (Vnesheconombank or VEB): January 1, 2009 Mikhail Kopeikin, the deputy head of the Government Office, will take the post of the Bank's deputy board chairman. The man who has for many years upheld the idea of economic development through state investments will monitor it and at the same time tighten government control over anti-crisis resources distributed through VEB.
There will be no presidential election before 2012. The economy may start to pick up in the second or third quarters of next year, but most likely in the spring of 2010. This is what is in store for Russia in the near term. A detailed forecast occupied 188 minutes, an all-time record for Vladimir Putin’s live communication with the people.
"The next [presidential] elections in the Russian Federation will take place in 2012. I think that everyone should perform his duty in his place. There is no need to fuss about what will happen in 2012. Let's make it to that time, and then decide," Vladimir Putin said on Thursday when replying to a question about the possibility of his running in the next election.
The Government is now drafting a new bailout plan that stipulates additional support for the financial sector and domestic industries. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs almost daily meetings on the subject.
On Friday evening, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a conference to discuss assistance to the real sector of the economy in the face of the global crisis. Twenty minutes after the conference began, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Sberbank president German Gref and Alexander Semenyaka, head of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML), told journalists about the decision to support mortgages (see an article on p. B1).
The fight for control over the Saturn Research & Production Association, Russia's best engine building company, has ended in a victory for government officials.. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally arrived at Rybinsk to nationalise the company.
The printed version of the programme aired on December 5, 2008
Preliminary statistics of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's call-in were announced yesterday. TNS Russia data concerned Muscovites above 18 years of age watching it over Russia Channel. Talk with Vladimir Putin attracted almost half the city, though only one government channel showed a live broadcast this time, unlike Putin's previous question-and-answer sessions. The figures show that the Prime Minister retains his tremendous popularity, far outstripping President Dmitry Medvedev.
Very few questions concerning politics were asked during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's question and answer session, while his subsequent interview with the press revolved around political matters.
