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
Saturday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the "Golden Autumn" exhibition at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VVTs), where he was educated in the problems of tractor and other agricultural equipment producers. Kommersant special correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov noticed that the Prime Minister deliberately avoided the word "crisis".
On Friday, the Government of Russia approved the purchase of two strategic companies by foreign investors. Diamond giant De Beers will acquire a 49.99% stake in a diamond subsidiary controlled by oil giant LUKoil, and World's Wings of Switzerland will buy a 25% blocking stake in Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited the country's largest exhibition of agricultural achievements "The Golden Autumn", which is held annually at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre by the Ministry of Agriculture with support from the Moscow Mayor's Office. The exhibition opened two hours before Mr Putin's arrival. Farmers, businessmen and producers of agricultural equipment were the first to arrive at the brand-new pavilion. They discussed methods of increasing the milk and crop yield, and who was planning to buy new equipment, where they were planning to buy it and how many machines they needed, as well as the advantages of Russian and foreign equipment.
The government will fully guarantee individual bank deposits under 700,000 roubles, and will provide 10-year subordinated loans to reliable banks at 8% interest rate.
On Thursday, journalists from the Prime Minister's pool were told they would see something special at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence: Vladimir Putin was going to share "a pleasant surprise" with them, one that was "not related to economy." No one knew what to expect, and there was a lot of guesswork about it. The most popular version was that Labrador Retriever Connie had birthed a litter of puppies. Members of the Prime Minister's circle cut it short, however, saying, "You've almost got it, but you haven't guessed right yet."
The 77th session of the International Criminal Police Organization's General Assembly opened in St Petersburg on October 7 - the first session of the assembly held in Russia. Officials from the interior ministries of 185 countries - members of Interpol, the UN, European Union, and other international organisations - took part in the session.
As is his tradition, Vladimir Putin marked his 56th birthday in his native St Petersburg - but he did not rest on that day. "This is a personal holiday, and Tuesday is a workday," Putin said at one of the meetings he addressed. "We must each plough our own furrow every day, like St Francis."
Vladimir Putin arrived in St Petersburg late on Monday night, a couple of hours before his birthday. The presentation of the film "Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin" began at the Konstantinovsky Palace, right after midnight on Tuesday on the Prime Minister's birthday. "Shall we say that we have gathered too early or too late?" Putin asked the assembled guests.
Vladimir Putin turned 56 yesterday. He spent his birthday in his native St Petersburg and started his birthday party shortly after midnight, though he admitted that he was born in the early hours of the morning. He had spent a very busy day launching a film about judo, visiting the Trade Union Humanitarian University and a film studio, and then talking with Interpol.
The pension reform talked about by Kremlin officials for years has failed miserably. Since its inception, the Pension Fund budget has been increasingly unable to make both ends meet. Addressing a monthly Government meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined a new pension system.
