Officials in Tbilisi believe that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s words are a signal to Washington.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the new federal district was accompanied by unprecedented security measures. As United Russia leader, he charged his party with an important assignment – establishing dialogue with civil society groups across the Caucasus and launching an ideological campaign to win over local residents’ hearts and minds.
Vladimir Putin considers the development prospects for the North Caucasus
Vladimir Putin became one of the first members of the congregation in the new church in Usovo, Moscow Region.
Kommersant-Vlast presents these Russian ratings, based on how often the various individuals’ names were mentioned in the foreign media during the second quarter of 2010.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Tambov Region for a conference on implementing four priority national projects. But before delving into theory together with local officials, he decided to see how it worked in practice. In one day, Putin learned to drive a new tractor, tasted local milk, inspected dilapidated buildings and new affordable housing and provided a pig breeder with 50 million roubles for a new farm.
A new law on education needs to be adjusted so that the libraries become an indispensable part of schools and so that conditions for school librarians are improved. The Russian prime minister’s wife, Lyudmila Putinf, intends to achieve this goal. She attended a forum of school librarians called Mikhailovskoye 2010, hosted at Pushkinskiye Gory in the Pskov Region yesterday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is attempting to peddle AvtoVAZ to France, but so far the French seem unresponsive.
Economic modernisation depends on modern technology, which is one of Russia’s weak points and an advantage in the West. “We are ready to buy [technology] for good money,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday at the international forum “Engineering Technologies 2010,” held in Zhukovsky outside Moscow.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed important issues in the agricultural and fishing industries with ministers yesterday.