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
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met his old friend, former US President Bill Clinton in Novo-Ogarevo yesterday. Although Clinton was two hours late, the prime minister excused his unpunctuality. Indeed, his guest arrived in Russia not as a tourist, but rather as a leading expert in the world economy, and was late because he had attended an international conference for investors.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dedicated his day to sports yesterday. He first toured the new Ozero Krugloye training centre at Lobnya in the Moscow Region, and then listened to a report on how funds had been spent to prepare Russian athletes for the Vancouver Olympic Games. In conclusion, he made several suggestions for youth sports development.
Twenty five thousand young Russians were included in the national register for talent.
The cost of rebuilding the Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Region is growing by the minute. The mine was severely damaged by several methane blasts in May. While two weeks ago the estimate was 6 billion roubles, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put the figure at 10 billion roubles yesterday. The mine's owners will have to shoulder the bulk of the expenses, while the government has promised to help by providing loans and tax breaks.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Novokuznetsk on Thursday to once again discuss the reasons behind the dreadful tragedy at the Raspadskaya coal mine that claimed the lives of dozens of miners and rescuers, and ways to prevent similar accidents in the future. He also met with miners and the families of the blast victims.
Kibovsky: some governors will not care about monuments.
At the meeting with head of the Federal Service on State Statistics, Alexander Surinov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said: “The census is important both economically and socially. Based on the results, we will build our plans in defence, industry and some sectors of the economy. When is the last time we conducted a census?”
By mid 2009 Tom football club, which lost its major sponsor Tomskneft in 2006, was on the verge of bankruptcy. On July 16, 2009 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin held a meeting on the club’s problems in Moscow, with Tomsk Region Governor Viktor Kress in attendance.
Out of the 40 bylaws that should have been adopted by June 1, 2010 and become the basis for implementing the energy efficiency law, less than half have been passed thus far, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday at a government Presidium meeting.
Over the next two years, the government will spend 460 billion roubles on healthcare.
