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
Putin sums up anti-crisis measures.
The European Judo Championship open today at the Vienna velodrome. The judokas will compete in individual and team competitions over four days. Russia's judokas are top medal contenders in all the weight divisions.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered his annual report to the State Duma yesterday. He spoke for 1.5 hours, and spent just about as much time replying to the deputies' questions. KP is quoting an abridged version of his address.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said social issues are the government’s priority and now this idea has been confirmed by practice.
We discussed pensions, salaries, health care and support for housing construction.
Sergei Ivanov, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, complained to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that mobile services are too expensive in Russia, even for members of parliament.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shot down Russian businesses' hopes for a milder increase in corporate taxes in 2011, yesterday. He declined the Finance Ministry's initiative to increase health insurance premiums from 26% to 32%, not the 34% planned. The Healthcare Ministry had lobbied for the additional 2% (460 billion roubles) not to be charged to employers in 2011 and 2012 and to spend the cash on a compulsory health insurance system reform. Since the reform draft has not been finalised, Putin proposed using the surplus for capital repairs of hospitals and outpatient clinics, to improve the quality of medical services and to support pensioners.
The State Duma's discussion of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s report proceeded as usual – Gennady Zyuganov criticised, Vladimir Zhirinovsky yelled, Boris Gryzlov expressed consent and Nikolai Levichev reasonably adjusted.
Health Minister Tatyana Golikova called Russia's Best Doctor of the Year awards the “Medical Oscar.” The trophy awarded to the country’s best doctors is a statuette of Hygiene, the goddess of health. There are thirty award categories, including Best Paediatrician, Best Therapist, and Best Military Doctor.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented awards to the country's best doctors yesterday. The ceremony was held at the Moscow International House of Music. Although the audience had taken part in many sold-out events and standing ovations, it felt special pride on Monday for the award winners who rose to the podium, whose names have gone down in the annals of history.
As soldiers fought on the battlefield, doctors did everything possible to save their lives. In the time of war, a wounded soldier’s strong heartbeat was the best reward for Soviet military doctors. Yesterday, it was Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s turn to present government awards to veteran doctors as the pride of the Russian medical field.
