Former Polish President Lech Kaczynski planned to speak about Russian-Polish reconciliation in Katyn. His death may make the reconciliation a reality.
Starting April 19, the Savings Bank of Russia (Sberbank) will not collect a lending fee for loan arrangements, disbursement and borrower credit files. In addition, it will cut loan rates by 0.5% to 1%, Sberbank President German Gref said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Izvestia looks into the progress of construction of the Olympic facilities.
The government has allocated 500 million roubles to subsidize transportation of automobiles from the Far East.
Moving from Iceland towards Russia, the ash cloud has complicated air traffic in northern Europe.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is content with the construction of the Olympic venues in Russia. The committee's experts arrived in Sochi once again. However, this time, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decided against visiting the “southern capital” and instead held a video conference with the committee from the government’s situation centre.
For the time being, this is the only conclusion of aviation experts
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin quoted some figures at a meeting devoted to the National Health Project. In 2000, the health care system received 225 billion roubles, whereas the figure rose to 1.5 trillion roubles in 2009.
Moscow plans to render humanitarian aid to Bishkek.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin once again gathered the members of the government commission investigating the causes of the Polish Tu-154 crash on April 10. Experts from both sides reported on their recent findings.