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
The Russian prime minister, a renowned lover of extreme sports, twice ascended the mountains of Tyva together with Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies, and Disaster Relief, Sergei Shoigu, a native to the region. Putin slept in a tent, sat by the fire, and ate porridge and ukha from the cauldron.
Yesterday evening, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired his first cabinet meeting on federal targeted programmes (FTPs) in the 2011 budget.
United Russia (UR) has set up a working group to prepare an interregional party conference in Krasnoyarsk on March 30. The party members expect their leader Vladimir Putin to speak to them. This time, the format implies a question-and-answer session rather than a unilateral communication with regional activists in the style of a party congress.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin invites Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to join the Customs Union.
If the Ukrainian President intended to stun Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a recent get-together, he certainly succeeded.
Vladimir Putin gives instructions to sports officials for Sochi-2014.
The Russian aircraft engine manufacturer NPO Saturn Research and Production Association is requesting additional federal funding for its Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100 medium-haul airliner project, the most sensational in Russia's civilian aircraft industry,The 8.4 billion roubles to be allocated over three years will be used toward the development of the PowerJet SaM146 turbofan engine, currently underway in a joint venture with France's Snecma.
In the next two years, United Russia (UR) leader Vladimir Putin is more likely to behave as a party member in order to enhance UR prestige on the road to the presidential elections.
Yesterday Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Nino Burdjanadze, a leader of the Georgian opposition. She can now easily claim to be the only Georgian negotiator feted by Moscow, but special correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov thinks that her position is extremely shaky.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met yesterday with Nino Burjanadze, leader of the Georgian opposition party, Democratic Movement – United Georgia.
