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 arrived in Naberezhnye Chelny on Thursday. Visiting the Sollers Plant which produces Italian Fiats, the Prime Minister was shown a spic-and-span new workshop in which the plant’s products were displayed: they included the main commercial Fiat Albea model, the Fiat Panorama which is assembled here and the future Linea model for which the production line is being installed.
Vladimir Putin visits Helsinki to mark Nord Stream’s victory over ecologists.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Helsinki today to take part in the summit on Baltic ecology. Apart from Finnish and Russian leaders, the event will bring together King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, the presidents of Lithuania and Latvia, the prime ministers of Denmark, Norway and Estonia, ministers from Poland and Germany, and numerous business representatives. The main goal of the meeting is to jointly protect the Baltic Sea from pollution and the depletion of fish stocks. Mr Putin will describe measures taken by Russia to protect the sea in connection with the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin demanded that his ministers put budget funds to better use.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, set to visit Bashkortostan on February 8, will negotiate with 76-year-old Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov, raising the issue of his early resignation. Nine “old-timer” regional leaders who have already served three to four terms in office might also have to step down in March-October 2010.
Yesterday, Prime Minister and United Russia (UR) leader Vladimir Putin met with other executives from his party – Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, Secretary of the UR General Council Presidium Vyacheslav Volodin, and First Deputy Duma Speaker Oleg Morozov.
Vladimir Putin will visit the Republic of Bashkortostan for the first time in the past three years. Kremlin officials hope that he will manage to persuade Murtaza Rakhimov, the oldest among the governors, not to put off his retirement.
“No serious problems have arisen?” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin asked CEO of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin with regard to the Sapsan high-speed train. ‘No serious problems have arisen,” Mr. Yakunin replied. Their meeting was held immediately following the announcement that the term of ticket sales for Sapsan trains would be reduced from 45 to 15 days, thus making it impossible to book the tickets after March 13. Unofficial sources claimed that the chance was caused by technical malfunctions, citing photos of a wheel set with 6mm cracks (quite some wear and tear after only a month of operation!).
A modern computer class was opened in the village of Starodubka of the Omsk Region. Now a school with only 62 students has equipment that would make even Moscow schools green with envy.
At a meeting on state services in the sphere of education, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin demanded an early elimination of mechanisms for corruption in licensing educational institutions.
