Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced at a government meeting yesterday that retirement pensions will increase by 7% as of February 1.
The prime minister is four times more popular than his closest rival.
Illegal immigrants will be banned from Russia for 10 years.
The prime minister told the teachers, engineers and biologists of tomorrow that money was not the most important thing.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to find sponsors for the Tom Tomsk football club, which finds itself in severe financial straits.
Vladimir Putin presented a development programme for the coal industry at a meeting in Kemerovo.
Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, as promised, continued presenting the main tenets of his presidential program through a series of written articles. Today's article, the second in the series, is called "Russia: the Ethnicity Issue." You can read the full version on the website kp.ru or Putin's campaign site putin2012.ru.
The government has not decided if it is worth setting up this department.
Putin has advised clubs they must find alternative sources of income.
At a meeting with media representatives, the prime minister spoke about his publications to Izvestia.