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
In the middle of January, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo that was historical in its own right. The meeting was devoted to the future of the Russian science. The well-known Kurchatov Institute, or, to be more precise, the establishment of Russia’s first national research centre to be based upon it, topped the agenda. But in fact, no one apart from those who hold special interest in this project understood that the meeting was groundbreaking.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has recently been interested in the problems of Russian theatres. Quite recently, he took a most active part in the destiny of St Petersburg’s Georgy Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre. The famous Mariinsky Theatre is next on the list.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus Kirill celebrated the first anniversary of his ordination. The celebrations in honour of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church lasted for two days straight and were held on Monday and Tuesday.
Yesterday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev. From the very beginning, Vladimir Putin assured the master that “support for music will always be one of the government's top priorities in culture,” which is why “the government will allocate a total of 6.4 billion roubles ($218.6mln) from the federal budget for supporting musicians in 2010.” Vladimir Putin also promised to support touring musicians to prevent “people living in remote Russian regions from feeling alienated from the country's cultural life.”
The Customs Union that has united Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan since January 1, 2010, must be transformed into a unified economic space in two years. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that the new union has the potential to turn into a global centre attracting capital and high technology. However, experts believe that this is just wishful thinking.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed financiers to write off fines and penalties levied against in-debt fishing companies.
The Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan should not create favourable conditions for illicit dealings through various “grey schemes”. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued this directive to his subordinates yesterday at a government meeting on customs regulation.
As promised, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got down to revising Russia’s bureaucratic system, inspecting one ministry after another. In January, he deprived the Agriculture Ministry and the Emergency Situations Ministry of their excessive administrative functions. In February, the time came for the Education and Science Ministry.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has found a way to optimize state services provided by the Ministry of Education and Science. He proposed at the government meeting yesterday that higher education institutions should be issued free and permanent licenses while a great number of firms which are now issuing them should be abolished. Mr Putin is sure that this will help combat corruption in the sphere of education and make the whole system more logical and transparent.
Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour hosted a sermon to celebrate the first anniversary of the ordination of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana attended the sermon. Later that day, the Patriarch met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Throne Room of his suite.
