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 Technologies state corporation, a minority shareholder of Avtodiesel (Yaroslavl Diesel Engine Plant), is blocking the plant's planned 5.8 billion rouble loan agreement with VEB. The plant expected to use the loan for a new truck engine project.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest some 4.6 billion roubles in a Russian commercial bank, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told a government commission on foreign investment on December 21.
When a person passes away, the overall tone of his reception is often an indicator of his place in history, even allowing for an inevitable degree of social hypocrisy. But if he receives equally warm and emotional tributes from people as different as Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Khorodkovsky – and this is what happened on the day of Yegor Gaidar’s death – one might reconsider either one’s disingenuousness; indeed, it follows from their messages of condolence that the personality of the deceased loomed so large that even people who cannot agree on anything speak with one voice.
Expert’s Man of the Year for 2009 is President of Ingushetia, Yunus-bek Yevkurov. We believe that he has launched a new trend in politics in the North Caucasus and, by extension, in the whole country.
The Bolshoi Drama Theatre to receive 200 million roubles for restoration.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the School of Higher Sports in St Petersburg, where he used to practice judo wrestling.
This week, Vlast offers a world popularity rating of Russians in the media based on exposure in foreign sources over the fourth quarter of 2009.
The keynote of 2009 in Russia was, predictably, the fight against the economic crisis. The fight still continues, but this has hardly made any difference in the strength of the ruling tandem created a year ago, writes our observer, Dmitry Kamyshev.
As usual, the staff of Kommersant-Vlast has selected ten criminal cases from 2009 with precedents for years to come.
The administrative tsunami that swept up the owners of clubs and cafes in the wake of the fire in Perm has reached the top echelons of power, and this time, it may not only touch regional scapegoats (as has already happened in Perm, where leading government officials have resigned), but also Moscow bosses, including some high-ranking government officials. Perhaps for the first time in the last eight years, Russia is on the brink of a major government shakeup.
