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 has demanded that growth in prices for public utility services be economically substantiated. As of now utility rated are often raised at random.
South Ossetia is at risk of social disruptions.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to pay a visit to the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St Petersburg (BDT) today. The renovation of the run down theatre is finally underway, after Putin intervened. Izvestia stopped by the theatre to assess the scale of the project.
The adjustment of prices for light, heat and water inevitably tops the agenda every December. The government has been trying to find the perfect balance between the interests of suppliers and the interests of consumers for many years now. Power engineering specialists are still under the impression that our houses are heated for free, but citizens, on the contrary, consider these prices to be mind-bogglingly high. Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on ministers to put an end to the long-running argument and charge only the amounts called for by special electric metres.
The federal ministries have received a list of goods that they must now buy only through virtual tenders.
Members of United Russia examined the work of Vladimir Putin’s public reception rooms.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the green light to a massive new construction project in Mordovia, where it is badly needed.
… and Gennady Kurzenkov to Federal Service for the Supervision of Transport.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was in St Petersburg last week, where he wished actress Alisa Freindlich a happy 75th birthday. Apart from hosting a traditional birthday tea party, she used the opportunity to complain that the Georgy Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre (GABDT), where she works, was horribly dilapidated. A source informed the newspaper that while the prime minister was aware that the theatre had problems, he was shocked to hear from Ms Freindlich that there were "cracks in the walls and stains on the ceiling from past leaks."
In 2012, Russia will celebrate a thousand years of unity between the Mordovian and Russian peoples. "A government organising committee has already started preparations for a festival to celebrate the anniversary," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced. "Yet the colourful show is only a pleasant bonus," he added.
