Vladimir Putin reminded Eurasec nations about the common Soviet economy.
Actress Alisa Freindlikh, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky met in the Hermitage on Saturday.
A solid legal basis has been provided for the movement of goods, capital and services among Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Russia is currently carrying out a very ambitious investment project. Prisoners are burning forests and villages in order to build power plants similar to the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant.
Yesterday Russia and Belarus set a record for the length of a top-level bilateral talk. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke for more than eight hours, celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the Union State.
Wolf Messing has captivated a large audience in Russia. Strictly speaking, it was not the famous psychic himself but a TV programme “Wolf Messing: Seeing through Time,” which was shown by the Rossiya television network for three weeks. Every evening a third of all television viewers chose to watch the programme about him – a telepath, psychic and a kind magician with sad eyes who could perform wonders. “Wonder” is a key word here. It explains why the audience was carried away by this artistically modest piece.
It was only a week ago that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used a hotline in an attempt to pacify residents of the single-industry town of Pikalyovo near St Petersburg. "If the need arises, I will come ... but I don't think there is any need for me to come," Mr Putin said. Meanwhile, the dispute between the Pikalyovo companies erupted again.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will soon receive an honourary sixth-dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate-Do. The legendary Japanese champion Kyokushin Karate-Do master Hatsuo Royama who won silver at the First Absolute World Championships and who developed the basic Kyokushin technique is due to arrive in Moscow on Thursday and will present the belt to Prime Minister Putin.
The government has set a goal to reduce the country’s average interest rates on mortgages to 10% to 11% per year. The main condition for achieving the goal is to provide banks with resources with an interest of 6% to 7% per year.
"They will follow what he said as the downturn did. As far as I remember, the government declared Russia an island of stability. And the result was that Russia was tossed to and fro like no other country. Vladimir Putin will possibly work his magic on mortgage." (Bari Alibasov, popular music producer)