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
Putin sums up anti-crisis measures.
The European Judo Championship open today at the Vienna velodrome. The judokas will compete in individual and team competitions over four days. Russia's judokas are top medal contenders in all the weight divisions.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered his annual report to the State Duma yesterday. He spoke for 1.5 hours, and spent just about as much time replying to the deputies' questions. KP is quoting an abridged version of his address.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said social issues are the government’s priority and now this idea has been confirmed by practice.
We discussed pensions, salaries, health care and support for housing construction.
Sergei Ivanov, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, complained to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that mobile services are too expensive in Russia, even for members of parliament.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shot down Russian businesses' hopes for a milder increase in corporate taxes in 2011, yesterday. He declined the Finance Ministry's initiative to increase health insurance premiums from 26% to 32%, not the 34% planned. The Healthcare Ministry had lobbied for the additional 2% (460 billion roubles) not to be charged to employers in 2011 and 2012 and to spend the cash on a compulsory health insurance system reform. Since the reform draft has not been finalised, Putin proposed using the surplus for capital repairs of hospitals and outpatient clinics, to improve the quality of medical services and to support pensioners.
The State Duma's discussion of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s report proceeded as usual – Gennady Zyuganov criticised, Vladimir Zhirinovsky yelled, Boris Gryzlov expressed consent and Nikolai Levichev reasonably adjusted.
Health Minister Tatyana Golikova called Russia's Best Doctor of the Year awards the “Medical Oscar.” The trophy awarded to the country’s best doctors is a statuette of Hygiene, the goddess of health. There are thirty award categories, including Best Paediatrician, Best Therapist, and Best Military Doctor.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented awards to the country's best doctors yesterday. The ceremony was held at the Moscow International House of Music. Although the audience had taken part in many sold-out events and standing ovations, it felt special pride on Monday for the award winners who rose to the podium, whose names have gone down in the annals of history.
As soldiers fought on the battlefield, doctors did everything possible to save their lives. In the time of war, a wounded soldier’s strong heartbeat was the best reward for Soviet military doctors. Yesterday, it was Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s turn to present government awards to veteran doctors as the pride of the Russian medical field.
Former Polish President Lech Kaczynski planned to speak about Russian-Polish reconciliation in Katyn. His death may make the reconciliation a reality.
Starting April 19, the Savings Bank of Russia (Sberbank) will not collect a lending fee for loan arrangements, disbursement and borrower credit files. In addition, it will cut loan rates by 0.5% to 1%, Sberbank President German Gref said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Izvestia looks into the progress of construction of the Olympic facilities.
The government has allocated 500 million roubles to subsidize transportation of automobiles from the Far East.
Moving from Iceland towards Russia, the ash cloud has complicated air traffic in northern Europe.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is content with the construction of the Olympic venues in Russia. The committee's experts arrived in Sochi once again. However, this time, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decided against visiting the “southern capital” and instead held a video conference with the committee from the government’s situation centre.
For the time being, this is the only conclusion of aviation experts
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin quoted some figures at a meeting devoted to the National Health Project. In 2000, the health care system received 225 billion roubles, whereas the figure rose to 1.5 trillion roubles in 2009.
Moscow plans to render humanitarian aid to Bishkek.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin once again gathered the members of the government commission investigating the causes of the Polish Tu-154 crash on April 10. Experts from both sides reported on their recent findings.
