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
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a visit yesterday to Ingushetia, one of the most troubled Russian regions. The government will make targeted investments in the social and economic development of the republic beginning in 2010: the prime minister said that the budget will disburse 43 billion roubles before 2016.
Vladimir Putin, who only a couple of months ago warned Renault about the possibility of its share in AvtoVAZ being diluted, has had a change of heart. At a Monday meeting, the prime minister thanked Carlos Ghosn, the head of the Renault-Nissan alliance, for supporting AvtoVAZ and promised to support the parts suppliers. He also invited the Franco-Japanese alliance to participate in the construction of a car plant in the Far East.
The prime minister has visited North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised that the military will receive 1,500 new planes and helicopters and 200 new systems of air defense before 2020.
Today Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with president of Renault Carlos Gohsn, and although their main topic will be AvtoVAZ, RBC sources believe that the two men may also discuss the first ever Russian Formula-1 driver, Vitaly Petrov, who is currently racing for the 2010 Renault team without sponsorship.
Vladimir Putin briefly played the role of a student last Friday when he visited a Tyumen school that turned out to be anything but ordinary.
At the end of his visit to the Tyumen Oil Research Centre, Vladimir Putin made a final conclusion: in order to make Russian business competitive in foreign markets, the country must have a base of highly skilled manpower – training scientists and technicians as well as young workers.
The Government will continue to assist Russian Railways (RZhD), Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised during a meeting in Sochi. Inspired by these words, Vladimir Yakunin, the head of RZhD, immediately asked the prime minister to fork over federal subsidies for the construction of transport facilities for the Olympic Games, and, for good measure, to increase the company’s investment programme by at least 400 billion roubles.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will come to the aid of the Russian pharmaceutical industry by distributing budget money to major companies. Yesterday the ministry proposed subsidies to Biokad for developing drugs on the basis of monoclonal antibodies, which are effective in cancer treatment. The total cost of the project is about 600 million roubles, said Biokad CEO Dmitry Morozov, and the government is prepared to shell out 145 million. However, creating conditions for the development of the industry as a whole would be a much more effective approach. The faulty price regulation of critical drugs often forces companies to reduce their range of products or operate at a loss, which is compounded by cumbersome export procedures and the lack of tough quality standards. And this is only the beginning of the problems major Russian pharmaceuticals face.
Not only the children of oligarchs, but also gifted and special needs children now have hope for better private schools.
President Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with French magazine Paris Match appeared yesterday on the Kremlin’s site. The interview was timed to coincide with his visit to France. Medvedev spoke, in particular, about future presidential elections. NG experts have different interpretations of his words. Some of them believe that he was addressing the faction of the elite that may become his supporters in the 2012 campaign.
The Samara-based Krylia Sovetov football club has obtained a licence to remain in the Russian Premier League.
On February 20, President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took an active part in the memorial events devoted to the 10th anniversary of the death of Anatoly Sobchak, the first mayor of St Petersburg. Both Medvedev and Putin called Sobchak a true free thinker and admitted that his seat on the political Olympus has since remained vacant.
St Petersburg held memorable events that were attended, among others, by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin’s schedule prevented him from attending the opening ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Games, but the day before the start of the Olympics he came to Sochi and had a video link with the “Russian House” in Vancouver, the biggest Olympic residence in Russia’s history. Even erratic communications did not prevent him from inspiring the Russian team and IOC members.
The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited two automotive enterprises in Naberezhnye Chelny yesterday: KamAZ and the Fiat assembly plant. The difference between the old and the new plants was striking.
Vladimir Putin told the Lithuanian President.
The prime minister launches new car-making project in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Vladimir Putin launches new small car production enterprise.
Fiat comes back after an unsuccessful attempt two years ago to buy a blocking share in AvtoVAZ. Seven years from now it will have a similar enterprise, with money for its construction to be put up by VEB.
