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
Politically speaking, Mikhail Gorbachev has suffered a defeat. The “democratic reforms” that he tried to carry out in the Soviet Union ended in its disintegration. But that’s not the only result of his six and a half years of leadership, a period in which he made two unprecedented achievements.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung paid a visit to Moscow.
It would be impossible to get by without the Sayano-Shushenskaya power plant. Megawatts of energy are unaccounted for. Hydrologists are predicting disastrous floods down the river from the plant unless there is a dam to stop it. Yet, the arguments made by residents of Cheryomushki and Sayanogorsk are much simpler: these settlements were set up around the plant, and as soon as the plant goes, the villages go with it. Izvestiya reporter Andrei Krasikov visited the power plant and quickly learned that not only would the dam stand strong, but so would the people.
Living under Medvedev does not necessarily mean living after Putin.
Croatian President Stepan Mesic has visited Moscow and negotiated Zagreb’s possible involvement in the planned South Stream gas pipeline with Russian leaders. The relevant inter-governmental agreement is currently being drafted, a senior Government official told the paper.
It is not absolutely clear whether it is possible or impossible to live the way we do.
The government has doubled one-time assistance to those who want to start up a business to 100,000 roubles.
Heads of the CIS countries are looking for new forms of integration.
In his first reaction to the tragedy in Perm, President Dmitry Medvedev clearly specified the guilty and the innocent: “Ordinances were issued but they did not react to them… They have neither brains, nor conscience… And on top of all that they went into hiding… A failure to observe ordinances must involve stricter punishment. It’s no use blaming fire-fighters for everything.” Such an assessment can only be explained by a lack of practical experience.
On December 11 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the 2nd Russian Innovation Convention in St Petersburg.
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)
