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
A clear answer must be given to the question of what prevents pension assets from being invested effectively, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday.
Leonid Fedun, co-owner of Lukoil, will fill in the Prime Minister on future pensions.
Vladimir Putin eliminates middleman firms.
Vladimir Putin’s annual live video link with the nation has been postponed by a week and will take place on December 4, according to our information. Just like last year, the “Conversation with Vladimir Putin” will be conducted by Rossiya TV Channel. Live links will be established with eight communities. Particular attention will be paid to the single-industry cities of Pikalyovo and Togliatti. The prime minister will also talk with the people of Sayanogorsk. One of the key topics will be the development of the Russian automotive industry.
Vladimir Putin served a stern reminder on ministers that it is high time for them to deliver on their promises, at a government meeting yesterday.
In line with Vladimir Putin's instructions, Naftogaz Ukrainy and Gazprom signed documents in Moscow yesterday to seal the agreement between the Russian and Ukrainian Prime Ministers on the volumes of Russian gas supplies next year and dropping of fines for failure to take all the contracted fuel this year. The agreements were reached on Friday. Because the order to solve all the problems had come from Putin personally, the success of the talks was a foregone conclusion. It is equally clear that Moscow is using concessions in the gas sphere to help Yulia Tymoshenko to displace Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
This market is to be cut by half to get rid of middlemen and unnecessary paperwork.
“The warriors recalled bygone days and the battles they lost together”. Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister.
Ukrainian and Russian government working groups are preparing a package of documents on deepening economic cooperation to be signed before the New Year. The main cooperation projects are in aviation, engineering and the nuclear industry, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said after talks with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday. Economists note that plans for cooperation in these areas have been in preparation from the spring of 2008, but pending the presidential election in Ukraine they can only be signed in the form of declarations of intent.
Republican senator thinks America should be tough on Moscow.
A popular jazz musician joins United Russia’s Supreme Council.
Although Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appreciated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s jokes about Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, her ability to negotiate gas prices with Putin is more important for Ukraine.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took the floor after President Dmitry Medvedev. In the beginning of his address he recalled the speech he prepared for the past year's United Russia (UR) congress.
After the United Russia congress, President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin decided to have dinner together.
The government is going to pay 50,000 roubles toward the purchase of a new car to anyone who brings a used car older than 10 years to the junkyard. This is only one of the many initiatives announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the United Russia (UR) congress.
Yesterday Ukraine celebrated the anniversary of the Orange Revolution, but it would be wrong to say "celebrated" because every relatively decent person felt ashamed or offended. There was nothing to celebrate.
President Dmitry Medvedev urges United Russia to bring itself up to date.
Ukraine has managed to alter the gas contract with Russia in its favor.
Transdnestr settlement to create new dynamic in the old format.
Gazprom will review its gas supply contract with Ukraine in order to allow for the purchase of less gas without Ukraine fearing penalties. Ukraine's Naftogaz expects to receive up to $1 billion in loans from Russian banks.
