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
The recent statement by the Prime Minister’s spokesman to radio Voice of Russia that it is natural for a President to criticise the Government’s work has highlighted several important points in Russian politics. “It is only natural for a President to criticise the Government, and it doesn’t mean there is a conflict,” Dmitry Peskov said. The reason for his statement was the host’s question about several criticisms by President Dmitry Medvedev of the Government’s slow implementation of the adopted anti-crisis policies.
In the first quarter of this year, AFK Sistema plans to make big purchases worth "billions of dollars." "We'll have big purchases in this quarter requiring billions of dollars," said Vladimir Yevtushenkov, chairman of the board and Sistema's main shareholder, in the back rooms of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 29, 2009.
On Wednesday evening, Mr Putin made the opening speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland’s foggy Davos after Russia was invited to open the forum for the first time. All forum delegates showed up for his policy speech. This proves that the world’s business elite, which is scared stiff of the crisis, was eager to hear Mr Putin’s ideas.
National Bolshevik activists Sergei Grebnev, Ravil Bashirov, and Yevgeny Markin attempted to seize Vladimir Putin's public reception office on Konnogvardeisky Boulevard in St Petersburg yesterday as they demanded to see him for a discussion of anti-crisis measures. They entered the office unhampered, occupied a room, opened its windows, and hoisted black National Bolshevik flags.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s opening speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos will become a subject of many discussions far beyond Switzerland. The Russian Prime Minister has proposed what amounts to a new world order, which will replace the existing uni-polar world with the only leading nation and a single reserve currency.
Vladimir Putin mentioned excessive economic expectations in his speech, but then similar expectations were associated with the Prime Minister's speech itself.
Addressing the International Business Council at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a clear message to the administration of US President Barack Obama. He said a new page in bilateral relations could be opened by abolishing the Jackson-Vanik amendment.
The present-day global financial and economic crisis must persuade policy-makers to opt for an entirely different global economic regulation system. However, this extremely simple concept is hindered by an intricate conflict of interests
Each meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) leaves a mark in history and not necessarily an economic one.
There were even more heated discussions during the second day of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Although he did not take part in the plenary sessions, Vladimir Putin, just as a day earlier, was the main newsmaker of the day.
Members of Parliament want to hear the annual Government report in two stages in April. First, the State Duma will take two weeks to consider the written report, and then will hear Prime Minister Vladimir Putin deliver it.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the International Business Council at the Davos forum yesterday. The 115-member council includes six Russian businessmen, among them German Gref, President of Sberbank, Ruben Vardanyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialog, Oleg Deripaska, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Basic Element, Alexander Izosimov, Director General of VimpelCom, Andrei Kostin, President of VTB, and Alexei Mordashov, Director General of Severstal.
The World Economic Forum opened in Davos yesterday. Its main subject matter is the coordination of efforts in tackling the world financial crisis.
On Wednesday, the world’s most prestigious economic forum started in Davos.
Yesterday, the Premier of the Chinese State Council, Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opened the annual session of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Prime Minister arrived in Zurich yesterday evening with almost an hour delay due to the fog in Moscow. During the three-hour-long flight, Mr. Putin read through the speech that he was preparing to present in Davos, proofreading the text and making last minute corrections. He continued editing the text on his way to Davos, as well.
Chairman of the Cuban State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro arrived in Moscow yesterday. He will be staying in Moscow for a whole week and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will return from Davos before Mr Castro’s departure from Moscow. According to Kommersant’s information, the Cuban leader is hoping to receive a $250 million loan from Moscow and sign a series of agreements “in various fields of cooperation”.
Participants in the World Economic Forum in Davos, whose official opening took place yesterday, stated clearly the causes of the global crisis. However, none of them has a recipe on how to emerge from it. Vladimir Putin, who opened the Davos forum, does not have it either.
The World Economic Forum in Davos will start tomorrow, January 28, and for the first time this prestigious event will be opened by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will present a half-hour opening speech.
"What has been happening in Ukraine in recent years has been the result of moves made by the previous US administration and the European Union ... What we have heard in recent years instils certain cautious optimism. Those close to Obama say there is no need to hurry with a missile defence. We welcome such statements." - Prime Minister Vladimir PUTIN in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
