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 released first two leopards from their cage into an enclosure last September, thereby launching a programme to restore the now diminished leopard population that once roamed the mountains of Sochi.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposes merging the Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy gas giants.
The Europa Plus radio station celebrates its 20th birthday on April 30.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a trip to Franz Josef Land in the Arctic where he had been saving a polar bear for several hours – mostly from humans. He also announced a work-for-the-nation day to clear the Arctic of hundreds of thousands of barrels of fuel and lubricants.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assured his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi that Russia will not abandon the South Stream project to please Ukraine.
On April 20, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered a report to the State Duma on government performance in 2009. Although he spoke like a doctor proposing a cure for the country's economic ailments, his sore throat made him sound like he needed a doctor himself. He told the audience how his government had cured the crisis-ridden economy and promised to invest another 460 billion roubles in healthcare over the next two years.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rounded off the first day of his two-day visit to Austria by visiting the European judo championships which was held in Vienna this year. Earlier in the day, he had attended the signing of a deal to bring Austria into the South Stream gas pipeline project, finally making the plan a reality. However, Russia's results in judo were far less impressive than in the Federal Chancellor's palace, according to Kommersant correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov, who was present at both events.
Shortly before the uprising in Kyrgyzstan two weeks ago, online news sites posted a series of hard-hitting exposés accusing the family of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of skimming money from the public coffers, an allegation that touched a nerve in this poor country and strengthened the opposition to his government.
A population increase has been recorded in Russia, something the country has not seen for a long time, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The news naturally led him to announce the government’s demographic policies for the next few years.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin scheduled another meeting yesterday, but decided on a Cabinet meeting at the last moment instead. It soon became clear why.
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.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructs the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to improve the law on foreign investment.
President Dmitry Medvedev is changing the vector of Russian foreign policy with the START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) in the hope that the United States and Europe will invest in Russia.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wants to unite the Kremlin's elite cadres with the ruling party.
After the Tu-154 crash, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a working meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Following the meeting, Putin left for Smolensk.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was appointed as the head of the government commission tasked with investigating the causes of the Tu-154 plane crash near Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, and taking care of its consequences. He spent Saturday night at the crash site. Kommersant special correspondent Andrei Kolesniov describes how Putin met with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, how he didn't meet Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and how the commission investigated the causes of the crash and took care of its consequences.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has asked Russia to lop $4 billion off its payments for Russian gas supplies in 2010. In exchange, Russia could take part in building two units of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, which will subsequently sell electricity to Ukraine and the EU market, and also integrate Ukrainian aerospace companies into Russia’s state-run United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC). The establishment of a gas pipeline consortium with Gazprom’s participation is no longer the main subject of talks for the Russian side.
Metallurgical companies have been offered large coal deposits with big railway problems.
Immediately after the tragedy near Smolensk, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to head the government commission on investigating the circumstances of the crash. In a matter of hours, Putin was at the site of the accident.
Venezuela will buy $5 billion worth of arms from Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk took part in a commemorative ceremoney in Katyn yesterday.
Putin discusses Star City’s problems with cosmonauts.
Russia is continuing to expand its GLONASS navigation system in the near-earth orbit, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced yesterday. The system will have 27 or 28 satellites, or “eyes”, by the end of the year. Their current number is 21.
The process of establishing a retail mail bank that would provide financial services to the most distant corners of Russia has entered a decisive stage. Yesterday, a short list of candidates for participation in this ambitious project, supervised by Vnesheconombank, was made public.
Today, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will go on a one-day visit to Venezuela. In Caracas, he will meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, take part in signing about a dozen documents and meet with Bolivia’s President Evo Morales.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is exceptional, if only because he has remained a major factor in Russian politics for the ten years since his election as president. From a top manager hired by the nation, he became a national leader by the middle of his second presidential term. He still retains this status, which does not require any formalisation because it hinges on unprecedented trust. During these ten years, Putin has met three public requirements – order, stabilisation and development.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Moscow for the first time yesterday. From the start, Azarov said his goal was to build Russian-Ukrainian relations from scratch for many years to come. However, Putin refused to revise the gas agreements during the meeting.
Nikolai Azarov calls on Vladimir Putin to turn over a new leaf.
Representatives of small and medium-sized Russian businesses held an innovation forum yesterday. They discussed how business could become the driver of growth by adopting high technology. However, it was left to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s.
Economic Development Ministry proposes to bring back export duties on potassium.
Relations with Russia are China’s foreign policy priority, Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, assured Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday. Putin assured Xi of full Russian support for China over the Taiwan issue (mainland China regards the Taiwan government as separatist.) Xi Jinping’s first visit to Russia was at the invitation of the prime minister.
