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
On Tuesday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed with Head of the Federal Migration Service Konstantin Romodanovsky the status of guest workers in Russia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will personally test a new economy car, the LADA Granta, which will replace the Kalina and other popular cars produced by the Togliatti-based company AvtoVAZ. Although the new car will be presented with pomp, experts have quite a few complaints about it.
The formation of the Popular Front, first proposed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, will be continued on a daily basis. Tonight Putin will meet with the front's activists and on Thursday, according to information obtained by Izvestia, the front's organising committee will adopt a document on its targets and tasks.
Meanwhile, he sent Yelena Skrynnik to the Russian regions to ensure there is enough petroleum and diesel fuel for farming.
The government has launched a campaign against fuel price manipulation. On Thursday, it prohibited affiliated companies to enter into deals in mercantile exchange markets.
Russia plans to use state guarantees to promote the Caucasus brand and attract investors into the Caucasian republics that the majority associate with terrorism. A special government commission made a decision to this effect in Yessentuki.
It will cost 15.7 billion roubles to construct a unified architectural complex for the Hermitage and its new depositary. Director Mikhail Piotrovsky told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about the details of the reconstruction.
Government adopts action plan on implementing climate doctrine.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed Russia’s merchant marine fleet modernisation at a working meeting with the General Director of the Sovkomflot state-owned shipping company Sergei Frank on Tuesday.
During his visit to Penza, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met representatives of the Physical Dimensions Research Institute’s (NIIFI) trade union. The enterprise develops and produces high accuracy instruments and components for missile space technology.
Speaking at the first global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised that the government will allocate almost half a trillion roubles on the Health National Project in the next three years. Having finished his speech, Putin passed a test for nicotine.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has raised customs duties on petrol exports from Russia and delayed the conversion to Euro-3 grade fuel.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin started his visit to Scandinavia – first in Denmark, followed by a trip to Sweden on Wednesday.
Putin's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that yesterday the prime minister instructed all the interested departments to explain what caused the shortage of fuel in a number of regions. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) and the Energy Ministry reacted instantly.
RBC Daily has learned that as part of Vladimir Putin's visit to Denmark today, he will sign an agreement regarding a technological and design collaboration between Phosagro, St Petersburg State Mining Institute and the Danish engineering company FLSmidth about re-equipping the production facility in Pikalyovo.
Government officials likely will not submit spending declarations in the near future.
On Monday, Vladimir Putin inspected the work at the ZhBI-6 concrete plant, which had undergone large-scale renovation. The prime minister examined the entire production cycle of the upgraded line of concrete slabs production, from layout to the pouring of concrete. The new equipment creates perfectly smooth and seamless slabs, which help retain heat in homes. For comparison, they showed Putin a slab manufactured by older equipment, which was not comparable.
But they doubt that it will be effective.
The government is going to abolish import duties on construction machinery and construction materials production equipment if Russia does not manufacture equivalent products, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. The government is confident that this measure will ultimately make housing more affordable.
Contrasts between official reports and the reality of Russia’s economic situation were made particularly plain last week. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reported to the State Duma on the government’s performance in 2010 and on its future plans. The prime minister’s speech was imbued with a feeling of confidence and optimism.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reported on the Government’s 2010 performance to the State Duma. As promised in early April, his report contained specific results, as well as new plans for the economy, the social sector and the state administration system.
On November 6, 2007, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree announcing the construction of the Vostochny space centre in place of the Svobodny space centre, which was recently shut down in Russia’s Amur Region. The new space centre, intended to facilitate independent manned missions, will cover an area of more than 600 square kilometres, including its entire infrastructure and launch pads.
Russia’s state-controlled Vnesheconombank will issue a 39 billion rouble loan to establish a Ford–Sollers joint venture, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the bank’s supervisory council. The new joint venture could be operational by late 2011.
LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the company will produce its first oil in Iraq in 2013. But analysts doubt the feasibility of this plan.
What was the most important part of the prime minister’s report?
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently signed an action plan under the budget reforms for 2011, which prioritise making budget expenditures more effective.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s third report to parliament lasted a record four hours and three minutes. He spent two hours and 13 minutes on the report as such.
Alexander Goncharuk, the first deputy chairman of the AFK Sistema Board of Directors.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s report to the Duma yesterday seemed more like a presidential election programme than an annual report to the government.
In his report to the Duma, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reported that, on par with economic restructuring, the government will guarantee income growth over the next few years by increasing pensions, scholarships and salaries for public sector employees.
Today Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will report to the Duma deputies on the work done for the third time. Izvestia found out what questions deputies have prepared and recalled what they discussed during Putin’s previous two visits.
In May Russia will mark the 1000-day point on the road to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak reported to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that Russia has traversed the bigger part of the road.
Putin promised to discuss the social issues with working people’s associations.
The Russian government is becoming more and more devoted to hockey. It’s obvious that hockey is steadily elbowing out tennis, downhill skiing, and judo from the list of most popular sports among high officials. Last weekend, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin followed suit and took to the ice.
The Russian Academy of Sciences’ new Snow Leopard project got into the media spotlight after a recent visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to a nature reserve in South Siberia.
Kiev wants cheap gas and long-term gas transit contracts.
Retirement pensions will be indexed starting August 1 if inflation exceeds 6% in January-June.
The government will oversee the spending of maternity capital assets more closely. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin noted that it is inadmissible to misuse maternity capital. The Healthcare and Social Development Ministry and the Pension Fund have drafted proposals to deal with confidence tricksters.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited a Mother and Child center in order to assess the work of clinics nationwide.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting in St Petersburg on Friday on the development of Russia’s power equipment sector. He said the government should create conditions that support production of national power equipment, because “if we import everything, we would all quickly degrade here.”
Russia's car scrappage programme will be extended through the end of 2011, announced Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, towards which the government will allocate another five billion rubles.
Russian prime minister thanks visiting Jordanian leader for project support.
Russian professionals will soon launch half of all international space flights. But the country would not limit itself to the role of an international space ferryman, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on the development of the Russian space industry.
President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the government to ensure that people have free access to bodies of water where they can fish. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has instructed Andrei Krainy, the head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, to extend a moratorium on distributing water areas for commercial fishing.
The State Duma Council has decided on the format of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s report on the government’s performance in 2010.
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting to prepare for the world championships, which Russia will host in 2018.
The frequency of adverse weather conditions is increasing 6%-8% from year to year, with economic damages for Russia estimated at 40 to 60 billion roubles annually.
Russia’s weather forecasting services are testing new equipment worth billions of roubles and will be able to forecast weather accurately in a few years, scientists told Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. However, weather forecasting will only see a leap in accuracy if they have satellites. The prime minister promised to allocate the necessary funds.
Yesterday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dotted the “i’s” and crossed the “t’s” on the introduction of a new anti-corruption measure – a declaration of expenses by State Duma deputies and government officials. Having recalled that he made this proposal at United Russia’s inter-regional conference in Bryansk, Putin declared that his idea enjoyed the support of the people: “It is clear that society welcomes this anti-corruption move.” Analysts believe he made this proposal in view of the forthcoming elections.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin finds more money for education.
