VLADIMIR PUTIN
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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Visits within Russia

13 september, 2010 18:21

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Nizhny Novgorod to discuss the future of the petrochemical industry

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Nizhny Novgorod on the future of the petrochemical industry

In his introductory remarks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined several challenges for the petrochemical industry. First, he suggested creating a national centre for chemical technology at a leading Russian chemistry university. Second, he highlighted the need to manufacture high-tech materials for housing and road construction and other industries. Third, he noted that a competitive petrochemical industry needs new, durable processing facilities, and that infrastructure limitations and administrative barriers must be overcome in order to create these facilities.