"I am convinced that the most important thing for politicians in today's world is not the office or the post but the trust of the people."
"I am convinced that the most important thing for politicians in today's world is not the office or the post but the trust of the people."
“I would like to reassure our partners: we do not intend to change our economic objectives. We understand how important stability and predictability are. All of the projects that we planned to modernise the economy and to make government agencies more efficient, which is also one of our priorities – all of these objectives we will undoubtedly meet.”
Vladimir Putin drew Vladimir Yakunin's attention to existing problems in several regions, the transport of harvested crops and other goods and difficulties in dispatching. Accordingly, Putin instructed Yakunin to rectify the situation in the most expeditious manner.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed the minister of healthcare and social development to prepare a draft government resolution on monetary compensation to medical workers who resided in rural areas as of the end of December 2004 and were stripped of their benefits, and on additional welfare measures to support healthcare workers at federal medical facilities located in rural areas.
As was noted during the talk, the growth in the region’s industrial production was three times greater than the national average. The construction industry showed good development rates as well. At the same time, there were some problems, the governor said. In particular, his region turned out to be unprepared for healthcare modernisation, being unable to absorb the targeted budget allocations.
Vladimir Putin believes that it would be most promising to focus on investment cooperation between the two countries.
“We have decided to limit the growth of fees of the majority of natural monopolies next year. This should restrain the growth of prices in the housing and utilities sector. I’d like to reaffirm that this is the government's principled position, and it will not be reviewed. This is why I consider it inadmissible when some officials say that amendments or adjustments are possible.”