Participants in the meeting discussed energy supplies.

The officials discussed the financial situation in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, as well as the region’s personnel and tax policies.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with leaders of Dagestan and local militia veterans ten years after international terrorists attacked the North Caucasus republic.

“The primary goal of the budget policy for the immediate future is to ensure macroeconomic stability and to consistently reduce the budget deficit, which will amount to 3.2 trillion roubles in 2009 and should be halved to 1.6 trillion roubles by 2012.”

The Russian Prime Minister and the architect of the Singaporean economic miracle discussed current problems of the world economy.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow to worship before the Kursk Root Icon of the Apparition of the Mother of God, which is considered the most important relic for Orthodox Russians living abroad. Putin also spoke with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Vladimir Putin and Vagit Alekperov discussed LUKoil’s projects in Russia.

Putin and Zimin discussed the socio-economic situation in the Republic of Khakassia.