The meeting discussed the Commission’s work and priority issues of the fuel and energy sector’s development.
The meeting discussed the Commission’s work and priority issues of the fuel and energy sector’s development.
The meeting focused on the information and communication technologies, as well as the state of affairs in the industry during the world financial crisis.
"A drop in demand is another component of the crisis. And this is very important. No matter how many loans we may give to the companies in the real economy, lack of demand will cause a decline, and eventually production will also grind to a halt. Therefore, it is necessary to support production and demand at the same time"
The meeting participants discussed priority measures of state support of the companies in the industry amid the unstable financial markets.
At the meeting, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Kozak discussed the performance of the Housing and Utilities Fund and the Olympic preparations.
Putin asked the Varfolomeyev girls how they were doing in school, and said that the United Russia party had New Year's gifts ready for their schoolmates. "As for your school, all children will have presents. The school will receive a cutting-edge computer classroom with Internet access," he said.
The Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina told journalists after the meeting that there were more than 250 such companies. “Today we discussed the criteria and the list of key organisations and the procedure of work with them,” the Minister said.
"Energy security includes the following aspects. For oil and gas producers, it primarily means the guarantee of sovereignty over their national energy resources, as well as a responsibility to ensure stable supplies to their consumers."
"We are closely following events in Palestine, rejoicing at your successes, and sharing your difficulties. The situation in the region remains complicated and we are aware of this, but we will continue to develop relations with Palestine in all directions, as we have in previous years."
The two met to discuss the prospects of prolonging certain loan agreements and relief terms for Russian clients of Sberbank.