"Today we see the Bank, above all, not as a source of funding but rather as an institution from which we can obtain additional knowledge, know-how and some recommendations on the development of our financial and economic policy and on some areas that are important to us. At the same time your support of our efforts to improve governance, support of the private sector in Russia and some other areas – direct support – is also very important."

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, addressing a meeting of the Government Presidium, focused on the mechanisms of implementing federal targeted programmes.

The work on the Federal Targeted Programme of Training Scientific and Scientific-Technical Personnel was discussed during the meeting.