Issues discussed included a further improvement in the quantity and quality of crop production in Russia, state assistance with the introduction of new technologies, and more efficient financing of agriculture.
Events for 10 october 2008
"If need be, certain demands can be made to the future foreign owner of a strategic company. These include commitments to guarantee the preservation of state secrets, to process raw materials on Russian territory, to preserve jobs and carry out in full the business plan for production development. I would like to add that many foreign countries have similar laws."
The cub weighs just 10 kilos. She has not been named yet, but Mashenka and Milashka were among the options discussed. She has an excellent appetite. "She eats two kilos of meat in the morning, and two kilos in the evening," Mr Putin smiled.
"The main point is to make sure that adult programmes convey basic values. Therefore, the content is very important, and all the more so because of the imminent switch to the digital format. This is abundantly clear."
Mr Zubkov expressed confidence that in the coming years Russia would manage to fully tap the vast potential of its agriculture to “make the domestic agro-industrial complex truly profitable, to ensure the country’s food security and, most importantly, to improve the quality of life of 40 million rural residents.”
Events for 9 october 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with KPRF deputies in the State Duma
"I would like to thank the party and its parliamentary group for the fact that despite different and occasionally diametrically opposite approaches to the development of Russia and solution of some of its problems, we still find an understanding on matters that are vital for the development and the very existence of Russia as a state."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev
Meeting participants discussed environmental issues related to the construction of the Sakhalin-2 pipeline, its right-of-way and the Baikal area in general.
Events for 8 october 2008
The development of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), and additional support to KHL from the Government were discussed in the course of the meeting.
The republic’s economic, social, and political situation and prospects for the region’s development were discussed at the meeting.
Addressing the Government Commission on Agriculture, Mr Zubkov pointed out that “the main task of the agro-industrial sector today is to secure the availability of domestically produced staple food items.”
