Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Board of Management of E.ON AG Wulf H. Bernotat

"Russia-German gas cooperation, it is developing very well indeed. Today we have reached the level about which we merely talked a few years ago. It was decided at the complicated talks, that our German partners would cooperate with us in producing gas on Russian territory. We are partners in the project you have mentioned, Nordstream, on transporting gas to Europe. Gazprom has become a co-owner of the German transportation network. It goes without saying that this makes our partnership well-balanced all the way."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting

"Obviously, one of the major anti-recessionary tools is federal budget funds. We must effectively allocate them to back solvent demand in the economy, and to ensure unqualified fulfillment of social liabilities, including timely payment of state-paid employees' wages, pensions, and benefits."

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Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government’s Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship

"Efforts to streamline the sphere of competition are called on to improve Russian economic patterns, to facilitate the more effective performance of its sectors and separate enterprises, to provide substantial incentives for reducing outlays and improving the quality of our goods and services and developing small and medium businesses."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

On November 25 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Torfyanovka international transport crossing point on the Russian-Finnish border in the Leningrad Region and addressed the State Border Commission in St Petersburg. Prime Minister also visited the Vyborg Shipyard and had meetings with St Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and with Leningrad Region’s Governor Valery Serdyukov.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid a two-day visit to St Petersburg. On the first day of his visit, Mr Putin addressed a plenary meeting of the International Conference on International Humanitarian Law. During the conference, he met with Dr Jakob Kellenberger, the President of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC). Mr Putin also visited an exhibition devoted to the aftermath of Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia in August 2008. On November 25, the Prime Minister visited the Torfyanovka international motor vehicle checkpoint on the Russian-Finnish border in the Leningrad Region and chaired a meeting of the State Border Commission. Later Mr Putin visited the Vyborg Shipyard and met with St Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko and Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak

The meeting discussed preparations for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the leader of the United Russia party, delivered a speech at United Russia’s 10th congress

“Based on accumulated economic and political potential, we can and must reach new horizons and take advantage of this global instability to become stronger and more competitive. We must use the crisis as a tool to boost our efficiency.”

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Vladimir Putin met with Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin

"It is important to make sure that construction companies comply with all required rules and laws in dealing with the funds of citizens who invested in the construction."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Russian Government’s Presidium

"We have always honoured our commitments. Russia has always been a reliable partner. We told our Finnish partners recently that we are ready to postpone certain decisions because of the current international crisis. We do not want to create any additional problems, and are not going to do it. However, we will have to implement some of the announced decisions, and I would like to draw the attention of all the Government's members to this. We will have to carry them out to protect our national interests."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber

"Russia has always rightly considered itself to be part of the European cultural space. Holding such a major event in Moscow is one more proof of the fact that after many years behind the Iron Curtain Russia is fully and finally returning to the European cultural space."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Moldova

During his visit, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government. About 30 documents were signed after the discussion. The Russian Prime Minister also paid an official visit to Moldova.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting

"I would like to stress that we are not trying to preach at local governments about the way they should operate. According to the Constitution and the law, it is their domain. They can choose priorities and the pace of reforms independently. However, it is the federal government's prerogative to allocate financial aid to regions in accordance with a local governments' efficiency. And we will certainly take advantage of this right."

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Vladimir Putin held talks with Finland’s Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen

"Finland is without any exaggeration one of our most important partners in Europe. Not only because we are neighbours, but also because the figures of our trade turnover suggest this. Our statistics show that in the first six months of this year Russia also became Finland's top partner, ahead of Germany."

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Vladimir Putin met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif

"Egypt is certainly one of Russia’s priority strategic partners, without exaggeration. We have a long history of friendship, interaction and practical cooperative work."

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Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on strategic regulation of oil production, domestic supply and export

"Russia is one of the largest oil producers and exporters, and so cannot stay aside from world price formation. We will develop a package of measures to actively impact the market situation."

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Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority of Lebanon

"We are glad that the process of normalisation in Lebanon, too, is gathering pace, if only little by little. For all that, we realise that the situation in the region remains complicated. We are ready, as before, to do all we can in the economic sphere and in the sphere of political contacts to normalise the situation and to make sure that it moves in a positive direction."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

"I am very glad to see our relations becoming transformed into growing interstate contacts, which are developing in every field. What matters even more, Russian-Italian economic ties are an essential stability factor in a problem-laden situation in the global economy and finance."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora discussed bilateral energy partnership

The agenda concerned Russian-Indian trade and economic relations with an emphasis on the energy dialogue. In particular, the parties exchanged opinions on Indian participation in Project Sakhalin 1 and the prospects for extending Indian corporate participation in mining and processing oil and gas in Russia.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Muammar Qaddafi, the Leader of the Libyan Revolution

"My colleagues and I remember the warm reception we had in Tripoli. We did a great deal together not only to restore the Russian-Libyan relations but also to lay a foundation for their future."

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