Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Governor of the Stavropol Territory Valery Gayevsky
The meeting discussed allocation of money from the Government Reserve Fund to make up for the losses incurred by the cattle die-off in the Stavropol Territory.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev
"We shall dramatically increase the Culture Ministry budget next year, with an emphasis on restoring such monuments as the Derbent fortress".
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."
Mr Sechin, who co-chairs the Commission, said Russia and Venezuela were doing their best to create the required legal framework that would facilitate bilateral cooperation in various spheres.
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.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev and Mariinsky Theatre Artistic Director Valery Gergiev to discuss Mariinsky Theatre reconstruction.