Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Government meeting
"Today, we can say that the most urgent decisions have been made. We have created an anti-crisis system of state administration comprising special legislative acts, a system for monitoring the situation, and management and emergency bodies. We hope that these measures will prove effective in 2009 and will help to prevent plunging standards of living and rising unemployment, and will facilitate the sustainable performance of the financial system and the industries."
Prime Minister Putin met with “government pool” journalists to wish them a Happy New Year
"We attach great importance to our cooperation, which is why the members of the pool are constantly with the Government leaders wherever they may be. I would like to thank you for the joint work that was done throughout 2008."
Events for 27 december 2008
Vladimir Putin met with Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu
"I would like to extend my congratulations to you and the staff at Emergency Situations Ministry on your professional holiday. We would all like you to have as little work as possible. But when an emergency happens, people expect you to make consistent, practical and competent decisions. With you as the ministry's founder and head, your staff has never failed to do efficient work over the years. We can always count on your professionalism and courage in an emergency."
Events for 26 december 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin examined the first high speed Sapsan train and the Integral railway diagnostic system at the Moscow Railway Terminal in St Petersburg. Mr Putin also chaired a meeting on the development of Russian railway transport and met with Peter Loescher, President and CEO of Siemens AG.
The commission made a series of decisions aimed at supporting Russian agriculture.
Events for 25 december 2008
Prime Minister inspected the medical centre's buildings and hotel for the parents and relatives of children, who will be treated here.
