Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev
“I would like you to coordinate all the necessary decisions with the departments concerned and the Finance Ministry. This should be done in order to take system-based measures for supporting agriculture and satisfying the food market’s demand, with due account of the fluctuations in global agricultural markets”.
The Deputy Prime Minister recalled that the draft guidelines for the state defence order would be discussed a second time.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting
"Today, we will consider scenarios and major parameters for the forecast of the country’s social and economic development up to 2011. These indicators will be the basis of our budget planning."
During the meeting, Mr Shuvalov and Mr Steinmeier made a profound review of the diversified bilateral trade and economic ties, and considered the prospects of further increasing them.
“Countries like Russia cannot do without helicopters,” Mr Ivanov said. “Helicopters can fly to areas where there are no roads and rivers, and there are lots of such places in Russia.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Leningrad Region
During the second day of the visit to the Leningrad Region Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a conference on the development of the ship-building industry and took part in the opening ceremony of the Sever project.