"Our meeting today is a continuation in a series of consultations with the State Duma parties on our current interaction in the framework of the budgetary process and the initiatives in the economic and social spheres put forward by the Government and, of course, by the State Duma deputies."
First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov attends the 12th St Petersburg Economic Forum
“We can now see that the work to create a mercantile exchange is making good progress: A license has been formed and a taskforce is being put together.”
"Many lives were saved thanks to your professional training and the competent performance of the rescue teams and doctors. We have every reason to be proud of you."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Government
Among the main topics addressed by Vladimir Putin at today’s meeting of the Government was the forthcoming centenary of the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, the Olympic construction programme, the development of the transport system and the situation with the unbalanced spending of budgetary money.