"In their policy statements the country’s leaders have set the task of achieving a qualitative change of life in the coming years. The strategic benchmarks of Russia’s development call for profound work on the mechanisms of their implementation and the study of the obstacles and challenges that we encounter. The challenges are many. We all know what they are."
"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."