Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting
"The ideology of government control must be changed fundamentally. Routine checks must not be held more frequently than once a year. And for the most part these should be documentary checks without on-site inspections."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on economic issues
"The problem of competitiveness of domestically produced goods is central to the discussion of the situation in all sectors of the industry and agriculture."
As a result of the talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Bandar al-Saud, an agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed between Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Arkhangelsk Region
In course of his working trip to Arkhangelsk Region chaired a meeting on the development of the oil and gas sector of the Russian Federation, met with the Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region Ilya Mikhalchuk and visited the production entity Sevmash in the city of Severodvinsk.
Commenting on the results of the conference to journalists, the First Deputy Prime Minister announced that by June 2009 the officials representing the Government in joint stock companies would be replaced by independent directors.
Commenting on the results of the meeting to journalists, Mr Zubkov also mentioned the issue of meat imports. “Meat covered by quotas must be accepted, but something has to be done about the meat not covered by quotas.