Speaking at the Council’s plenary session, Mr Sobyanin said that growth of mutual investments should be a priority for Russian-French cooperation. He said that bilateral economic cooperation was “developing dynamically”.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Nizhny Novgorod Region
During his working trip to Nizhny Novgorod Region Vladimir Putin conducted a meeting on measures to develop ferrous metallurgy and provide metal products for the domestic market, visited the foundry and rolling facility under construction at the United Metallurgical Company and the Vyksa Metallurgical Plant, handed over to the Nativity (Stroganov) Church the icon "Resurrection-Descent into Hell", held a meeting with Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Vladimir Shantsev, met with visitors of the first public reception office of United Russia and visited a new production complex of GAZ Group.
"We must look for new and more effective ways of providing social services for our citizens. The most important thing is not to cut the existing level of social support."