Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin interviewed by the German ARD TV channel

"We are not going to play by some special rules of our own. We want everyone to follow the same rules that are also referred to as international law."

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CNN interviews Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

"We are a peace-loving state, and we want to cooperate with all our neighbors and all our partners. But if someone thinks that they can come and kill us, that our place is at the cemetery, these people should think about the consequences of such a policy for themselves."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation

"We will also discuss the distribution of subsidies from the federal budget. A total of 3.2 billion roubles ($130.19 million, or €88.32 million) are allocated to the Kamchatka and Maritime territories, and the Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions to make up for higher prices on fuel oil. This is one of the measures which should help these regions to get through the cold season without any accidents, not to mention emergencies."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited two Air Force pilots who were downed during the peace enforcement operation in Georgia, and who are now staying at hospitals in Moscow

Col. Igor Zinov was receiving relatives at the time of Putin's visit. When asked by the Prime Minister about his condition, Col. Zinov replied that there were no complications and that no surgery was required.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on drafting the concept of long-term national development until 2020

"Our strategic goal is to ensure sustainable innovative development, to provide better educational and health-care opportunities, to improve the environment and to reliably guarantee the security of Russian citizens."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting

"I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that we do have a surplus. And we must use this opportunity as long as possible when we make up the budget of the country with the surplus."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the development of science and education

"From 2009 the federal targeted programme on Scientific and Pedagogical-Scientific Staff of Innovative Russia will come into force. I expect that it will allow us to increase the professional level of our specialists and create a clear-cut system of attracting young and promising scientists. For achieving this goal we have allocated 80 billion roubles from the federal budget."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the development of competition

"And we should create a system that would regulate the situation in the market fairly and rationally based on current legislation."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting

"We have to complete the formation of competitive integrated structures in key branches of industry."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov

The work of the Coordination Council the main aim of which is to help the victims of the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia was discussed during the meeting.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the long-term budget strategy for the period until 2023

"The budget strategy should be based on the policy of Russia’s long-term development until 2020, and in fact this strategy is a part of this policy – its financial frame, basis, and foundation".

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin

The progress in the restoration of the power supply in the Republic of South Ossetia and preparation for the winter considering all the measures concerning the reform of the RAO Unified Energy System of Russia were discussed during the meeting.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev

"We need to ensure law and order is maintained in North Ossetia concerning the influx and accommodation of refugees. People, who arrive in North Ossetia, need to feel safe. And certainly the above should also apply to local people, who live there permanently."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Government Presidium meeting

"Today we will make decisions on the allocation of funds to help the victims of the humanitarian catastrophe. We have agreed with the Ministry of Finance that it will amount to 500 million roubles. We will continue to provide support to the people there."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania

In course of his working visit to North Ossetia - Alania Republic Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the events in South Ossetia and visited a tent hospital established by the Ministry of Emergencies in Alagir.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China

During the second day of the visit to the People’s Republic of China Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, had several meetings with the leaders of the PRC and of the other countries and visited the Opening of the 29th Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China

During his visit to the People’s Republic of China Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had several meetings with the leaders of the PRC and of the other countries and with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee. Vladimir Putin also visited the Opening of the 29th Summer Olympic Games and met with Russian sportsmen in the Olympic village in Beijing.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua and to the Renmin Ribao newspaper

"The exchange of national years is an unprecedented project in the history of relations between Russia and China. It has given us an opportunity to implement many ideas in the development of our interaction in various fields."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a meeting with the Russian Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting with the Russian Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko requested that Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s works be given a well-deserved place in the educational curriculum in general secondary and higher schools.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation

"The intensity of air transportation including transit, passenger and cargo transportation will further increase. Therefore we need an effective and reliable (that is the most important for providing flight safety) air traffic control system."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a conference devoted to the Social Policy

"The national project for health and pilot projects in the regions must become a basis for changing the system in this sector. And we have to be fully aware how each individual will benefit from these projects and how the quality of work of health professionals will change. After all, a patient and doctor are the key figures in this reform. I mean the social aspect of healthcare. It is important that the Healthcare Development Policy until 2020 is based on these principles."

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