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."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov
The social problems of the Chechen Republic and its cooperation with the Finance Ministry were discussed during the meeting.
Mr Zhukov said that “on the whole, the results of the implementation of the Education Project are positive.” He noted that “the salaries of employees in education have risen considerably – from 50% to 100%.”
Addressing the Council meeting, which discussed the Strategy of the Development of the Forestry Complex in the Period Until 2020, Mr Zubkov noted that the implementation of the strategy would see the production of timber and paper increase by 4.3 times, tax revenues by 5 times, labour productivity by 4.9 times, while the degree of timber conversion would increase from 49% to 78%.
Events for 11 august 2008
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."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Governmental Commission on Budgetary Projects
"I would like to note that in 2009, for the first time we are beginning the financing of the programme of promoting a healthy lifestyle, giving up smoking and over-consumption of alcohol. For these purposes 830 million roubles have been allocated."
Events for 9 august 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China
During the third of the visit to the People’s Republic of China Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Russian sportsmen in the Olympic village in Beijing and had a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
